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how to host brunch (and still sleep in)
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I take brunch very, very seriously, so seriously that I don't go out for it very often because, you see, few places do it right. The scones are chalky, the fruit cups are nothing but soggy raspberries and unloved green melon, the yogurt is too sweet; the baked eggs are either hard-cooked or have clear, unsettling whites and the toast, it never comes. Am I a brat with nothing but First World Problems? Indeed I am, but I make a mean brunch.
I'm going to hazard a guess that in a week and season filled with house guests and sleeping in, you'll spend a least one of these mornings forgoing your usual coffee and granola bar on-the-go for something social and substantial. And thank goodness, right? Here are the cornerstores I like a gather a brunch menu around: Something fresh, like a fruit salad, even better if you throw in a rich yogurt to spoon over them; something rich and eggy; something sweet, like a coffee cake, muffin, bread pudding or baked french toast; something bready like a biscuit or scone; something boozy, like mimosas, bloody marys or both and something unholy, like bacon or sausage. Or both, because it's not January 1st yet.
And this is my only rule: Everything must be made in advance. The only thing required of you the morning of your brunch is to roll out of bed and turn the oven on, which came in handy when, in another life, I devised this strategy for all of those New Years Day brunches when I woke up too, ahem, after-partied to do anything more. (Nowadays, I'm just lazy, and will take extra sleep any way I can devise it.)
Here's how you can pull it off, too:
(That is, besides a baby in a gigantic snowsuit, impatient for the blizzard to begin. But that went without saying, right?)
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Why James Chanos Is Short Valeant, Long Allergan
Short-seller James Chanos said he's betting against shares of Valeant Pharmaceuticals amid its unsolicited $46 billion bid for Allergan, saying the company is "playing aggressive accounting games."
Mr. Chanos, founder of hedge fund Kynikos Associates, criticized Valeant's acquisition strategy, noting the pitfalls and potential accounting issues associated with relying on deals for long-term growth. He also suggested Valeant may be bidding against itself in its pursuit of Allergan, a stock which he said he is long.
Valeant earlier this week said it would improve its offer for Allergan after the initial bid was rejected.
"They seem to be negotiating against themselves, don't they?" Mr. Chanos, founder of hedge fund Kynikos Associates, said Thursday in an interview on CNBC.
Allergan on Monday rejected a stock-and-cash offer from Valeant that was worth $152.89 a share at the time it was announced last month. Allergan said it believed its own earnings and growth are worth more than that offer, and said Valeant's pledges to cut research-and-development spending would gut Allergan's prospects.
Allergan has told Wall Street analysts that it has "other options" and could still tie up with another company.
Valeant, which is working with Pershing Square's Bill Ackman on the deal, responded Tuesday and expressed disappointment that Allergan hadn't yet engaged in discussions. Mr. Ackman has built a 9.7% stake in Allergan.
Mr. Chanos said he was betting against Valeant because the company operates what he calls a "roll-up strategy," which involves buying bigger companies to boost growth and diversify revenues.
"Roll-ups present a unique set of problems," he said. "Roll-ups are usually accounting-driven, and we certainly think that's the case in Valeant. We think Valeant is playing aggressive accounting games when they buy companies and write down the assets."
Valeant declined to comment on Mr. Chanos's allegations.
Mr. Chanos said he was shorting Valeant before the company unveiled its bid for Allergan last month. Short sellers borrow shares to sell them in hopes of buying them back cheaper at a later date, aiming to profit from a price decline.
"The only people more negative about Valeant maybe more than me are Valeant insiders," he said, noting a number of senior executives have left the company over the past 15 months and that there has been "a lot of insider selling."
Here's the CNBC interview with Mr. Chanos:
–David Benoit contributed to this report.

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College Hockey:Fog Of War: BC-BU Game Postponed Due To High Temperatures
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. — A raucous capacity crowd at Boston College's Kelley Rink made for an incredible atmosphere as the Eagles faced their most hated rival, Boston University, on Friday night.
Unfortunately, it also helped force the postponement of the game.
As temperatures reached close to 70 degrees outside, the indoor mark soared upwards of 80 degrees, forcing a massive cloud of fog over the Kelley Rink ice, making conditions unplayable.
After numerous delays for players to skate in an attempt to break up the fog cloud, referee Scott Hansen convened BC coach Jerry York and BU coach Jack Parker, along with BC's Associate Athletic Director for hockey Tom Peters, and Hockey East Director of Officiating Dick DeCaprio at the 10:21 mark of the first period.
After a short conversation the decision was made to postpone the game for safety reasons.
"My goalie said he couldn't see the puck," said Parker. "There was a point at which we couldn't see the BC bench [across the ice]."
The problem was caused by record-breaking temperatures in New England, a capacity crowd inside the rink and the ultimate factor — Kelley Rink being without air conditioning.
"This building was built in the late '80s," said York . "It was right on the cusp of when buildings started making air conditioning standard.
"I think our administration and coaching staff are upset because ultimately it was our facility that couldn't stand it."
It's the second time in two years that fog affected a game at Kelley Rink. Last season's exhibition game against St. Thomas was postponed halfway through due to fog. That game, though, was played in October when the temperatures often soar into the 80s or higher.
It also wasn't played in front of a major audience that included CSTV's national game of the week broadcast.
"I've lived in New England for a long time and I've never seen weather link this in December," said York.
Temperatures at Boston's Logan Airport reached a record high of 69 on Thursday, one degree warmer than the 25-year-old mark. On Friday, the temperatures were equally as warm but humidity rose to an unbearable point with major rains and high winds anticipated later in the evening.
"It was very hot on the bench and even hotter in the locker rooms," said Parker.
There has not been a date set for a makeup game, and it is unclear whether or not the game will be picked up from the point of suspension or re-started from the beginning.
Rule 5-3-F of the NCAA Ice Hockey Rules Book states that a referee has the discretion to stop a game at any time if the conditions become unsafe. If neither the players nor spectators are part of the reason for stopping the game, it is the decision of the coaches whether to resume or restart the game.
Friday's game was scoreless, though Boston College was in the middle of a five-minute power play after BU's Eric Gryba was whistled for hitting from behind.
The only consolation for both teams is that they'll most certainly get a chance to face one another on Saturday night, when the back end of the home-and-home series heads to BU's Agganis Arena. That building, only a year old, should have no problem handling whatever weather conditions exist.
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|Paying the Piper:
The Effect of Industry Funding on Alcohol Prevention Priorities
We would like to thank Laura Anne Stuart, who helped design the survey, disseminated it, followed up with recipients, analyzed the data, and co-wrote the report. Her successor with the Alcohol Policies Project, Jody McCoy, provided able editing and production assistance.
Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) is a non-profit organization that advocates progressive public health policies and focuses on nutrition and alcohol issues. It has led efforts to improve policies regarding the labeling, advertising, and taxation of alcoholic beverages. CSPI is supported by more than 750,000 subscribers to Nutrition Action Healthletter and its alcohol policies project was assisted by grants from the S.H. Cowell Foundation, San Francisco, CA and The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, NJ.
Center for Science in the Public Interest
Executive Summary
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) asked a sample of grassroots substance abuse prevention and treatment organizations around the country to indicate whether they supported or opposed thirteen current alcohol policy initiatives. The Prevention Priorities survey found that:
Since the creation of its Alcohol Policies Project in 1981, the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has worked to reduce the devastating health and social consequences of alcohol consumption. CSPI has spearheaded efforts to promote public policies that put critical health information about alcohol into consumers' hands. We have concentrated on reforming advertising and promotional practices, improving the labeling of alcoholic beverages, and on restoring higher levels of alcoholic-beverage taxation.
These alcohol policies received widespread support in a 1994 survey of national non-profit organizations by James Mosher and Ellen Frank of the Marin Institute for the Prevention of Alcohol and Other Drug Problems. Approval of the policies was particularly strong among groups that did not accept funding from alcoholic-beverage sources.
In 1995 CSPI decided to survey organizations working at the local level, focusing entirely on those principally involved in alcohol and drug abuse prevention. Beginning in May 1995 we conducted a survey of one hundred four (104) community groups in the substance abuse field to measure grassroots support for various alcohol policy initiatives that were currently being debated or were already in effect.
The Prevention Priorities survey contained questions about thirteen specific alcohol policy initiatives in four categories: Drinking and Driving, Alcohol Marketing, Alcohol Availability, and Alcohol Price. The survey asked respondents (usually executive directors) to indicate whether their organization supported, opposed, or had no position on each initiative. In addition, the survey asked whether the organization currently accepted funds from alcoholic-beverage producers or industry-funded groups. Overall, respondents demonstrated high levels of approval for most of the policies. However, we found that support for these policies weakened among community groups that had financial ties to the alcoholic-beverage industry.
Acceptance of industry support for alcohol-prevention projects has always been somewhat controversial. Critics suggest that companies get unwarranted public relations "mileage" for tiny contributions that pale in comparison to their budgets for marketing and political lobbying. They say that industry funds typically support prevention and educational interventions that advance the philosophical and economic interests of the funders and divert attention from policy and prevention measures that challenge industry interests.
Others defend the practice of taking support from industry, claiming that the funds come with few, if any, strings attached and that the money fills a desperate financial need. They say that funds are often spent for vital programs or services that might otherwise go unsponsored. Alcoholic-beverage producers and trade associations have expressly made the reduction of alcohol abuse the centerpiece of many public relations campaigns. In addition to tens of millions of dollars in public service advertising and grants to environmental, anti-poverty, educational, and arts organizations, alcohol producers and trade associations, such as the Century Council, Beer Institute, and Licensed Beverage Information Council, provide support for alcohol and drug prevention and treatment groups at the local level. This financial assistance may be particularly appealing to small, local prevention, treatment, and educational organizations that would otherwise have access only to relatively limited governmental, foundation, and private resources.
CSPI sent the Prevention Priorities survey to 104 community groups in May 1995. According to industry sources, half of the organizations had accepted funding in the past four years from the Beer Institute or the Licensed Beverage Information Council (LBIC), two alcoholic-beverage industry trade groups. The remaining organizations had received Community Partnership grants from the federal Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) within the preceding two years. We coded all surveys based on the respondents' funding sources so that we could differentiate the survey forms upon receipt; otherwise, the surveys were identical and the respondents anonymous. Each survey recipient received one follow-up call to increase the response rate.
Forty-four (44) surveys were returned, a response rate of 42%. The number of responses from each list was almost equal -- twenty-one (21) from the industry-supported groups and twenty-three (23) from those that received federal grants.
The responses were divided into the following categories:
Overall, the groups demonstrated high levels of support for almost all initiatives. The average level of support for all initiatives was 64%, and only one initiative received less than 50% approval. In addition, respondents noted almost no opposition to the prevention measures. Organizations were much more likely to report no position on a specific initiative than they were to oppose it. However, groups that currently accept alcohol industry funds, or had accepted them in the past four years, showed significantly lower levels of support for almost all of the alcohol policy initiatives on the survey.
Category One: Drinking and Driving
The first category of the survey, Drinking and Driving Initiatives, included questions about administrative license revocation laws, lower blood alcohol content laws, and designated driver campaigns.
Administrative license revocation laws, measures which are gaining popularity on the state level, mandate that drivers who are arrested while suspected of being under the influence of alcohol automatically lose driving privileges. This initiative received one of the lowest levels of support -- only 50% overall -- with 16% of all respondents opposing the measure.
The difference in support between groups which accepted alcohol industry money and those which didn't was dramatic. Sixty-two percent (18 of 29) of those not accepting alcohol industry funds supported administrative license revocation laws compared to only 29% (4 of 14) of groups currently underwritten by the alcohol industry and 43% (9 of 21) of groups which had taken money in the past.
Initiatives to lower permissible blood alcohol content (BAC) levels for drivers were somewhat more popular. Currently, most states allow a maximum permissible BAC level of .10 percent. Eleven states have lowered BAC levels to .08 percent, and many more states are expected to follow suit. Preliminary research by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) indicates that such laws help reduce drinking and driving crash deaths.
Fifty-nine percent (26 of 44) of all respondents approved the lower legal BAC limit. Organizations (20 of 29) which do not accept alcohol industry funds were 60% more likely to support lower BAC levels than those (6 of 14) which currently take industry money and 30% more likely than groups (11 of 21) that recently took money.
Of all the drunk-driving policies, designated-driver campaigns were the most popular. Typically, these campaigns seek to reduce drunk-driving crashes by attempting to change individual behavior through the mass media. Public service announcements, often sponsored by large alcohol producers, encourage consumers to select a non-drinking driver to transport a group of drinkers.
Designated-driver campaigns have steadily gained recognition and popularity since the late 1980's, even receiving endorsement from President Clinton. Thus, it is no surprise that 84% of all survey respondents (37 of 44) and 86% (30 of 35) of industry-supported groups backed this initiative.
Although the difference in support was minimal (86% for industry vs 83% for CSAP grantees), alcoholic-beverage industry approval of designated-driver campaigns may have influenced the attitudes of the industry-sponsored organizations. The designated-driver campaign option was the only policy in the survey to receive a higher margin of support from groups that receive alcohol-industry funds than from those which don't.
This result may reflect the skepticism that alcohol-policy advocates have voiced about the designated-driver program. Some have suggested that the excessive focus on this prevention effort represents a very narrow approach to reducing the social costs of excessive alcohol consumption. Critics maintain that designated-driver campaigns may subtly encourage excessive drinking by winking at heavy drinking by anyone but the driver.
Category Two: Alcohol Marketing
Notwithstanding vehement industry opposition to alcohol marketing reforms, all groups indicated strong support for most of the alcohol-marketing initiatives described in the Prevention Priorities survey, including health warning labels on beverage containers, health warning posters, and health warnings in ads.
Eighty-two percent (36 of 44) of respondents approved a requirement for rotating health messages in all alcoholic-beverage advertisements. In 1993, the alcohol industry lobbied heavily against a proposed federal law that would have required these messages. Not a single group indicated opposition to such a measure, and 71% of organizations currently accepting funds from the alcohol industry (10 of 14) said they would support it (76% -- 16 of 21 -- of organizations which had received alcohol money in the last four years showed support as well). Eighty-six percent (25 of 29) of the groups that do not accept alcohol-industry money approved the measure.
A clear majority also backed improvement of the current warning labels on alcoholic-beverage containers (e.g., requiring contrasting typeface and background on labels for easier readability). Sixty-four percent (9 of 14) of the organizations currently accepting industry funds and 67% (14 of 21) of the organizations which had accepted funds in the last four years supported label improvements. Eighty-three percent (24 of 29) of non-industry-funded groups reported approval. The survey indicated identical levels of support for an initiative to require health warning posters at bars, restaurants, liquor outlets and other places where alcohol is sold.
A proposal to ban alcoholic-beverage advertisements on billboards met with less consistent enthusiasm. Although 57% (25 of 44) of all groups approved the measure, support was strongest among respondents that received no industry funds. Seventy-two percent (21 of 29) favored a ban on alcohol billboard ads compared to only 38% (8 of 21) of those groups that accepted industry funds in the past and 29% (4 of 14) of those which currently accept alcohol money.
Baltimore passed laws in 1994 prohibiting alcohol and tobacco billboards in certain locations. Anheuser-Busch Company, the world's largest brewer, along with the billboard company, Penn Advertising, sued the city, challenging the ordinance's constitutionality. Such vocal industry opposition to billboard restrictions may have influenced the low level of support for this measure among industry-funded groups.
Category Three: Alcohol Availability
The section of the Prevention Priorities survey concerning alcohol availability initiatives included questions about limitations of service at sports stadiums, elimination of sales at specific retail outlets, and restrictions on the concentration of alcohol outlets. Overall, respondents indicated high levels of support for the measures; however, groups funded by the alcohol industry, in general, showed considerably less interest in those initiatives than did the other organizations.
To prevent rowdiness among fans and drunk driving after games, alcohol-policy advocates and stadium managers have proposed and implemented limits on alcohol service in sports stadiums. Those measures include restrictions on the size of alcoholic-beverage containers, bans on the sale of alcohol in the stands, cutting off alcohol sales late in the game, and limiting sales to low-alcohol beverages only.
Sixty-one percent (27 of 44) of respondents approved these measures. However, among industry-funded groups, only 36% (5 of 14) of current grantees and 47% (10 of 21) of past grantees supported them. In contrast, 72% (21 of 29) of groups which do not receive alcohol-industry money endorsed those restrictions.
Similar policies would eliminate the sale of alcohol at gas stations, convenience stores, and movie theaters. Such reforms may help lower alcohol consumption, prevent underage drinking, and decrease drunk-driving crashes. This group of initiatives received the least support of all items on the survey, netting an overall 41% approval rating. However, 55% (16 of 29) of organizations which do not accept alcohol industry funds supported the measures, twice the backing demonstrated by groups which accepted industry money in the past and four times that of groups which currently accept industry funding.
Corner liquor stores blight many inner-city neighborhoods and contribute to increased crime and health problems in those areas. A question about proposals to limit the density of these outlets met with 61% (27 of 44) approval from all respondents. Groups without financial ties to the alcohol industry showed the strongest support -- a 76% (22 of 29) approval rating -- versus only 36% (5 of 14) support among industry grantees and 47% (10 of 21) among groups that received grants in the past.
Category Four: Alcohol Price
Higher prices on alcoholic beverages can be an effective deterrent to underage drinking. Raising excise taxes on alcoholic beverages at the federal and state levels would help reduce demand and, at the same time, generate tax revenue which can be used to fund substance abuse programs.
Our questions in this area focused on policy proposals to increase federal excise taxes, equalize federal excise tax rates across beverage types, and increase state excise taxes with the funds earmarked for prevention programs.
Fifty percent (22 of 44) of all respondents favored an increase in federal excise tax rates. Only 21% of groups (3 of 14) that received industry funds and 33% (7 of 21) of those which had in the past supported federal excise tax increases. Twenty-nine percent (4 of 14) of industry grantees actually opposed this initiative, the highest level of opposition for any measure on the survey. Organizations not on the industry dole were more than twice as likely to support higher taxes than recipients of industry funds.
The proposal to equalize federal alcohol excise tax rates received a slightly higher overall approval rating of 59% (26 of 44). Currently, distilled spirits are taxed at a disproportionately higher rate of $13.50 per 100-proof gallon, or $.12 per drink. Wine and beer are taxed at rates of $.04 and $.05 per drink, respectively. Equalizing these tax rates (resulting in relative increases in the prices of beer and wine vis a vis liquor) received a favorable vote from 43% (6 of 14) of industry grantees and 57% (12 of 21) of those with industry grants in the past four years. Organizations that do not currently accept industry grants demonstrated even stronger approval at 69% (20 of 29).
Respondents noted considerably more enthusiasm when asked if they would support an increase in state excise tax rates, with the new revenue earmarked for alcohol-related prevention, treatment, and law-enforcement programs. Seventy percent (30 of 44) of respondents answered positively, including half of current industry grantees (7 of 14) and 62% (13 of 21) of past grantees. Seventy-nine (23 of 29) of those not accepting alcohol industry grants supported the measure. The high approval probably reflects the likelihood that the respondents hoped or expected to be recipients of such tax revenue.
Category Five: Organizational Policies on Alcohol Consumption
In addition to our questions about "external" alcohol policies, we also asked groups about the use of alcohol at their organizational social functions. Although only a minority reported alcohol use at group social events, those groups that accept, or had accepted industry money were far more likely to consume alcohol than organizations without alcohol-industry funding. Twenty-nine percent (4 of 14) of groups that currently accept industry funds and 19% (4 of 21) of groups that had accepted funds in the past said that they served alcohol at organization functions. In sharp contrast, none of the groups that abjure alcohol funding reported serving alcohol.
Discussion and Conclusions
This survey of community-based substance abuse prevention and treatment programs confirmed prior reports (e.g., Join Together surveys) that prevention policy measures enjoy strong support among groups that work on alcohol-related issues. It also verified suspicions and previous data (Mosher and Frank, supra) indicating that the source of a program's funding may have an influence on the positions that the organization takes on alcohol policy measures.
On average, the policy proposals in the survey received support from sixty-four percent of the respondents. Support among groups that now take industry funds averaged 45%, and for those that had accepted alcohol money in the past four years, support averaged 54%. In contrast, groups that avoid industry donations had an average support rate of 74%.
Despite its modest sample size and non-random respondent selection process, the survey raises serious ethical and political issues concerning the funding of community-based alcohol prevention organizations by entities related to the alcoholic-beverage industry. It casts doubt on the philanthropic motives of alcohol-industry givers. At the very least, these findings support one or both of the following conclusions : 1) that groups which accept alcohol-industry funding are more reluctant to support alcohol policy measures than "independent" organizations, and 2) that alcohol-industry funders seek out such groups when it comes to making grant awards.
The findings of this survey come at an especially difficult time for the substance abuse prevention and treatment field. Proposed Congressional budget cuts will likely gut the Safe and Drug-Free Schools Act, reduce the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), and severely curtail demonstration projects supported by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), including Community Partnership grants administered by the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP). In the future, the vastly reduced pool of demonstration funds for substance abuse prevention and treatment purposes will lead to even fiercer competition for federal and other sources of money. Groups which now rely heavily on the federal funding stream may begin to sek alternative funding sources, including donors from the alcoholic-beverage industry, in order to assure their survival.
The extent to which greater dependence by prevention organizations on alcoholic-beverage industry largesse will affect alcohol policy campaigns remains unclear. However, this survey reinforces the common-sense notion that "he who pays the piper calls the tune." The findings strengthen the need for policy makers, alcohol prevention organizations, the media, and the general public to identify the funding sources of advocacy groups, whatever positions they take on policy matters. At the very least, the survey raises questions about the motivations of alcoholic-beverage producers and trade organizations which have recently expanded their promotion of alcohol prevention and education initiatives and the availability of funding for community and state-wide groups.


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Colombian star James Rodriguez has transferred from AS Monaco to Spanish Giants Real Madrid. Real Madrid have paid 63 million for the World Cup Golden Boot winner.
After his medical, Rodriguez signed a six year deal with the Spanish Giants, making him the fourth most expensive signing of all time.
In an interview with Real Madrid TV, Rodriguez stated
"I always wanted this and I hope to be happy here for many years,"
"I like challenges and to win, and I'm at a great club to achieve many titles."
"I'm anxious. I want August 1 to come to start training and be better every day."
He also stated that he intended on bringing, ""Goals, passes and play. I am only one [person] but I want to help."
Real Madrid Coach Carlos Ancelotti also commented on the transfer stating, "Madrid's history will tell you that they always want to have the best players and ones with a future,"
"We have signed one of the World Cup's stars."
"You need these kinds of players for the future, not just for the present, too."
James Rodriguez is not the only player joining Real Madrid this summer as they have also completed the transfer of Toni Kroos from German Giants Bayern Munich.
It was thought that these signings would conclude Real Madrid's involvement in the transfer market however, club President Florentino Perez stated that Real Madrid will continue to be involved in the market.
He stated to reporters at a Spanish football association assembly, "Until the last day you can always do something, whether it's buying and selling,"
"We all want to strengthen and improve. Then the competition will unfold. You can add people until the end of August and some can go out as well. It's no different to any summer. I can't say anything else, honestly."


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''Lady in the Dark'' is a 1941 psychoanalytic musical play by Moss Hart, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin and music by Music/KurtWeill. There was a film adaptation starring Creator/GingerRogers.
Liza Elliott has been editor of the FashionMagazine ''Allure'' for the last decade. Though she appears to be satisfied with her job and in complete control of her affairs, lately she has been overcome by depression and feelings of panic. Her irrational solicitude has been aggravated by the weird, fantastic dreams she has been having. It is furthermore no consolation to her that her longtime publisher, Kendall Nesbitt, has gone to the trouble of divorcing his wife so that she could be free to marry him, especially since handsome, hunky movie star Randy Curtis just walked into her office a few minutes before.
So Liza, on her doctor's recommendation, goes to visit a psychoanalyst to discover what is making her emotional state go to pieces, since she is a completely healthy woman aside from her irrational fears. The psychoanalyst, Dr. Brooks, notices the contrast between the glamorous personality Liza imagines herself as in her dreams and the real Liza's preference for severely tailored business suits, strange for a woman whose chosen career is in telling the most glamorous women what to wear. What finally helps Liza resolve all her worries is going back to memories of her childhood, in which she recalls the words of the song whose tune has haunted all her dreams.
!!This musical show contains examples of:
* AlmaMaterSong: "Mapleton High Chorale".
* BettyAndVeronica: Kendall Nesbitt and Randy Curtis.
* TheDitherer: Liza Elliott, acclaimed in the Circus Dream as "The Woman Who Cannot Make up Her Mind!"
* DreamMelody: "My Ship".
* DreamSequence: Three dreams, all musicalized.
* {{Flashback}}
* GemEncrusted: To make the red dress as [[EverythingsBetterWithSparkles sparkly as possible]].
* GlamourFailure: The "Glamor Dream" version of Liza has her portrait painted, but the portrait has no glamor at all.
* MoralityBallad & AgeProgressionSong: "The Saga Of Jenny".
* PatterSong & ListSong: "Tchaikowsky (and Other Russians)".
* PimpedOutDress: A film version has Liza wear a red dress with a mink skirt, loads of jewels, and a mink jacket. Another dress was a Medieval style dress.
* PrettyInMink: A dress with a mink skirt, and a mink jacket.
* TheReveal: Liza's neurosis comes from [[spoiler: thinking she isn't beautiful or desirable as a result of youthful traumas]].
* TheShrink: Dr. Brooks.
* SpeakNowOrForeverHoldYourPeace: Said in the Wedding Dream.


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Bochy's Spring Off To A Painful StartMadison Bumgarner approached Bruce Bochy and jokingly offered his manager a big hug after an offseason apart.
Tim Lincecum's Season Is Done; Future With San Francisco Giants In DoubtOne of the San Francisco Giants' most popular and recognizable players in franchise history may have played his last game for the team.
Risk vs. Reward: Using Giants Ace Bumgarner As Pinch HitterGiants lefty Madison Bumgarner is not only one of the best pitchers in baseball today--and the best post-season pitcher of all-time, according to some statistical categories--but he's also one of the best hitting pitchers in baseball history.
Fantasy Baseball All-Star Edition: Which Players Do You Actually Want On Your Team?Just because someone is an All-Star in the eyes of Major League Baseball doesn't mean you need or want them on your fantasy baseball roster. In fact, it's mostly irrelevant to smart fantasy owners. By looking the hitters and pitchers in line for the big honor this week, you can find assets you have that other clueless owners might want in a trade. Think about how to exploit that weakness in your fantasy baseball league this weekend.
Giants Break 7-Game Losing Streak To Power Past MetsCain was more impressed by Pence's defensive gem in the sixth inning than he was with his own winning return to AT&T Park...
Bochy Left Behind In Enemy Territory By Team Bus After Giants Beat DodgersThe man driving the Giants team bus on Friday is likely a bit chagrined by now, as reports surfaced Saturday that the bus left without manager Bruce Bochy.
Giants Manager Bruce Bochy Undergoes Heart Operation At Arizona HospitalSan Francisco Giants Manager Bruce Bochy was admitted to a hospital in Arizona for a heart operation after experiencing chest discomfort Thursday.
Will The Rain Dampen The 22nd Annual Giants FanFest?Will Giants Fans need to carry an umbrella to AT&T Park on Saturday? Roberta has the forecast
Giants Third Base Coach Tim Flannery RetiresThe coach is ready to leave the baseball grind and play a little more music...
Former Giant Williams Voted NL Manager Of The Year, World Series Winner Bochy Places 3rdMatt Williams got 18 first-place votes and 109 points. Pittsburgh's Clint Hurdle, who earned the NL honor last year, was second with eight first-place votes and 80 points. Bruce Bochy of the World Series champion San Francisco Giants was third with three firsts and 30 points.
Daily Madden: Expect To See Bumgarner In Game 7Bruce Bochy has settled the debate among fans and pundits. The Giants manager announced Tim Hudson will start Game 7 of the World Series against the Kansas City Royals.
5 Things You Missed: 2014 World Series, Game 6The Royals scored 10 runs to shut out the Giants in World Series Game 6. Here are 5 things you missed.


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Joe Gaiter: Who is Kenneth Charles?
Kenneth Charles: Kenneth Charles is a man of GOD first and far most. He loves to be responsible and take care of his business. He also loves to hangout with family and friends. He is a dedicated man who will stop at nothing to reach his goals in life.
Joe Gaiter:How will you prove yourself on the field?
Kenneth Charles: I will prove myself on the field by first making plays. If you cant make plays then whats the point of you being on the field. I will be coach-able and do my best to do everything right.
Joe Gaiter:What are your goals when you get in the NFL?
Kenneth Charles: My goals for the NFL are really simple. I want to be one of the top players to ever play the game, I want to help my team win a few championships and superbowls, and i want to be a great role model for children that look up to NFL players.
Joe Gaiter: What are some of your hobbies off the field?
Kenneth Charles: My hobbies off the field are: Hunting and fishing, riding 4 wheelers and dirt bikes, playing domino's and spades, playing video games, and hanging out with family and friends.
Joe Gaiter:What is your biggest strengths on the field?
Kenneth Charles: My biggest strengths on the field would be my mind, quickness and strength and my ability to get to the quarter back.
Joe Gaiter:What is the hardest part about playing Defensive End?
Kenneth Charles: The hardest part about playing defensive end to me I think would be playing through draws and screens.
Joe Gaiter:How will you elevate your skills to a NFL level?
Kenneth Charles: I will elevate my skills by studying the game and trying to know the game as if I made it. I would get alot of film study in. I will work hard and always stay positive and I will always be coachable.
Joe Gaiter: What will you miss the most about playing at Stephen F. Austin State University?
Kenneth Charles:The thing i will miss most about Stephen F. Austin State University would be the relationships I've made with the coaches and the players there. They're my family. Also the 2 back to back conference championships.
Joe Gaiter: Who has been your biggest influence in your football career?
Kenneth Charles: My biggest influence in my football career would have to be my Father (Rodney Charles) my Brother (Justin Charles) and my second Mom and Dad who was my high school coach and his wife (Dave & Jane Pollack). They support me more than words can say.
Joe Gaiter: What NFL player has your style of play?
Kenneth Charles: I think im a mixture of Jared Allen and James Harrison.


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A delegation of eleven American businesses with expertise in airport infrastructure and technology has been invited to attend the US Vendors' Day organized by the Commercial Section of the U.S. Embassy in partnership with Timisoara Airport on January 20, 2010. The event was hosted by Timisoara Airport "Traian Vuia".
The American participants, recruited by the Commercial Section of the U.S. Embassy came in Romania to introduce their offers for airport design, upgrade and expansion. The group explored investment opportunities for eight of Romania's regional airports – Arad, Bacau, Craiova, Iasi, Satu Mare, Târgu Mureş, Timişoara and Tulcea, after a short presentation done by each airport regarding their investment plans, development objectives, future prospects and business opportunities these would produce.
The program participants (ARINC, ARUP, AS&E, CISCO SYSTEMS, DELOITTE, EPSTEIN, ESCO, FORTINET, RAYTHEON, SH&E and WHITE&CASE) represent a wide range of services and technologies from products, technologies and services relevant to airport modernization.
For details on the U.S. participants to this program please contact:
Monica Eremia
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Free and open to the public (now extended through October 15!)
Opening Reception: Wed., Sept. 3, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Hours: Mon.-Fri.,10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Wed., 10 a.m.-7:30 p.m.
More info: Dustin Smith, email@example.com, 510.594.3650
Curator: Mara Holt Skov, adjunct professor, Graduate Program in Design / Industrial Design, curriculum committee chair
Added: During the three-week exhibition, in order explore the meaning of our making even further, we will offer three moderated, two-person informal conversations with exhibiting faculty artists who will discuss their work:
Wednesdays: September 10, 17 & 24 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Faculty members at CCA, from long-time tenured professors to visiting lecturers, recognize that from our teaching practice to our individual creative pursuits, we are grounded in making visible and tangible what it means to be alive in the present moment.
See the list of participating faculty »
And as such we are individually and collectively committed to "making art that matters" or craft or design or prose or poetry or performance or iterations or investigations or interventions or _______ (you fill in the blank) that matters.
Making ( ) that Matters
From the macro to the micro level, Making ( ) that Matters is an essential component of CCA. We see this in faculty working in every media and at all levels of the college -- from the First Year Program through to our graduate programs -- whose work has wider social, political, environmental implications, and impacts.
Though our work might reach broad audiences through physical or digital means, we also recognize that making art that matters doesn't mean we need to reach a huge audience.
Meaning can also be defined in more humble ways. Even challenging and satisfying yourself is reason enough to put forth creative effort to make something.
Themes will revolve around (but not be limited to) social justice, environmental responsibility, interpersonal connections, cultivating innovation, and community engagement.


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Last week, we dropped a bombshell of OME proportions when we announced that the cast of "New Moon" will be presenting exclusive footage from their upcoming "Twilight" sequel during the [url id="http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/2009/"]MTV Movie Awards[/url]. Now we can reveal that the never-before-seen video that Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner will be introducing on Sunday's live show is the movie's first trailer.
The stars will present the premiere of the "New Moon" trailer on the Movie Awards, airing at 9:00 pm ET on Sunday. Then at 10:45 p.m., the high-definition video will debut online. To make sure you don't miss the premiere, snag our Movie Awards countdown clock below — when the trailer makes its online debut, it will shapeshift into a video player!
(How pumped are you for the "New Moon" trailer? Share your video reactions!)
This year, "Twilight" leads all other films at the Movie Awards with seven nominations, including nods for Breakthrough Performance Male nods for Pattinson and Lautner, and Best Performance Female for Stewart. Cam Gigandet, who plays evil vampire James in the movie, has been campaigning heavily (with the help of FunnyOrDie.com) to win Best Fight for his battle with Pattinson . Voting in the [url id="http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/2009/best-movie/"] Best Movie category[/url], for which "Twilight" is also nominated, will stay open until the end of the live telecast.
Joining the "Twilight" trio will be an all-star group of Hollywood presenters, including Denzel Washington, Will Ferrell, Lil Wayne, Cameron Diaz, Sandra Bullock, Dwayne Johnson, Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Abigail Breslin, Shia LaBeouf, Leighton Meester, Jonah Hill, Danny McBride, Sienna Miller and Channing Tatum.
In addition to this cavalcade of celebrity presenters, the Movie Awards will feature musical performances by Eminem, who will perform music from his new album, Relapse, and Kings of Leon, who will perform their hit "Use Somebody."
Will the vampires grab more trophies than the slumdog? What was the year's ultimate onscreen WTF moment? It's up to you to decide the winners of the 2009 MTV Movie Awards. Vote now, and tune in on Sunday at 9 p.m. ET, when the big show airs live from the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California.
Check out everything we've got on "Twilight" and "New Moon."
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Experienced filmmaker John Krokidas makes an impressive directorial debut with "Kill Your Darlings", a searing tale of passions found, passions dashed, and the moth-to-flame effect of powerful personality.
"Kill Your Darlings" is a gritty yet lyrical account of the events which drew together four brilliant minds, tore them asunder through murder, conceived one of the most influential movements of the 20th century, and went on to inspire some of America's most celebrated literature.
Columbia University 1944: aspiring poet Allen Ginsberg (Daniel Radcliffe) engages a professor during class, piquing the interest of irresistibly charismatic classmate Lucien Carr (Dane DeHaan). Taking Allen under his wing, Lucien introduces Allan to the libertine literati of his community, which includes William Burroughs (Ben Foster), Jack Kerouac (Jack Huston), and older would-be inamorato David Kammerer (Michael C. Hall).
As the four younger men commence to brilliant (and often substance-induced) intellectual exploration and escapades of revolution and rage against the establishment, the dazzled Allen falls ever more under the spell of the captivating Lucien.
David warns him away, warns him that he does not really know Lucien, that Lucien will toy with him until the novelty wears off and then replace him with a new worshiper. But David himself is jealous of Lucien's attention, and Allen dismisses his words; after all, Lucien claims to despise David as a washed up wannabe hanger-on (despite remaining in relationship to him on some unclear level). And Lucien's word reigns supreme.
Until suddenly it doesn't anymore. Until murder is involved, and all that the four have crafted, their New Vision, is in one night, and with one coverup, jeopardized entirely.
In its visceral passion, "Kill Your Darlings" carries forth in an excessive celebration of ambition, identity, friendship, boundary busting, counter-culture adventure, intellectual rebellion, and shaking one's fists (to put it politely) at tradition and the status quo.
But underneath the revelry, a much more complicated tapestry is emerging: one of ambiguity and of question… and often of menace.
Lucien extols the philosophy that life is to be lived wide, and that its circle must be broken for the world to get wider. But does it widen the world, as he asserts, or just one's world ~ or does it just plain break it? And the artist's immortal razor's edge: where does an altered state of consciousness unlock creativity, and where does it simply vomit useless self-glorification?
Is Lucien a leader, or a Pied Piper? And if the latter, whose doing is this ~ his own, or David's? Who truly holds the power, and how is it being wielded? Is Lucien a Svengali, or a tormented boy? Is he user, victim, avenging angel, or all of the above? Is he borderline, or is he traumatized? And to those in his field of gravity, does it matter?
Allen struggles to reason it out amid processing his own newfound independence and emerging identity, and things start to get very complicated…
Regarding the killing, many worthy questions may be posed. I won't spoil details here, but it's worth considering afterward the unnerving nature of the relationship of the two involved. Utterly unconscionable is the defense, and equally unconscionable is the lack of appreciation of one party's behavior leading up to the incident; today both are regarded as utterly egregious, but in 1944 they raised nary an eyebrow in the eyes of the law. The definition of the word "predator" has since then been properly righted (for thinking people, at any rate), and had it been so then, history may have taken a different course. But given the 1944 definition, a dispassionate mind could argue it was the only available "just" outcome.
Things do get complicated, and Krokidas does an excellent job of couching these ponderous subjects within the broad, wild strokes of youthful exuberance, sweeping us into Allen's innocence, and into the wreckage of its loss. Kill your darlings. It's one darned good piece of advice from that staid old establishment. It ain't romantic, but boy, is it wise.
The performances overall will satisfy. Radcliffe just gets better and better, and Dane DeHaan will receive the most attention no doubt. Intense and attractive as Lucien in every sense of that word (the aforementioned flame), he's clearly angling to assume the mantle of Leonardo DiCaprio v2.0.
It's quite amusing to watch Lucien Carr modeling himself after the poet Arthur Rimbaud, even as DeHaan himself emulates the performance of DiCaprio in that very same role. Art imitating life, or perhaps two spot-on performances and no wonder Carr idolized Rimbaud, or perhaps a bit of both. Film buffs will get a kick out the comparison.
If "Kill Your Darlings" has a flaw, it's that it chooses not to provide newcomers with its true, larger context from the outset. It assumes recognition of Ginsberg ("Howl"), Kerouac ("On the Road"), and Burroughs ("Naked Lunch"), which is a [depressingly] dangerous assumption in today's world. The film stands on its own as a compelling interpersonal tale, but some ~ arguably much ~ of its power is left by the wayside. Were a newcomer to be alerted as to what we're witnessing, "Kill Your Darlings" could truly dazzle, but the near-afterthought epilogue amounting to "oh by the way, these guys launched the Beat Generation" dilutes the film's impact, and thus it garners four stars from me instead of five.
That said, "Kill Your Darlings" is powerful human drama of the first order, and exceedingly well worth the time of literary types, history buffs, and character study junkies alike.
(PS ~ For a scrumptious pairing, queue up "Howl" starring James Franco as Ginsberg; it's a superb docudrama recounting Ginsberg's electrifying epic poem of the same name, and the obscenity trial it provoked given the norms of its day. It'll add that last bit of punch to "Kill Your Darlings".)
Story: Columbia University 1944 occasions the friendship between several talented students, but it is their proximity to a murder that occasions their becoming the most influential poets of the 20th century and the founders of the Beat Generation.
Genre: Drama, Biography
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Dane DeHaan, Michael C. Hall, Jack Huston, Ben Foster, David Cross, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Elizabeth Olsen, John Cullum, David Rasche, Kyra Sedgwick
Directed by: John Krokidas
- Official Selection, Sundance Film Festival 2013
- Official Selection, Toronto International Film Festival 2013
- Nominee, Grand Jury Prize, Sundance Film Festival 2013
- Nominee, Breakthrough Actor – Dane DeHaan, Gotham Awards, 2013
Running time: 104 minutes
Official site: http://sonyclassics.com/killyourdarlings/
Houston release date: November 15, 2013 at the Sundance Cinemas
Tickets: Check the Sundance website, Fandango, IMDb, or your local listings
Screened Nov 11th 2013 at the Landmark River Oaks Theater in Houston TX


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An identifying feature of the Placenticeras Intercalare are the raised tubercles that are evenly spaced in two concentric rings along the spiral from the protoconch out to the edge of the living chamber. The peaked ridges along the ventral edge are called crenulations. All these bumps or spines served an ornamental as well as defensive purpose for the animal. The raised nipples on many specimens show a remarkable three-dimensional rainbow effect, changing color from every angle.
The Placenticeras Intercalare is believed by many researchers to have been the male of the species and while usually smaller, brighter and more colorful than the female - Placenticeras Meeki - it is also much less common. It is thought that the female may have displayed spawning behavior; giving birth in groups and dying immeadiately afterword thereby leaving localized graveyards of female (meeki) fossils for us to find. The male (intercalare) must have lived a solitary life as it is usually found by itself in a lonely shale tomb.


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FRESNO, Calif. - The Bulldogs came out firing right from the start and used an all-around team effort for a dominating 82-52 victory the Pacific-12's Utah on Saturday afternoon at the Save Mart Center.
"We knew we had to come in with a mind set to be prepared for them," head coach Rodney Terry said. "I thought we played pretty well, we had a really good effort. The guys locked in on defense."
Kevin Foster scored a career-high 16 points, Kevin Olekaibe and Steven Shepp both reached 15 points each, and Jonathan Wills added 11 for Fresno State, who never trailed in the contest.
Shepp also dished out eight assists for the Bulldogs (4-4), who shot a season-high 58.2 percent from the floor to register the 30-point victory and the largest in program history over a school currently in the Pac-12.
"We had fun by playing hard," Foster said. "Coach always says to play hard and good things will happen."
Chris Hines scored 14 points and Jason Washburn added 12 points and a game-high 10 rebounds for the Utes (1-6), which lost their sixth straight.
Fresno State, which led 35-25 at halftime, put the game away with an 18-3 run midway through the second half. Olekaibe scored 10 points during the surge, including two 3-pointers against Utah's zone defense.
Olekaibe, who entered the game as the nation's third-leading sophomore scorer, has extended his double-digit scoring streak to ten, even as he faces all kinds of defensive approaches from man to zone to box-and-one fronts.
The 'Dogs finished with 21 assists against six turnovers compared to the Utes' 10 assists and 14 turnovers. Fresno State scored 24 points off the turnovers and held Utah without a fast-break point.
Fresno State also owned the pain with a 34-20 advantage inside and scored 24 points off Utes' turnovers.
"Our Town. Your Team!" - Fresno State heads back on the road to play the Pacific-12's Colorado and Utah next week before returning to the San Joaquin Valley for a Dec. 17 home game against Cal Poly. To secure single-game tickets, you can visit Ticketmaster online, through ticketmaster.com, call 1-800-745-3000 or visit the Save Mart Center Box Office between 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (Monday-Friday) or two hours prior to tip off on gamedays. Make sure to also like Fresno State Athletics on Facebook and follow @FSAthletics on Twitter for the latest updates from the 'Dogs.
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Exposure 99% Weekday Blog hop is on! It gives you the chance to increase your blog followers and readers. Link up your Blogs, Reviews, Giveaways, Twitter, Facebook pages and many more. Wishing you all a stress free week...
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I wanna get more friends and fowllers so heres what I'm gonna do: This is gonna last a month: I am a avon rep. so to get more followers im gonna offer free avon. If i get 50 followers this month its $30 dollars of free avon, 100 followers $40 and 150 plus followers its $50. Heres how to enter add me as a friend and leave a comment I will add your name to the drawing at the end of the month Octobter 31st i will close out the drawing and on November 1st I will annoce the winner. The winner can…Continue
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Dont get me wrong im excited but at the same time idk if im ready. i mean i have dreams that im going to be a good mom but in realitly idk if im going to be a good mom. i guess im just going to have to find out when he gets here..
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So I have quite a few friends and family expecting babies in the next few months and they all have pretty much picked the same names so I decide to go online and look at what the top ten baby girl names and top ten boys names and here they are:
Top Ten Girls Names In 2011:
1. Isabella
2. Sophia
3. Emma
4. Olivia
5. Ava
6. Emily
7. Abigail
8. Madison
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Here is a smple recipe for wonderful home made biscuits!
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Moving your GFC followers from our blogspot domain to your new purchased word press domain is very easy!
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I didn't expect there were so many present for the Methodist Senior Fellowship Brunch Buffet, in fact, I have cold feet after seeing so many people... later I got to to know there were around 260 or so....
I was thinking, "Gosh.. pastor is around... so were other professional musicians among those present for the…
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This is the story that Z told me about she arrived in our family.
"I once was a baby lion and I lived in Ireland. My momma lion loved me very much and would lick my forehead all the time. I never really saw the daddy lion, but he was big and strong."
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Speech therapy can address a wide variety of communication difficulties – problems pronouncing specific sounds, weak vocabulary, speaking with incorrect grammar, using language in socially inappropriate ways. And the list goes on! My hope in this blog is to highlight some issues I see in my own speech room and to address the concerns most prominent to you, the reader.…
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With an official military designation of Master Chief Petty Officer Spartan-117, the Master Chief is a SPARTAN-II Super Soldier, a biologically-enhanced and cybernetically-augmented commando. Master Chief is tenacious, professional, powerful, charismatic, and undaunted. He is the consummate warrior.
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There are numerous ways to serve in Baltimore. Volunteer servitude does not necessarily begin in a soup kitchen nor end on a track. Perhaps, this will provide solace to those who are eager to assist yet find themselves unable to physically and/or mentally compete in benevolent fundraising events.
RIDE/365 Charity Bicycle Tour
On Wednesday, September 17, 2014, ten courageous women will set off on a five-day, 365-mile bicycle trek through the mountains in Western Maryland, all sharing a pinnacle goal of saving the lives of numerous voiceless sisters (women) across the seas.
Presented by World Relief and Women Who Stand, RIDE/365 aims to offer educational programs and financial assistance to ameliorate the epidemics of human trafficking in Cambodia, Asia and HIV/AIDS in Malawi, Africa.
The bicycle race to raise humanitarian driven funds will originate in Oakland, MD. Supporters can welcome race participants home on September 21, 2014 in Baltimore, MD.
The following are day-by-day race details:
o Day 1 - Start in Oakland, stop in Cumberland, end at Rocky Gay in Flintstone, MD
o Day 2 - Go through Hancock, stop in Hagerstown, Catoctin Mtn State Park, ending in Westminster
o Day 3 - Westminster to Bel Air
o Day 4 - Bel Air, down the Eastern Shore of Maryland, ending in Queenstown
o Day 5 - Annapolis to Baltimore
According to a press release issued on August 28, 2014 by World Relief, forty percent of the population in both countries receiving aid (Cambodia and Malawi) survive on "less than a dollar a day". Not surprising; yet, all the while heartbreaking, under such conditions the issues of human trafficking and HIV/AIDS mushroom.
One hundred percent of proceeds received are said to directly support the program efforts to assist victims of human trafficking in Cambodia, Asia and HIV/AIDS in Malawi, Africa. "We as a team are honored to be riding for the third year in a row and hope to make a difference in the lives of those facing overwhelming challenges." said Kris Bailey, advocacy group member and ride organizer. [Press release, 8/28/14]
For more information, please visit http://worldrelief.org/ride365/bios.
To make a donation, please visit https://worldrelief.org/womenwhostand/donate.


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Mark Mawson captures some pretty rad shots of paint dropping into water. Aren't the colors so yummy?
Every once in a while, I feel like watching a skate video. My collection is less than comprehensive, even though my love for the sport dates back to 1993. My interest has been fading a bit lately, but here and there Iíll grab a magazine or watch some footage online. Anyways, 2 years ago I came accross a dvd that stands above the usual gnarly, hardcore, wasted dude attitude stance most skate videos take. Entitled "The Strongest of the Strange" (derived from a Bukowski poem) and composed by Pontus Alv, (a Swede long involved in skateboarding.) There is lots of 8mm footage, really nice motion graphics, a diverse soundtrack ñ overall this video is exceptional. If youíve got some time, watch the entire thing google video.
Some more Pontus action in an Carhartt (Europe) ad. They are obviously sponsoring quite a number of skate and art related projects. Picture 1 and 3 of this post were taken from their website.
This is a series of photographs by Christoph Martin Schmid titled Trouble in Paradise. He does a pretty good job capturing the way we perceive the hollywood lifestyle. They may appear perfect but behind closed doors…their lives are a little messed up.
Do we all remember playing video games for the fist time? Bodies contorted, lips curled, and eyes focused? Robbie Cooper has some really nice video work of children playing video games capturing these moments. Sometimes the clips can be funny, scary and intensely emotional. You can view the video on youtube here or visit his site here which has some really nice hi-res video stills. I'd like to thank my brother for introducing me to this stunning video work.
uk photographer. killer scapes. freytag.co.uk
Terrible name, but the photos are worth a look.
Here's a portfolio of some interesting photographs.
Some very beautiful work by Mark Rubenstein. Photographer based in LA.
Not much to say that isn't already expressed in these truly lynchian images, taken by Tim Flach. Awesome.
photographic sensibility at its finest. nice1 ryanmcginley.com
Martina Hoogland Ivanow has made several fashion features for magazines such as Dazed and The Face and has worked for clients such as Prada and Miu Miu. Her work is mysterious and sensual but semi-abstract, and is often characterised by subdued lighting and under-saturated colours. Her work first caught my eye on Calikartel but more can also be seen here.
While doing a Chelsea walk a few weeks ago, I randomly stumbled upon this artists work while being stunned by an image I saw through the window. Pretty amazing stuff. Yes, we have seen this type of imagery before but these were nevertheless, quite stunning. Even these pictures do not do the prints justice as they are gigantic and quite powerful with their use of negative space. Unfortunately, I realize now, I post this too late as the show is now over. But check out his website for some more beautiful images of his work. Pretty amazing stuff. Oh, his name is Shinichi Maruyama. In his statement, he refers to Wabi-Sabi and the elegance of imperfection. Iím not sure I am totally getting that from all of these but there is an element of restraint here that I am really enjoying. Enjoy!


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There was a chocolate in his hand. Darth Androus ate it quickly, turning his attention back to his Sith apprentice.
"You must learn to strike faster in order to defeat the Jedi in your path." Darth Androus screamed at the Sith apprentice.
"If you insist." the Sith apprentice said, making the lightsaber's strokes faster and more lethal, considering it was a dead Jedi's lightsaber.
"Good. That's enough. Go finish constructing your lightsaber." Darth Androus said.
The apprentice pulled out an incomplete lightsaber hilt. It was a curved hilt. It bore indistinct engravings, which read in Basic: "The former Master shall rise again." The apprentice wondered who the former master was.
"Remember, a Sith is defined by their lightsaber. For those Sith who go undercover, a hilt that can be easily hidden is best." Darth Androus reminded the apprentice.
"Where shall I wait for the Jedi?" the apprentice demanded.
"You shall find the Jedi on..." Darth Androus started, but an alarm started going off. "We have a visitor. Kill them."
He jumped from the ceiling, drawing his red longsaber out and activating it.
"Who died and made you Dark Lord of the Sith" the man asked, holding his lightsaber towards Darth Androus' throat.
"Darth Traya was the last Dark Lord of the Sith, but this Jedi Exile killed her...in the very room, in fact." Darth Androus declared. "I was one of the survivors that left here alive."
"Atton Rand?" the man asked.
"How...how did you know?" Darth Androus asked.
"I have my ways. As you saw during the War before you deserted." the man said.
"Is it you? Is it really you?" Darth Androus asked.
The man nodded. "I need you to do something for me..."


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What is the ideal desktop computer for productive software development?
I've been trying to do my due diligence, but admittedly it is hard to separate out what matters most. I would like to know the points of diminishing returns where there is little additional value from more expensive options - like "only get super-deluxe graphics card if you are a serious gamer, as somewhat-deluxe model will be fine for what you do."
I would appreciate specifics even - like "brand X, model Y, and graphics card Z." I am not feeling up to building my own these days.
I also specify "desktop" since I assume a better bang for the buck. I have a dev laptop I am okay with for going on the road, but here looking for a bad-ass system that doesn't need to be mobile.
For a taste of what it would need to support:
- Visual Studio 2010 (sometimes multiple instances)
- Azure fabric (includes local IIS 7 instance)
- Virtual Machines of other tools and software... (wide open)
- SQL Server [Express, Management Studio]
- Web browsers (IE, FF, Chrome - usually multiple at once, millions of tabs, including launches from Visual Studio, loading Silverlight runtime often)
- Microsoft Office
- iTunes (yeah, I know, but it needs to live somewhere, and much of it relates to development anyway, like curating Podcast Mashups)
I would expect a new computer to have Windows 7 (there are offers for free upgrades on machines purchased before the Win 7 official launch on Oct 7 - so you get Vista for a short time, then an upgrade).
For my productivity, I would want support for multiple monitors (ScottGu talks about the great multi-monitor support in Visual Studio 2010, so I do want to leverage that, plus more generally).
Another SO thread on # of monitors seems to recommend 3 monitors - do you agree? If I get 3, do I need one graphics card per monitor?
What graphics card would I need to support sufficient resolution? (And is it safe to assume any graphics card will sufficiently support Hardware Acceleration, as WPF or Silverlight may attempt to leverage?)
How many hard disk(s)? (10k boot + 7200 data like Jeff suggests?)
Is there anything in the hardware needed to improve support for Boot to VHD?
Is there anything in the hardware that will impact performance of Virtual Machine images I may run (e.g., Virtual PC images). These always seem to crawl.
I assume a 64-bit architecture.
How much RAM? Anything special about it?
Which processor?
There is a related SO question (Ideal Computer for Software Development, from Aug 2008, though will some still relevant info), but since it is more than a year old, an update is in order. Here is another, more monitor-focused post, from Dec 2008.
All input appreciated.


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Closing in on gamma-ray bursts
Jun 29, 2000
Astronomers have obtained the first detailed images of a galaxy in which a gamma-ray burst has taken place. Stephen Holland of the Danish Centre for Astrophysics in Aarhus, and co-workers in Denmark, Iceland Norway and the UK, used the Hubble Space Telescope to obtain the high-resolution images of the galaxy in which a gamma-ray burst occurred on 25 April 1998. The gamma-ray burst has been located in a region of active star formation in a spiral galaxy. The results also add weight to the theory that gamma-ray bursts are related to supernovae explosions.
The origin of gamma-ray bursts is one of the biggest unsolved problems in astrophysics. Some 3000 of these short-lived bursts of intense gamma-rays have been detected in the last three decades, but it is only recently that astrophysicists have confirmed that they originate outside our galaxy.
The burst of 25 April 1998 surprised astronomers because it was between a thousand and a million times fainter than a typical burst. Moreover, it was also unusual in that is was from a galaxy "only" 125 million light years away. However, this proved to be an advantage as it allowed the galaxy, ESO 184-G82, to be imaged by the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph on Hubble. Although 20 other galaxies have been identified with gamma-ray bursts, they are all too far away to be imaged. The Hubble images show that the galaxy contains numerous clouds of hydrogen and regions containing hot young stars.
The fact that a supernova was observed at exactly the same location as gamma-ray burst less than 24 hours later is further evidence that these two types of highly energetic events are related, although this has still to be proved conclusively.


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Thursday, March 19, 2009
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My whole family is prolific readers. Even as kids we would read whatever we could get our hands on. Even Dad's boring war books LOL. We were always book purchasers instead of library patrons. We lived in the outskirts of Seattle and there wasn't a public library until I was in jr hi...many many years ago LOL.
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John Moran is a litigation associate in the Washington, D.C. office. He represents clients in a wide variety of civil litigation matters at both the trial and appellate levels in federal and state courts across the country, including class actions, employment law matters, contract disputes, and tort cases. John is also frequently involved in advising clients on contractual, regulatory, statutory, and constitutional issues.
Before joining Kirkland, John served as a Law Clerk to Justice Antonin Scalia of the Supreme Court of the United States and Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
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Wright v. Harrison. Obtained full dismissal with prejudice for private-equity client in an ERISA class action alleging multiple federal and state-law claims.
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March 6, 2012
TUCSON, Ariz. - Junior starting pitcher Kurt Heyer has been named the Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week, the league office announced on Tuesday.
Heyer, a right-hander from Huntington Beach, Calif., tossed a complete game and equaled his career high with 14 strikeouts in a 7-1 victory over Harvard last Friday night at Hi Corbett Field. The victory pushed his record to 3-0 with an earned run average of 0.78 in 23.0 innings pitched to open the season.
The nine-inning effort was the fourth complete game in Heyer's career and moved him atop the conference with 23.0 innings pitched this season. The 14 strikeouts matched a total he racked up against Washington State on April 16, 2010, during his freshman season. The strikeout tally improved his season total to 25, among the top-five in the conference and he now has 268 punch-outs in his career, which ranks as second-most in the nation for active pitchers.
Arizona (8-2) remained ranked No. 7 in the nation in the Baseball America Top 25 poll released on Monday. The Wildcats are hosting UC Davis for a pair of mid-week games beginning this evening at 5 p.m. and finishing up on Wednesday at 1 p.m.
Heyer will take to the mound on Friday night when the Wildcats open a three-game series against Eastern Michigan at 6 p.m. at Hi Corbett Field.


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When a Ukrainian military transport was shot down recently President Poroshenko vowed to make the rebels pay. Just last week Ukraine's military attacked the rebels in the port city of Mariupol. Each day there are skirmishes and battles and this has turned into a civil war. It had begun with separatists wanting to rejoin Russia but when Russian President Putin couldn't talk the rebels into lowering their weapons even he has backed off a little.
Don't get me wrong Russia has done little to ease the situation and by keeping most of Russia's troops on the Ukrainian border Putin has left his options open. Putin instigated all of this situation back last fall and now that he has the Crimea he really doesn't need to be involved anymore. Putin wanted to increase his hold on oil options in the Black Sea and with the Crimea he now has increased his possible holdings in oil into the billions.
Eastern and Western Ukraine have always been at odds. One wanting to lean towards Europe and the other to Russia. Is it possible that something like this was going to happen. Putin just pushed it along and the world let him. Sanctions are the modern version of what tariffs were a hundred years ago. They really don't do anything at all. None of the sanctions imposed on Putin have really mattered.
Since the election Poroshenko and Putin have briefly met at the D-Day celebrations a couple of weeks ago. The pleasantries were made but there is no love loss between the two. What has occurred recently is that President Obama has increased the American presence in the surrounding countries. The Americans are in the Ukraine but are in Poland and other nearby countries. This is in turn forced Putin to back down his rhetoric at least for the time being. What has also taken place is that fighting has increased in Eastern Ukraine. Unless President Poroshenko can sit down with the rebels nothing will stop the bloodshed.
Europe and The United States are not willing to send troops into the Ukraine but they would be be willing if Russia was to actually send in troops. Up till now that doesn't seem to be an item to be worried about. President Poroshenko has his hands full and the world hopes he can somehow bring about a change that will benefit all concerned.


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College Hockey:Sandelin To Stay Behind UMD Bench
Former Penrose Winner Signs Three-Year Extension
Minnesota-Duluth head coach Scott Sandelin has signed a three-year contract extension that will keep him behind the Bulldog bench through the 2009-10 season, UMD Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Bob Nielson announced.
"We very pleased with the leadership Scott has provided to our men's hockey program and are encouraged about what lies ahead for the Bulldogs," said Nielson. "He's continually demonstrated the ability to bring in top quality student-athletes — young men who excel both on the ice and in the classroom."
The agreement calls for Sandelin to receive an annual base salary of $130,000.
In his six seasons with the Bulldogs, Sandelin, the 2003-04 Spencer Penrose Award recipient as national Division I coach of the year, has compiled an overall record of 96-122-26, including a 76-70-19 mark since the start of the 2002-03 season. UMD has appeared in three of the past four WCHA Final Fives, and reached the NCAA Frozen Four in 2004.
In all, the 41-year-old Hibbing, Minn., native has produced one Hobey Baker Memorial Award winner (Junior Lessard in 2003-04), two All-Americans, and eight All-WCHA selections.
The 2006-07 Bulldogs will return some 17 lettermen — including nine of their top 11 scorers — from last year's club, which went 11-25-4 overall and 6-19-3 in the WCHA.
"I'm excited about the future of this hockey program," said Sandelin, whose 2006-07 roster will include 10 National Hockey League draftees. "And, I am extremely appreciative for getting the opportunity to continue being a part of it."
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Sophomore Tyler Floyd named to President's Honor Roll list earning a perfect 4.0 GPA
LUBBOCK, Texas - The Texas Tech baseball program had nine student-athletes earn academic honor roll during the fall semester while two Red Raiders achieved Dean's List and President's List honors.
Sophomore catcher Tyler Floyd (Stephenville, Texas) earned a perfect 4.0 grade-point-average to earn President's List honors and freshman left-handed pitcher Dylan Dusek (Sugar Land, Texas) earned Dean's List recognition with a GPA above 3.5.
"We are very proud of these individuals and the work they accomplished in the classroom this semester," second-year head coach Tim Tadlock said. "Our academic support deserves a lot of credit as well. The staff in the Marsha Sharp Center does a great job working with our student-athletes and helping them have success in the classroom."
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Dear Faculty and Staff,
From the start, one of the most important goals of my Presidency has been to establish more endowed professorships and chairs across Stony Brook University to help us retain and recruit outstanding faculty. It is my strong belief that it is the scholarly and research activity of the faculty and its ability to generate and transmit new knowledge that creates the foundation of a great university.
I am very proud that we have already doubled the number of endowed professorships at the University, and tripled the number of endowed professorships in humanities and the arts.
Today I am delighted to announce a new Stony Brook tradition and invite the campus community to join me at our inaugural investiture ceremony appointing Dr. Vincent W. Yang as the Simons Chair of Medicine. Members of the faculty who currently hold endowed professorships and chairs will also be recognized in the program and reception. I hope that this event is the first of many investiture ceremonies as new endowed positions are created across campus.
I very much look forward to seeing you on Friday, November 16 at 3 p.m. in the Wang Center. Please see the official invitation here for information on how to RSVP.
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Donald Byrd: Cristo Redentor
Cristo Redentor
Donald Byrd (trumpet)
A New Perspective (Blue Note 99006)
Donald Byrd (trumpet), Hank Mobley (tenor sax), Kenny Burrell (guitar), Herbie Hancock (piano), Lex Humphries (drums), Butch Warren (bass),
Donald Best (vibes), the Coleridge Perkinson Choir.
Recorded: Englewood Cliffs, N.J., January 12, 1963
Rating: 85/100 (learn more)
A New Perspective was unique at the time in that it featured a jazz combo in conjunction with a small gospel choir. One of Duke Pearson's two compositions for the album (he did all five arrangements), the hymn-like "Cristo Redentor" (Christ the Redeemer) achieved a degree of popularity of its own. Its melancholy, wordless vocal melody and slow-moving, repetitive minor harmony create a somber, reverential mood. Byrd stays close to the tune in his solo, while Herbie Hancock fills in the background with blues-infused piano figures.
Reviewer: David Franklin
Tags: blue note · hard bop · trumpet
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I got a chance to catch up with one of the stars of CW's drama series, The 100, which airs every Wednesday from 9/8 central. Rising Indian actor Sachin Sahel, who plays a doctor's assistant named Dr. Jackson on an international space station that harbors the only few survivors of Earth's humans.
1) What made you pursue acting as a career?
I knew for a long time I wanted to do it, I was doing a lot of plays outside of school. Basically I can't really remember a time where it's not something that I wanted to do. But my parents were thinking, the Indian smart parents they were, they wanted me to do school first. So what I did is I went to University, I took Psychology so that I could take which any course I was allowed to take, with as many drama courses on the side, because I was a brat. Yeah, it actually ended up being a blessing in disguise. I think the University degree originally helped me, I think if I left right away before University I wouldn't have treated the industry the way that I do now. It just gave a nice solid base, so then I just went to Vancouver and met a great acting coach out here, her name is Debbie Podowski, and things have been great ever since.
2) What kind of future did your parents map out for you?
They said: 'If you want to act we're totally okay with that. We're going to give you a couple of books.' They wanted to make sure that when I was speaking I could speak to people... I think they were thinking of the future in case there was a time I didn't want to do it but I had some sort of backing where I could find something else I wanted to do. I'm sure that was in their heads, but they were totally supportive of it, they knew this is what I wanted to for a long time, so they were ready for me to go.
3) Did you ever think you would be working with Hollywood?
I did, yeah. It's what I wanted to do. I have an uncle in Bollywood actually and for some reason in my head I always thought that we need more actors that are not portrayed as Indian guys, that can just be guys. Not that there's anything wrong with portraying Indian people, sometimes I just feel like it's either not done right or done for the right reasons. If we look at African American or Hispanic actors, they're just guys in movies now, which is great. I love that we're just looking at people as people. I think Indian actors need more people like and I happen to be one of them.
4) Who has been your idol growing up in terms of acting?
Well I did watch Bollywood movies a lot so it's the obvious: Amitabh Bachan and Sharukh Khan. Those guys are very high on the list. I've always been a fan of Jeff Goldblum, everything this guy does I can watch him forever, in Jurassic Park or Independence Day. There's Will Smith...Kyle Chandler is awesome!
5) Having starred in all these hit shows what's next for you?
After we finish filming The 100 I booked a little on Jamie Lee Curtis' new pilot. Guess what I'm gonna be….I'm gonna be a doctor. I'm fulfilling my mom's dream one role at a time. And I just finished recording three voices that I'm doing for a new game coming out, I've always wanted to be a cartooner or the voice of something. It's called Triad Wars, that should come out in a year or so, so that should be awesome.
6) What does your family think of your success now?
They're excited, they have Sachin T Shirts and everything. They are the most supportive, loving, great people. My mom's just happy I'm playing a doctor, my dad is a huge philosopher and is just really like: "You know if you live life happy in the right way, good things will happen."


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Welcome to the Arran Bike Club
Home to Cycling on the Isle of Arran
Cycling and Mountain Biking on our beautiful Island continues to grow and evolve, becoming more popular every year. For those of us lucky enough to live here it provides us with an abundance of varied road routes and off road trails which we love to share with Arran's many visitors. So if you need information or want to join us for a ride, just contact us and we'll see what we can do!
Notice: Singletracks between Whiting Bay and Lamlash are being forested at the moment, so are closed for riding until September. FC have promised to be careful with trails and reinstate them when finished.
Our Facebook page has all the live and up to date information regarding what's happening week to week, so why not join in and get involved when you're next on the island.
We don't ask anything for club membership, downloadable route maps, club rides, trail maintenance, information, etc, but we do need to raise a little money each year to cover costs such as website hosting, insurance, tools, print, etc.
If you've found the info here useful and feel you could help by donating a few pounds to our club funds, please use PayPal here.
Thank you for your support and happy cycling.


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"What happens is, you get public agencies using that as an excuse, to withhold information that has nothing to do with Homeland Security," says Jon Fleischaker, media attorney and co-author of Kentucky's open records law.
Rob Jones, the Civil Division Director of the Kentucky Attorney General's Office, says all you need to do to file an "open records request" is submit a letter with a legible name and a signature, and be specific about the information you are requesting. The agency has three days to either comply with your request, or tell you why they won't. If your Open Records Request is denied, you have the right to contact the Attorney General's office at the state capitol, and they will take up the case for you.
"So it gives the average person a lot better access, a lot more economical access, to the documents that relate to the operation of state government," says Rob Jones.
Unless overturned on appeal, the Attorney General's opinion carries the weight of law. But your government is only as open as you make it.
"I would like to see citizens become more aware and more vocal in efforts to open up government. I think it's in everybody's interest," says Fleischaker.
"If we can continue to improve the knowledge and understanding of the law on both sides, I think we'll continue to improve the access that should be provided, and provide the people who need to know, the information to make decisions about how their government should operate," says Rob Jones.
The Kentucky Attorney General's Office provides pamphlets to help you find out what your government is doing. "Protecting Your Right to Know" explains Kentucky's "open records" and "open meetings" laws. It even has sample letters you can follow to file an open records request. "Your Duty Under the Law" explains to government employees and publicly-supported agencies what they should be doing to provide you with open records and access to open meetings.
Remember, they work for you, and it's "Your Right to Know."


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Girl whose 6 family members were killed recovering
HOUSTON - A 15-year-old girl suburban Houston girl who survived an attack in which her parents and four younger siblings were killed says she's on the road to recovery.
The Houston Chronicle reports that Cassidy Stay also thanked first responders Saturday during a gathering in her hometown of Spring to honor her and her family.
Stay was released from a hospital Friday, two days after the attack in which her skull was fractured by a bullet graze.
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Authorities say her aunt's ex-husband, Ronald Lee Haskell, stormed into the family's home Wednesday and fatally shot her parents and four siblings, who ranged in age from 4 to 13 years old. They say Stay survived by playing dead and called police to warn that Haskell intended to go to her grandparents' house next.