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For the more information about natural sounds and night skies in the National Park Service, please visit http://www.nature.nps.gov/sound_night/.
Night Skies as a Cultural Resource
When we look up at a dark night sky, we are essentially seeing the same sky that humans have looked upon for thousands of years. It is the same sky that has motivated cultures from around the world. The impression of a dark and starry sky has evoked countless myths, art, literature, and religion. It has been rightly called "The Ultimate Cultural Resource" (Rogers & Sovick, 2001). The night sky is a timeless and boundless resource important to many people, cultures, and religions.
People were probably much more connected to the rhythms and wonders of the night sky before the widespread use of electric lighting. The sky marked the changing of the seasons, and the passage of time. It represented order, yet was mutable. The night sky has held images and patterns reflecting the beliefs and morals of various societies. Its importance is everywhere, from Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night, to tales of escaped slaves following the drinking gourd, from the architectural alignments of ancestral Puebloans at Chaco Canyon, to the Washington Monument mimicking a giant gnomon at the center of a sundial, and from lyrics of your favorite songs to the myths of ancient Greece embodied in the constellations.
Even where the night sky is not prized for its natural beauty, it may still hold profound cultural significance. A naturally dark surrounding is part of the historic fabric of many national parks. Just as we keep historic structures intact and the surrounding landscape looking as it did during the time of historic significance, so should we try to mimic the lightscape during the period of significance. This lightscape is important as we imagine Teddy Roosevelt sitting on his porch in his later years, Carl Sandburg crafting his poetic words amidst natural beauty, or hardscrabble homesteaders finding respite in the prairie sky after a long day's work.
The tradition of cultural astronomy continues today. When we point out the North Star to our grandchildren or take a scout troop out to sleep beneath the stars, we are keeping alive this natural affinity humans have for looking beyond our planet. This is the way of people; we only need a little darkness and a starry sky to gaze upon.
Rogers J. and Sovick J. 2001. The Ultimate Cultural Resource, The George Wright Forum, 18:4.
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College Hockey:Plattsburgh unseats Norwich at top of D-III women's poll
Plattsburgh, with 10 first-place votes, has replaced Norwich at the top of the USCHO.com Division III Women's Poll.
Norwich garnered one first-place vote, but now sits third in the poll.
No. 2 Gustavus Adolphus and No. 4 Elmira each received two first-place votes this week.
Middlebury remains No. 5.
Wisconsin-Superior rises two to No. 6, Wisconsin-River Falls retains the No. 7 position, Amherst falls two spots to No. 8 and Manhattanville and St. Thomas remain No. 9 and No. 10, respectively.
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These two plot points -- lusting after a fictional monster and breaking up with an awful girlfriend – come to a head when Eric uses a real mystical book written in Enochian to accidentally summon a succubus that takes the shape of Joe's girlfriend. Hilarity ensues.
The succubus goes around having sex with people (for some reason, this always happens off screen, despite the frequent use of swear words, drugs, and alcohol abuse) and then killing them by tearing out their hearts and eating it. Our heroes are called on to become true heroes by using actual weapons (totally not allowed in a LARP) to defeat her.
Of course, things get worse before they get better. The problem is they get unbelievably bad when the succubus turns into a huge demon who proceeds to slaughter half of the LARPers. It's difficult to imagine that anyone could have a happy ending after that, but "Knights of Baddassdom" hopes you don't notice, and culminates with a rock battle that proves bards really are the most important member of the party.
It's the execution that suffers. The rock music isn't that great. The demon looks like a guy in a monster suit, which is a real problem when everyone else looks like guys in monster suits. The demon has a big, vaginal-like opening that looks like it was probably supposed to do something in the movie, but never does. It's all very Freudian and not particularly rewarding.
The other problem is the women in this film. There are just two: Summer Glau, who only joined to keep an eye on her mentally ill cousin (and frequently dodges the same branch, a scene used twice in the film) and "the bitch" girlfriend, in the form of a succubus on the night of their prom. The phrase "bitch" is used frequently, and despite the bevy of female LARPers in the background, not one of them has anything to do besides die. The one other female who has a speaking part cheats on her boyfriend after having a threesome and then promptly makes out with the succubus in the middle of the woods, despite the fact that she's spattered with gore. This film doesn't just fail the Bechdel test, it didn't wake up on time to even take it.
"Knights of Badassdom" has a pro-gaming message that's undermined by its attempt to create stereotypes of characters: the slacker/rocker who is a lot more successful at life than the film gives him credit for, the athletic hottie who has almost nothing to do besides be the future girlfriend, and the "bitch" who has a philosophy that LARPing is a waste of time -- a theme the film subtly endorses. According to "Knights of Baddassdom," the only people who are good at a LARP and deserve a happy ending are the two people who didn't want to be a part of it in the first place.
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May 13th
Cutee, and really well donee!
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Ya, but when you do a lot of blur after it's saved, it looks less blur!
Feb 9th
A little more blur will do it, it you want it to be lik ehow it is in the builders.
Feb 9th
The effect on shadowing doesn't look at good as when I was making it
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Wow! A little gross but wow!
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The Associated Press and Corbis Images have announced a partnership to distribute each other's images. Customers will have access to a combined collection of more than 10 million news, sports, entertainment, archival and commercial stock images at the web sites of both companies.
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One of the biggest stories lurking in the NFL this offseason is the quarterback dispute between Geno Smith and Mark Sanchez.
Though all the fans are crying out, "Geno and the Jets," opposed to "Bennie and the Jets," it looks as if the locker room is siding with Sanchez.
"I think Mark is a fantastic quarterback for us, and I think he can do some good things," New York Jets center Eric Mangold told ESPN last week. "He showed some good flashes in the spring, getting (new offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg's) system down and commanding the offense the way that he should be. We'll see how training camp plays out, but either way, the competition will make him a better player."
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The pressure continues to grow for each phase of an organization's operations to demonstrate how it contributes to the bottom line financials, and perhaps even in quantitative terms such as ROI. Marketing has often gotten something of a pass on this, since the ROI of advertising or event sponsorship can be very hard to measure. The payback for marketing research is also not measured very easily, although managers often feel pressured to improve the ROI of their research expenditures.
Marketing research is often viewed as an expense that reduces brand profitability, a necessary evil among marketing activities. In many companies (I particularly see this at the foreign offices of international companies) many brand managers think of marketing research as a required activity rather than a value-adding activity, and as a result research is often done perfunctorily, poorly, and ultimately viewed as a waste of money.
But it shouldn't be that way. Money spent on marketing research should be seen as an investment in making better decisions. The return on this investment realized when the results of the research are used to avoid mistakes or to optimize choices among marketing activities. No clear decision? No research is justified. Marketing research expenditures should be considered investments in risk-reduction. When seen this way the return on marketing research can be increased and much better managed.
Let me propose a five step approach to improving your organization's return on marketing research expenditures, although keep in mind the precise ROI might be difficult to quantify.
- The first step is to always have a clear objective – and the objective should always be to improve decision-making. Marketing research is too expensive and such a limited resource that it must be portioned out carefully, therefore decisions with little risk or downside potential shouldn't be researched. Only the big risky decisions need marketing research to help the decision makers see the consequences of various choices and to help determine the best course of action.
- The second step is to specify exactly what the decision is (or the decisions are), which isn't always clear. The decision maker and the marketing researcher (who should properly be acting as a consultant at this point) might have to deliberate until they can clarify exactly what has been decided, what is not part of the decision, and the risky decision on the table. Decisions can be obvious (go-no go decisions, such as price change) and less clear-cut (there is usually a standing commitment to fix problems highlighted in tracking studies).
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Some folks hoped last year that President Obama would consider Paul Volcker for the top job at Treasury because the former Federal Reserve Board chair had come forward in recent years as a vocal critic of those raking in the money on Wall Street.
When everything went bust with the economy in 2008 Volcker blamed the global financial meltdown on the wild, unregulated chase after personal wealth then going full steam in the world of high finance.
The White House gave the Treasury job instead to Timothy Geithner, widely seen as a Wall Street-friendly guy. Volcker was put in charge of the White House Economic Recovery Advisory Board, which, some said, was like being put on ice - never to be heard from again.
That was then. This is now.
Last week, with Volcker at his side and Geithner in a corner, barely visible to the cameras, President Obama called for new regulations that directly challenge the power of the banks.
The president's strong backing for what he calls the "Volcker rule" plants him on the side of Main Street and in opposition to the Wall Street marauders who have so totally robbed the people.
The proposal from the former Fed chairman essentially restores the 1930s Glass-Steagall banking regulations that, for so long, helped prevent another Great Depression. It involves separating the activities of commercial banks, entrusted with the deposits of working people, from the gambling of the financial high rollers who are presumably dealing not with the peoples' money but with funds from wealthy investors.
The Roosevelt-era reforms were intended to heavily regulate and insure commercial banks to protect the savings of ordinary folks.
The thinking was that rich investors willing to take risks could fend for themselves and if their wheeling and dealing went bad there would be no innocent victims requiring a government rescue.
All of this worked the way it was supposed to until Ronald Reagan made the first move to change things in 1987 by replacing Volcker with Alan Greenspan, a man who shared Reagan's belief in totally "unfettered" free markets. The deal involved leaders of both major parties, however, and was finally sealed with the repeal of Glass-Steagall in 1999, when President Clinton signed it into law.
A lot of folks feel the move by Obama has come not a moment too soon.
There is increased worry about the ever-intensifying concentration of wealth at the top and the continuing party on Wall Street.
The seriousness of the situation is underlined in a report issued last week by the congressional Joint Committee on Taxation.
In 2010, the tax panel says, 1 million taxpayers will report incomes over $500,000. These 1 million will earn $241 billion more in income this year than the 80 million taxpayers who will take home less than $40,000 each.
We know the congressional panel is striking at a sensitive nerve as we observe the effort under way on Wall Street this week to paint itself as a bunch now sorry for its sins.
The CEO of Goldman Sachs announced that his company would devote only $16.2 billion to the pay pool for its 32,500 employees, "far less than the $20 billion plus that financial analysts had predicted," he said.
He also boasted that Goldman is devoting only 35.8 percent of its record 2009 revenue to pay. (Last year it was 48 percent, he reminded everyone.) David Viniar, Goldman's chief finance officer, said, "We are not deaf to the calls for restraint, and we heard them."
The Goldman definition of "restraint" means that the "average" employee will be left with a mere $498,153 this year. What they don't mention is that only a handful will see anything near a half million dollars. The top few are making so much that it pulls up the "average." The clerks and receptionists, as usual, will earn a relative pittance.
What is really outrageous, however, is that less than a year after the bailout by the people the details of how much is going to whom are unavailable.
There is no place where this reporter or anyone else can go to look for the information about how much that handful of top dogs at Goldman is really getting. We have to wait until later this year when New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo will release his analysis of bank payouts.
One key Goldman-Sachs shareholder, however, is unwilling to wait.
The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority - the public agency that runs mass transit in the Philadelphia area and that just signed a new contract with its union-represented workers after it forced them into a six-day strike last year - has filed suit against Goldman executives for their ongoing bonus grab.
The Philly investors are warning that no one should buy the Goldman argument that it has already paid back to the Treasury the $10 billion taxpayers gave it. They note that the bank received another $43.4 billion of direct benefit from other bailout programs that has never been reimbursed.
What's probably the most worrisome for Goldman, however, is that it is operating now in a country where not only some of its investors but the nation's president and the broad majority of the people are on to its game.
Popular support for taking on Wall Street is soaring even faster than the president's recent improvement in the polls. A recent Washington Post-ABC News poll found that 73 percent of Americans would support "a special tax on bonuses over $1 million."
A CBS poll shows that by a 72-19 percent margin Americans feel the federal bailout has benefited "mostly just a few big investors and people who work on Wall Street."


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TC TO ELIZABETH RIGBY ; 28 February 1844; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18440228-TC-ELRI-01; CL 17: 284-285
5. Cheyne Row, Chelsea 28 feby 1844—
Dear Miss Rigby,
I am shocked to discover that, in a moment of enthusiasm, I have voluntarily promised what it is not in my power to perform! On my poor shelves there appears nowhere any Swedish Grammar; nothing but a wretched tatter of a Danish Grammar, too ugly for being touched by you;—and this latter, I begin to see, was what figured in my prophetic fancy last night:1 the fond Illusion of an excuse for seeing you a second time! Such phantasms attend us on our earthly pilgrimage. You must pity me and pardon me.
With many kind wishes, and at least one kind remembrance,
I am and remain
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Thread: Career Choice!
September 27th, 2013 03:12 PM #1
Career Choice!
This year in schooler have to pick our subjects or lessons we want to keep. I have some idea of what I want to be but not totally like " OMG I'm diffentely going to be ....".
My idea of jobs are;
Theripist (children)
Drama teacher.
What Careers do you have or want to have?
September 27th, 2013 03:37 PM #3
I mean I'm so confused on what I want to be.. I'm really good at writing I guess, but sometimes it bores me and also being an author seems pretty unpredictable money wise. I know other jobs that involve literature are like journalists, and English teachers and editors, but really they just don't fit me. I'm good at everything else, ( I'm a straight A honor student) but I feel like any job I choose will never interest me enough! Right now I'm excited to take graphic design next semester, my aunt is a graphic designer and it seems really cool and like something I could do. I'm not a great artist, but I have really good ideas I just can't execute them perfectly. So yeah we'll see. All I know is I want to go to Columbia or NYU, so I have to do really really really well in school!
September 27th, 2013 03:52 PM #5
I'm definitely going to be a writer, and work somewhere 'normal'(maybe McDonalds) to actually get money.Find me here:
September 27th, 2013 03:53 PM #7
I really, I mean really want to become a psychologist/psychiatric. I love the idea of been around people and help them to be mentally well. I have thought to became a doctor but I hate blood. To get to this university I need to study really hard. I need to have a score around 18,000 to get in. But this is soooo hard, if I dont succeed it I also like kindergarten teacher. I love been around kids. I also like athletic journalist.We will see:-)
"And so, being young & dipt in folly. I fell in love with melancholy,."
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Hillary Clinton, the former US secretary of state and possible candidate to become America's first female president, called women's rights on Friday the "unfinished business of the 21st century."
Clinton, whose current spree of public appearances is feeding speculation about a potential 2016 White House run, got standing ovation after ovation from the mostly female audience at the Women in the World conference in New York.
But the wife of former president Bill Clinton gave no hints about her own ambitions, instead devoting her speech to what she called "the great unfinished business of the 21st century: the advancing of rights of women and girls."
"Too many women are treated, at best, as second class citizens; at worst as some kind of subhuman species," she said.
Clinton cited local outrage over the shooting of a Pakistani teenage girl by the Taliban and the gang rape of an Indian woman as evidence of a potential sea change in which social media tools have greatly empowered activists.
"We are meeting at a remarkable moment of confluence," she said.
"There is a powerful new current of grassroots activism stirring, galvanized by events too outrageous to ignore and enabled by new technology that give women and girls voices like never before."
"We need to seize this moment," she said.
Clinton said the need to expand women's education, healthcare access and employment opportunities wasn't just "a nice thing to do," but an integral part of building more stable, prosperous societies in troubled, male-dominated parts of the world like Pakistan.
"Laws and traditions that hold back women, hold back entire societies," she said.
However, Clinton also turned her sights on her own country, noting that women's life expectancy has shrunk in the United States, as has participation by girls in school science.
"On average, women live shorter lives in America than any other major industrialized country.
"Think about that: we are the richest, most powerful country in the world, but many women in America are living shorter lives than their mothers," she said. "The clock is turning back."
Concerning the possibility that she might try to break the ultimate glass ceiling when President Barack Obama finishes his second term, Clinton did not even drop a clue.
"I look forward to being your partner in all the days and years ahead," was all she told the rapt crowd in the packed 2,586-seat David H. Koch Theater in Manhattan's Lincoln Center.
Many in the audience clearly wanted more. It only took Clinton's entry on stage in a bright pink jacket to get fans -- including several in the press gallery -- up on their feet, cheering with cellphone cameras held aloft.
Conference host Tina Brown, the editor of Newsweek and The Daily Beast, lavished praise on Clinton in her introduction, then asked teasingly: "Of course, the big question about Hillary is, 'what's next?'"
The only answer was yet another big cheer from the theater.
And if any more proof was needed of the Clinton brand's clout, the panel convening immediately after Hillary Clinton departed provided it: daughter Chelsea Clinton was the moderator.


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May 19, 2013
MAC Tournament Central | Tournament Bracket | Ticket Information
CLEVELAND, Ohio - The Mid-American Conference office announced its eight-team bracket for the postseason tournament Sunday evening to see who will represent the MAC at the NCAA Regional. MAC West division champion Northern Illinois (No. 3) will open the tournament in Avon, Ohio against No. 6 seed Bowling Green Wednesday morning at 11:30 a.m. Central time. The tournament will take place at All Pro Freight Stadium.
The Huskies clinched the No. 3 seed Saturday as it defeated Ball State in 10 innings, 6-4, to win NIU's first ever division championship and Northern Illinois' first regular season championship since 1972 (Midwestern Conference). The seeding is the Huskies highest-ever in their seventh MAC Tournament appearance since 2000.
NIU is paired with No. 2 seed Buffalo and No. 7 seed Toledo in their side of the bracket. With a win, the Huskies would face the winner of that matchup Thursday at 6:30 p.m. Central. Should Northern Illinois lose, it would take the field at 8 a.m. Central Thursday morning.
NIU is 7-6 all-time in the MAC Tournament against opponents in this year's field. The Huskies last faced the Falcons in 2011's Mid-American Conference Tournament, eliminating Bowling Green from the tournament, 4-2.
Adult All-Tournament passes are $35, while Adult Day Passes are $12. Students and youth discounts are available.
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Zhukov: Piano Concerto "Silentium"; Violin Concerto "Angel's Day"
1 CD / Cameo Classics / 2014-05-01Works: Sergey Zhukov: Silentium, piano concerto; Angel's Day, violin concerto
Performers: Bekova, Eleonora; Bekova, Elvira
Conductors: Stravinsky, Marius; Krimets, Konstantin
Sergei Zhukov is an eclectic composer who has produced a large catalog of chamber, choral, orchestral, and theatrical works. He has placed particular emphasis on...continue...
Alan Hovhaness: The Historic Moscow Recordings
1 CD / Crystal Records / 2012-11-27Works: Spoken Word: Spoken Introduction from Tchaikovsky Hall, Moscow; Alan Hovhaness: Prayer of St Gregory, Op. 62b; Concerto for 2 pianos & orchestra; Mihr, for 2 pianos, Op. 60; Ko-ola-u, for 2 pianos, O...
Performers: Berkofsky, Martin; Ikov, Andrei; Podobedov, Sergei; Sari, Atakan; Zherenkov, Nikolai
Conductors: Krimets, Konstantin
Recording information: Moscow....continue...
Nikolai Korndorf: Complete Music for Cello - concerto capriccioso; Triptych; Passacaglia / Alexander Ivashkin, cello; Anya Alexeyev, piano
1 CD / Toccata Classics / 2012-10-30Works: Nikolai Korndorf: Concerto capriccioso, for cello, strings & percussion; Triptych, for cello & piano; Passacaglia for cello solo
Performers: Alexeyev, Anya; Ivashkin, Alexander
Conductors: Krimets, Konstantin
Ensemble: Russian Philharmonic Orchestra of Moscow
Russian composer Korndorf (1947 - 2001) was a larger-than-life character and wrote music that was similarly expansive and urgent. His 3 works for solo cello...continue...
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto, Souvenir, etc / Aharonian
1 CD / Arte Nova / 2008-02-12Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35; Souvenir d'un lieu cher; Sérénade mélancolique for Violin and Orchestra in B minor, Op. 26; Valse-Scherzo for Violin ...
Performers: Aharonian, Rouben; Kandinskaya, Irina
Conductors: Krimets, Konstantin
Rouben Aharonian studied at the Moscow Conservatory with Prof. Jankelevich and Prof. Leonid Kogan. He has won several international prizes, including First Prize at the...continue...
Balakirev: Grand Fantasia, 30 Songs / Krimets, Banowetz
1 CD / Toccata Classics / 2007-05-08Works: Mily Balakirev: Grand Fantaisie on Russian Folksongs, for piano & orchestra, Op. 4; Russian Folksongs (30), song transcriptions for piano 4 hands; Anonymous, Russian: Dormition of the Mother of God (...
Performers: Banowetz, Joseph; Chan, Alton; Kalugina, Olga; Kolgatin, Pavel; Nikolayeva, Svetlana
Conductors: Krimets, Konstantin
Mily Balakirev (1837-1910)-the leader of the group of Russian composers known as "the Mighty Handful"-was influenced by folksong from the start of his career. His...continue...
Scriabin: Piano Concerto, Piano Sonata 1 / Sevidov, Sevidova
1 CD / Arte Nova / 2007-02-23Works: Alexander Scriabin: Concerto for Piano in F sharp minor, Op. 20; Sonata for Piano no 1 in F minor, Op. 6; Pieces (2) for piano (for left hand alone), Op. 9; Fantasy for Piano in B minor, Op. 28
Performers: Sevidov, Arkady; Sevidova, Olga
Conductors: Krimets, Konstantin
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) took no composition lessons, and yet his works are among the most significant among those composed after 1900 in the classic-romantic sonata...continue...
Shostakovich: Cello Concertos / Rodin, Krimets, Russian PO
1 CD / Arte Nova / 2006-06-13Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Concerto for Cello no 1 in E flat major, Op. 107; Concerto for Cello no 2 in G major, Op. 126
Performers: Rodin, Kyril
Conductors: Krimets, Konstantin
These central works of cello literature are interpreted here by a master - Kyrill Rodin was awarded not only First Prize, but also Gold Medal,...continue...
Miaskovsky: Cello Concerto, Cello Sonatas / Rodin, Krimets
1 CD / Arte Nova / 2006-05-09Works: Nikolay Myaskovsky: Concerto for Cello in C minor, Op. 66; Sonata for cello & piano no 1 in D major, Op. 12; Sonata for cello (or viola) & piano no 2 in A minor, Op. 81
Performers: Pisarev, Andrei; Rodin, Kyril
Conductors: Krimets, Konstantin
Although known today mainly for his many symphonies, Nikolai Miaskovsky (1881-1950) was a great lover of the cello, and wrote many works for the instrument....continue...
Tuscany: A Romantic Journey
1 CD / Avalon Publishing / 2005-02-01Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; Turandot; La bohème; Tosca; Francesco Sartori: Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partirò), song; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana...
Conductors: Krimets, Konstantin
Pavlova: Symphony no 1 & 3 / Krimets, Vedernikov, et al
1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-11-01Works: Alla Pavlova: Symphony no 1 (Farewell Russia); Symphony no 3
Performers: Adamovich, Mikhail; Brill, Valery; Lebedev, Leonid; Lotakov, Nikolay; Shestakov, Mikhail; Vedernikova, Olga
Conductors: Krimets, Konstantin; Vedernikov, Alexander
Ensemble: ; Russian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Born and trained in Russia, the composer Alla Pavlova later settled in America. Her Symphony No. 1 'Farewell Russia' for chamber orchestra, written in 1994,...continue...
The Music of Alla Pavlova / Konstantin D. Krimets, et al
1 CD / Albany Records / 2000-07-01Works: Alla Pavlova: Symphony no 2; The Old New York Nostalgia, Suite for String Orchestra, Percussion, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone; Elegy for piano & strings
Performers: Izotov, Peter; Krasnikov, Yaroslav
Conductors: Krimets, Konstantin; Pavlova, Alla
Glazunov: Complete Orchestral Works Vol 3 / Krimets, Moscow
1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1996-09-09Works: Alexander Glazunov: Stenka Razin, Op. 13; Slavonic Festival, essay for orchestra in G major, Op. 26a; Cortège solennel for orchestra in D major, Op. 50; From Darkness to Light, fantasy for orche...
Conductors: Krimets, Konstantin
"Glazunov portrays the bloodthirsty old Cossack bandit-chieftain, Stenka Razin, in glowing colors that bring Borodin to mind...The other five items on this bargain CD are...continue...
Glazunov: The Kremlin, From the Middle Ages, etc / Krimets
1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1996-04-29Works: Alexander Glazunov: The Kremlin, symphonic picture for orchestra in C major/E flat major, Op. 30; From the Middle Ages, suite for orchestra in E major, Op. 79; Lyric Poem, Op. 12; Poème épi...
Conductors: Krimets, Konstantin
"Volume 2 of Naxos's Glazunov survey wisely concentrates on material only rarely encountered outside Russian recordings, of which pride of place must surely go to...continue...
Kupferman: The Moor's Concerto, etc / Hayami, Krimetz, et al
1 CD / Soundspells / 1994-12-01Works: Meyer Kupferman: Concerto for piano & orchestra "The Moor's Concerto"; Wings of the Highest Tower for orchestra
Performers: Hayami, Kazuko
Conductors: Krimets, Konstantin


text: The next Mercedes SL-Class looks to have some big changes on the way. In addition to a radically redesigned front-end — comprised of a big ol' new grille and CLS-style boomerang headlights—the new SL's AMG package will get what the folks at KGP are calling the "increasingly prolific" 6.2-liter V8 engine. The engine, when packaged with Mercedes' 7G-TRONIC seven-speed transmission, generates 465 lb-ft. or torque and 525-horsepower in the S63 AMG and in the C63 AMG, the same set-up provides 457-hp and 442 lb-ft of torque. The KGP spy shooters expect the new AMG "Sport Leicht" to be endowed with power ratings closer to the S-class, although their sources report "packaging restrictions" might limit those power numbers a wee bit.


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Neshama works at the Fairfax Library.
This is an official blog for the Marin County Free Library.
All branches of Marin County Free Library will be closed on Monday, July 4 for Independence Day.
This installment: a standup comedian's memoir about adoption from China; a new mystery by C.J. Box; Satanic Verses on CD and much worth it; a fascinating hot new DVD about a hitherto obscure musician; Ozeki's latest (Canada/Japan/time travel and more); and intriguing Japanese short stories.
If It's Not One Thing It's Your Mother by Julia Sweeney
I first got to know comedian Sweeny through This American Life as she managed to make death and cancer, well not exactly funny but riveting. Then I read her expanded version, God Said, Ha! (She's an atheist.) Here's her account of adopting Mulan from China and then finally meeting the man of her dreams two years later after she'd gone through a string of "Joe's" and given up. Short chapters, funny and real. Her riffs on Big Strollers, snooty schools, trying to explain Santa Claus--and sex—to bright, deadpan Mulan, are priceless. Spirited and chatty, with a sweet core.
Breaking Point by C. J. Box
Here's the latest Joe Pickett adventure in which the EPA takes on the villain's role. Well not the agency itself but a vengeful agent, and boy, what havoc he wreaked. For those who haven't read the series, Joe's a Fish and Game Warden with an independent streak who butts heads with the powers that be and gets into trouble himself. A manhunt, a forest fire, a wild ride down a canyon on a log—exhilarating action, and lively skewering of the bad guys.
The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
I never read the book but when I came across it in CD form I decided to give it a whirl and find out whether it was worth putting the author's life on the line. Now I can see why the Muslim fundamentalists were so outraged. It starts with a bang as angel and devil figures (Gibreel and Saladin) fall out the sky from a hijacked plane and land on an English beach, alive. Each plays out his role in both England and India, gathering worshippers, being reviled—a constant waning and waxing of fortunes. It's like a fever dream, and sometimes hard to follow, but I let each adventure play out and enjoyed the intensity and satire even if I lost track of all the elaborate twists and turns. The actor did all the accents fully, a great pleasure. (But he pronounced some familiar words oddly: "albeeno" for a pigment deprived person, for instance.) So if you want to enter an exotic, elaborate, fascinating milieu and give yourself over to it for a stretch, it's a worthwhile journey.
A friend heartily recommended this to me and I pass it along to you. Sixto Rodriguez, with haunting Hispanic features behind dark glasses, is a musician who made an album in the '70s. It didn't do well here so he continued his blue-collar life in Detroit. But unbeknownst to him the record became a huge hit in South Africa. Two dedicated fans tracked him down (not an easy task), and brought him to the land where they love him for a series of ecstatic sold out concerts. Sixto remains modest, enigmatic, and true to himself in the midst of all this adulation. We see him loping along the mean streets of his hometown (he doesn't drive—glaucoma), get to know his three grown daughters (but where's his wife?), listen to the crowds cheer him.
His music sounds kind of like Dylan to me. But the real draw is Sixto himself, sui generis. The images (and the man) stayed with me long after the viewing.
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
I order a book and a CD simultaneously and take whatever comes first. In this case it was the CD and I was very pleased with the author's delivery—excellent character voices and a chance to hear the occasional Japanese phrases. (Ozeki says she reads every word out loud as part of the writing process and it shows.) We meet teenage Nao (pronounced "now"—ahem) through the pages of a journal that has washed up in Cortes Island in British Columbia. A writer, Ruth, finds it in a plastic bag in a Hello Kitty lunchbox, amazingly well preserved. Ruth is stuck with writer's block so this journal provides a welcome distraction that becomes a deep preoccupation as she tries to trace its origins. There are elements of time travel, quantum theory, philosophical and ecological concerns all woven together organically. I've spent some time on Cortes and Ozeki depicts it very well. Quite fascinating and I look forward to reading the actual book as well, in which there are illustrations and footnotes as well.
Revenge by Yoko Ogawa
Cleverly linked stories in which each mysterious, grotesque happening is explained, kind of, in the next. As in the powerful significance of strawberry shortcakes, a plethora of kiwis, a children's song, and many unpleasant deaths (hence the title). These are chilly, chilling stories with a bright gloss, like intriguing, interlocking puzzles.
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Cupcake Pageant Dress
Added Jul 10, 2012
by Mcfarlat
Choctaw, Oklahom...
OK, this two piece outfit was an extreme job of patience as I successfully handstiched a very heavy trim with a special stitch, wired my own ribbons for flowers, hot-fixed numerous swarovski crystals and added a handmade creative scroll appliques. The skirt was made of bias cut organza cut in several widths and gathered unto a waistband. The ruffles were made with a zigzag stitch and a rolled hem foot. I would have used a serger but the color wanted by my customer was to be an exact match.
This was not your typical pageant dress! Really stands out from all the other "cookie cutter" cupcake pageant dresses out there.
Material Notes
Organza and stretch satin was purchased at our local Han**** Fabrics store. We used this source because it was the perfect color for a beautiful young pageant girl. The crystal banding actually looked as though it had pointed backs because the sparkle factor was amazing!
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Apr 4, 2014, 01.11 AMby Mcfarlat
I had to make my own pattern for this. The skirt lining is a circular skirt. The 5 bias organza layers are created from several lengths of fabric with varying widths to add volume. I used fishing line in the serger with a special foot attachment that helped me breeze through the skirt edges.
Jan 30, 2014, 11.31 AMby Jessica Reich
I've searched everywhere for a cupcake pattern and can't find one. Could you help me?
Jan 15, 2014, 10.33 PMby Christian Rhodes
Well all materials can be purchased online. I dont cut on the bias but I used cut out circles. if You really want to know how to sew a dress like this, email me at firstname.lastname@example.com. I can tell you how to die the applique or decorations to match the dress as well.
Jan 9, 2014, 10.25 PMby rchildree
I would love to know also.
Jan 3, 2014, 03.07 PMby sewsewmusical
What pattern did you use for this project? Beautiful!
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Alumnae Awards
2015 Award Recipient
Donna Robinson Esteves '70 was presented The Doris Crockett Medal at this year's Reunion. This award is the highest honor the Alumnae Association bestows upon a Russell Sage graduate.
The award recognizes an alumna's lifetime of commitment to Russell Sage, her achievements in career, community, family and her personal qualities of integrity and loyalty – all reflecting the woman who was Dean Doris Crockett Davie.
The presentation ceremony took place on Saturday May 30, 2015 during the Annual Meeting of the Alumnae Association at the Bush Memorial Center on the Russell Sage campus.
Call for Award Nominations
Please submit your nomination, at any time, along with supporting background about the candidate using the attached form by email [email protected], or by mail to:
Russell Sage College Alumnae Association
Slingerland Alumnae House
65 1st Street
Troy NY 12180
Awards and Award Descriptions
Crockett Medal Award
(Dean Doris L. Crockett award for distinguished service)
To be considered for the Crockett Medal Award, the highest award given by the Alumnae Association, candidates should meet the following qualifications:
- Should have shown loyalty to and consistent interest in the College.
- To have demonstrated outstanding achievement in a chosen career field or in significant community service.
- Be recognized for having high level of integrity of character.
Click here to see previous Crockett Recipients
Woman of Influence Award
The Award honors RSC alumnae who have achieved a high level of success in living out the ideals expressed in our motto: To be, To know, To do
The alumna will be honored for making a contribution to society and/or in their field that is truly remarkable. This award is exclusive of service to the College and is not intended to compete with the Crockett nor the Young Alum Award.
Click here to see previous Women of Influence Recipients
Award to an Outstanding "Young Alumna"
(Marion Hughes Reuss 45 award)
Should be awarded within 15 years of graduation.
Types of accomplishments to be considered:
- Career:
- Recognized as having attained a higher level in career than might be expected at this time period.
- Significant research in progress.
- Publications.
- Professional Organization: Has made a significant contribution to the organization as noted, for example, by election to high office or by an award from colleagues.
- Artistic or Literary Achievement in the creative and/or performing arts.
- Community Service: Community recognition for service.
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A new study has found that ceritinib (Novartis) was effective in treating non-small-cell lung cancer. The findings were published on March 27 in The New England Journal of Medicine by a research team headed by scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston Massachusetts.
Novartis targets an abnormality anomaly in a gene called anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) gene, which plays a major role in about 5% of cases of non-small cell lung cancer (approximately 10,000 patients annually in the United States). The investigators note that non–small-cell lung cancer, which harbors the ALK gene is sensitive to the ALK inhibitor crizotinib; however, resistance invariably develops. Novartis is a new ALK inhibitor that has shown greater antitumor potency than crizotinib in preclinical studies.
The researchers administered oral Novartis in doses of 50 to 750 mg once daily to patients with advanced cancers harboring ALK genetic abnormalities. In an expansion phase of the study, the subjects received the maximum tolerated dose. Patients were evaluated to determine the safety, pharmacokinetic properties, and antitumor activity of Novartis. (Pharmacokinetics describes how the body affects a specific drug after administration through the mechanisms of absorption and distribution, as well as the chemical changes of the substance in the body.) Tumor biopsies were performed before Novartis treatment to identify resistance mutations in ALK in a group of patients with non-small-cell lung cancer who had had disease progression during treatment with crizotinib.
The initial study group comprised of 59 patients were enrolled in the dose-escalation phase. The maximum tolerated dose of Novartis was 750 mg once daily; side-effects that limited dosage included diarrhea, vomiting, dehydration, elevated aminotransferase levels, and hypophosphatemia (low serum phosphorous). This phase was followed by an expansion phase. In this phase, an additional 71 patients were treated; thus, bringing the total study group to 130 patients overall. Among 114 patients who received at least 400 mg of Novartis per day, the overall response rate was 58%. Among 80 patients who had previously received crizotinib, the response rate was 56%. Responses were observed in patients with various types of resistance mutations in ALK and in patients without detectable mutations. Among the patients who received at least 400 mg of Novartis per day, the average progression-free survival was 7.0 months.
The authors concluded that Novartis was highly active in patients with this type of advanced cancer, including those who had had disease progression during crizotinib treatment, regardless of the presence of resistance mutations in ALK.


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dramatics resources
The website www.stagework.org is a great place to start your investigation of the phrase 'dramatics resources'.
Go to www.stagework.org and explore a site which showcases the very latest technology to truly engage with visitors. Committed to giving an accurate picture of the processes of theatre, Stagework looks at everything involved in this enigmatic industry. It allows users to look at the processes, the people, tracking the play's journey from page to stage.
The site is an essential resource for enthusiasts wanting to learn more about theatre as a career. Its approach is innovative and highly accessible which will appeal to first-time users starting an investigation into theatrical production. The way Stagework explores things will get visitors to the site thinking about a broad spectrum of issues. Stagework demonstrates how plays first performed hundreds of years ago often raise questions which are relevant today.
At www.stagework.org you will find a good source of information which will be very useful to your research into 'dramatics resources'. If you're interested in theatre and are intrigued to know exactly what goes into making a performance happen, www.stagework.org is a great source of information.
The huge variety of features on the Stagework website are likely to stimulate the interest of users of all ages and abilities. Stagework also shows rehearsal diaries, a blog page and a variety of interviews with cast, creative and technical teams. The Stagework website clearly shows users the day-to-day experience of working in the world of theatre. To make sure there's something for everyone Stagework has a range of interactive games for visitors to try their hand at. Visitors to the stagework.org website are even given the opportunity to direct a scene online.
As well as being of great general interest the site offers a huge amount of material for those working in education. The stagework.org website provides an Aladdin's Cave of information which will undoubtedly complement any study.*
*Into 'dramatics resources'.
Find dramatics resources pages using Google
Find dramatics resources pages using Yahoo!
© 2007 The Royal National Theatre. All rights reserved. Stagework is commissioned by Culture Online, part of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and produced in conjunction with the National Theatre.


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Carly Koebel enters her second season with the Washington women's basketball as the program's video coordinator.
In her role, Koebel is responsible for ensuring video exchanges with opponents and content creation, as well as producing recruiting material and assisting with the overall operations of the team.
Prior to joining the Huskies coaching staff, Koebel worked as a graduate intern, helping out with operations and logistics.
"We're really excited to bring Carly on board," said Huskies coach Kevin McGuff. "Carly's work ethic, strong character and attention to detail will be a benefit to us as we continue to grow this program."
Koebel, 25, brings a diverse array of experiences to the position. The Puget Sound native was a Division I basketball player with the University of Portland before earning her Masters degree with the Washington Intercollegiate Athletic Leadership program. In between, Koebel was a marketing intern for Seattle University, an intern for Congressman Jim McDermott and worked as an English language assistant at the Collegi Sant Pere in Spain.
A 6-5 post, Koebel played high school ball at Kennedy High School in Burien, Wash. She then played four years for the Pilots, winning the team's Most Inspirational award in 2007 & 2009.


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This is a beautiful wedding dress that was never worn. The tags are still on it. It is a size 8 in Ivory (the new white). This dress was purchased from Bridals by Lori. The designer is 2 be-bride. This dress is a mermaid style dress with a sweetheart strapless neckline. There is beading to add more, but subtle spark. It is truly beautiful. The pictures do not do it justice.
The dress cost $2000.00 at purchase date.. I need to get rid of dress as soon as possible.
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I've made a game in unity3d for iOS and android. We have our own server to manage high scores and stuff like that. We'd also like to have the possibility post high scores to facebook, and also do things like this.. If you and your friend are have both posted a score for our game to facebook and you post a better score then you can send them a notification. I'm reading around about this now, but I'm wondering whats the normal way people do this? Possible ways..
Use the unity facebook SDK Looks like it would work but there are different versions for iOS and android.
Call the facebook graph API directly from our server. This would unify the iOS and android versions and also it makes sense as our server holds / deals with all the highscore info. I can just imagine difficulties with logging in / authentication


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I had some really busy weeks but I wrote my last two exams yesterday and now I have finished my third semester. Having passed half the way to my bachelor degree, it's time to keep myself busy with writing applications for my upcoming internship in summer. However, I also gonna have a lot of free time during the next four weeks and I really need some moments of recreation because my own battery has become quite empty.
Today, I want to look back on what I have learned this semester and what courses I consider to be interesting or rather not.
The most interesting but also the most time-consuming course was sedimentology because I spent most of my time on preparing and finishing weekly homework for this course which included drawing maps, describing and naming rocks and sedimentary structures, evaluating experiments and calculating. All in all, sedimentology was a challenging course but I have learned a lot about mass movements, depositional systems and sedimentary structures that I will definitely need many many times.
At the beginning, I didn't like stratigraphy at all because I lacked an understanding of its importance for all geological sciences. At the end of the semester, it became one of my favourite courses. I just needed the impression of how several disciplines of stratigraphy like magnetostratigraphy, event stratigraphy and biostratigraphy correspond with each other so that you get the information you want. Especially graphic correlation and sequence stratigraphy became two of my favourites.
Hydrogeology is something you should have heard of but nothing more (unless you want to become a hydrogeologist). Although I have learned quite a lot about groundwater movement, aquifers and water wells, I don't consider this knowledge to be of any (greater) importance later on. The sad thing is that there will be a second hydrogeology course next semester and this one will be about geochemistry which leads me to the next course.
Before the beginning of the semester, I was a bit in fear of geochemistry because I hadn't had any chemistry lesson since grade eleven. Fortunately, the first two parts of this course were really interesting and way better than I had expected them to be. They dealed with the origin of the universe, our solar systems and our planet as well as with Earth's chemical composition und internal structure. However, the third part was as horrible as I remember chemistry from school. It was about chemical alteration, chemical equilibria and reaction equations. This is definitely not my cup of tea!
Petrology & Microscopy of Magmatites:
This course was split into a lecture about petrology of magmatites in the first half of the semester and a tutorial on microscopy of magmatites in the second half.
The petrology part was not that interesting because we mainly dealed with ternary phase diagrams and melts in general. This stuff is just too theoretical to be interesting.
The microscope part was much more interesting because I was able to deepen the knowledge I had gained during the second semester petrographic microscopy course. My favourite moment was when we looked for small zircon crystals in biotite. They look like these (not by me):
Geological Mapping & Geological Profiles:
I don't have much to say about this course. We did quite a lot about the construction of geological profiles from geological maps and it was fun (in my eyes only) but our tutor told us that all this stuff was so theoretical and simplified that we wouldn't need it anymore. Reality is much more difficult and then we must not use most of the rather easy techniques we have learned. In four weeks from now, I will see how much this course really helps in real life on my first mapping field trip.
February 14, 2009
Review: Third Semester Finished
2 comments:
- franzi88 said...
well done!
i bet you are really proud of yourself, half way through, thats not bad man.
do you know what kind of internship you want to go for?
i'm an intern in the museum of natural history in berlin =)
i work in dinosaur research
- February 16, 2009 at 6:21 PM
- Maple Leaf said...
Thanks. But half the way also means that there is still to go the other half of the way. ;-)
For my internship, I want to do something in the sector of hydrocarbon exploration. So, probably I´m going to apply to some big energy/crude oil companies.
- February 16, 2009 at 10:37 PM
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Here's a look at key offerings at each of the major venues:
BARRETT-JACKSON its 39th extravaganza of cars and automotive lifestyle under the big top at WestWorld in Scottsdale, where the auction action runs from Tuesday the 19th through Sunday the 24th. If you can't make it, you can still see 39 hours of live action via the Speed cable television channel.
Barrett-Jackson will offer more than 1200 vehicles (a record). We say vehicles because not all of them are cars. Among the consignments is a 1929 Hamilton Metalplane, the only complete example of the 29 originally built.
Cars include the usual array of Cobras and muscle machines, as well as those with the patina of celebrity, consider, for example, that the catalog includes John Dillinger's 1930 Ford Model A getaway car, Sonny and Cher's 1966 Ford Mustang convertibles, Buddy Holly's 1958 Chevrolet Impala, and Beach Boys Al Jardine's 1971 Plymouth Hemi 'Cuda. There's also the 1959 Cadillac Coupe de Ville customized by famed designer Raymond Loewy.
Amazing, outrageous or simply historic vehicles also are a Barrett-Jackson staple. This year that field includes the only survivor among the five 1966 Mercury Comet "fliptop" funny cars, the 1926 Hudson Speedster "Grapes of Wrath," the 1952 Watson Roadster custom by Blastolene, the 1975 Bonneville Boss hauler and topped by a model of the Proud American jet car, and a 2003 Ford Mustang Cobra Ranchero by George Barris.
Cars sold for charity are a special feature at Barrett-Jackson. This year, that lineup includes a 2009 Dodge Challenger built by Richard Petty and the Petty Garage.
RUSSO AND STEELE celebrates its 10th anniversary with its four-day auction (21-24) near the intersection of Scottsdale Road and the Loop 101 freeway in Scottsdale.
Certainly the most intriguing of the cars being offered at Russo and Steele is the 1948 Tucker 48 convertible with may have been started as a secret factory prototype or as a one-off for Preston Tucker's wife, Vera, but was not completed until last year by Benchmark Classics of Madison, Wisconsin.
Among other vehicles at Russo and Steele are the "Piss'd-off-Pete" Blastolene-customized Peterbilt truck, a 1960 Chrysler 300F "NASCAR Special," and the 1968 Plymouth Hemi Barracuda drag raced by the famed Sox & Martin team.
RM stages its 11th Automobiles of Arizona auction, but has so many cars that it will expand to a two-day format. A special "The British Are Coming" event featuring vehicles produced in the UK begins at 6 p.m. on Thursday, the 21st, with the regular array of outstanding vehicles rolling toward the block Friday, the 22nd, at 11 a.m. at the Biltmore Resort.
Leading the British continent is the last 1963 Aston Martin DB4 GT to be produced at Aston Martin's Newport Pagnell factory and one of only six with full factory-lightweight (racing) construction details. Other star cars include the "Flip-top" 1964 Shelby Cobra 427 prototype, such concept cars as a 1941 Chrysler Thunderbolt, the 1954 Mercury XM-800, 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz "Raindrop," the 1956 Chrysler Plainsman, 1995 Ford GT90 and the styling buck for the 1996 Lincoln Sentinel., as well as a 1930 Duesenberg Model J Arlington club sedan, 1933 Rolls-Royce PII Continental 3-position drophead coupe (with coachwork by J. Gurney Nutting), and 1913 Packard Model 1-38 runabout (from the John McMullen collection).
GOODING & COMPANY will stage its third Arizona auction. With more than 100 cars on the docket, Gooding also is expanding to a two-day format, starting at 11 a.m. on Friday the 22nd and Saturday the 23rd at its location adjacent to the Scottsdale Fashion Square shopping center.
Featured cars include a 1934 Duesenberg Model J disappearing top roadster (the only Murphy-bodied J convertible coupe in existence and a car formerly owned by the Roebling family of Brooklyn Bridge fame), a 1927 6 ½-liter Bentley sports coupe (which spent many years in the Manx Motor Museum), the 1959 Costin Lister Jaguar sports racer (formerly campaigned by Briggs Cunningham and Stirling Moss), a 1956 Jaguar D-type, a 1959 Ferrari Series I Pinin Farina cabriolet (that was the daily driver for Luigi Chinetti's wife, Marion), a 1932 Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 Series V Gran Sport (with coachwork by Zagato), and a 1934 Hispano-Suiza J-12 T68 cabriole (with coachwork by Saoutchik and a history that includes an appearance in the James Bond film, Moonraker).
Also scheduled for Arizona Auction Week are Kruse events, January 16-17 at Glendale; the International Classic auction, January 16-18 at Gilbert; and the Silver auction at Fountain Hills.
Wheels of Wellness
For the third year in a row, the Arizona Auction week kicks off Sunday, the 17th, with the Wheels of Wellness: A Gathering of Historic Race Cars (and race car drivers) at The Wellness Community's historic century-old home in downtown Phoenix. Historic sports, Indy, formula and NASCAR cars will be on display and former Indy 500 racer Lyn St. James will moderate a panel discussion featuring Bob Bondurant, P.J. Jones, Arie Luyendyk, Tom Sneva, Didier Theys and reigning IRL champion Dario Franchitti.
Car show benefits 14-year-old
Another third-annual event, the Winter Rod and Speed Show at Albany, Oregon, is scheduled for January 23 at the Linn County Expo Center with proceeds being used to help Cherokee Pizano, a 14-year-old suffering from Osteosarcoma, a form of bone cancer.
The show will feature vehicles used in the film, American Graffiti.
For information, see www.capracing.com and click on the link to the Winter Rod and Speed Show.
Arizona 500 joins auction week lineup
The inaugural Arizona 500, a vintage rally open to 20 cars and their owners, is scheduled to coincide with the annual Arizona collector car auction week.
Staged by the Lemay: America's Car Museum and the Colorado branch of the museum's Club Auto, the event starts January 17 at the Hyatt Gainey Ranch in Scottsdale and includes a drive January 18 to the Star Pass Resort in Tucson. The tour visits Tombstone on January 19 and the Saguaro National Park on the 20th on its way back to Scottsdale for a reception at the RM auction site.
The schedule for the 21st includes golf and the RM auction. The RM and Gooding auctions are on the calendar for the 22nd with the event ending on the 23rd with a visit to Gooding and the fifth annual LeMay "Night by the Lake" party at Gainey Ranch.
Future collectibles?
As the first decade of the 21st Century ended, the Hagerty Insurance Agency issued its annual Hot List of "Collector Cars of Tomorrow: A Decade in Review." In other words, here are the cars produced in the last 10 years that the folks at Hagerty, who specialize in insuring classic vehicles, think will be worth putting away as potential collector cars:
From 2000, the BMW M Roadster.
From 2001, the Chevrolet Corvette Z06
From 2002, the Pontiac Firebird WS-6 "Ram-Air"
From 2003, the Mini Cooper S "JCW"
From 2004, the Cadillac CTS-V
From 2005, the Acura NSX
From 2006, the Dodge Ram SRT-10 (Viper-powered pickup)
From 2007, the Ford Shelby Mustang GT 500
From 2008, the Dodge challenger SRT8
From 2009, the Pontiac Solstice GXP coupe
On what low-mileage late-model car are you counting for your children's college fund or for your own retirement nest egg?
Meanwhile, up in Utah…
According to the feds, Jeffrey Mowen's Ponzi scheme may have netted him only $18 million dollars – a mere pittance compared to Bernie Madoff's take. But two things make Mowen's case of special interest to us: Mowen also was charged with hiring someone to murder four witnesses who were to testify against him, and he spent some of his ill-gotten gain on collector cars and motorcycles, more than 200 of them, which were to be sold at two federal government seizure auctions this month in Utah.
Vehicles offered at the auctions include a 1956 Austin Healey and Chevy Nomad, a '69 Nova SS, an '81 Delorean, a '91 Nissan Figaro and many, many more.
To see the cars being offered on January 7, click this link: http://www.salesandauction.com/jan710.htm
To see what's available on the 21st (primarily motorcycles), click this link: http://www.salesandauction.com/jan2110.htm
Mark your calendar
7 – MidAmerica motorcycle auction at South Point Hotel, Las Vegas
9 – Tom Mack Classics auction at Metrolina Expo, Charlotte, North Carolina
9-10 – Dave Rupp auction at War Memorial Auditorium, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
16-17 – Kruse auction at Renaissance Glendale, Glendale, Arizona
16-18 – International Classic auction, Gilbert, Arizona
17 – Wheels of Wellness vintage race car show, Phoenix
17-23 – LeMay's Arizona 500 vintage rally, Phoenix/Tucson
18-24 – Barrett-Jackson auction at WestWorld, Scottsdale, Arizona
20-24 – Russo and Steele auction, Scottsdale, Arizona
21-22 – RM auction at Arizona Biltmore, Phoenix
22-24 – Silver auction at Fort McDowell resort, Fountain Hills, Arizona
23 – Gooding auction at Scottsdale Fashion Square, Scottsdale, Arizona
23 – Third annual Winter Rod and Speed show, Albany, Oregon
28-31 – Mecum auction at Osceola Heritage Park, Kissimmee, Florida
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Ryan Apologizes for Obscene Gesture Aimed at Dolphins Fans
While attending a mixed martial arts event in Miami on Saturday night,
Jets Coach Rex Ryan gave an obscene gesture to a group of Dolphins
fans, who promptly captured the moment with a camera phone.
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Phil Robertson may be most remembered for his anti-gay comments, but he made another remark that is coming back to haunt him. Courtney Stodden has much to say on the topic of child brides. In December 2013, an old 2009 video surfaced. Phil gave some advice to young men at a Sportsman's Ministry talk in which Phil made that girls should be married when they are 15 or 16 years old.
Courtney was 16 when she married 51 year-old Doug Hutchinson. At the time, she had thought age did not matter. It didn't take Courtney long to realize that the 34 year age gap made a great deal of difference. It caused a major rift in their short marriage. The other matter reason that their marriage failed was because she wanted to have a breast augmentation. He was against the idea.
Some people think Phil was serious when that video tape was made. Others believe he was kidding because you can hear laughter in the crowd right after his remark.
In Phil's book, Happy, Happy, Happy; My Life and Legacy as the Duck Commander, he wrote; "Miss Kay was the perfect woman for me. I was sixteen and she was fifteen when we were married. Nowadays some people might frown on people getting married that young, but I knew that if you married a woman when she was fifteen, she would pluck your ducks. If you waited until she was twenty, she would only pick your pockets."
Phil and Miss Kay have been married for 49 years. According to an interview on the "700 Club", they struggled through the first 10 years of marriage. At that time, Phil ran a bar, and lived a hard life of drinking, drugs and fighting.