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From the official timetable of Georgian Railways. There is a train #202/201 Tbilisi - Yerevan which leaves at 8:20pm and arrives 7am. This train leaves Tbilisi on odd dates such as was yesterday and when you have 31 days in a month skips the 1st. This train will go back the next day such today leaving Yerevan at 10 pm and arriving to Tbilisi at 9 am EDITED ...
Numerous carriers fly to Yerevan: Armavia, AirFrance, Lufthansa, Iran Air, Czech Airlines, Austrian Airlines, Aeroflot and the like. Yerevan is connected to all major European and Middle Eastern cities: London, Paris, Amsterdam, Athens, Moscow, Vienna, Berlin, Prague, St Petersburg, Zurich, Minsk, Riga, Kiev, Istanbul, Dubai, Aleppo, Tehran, Beirut and so ...
The train runs from Tbilisi on odd days of the month and from Yerevan on even ones.
Besides taking the train as @Karlson points out, there are also multiple daily connections by minivan between Yerevan and Tbilisi. I think this took about 7 hours last time I did the journey. Then, from Tbilisi there are trains and busses that can take you to Batumi. I seem to remember there are overnight trains, but a bus is much faster. I don't remember ...
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Zayna Abdul, 34, an Abigail Michaels concierge, works at her desk in the the Mercedes House apartments, in New York, Monday, March 25, 2013. A brownstone overlooking Central Park is no longer enough for the well-to-do New Yorker on the hunt for an apartment. What the very wealthy want now is the ease of hotel living in their own apartment buildings. That means room service delivered from the restaurant down the street, a concierge who will handle even the most outlandish requests and, of course, a spa in the lobby. There is no amenity left behind in Manhattan's soaring luxury real estate market.(AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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The Friends of Tribute Park is seeking volunteers to help clean up the park and ready it for the summer season. Volunteers are needed to power wash the brickwork, rake and work on the flower beds. Those interested in helping out should come to the park, located at Beach 116 Street on Beach Channel Drive, between 10 a.m. and noon on Saturday, May 15. The organization says that it will honor community service hours for school students. Pictured, firefighter volunteers cleaning the memorial to those fire department members who died on September 11, 2001.
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The Wildcats finished fifth in stroke play to advance to the quarterfinals of match play last week at the NCAA Championships.
The 4x400 team of Eichler, Lauderdale II, Houston and Parish break a school record and qualify for the NCAA Championships
Aaron Castle (shot put), Collins Kibet (800m run) and Nnenya Hailey (400m hurdles) advance to the NCAA Championships, while Traci Lynn Hicks advanced to the quarterfinals in the 100-meter hurdles
When it comes to Arizona women's basketball, the program represents more than top athletes playing basketball at the highest level. It's about developing and training student-athletes for life beyond basketball. Throughout the summer ArizonaWildcats.com will sit down with various Wildcat basketball alumni and see what they've been up to in the real world.
De Beer, Hurst and Elvin Kibet advance to the NCAA Championships while Hailey, Lauderdale II and Collins Kibet advance to the quarterfinals in their respective events
2015 Recruiting Class Ranked 14th by PrepVolleyball.com
Chelsea Goodacre was named second-team NFCA All-America while Mauga and Fox were third-team selections
Kingery joined by Kevin Newman and Bobby Dalbec on All-Conference team.
The meet will take place on May 28-30 in Austin, Texas.
On Monday, the fifth-ranked Wildcats finished fifth in stroke play to advance to match play.
Fifth-seeded Arizona will face fourth-seeded Stanford at 7:50 a.m. ET on Tuesday.


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Jessica co-anchors NewsChannel 13 Live at 11 with Jim Kambrich.
In the past, Jessica served as anchor of NewsChannel 13 Weekend Today and our Berkshire news chief.
Jessica has covered all three of President Obama's visits to the Capital Region and was in New York City providing live coverage when Andrew Cuomo was elected governor in November 2010.
One of Jessica's most memorable reporting experiences here at WNYT was in April 2010 when she went to Haiti, traveling all over that country to report on the earthquake recovery. She visited seven orphanages during the trip, connecting with children who'd lost their families during the tragedy.
She came to WNYT in 2006 after spending three years at the CBS affiliate in Watertown, N.Y., where she anchored the weekend newscasts and extensively covered the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum.
Jessica is a proud cum laude graduate of Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, where she majored in broadcast journalism and political science. A sports lover, she played soccer in high school and at SU and credits her athletic upbringing as a major reason she loves the competitiveness of this business.
Along with journalism, Jessica has a passion for singing. If you're an Orange fan, you may have heard her sing the national anthem at some of the SU men's basketball games. These days she's part of a traveling cabaret group - The Singing Anchors - performing for various charitable organizations in the Capital Region.
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It's that time of year again - I am freezing my herbs. I think our Minnesota-nice weather is done, at least as far as the plants are concerned. I love my fresh herbs for soups, hot pasta sauces, roasting and holiday cooking.
Here is what I do each year - in my experience, I have successfully frozen basil, thyme and rosemary. I am sure there are others but these three keep in my freezer until next year.
Picking and Freezing Technique
Get ziploc bags. My recommendation is to use many small size freezer bags. (Why? Then you're only opening one at a time)
Be ready to grab your herbs quickly - do one bag at a time in a speedy fashion - do it with someone else
Gently pick your herbs and put enough in the bag to have about two or three flat layers in the bag
Do not chop the basil and keep the thyme/rosemary on their stalks
Squeeze out air and freeze immediately
You may wish to double cover the group of bags in another plastic bags. Just have one of the bags more exposed for a quick grab.
Using Your Frozen Herbs
Be fast! When you take your bag of frozen herbs out of the freezer, you must take only what you need fast, squeeze excess air out, zip it up and put it in the freezer immediately!
Never leave the bag sitting out for even a little bit - the herbs thaw quickly and will revert to a soggy state
The herbs, especially the basil, will be like little crispy chips when you first take them out - crumble them immediately into your recipes
And that reminds me - do not pull them out until you are immediately ready to use them
I so very much enjoy the smell of rosemary, thyme and basil in my fall and winter cooking. People are often surprised to taste their flavors, since many of us revert to dried herbs in cooler weather. Many chefs agree that basil is really only effective as a fresh herb. This frozen method is great except for something like cold appetizers that depend on a crisp-leaf texture of the basil.
Rosemary is almost garden-fresh when frozen correctly. Thyme, which I use mostly in soups and roasting, retains its full peppery flavor, even after months of being frozen.
I hope this inspires you to grab the herbs out of your garden or get them fresh from the store and save some for freezing for your convenience! Hint: I have also used Tupperware to contain the herbs - you can label the side facing you for quick reference.


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The Coral Gables Community Foundation will host the fifth annual Tour of Kitchens on Saturday, January 25th 2014. This event, which was sold out last year, features six of Coral Gables finest private home kitchens, as well as an opening and closing event.
The opening event begins at Snaidero Kitchens and Design showroom (4110 Ponce de Leon Boulevard) at 9 a.m, where tickets will be available for purchase if they have not already been sold out. At this location, tour goers will receive a program, complete with a map of the houses for the self guided tour.
Fresh coffee, mimosas and a continental breakfast will be offered inside, as well as interesting kitchen demos and lectures until 10 a.m. The last time to arrive at this location and pick up a program will be 12 p.m.
Bike Walk Coral Gables will be partnering with the Coral Gables Community Foundation again this year for those who wish to bike the tour. Visit facebook.com/BikeWalkCoralGables for more details.
At 10 a.m. the fun begins, as tour goers enter the showcased homes to view the kitchens. Each home will offer bite sized food samples from exceptional Coral Gables restaurants. Some of the restaurants included on the tour this year are Bottega la Dolce Vita Italian market, Bricktops, Route 9, Talavera, Tarpon Bend and Swine.
Inside the homes, there will be stunning table settings as well as special food merchandise and home goods available for purchase. The last time to enter the homes will be approximately 2 p.m.
The closing event, from 2 to 4 p.m. will be at Ferguson Bath, Kitchen and Lighting Gallery (4119 Ponce de Leon Boulevard). It will feature champagne, refreshments and an array of bite sized desserts.
Tickets are available for purchase at coralgablestourofkitchen.com for $60 per person, or $70 (cash only) the day of the event at Snaidero. These tickets include all food, beverages and events taking place on the tour.
2014 Chair Herbert Brito, encourages anyone with an interest in beautiful houses, stunning kitchens and good food, to come out and join the fun.
Proceeds will benefit the Coral Gables Community Foundation, a 22 year old nonprofit organization whose goal is to raise funds to improve the lives of those who live, work and study in the City Beautiful. The Coral Gables Senior High School Culinary students are one of the recipients of funds raised for this event.
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C.H.I.C.S. members are dedicated to educating the Salem campus community about the nature of cancer and ways to prevent it. They provide a support group for those who are dealing with cancer as well as activities and projects that provide a service to Salem College and the greater community of Winston-Salem. "Race for the Cure", which occurs every spring semester, raises money and awareness for breast cancer and is their signature event.


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Don't have the time (or the props) to watch the whole movie? Just put on the soundtrack--it's got all the best parts without the dialog in-between! Well, isn't that what an Original Soundtrack Recording like this is supposed to be? Back in the mid-70s when The Rocky Horror Picture Show was a midnight staple at countless movie theaters, Tim Curry wasn't yet "Tim Curry" and Susan Sarandon wasn't yet "Susan Sarandon" (hell, Barry Bostwick wasn't even "Barry Bostwick"!). Listening to these science-fiction double-feature showtunes will take you back through a time warp to the days when the now-Academy-Award-winning actress was perfectly willing to stand around for most of a picture in her bra and panties--and so would her boyfriend! In those days, they were just Brad and Janet, forced to spend a dark and stormy (also sexy) night in the haunted house of mad scientist Frank N. Furter--just a sweet transvestite from transsexual Transylvania-ha-ha who really knew how to belt out a song. Those were the days. --Jim Emerson
Little Shop Of Horrors: Original Cast Album (1982 Off-Broadway Cast) [Cast Recording]
This version of the soundtrack to the hit musical is from the stage production, which ended rather differently than the movie: just about the entire cast (except for the backup singers) winds up as lunch for the hungry plant. As a result, this CD lacks the song "Mean Green Mother from Outer Space," which was written for the film. Instead, the recording closes with "Don't Feed the Plants," which is much more in keeping with the spirit of the rest of the musical. Little Shop of Horrors explores a wide variety of musical styles, from the rhumba-inflected "Mushnik and Son" to the I'm-on-Broadway ballads "Somewhere That's Green" and "Suddenly Seymour." The most spirited numbers are those that feature the trio of backup singers, who perform on the title track, "Skid Row," "Da-Doo," "The Meek Shall Inherit," and other numbers with considerable energy.
The recording loses something if you haven't actually seen the stage production,
but hearing this CD will give you an excellent reason to do so. --Genevieve Williams
The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Soundtrack]
Director Joel Schumacher, who went on to helm many big-budget, tiny-intellectual movies, gave us an 1980s update of the story of the vampire. It was all hip, good-looking, and tremendously vacuous. Similarly, the music doesn't break any new ground or offer much that's timeless. INXS' collaborations with Jimmy Barnes are fine, for instance, but Foreigner vocalist Lou Gramm's "Lost in the Shadows (The Lost Boys)" verges on the painful in a way that only overwrought 1980s music can. Roger Daltrey's take on Elton John's "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" is by the numbers, and so wasted. It's only Echo and the Bunnymen's cover of The Doors' "People Are Strange" that warrants much attention, even if it's, erm, buried. --Scott Wilson
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Jessica Wright writes the Private Melbourne column and reports on fashion. Previously she was breaking news reporter for The Age, national political correspondent for The Sun-Herald and The Sunday Age and breaking news reporter for the National Times.
Shops keen to shelve coin
Jessica Wright RETAILERS would be happy to see the five-cent coin disappear from the register and say phasing it out is inevitable.
Flicked - get your five cents' worth while you can
Jessica Wright THE five-cent coin should be scrapped because it is too expensive to make and a nuisance, says the Royal Australian Mint - and the federal government is seriously considering dumping it.
Royal Mint wants 5¢ coins scrapped
Jessica Wright The five-cent coin should be scrapped because it is too expensive to make and a nuisance, the Royal Australian Mint says. And the federal government is considering dumping it.
Retailers fear backlash if five-cent coin axed
Jessica Wright HIGH metal prices and inflation have combined to threaten the five-cent coin with extinction.
Upper house gets a facelift
Jessica Wright IN A year of extraordinary events, the nation is about to witness yet another significant slice of Australian political history.
Sack Rudd, Gillard told as shocking poll rocks ALP
Jessica Wright and Cosima Marriner FURIOUS Labor MPs and factional figures are calling on Julia Gillard to sack her Foreign Affairs Minister, Kevin Rudd, whom they have described as a self-indulgent ''bully'' who has contributed to a...
AFP boss silent on assistant's trips
Jim O'Rourke and Jessica Wright THE Australian Federal Police Commissioner, Tony Negus, has refused to answer questions about his relationship with an assistant he took on overseas business trips.
Party donors fly Abbott to Nauru in style
Jessica Wright OPPOSITION Leader Tony Abbott has chartered a private jet to Nauru to discuss asylum-seeker policy, with all expenses picked up by Liberal Party donors.
Cringe time as Dalai Lama left puzzled by gag with everything
Sarah Whyte, Jessica Wright WHILE the Prime Minister refuses to confirm whether she will meet the Dalai Lama, Channel Nine's Karl Stefanovic probably wishes he never had.
Libs to torpedo exit fee ban
Jessica Wright A BAN on bank exit fees by the federal government is in jeopardy because the Coalition is planning a last-minute political tactic in the Senate to scrap it.
PM shifts on boat children
Jessica Wright THE Gillard government's hardline stance on sending to Malaysia children who arrive in Australia by boat on their own has crumbled in the face of heavy pressure from the United Nations.
Anger poisons Abbott's ranks
Jessica Wright TONY ABBOTT'S treatment of his leadership rival Malcolm Turnbull has backfired so badly that he has enraged frontbenchers and created a bitter split in the Liberal Party's senior ranks.
Split in Liberal ranks widens
Jessica Wright Liberal Party unity is in tatters, with claims that Tony Abbott's relationship with his shadow treasurer, Joe Hockey, and rival Malcolm Turnbull is ''poisonous in every way''.
Labor faces stalemate on pokies
Jessica Wright THE deadline for Labor to deliver on the first stage of its poker machine laws is looming but the federal government is no closer to passing the legislation requiring states and territories to sign...
Hockey's fury flies in call to Abbott
Jessica Wright Tensions between Joe Hockey and Tony Abbott erupted during a recent fiery telephone conversation in which the shadow treasurer accused the Opposition Leader of embarrassing him and leaving him...
You left me swinging: Joe to Tony
Jessica Wright SIMMERING tensions between Joe Hockey and Tony Abbott boiled over in a telephone clash when the shadow treasurer accused the Opposition Leader of embarrassing him and leaving him ''swinging in the...
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Jessica Wright HOW can you tell if the Coalition is thriving in the polls?
Tony Abbott, the love child Palin and Trump never knew
Jessica Wright PRIME MINISTER Julia Gillard tried her hand at black comedy yesterday, describing Opposition Leader Tony Abbott as ''the love child of Donald Trump and Sarah Palin''.
Labor to be grilled over lost boat people
Jessica Wright OPPOSITION senators will press for answers on the fate of 91 missing boat people who left Indonesia last November, as part of a wide-ranging attack on the government's handling of asylum seekers.
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Jessica Wright QANTAS has rewarded the loyalty of Australia's politicians by lavishing some of the nation's top jet-setters with bottles of the country's finest wines, expensive gadgets and upgrades worth thousands...


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"Azalea Returns"
Azalea finally made her return to the nest yesterday afternoon. In a clear indication that these young birds are beginning to see each other as competitors, there were some somewhat antagonistic interactions between the siblings. When Azalea first returned she engaged her sister (HE) and both tumbled from the nest this was captured by an Eagle Cam viewer http://s468.photobucket.com/albums/rr50/DJ4352/NBG%20Eagle%202009/Jun%202009/?action=view¤t=AzaleaHEfall.flv. Both eagles were fine.
This was followed shortly after by a prolonged scuffle between the two femaleshttp://s281.photobucket.com/albums/kk240/nbgeagle/?action=view¤t=1721-1.flv . Following her prolonged absence from the nest (3 days) Azalea needed to reestablish herself with her siblings. As these birds become increasingly independent their tolerance for sharing extremely close quarters with each other may decrease.
Shortly before 7pm one of the adults which Azalea claimed and ate.
The first map from Azalea's satellite has been posted by CCB. It shows that Azalea remained in the vicinity of the nest (generally within about 600 feet) but moved about quite frequently. The satellite transmits Azalea's position once an hour so the map doesn't form complete diary of her whereabouts. It does provide a good summary of her movements throughout the Norfolk Botanical Garden. Too see the map go to http://eagletrak.wmblogs.net/2009/


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The first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles trailer raised plenty of questions for fans. Despite some slapstick humor toward the end, director Jonathan Liebesman and producer Michael Bay's take on the Turtles appears to be darker in tone than previous films.
Speaking with ComingSoon, screenwriter Andrew Nemec weighed in on the subject of just how dark the new Turtles movie will get.
"Tone was a very interesting question on this movie as far as how dark we really wanted to go," he said. "It's really all in the conflict between the characters. That was the driving principle. The color palettes that were chosen were not designed to be Dark Knight-ish in that regard. We weren't looking to make that movie. I'm a huge fan of that movie, but I didn't eat gobs of popcorn while I was watching that movie. We certainly didn't want kids to be running for the exits. 'Mommy! Why did he do that?!' We weren't looking for that."
"We really wanted to entertain and have fun with it," he continued. "I think we skate — we live — on a very fun line in this movie, whether it's the action feeling real and exciting, but also fun and adventurous. It really never feels dark in a way that would startle you out of your chair or make you fearful."
Read the full interview for much more on Nemec's Ninja Turtles plans. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles hits theaters on Aug. 8.
Talking as someone that grew up with TMNT's tv series, and although I've never read the comic book, I can understand the producers' choice in basing the movie on the darker tone from the comics.
But still, I would appreciate if they put in some camp from the Tv shows as well, only because I'm really fed up with "dark and gritty" trend in superhero-related movies. It's like everything has to have a dramatic, deep meaning nowadays, instead of being just pure fun. But well, I'll give the movie a fair shot, nonetheless.
It is sad that the days of fun adventure popcorn films are seemingly a thing of the past. It's unfortunate but the studios are often responding to what they think the public wants. Nevertheless, I enjoyed the last scene and will definitely give this movie a chance.
why is The Shredder white? Are they just chucking out the foot clan backstory?
I'll bet we never see any Triceratons either.
Click through to the article — the writer states buddy cop movies were an inspiration.
The original movie had a serious tone but was still fun
I'm aware. I hope this movie follows the same route.
Has is actually been stated somewhere that the actor playing the Shredder is also Oruku Saki. I'm thinking that Saki's hanging out in the background, and the other guy's just a stand in until he makes his reveal in the post credits scene….
I hope you're right.
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Dear Children:—Having been mercifully taken care of by our heavenly Father during another month, we will now write you our last letter for the year 1882. Time flies rapidly along. Spring, summer, autumn and winter come and go by regular laws which the Creator has fixed for them,—and no wisdom or power of men can change the regular course of nature in these things. In the order and regular succession of the sea sons of the year we have an emblem of human life, to some extent. In the spring-time of life the little child comes along, young, gay and tender, like the little tender herb or flower. How beautiful! and how much delighted the parents and friends are with the lovely little child! Somewhat like some of you children are with a beautiful little flower. But summer comes, and the flower comes to its full growth and maturity. Soon another season we call autumn comes, when it shows signs of age and decay, and finally withers away and dies winter.
But, dear children, tho we say it dies, yet it lives in another sense. It has yielded fruit. And so may you, and so ought you to live and act in life, that your good example and influence may be serviceable to others. We do not tell you that you can "save souls" from eternal destruction,—for this can only be done by the Lord Jesus Christ. He is the only name given under heaven whereby you must be saved from your sins; "neither is there salvation in any other," as you may find written in Acts, 4:12.
We have to believe that some of the children who read these letters have felt their need of just such an all sufficient Saviour as Jesus is; and if so, they are in great trouble of mind, and we are glad of it, and thankful to the Lord that they do have that kind of trouble. And why are we glad for any one to have that kind of trouble? Simply because we know it is the Lord's work to cause one to feel the sting and guilt of sin. None can mourn nor repent of his sins until he is convicted of them, and no one is truly convicted of his sins unless he is first made alive by the life-giving and quickening Spirit of God. It is then he begins to feel and see and know himself a sinner as he never knew nor felt it before, and soon he begins to feel and know the need of a Saviour as he never knew it before Now, dear children, we hope if any of you are in deep trouble of mind, that it may be this kind of trouble; for we know the Lord is dealing with you for your good, and will soon cause you to rejoice in his mercy. He hath said: "Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted." See 5th chapter of Matthew.
Before we close this article to children, we wish to remind you to think, while each one of you are reading, it may be that hundreds of other children are reading the same things, perhaps, that you are at the same time,—or at least near the same time,—though you are living many miles apart. Some who read these letters to children in the GOSPEL MESSENGER live away down south, near the Gulf of Mexico; and others away up north in the States of Ohio and Michigan, near the great Lakes, where the wild geese go in the summer; and then again there are some away off to the east, near the coast of the great Atlantic Ocean; some in the Middle States; some in the Western States; and a few away over Rocky Mountains, far out to the vest or northwest, near the Pacific Ocean, which is the largest body of water in the world. Again, our little MESSENGER wings its way eastward about three thousand miles by water across the Atlantic Ocean, and finds its way to the great city of London, in England, which is one among the largest cities in the world. There it finds lovers of gospel truth,—and there, too, it finds who want to see and read a paper that comes from the United States, in North America.
And now, children, we know we have written you a kind of rambling letter this time, but some of you know that is the way old men sometimes talk, and also the way children think ; but we hope that we have said nothing but what will be for your profit, if you will make a good use of it. And in concluding this letter, we wish to say to you, that you may be useful to yourselves and others, not only by reading good books, but by encouraging other children to do so. And we will say this: That we will send you a nice present of a neat little Testament for every new subscriber to the GOSPEL MESSENGER, with name, post-office address, and subscription price of one dollar, that you will send us. If you send five dollars for five new subscribers, we will send you five New Testaments, of 288 pages each, and pay the postage on them our self. Write the names and address of subscribers plainly, and also the names and address of those to whom you want the book sent, and you will be sure to get it. In sending names and money by this proposition, you will direct your letter to Elder W. L. Mitchell, Opelika, Lee county, Ala. We hope to hear from you soon, so that we can send you a nice Christmas present.—M.
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Just two short years ago, Nikki Eyssen was running the scoreboard for Brunswick home meets, just calmly waiting for her turn.
While watching her older sister Jamie swim for the Blue Devils, the then-seventh grader daydreamed about the day when she would swim for the Blue and White.
"I knew a lot of them already, because I was on the deck with all of them," Eyssen said. "Since I was down there, I got a feel for how the meet goes and what it's like to be on a team like that."
Now a Brunswick freshman, Eyssen has turned all those dreams into a reality that even she didn't expect the first time she jumped into the pool for a high school meet.
While joining a team that returned just about every member of a squad that won the school's first Northeast Ohio Conference River Division championship a year ago, the 15-year-old has not only found her place — she's stood out.
The 5-foot-7 swimmer has swam on everything from relays to the sprint freestyle events to the butterfly and the individual medley.
"She is an extremely versatile swimmer, but her strengths are in areas that we needed someone to step into," Blue Devils coach Erin Crabtree said. "She's also a racer. She doesn't like to lose and she works her butt off in practice."
That became crystal clear at the NOC Championship earlier this month when Eyssen not only swam on the 200-yard medley and 400 free relays that recorded the fastest time out of the River Division schools and third-best overall, she made history.
She broke the program's oldest individual record clocking 1:00.76 to place in a tie for second overall in the 100 butterfly. The mark broke a record that has been on the books since 2001, when former Blue Devil Rachael Phillips swam a 1:01.79.
"Since I was little, I always wanted to swim it," Eyssen said of the fly. "I guess it's always one of those events that have come easy to me.
"It's been great to only be a freshman (and break the record), because I have a lot improvements to make and I can keep getting better."
As a second grader she started swimming for SwimStrong in Strongsville where she kept shaving seconds off of her times as she improved.
Altough she sports a demeanor, Eyssen is as focused as they come when the race starts.
"She's a quiet kid most of the time, but if she feels comfortable, she's really funny and relaxed," Crabtree said. "She giggles a lot and is fun to have around, but when it's business, its business."
Eyssen, along with fellow freshman Cassandra Pasadyn, have been crucial in Brunswick needing just one more dual-meet win — this Wednesday over Medina — to wrap up its second straight NOC River title.
"Having her and Cassandra has been invaluable to add to our lineup," Crabtree said. "We can either spread those two out or double them up in an event and kill it. It allows the rest of the girls more flexibility and when can put in the strongest lineup against each team."
Not too shabby for someone who just a middle-school swimmer with a dream and had to find her niche on an already-strong team.
It's an experience that Eyssen wouldn't trade for anything in the World … and she has three more years to go.
"It was different at first, but it's been a lot of fun," she said. "I've been able to train with some really strong swimmers that have so much experience.
"I was pretty nervous at first, since they were the conference champs, and I knew I had to swim well to be in the lineup.
Now I have goals to try and get under a minute in the 100 fly and see what I can do in the 200 free."
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Nov. 21, 2007
DeKALB, Ill. - Northern Illinois and Ball State, two Mid-American Conference schools located in neighboring Midwest states, will make their annual MAC match-up the latest college football "trophy game" beginning next season, the schools announced Tuesday.
After discussions between the schools and in honor of one of the Huskies' and Cardinals' oldest, and closest, league rivalries, the teams will vie for "The Bronze Stalk" starting with the 2008 contest. The schools will seek a corporate sponsor for the rivalry and the trophy will go to the winner of the football game each year.
A model of the trophy, which is being designed by local DeKalb artist and nationally-recognized sculptor Renee Bemis, will be on display Saturday at Huskie Stadium when Northern Illinois and Ball State meet in the final game of the regular season for both teams. The trophy will depict several cornstalks in tribute to the locales of both universities. DeKalb, Illinois and Muncie, Indiana are cities located just outside of the major metropolitan areas of Chicago and Indianapolis, respectively, which are famously surrounded by corn fields. The wooden base of the trophy will feature the Ball State Cardinals' logo on one side and the Northern Illinois Huskies' logo on the other.
Northern Illinois and Ball State first played football in 1941, met every year from 1973 to 1988, and the 2007 game will mark the 11th straight season that the teams have played. Ball State owns an 18-14-2 lead in the all-time series although Northern Illinois has won seven of the last eight meetings.
Tickets to Saturday's game, which kicks off at 3 p.m. at Huskie Stadium, are on sale through the NIU Athletics Ticket Office in the Convocation Center, at the ticket windows prior to the game on Saturday or on-line at www.niuhuskies.com.
In addition, fans with a football ticket can attend the Huskie Basketball team's 2007-08 home opener against Stephen F. Austin, which tips off at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Convocation Center, for just $2 as part of the "Changing Seasons" Doubleheader at NIU. Between the football and basketball games, the Convo will be hosting a "chili" night with special food offerings at discount prices.


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Lou Gehrig Day at Wrigley Field
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Catch the Chicago Cubs Take on the Cincinnati Reds at the Les Turner ALS Foundation's 15th Annual Lou Gehrig Day at Wrigley Field
Don't miss the excitement at the Les Turner ALS Foundation's 15th Annual Lou Gehrig Day at Wrigley Field on Sunday, July 26. The event begins at 11:00a.m. with a two-hour pre-game party at the Vic Theatre emceed by 93XRT's Lin Brehmer followed by a 1:20p.m. match up between the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds at historic Wrigley Field.
Guests will enjoy unlimited food and beverages provided by Lou Malnati's Pizza and Goose Island Beer Company, an exciting raffle and live auction and a terrace reserved ticket to the game. One lucky auction bidder will throw out the ceremonial first pitch at the game and four attendees will have their photograph taken in Wrigley Field's on-deck circle.
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$85 children 10-years-old and under
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Tulane students, 86 percent of whom have already registered for the upcoming spring semester, (down just slightly from our normal return rate of 90 percent for registration at this time last year) aren't the only ones who are coming back to New Orleans next month. World-renowned trumpeter, and New Orleans native Wynton Marsalis, will appear on Tulane's campus on Martin Luther King Day, Jan. 16, to help celebrate the reopening of Tulane, Xavier, Dillard and Loyola universities.
Another New Orleans native, ABC and NPR political and news analyst Cokie Roberts, will also speak at Tulane in April.
Wynton and Cokie are the first in an ongoing series of high-powered speakers who will appear at Tulane, Xavier, Dillard or Loyola universities in the coming months. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Ford will join this series on March 16. As additional speakers confirm their appearances, I will let you know. These appearances are made possible through the efforts of the Aspen Institute and its president Walter Isaacson, a member of the Board of Tulane.
This speaker's series is just one of the many indications that New Orleans' universities will be the most exciting places in the country in 2006 as students, faculty, staff and a host of nationally known leaders do their part to help rebuild one of the world's greatest cities.
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The men built a snow cave to protect them from the harsh elements during their two nights on the mountain.
21:50, UK, Tuesday 13 November 2012
The search for two stranded snowboarders on Mount Rainier in Washington state has ended in success, with rescuers finally reaching the pair after two nights.
Derek Tyndall, 21, and Thomas Dale, 20, appeared to be uninjured when rescuers reached them at around 11am.
The pair were lost on Sunday after a storm dropped as much as four feet of snow as they made their descent from a camp about 10,000 feet (3,050 metres) up the mountain.
Mount Rainier National Park spokeswoman Lee Snook said the two men were only a few miles from the Paradise ranger station, which is at the 5,400-foot level, but "it's not a straight shot".
Mr Tyndall and Mr Dale, who carried no overnight gear and little food and water, used a mobile phone to call 911 after the storm hit, telling rescue personnel they were digging a snow cave for protection.
Thirty rescuers, working in five-member teams, pushed to break a trail through treacherous terrain and powder snow that was chest-deep in some spots.
The men checked in again on Monday morning before their phone died, saying they were cold but OK.
Rescue teams spotted Mr Tyndall and Mr Dale late on Monday. They were less than half a mile away and able to wave at each other but darkness and dangerous conditions, including the risk of avalanche, forced the rescuers back.
"This is what happens on Mount Rainier," Ms Snook said. "This is why people use Mount Rainier to train for Mount Everest."
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As the Back-to-School frenzy is everywhere you turn, parents and children are on the hunt for the latest in trendy kids wear.
Parents and those looking to get their hands on adorable fashion trends especially for kids, will be pleased to know that Joe Fresh has announced the debut of its kids, baby and toddler collection at its 510 Fifth Avenue flagship store in New York City.
The launch includes a full range of clothing and accessories for girls and boys, including casual apparel, outerwear, activewear, and sleepwear. Retail prices range from $8 to $59.
The kids line will include sizes for boys and girls ages 4-14; the baby collection will include sizes for ages 0-3 months to 18-24 months; and a toddler line for ages 1 to 5.
"We launched children's wear in 2007 in Canada and it has become one of our most successful businesses. The collections infuse the spirited vision of Joe Fresh into kids and baby designs full of charm and personality. Parents love the quality and value, while kids love the color, playfulness and unique details of the clothes. I look forward to offering these same designs to families in the US.," said Joe Mimran, President of Joseph Mimran & Associates and creative director of Joe Fresh.
The 510 Fifth Avenue store will feature a 1,500 square foot kids, baby and toddler dedicated shop.
The collections will also be available at JoeFresh.com following the launch of the e-commerce site in August.
Joe Fresh children's wear is currently available in 340 Loblaw Companies Limited grocery stores and eight standalone stores, as well as JoeFresh.com in Canada.
Girls' designs feature classic staples with delightful details and unique seasonal designs like fall's army green peacoat for $49 and sleek riding boots for $29.
The boys' lineup is a mix of basics, such as $8 tees, and statement pieces like a trendy moto jacket for $49.
For the littlest one, the baby collections are anchored in soft fabrics and colors for both boys and girls.
For girls, soft feminine pinks are contrasted with stylish designs like a leather moto jacket for $39 and cheetah print leggings for $8.
Boys' items are varsity-inspired, with collegiate sweatpants for $16 and a scaled down letterman's jacket for $24.
To learn more about the collection, visit www.JoeFresh.com


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Justin Long
Fairfield, Connecticut
"I have such thin skin, so I make a concerted effort to avoid reading anything about myself."
- Justin Long
When Jason Biggs gave up his mantle as Hollywood's resident lord of the dweebs with a string of cinematic failures, Justin Long happily accepted the title and ran with it. After charming audiences as an eager high school student in NBC's short-lived but beloved dramedy Ed, Long showcased his comedic chops in films like Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, The Break-Up and Waiting... . Along the way, Justin Long befriended Vince Vaughan and became an honorary member of Hollywood's exclusive kings of comedy cool -- The Frat Pack -- alongside Vaughan, Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson, Ben Stiller, and Will Ferrell. Couple that with high-profile relationships with Drew Barrymore and Kirsten Dunst, a gig as the hipster spokesperson for Macbooks, and we have ourselves a rare dweeb success story.
Justin Long BiographyTo say that stardom was in the cards for a young Justin Long may be a bit of stretch. The diminutive teen, whose father was a philosophy professor and mother a Broadway actress, attended Fairfield College Prep, where he was voted "Most likely not to be seen in class." But after joining the sketch comedy troupe Laughingstock while attending Vassar College, Long discovered the natural comedic ability that would help define his career. His strong performances throughout college earned him attention from people who mattered. Still, perhaps due to his lack of idol-esque qualities, Long was skeptical. "I knew I wanted to be an actor but I never thought that acting was a reality, and that I could make money as an actor. I just assumed I would struggle and maybe do plays and stuff." If by struggle he meant excel, and by plays he meant high-profile feature films, then he was spot on.
justin long and "the frat pack"These days in Hollywood, if you're not part of a clique, don't even bother. George Clooney, Matt Damon and Brad Pitt have picked up where Frank, Dean and Sammy left off, redefining Hollywood cool along the way. But there is a battle for supremacy happening in the world of funny, with Judd Apatow's crew of stoners and slackers going head-to-head with Vince Vaughan and his gang of Hollywood heavyweights, dubbed "The Frat Pack." Although Justin Long broke through with Vaughan and company in films like Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story and The Break-Up, he's also appeared as George Harrison in the Apatow-produced Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, made a cameo (that eventually landed on the cutting room floor) in the Seth Rogen vehicle Pineapple Express and showed up with Rogen again in Kevin Smith's Zack and Miri Make a Porno.
Despite Justin Long's apparent defection to the dark side, his heart will always be with Vince, Owen, Ben, and Will, appearing frequently on Will Ferrell's infamous website FunnyorDie.com. Justin Long and Vaughan are also involved in something of a bromance, forming one of the unlikeliest friendships in Hollywood. Don't think his inclusion in "The Frat Pack" is lost on Justin Long, either. Dude knows how good he's got it. "They're all my idols. It's just very surreal to get to do scenes with them. So hopefully that will continue. There's nobody funnier out there right now." Sorry, Judd.
justin long dates drew barrymoreAfter her unlikely marriage to the lanky weirdo Tom Green was followed by a five-year courtship with the downtown chic Fabrizio Moretti -- drummer for The Strokes -- Barrymore seemed all over the map romantically. But when news broke that she had begun dating Justin Long, it kind of made perfect sense. Justin Long has the perfect combination of Green's off-beat humor and dorky sensibilities and Moretti's grungy hipster appeal. Their long-term relationship was peppered with very public displays of affection and incessant rumors of breakups.
Finally, those rumors came true, and when Justin Long was linked to Kirsten Dunst and Tila Tequila (we're serious), we knew that the too were done for good. But in the spirit of Holllywood, where "on-again off-again" is as common a term as "DUI," Drew and Justin Long rekindled their relationship, even going so far as to star in an upcoming romantic comedy together entitled Going The Distance about a couple struggling with their long-distance relationship. Let's just hope Tila Tequila doesn't show up on set.
justin long becomes the face of appleAfter being cast as a Mac in Apple's now legendary "Get a Mac" campaign, Long became synonymous with the sleek and absurdly popular laptops. The television spots, in which he appeared opposite the bookish humorist John Hodgman who played a PC, were shot against a white background and began with Long's "Hello, I'm a Mac," a phrase that is now embedded in our cultural lexicon. The ads drew ire from critics for their bullying nature, but somehow, with his big paycheck and likely lifetime supply of Apple products, we don't think Justin Long really cared.
Look for him next opposite Liam Neeson and Christina Ricci in the upcoming psychological thriller After Life, about a young woman (Ricci) whose trapped between a funeral home and the after life after dying in a car crash.


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While promoting the latest installment of the Twilight series, actress Kristen Stewart (Bella) and actor Taylor Lautner (Jacob) were asked about the merchandise that swirls around their teen box-office sensation.
The other week, I was watching "The O'Reilly Factor," and Bill O'Reilly was in rare form. I can always tell when the cable pundit is going to be on fire because he begins his program with an extra-large, extra-broad finger point and proclamation of "Caution! You're about to enter the No Spin Zone." On this particular night's episode, he was practically levitating out of his chair as he greeted viewers and warned them to buckle their armchair seatbelts.
Many years ago, when I was putting together an issue of DOLLS, I asked readers to share which currently famous or historical people they'd like to see made into dolls. Not surprisingly, movie stars and singers led the way. There were tons of thumbs-up for Madonna, Nicole Kidman and Cher. And, interestingly enough, a Cher doll from Mattel hit the market soon after our nonscientific poll ran. (I called it the "Cher and Cher Alike" effect.)
Since working with DOLLS magazine, I've noticed a characteristic that many collectors have. When a particular doll or doll theme captures a collector's attention, a "true" collector wants every possible incarnation of that doll or dolls related to a particular theme. I like dolls. I like them a lot. In fact, I have a fledgling collection.
As I type my blog this week, I have an imaginary monogrammed hankie tucked into my crisp, starched cuff and a slow, mournful lullaby playing in the backdrop, courtesy of an invisible gypsy band that has strolled into my office. It's easy to make believe when you are dealing with the world of dolls. But it is incredibly easy to do more than just pretend—to actually embody a little bit of old Hollywood razzmatazz—when you are discussing the iconic "Gene Marshall" doll.
Dolls are seldom seen as art by the general public and the larger art community. It's an interesting phenomenon to me. Well-executed dolls require mastery of far more artistic skills than required of, say, a painter—designing, painting, sculpting, wig-making, costuming and engineering, numbering among them. Yet, dolls are often viewed as eccentric, inferior and sentimental, and relegated to some non-lofty, non-art category.
When I'm not busy cooing over cuddly baby dolls and swooning over surreal pieces of doll art, I have another career as an editor in true crime. It's an interesting mixture: the bad and the beautiful. I get to revel in how joyful and spiritual a well-conceived doll can be, and then shudder at how people do the most unthinkable things to other people. It gives my life a very unique perspective.


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Degrees: BS – University of Chicago, MS – Michigan State University, PhD – Oregon State University
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I am a woody tree eco-physiologist researching the various controls of tree species distributions in the northern hardwood forest. Most recently, we are investigating the long term effects of acid rain on tree health and productivity. One of the residual effects of acid rain has left many of the soils in NH forests depleted in calcium. We have fertilized plots with calcium at three sites of varying soil-calcium availability within the White Mountain National forest and are measuring the response in the water transport capacity of three key northern hardwood species (i.e. American beech, sugar maple and yellow birch) as compared to the controls. Water transport serves as an effective proxy for carbon dioxide exchange, providing an indicator for tree productivity. I am also interested the physiological differences among tree species (especially yellow birch) along natural environmental gradients, such as elevation, aspect and changing soil characteristics. Defining such variation in tree response to the environment will help explain why trees grow where they do, improving forest management practices.
I also have experience in measuring respiration of components of individual trees and ecosystems (leaves, branches, stems and soils) with the objective of scaling to the whole tree and ecosystem level, respectively. A comprehensive understanding of carbon flow into and out of forest systems will enable us to determine whether systems are sources or a sinks for carbon dioxide and predict how those sources and sinks may change in the advent of climate change. I have also researched how trees respond to wind stress in terms of their anatomy, morphology and physiology with the application for managing hybrid tree plantations for a specific product, like paper. During my PhD, I studied forest science and wood science, so I have an understanding of applied aspects of forest ecology, such as modeling carbon flow from cradle to grave for a particular forest product. Another area of applied research that captures my attention is phytoremediation, which is the process by which plants remove various toxins from the environment. I also have an appreciation for ethnobotany and traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) and have been interested in pursuing research in those areas for some time.


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The story of Adam Young's rise from basement-dwelling Coca-Cola employee to platinum-selling dream-tronica star is well-documented by now, mostly because it's the kind of thing you only read about in books.
Thanks to the success of his Ocean Eyes album (and the hit single "Fireflies"), Young — who, as you probably know by now, records under the name [artist id="3055386″]Owl City[/artist] — topped the charts, toured the world and even moved out of his parents' basement (success!). And, on June 14, he'll return with All Things Bright and Beautiful, the next chapter in his rather improbable story. But with his new album also comes new expectations — because, for the first time in his career, people are paying close attention.
"I like to think of it as positive pressure," Young laughed. "I know people are going to listen to this new record through the lens of Ocean Eyes and how that became more successful than anyone expected. But that was fuel on the fire, in a lot of ways, for me, to make sure that I didn't write this new record from the wrong place. I never wanted to get into a headspace where I was writing songs for the Hot 100 chart or the iTunes chart or anybody other than, first and foremost, myself as an artist.
"Of course," he added, "there was a scary moment where I was afraid if everyone was going to ask, 'Can he do it again? What if it was a flash in a pan?' and all that stuff, which is inevitable, but I wanted to make sure that was kept at bay. And this record really was just about me and the music, first and foremost, and regardless of what happens, I'm still excited about this next chapter, if you will."
And so, while Bright and Beautiful is, chronologically, the follow-up to Ocean Eyes, in a lot of ways, it sounds as if Young's breakthrough album never happened at all. There's an increased focus on straightforward dance music (the pulsing synths of "Galaxies"), hip-hop (first single "Alligator Sky," which features verses by Shawn Chrystopher, the rattling back-track of "Dreams Don't Turn to Dust"), and even organic instrumentation (the strummed acoustic guitar of "Honey and the Bee," the curling electric guitar lines on "Angel"), all of which point toward Young's growth both as a producer and a musician.
"I wanted this new record to sound a bit more mature, a bit older and wiser, without ever getting too over-produced or over-processed," he said. "But, at the same time, I wanted to round out the thin, kick/hat/snare sound that was Ocean Eyes, so the new album was really kind of geared towards being rooted in electronica, but with other organic flavors here and there. … I pulled from hip-hop music in terms of drum loops and drum samples, and drawing from this kind of Blink-182, rock, live sound, and a lot of orchestral themes stitched throughout. I have, like, a mile-long text file on my laptop of all these ideas."
And to that end, no matter what ends up happening with his new album, Young says he'll view it as a success. There may be no "Fireflies, Part II" on All Things Bright and Beautiful, but that's hardly the point, really.
"I think if people feel they can connect with it in some way, I feel like my job will be done. 'Fireflies' really taught me not to expect anything, not to have any preconceived notions about singles. … It was just one of the songs on the record, and that really taught me it's kind of out of my hands in a way," he said. "So if people embrace it as much as the last record, I'll be blown away … and if it bombs and everyone hates it, I still feel good from an artistic integrity standpoint."
Are you looking forward to new music from Owl City? Let us know in the comments!