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5.5 1991: 'the total catastrophe' and how Irving reacted.
5.5.1.Irving was in Germany at least seven times in 1991 12-27 February, 22-26 March, 7-14 May, 5-12 June, 23/24 [?]-31 June, 6-10 November, and December. Again important passages are missing in Irving's diaries and attempts to reconstruct all of Irving's activities in the year must remain inconclusive. The missing entries are 29 March-24 April (25 April incomplete), 26-28 April, 30 April-6 May, 27 August-22 October, 4-5 November, 19-29 November, 31 November-22 January 1992.
5.5.2.Irving's February tour was mainly involved with seeking out NS witnesses for an American television documentary. On 12 February slept at Höffkes's grandparents' home and recorded his forthcoming DVU Passau speech 'just in case I am arrested first.'320 On 13 February Irving held a 'sparsely attended' press conference in Frankfurt.321 On 16 February Irving spoke at Passau (see above) and on 20 February he had dinner with Althans in Munich.322
5.5.3.In March Irving was again invited to speak at the second revisionist conference in Munich. On 22 March Irving met Althans 'at his office' in Munich and had dinner with W. R. Hess.323
5.5.4.On 23 March the revisionist campaign in Germany was meant to reach a new high point with a planned 'international revisionist congress' in Munich, organised under the title 'International Annual Meeting of Critical Contemporaries' ['Internationaler Jahrestagung kritischer Zeitgenossen']. This second revisionist conference was organised by Althans (and his AVÖ), Zündel, Reinhold Rade, and Stephan Niemannn 324Irving, who would seemed to have been still concerned about his public persona, wrote to reassure Frey 'As far as the 23.3. is concerned, the theme of my talk is "Churchill in World War II". I therefore expect no difficulties from the authorities.'325
5.5.5.Althans had hired the hall of the German Museum in Munich that could hold 2,400 people. That the congress did not take place as planned was due only to the determination of the museum administration. A ban ['Veranstaltungsverbot'] by the local district administration [Kreisverwaltungsamt] was overturned by the administrative court [Verwaltungsgericht], but the museum held firm despite the threat of claims for compensation. On the evening before the congress the higher administrative court [Oberverwaltungsgericht] decided in favour of the museum because of 'wilful deceit' ['arglistiger Täuschung'] by Althans who had booked the hall under a false title. The revisionists were nevertheless allowed to hold a vigil ['Mahnwache'] in front of the museum.
5.5.6.In the filmed record of the protest Althans announced that David Irving, Mark Weber, Ahmed Rami, Wilhelm Stäglich, Fred Leuchter, Dietlieb Felderer, Nancy Lang, Jerome Brennter, Ernst-Otto Remer, and Mrs. Rost von Tonningen were to have spoken. The speakers at the improvised protest meeting included Irving, Althans, Rost von Tonningen, Ahmed Rami, Henri Rocques, Wilhelm Stäglich, Dietlieb Felderer, Christian Worch (responsible for "security"), Raimund Bachmann, and Pedro Varela who conveyed the greetings of Leon DeGrelle.326 The Bavarian VSB claimed that Meinolf Schönborn was also present.327 Zündel was unable to speak as he had been arrested the evening before.328
5.5.7.Irving recorded the fiasco in his diary, no longer willing to incur arrest after his experience at the first conference.
Althans arrives around 9:30 a.m., and after discussion I agree we speakers should go to the hall steps to meet the press; but not to make speeches. At the steps..., I speak with Seipl, police commander; her [Sic] confirms that people will be allowed to speak only on the Vertragskündigung, [cancelled contract] nothing else. This again showed Althans lied to us - he doesn't care if we get arrested. I consequently speak only two minutes, telling the crowd (around 400 hardy soulds [Sic] braving the blustery weather) that I am not allowed to speak.329
5.5.8.The next day Irving attended a press conference given by Althans in Munich, but 'no press'.330
5.5.9.On the 25 March Irving attended 'a new press conference by Althans (who was missing!) and Leuchter, who read out his report endlessly. Further shambles.'331 The same day Irving met 'local NPD agent' Renate Werlberger to arrange details of a meeting for 12 May.332
5.5.10.The period April to May is impossible to reconstruct with any degree of certainty. It is worthy of note that Michael Kühnen died of AIDS, 25 April 1991.333
5.5.11.In May Irving returned to Germany. On 10 May Irving spoke in Rothenburg to the GfP on 'the future of the German people between England and Russia' ['Die Zukunft d. dt. Volkes zwischen Engländern u. Russen.'334 On 11 May Irving spoke in Munich to the Rudolf Hess Society ['Rudolf-Heß-Gesellschaft'] on the fiftieth anniversary of Hess's flight to England.335 'Frl. Fath (R[udolf]H[ess]'s secretary) was in the audience which made it so much better.'336
5.5.12.On 12 May Irving talked to the Munich NPD.337 The meeting was organised with Frau Werlberger, 'a local NPD agent'.338 According to later court documents the meeting had been advertised under the rubric,
The famous contemporary historian, under the topic "Germany's future in the shadow of political extortion", will for the first time give his opinion "if the Germans and their European neighbours can still afford to tolerate contemporary history as a political instrument of extortion". 339
5.5.13.The NPD was informed that the meeting could only go ahead if they took the responsibility that Irving only speak about the persecution of the Jews in the Third Reich as far as he did not deny it.340 Hence Werlberger wrote to Irving 'We have only the request that you avoid mention of the word "Auschwitz", in your own interest and in the interests of the party which is bound by the present conditions.'341 Just how far Irving complied with the request is evident from a (incomplete) recording of the meeting. Referring to legends that he may not mention, Irving proclaimed, 'In three, four years at the latest these legends will no longer hold water. The legend will be over and then the tables will be turned, then the whole [drowned out in applause]'342 Few in his audience can have had any doubt as to which 'legends' Irving was referring to.
5.5.14.On 14 May Irving had breakfast with Reinhard Rade. Althans was due to have joined them but didn't. 343
5.5.15.On 5 June Irving attended a function of the Danubia student fraternity [Studentenschaft] in Munich.344 The following day Irving met Althans.345 On 7 June Irving dinned with Althans, Susie Töpler (Reinhard Rade's fiancee), and other guests at Althans's house. The company later went on to a beer hall where they met Ursula Worsch.346 On 8 June Irving signed books at Althans' AVÖ bookshop in Herzog-Heinrich-Strasse in Munich. Irving recorded in his diary, 'It is an impressive effort by Althans (though Susie [Töpler] told me later that Reinhard Rade has financed it and is the title holder, as Althans's creditworthiness is not much at present). About 150 to 200 people came during the time I was there, including familiar faces.'347 On 10 June Irving met the Worschs in Munich and spent the day with Töpler and Rade.348
5.5.16.Intestine quarrels were slowly brewing between Althans and Philipp, crippling Irving's planned July - August tour. On 1 July 1991, Althans faxed Irving 'Two pages of hysteria', announcing the collapse of the forthcoming July / August tour.349
...now it's come to this. The total catastrophe. The speeches of 25.07 to 17.08 will not take place. I have to give up.
I can picture you now foaming with rage. And I am very scared that we will fall out again over this.[...]
You yourself know what kind of a position I have been in since the Leuchter Congress. Now it's got worse.350
5.5.17.Althans complained that he was plagued by the bailiffs, his phone had been cut off, and that trips to the former east Germany required time and money, neither of which he had. A banned meeting had been broken up with truncheons. The bookshop had become subject to numerous attacks making it necessary to guard it. Comrades, like Harder [Ulrich?] were proving incapable of acting responsibly or autonomously. Worst of all, Philipp was conducting a whispering campaign against him.
Thus for example K[arl] P[hilipp] has managed to incite Gen.[eral] Remer and presumably G.[erd] Honsik against me. They in turn have managed to stir things up more with their naive innocence (you know how much I value Remer and Honsik).351
5.5.18.Since February Althans had been on trial in Stuttgart and was threatened with a long imprisonment.
Perhaps one would have got somewhere if we had been at the meeting. There were a lot of people there upon whose supportive assistance I could have hoped. But Karl Philipp, who knew that you were coming because I was stupid enough to register you as a guest as required, lied to you that I wanted to use you to break up the event. You believed him and cancelled with me. So Philipp could tell people Althans is a liar, even David Irving doesn't like him and therefore dosen't come to the conference. And, as expected, I alone received no invitation.352
5.5.19.This passage presumably relates to a meeting that had taken place between Irving and Althans in Munich on 11 June. '[Althans] Also suggests I come to Munich two days June 28 for a confrontation with Karl Philipp and Faurisson at Nuremberg. What the ---?'353
5.5.20.This in turn is with certainty related to the NF's intention, announced at its national congress on 6 April, to also hold a revisionist campaign in June (originally in Roding in Cham, Bavaria) under the slogan 'Down with the Holocaust' ['Schluß mit dem Holocaust']. The list of those who were to speak was almost identical to that in Munich.354 The Bavarian VSB for 1991 recorded the intention to hold the same congress. Speakers were to have been NF leader Meinolf Schönborn, Faurisson, Remer, Stäglich, and Philipp. The conference was banned. Despite the ban 150 people gathered in Roding, only to be cleared out of the meeting rooms by police. Some 150 NF supporters fought with police, leading to two arrests and hurt policemen and neo-Nazis. An later attempt to hold the congress in the evening led to 38 arrests.355
5.5.21.Karl Phillip wrote to Irving on 4 July boasting about the meeting in Cham where he had successfully held a meeting for Dr. Schaller and Faurisson despite a concerted police effort to break up the meeting.
That was a masterpiece by Meinolf Schönborn and his people. We should take it in mind to do something with him in late Autumn. He is really a soldier and everything goes off with military discipline and according to military organisation. He has almost 400 young people around him who follow his commands.356
5.5.22.The nuances of the dispute are unclear, but the conclusions are inescapable. Irving was no mere hired speaker to the neo-Nazis or in the revisionist movement, but had the political weight to support or undermine political positions and alliances within both scenes.357 That Philipp, who had now known and worked with Irving for almost two years, should try and impress Irving with tales of his own conspiratorial skills and Schönborn's violent antics, speaks for Irving's tastes.
5.5.23.Irving promptly sent a circular to Karl Höffkes and Philipp asking if they, or anyone they knew, could fill in at such short notice and organise anything. Irving was willing to agree on 'a topic acceptable to the authorities' ['ein den Behörden genehmes Thema vereinbaren'].358 Irving likewise wrote to Zündel.
I am of course alarmed, sorry, and annoyed. It is unprofessional to say the least of Althans. We have been planning this four week tour of Mitteldeutschland [central Germany] since Leuchtercongeß [Leuchter congress]. For him to abandon it giving me three weeks' notice is unhelpful. I have ordered a thousand books, etc. I am now left hanging around like a spare prick at a wedding! The only items that survive are Hamburg (which I arranged, after he failed to contact Ulrich Harder for weeks); Bonn, and (weeks later) Wunsiedel. I doubt personally that Wunsiedel will come off this year, but one must be an optimist.
What can we do? Do you have any independent people there, anybody in the major cities who could set up isolated events for me on the lines of Stuttgart last September, which was a brilliant success?
Needless to say, I have the utmost faith in you. You are a professional. You know the law in both Canada and Germany, and keep within it, so far as I can judge. [...]
I do of course appreciate the serious personal problems Althans is facing, which must be a serious disappointment for him. Sometimes we have to hang strong. Those times are now. I am very sorry that we are losing Mittledeutschland [central Germany] like this.359
5.5.24.Irving also asked Ulrich Harder if he could arrange anything at short notice. Harder regretted he could do nothing.
I'm sorry that I can't give you any better news. You know that I have always made a great effort for you because I think you are simply fantastic and indispensable to Germany. And I certainly also have some contacts. Nevertheless not sufficient in central Germany, [as] we from the NPD are still in the process of initially building them up and this will still take a little time.360
5.5.25.Philipp likewise replied in the negative.361 Zündel wrote that he had contacted Carl-Arthur Bühring, Michael Schönborn, and had tried to contact Walendy for Irving.362
5.5.26.Between Philipp, Althans, Harder, and Zündel the tour managed to go ahead.363 Irving toured accompanied by Susanne Töpler.364 Diary entries 21 - 24 July 1991 are missing, but Zündel had suggested a book-signing at the AVÖ bookshop in Munich on the 23 July, which he suggested he also attend 'as an additional drawing card.'365 Irving had been booked to speak in Augsburg, as arranged by Althans.366 This is possibly a meeting arranged with Michael Swierczek.367 There is no record of whether the meeting took place, but alone Irving's willingness is indicative. Irving had originally planned to stay overnight with Althans.368
5.5.27.On 24 July Irving spoke in Stuttgart (Degerloch) at the invitation of Carl-Arthur Bühring on 'German history seen today' ['Deutsche Geschichte aus heutiger Sicht.']369 Irving thanked Klaus Ewald for the meeting.370 On 25 July Irving visited Philipp in Frankfurt. Once again the milieu in which Irving operated is clear. 'He [Philipp] showed us [Irving and Töpler] the latest paste up of the Remer Depesche on which he is working. It is good. I asked if Otto Ernst Remer is not fearful of being prosecuted: Ph.[ilipp] said that is what Remer wants.'371
5.5.28.On 26 July Irving spoke at an NPD meeting in Hamburg (Harburg) arranged by Ulrich Harder. The meeting obviously produced a lot of resonance. Harder wrote to Irving over two months later, 'Your speech in Hamburg in July is still being discussed. It was magnificent and you really are an outstanding contemporary.'372 On 27 July Irving attended a garden party thrown by Dietmar Munier of the Arndt Verlag.373 On 30 July Irving spoke at a meeting at Bonn University given by Andreas Jahrow and organised by Althans.374
5.5.29.On 17 August Irving was to have spoken at Wunsiedel at the annual Rudolf-Hess-Memorial March.375 Remembering that 1) Irving had refused to appear on the same platform as Kühnen at Wunsiedel the year before, 2) that Worch had chosen Kühnen over Irving because the movement owed more to Kühnen (implying that Irving was nevertheless a contender), and 3) that in the meantime Kühnen had died, it is important to remember exactly what the march was. Worch's NL had played an important part in Rudolf-Hess-Memorial marches in Wunsiedel since 1989, and it constituted one of the main organisational focuses of the NL.376 The 1991 march (and the replacement demonstration) was organised together with the NO. The NA was likewise to have taken part in 1991.377 This made the march one of the annual highlights of the German neo-Nazi calendar.
5.5.30.A flyer for the meeting, under the title 'National Collective in need!'['Nationale Sammlung tut not!'] give the tenor of the meeting.
We won't put up with it any more! Don't be deterred[.] Should a ban be made public again this year by the press and television, don't be deterred by it.! Let's fight together! In August 1990 we showed the anarchists what for - they ran like hares - ! The reds and anarchists must be driven from the streets! Comrades, the streets have to be ours again, because >the right is coming again[.]378
5.5.31.Worch writing to Irving in 1990 had justified his choice of Kühnen with the words, 'Especially - and this needs to be stressed here - because from the beginning Wunsiedel marches have been political events and not about historical revisionism.'379 Presumably nothing had changed in the meantime. The march was ultimately banned and 2,000 people demonstrated in Bayreuth against the ban.380 It is not clear up to what point Irving remained ready to appear.
5.5.32.On 8 September Irving had been asked to hold a speech in Neuss a meeting of the Neuss branch of the Association of Expellecs [Bund der Vertriebenen], an invitation he accepted. The invitation was cancelled when the city hall in Neuss threatened to cancel the contract for the hall if Irving appeared as a speaker.381
5.5.33.Irving's November tour had been originally planned for 1 -7 November.382 On 5 November Zündel was tried in Munich and a demonstration was planned by the AVÖ.383 Irving had recorded in his diary that he '...phoned Zündel. Using codenames, it turns out he and Leuchter will be in Munich for Z[ündel]'s trial Nov 5; that we shall all confer in Pforzheim, Nov 6.'384 On 29 October Zündel had asked Irving if he could arrive earlier in Germany. 'No change [chance?] of being in München for a press conference on the 4 and or 5th evenings? French National T.V. will send a crew and Bavarian T.V. as well.'385 The diary entries for 4 and 5 November are missing.
5.5.34.On 6 November the town hall in Pforzheim was booked for Irving's lecture on 'New Europe' ['Neues Europa'], but an advertisement in the Pforzheimer Zeitung led the hall to cancel, supported by the city administration [Stadthallenverwaltung].386 Instead the meeting took place in the restaurant Adler in Büchenbron outside Pforzheim. Both venues were organised by Christian Democratic Union [CDU] politician Dr. Manfrid Dreher. Dreher had contacted Irving through Zühdel.387 Dreher and Irving had met in London previous to the meeting, and Irving had even persuaded Dreher to buy surplus stocks of his books in Germany on his behalf, the money to be repaid later.388 Irving described the meeting.
We left for Dreher's factory, and waited there interminably. Dreher there, eventually joined by Zündel and Leuchter. Dreher has lost the town hall, moved the venue to a restaurant in nearby village. Spoke there, late, for two hours. British (Thames) and Danish, French and WDR TV there. Good atmosphere...389 390
5.5.35. The television teams Irving had unexpectedly brought with him, the presence of Zündel and Leuchter, Irving's deviation from the advertised topic, and Irving's notoriety all contributed to the subsequent scandal.391 Over the next two years Dreher, a highly respected member of the CDU, had to fight off several attempts to have him expelled from the party. Moreover, as a result of Irving's appearance, Dreher was stripped of the FRG's highest civil order [Bundesverdienstkreuz], an almost unique event in the history of the country.392 Although Dreher was later keen to distance himself from the content of Irving's speech it would appear that this was a cosmetic measure. On 12 July 1991 he had written to Irving saying 'I have already been thinking about how we can hold the event from a "neutral stand point".'393 Dreher also later dictated Irving's expected explanation of events to him.394
5.5.35. On 7 November 1991: Irving spoke in Hamburg (Harburg) organised by the NPD's Ulrich Harder who was present at the meeting.395 On 8 November Irving spoke in Lentförden [Segeberg] to the 'Friends Circle "A Heart for Germany"' [Freundeskreis "Ein Herz für Deutschland"], again organised by Harder.396 The Minister of the Interior of Schleswig Holstein ordered a partial speaking ban ['eingeschränktes Redeverbot'] which was handed to Irving at the meeting.397 The ban demonstratively failed to deter Irving, who proceeded to read out its contents to the audience .398 Neither did the ban do anything to dampen Irving's feelings of success. He later thanked the Worchs for their efforts 'which lead to a successful event in Lentförden' ['...die zur erfolgreichen Veranstaltung in Lentförden führten.'].399
5.5.36.The constellation of neo-Nazis Irving had failed to speak to at Wunsiedel were addressed by Irving on 9 November in Halle, an open-air rally he attended at the suggestion of Ursula Wosch 'as the meeting planned for Aachen has fallen through.'400 The rally had been organised by Thomas Dienel, in co-operation with Christian and Ursula Worch, as a nationwide affair. This well co-ordinated demonstration included groups and members of various neo-Nazi groups within the GdNF including the NL, 'Deutsches Hessen', the DA, and was attended by, amongst others, prominent neo-Nazis Gottfried Küssel of the Austrian VAPO and Otto Riehs.
5.5.37.Amid a sea of waving Reich war-flags and NL and DA banners Irving addressed a prominently skin-head audience. During the speeches given by Irving, Worch, and Dienel, the audience at times broke into rhythmic cries of 'Germany for the Germans' ['Deutschland den Deutschen'], 'Foreigners out' ['Ausländer Raus'] and made the illegal Nazi salute 'Sieg Heil'. Irving himself recorded that 'I spoke first, a rabble rousing ten or fifteen minutes, with loud cheering, and alas some shouts of Sieg Heil to which I admonished, "Let's have no calls from the past; it's the [illegible word] that counts".'401 The video record of the meeting shows Irving merely making a weak gesture of disapproval.402
5.5.38.As if Irving's presence on a neo-Nazi platform were not enough, the rally took place at a time when Germany was in the grips of a vicious wave of attacks against foreigners.
319. Verfassungsschutz-Bericht, Baden-Württemberg, 1990, pp. 85f.
320. Diary entry, 12 February 1991. See also diary entry, 23 March 1991: 'At the hotel Höffkes had now arrived with 500 prints of my Passau speech and a box of tapes....'
321. Diary entry, 13 February 1991.
322. Diary entry, 20 February 1991.
323. Diary entry, 20 March 1991; diary entry, 22 March 1991.
324. Fromm, pp. 19-20; A document ['Kreisverwaltungsreferat Hauptabteilung I/11, Besprechung am 15.03.1991, p.1] listed Althans and Niemann as organisers ['Veranstalter'] and Rade simply as 'Kreisrat der REP'. See Drahtzieher im braunen Netz, p. 22. 'I trust that Althans has contacted you in regard to the now-on-again Great European Revisionist Congress in Munich on 23 March 1991. You are of course, to be one of the star speakers [...] Major media like the leftist TAZ and Spiegel-TV have already expressed a keen interest in the event.' Ernst Zündel to Irving, 16 February 1991.
325. 'Was dem 23.3. angeht, so ist das Thema meines Vortrags "Churchill in den II. Weltkrieg: Pearl Harbour." Ich erwarte mithin keine Schwierigkeiten seitens der Behörden.' Irving to Dr. Gerhard Frey, 1 March 1991.
326. See videocassette 201, 'Der Leuchter-Kongress - Teil 2,' listed as 'ca. 1993. The titles attribute the film to Zündel's 'Samisdat'.
327. Verfassungsschutz-Bericht, Bavaria, 1991, p. 83.
328. Drahtzieher im braunen Netz, pp. 21-22. 'Meeting with Althans at his office. News almost im[ ]mediately that Ernst Zündel is in Germany, from Canada, indeed has been arrested by police on old (January) warrents re "libelling the dead." So that puts him away for some weeks if not months, and may have disastrous effects on his case in Canada (not showing up for bail). What an idiot.' Diary entry, 22 March 1991.
329. Diary entry, 23 March 1991.
330. Diary entry, 24 March 1991.
331. Diary entry, 25 March 1991.
332. Diary entry, 24 March 1991; diary entry, 25 March 1991.
333. Mecklenburg, p. 950.
334. GfP to Irving, 22 March 1991; GfPto Irving, 26 March 1991; Irving to Dr. Gerd Sudholt, 1 April 1991; GfP to Irving, 3 April 1991; GfP to Irving, 25 April 1991; diary entry 10 May 1991.
335. 'Vortrag von David Irving am 11. Mai 1991 in München zum 50. Jahrestag des Fluges von Rudolf Heß nach Großbritannien,' n.d., 18pp.
336. Diary entry, 11 May 1991.
337. NPD-BV Oberbeyern, 'Einaldung: David Irving kommt nach München,' n.d.; Renate Werlberger to Irving, 30 March 1991; Renate Werlberger to Irving, 17 May 1991.
338. Diary entry, 24 March 1991; diary entry, 25 March 1991.
339. '"Der bekannte revisionistische Historiker wird unter dem Thema "Deutschlands Zukunft im Schatten politischer Erpressung" erstmalig zu der Frage, "ob sich die Deutschen und ihre europäischen Nachbarn weiterhin leisten können, die Zeitgeschichte als politisches Erpressungsinstrument zu dulden", Stellung nehmen.".' Quoted in 'Vollzug des Ausländergesetzes (AuslG) Ausweisung aus der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, n.d.', p.9.
340. Ibid.
341. 'Wir haben lediglich die Bitte, daß Sie im eigenen Interesse und auch im Interesse unserer Partei, die den hiesigen Verhältnissen unterliegt, die Erwähnung des Wortes "Auschwitz" vermeiden.' Renate Werlberger to Irving, 30 March 1991. The speech was recorded. See Diary entry, 12 May 1991.'
342. Audiocassette 158, 'David Irving speaks to NPD audience in Munich', 12 May 1991.
343. Diary entry, 14 May 1991.
344. Diary entry, 5 June 1991.
345. Diary entry, 6 June 1991.
346. Diary entry, 7 June 1991.
347. Diary entry, 8 June 1991.
348. Diary entry, 9 [mislabled 8th] July 1991.
349. Diary entry, 3 July 1991.
350. '...nun ist es soweit. Die totale Katastrophe. Oder anders gesagt: es ist aus. Die Vorträge vom 25.07. bis zum 17.08. finden nicht statt. Ich muß aufgeben./ Ich sehe geradezu, wie Sie vor Wut aufschäumen. Und ich habe große Angst, daß wir uns an dieser Sache verkrachen.[...]/ Sie wissen ja selber, in was für einer Situation ich nach dem Leuchterkongress bin. Das hat sich nun noch zugespitzt.' Ewald Althans to Irving, 1 July 1991.
351. 'So zum Beispiel hat KP es geschafft, Gen. Remer und mutmaßlich auch G. Honsik gegen mich aufzuhetzen. Diese wiederum schafften es mittels ihrer naiven Gutgläubigkeit und ihres guten Rufes (Sie wissen, wie sehr ich Remer und Honsik schätze), die Stimmung weiter zu schüren.' Ibid.
352. 'Eventuell hätte man noch etwas erreicht, wenn wir auf der Tagung dabei gewesen wären. Dort waren viele Leute anwesend, auf deren unterstützenden Beistand ich hätte hoffen können. Aber Karl Philipp, der wußte daß Sie kommen, weil ich so blöd war, Sie als Gast ordnungsgemäß anzumelden, log Ihnen vor, ich wolle mittels Ihnen die Veranstaltung sprengen. Sie glaubten ihm und sagten mir ab. So wieder könnte KP bei den Leuten erzählen, Althans ist ein Lügner, auch David Irving mag ihn nicht und kommt deshalb nicht mit zur Tagung. Und - wie erwartet, bekam ich alleine auch keine Einladung.' Ibid. See also Ernst Zündel to Irving, 4 July 1991. '...Meinhof Schönborn, the guy whose 29.6.91 meeting you were to attend with Ewald [Althans], but didn't because of Philipps' gossip, so I am told.
353. Diary entry, 11 June 1991.
354. Drahtzieher im braunen Netz, pp. 23-24.
355. Verfassungsschutz Bericht, Bayern, pp. 83-4.
356. 'Das war die Meisterleistung von Meinolf Schönborn und seine Leute. Wir sollten ins Auge fassen, im Spätherbst eine Sache mit ihm durchzuführen. Er ist eben ein Soldat und alles läuft mit militärischer Diziplin und nach milit. Organisatorischen Gesichtspunkten ab. Er hat fast 400 Junge Leute um sich, die seinen Anordnungen Folge leisten.' Karl Philipp to Irving, 4 July 1991.
357. Two years later Irving showed the same influence in discussions about Althans. 'On Althans: confidentially, one of his lieutenants was here this weekend, is taking charge of my book stocks, though he says Althans helped himself to stacks of them. A. also has strange habits with funds donated to the organisation, says my source. I have suggested that they hold a Generalmitgliederversammlung [general members' meeting] and decide what to do with A., who is damaging the Bewegung [movement] by his antics and his close contacts to the media.' Irving to Ernst Zündel, 1 October 1993.
358. Irving to Karl [Philipp], 3 July 1991; Irving to Höffkes, 3 July 1991.
359. Irving to Ernst Zündel, 3 July 1991.
360. 'Es tut mir leid, daß ich Ihnen kein besseres Ergebnis mitteilen kann. Sie wissen, daß ich mir für Sie immer sehr große Mühe gegeben habe, weil ich Sie einfach toll und für Deutschland unentbehrlich finde. Und ich habe ja auch einige Verbindungen. Allerdings noch nicht ausreichend nach Mitteldeutschland, wir sind von der NPD noch dabei, diese erst aufzubauen und es wird noch ein wenig dauern.' Ulrich Harder to Irving, 11 July 1991.
361. Karl Phillip to Irving, 4 July 1991.
362. Ernst Zündel to Irving, 4 July 1991. See also Ernst Zündel to Irving, 8 July 1991
363. 'I think we should liaise on coming events some time. My provisional timetable looks something like this:-/ July 14 to August 15 in Mitteldeutschland on "tour".' Irving to Ernst Zündel, 29 April 1991. 'Needless to say, I am both gratful and impressed by the way in which your people are springing into action.' Irving to Ernst Zündel, 8 July 1991. See also Irving to Ernst Zündel, 3 July 1991; Ernst Zündel to Irving, 3 July 1991.
364. Diary entry, 20 July 1991; diary entry, 31 July 1991.
365. Ernst Zündel to Irving, 4 July 1991; Ernst Zündel to Irving, 8 July 1991. See also Irving to Ewald Althans, 10 July 1991, suggesting 'to undertake a small event at your's - talk, discussion, sign books, amongst other things [...] Otherwise on the return journey.' ['eine kleine Veranstaltung bei Ihnen im Geschäft machen - Unterhalten, Diskussion. Bücher signieren u.ä [...] Sonst aber ab 31 Juli auf den Rückweg.']. See further diary entry, 19 July 1991 recording that Althans voluntered that Irving could 'stay at his "shop"'.
366. Diary entry, 12 July 1991.
367. '...I happily make myself availabe to Mr. Swarzcs[l]y - handwriting of Althans, or better said S. unreadable - for Augsburg, and suggests he picks me up at 6 o'clock at your's in the AVÖ. ['...gern stelle ich mich Herrn Swarzsc[l?]y (?) - Handschrift von Althans bzw. S. unleserlich - für Augsburg zur Verfügung, und schlage vor, er holt mich um 18 Uhr bei Ihnen in AVÖ ab...']. Irving to Ewald Althans, 12 July 1990.
368. Diary entry, 19 July 1991; diary entry 20 July 1991.
369. Carl-Arthur Bührung, 'Einladung Verammlung. Es spricht David Irving,' n.d. A letter from Hans Joachim Dill (a friend of Althans's) mentioned that the DM 1,000 fee had been discussed with Zündel. Hans Joachim Dill to Irving, 8 July 1991.
370. Irving to Klaus Ewald, 1 January 1992.
371. Diary entry, 25 July 1991.
372. 'Ihr Vortrag im Juli in Hamburg wird heute noch diskutiert. Es war großartig und Sie sind schon ein herausragender Zeitgenosse.' Ulrich Harder to Irving, 3 September 1991.
373. Diary entry, 27 July 1991.
374. Diary entry, 30 July 1991. Jahrow went on to become a member of the 1994 grounded Europaburschenschaft Armina Zürich zu Heidelberg. See Mecklenburg, pp. 329-30 for details. For Althans see Ewald Althans to Irving, 5 July 1991; diary entry, 26 June 1991.
375. Diary entry, 2 August 1991; diary entry, 15 August 1991; Irving to Ernst Zündel, 3 July 1991.
376. Mecklenburg, pp. 287-288.
377. Mecklenburg, p. 290
378. 'Wir lassen uns das nicht länger gefallen! Laßt euch nicht beirren [.] Sollte dieses Jahr wieder durch Presse und Fernsehen ein Verbot veröffentlicht werden, so lassen Sie sich nicht davon beirren! Wehren wir uns gemeinsam! Im August 1990 haben wir den Chaoten das laufen gelernt - sie sind gelaufen wie die Hasen - ! Due Roten und Chaoten müssen von der Straße getrieben werden! Kameraden, die Straßen müssen wieder uns gehören, denn Die Rechte kommt wieder [.]' Flyer, annonymous, n.d.
379. Christian Worch to Irving, 1 July 1990.
380. Mecklenburg, p. 950.
381. Arwed Sandner to Irving, 14 March 1991; Irving to Arwed Sander, 18 March 1991; Arwed Sander to Irving, 4 April 1991.
382. Irving to Francisco de Asís Valdemoros, 31 July 1991. See also Diary entry, 16 July 1991. '...phoned Ulrich Harder. I suggested November 1 to 6 for a German tour.'
383. Ernst Zündel, open fax, 12 September 1991; Ewald Althans, fax, 'Demonstartion an der Feldherrenhalle mit J. Rieger und E. Zündel', n.d.
384. Diary entry, 23 October 1991. See also Ernst Zündel to Irving, 17 October 1991. 'I would like to discuss this [Leuchter's speaking tour] with you in Munich on the 4th or 5th November...'
385. Ernst Zündel to Irving, 29 October 1991.
386. Günter Ihlenfeld [Stadthalle Pforzheim] to Dr. Manfrid Dreher, 4 November 1991. Ihlenfeld based their decision on Irving's theories being 'falsifications of history and contemptuious of humanity' {'geschichtsfälschenden und menschenverachtenden Thesen'] and as such a danger to public order.
387. Ernst Zündel to Irving, 11 July 1991. See also Ernst Zündel to Irving, 17 October 1991. 'I would like to discuss all this with you [details of 'the Leuchter project'] in Munich on the 4th or 5th November the day of my trial there! You speak in Pforzheim on the 6th to about 400 people, good quality types!' See further Diary entry, 23 October 1991. '...phoned Zündel. Using codenames, it turns out he and Leuchter will be in Munich for Z's trial Nov 5; that we shall all confer in Pforzheim, Nov 6. That he needs Leuchter until Nov. 9, when L[euchter] becomes our concern.'
388. Dr. Manfrid Dreher to Irving, 12 July 1991; Irving to Dr. Manfrid Dreher 18 July 1991; Irving to Dr. Manfrid Dreher, 20 July 1991; Dr. Manfrid Dreher to Irving, 6 November 1991.
389. Diary entry, 6 November 1991. The television presence had been organised by Irving. See diary entries, 23 October and 29 October 1991.See also Irving to Sushma Puri, 29 October 1991; Irving to Sushma [Puri], 31 October 1991. The meeting was also apparently monitored by the police. See 'Aus der polizeilichen Niederschrift von Irving-Aussagen während des Vortrags in Büchenbronn am 6.11.91.,'n.d.
390. Irving was accompanied some of the way by Danish and British (Thames) television.
391. Hundseder, pp. 185-196; Dr. Manfrid Dreher to Irving, date illegible.
392. Franziska Hundseder, Rechte machen Kasse: Gelder und Finanziers der braunen Szene (Munich, 1995), 2nd ed., pp. 196-205 and 269-374.
393. 'Ich habe mir schon Gedanken gemacht, wie wir die Veranstalung unter einem "neutralen Gesichtspunkt" abhalten können. See also Ernst Zündel to Irving, 28 December 1991. 'Dr. Dreher called me repeatedly, he wants a [indesciferable word]letter faxed to his office, by you, to explain why you spoke not on the topic of "Deutschland im Neuen Europa" ["Germany in New Europe"] but instead lashed out at your enemies. He is a good contact and I would appreciate any help you can be to him at this time of his baptism of fire. He can be very useful to the cause in the future.'
394. Dr. Manfrid Dreher to Irving, 19 December 1991; Irving to Dr. Manfrid Dreher, 29 December 1991.
395. Diary entry, 7 November 1991; Ulrich Harder to Irving, 11 July 1991; Ulrich Harder to Irving, 3 September 1991; Ulrich Harder to Irving, 9 November 1991.
396. Ulrich Harder to Irving, 3 September 1991.
397. Schleswig-Holsteinisches Oberverwaltungsgericht, 'Urteil in der Verwaltungsrechtssache David Irving...gegen Kreis Segeberg, Der Landrat...wegen Verbot politischer Betätigung (§ 37 AuslG)', 5 October 1993, pp. 2-3.
398. 'Police handed me a Verordnung of Kreis Segeburg, what I am not allowed to say, in such detail that I could not reits [resist] the temptation to read out the whole document, stressing at each paragraph, "I am not allowed to say that either...!".' Diary entry, 8 November 1991.
399. Irving to Christian and Ursula Worch, 1 January 1992.
400. Diary entry, 8 November 1991. See also Irving to Dr. Manfrid Dreher, 29 December 1991.
401. Diary entry, 9 November 1991.
402. Videocassette 213, '...This Week.' labled 'ca. 04.94'.
403. Drahtzieher im braunen Netz, p. 13.
404. Irving to Christian [Worch?], 30 November 1991; Irving to Christian Worch, 2 December 1991.
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Alumni Careers
Alumni Careers
Advocacy/Policy/Organizing * Social Services * Education * Law * Health * Jewish Community
- Mollie Churchill (NY 00-01) is the Manager of LEED Faculty at the U.S. Green Building Council in Washington, DC. Mollie has a Certificate in Conservation Biology from Columbia University. Mollie worked at the Urban Justice Center for 7 years, supervising the homelessness outreach and prevention project. Mollie serves on the Board of Directors of the Resilience Advocacy Project, an anti-poverty organization working with New York City youth.
- Shelley Goldman (NY 05-06) is the Community Organizer in the Youth Enrichment Services (Y.E.S.) Program of The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center in New York.
- Lara Pukatch (NY 04-05) is a Policy Manager at Women Thrive Worldwide, an organization that shapes U.S. policy to help women in the developing world lift themselves out of poverty. Lara received a master's degree in International Affairs at George Washington University with a concentration in Women and Development.
- Rebecca Shaloff (NY 03-04) is the Screening Director of Co-op America, a not-for-profit membership organization dedicated to harnessing economic power to create a socially just and environmentally sustainable society. Prior to working with the Green Business Network, Rebecca was the development officer at the certification organization RugMark and was an American Jewish World Service Fellow in Mumbai, India. Rebecca serves on the AVODAH Board of Directors.
- Nadia Underhill (NY 99-00) is a freelance writer and editor. Nadia holds masters degrees from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the London School of Economics. Nadia serves on the AVODAH Board of Directors.
Social Services
- Miriam Eisenberger (NY 02-03) is a Social Worker for West Side Federation Supportive and Senior Housing (WSFSSH) at their adult home site, West 74th St Home. Miriam specializes in geriatric and group work. Miriam received a MSW from Hunter College School of Social Work.
- Flora Endelman Margolis (NY 03-04) is a Social Worker at Project Renewal's Chemical Dependence Outpatient Clinic in New York City, which was her AVODAH placement.
- Leia Grossman (NY 02-03) works at UNICEF in the Child Protection Section. Leia is a master's candidate at New York University's Gallatin School for Individualized Study.
- Naomi Spector (NY 06-07) is a master's candidate at the Hunter College School of Social Work. Before this fall, Naomi worked for Common Ground at the Times Square, which is a building that provides permanent supportive housing to formerly homeless, mentally ill, disabled, and low-income adults.
- Sarra Alpert (NY 02-03) is an expository writing teacher at New York University and works as an educator in the Kolot Chayeinu Learning Program. Sarra is a graduate of the MFA program in Fiction at NYU; has developed staff training curriculum at Camp Ramah in California; and has worked with the MATAN Jewish special education project.
- Sarah Novick (NY 05-06) is a New York City Teaching Fellow; teaching second grade in a collaborative team teaching classroom and is an Elementary Special Education master's candidate.
- Eli Pristoop (NY 02-03) is a Data Analyst in the education division of the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation in Seattle. Eli received a M.A. from The Jewish Theological Seminary, and an M.S.S.W. from The Columbia University School of Social Work.
- Elana Shever (NY 99-00) received a PhD in Anthropology and is a visiting fellow at the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University. Elana researches petroleum politics in the Americas and teaches a course that leads students in developing a critical analysis of transnational corporations.
- Ilana Zafran (CHI 06-07) is a Leadership Coordinator at Umoja Student Development Corporation, which was Ilana's AVODAH placement. Ilana works directly with high school students on Chicago's West Side, planning and implementing a variety of programs focused on leadership, community development/activism, and women's empowerment.
- Aaron Dobish (NY 00-01) is an attorney in New York and New Jersey working at Common Ground Community as the Building Director of The Prince George, a 416 unit supportive housing facility for low income and formerly homeless individuals. Common Ground Community was his AVODAH placement.
- Sophie Kasimow (NY 05-06) is a doctoral candidate at the University of Michigan's Law School. Before moving to MI, Sophie worked in Washington, DC on the Program on Medicare's Future at The Commonwealth Fund, a health policy foundation. During AVODAH Sophie worked at the Medicare Rights Center, an organization dedicated to helping older adults and people with disabilities get affordable health care.
- Merav Lichtenstein (DC 03-04) serves as Deputy Attorney General for the New Jersey Division of Law in Newark, NJ. Merav received a JD from the Benjamin N Cardozo School of Law.
- Jessica Polansky (NY 99-00) is a staff attorney at Children's Rights, an organization that works to reform foster care systems across the country. During law school, Jessica had the opportunity to work for the Center for Constitutional Rights in NYC and the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission in Belfast. Jessica serves on the AVODAH Board of Directors.
- Jodie Goldberg (DC 03-04) is bilingual, Spanish-speaking Psychologist at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center. Jodie received a doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology.
- Lisa Pearl (DC 06-07) is a MD candidate at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Lisa is in an Urban Medicine curriculum program and a Patient Centered Medicine Scholars Program. Lisa is the Health Education Coordinator on the steering committee for the Student Run Free Clinic and is active in the American Medical Student Association (AMSA), which advocates for patients' rights.
- Rafi Pristoop (NY 00-01) is a medical attending at Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn. Rafi received a MD from Sackler School of Medicine at Tel Aviv University in Israel and completed a residency in Internal Medicine at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx.
- Elisa Wershba (NY 00-01) is a pediatric resident at Phoenix Children's Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona. While in AVODAH, Elisa worked at Genesis Domestic violence shelter as an advocate.
Jewish Community
- Rabbi Matt Carl (NY 00-01) is the Associate Rabbi of Congregation Mount Sinai in Brooklyn Heights and the Campus Rabbi at Hunter College. Matt has worked with Hazon, JFREJ, Panim and the JCC of Manhattan on social and environmental justice causes.
- Rabbi Mark Asher Goodman (NY 99-00) is the Director of Community Outreach and a teacher of Talmud and Social Justice at the Jewish Community High School of the Bay Area.
- Amy Ravis Furey (NY 99-00) is the Program Director in New York City for AVODAH. Amy has an MSW from Hunter College School of Social Work with a concentration in Community Organizing and Group Work.
- Lani Santo (DC 02-03) is a Senior Program Officer at American Jewish World Service and manages the AJWS World Partners Fellowship. Lani is a Public Administration master's candidate at New York University's Wagner School for Public Service. Lani serves on the AVODAH Board of Directors.
- Alissa Wise (NY 01-02) is the Education Director at Jews for Racial and Economic Justice. Alissa is a rabbinical student at Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and puts rabbinic training into action creating innovative ritual in New York City and Philadelphia. Alissa has served as the Education Director at the String of Pearls Hebrew School and a chaplain at Planned Parenthood.


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UFC Fighters Kick Off in Macau
China is getting ready to rumble.
This weekend, barrel-chested fighters faced off with each other in Macau, surrounded by ringside, bikini-clad girls and an audience of over 8,000 people at the Ultimate Fighting Championship's inaugural fight in greater China. Long popular—and controversial—in the West and countries like Japan, mixed martial arts, a sport U.S. senator John McCain once famously derided as a kind of "human cockfighting," is now making inroads in the mainland.
While mainland China has yet to see the same kinds of no-holds-barred arena fights that helped make the sport famous in the United States, MMA is gradually getting popularized through live fights held in Hong Kong and Macau, which are followed by millions of Chinese fans both through TV broadcasts and online. UFC says that they have a broadcast reach of 450 million TV viewers in mainland China, while Legend Fighting Championship, a Hong Kong-based company that's held 10 events since its founding in 2009, says their events are broadcast in a dozen provinces and have a reach of over 600 million Chinese viewers.
"China is slowly but surely catching up to the MMA wave," said Mark Fischer, who helped promote the National Basketball Association's growth in China and currently heads UFC Asia. The company is close to developing a Chinese version of a reality TV show that would showcase fighters competing for a UFC contract, such as the "Ultimate Fighter" show that helped popularize the sport in the U.S., UFC chairman Lorenzo Fertitta said in an interview. China Real Time has more.


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This shoe has a design that was very popular in the 80s, and guess what? That cool design is back, and it is causing tons of excitement. The high top design, chunky outsole, and extra large logo on the tongue are all features that make the Lacoste Defuse Mid MT shoes retro must-haves.
A classic brand, Lacoste became established in 1933, and since then they have been making moves in the athletic and style industries. Their infamous logo on the sides, all white timeless color and Lacoste branding label on the tongue combine to create an iconic look.
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"I somehow picked a girl up on the walk home from work. We got up to my room and fooled around a bit on the couch and all was well. At some point I asked about moving to the bedroom and she agreed, but instead of walking her there I went to the kitchen to grab some drinks. I must have taken too long, because when I made it to the room she was asleep—naked—on top of the sheets. I ended up watching TV." —Ian E.
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One of the most highly-anticipated drops from Reebok, the DMX Run 10 is sure to make a splash. This retro running shoe is a re-release of the first shoe to debut Reebok's moving air technology when it was released way back in 1997. It also laid the ground work for Allen Iverson's first signature model, the Answer 1. Today, the shoe is back in OG colorways that are sure to please old-school running fans.
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PALO ALTO -- Shares of software-maker VMware plunged nearly 15 percent in late trading Monday after the company announced it will eliminate about 900 jobs and provided an earnings forecast that failed to meet Wall Street's expectations.
"We are not commenting on head count per region or timing on when the layoffs are expected to be completed," said company spokesman Ulysses King, when asked how many of the cuts would be in the Bay Area.
VMware's most recent annual filing with federal regulatory officials said it had "over 11,000" employees worldwide, but The Associated Press said the company had 13,200 at the end of last year. That would mean the 900 lost jobs would represent 7 to 8 percent of its global workforce. The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that the company also planned to increase staffing by about 1,000 this year in certain high priority areas.
VMware, a subsidiary of EMC, said it earned $206 million, or 47 cents a share, on sales of $1.29 billion for the fourth quarter. For all of 2012, it said it earned $746 million, or $1.72 a share, on sales of $4.61 billion. Both revenue figures represented a 22 percent increase from a year ago and VMware's overall earnings were in line with what analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters had expected.
That prompted CEO Pat Gelsinger in a statement to call 2012 "a strong year for VMware, with solid Q4 results despite a tough economic environment." He added that, "we see a tremendous market opportunity in 2013."
But the Palo Alto company's revenue prediction wasn't what Wall Street had anticipated.
It said its first quarter sales should range from $1.17 billion to $1.19 billion, and its 2013 total revenue should be $5.23 billion to $5.35 billion. Analysts had expected $1.25 billion for the first quarter and $5.42 billion for the year.
Shares of VMware -- whose "virtualization" software saves its corporate customers money by letting groups of them use a single server -- dropped 68 cents, or less than 1 percent, to $98.32 at the market's official close before the earnings announcement. In after-hours trading, its stock price plunged $14.32.
Despite Wall Street's reaction, a number of analysts have been high on the company lately.
"Our recent checks on VMware have been positive, with feedback from customers, partners and IT consultants indicating that the virtualization space is experiencing a strong pipeline/deal flow that is disproportionately benefiting the company," FBR Capital Markets concluded in a recent note to its clients.
In a separate note, analysts with Wells Fargo called VMware "the market leader" in the virtualization business and said it was "well positioned to continue to benefit from the ongoing data center upgrade opportunities."
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LETTER: Evil is fed by society turning from God
Published: Monday, January 21, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, January 20, 2013 at 11:36 p.m.
Dear Editor: Trying to eliminate guns to end violence is a step in the wrong direction. Why are we trying to get rid of a tool that violent people use with no thought to the consequences? A person committed to these atrocious acts won't be stopped because of an inability to access firearms. Meanwhile, law abiding citizens, who choose to take advantage of our constitutional right to bear arms, will be the ones who suffer. An unarmed populace is easy prey to an out-of-control government.
It isn't the tool of this destruction that is the problem; it is the evil that is in man that is being fed by society. We live in a society that glorifies violence through media. We bring it into our home and let it babysit our children while we work 50-60 hours a week in pursuit of more material things. We drive by our churches on Sunday on our way to the lake or the beach with no thought given to our Creator or to His Son. We are losing our moral foundation, a foundation rooted in scriptures and bathed in the blood of Christ.
We can wipe guns off the face of the earth, and we will still have violent acts committed against the innocent. If we want to curb this evil that is in man's heart, we are going to have to turn back to God, quit living for our own selfish pleasures and recognize that the peace we all seek is found in Him.
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Collecting United States Coins
United States coins are made at four Mint facilities: Philadelphia, PA; Denver, CO; San Francisco, CA; and West Point, NY. One easy way to start your collection is with the circulating coins you use daily - pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters and dollars. But there are other kinds and sets as well.
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SARG27044 wrote:Its my opinion he continued to lie after finding out the truth to get sympathy votes in the Heisman race.
this is the main problem ... not only that, after he found out and told Notre Dame on Dec. 26 he kept doing interviews pre-National Championship game about her, when he clearly knew, at least then, that she was not real.
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10 Best Nail Art Ideas from Fashion Week
From hot new polish colors to elaborate techniques, we've got nail art inspiration for every aspiring DIY nail artist
Last season, we saw half-moon shapes painted at the base of the nail around the cuticle. This season at Phillip Lim, Essie nail artist Elle mixed things up and painted the half moon along the sides of the nails. She started with one coat of black polish, added a thin stripe of gray (called Chinchilly), and then painted a white crescent moon along the length. "This graphic nail design is dramatic, yet incredibly wearable," says Essie founder Essie Weingarten. This look doesn't have to be too perfect, so try painting the shapes freehand with a detailing brush.
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Interesting ideas; some are a tad outrageous for me, but they are charming.
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Very much like the obmre! Bllack goes with everything and is very sleek, and if all black it too much you can always add some gold sparkels!
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Don't care for the crystals. They might be fine for a couple hrs. but they would snag on everything. To make polka dots, I bought tools that you just dap into the polish. They were very cheap. You can also use the tip of a pencil point that is rounded. Don't use a freshly sharpened pencil. It works and is free.
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I loved #8, I have to say though that #3 is badly done
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A lot of these are pretty!
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6.4 m
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5' 10''
1.8 m
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2,377 gal.
|Air Draft
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Is this a yacht saloon or a hotel lobby? In either case, we'll be happy to check in, although we'd prefer less teardrop to our deckhouse windows. The galley and lower helm station are forward.
High-Style Cruising
Nobody beats the Italians for innovative design, and the Azimut 88 epitomizes the Mediterranean yacht. There are ample sunning areas on deck, a hardtop with an opening hatch, a big swim platform and lots of windows to fill the cabins with natural light. Azimut designers like to include vertical hullside windows to illuminate belowdecks spaces – the Azimut 88 has seven in either side: four serve the full-beam master stateroom, the other three each of two side-by-side guest staterooms. Not to be left in the dark, a fourth cabin, all the way forward, benefits from large horizontal windows.
There are three guest cabins forward, two doubles and one twin, each with head, and a huge master stateroom amidships with a private stairway from the saloon. Crew lives aft.
Each cabin benefits from clean, uncluttered interior design – almost Oriental in its simplicity. The same theme runs through all the yacht's accommodations. The saloon could be mistaken for an ultra-modern hotel lobby, with lots of couches and easy chairs, light-colored soles and white-paneled overhead. Again, big windows in the deckhouse (they're a little too swoopy for our tastes, though) let in huge amounts of light, ideally accompanied by views of the Mediterranean.
The flying bridge reminds us of the poolside bar at a posh tropical resort – there's a fully equipped bar, barbeque, a table for 8 and even a Jacuzzi; the towel's hanging over the edge at left of the picture.
Where's the Crew?
Even if the owner is a skilled boat handler, a yacht the size and complexity of the Azimut 88 requires a crew to keep in top shape both mechanically and cosmetically – and you'll want a cook/steward to prepare and serve food, too. (In Europe, even yachts much smaller than this one generally carry at least one full-time hand.) Only thing is, you don't want to see the crew when you don't need them – don't want them passing through the saloon, getting underfoot on the flying bridge, using the passageways belowdecks to get to their quarters.
When the weather's good, why eat inside? The cockpit has a settee to seat six and four folding teak chairs. The table is teak, too with a stainless steel base. There's also a bar here, and easy passage onto the swim platform.
No problem aboard the Azimut 88: The crew's area, situated all the way aft, is completely separate from owner's and guests' quarters and living areas, on the other side of the engine room. Access is through a watertight door in the transom, and from a door on deck. There's a single berth to port for the captain, opposite upper and lowers for two crew. The cabin includes a lounge area, head, crew dinette, refrigerator, washer/dryer and stowage. Engine room access is through the crew's quarters. Both the owner's party and the crew will be happier if they can stay apart as much as possible, and this layout makes it easy.
Dining area, saloon and cockpit are on the main deck, so passage is convenient among all three. The helm station has its own dinette; the galley is to starboard, aft of the helm and handy to the formal dining table.
The Owner's Domain
The Azimut 88's owner has his own domain, too – a massive full-beam stateroom located right amidships where it's most comfortable. Access is via a stairway from the saloon; a second stairway from the wheelhouse leads to the three guest cabins forward. After a long day having fun, it's nice to be able to get away from your guests, and this arrangement puts the owner in a private area, separated from his guests by the master's full-beam head (two sinks, toilet, shower and bidet) and a walk-in closet, from the crew by the engine room. The cabin has a two-seat vanity/dinette, a safe and lots of stowage.
The master stateroom runs across the vessel's midships. Its ensuite head is almost as wide, has two sinks, a toilet and a bidet. We love the clean design and the big hullside windows, four on each side.
No Osmosis
Not just a pretty face, the Azimut 88 is built to live in the sea for years at a time: The underbody is laminated with vinylester resin in the outer layers to resist osmosis, a concern when a yacht stays overboard for years on end, especially in warm water. An annual haul-out and bottom repainting doesn't allow enough time for drying out. Azimut warrants the hull against osmosis for five years.
We wish our kitchen at home was as nice as this. Even better, the galley can be closed off from the dining area so the cook can work his/her magic in private. But it's only steps to the table, and to the small dinette adjacent to the helm – the skipper needs to eat, too.
The rest of the laminate is in isophthalic resin, with PVC coring in the decks and superstructure. Watertight bulkheads forward and aft are laid-up in glass with foam coring; the rest of the interior structure is built from a variety of composite materials. The hull structure is approved by RINA, the Italian classification authority.
The VIP cabin forward is almost as nice as the master. Two large windows provide daylight, and there are halogen and LED lights overhead, and a hatch. But the ensuite head lacks a bidet.
The Powerplant is American
Power is twin Caterpillar C32 ACERT 1825-hp diesels with ZF 3000 V-drives. Interesting that Azimut doesn't install expensive German engines; their choice of Cats says a lot about how those engines are regarded in Europe. We haven't tested this boat, but Azimut says top speed is 30 knots at half-load, cruise 27 knots. Estimated range is 400 n.m. at cruising speed.
One guest stateroom has a large double berth; the other, two side-by-side singles. Both have similar heads, large hullside windows for natural light.
This is not a long-range vessel, at least not if you want to take advantage of the big Cats' horsepower. For crossing oceans, think about a Nordhavn or other expedition-style vessel. Azimut builds yachts for near-shore adventures or trips to the islands, where most of us prefer to do our boating. Why own a yacht like this if nobody sees you aboard it, and you can't pull into a classy marina and attract dock-gawkers? That's half the fun, and why you spend $6 million. (Base price of the Azimut 88 Flybridge is 4,900,000 Euro, about $6.2 million at press time. We found a new 2009 boat on sale in Italy, well-equipped, for $5,575,000.)
But where do you keep the tender? The upper deck is taken by lounging areas, so it looks like the swim platform. Yes, it lifts: Azimut says it can handle a boat up to 3.5 meters (12' 7") long and 500 kg. (1,100 lbs).
Our Recommendation
If you've got the resources to buy and maintain a multi-million-dollar yacht, and you like the Med-inspired styling, go for it. We like the styling and we like Azimuts, so if we hit the lottery for something well into eight figures it's off to Viareggio for us. But any yacht this size is a real financial commitment, so if you don't live and breathe cruising, have lots of free time and a huge pile of discretionary funds, think carefully before signing the purchase contract. A yacht like this deserves the best of care, and that doesn't come cheap. On the other hand, if you can swing it, it doesn't get much better than the Azimut 88 Flybridge.
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On The Party Scene: Curtis "Bugsy" Jackson, Zoe Saldana, Darrelle Revis And Several Others Attend The Motorola Droid RAZR Launch Event
- By Bossip Staff Categories: Bangers, Celeb Association, For the Fellas
These two look mighty cozy. We're just sayin'…
Last night Motorola had a big launch event for their new Android phone RAZR. To help celebrate the release of the ultra-thin touchscreen smartphone they invited 50 Cent, Zoe Saldana, Maino, and several New York NFL players to the party to ham it up with Motorola brass, including CEO Sanjay Jha. Looks like everyone enjoyed themselves and Fiddy even took the stage to do his 1,2 thing to entertain the crowd.
Flip through to see the red carpet arrivals and some pics from the performance.


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CORPUS CHRISTI – The nationally-ranked Texas A&M – Corpus Christi men's tennis team has earned the No. 3 seed in the College Station Regional, and will take on the University of Texas in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, it was announced Tuesday. The Islanders and Longhorns will do battle in College Station on Friday, May 10, at 11 a.m. as part of the regional hosted by Texas A&M.
The Aggies will take on Marist in the other first round battle at the site, with the winners squaring off on Saturday, May 11, at the George P. Mitchell Tennis Center. This will be the Islanders' fourth NCAA trip in the last six years.
"It's an honor for us to have been awarded a three seed at the NCAA National Championships," Director of Tennis Steve Moore said. "Our players have worked very hard and it's tremendously rewarding to have people recognize our work on a national level."
The Islanders and Longhorns met earlier this season in Austin, with the home team taking a 6-1 win on Feb. 21. Since that match, though, the Islanders have gone 16-2 to surge into the NCAA Tournament.
"Texas is a national powerhouse and has been for the last several years," Moore said. "We have a lot of respect for them. But we're also a different team now than we were when we played them the first time, and we are playing with a tremendous amount of confidence. I believe in our guys against whoever we play."
Playing in a location that is centrally located within driving distance for supporters in Dallas, Houston and Corpus Christi should also provide for a crowd that is filled with blue and green shirts.
"College Station is a great site, a place that I once coached, and we have a comfort level with playing there," Moore said. "It's also an easy drive, and we have had a passionate group of Islanders Tennis supporters lifting us up and pulling us through. I can't speak enough of our gratitude to our fans – they've truly made a difference in getting us here. We need to see all the Islanders Blue we can in order to get this done."
The Islanders earned their NCAA ticket by winning the Southland Conference Tournament for the fourth time in the last six years, knocking off New Orleans 4-2 in the finals to garner the automatic bid. The team has won the Southland regular-season title in each of the last six seasons, with Moore having taken seven straight Southland Coach of the Year honors. Each of those distinctions is a first in league history.
This will be the second time in the last five years that the Islanders earned a three seed in the College Station regional, as they took on Arizona in the opening round of the 2009 tournament, falling to the Wildcats in that postseason appearance. A&M – Corpus Christi last appeared in the NCAA Tournament in 2011, when they were the No. 4 seed in the Waco regional, falling 4-1 at the hands of Baylor.
The individual singles and doubles brackets for the tournament will be announced Wednesday, May 1. Peter Nagy, the Islanders' No. 1 player and No. 97 ranked singles player in the NCAA, will be looking to secure a bid into the individual tournament that is scheduled to start just days after the completion of the team bracket at the same championship site in Urbana, Ill.
For all the latest on Islanders Tennis, be sure to follow the team on Twitter (@IslandersTennis) and like the team's official Facebook page (IslandersTennis).


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PALO ALTO -- They had just played their biggest and most challenging gig yet -- a seven-song rock medley in front of nearly 6,000 people at Stanford's Maples Pavilion -- but the members of WJM weren't celebrating. They were too busy breaking down the show.
"The transition between 'Don't Stop Believing' and 'Give Peace a Chance' didn't work," said Jeremy, the lead guitarist, his shoulder-length dark hair framed by a backward baseball cap.
William, the shaggy blond lead singer, hadn't been able to hear how his voice came across on the monitors. Not to worry, said Jeremy: "You sounded good, dude."
It was a normal backstage conversation among musicians -- except for the fact that William, Jeremy and bandmate Max are 11 years old.
Though they just completed the fifth grade, the members of WJM already come across like pros. And for the past 18 months they have charmed Bay Area audiences with a precocious blend of talent and charisma. On Saturday they took the next step in their musical development, playing a 30-minute set at an Idaho rock festival headlined by Queensryche.
The band's growing popularity presents unique obstacles and opportunities for their parents, who strive for a tricky balance: giving their children the space to pursue their passion while protecting them from burnout and overexposure. The parents donate proceeds from the shows to charities, while teaching the kids about the causes, and encourage them to write songs with socially aware lyrics.
"What we're hoping to do is raise good citizens," said Joon Yun, father of the guitarist. "It's enormously rewarding to have something they love be a vehicle for discovering the world."
Musical DNA
William, Jeremy and Max, who plays drums, are by all appearances normal 11-year-olds -- goofy one minute and serious the next, easygoing yet beginning to express strong points of view. But they share an uncommon musical drive.
Jeremy taught himself to play guitar when he was 5 by watching YouTube videos. If he doesn't have perfect pitch, he's close. Hum a note or ring a doorbell, and he can tell you whether it's an A-flat or C-sharp.
"There's kids that are pushed into music that get upset when you ask them to practice," said his father. "He would cry when we asked him to stop."
At 9 months, William began repeating melodies his parents played for him. His mother, Johanna Jirven-Lipton, remembers him belting out nonsensical tunes as a toddler while playing with his Legos and trains.
Three-year-old Max was an incessant hand-drummer. By the age of 6, he was playing along to rock songs on a drum kit.
All three absorbed their parents' affinity for classic rock, but they gravitate toward the harder stuff. Their sets feature skilled covers of Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Green Day and the Foo Fighters.
WJM formed after William and Jeremy met at the School of Rock in San Mateo in 2009. Max joined in 2012 when his father met Jeremy's dad at a business meeting.
Much of the band's growth has been fueled by social media and word-of-mouth -- there's something about seeing kids under 5 feet tall bang out "Paradise City" by Guns N' Roses that gets people talking.
Shana Hart, owner of the Rock the Falls festival, was vacationing last July when she caught them playing at Pier 39 in San Francisco. She was blown away by their stage presence.
"You just can't stop watching them," said Hart, who invited WJM to be the opening act on the main stage of the Idaho festival, which was expected to draw several thousand people or more. "They're like these little 10 year olds, but they act like they're 30."
The joy of rocking
Despite WJM's musical maturity, their parents are determined to let them be kids. They avoid overscheduling them and encourage them to try other things.
Jeremy, who lives on the Peninsula, plays baseball and golf. William does taekwondo. Max, who lives in the East Bay, draws and makes movies.
But no experience so far compares with rocking out in front of a crowd.
"I just like going nuts onstage and singing my heart out," said William, a considerate Peninsula child who is a blaze of energy behind a microphone. Jeremy is laid-back, but he turns into a showman when he plugs in his electric guitar.
Max's happy-go-lucky personality is magnified onstage. He grins ear to ear while smashing the drums, his blond hair flying. He wants to travel the world "playing ginormous stages" when he grows up.
"When they're on the stage, I don't think there's anything better in life," said the drummer's father, Paolo Simas. "It trumps the baseball, it trumps the karate, it trumps everything."
The Stanford performance came in March at half-time of the final regular season home game for the women's basketball team.
The afternoon soundcheck was plagued by technical problems, but as the boys waited by a tunnel that night for the first half to end, they seemed unaffected by the chaos.
William appeared to have his usual preperformance butterflies. Jeremy casually strummed his unplugged guitar. Max was loose as always.
There was an awkward pause once they reached center court, as if they were unsure how to start. Then William shouted "All aboard!" and the band launched into Ozzy Osbourne's metal classic "Crazy Train."
Max's 18-year-old brother, Collin, played bass that night. William is learning the instrument, but it restricts his movement onstage.
The band could eventually add a fourth member, but there are concerns about disrupting the group's chemistry -- not just among the kids, who are close friends, but among the parents, who have harmonious views on WJM's trajectory.
The parents deliberated carefully before letting their kids play Rock the Falls. Their goal is to let the band grow organically, not seek instant fame.
The future of WJM hinges partly on developing original songs -- and they've already made a few. How that works out, and the answers to many other questions, will increasingly be up to the kids.
"If they decided to pack it in and blend right back into their normal lives, that's great," said Yun. "But more and more it seems they are manifesting their own destinies."
Contact Aaron Kinney at 650-348-4357. Follow him at Twitter.com/kinneytimes.


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I have a laser cutter and it's software (LaserCut) reads DXF files.
If I take a file created in AutoCad and load in to LaserCut, each of the layers are present and a remain as separate layers.
If I take the same file, load it in to QCad, make a minor change, save the file and load it in to LaserCut, all the layers have been flattened down to one layer. I then have to recreate each layer (in LaserCut) and reassign each polygon to it's correct layer.
If I create a new design in QCad, save the file and load it in to LaserCut, again all the layers have been flattened down to one layer.
Has anyone else seen this problem? Is it a known problem?
I am using QCad Profession 2.2.2.x running on Windows XP
EDIT: If I try and open the files that were created in QCad with QCad, the layer information is correct, so QCad understands files it has created.
What DXF specification/version is QCad using?


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Definition of ergot in English:
1A fungal disease of rye and other cereals in which black, elongated, fruiting bodies grow in the ears of the cereal. Eating contaminated food can result in ergotism.
- The fungus is Claviceps purpurea, subdivision Ascomycotina.
Example sentences
- One of the first recorded attacks was in the seventh century BC when the Assyrians used a fungal disease called ergot to poison water supplies.
- Our oldest recorded plant disease, ergot was first described on an Assyrian cuneiform tablet as a 'noxious pustule in the ear of grain.'
- Rye suffers from a peculiar disease called ergot, caused by the fungus Claviceps purpurea.
1.1The fruiting bodies of ergot, used as a source of certain medicinal alkaloids, especially for inducing uterine contractions or controlling postpartum bleeding.
Example sentences
- Atropine, digitalis, ergot alkaloids, and diuretics may interact with phenylephrine.
- The review included 13 controlled trials of ergot derivatives.
- Because of their ability to cause peripheral vasoconstriction, ergot alkaloids should not be used chronically.
2A small, horny protuberance on the back of each of a horse's fetlocks.
Example sentences
- I have chosen to write about the evolution of the horse's chestnut as well as the ergot.
- Normally the ergot is very close to the skin, but sometimes they grow out to an inch or more and can be unsightly when this hair is clipped for show purposes.
Late 17th century: from French, from Old French argot 'cock's spur' (because of the appearance produced by the disease).
Words that rhyme with ergotvirgate
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HOUSTON – Houston Baptist scored three first-half goals en route to a 4-0 victory over the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi women's soccer team on Sunday at Dunham Field.
The game was originally scheduled to be played on Sorrels Field, the normal home of the HBU women's soccer team, but heavy rains in the morning made it unplayable on Sunday afternoon. Officials elected to move the game to HBU's Dunham Field, the turf home of the Huskies football team.
"We played a lot better than the scoreboard showed today," head coach Shanna Caldwell said. "We played great possession, but couldn't turn it into shots or goals. A couple big calls didn't go our way, but that's just the way it goes sometimes.
"We're really looking forward to getting back in front of our home fans next weekend to finish the regular season off right."
Rebekah Tovar got the scoring going in the third minute. Lindsay Matlock set up the play with a cross into the box, with Tovar's shot going past Audrey Baldwin into the upper right corner of the net for a 1-0 lead.
The Islanders shook the early tally off to keep the score that way for the next 30 minutes, but the Huskies pushed the lead to 2-0 with a goal in the 34th. Taylor Gibson took a long lead pass from Kristi O'Brien to get behind the defense, then put it into the lower right corner.
Then, just before the half, the Huskies were able to push it to a three-goal advantage. This time, it was Natalie Hager, who turned an Islanders turnover into a breakaway and found the back of the net to make it 3-0 in favor of the home squad. HBU tacked on its fourth goal in the 80th minute, with O'Brien finishing off a Morgan Dean pass to complete the scoring.
A&M-Corpus Christi will now return home to wrap up its debut season at the Dugan Family Soccer and Track Stadium next weekend. On Friday, Nov. 1, the Islanders face Stephen F. Austin at 3:30 p.m. before the home finale on Sunday, Nov. 3, at 1 against Northwestern State. The Islanders will honor their lone senior, Baldwin, prior to Sunday's contest.
For all the latest on Islanders Soccer, be sure to follow the team on Twitter and Instagram (@IslandersSoccer) in addition to liking the official Facebook page (Islanders Soccer).


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Car App Picks 10 Worst Driving Cities
Among cities known for poor driving conditions, New York is the worst, according to a survey conducted using iOnRoad, a mobile-phone app designed to help drivers avoid trouble. Pittsburgh is also difficult, as are Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles, the new survey says.
The data are based on the driving history of the app's users. The iOnRoad warns drivers when they are getting too close to the car in front of them or if they are wandering into the next lane, or in other situations that could lead to collisions.
The iOnRoad app uses the smartphone's camera and sensors to detect cars in front of the vehicle, alerting drivers when they are in danger. It also maps objects in front of the driver and calculates the user's speed using sensors. As the vehicle approaches a potentially dangerous situation, an audio-visual warning pops up to give the driver time to apply brakes.
The survey is small – based on just 100 drives nationwide. And it doesn't get into details like potholes and the cost of parking. Still, its basic results highlight the cities many people already associate with congested traffic. Here's the app's list of the 10 worst cities for drivers:
1. Brooklyn
2. Queens
3. Pittsburgh
4. New York
5. Philadelphia
6. Irvine
7. Houston
8. Los Angeles
9. Boston
10. Washington


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Christina Aguilera just tweeted the cover upcoming, hilariously named seventh studio album Lotus. She's never given an indication that she has any taste at all (right down to the gratuitous, gaudy vocal running), but it seems like she's at least now owning her tastelessness? She's growing before our eyes. Good for her.
My theory is that her vagina is in the same place where they kept Daenerys' dragons for most of Game of Thrones last season.
Related: What's Going On With Christina Aguilera's Vagina in Her New Video?


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POSITION: Center
SHOOTS: Left
BIRTHPLACE: Viking, AB, CAN
DRAFTED: CGY: 2005-179 overall
|Traded to Carolina by Calgary with Ian White for Anton Babchuk and Tom Kostopoulos, November 17, 2010. Signed as a free agent by Minnesota, July 1, 2014.
Appeared in his fifth NHL season and third with Carolina, skating in three games… Spent most of the season with Charlotte (AHL), serving as team captain… Ranked second among Checkers skaters in scoring with 48 points (19g, 29a) and was plus-4 in 70 games played… Set AHL career highs in goals, assists and points and was second on the team in assists (29), fourth in goals (19) and fourth in penalty minutes (62) … Led Charlotte with 17 even-strength goals and was tied for the team lead in shorthanded points (3)… Recalled to Carolina and made his NHL season debut at FLA (3/3)… Reassigned to Charlotte (3/8)… Had four points (2g, 2a) in 5:49 of game time at Peoria (4/16)… Appeared in five playoff games for Charlotte.
Is in his seventh professional season and fourth with the Hurricanes organization… Signed a one-year contract with the Hurricanes on 6/25/13… Originally acquired by Carolina from Calgary along with Ian White on 11/17/10 in exchange for Anton Babchuk and Tom Kostopoulos… Had 157 points (64g, 93a) in 405 career American Hockey League (AHL) games entering 2013-14.
2003-04: Played his first season with Kootenay of the Western Hockey League (WHL)… Totaled five goals and seven assists (12 points) in 44 games… Skated in all four playoff games for Kootenay as the Ice were swept by eventual Memorial Cup champion Kelowna.
2004-05: Notched 19 points (8g, 11a) in 70 regular-season games for Kootenay… Earned three points (1g, 2a) in 16 playoff games, as the Ice advanced to the Western Conference Final before falling to Kelowna in six games.
2005-06: Split the season between Kootenay and Red Deer, finishing the season as Red Deer's leading scorer with 50 points (17g, 33a) in 73 games… Was teammates with his cousin and former Hurricanes center Brandon Sutter with Red Deer, and was coached by his uncle, Brent.
2006-07: Served as captain for Red Deer and was second among Rebels skaters in goals (28) and tied for third on the team in points (57)… Was second among Rebels skaters with seven points (3g, 4a) in seven playoff games, as Red Deer fell to Medicine Hat in the opening round… Completed his junior hockey career with 138 points (58g, 80a) and 274 penalty minutes in 254 regular-season games.
2007-08: Completed his first professional season, spending the entire season with Quad City (AHL)… Totaled 10 points (4g, 6a) and 63 penalty minutes in 75 games… Made his AHL debut and earned his first professional point (assist) vs. Rockford (10/6)… Netted his first AHL goal at Iowa (11/17).
2008-09: Spent the majority of the season with Quad City (AHL), also appearing in his first NHL season with Calgary… Had 25 points (10g, 15a) in 71 games on the AHL level, and scored one goal in four NHL games with the Flames… Began the season with Quad City, tallying seven points (1g, 6a) in 28 games before earning his first NHL recall on 12/22… Made his NHL debut and beat Jean-Sebastien Giguere for his first NHL goal vs. ANA (12/23)… Skated in three more NHL games before being reassigned to Quad City for the remainder of the season.
2009- 10: Appeared in 10 NHL games with the Flames, totaling five penalty minutes… Earned 24 points (9g, 15a) in 66 games for the Abbotsford Heat on the AHL level… Served as an alternate captain for Abbotsford… Led the Heat in playoff scoring with 11 points (4g, 7a) in 13 games as Abbotsford topped Rochester before falling to Hamilton in the division finals.
2010-11: Skated in five NHL games with Calgary and Carolina, earning one assist… Totaled 21 points (9g, 12a) in 60 regular-season games for Charlotte on the AHL level… Earned a spot on the Calgary roster out of training camp, but appeared in just four of 16 games prior to being traded to Carolina… Earned his only NHL point of the season with an assist for Calgary vs. LA (10/10)… Acquired by Carolina from Calgary on 11/17… Made his Charlotte debut vs. Adirondack (11/19) and scored his first Checkers goal vs. Syracuse (12/6)… Served his only stint with Carolina from 2/11-2/13… Made his Hurricanes debut at TB (2/12)… Skated in all 16 Calder Cup Playoff games for Charlotte, as the Checkers advanced to the Eastern Confernece Final before falling to Binghamton… Led Checkers skaters in points (14) and assists (10)… Scored the overtime, game-winning goal in Game 3 of the East Division Final vs. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (5/2).
2011-12: Earned three assists in a careerhigh 15 NHL games with the Hurricanes… Had 29 points (13g, 16a) in 63 games for the Checkers… Served as Charlotte's team captain and ranked tied for first among Checkers in game-winning goals (3)… Made his NHL season debut, earning an assist at BOS (10/18)… Matched his AHL-career high with two goals, including the game-winner, at Peoria (3/31).


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In a year of historically low snow totals, add Breckenridge Golf Club opening 10 days earlier than ever before to the list of indicators that spring has sprung in the High Country.
Breck is set to open nine of its 27 holes - the Elk Nine - at the discounted rate of $21 walking ($42 for 18) on Saturday.
"The Elk offers us the best conditions at the moment," said head golf professional Erroll Miller. "It's early May. The conditions are early season conditions. Normally, we open in later May when conditions are a little bit further along."
The staff anticipates opening the Beaver Nine on May 11 and the Bear Nine, which typically opens first, will follow a week or so later.
"With the lack of snow coverage this winter and all the wind that we had, we didn't have coverage in some spots," Miller said. "Those areas got a little colder, a little dryer, and they're taking more time to recover. So the Bear will be our last this year."
Miller said the fairways throughout the courses have wintered very well; the biggest difference between the three tracks is noticed on the greens.
"There are still some spots. The golfer can expect that not every putt is going to roll perfectly true," Miller said. "The fairways are still thin. They're just now starting to grow, as nighttime temperatures have still been pretty cold - down in the 20s. ... With the grass not being as thick, the golfer is definitely going to see some extra roll."
The yellowish-brownish color that is present on the course is typical for the time of year and is similarly prevalent on other area courses, but the staff notices improvements on a daily basis. The greens, Miller said, are in solid early condition. The staff punched the greens in the fall, so most of the holes have healed nicely already.
"As people come out on Saturday, the fairways will probably only have been mowed once and the greens (on the Elk) will probably have been mowed three or four times," Miller said. "It's exciting. We don't expect lots and lots of golfers (in these early weeks), but for people in the community, the locals, to get out and enjoy some early-season golf, it's a great opportunity."
Breckenridge offers local residents the ability to purchase discount punch cards for play during the summer. Breckenridge residents may purchase a five-play card for $265 or a 10-play card for $420. Residents of the Upper Blue River Basin, Farmers Korner to Hoosier Pass may purchase the five-play card for $265. Summit County and Park County residents can purchase a discount card valid for five rounds for $275.


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Stephen Marley Explores EDM On 'Rock Stone' (Song Premiere)
After Stephen "Ragga" Marley explored his musical origins on his Grammy-winning 2012 album "Revelation Part 1: The Root of Life," the reggae singer branches out on a new album, "Revelation Part 2: The Fruit of Life," due this summer. Marley premieres "Rock Stone" from the upcoming LP today on Speakeasy.
With guest spots from Capleton and Sizzla, the song at first doesn't stray too far from a deep roots-reggae sound that is identifiably Marley's, with an easy backbeat pushed forward by a circling bassline. Then a burst of synthesizers and shuddering electronic beats slashes in about three-quarters of the way through the song—an indication, Marley said, of the far-reaching influence of reggae.
"The new album is a collaborative project that blends all genres from hip-hop to even EDM (as seen on this track), but its foundation is reggae music, and this meeting of the minds between Sizzla, Capleton and myself is living proof that Jamaican music is a force to be reckoned with," Marley said.
"Revelation Part 2: The Fruit of Life" is due this summer on Ghetto Youths International (which Marley co-owns with his brothers Damian and Julian), with contributions from Rick Ross, Busta Rhymes, Wyclef Jean and Marley's brothers, Damian and Ky-Mani Marley. Before that, though, the singer is set for an extensive U.S. tour that begins April 12 in St. Petersburg, Fla., and winds its way across the country before wrapping up June 29 in Rothbury, Mich. For his complete itinerary, click here.
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