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Modern drug-discovery techniques are rapidly increasing the number of lipophilic drugs (1). This lipophilicity and consequent slow dissolution rate results in poor bioavailability after oral administration. However, these drugs are easily absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract once dissolved (2). Therefore, the bioavailabilities of these drugs can be improved by increasing dissolution rate (3).
The formation of drug nanocrystals is one of many strategies to increase dissolution rate. Drug nanocrystals are crystalline drug particles with a diameter below 1 µm. Because of their small size, the saturation concentration around these particles is increased (Ostwald–Freundlich, see Eq. 1), the boundary layer thickness is decreased (Prandtl, see Eq. 2), and the specific surface area is increased (4). All these effects contribute to an increased dissolution rate (Noyes–Whitney, see Eq. 3) as shown below (5).
Current methods to prepare drug nanocrystals can be divided into bottom-up and top-down methods. Top-down methods (e.g., ball milling and high pressure homogenization) have disadvantages, such as the use of surfactants, low process yields, and the difficulty in achieving uniform-size distribution (6, 7). Bottom-up methods are generally precipitation-based but also have disadvantages, such as difficulty in controlling crystal size and the need to use toxic organic solvents.
To overcome these disadvantages, controlled crystallization during freeze-drying (CCDF) was developed as a novel method to prepare drug nanocrystals (8). First, two solutions are prepared: lipophilic drug in tertiary butyl alcohol (TBA), and matrix material in water. The two solutions are mixed and immediately frozen. The temperature in the freeze-dryer is then increased to –25 °C and this temperature is kept constant for a few hours. Finally, the frozen mixture is freeze dried at this relatively high temperature.
Because the mixture of drug, matrix material, TBA, and water is thermodynamically unstable, the drug and matrix material can either crystallize upon freezing or after the temperature in the freeze-dryer is increased (9). Therefore, the first aim of the study was to elucidate when the four different components crystallized during the production process by placing a Raman probe in the freeze-dryer above the sample. By using this in-line analytical tool, the crystallization of the individual components was monitored.
The second aim of the study was to modify the freeze-drying process to ensure its suitability for large-scale production. Because the thermodynamically unstable mixture must be frozen immediately after mixing, at laboratory-scale, only small quantities were mixed in glass vials and subsequently frozen on a freeze-dryer shelf or by immersion in liquid nitrogen. At production scale, it is difficult to mix and freeze large quantities sufficiently fast, so a three-way nozzle was evaluated for its ability to solve this technical problem. The three-way nozzle used in this study allows two liquids to flow separately through the nozzle; the two solutions are mixed just outside the nozzle by an atomizing airflow from a third channel and sprayed into liquid nitrogen, thus achieving high freezing rates. To investigate whether this three-way nozzle could modify the small batch freeze-drying process into a semicontinuous spray freeze-drying process, the crystallinity, particle size, and dissolution rate of the obtained products were determined.


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When countries fail to establish justice, security, and the rule of law peace and stability are the first to suffer. A breakdown in the rule of law may slow the road to reintegration after a conflict, cause or exacerbate violence and tensions, and fuel criminality and insecurity. Only when societies are able to implement and abide by the rule of law, can they also achieve other critical milestones, such as inclusive and effective governance and the respect for human rights.
For 1.5 billion people around the world who live in places affected by conflict, violence or high levels of crime, re-establishing justice and security is critical for building peace. In 40 countries, UNDP helps re-establish the rule of law after conflicts or where it has broken down.
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Dealing with the legacy of violence: To offer redress for past violence and human rights violations, UNDP provides advice and training to local and national leaders on establishing truth commissions, providing reparations to victims of conflict, and prosecuting conflict-related crimes.
Increasing safety and security for all: UNDP works with communities to discuss and analyze the causes of and possible solutions for the violence and insecurity they face. UNDP also helps curb the proliferation of small arms and light weapons, while ensuring that security actors in crisis situations are professional, accountable and respect human rights.
Building effective justice and security institutions: In crisis contexts, UNDP helps governments to rapidly restore justice and security services. In the long-term, this includes implementing measures for justice and security reform, including through training for justice sector professionals, such as judges and prosecutors, while helping citizens to understand their rights and access the justice system. UNDP supports mobile courts which resolve disputes in remote or rural communities that are often excluded from the traditional justice system.
Improving justice and security for women: To support and empower women in crisis contexts, UNDP helps improve overall justice and security, tackle impunity for sexual and gender-based violence, and increase women's participation and leadership in justice and security institutions. UNDP also engages communities to prevent violence against women and supports legal frameworks that are inclusive and protect women's rights.
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Through its Global Programme on Strengthening the Rule of Law in Conflict and Post-Conflict Situations UNDP is building peace and promoting access to justice and security in over 37 crisis-affected countries and situations. The Global Programme is also a vehicle for UNDP to engage in policy debates around rule of law, justice and security with other key UN actors, and to support international consensus-building towards collective action in this area. Through its Global Rule of Law Programme, UNDP is engaged in joint programming with the UN Department for Peacekeeping Operations and other UN agencies in a number of peacekeeping settings.
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Sexual and Gender-based Violence in Crisis Situations
Whether in times of armed conflict, post-conflict or peace, sexual violence is neither inevitable nor acceptable; it is an outcome of gender inequality and a violation of human rights for which states are accountable.
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Vince VaughnActor
Born: 28 March 1970
Birthplace: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Best known as: The star of The Wedding Crashers
Vince Vaughn played the smooth-talking best friend, Trent, in the low-budget and critically-acclaimed 1996 comedy Swingers. He was then picked by Steven Spielberg to star in Jurassic Park: The Lost World (1997, co-starring Jeff Goldblum and Julianne Moore), paving the way for a long and successful career as a laid-back leading man. After The Lost World he starred in a few forgettable dramas, including high-profile box office flops such as Gus Van Sant's 1998 remake of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho and the horror-thriller The Cell (2000, starring Jennifer Lopez). But he hit his stride with a string of comedies, playing various combinations of scruffy underdogs, sidekicks, and semi-sincere ladies' men in films like Old School (2003, with Will Ferrell), Starsky & Hutch (with Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson), Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (again with Stiller), and Be Cool (2005, with John Travolta). He played a sly womanizer in Wedding Crashers (2005, with Wilson and Isla Fisher) and then starred with Jennifer Aniston in the romantic comedy The Break-Up (2006). The latter film put his face in the tabloids as he and Aniston began dating during filming, not long after her separation from actor Brad Pitt (who had in turn begun a relationship with Angelina Jolie). His other films include the ain't-family-terrible comedy Four Christmases (2008, with Reese Witherspoon) and Couples Retreat (2009). He teamed with Owen Wilson again as they played middle-aged guys trying to land a job at Google in The Internship (2013).
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Type of Physician: Rheumatologist
What is a Rheumatologist? A subspecialty certification by the Board of Internal Medicine; practitioners treat diseases of the joints, muscles, bones, and tendons. The rheumatologist diagnoses and treats arthritis, back pain, muscle strains, common athletic injuries, etc. The rheumatologist may work closely with other specialists such as orthopaedic surgeons and physical therapists.
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7085 N Chestnut Ave Ste 109
Fresno, CA 93720
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15 E Audubon Dr
Clovis, California 93720
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Clovis, California 93703
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Clovis, California 93721
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Bears raiding garbage cans in Patterson
Published: Friday, March 8, 2013 at 7:22 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, March 8, 2013 at 7:22 a.m.
PATTERSON — The city of Patterson is seeing increasing incidents of black bears wandering into inhabited areas and disturbing garbage cans in a search for food.
It's been a problem south of the city's railroad tracks for some time and residents there are already required to have bear-proof garbage cans.
Now that the problem has spread. Mayor Rodney Grogan says the requirement may have to be expanded to other parts of the St. Mary Parish city.
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That he was willing to pay the supreme price to follow Christ is what the Church believes. And it is enough.
The story of George's slaying the dragon, rescuing the king's daughter and converting Libya is a 12th-century Italian fable. George was a favorite patron saint of crusaders, as well as of Eastern soldiers in earlier times. He is a patron saint of England, Portugal, Germany, Aragon, Catalonia, Genoa and Venice.


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Would You Wear a Fitness Band That Shocked You?
The Pavlok sends a nasty shock to your wrist if you don't hit the gym
The Pavlok is a new fitness band prototype that has all the functions of a regular fit band, but it does a few extra things, too. Created by Behavioral Technologies founder and CEO Maneesh Sethi, the Pavlok aims to not just chronicle your every step, but also alter your behavior -- and improve your fitness, too. It does this by prodding you through both positive and negative reinforcement. No, it won't call you bad names, but it will send little shocks to your wrist if you don't head to the gym when you say you're going to.
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If that sounds a bit medieval, the Pavlok might not be for you, but for some of us, that kind of little physical shock is exactly what we need to be jolted into action. The Pavlok has a few other motivational techniques up its sleeve, too. Pavlok will charge you cold hard cash if you don't work out -- up to $10 for not following through on your stated goals. (Remember, you set up what you want to achieve). And if both physical shocks and financial penalties don't sound like proper motivations, than it'll resort to public shaming. The app is programmed to send embarrassing messages to your Facebook friends who are then invited to send you shocks if you don't stick to your workout routine. How cruel is that?
Of course, this is all theoretical at the moment, because Pavlok is still in the alpha testing phase. They'll be launching a crowdfunding campaign this fall. So for now your self-flagellation will have to wait. [Business Insider]
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The Labette Lady Cardinals mined Neosho High School and landed one of the best setters that volleyball has to offer in Southwest Missouri when they signed Lady Wildcat Tori Eads on Monday at NHS.
Eads, a 5-foot-7 senior, was the backbone for the Lady Wildcats the past several seasons, according to coach Kerri Roy.
"Since I got her, since her sophomore year, she has kept the team together," Roy said. "If we had a bad pass she was always there to pick it up. (Our players) have got big shoes to fill when it comes to replacing her, because I don't know if we can."
Eads set the career assists record for the Lady Wildcats this season with 1,205 and also led the team in aces with 28, assists (334) and was named team MVP.
Labette will be getting a good one, said Roy.
"She works extremely hard in the summer," Roy said. "She's in the weight room all the time. Speed and agility, she's always the first one there and the last one to leave.
"I'm excited for her, yet I'm sad because I hate to lose her. I don't know what we're going to do without her because she sure has been a big part of our success."
Eads, who hopes to graduate and become a coach in the future, said Labette made her feel at home.
"I'm really excited to continue playing," Eads said. "I love volleyball and I hope to coach (some day).
"I just want to stay in the area. When I first walked in during my visit, all of the girls … they were so nice to me. The atmosphere, the school spirit; everything, it was really good."
The daughter of Dana and Mike Eads, Tori said she hopes to make an impact on the team right away.
"I want to be able to start, that's my goal," Eads said. "But mainly I just want to play my hardest and help them win."
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Padres 9 Diamondbacks 2 on August 26, 2008
So, let me get this straight. The first-place Diamondbacks come to town. Cy Young front-runner Brandon Webb gets the start for Arizona. Webb is looking for his twentieth win of the season. And the Padres...won? Big?!? Am I dreaming this? This couldn't possibly be the 2008 Padres scoring five runs in one inning off one of the best pitchers in the league, could it? That's not really the Padres' bullpen with four innings of shutout ball, is it? Each of the starting eight position players for the Friars had a hit? Four Padres had multi-hit games? Kevin Kouzmanoff had 3 RBIs? Brian Giles hit a home run that needed to be monitored by NASA? Come on. Really. This can't be happening. Somebody pinch me.
During Tony Clark's tenure as a Padres he really didn't provide the big bat off the bench that the front office had hoped he would. In his 88 at bats he'd posted a rather anemic .239 batting average and a less than impressive .309 slugging percentage. Now back with the Arizona Diamondbacks, Clark, in a unintentional way managed to help his former team when he came to the plate against the struggling Padre starter. Chad Reineke had missed location badly and had walked both Adam Dunn and Mark Reynolds with a total of 10 pitches to lead off the top of the second inning. Clark, missed or watched four pitches that Reineke grooved over the heart of the plate. The eighth pitch, a called strike would provide the first out of what could have been an ugly inning. Chris Snyder jumped on the first pitch curveball and rolled it over for an inning ending double play to get the Padres out of their mini jam.


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text: "The machine had been invented a few years ago: a machine that could tell, from just a sample of your blood, how you were going to die. It didn't give you the date and it didn't give you specifics. It just spat out a sliver of paper upon which were printed, in careful block letters, the words DROWNED or CANCER or OLD AGE or CHOKED ON A HANDFUL OF POPCORN. It let people know how they were going to die. "The problem with the machine is that nobody really knew how it worked, which wouldn't actually have been that much of a problem if the machine worked as well as we wished it would. But the machine was frustratingly vague in its predictions: dark, and seemingly delighting in the ambiguities of language. OLD AGE, it had already turned out, could mean either dying of natural causes, or shot by a bedridden man in a botched home invasion. The machine captured that old-world sense of irony in death — you can know how it's going to happen, but you'll still be surprised when it does. "The realization that we could now know how we were going to die had changed the world: people became at once less fearful and more afraid. There's no reason not to go skydiving if you know your sliver of paper says BURIED ALIVE. The realization that these predictions seemed to revel in turnabout and surprise put a damper on things. It made the predictions more sinister –yes, if you were going to be buried alive you weren't going to be electrocuted in the bathtub, but what if in skydiving you landed in a gravel pit? What if you were buried alive not in dirt but in something else? And would being caught in a collapsing building count as being buried alive? For every possibility the machine closed, it seemed to open several more, with varying degrees of plausibility. "By that time, of course, the machine had been reverse-engineered and duplicated, its internal workings being rather simple to construct, given our example. And yes, we found out that its predictions weren't as straightforward as they seemed upon initial discovery at about the same time as everyone else did. We tested it before announcing it to the world, but testing took time — too much, since we had to wait for people to die. After four years had gone by and three people died as the machine predicted, we shipped it out the door. There were now machines in every doctor's office and in booths at the mall. You could pay someone or you could probably get it done for free, but the result was the same no matter what machine you went to. They were, at least, consistent." -Introduction to 'The Machine of Death.' And so with this introduction as our guideline, we venture into the final short story competition of 2012. I take no credit for this idea, I merely discovered this collection of short stories and thought it would make for an interesting theme. The rules: -Your entry must be between 1500-5000 words -Your story must involve a character who has learned the manner of their own demise (because they got a slip of paper from a machine that told them so.) -The title of your story must be the cause of death on that slip of paper. Here are some examples of story titles/causes of death from the Machine of Death short story collection: - Flaming Marshmallow - Firing Squad - Cancer - Almond - HIV Infection From Machine Of Death Needle - Exploded - Murder and Suicide, Respectively - Exhaustion From Having Sex With A Minor - Heat Death of the Universe - Nothing - Killed By Daniel These are just some of the titles that are part of the Machine of Death collection, to give you an idea of what some people have come up with. I am NOT asking you to use these existing titles. Come up with your own, if possible. Due date will be December 26th, Midnight in your respective time-zone. Have fun!


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Angola Energy Profile: Second-Largest Oil Producer In Sub-Saharan Africa Behind Nigeria
From Eurasia Review
Angola's rapid rise as an energy producer over the past two decades came despite a civil war that lasted until 2002 and without many of the advantages found in other energy-rich regions. In particular, Angola lacked the appropriate infrastructure and the regulatory oversight necessary to operate a modern energy sector. With the end of the Angolan civil war in 2002, and steady investment in the country's energy infrastructure, the future of Angolan production is bright. Challenges remain—notably the tensions in the Cabinda province—but as the demand for oil continues to rebound from the global recession, Angolan crude will be an important resource for China, the United States, and other major energy importers.
Since becoming a member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in 1997, Angola's production levels have been subject to oversight by the group. However, Angola has not always acceded to the group's demands, and Angola's leadership plans to continue boosting production of oil and natural gas over the coming decade to help increase government revenue. In particular, Angola's offshore pre-salt formations and the construction of natural gas-processing facilities are viewed as potentially lucrative sources of future revenues.
Angola's economy is almost entirely dependent on oil production, as oil exports accounted for approximately 98 percent of government revenues in 2011 according to the International Monetary Fund. High international oil prices will be important for the future prospects of exploration, production, and exports of oil and natural gas, and will directly affect Angola's government spending. In recent years, roughly three-quarters of Angola's total government revenues came from the energy sector.
With a gross domestic product (GDP) of over $104 billion in 2011 on the strength of its oil exports, Angola has the third-largest economy in Africa. The International Monetary Fund estimates Angola's GDP per capita in 2011 was approximately $5,900 in current international dollars; however, much of the oil wealth in the country does not find its way to the average citizen, which is one of the reasons why nearly 60 percent of primary energy consumption consists of solid biomass.
The August 2012 presidential election again brought the country's energy sector into the public discourse, as the management of profits from the export of crude oil became an issue of some importance. Over the past decade, Angola made progress towards better capturing and distributing the profits associated with its hydrocarbon industries—notably through its Oil Investment Fund—but opposition voices disagree on the level of success the country has made. A policy of "Angolanization" intends to help the Angolan populace become more integrated into the country's energy sector, and to obtain a greater share of the wealth being generated by the country's oil exports. Additionally, in October of 2012 plans for a $5 billion sovereign wealth fund were announced. While such programs have not yet achieved great success, Angolans remain optimistic that the government's efforts will succeed.
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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — Brendon Steinmeyer put on a scoring clinic at the expense of the visiting North Tahoe Lakers on Friday night.
The senior running back and defensive back scored five touchdowns and kicked a field goal, all in the first half, to help lead the Highlanders to a 48-6 win over their North Shore rival. Incline led 35-0 at the half.
"It's tough when it's our second game and their first game," said Incline head coach Scott Conn, whose Highlanders improved to 2-0 on the year as the Lakers stumbled out to an 0-1 start. "There's always some catching up to do by the team that's playing its first game."
Incline was on its game from the opening kickoff. In nine offensive possessions total, the Highlanders scored seven touchdowns, converted a field goal and turned the ball over on downs only once. They amassed 208 yards rushing on 36 carries, averaging better than 5 yards a run, while starting quarterback Christian Biscotti and backup Jack Clouthier combined for 158 yards on 10-of-14 passing, with no interceptions.
"I'm extremely proud of my guys," Conn said. "They overcame a rash of penalties in the first quarter. I think they just had nerves, facing their crosstown rival and an opponent that hits as well as North Tahoe. But they really settled down and played well."
The Lakers, meanwhile, struggled to hold onto the ball from the onset. They fumbled five times in the game, including four in the first half, and lost all five to the Highlanders, who converted four of the turnovers into touchdowns.
The trend started almost immediately, as senior fullback Buster Fenley fumbled to Incline on the first offensive play of the game.
The Highlanders wasted little time capitalizing on the opportunity. Starting from their own 21-yard line, Steinmeyer initiated his scoring barrage with a touchdown catch delivered by Biscotti on the very next play. The Lakers blocked the extra point to limit the Highlanders to a 6-0 lead.
North Tahoe then fumbled the ball back to Incline moments later on the ensuing kickoff, and Steinmeyer scored his second touchdown of the evening on a 2-yard run. Just 2:20 into the game, Incline led 14-0 after Biscotti and Michael Wegener hooked up for the 2-point conversion.
Aided by a couple of Incline personal fouls, the Lakers marched down field on their next drive before stalling at the Incline 35-yard line, where Baird Bishop attempted a 52-yard field goal but missed.
Incline took over at its own 20 and proceeded to drive 80 yards in seven plays, capped by a 7-yard TD run by Steinmeyer, who stretched for the goal line after eluding a potential tackler with a shifty move.
The Highlanders scored again on their next possession, as Steinmeyer put the finishing touch on a 63-yard drive with a 12-yard TD pass from Biscotti to extend the lead to 26-0 with 5:36 remaining in the half.
But Incline was far from done. The Highlanders forced a fumble and recovered it on the ensuing kickoff, then scored two plays later when Steinmeyer broke free on a 38-yard touchdown scamper, shedding a tackler at the 5. Thirty seconds after their previous score, the Highlanders led 32-0 following another blocked extra point.
Steinmeyer rounded out the scoring with a 34-yard field goal after Incline recovered yet another fumble.
Asked if he was tired at the half after all that scoring, Steinmeyer, who received the game ball afterward for his performance, replied matter-of-factly: "No, I was not."
The Lakers nearly got on the board before the half, as junior quarterback Alex Bourriague sprinted into the open field on the kick return but was caught from behind by Clouthier at the Incline 20-yard line.
North Tahoe forced Incline into a turnover on downs to open the second half. Just two plays later, senior receiver and defensive back Travis Glander caught a pitch from Bourriague, hit a seam and outran the entire Incline secondary en route to a 75-yard touchdown run. The conversion failed, leaving the score at 35-6.
With Clouthier in at quarterback, Incline hardly skipped a beat the rest of the way. The sophomore drove the Highlanders 65 yards in eight plays, ending with a 4-yard quarterback keeper for a TD on the first play of the fourth quarter.
Junior running back Kevin Kurashewich scored a final Incline touchdown on a 1-yard run with 3:58 left.
"I was pleased not only with our first-stringers, but also our second string," Conn said. "They really showed the ability to move the ball."
Fenley, who finished with 35 yards on 12 rushes, finished the game at quarterback after Bourriague left with a cramp.


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Hats off to Beach Blanket Babylon!
Steve Silver's unstoppable headdress homage marks its 40th anniversary this month. The longest running musical revue in the nation, if not the world, it has played to an estimated 6 million people, logging more than 15,000 performances. A beloved San Francisco institution that's as much a trademark of the city as the Golden Gate Bridge, Coit Tower and cable cars, this slap-happy revue will be honored at a public ceremony at noon Friday at San Francisco's City Hall.
There is also a gallery of humongous hats -- a trademark of the show -- on display at venues throughout the Bay Area, from Berkeley Repertory Theatre and American Conservatory Theater to Davies Symphony Hall (details at www.beachblanketbabylon.com). Oh, and did we mention that venerable San Francisco ice cream maker Humphry Slocombe has even debuted a new ice cream flavor in honor of the occasion? If you can't make it to one of the formal festivities, take a lick of Beach Blanket Babylon Goes Bananas.
"It's one of the earliest theatrical experiences I can remember, and its wit and theatricality were not lost on me even at that age, " says Cal Shakes artistic director Jonathan Moscone, who has been a fan of the show since his parents threw his 11th birthday party there. "Some people may mistake Beach Blanket Babylon as a tourist show, but it's a local favorite -- I've seen it over 20 times and have loved every time, finding new moments and constant vitality in the work."
When Steve Silver first launched his chapeau extravaganza in 1974, in the back room of the Savoy Tivoli restaurant in North Beach, the impresario charged a handsome $2.50 for a 45-minute spoof of creaky old beach flicks. He figured the loony lampoon would be popular enough to run six whole weeks.
Forty years later, the now 90-minute mashup of massive millinery is bigger than ever. His eccentric creation -- crammed with pop culture guest characters, ripped-from-the-headlines jokes, silly song-and-dance routines and puns and double entendres galore -- is still packing houses, playing eight shows a week at the Club Fugazi in North Beach. Silver, who died of AIDS at the age of 51 in 1995, created an ahead-of-its-time cabaret that lives on and on.
"Steve would be so proud to see that the show is still thriving, still going strong all these years later," says his widow, Jo Schuman Silver, who has produced the show since his passing. "It's his vision and his legacy, and we are just the keepers of the flame."
Indeed, fans of the show credit the redoubtable Jo Schuman Silver with keeping the farce torch lit through the years.
"A huge part of the lasting appeal of 'Beach Blanket' is the incredible heart, generosity and wit of Jo Schuman Silver," says Carey Perloff, artistic director of San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater. "I never had the pleasure of knowing Steve Silver, but Jo has clearly taken his torch and run with it, in all the best possible ways. She has made sure that the show is topical and hilarious without being too trendy or literal, that it has hope and joy while still managing to laugh at itself, and that it is always impeccably produced."
For the record, Silver honed his punchy performance style while a student at San Jose State, where he became famous for raucous event planning, particularly fraternity blowouts for the Theta Chi house.
"His frat brothers are still huge fans of the show, and it's wonderful to see them in the house," says Silver.
After graduation, Silver's affinity for farce led him to take up busking on the streets of San Francisco, which is how he landed that fateful gig at the Savoy. The rest is kitsch history.
"His spirit is definitely still with the show," says Silver. "He's in the theater every night."
The slapstick is constantly evolving in the show's loopy pantheon of hats and gags. The pop culture pastiche combines "Saturday Night Live"-style skits with local in-jokes and groan-worthy puns. Over the decades, the show has thumbed its nose at everyone from Miley Cyrus and Martha Stewart to Katniss Everdeen and Queen Elizabeth (who has also visited the show).
"We try to stay clean, and we are never mean-spirited," says Silver of the show's humor. "We laugh with the people we parody and not at them."
World leaders and one-hit wonders rub elbows in a symphony of silliness that includes everyone from the Obamas and Oprah Winfrey to Honey Boo Boo and Justin Bieber. In the old days, Silver tried hard to appeal to all age groups because the cutting edge wisecracks didn't land with kids or senior citizens.
"Now everyone is on the Internet," she says, " and everyone gets all of the pop culture jokes."
Silver says the secret to the show's insane success lies in its over-the-topical spoofs. Change is part of the show's DNA.
"If something big happens in the news, we put it in that night. I am not kidding," says Silver. "We are that fast."
Indeed, the wigmakers and costume seamstresses even pulled an all-nighter after the much-ballyhooed royal wedding of Kate Middleton and Prince William at Westminster Abbey.
"We were up all night, but we pulled it off," says Silver. "And it paid off, because the audience roared."
Of course, some characters have the power to endure, such as the pantsuit diva Hillary Clinton.
"The Clintons are the gift that keeps on giving," says Silver. "They never get old."
Songstress Renee Lubin plays a dozen parts, including an elegant Michelle Obama, a glittering Glinda the Good Witch, a chap-sporting country western gal and a wiggy Tina Turner.
"It's truly an honor to be a part of a show like this,'' says Lubin, who has been with the show for 27 years. "There is nothing out there quite like it. There is no feeling like putting a smile on someone's face. You can't beat it."
Of course, not all of their parodies hit pay dirt. If a skit bombs, Silver is ruthless about cutting it.
"I watch the audience and if they're asleep, it's out," says Silver. "They are the judges, not me."
To be sure, even the most jaded theatergoer will gawk at such beauties as the 15-foot-tall Silver San Francisco Skyline Hat, which is said to hold the record of largest hat ever worn on stage. The show's commitment to topping itself is why "Blanket's" brand of camp never gets musty.
"Every time I go, I discover something that feels fresh, inventive, alive, and newly minted," says Perloff. "And it's so inclusive. Whether you're a native or a tourist or something in between, BBB makes you proud to be in San Francisco. I adore them."
The glitzy gag machine also benefits from its synergy with San Francisco culture, it's embrace of the city's ethos.
"It's iconic, like sourdough and Dungeness crab, but for the arts," says Lisa Mallette, longtime fan and native San Franciscan, "and it has always been a sense of pride that we have such a fabulous, outrageous, innovative piece of long-lasting, relevant theater."
That's why no tourist wants to go home without having seen it.
"The show is very much like the city," says Silver, "It's funny, crazy, quirky, beautiful and anything goes."
Silver is also certain that "Babylon" will never have to hang up its hat.
"Honey as far as I am concerned, the show will run forever," says Silver. "I plan to do this until I drop. It's that much fun."
Contact Karen D'Souza at 408-271-3772. Read her at www.mercurynews.com/karen-dsouza, and follow her at Twitter.com/karendsouza4.
When: 8 p.m. Wednesdays through Fridays, 6:30 and 9:30 p.m. Saturdays, 2 and 5 p.m. Sundays
Where: Club Fugazi, 678 Beach Blanket
Babylon Boulevard, San Francisco
Running time: 90 minutes, no intermission
Tickets:$25-$130, 415-421-4222, www.beachblanketbabylon.com
Online: Scan this code with your smartphone or go to www.mercurynews.com/entertainment to see a slideshow from "Beach Blanket Babylon's" 40th anniversary show.
Some facts and figures about the dozens of hats "Beach Blanket Babylon" utilizes.
Oldest: The "Pineapple Princess Hat," above, debuted in "BBB's" first production in 1974, worn by one of the show's first stars, Nancy Bleiweissa, in a nod to Carmen Miranda. It remains part of the show today.
Newest: The show recently added a hat spoofing pop singer Pharrell's Smokey Bear hat, which became a global sensation earlier this year.
Largest: The San Francisco Skyline hat, which debuted in 1999, measures 15 feet wide, 15 feet tall and 4 feet deep.


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Six Americans and Israel's first astronaut rocketed into orbit aboard shuttle Columbia on January 16th. A brief look at each:
The former test pilot was selected as an astronaut in 1994 on his fourth try. He made up his mind as a child that that was what he was going to do with his life. "It's been pretty much a lifelong dream and just a thrill to be able to get to actually live it out,'' he says.
Another lifelong passion: singing. Husband, a baritone, had been singing in church choirs for years. He used to sing in barbershop quartets, back during his school days.
The 41-year-old Navy commander, a father of three sons, graduated second in his 1983 class at the Naval Academy. He went on to test pilot school and became an astronaut in 1996. This was his first spaceflight. McCool grew up in Lubbock, Texas.
Anderson, 43, the son of an Air Force man, grew up on military bases.
"I was always fascinated by science-fiction shows, shows like 'Star Trek' and 'Lost in Space',''' he says. "And going out of your house and looking up and seeing jets fly by, that seemed like another very exciting thing to do. So I knew I wanted to fly airplanes, and I knew I wanted to do something really exciting, and I always had a natural interest in science. So it all kind of came together at a very young age, and I thought being an astronaut would be the perfect job.''
Anderson was flying for the Air Force when NASA chose him in 1994 as one of only a handful of black astronauts. He traveled to Russia's Mir space station in 1998.
He was a lieutenant colonel and in charge of Columbia's dozens of science experiments. His home was Spokane, Wash.
On her only other spaceflight, in 1996, Chawla made a pair of mistakes that sent a science satellite tumbling out of control. Two other astronauts had to go out on a spacewalk to capture it. "I stopped thinking about it after trying to figure out what are the lessons learned, and there are so many,'' she says. "After I had basically sorted that out, I figured it's time to really look at the future and not at the past.''
She realized some may see this flight as her chance to redeem herself.
Brown was a varsity gymnast at the College of William and Mary when he got a phone call one day: Would he like to join the circus? So during the summer of 1976, he was an acrobat, tumbler, stilt walker and 7-foot unicycle rider. "What I really learned from that, and transfers directly to
what I'm doing on this crew, is kind of the team work and the safety and the staying focused, even at the end of a long day when you're tired and you're doing some things that may have some risk to them."
He joined the Navy after his medical internship and went on to fly the A-6E Intruder and F-18. His current rank was captain. NASA chose him as an astronaut in 1996. This was his first spaceflight; he helped with all the experiments.
Brown, 46, took up a flag from Yorktown High School in Arlington, Va., his alma mater, that another graduate took up Mount Everest. "I'm going to get it a little bit higher up, but I won't have to walk as far to get it there."
The 41-year-old Clark was a diving medical officer aboard submarines and then a naval flight surgeon. She became an astronaut in 1996. Her family, including her 8-year-old son, worried sometimes about her being an astronaut. But she told everyone ``what an aggressive safety program we have. To me, there's a lot of different things that we do during life that could potentially harm us and I choose not to stop doing
those things," she noted. "They've all come to accept that it's what I want to do."
She helped with Columbia's science experiments, which should
have flown almost two years ago. Her home is Racine, Wis.
His mother and grandmother survived the Auschwitz death camp, and his father was a Zionist who fought for Israel's statehood alongside his own father. The astronaut also fought for his country, in the Yom Kippur War in 1973 and the Lebanon War in 1982. "I was born in Israel as an Israeli, so I'm kind of a dream fulfillment for all this last-century generation," he says.
Ramon, 48, served as a fighter pilot during the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s, flying F-16s and F-4s. He was promoted in 1994 to lead Israel's department of operational requirement for weapon development and acquisition. He was selected as his country's first astronaut in 1997 and moved to Houston in 1998 to train for a shuttle flight. He and his wife, Rona, have four children and call Tel Aviv home.


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Irving v. Lipstadt
Defense Documents
David Irving, Hitler and Holocaust Denial: Electronic Edition, by Richard J. EvansTable of Contents
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1.1 Purpose of this Report
1.1.1 This Report is prepared pursuant to the Order of Master Trench dated 15 December 1998 directing that each party may adduce expert evidence from historians and political scientists to address relevant issues in the proceedings. It has been written to assist the Court by providing an expert opinion on allegations made in Professor Deborah Lipstadt's book Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth and Memory, published in 1994 by Penguin Books, about Mr. David Irving.
1.1.2 The book makes a variety of claims about Irving and his work, to which Irving has objected in his libel writ; only those which fall within the scope of my expertise as a professional historian will be considered. These claims can be summarised under four headings. They are as follows (references are to the page of the book on which they occur):
1.1.3Irving is 'a discredited figure' as a historian (p. 180)
- Irving has become a Holocaust denier (p. 111). He had 'long equated the actions of Hitler and Allied leaders, an equivalence that was made easier by his claims that the Final Solution took place without Hitler's knowledge' (p. 162). In 1988, Irving, 'who had long hovered at the edge of Holocaust denial' (p. 162), was converted to the idea that the gas chambers were a myth (p. 179). 'Irving is one of the most dangerous spokespersons for Holocaust denial' (p. 181). He has connections with Holocaust deniers (p. 181).
- Irving skews documents and misrepresents data in order to exonerate Hitler. He is 'an ardent admirer of the Nazi leader' (p. 161).
- Holocaust deniers 'misstate, misquote, falsify statistics, and falsely attribute conclusions to reliable sources. They rely on books that directly contradict their arguments, quoting in a manner that completely distorts the authors' objectives' (p. 111). Since this statement comes immediately after the allegation that Irving has become a Holocaust denier, the implication that he does all these things too is unmistakable. Indeed, Lipstadt also claims that scholars 'have accused him of distorting evidence and manipulating documents to serve his own purposes' and of 'skewing documents and misrepresenting data in order to reach historically untenable conclusions' (p. 161). 'Familiar with historical evidence, he bends it until it conforms with his ideological leanings and political agenda...he is most facile at taking accurate information and shaping it to confirm his conclusions' (p. 181).
The sources and methods used in this report to assess these claims will be outlined later in this Introduction.
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I see a LOT has changed since I was last on here, but I see some of the same folks.. just wondering what your thoughts are on the IFF call during the ATL-STL game.
My initial thought was WTF?? How does a ball that's hit over 200' where you have an infielder and outfielder converging on it even warrant an IFF call? It seems some umps need to remember what the IFF rule is for - it's not to give the defense a free out, but rather to protect the offense from being doubled or tripled up by a clever defense... and that just isn't going to happen on a ball that's hit 200+ feet. And if it does happen, shame on the offense for not being alert enough to run when the ball drops.
In the two days following, and after reading some of the press, I have some other thoughts... most of which are not very complementary to Holbrook or Torre(and the rest of the MLB execs). In my opinion, an OF ump should NOT be making the IFF call. Also, IMHO, Holbrook is arrogant and stubborn for saying he "absolutely made the right call." Clearly there are a lot of people, including STL fans, that don't agree. And Torre's position of "what can I do, we don't have time to deal with a protest" is simply ridiculous, and MLB execs should be embarrassed for not allowing due process and for using that as an excuse for not allowing the protest. What if it had been a situation where rules had more clearly been applied incorrectly.. would Torre still maintain that they didn't have time to deal with a protest?
Horrible call, not only horrible but very late.
It looked for a minute like they were using replacement NFL referees !!!
Don't have time to deal with a protest.
What if they had rain and lightning or a power outage and had to postpone the game, do they have time to do that !!!
Yes, it was very late... if you're making the call right before the ball lands, you've not only defeated the purpose of the IFF, but also made it obvious that it's not ordinary effort.
I can see the LLers learning from this.. Infielder going back on ball, but not sure he's gonna make the catch... so he calls it and waves his arms as if he's got it hoping to get the BU to call IFF. And it give it a little more perspective - the ball traveled approximately 225'. If that were down the LF line at the original Yankee stadium(1923), it'd only be 60' from the fence. IFF!!!!
Absolutely the right and proper call. The fielder camped under the ball and waved off the outfielder. Thus the criteria for "ordinary effort by an infielder" was met - no ifs ands or buts.
The fielders then turned it into a clusterr-mess. Their problem - not the umpire's.
Don't apply LL skills to MLB players. Ordinary effort varies by level. What is impossible for a LL player is routine for a MLB SS.
Rule 2.00 (Infield Fly) Comment: On the infield fly rule the umpire is to rule whether the
ball could ordinarily have been handled by an infielder—not by some arbitrary limitation such as the
grass, or the base lines. The umpire must rule also that a ball is an infield fly, even if handled by an
outfielder, if, in the umpire's judgment, the ball could have been as easily handled by an infielder. The
infield fly is in no sense to be considered an appeal play. The umpire's judgment must govern, and the
decision should be made immediately.
Pro umpires are taught to NOT make the call until it is on the way down AND they see the infielder in position to catch it.
The runners were NOT hindered. They had to tag anyhow assuming it would be caught unless they were incredibly stupid. The notion that it kept them from advancing is pure BS.
Rich I hear ya, but......
I agree that the lateness of the call was REQUIRED because you needed to determine is an infielder had a chance. I had the same sitch where I made the a non-call (NO IFF) until I was conviced that F6 was camped under the ball. It was a higher level game than LL, so I had to respect the talant as you point out.
But a ball that was 275 feet from home plate is NOT one that needed the IFF to prevent a "cheap double play" which is the foundation of the rule in the first place.
If the fielder had intentionally dropped that fly ball--and R1 and R2 were out half way--there is NO WAY a cheap double play was going to happen.
Therefore, this was a gardern variety fly ball, IMO, and it neither met the intent of the IFF rule, and I respefully disagree that the ordinary effort criterion was met.
U7 blew that one all the way to Keokuck, Iowa!
Sorry, JMO!
Mike CVUA
Despite the purpose of the rule, which is, as you say, to prevent the cheap double play, the rule, as written, defines the IFF as one that could be caught by an infielder using ordinary effort. Period. There's no other judgment to be made.
So, when Kozma stops under the ball, that's when Holbrook judges "ordinary effort", which is sufficent to make the IFF call.
Can't argue with you. It's 100% judgement as you pointed out.
But I still think that U7 has his head wedged up his a$$ so far he needed a glass navel to see the play! He ruled by the rules, not with the rules.
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Watch a lot of MLB. You'l see a lot if infielders go deep to catch popups.
That's what I meant in my post - for those of us doing LL or even HS ball it wasn't ordinary effort.
But for a MLB infielder it was.
I still think the infielder that's 225' away from home plate should at least be camped... but Kozma was not. He was still backpeddling when the call was made... and the call was made WAY too late to be meaningful to any runners, nor was it even necessary if one is calling WITH the rules rather than by the rules.
There was a stat that surfaced regarding dropped balls this year that had been called IFF... the deepest of which was around 178' from home plate. Yes, it's a judgement call, but only poor judgement leads to calling IFF on a ball hit 225', IMHO.
Without the Infield-Fly rule, would the defense have played this for a double play? (I presume this something they would practice and would not have played as it was).
There's not a chance in hades that the defense turns a DP on a ball that's hit 100' beyond the baselines, unless the baserunners are napping or legally handicapped.
I'm with Rich on this one. By rule, it was absolutely the right call. Was it ordinary effort? Yep. Was the fielder camped under the ball? Yep, he even waved off F7 and he deferred to the infielder. In the pro game, this is definitely an IFF. Could the defense have turned a double play on this one? Dunno. I wasn't watching the runners to see where they were. It is certainly possible though. The throws from where F6 was weren't going to be much longer than a 5-4-3 double play if they had tried to go 6-5-4.
All of that being said, and I've seen some pretty deep IFF calls in the pros, would I have made that particular IFF call? I'm not sure. I have zero problem with the call being made in this situation as it certainly was made in accordance with the rules. I'm just not sure I, personally, would have made it.
Mark, are you sure you've seen the play in question? A - he was not camped, but was still going back... and I'm not saying that it wasn't ordinary effort, although I question that to some degree. B - That first throw is a LOT longer than the one in a 5-4-3, which at most is only 90', and usually a little less. The ball landed 225' from home, so at best (if it were down the LF line), you're talking about a 135' throw to F5(who probably wasn't covering 3B).
All that being said, would you wait until the ball was 20' from the ground before you'd call it?
In one of the articles posted about the play, there was a stat posted about dropped/missed IFF balls, the longest one about somewhere around 190' from home.
The fielder was waving off everyone with both arms. Thats what they do to signal they have it in the bag.
Ordinary effort FOR A MLB SS
This was a MLB game.
Right call!
You're too locked in on what a LL or HS player can do. Forget it - This is MLB.
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The Clover pom-pon kit has an instant appeal: cute packaging. The whole thing comes in a colorful little box with fun pictures of pom-pon dolls all over it.
Inside the box are four pairs of U-shaped plastic pieces, each pair in a different size and color. My box, which was supposed to include instructions in English, had Japanese instructions instead. I can't read a word of Japanese, but fortunately the pictures were extremely clear, so I followed them instead.
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Line two of the pieces up, back to back, so that the "feet" on the bottom face out. Take your yarn and begin wrapping it around and around and around and around, and when you think you've done enough, wrap some more.
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Stick the tip of the scissors in the crack that was formed between the two u-shaped pieces of plastic. This runs around the outside perimiter of your circle.
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I have tried:
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3. Using port forward on my Router (Lynksys E4200) to reserve port 5001 to the IP of the NAS device (see attachment router image)
4. Rebooting the router
5. Allowed Java and PS3MS to communicate through the Windows Firewall on the NAS
6. Created inbound and outbound rules for PS3MS on Windows Firewall on the NAS that "allow the connection"
The log file seems to indicate that the server (see attachment log file)
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-No IP filter specified, access granted to /192.168.1.117 (there are a series of these to various IP addresses on my network)
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WASHINGTON — Appealing for courageous action "before it's too late," President Barack Obama Tuesday launched a major second-term drive to combat climate change and secure a safer planet, bypassing Congress as he sought to set a cornerstone of his legacy.
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A new regulation would be the fourth the trucking industry has seen since 2007.
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Abandoning his suit jacket under a sweltering sun at Georgetown University, Obama issued a dire warning about the environment: Temperatures are rising, sea levels are climbing, the Arctic ice is melting and the world is doing far too little to stop it. Obama said the price for inaction includes lost lives and homes and hundreds of billions of dollars.
"As a president, as a father and as an American, I'm here to say we need to act," Obama said. "I refuse to condemn your generation and future generations to a planet that's beyond fixing."
At the core of Obama's plan are new controls on new and existing power plants that emit carbon dioxide — heat-trapping gases blamed for global warming. The program also will boost renewable energy production on federal lands, increase efficiency standards and prepare communities to deal with higher temperatures. Obama called for the U.S. to be a global leader in the search for solutions.
But Obama's campaign will face extensive obstacles, including a complicated, lengthy process of implementation and the likelihood that the limits on power plants will be challenged in court. Likewise, the instantaneous political opposition that met his plan made clear the difficulty the president will face in seeking broad support.
"There will be legal challenges. No question about that," former EPA Administrator Christie Whitman said in an interview. "It's a program that's largely executive. He doesn't need Congress. What that does, of course, is make them [Congress] madder."
Obama also offered a rare insight into his deliberations on whether to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline, deeming it in America's interests only if it doesn't worsen carbon pollution. Obama has faced intense political pressure from supporters and opponents of the 1,200-mile pipeline from Canada to Texas.
Declaring the scientific debate over climate change and its causes obsolete, Obama mocked those who deny that humans are contributing to the warming of the planet.
"We don't have time for a meeting of the flat-earth society," Obama said.
Obama's announcement followed years of inaction by Congress to combat climate change. A first-term effort by Obama to use a market-based approach called cap-and-trade to lower emissions failed, and in February a newly re-elected Obama issued lawmakers an ultimatum in his State of the Union: "If Congress won't act soon to protect future generations, I will."
Four months later, impatient environmental activists reveled in the news that Obama was finally taking matters into his own hands, announcing a series of steps that don't require congressional approval.
"This is the change we have been waiting for," said Michael Brune, who runs the Sierra Club, an environmental group. "Today, President Obama has shown he is keeping his word to future generations."
Republicans on both sides of the Capitol dubbed Obama's plan a continuation of his "war on coal" and "war on jobs." The National Association of Manufacturers claimed Obama's proposals would drive up costs. Republican Rep. Shelley Moore Capito of the coal-heavy state of West Virginia slammed what she called Obama's "tyrannical efforts to bankrupt the coal industry."
"The federal government should leave us the hell alone," said Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson, whose agency handles Texas' environment and energy markets.
Even industry groups that have been friendly to Obama and supportive of his climate goals, such as the Edison Electric Institute, which represents power plants, signaled their apprehension by calling for "achievable compliance limits and deadlines."
Obama said the same arguments have been used in the past when the U.S. has taken other steps to protect the environment.
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Obama broke his relative silence on Keystone XL, explicitly linking the project to global warming for the first time in a clear overture to environmental activists who want the pipeline nixed. The pipeline would carry carbon-intensive oil from Canadian tar sands to the Texas Gulf Coast refineries and has sparked an intense partisan fight.
"Our national interest would be served only if this project does not significantly exacerbate the problem of carbon pollution," Obama said.
The White House indicated Obama was referring to overall, net emissions that take into account what would happen under alternative scenarios. A State Department report this year said other methods to transport the oil — like shipping it on trains — could yield even higher emissions.
"he standard the president set today should lead to speedy approval of the Keystone pipeline," said Brendan Buck, a spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio.
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VAIL, Colorado - Ski and Snowboard Club Vail has qualified 12 athletes into the Burton U.S. Open this week, giving snowboard program director Ben Boyd a chance to show the world his squad.
"It's such a great thing to have it on our home mountain, but also to have such a good representation from our program,"-he said. "Twelve of our athletes out of a program of 60 is a pretty good percentage, and we're very proud of these young riders."
Indeed, he has much to be proud of. Among the accomplishments on his riders' lists is Kaitlyn Farrington's win at the Dew Tour earlier this year, Ayumu Hirano's runner-up finish to Shaun White at X Games, and Taku Hiraoka's recent World Cup victory at the Sochi test event.-
He has transplant athletes - like Zack Black, a Summit native who came over to train with Ski and Snowboard Club Vail this year - and homegrown talent like Ryan Wachendorfer, who's been in the program since he was 6 years old.-
On Wednesday, Ski and Snowboard Club Vail slopestyle rider Mikaela Casey put a solid run together but fell trying a frontside 360 off the the third jump, nixing any chance she had at making Friday's finals.-
"She rode really well, I thought she looked great," Boyd said. "She looked solid on the rails and she was one of the only girls spinning off of all three jumps."
Casey's spins off the three jumps consisted of a big backside 180, followed by a backside 360 into a frontside 360.-
"If she could've held it together on the last jump it would've been close," Boyd said.-
Slopestyle aside, the real meat of Boyd's program will be competing today in halfpipe - look for a total of 11 Ski and Snowboard Club Vail athletes flying out of the pipe at today's semifnials.-
Five of those riders are part of Ski and Snowboard Club Vail's Japanese crew. The group includes 14-year-old superstar Ayumu Hirano, fresh off his win at the Burton European Open, as well as X Games bronze medalist Kazu Kokubu, Taku Hiraoka, who just won the Sochi test World Cup event, Olympian Kohei Kudo, and Hirano's older brother Eiju.-
"It's a really nice mix," Boyd said. "Everyone rides together and is great teammates ... We communicate with smiles, high fives and hugs."
Boyd says the young guns - Wachendorfer, 16, Hirano and Jake Pates of Eagle, another 14-year-old Ski and Snowboard Club Vail athlete who qualified for the open, have one more thing in common aside from their skills in the halfpipe. -
"They all come from very humble families, very good people," Boyd said.-
Pates took third at the Burton U.S. Open-qualifying-event-Feb. 3 in Seven Springs, Pa., to secure his entry into today's semifinals. Teammates Joey Mensch and Kelly Marren also qualified at that event.-
"Vail was never ranked up there next to the other resorts for snowboarding talent, but they've always had a good core scene," Boyd said. "Now it's taken a quantum leap forward, and hopefully this event will let the local community know there's one of the best snowboard programs in the world right here. Also, with the 22-foot pipe and the Burton Open, it lets local kids see the world's best. This field is better than the Olympic Games."


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NOTTINGHAM — Valerie Cunningham, a longtime researcher and preserver of NH black history, will be telling the story of Dinah Whipple on Sunday, Feb. 10 at 2 pm at the Blaisdell Memorial Library, 129 Stage Road in Nottingham.
The name of Dinah's husband, Prince Whipple, is known as the African man who was emancipated after accompanying his owner, General William Whipple, to fight in the Revolutionary War. He was one of 20 enslaved men who petitioned the NH Legislature for their freedom in 1779.
Dinah Chase also had been enslaved up until the day she married Prince in 1781. After Prince's death in 1797, Dinah began a school for African children in her home.
This program describes Dinah's world, first in New Castle as a slave, then as a freed married woman in Portsmouth, who became a teacher and community leader. It is co-sponsored by the Friends of the Library and the NH Humanities Council.
The snow date will be Sunday, Feb. 17. Call the library at 679-8484 for more information.
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