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- Jan 1st Gisbourne, New Zealand population 32,754 is first city in the world to welcome in the new millennium
Event of Interest
Jan 4th A day after accepting the head coaching position of the New York Jets, Bill Belichick resigns
- Jan 4th After 2 months, Catherine Hartley and Fiona Thornewill, reach the South Poll, the same day as Sir Edmund Hillary 48 years before
- Jan 4th 2nd BCS National Championship: #1 Florida State beats #2 Virginia Tech, 46-29, at 66th Sugar Bowl
- Jan 4th 19 are killed after two trains collide in Asta, Norway
- Jan 6th The flu outbreak in Britain puts pressure on NHS
- Jan 6th The last Pyrenean ibex is found dead after being crushed by a tree
- Jan 7th Former UK Cabinet minister Jonathan Aitken released from prison after 9 months of a 18-month sentence
- Jan 8th "Music City Miracle", with 16 seconds left in the AFC Wild Card Playoff Game, the Tennessee Titans' Lorenzo Neal handed the ball to Frank Wycheck, who then lateraled the ball across the width of the field to his teammate, Kevin Dyson, who in turn ran the length of the field down the sideline for the game-winning touchdown to defeat the Buffalo Bills 22-16
Film and TV Awards
Jan 9th 26th People's Choice Awards: Harrison Ford & Julia Roberts win (Motion Picture) and Drew Carey & Calista Flockhart win (TV)
Event of Interest
Jan 13th Microsoft chairman Bill Gates steps aside as chief executive and promotes company president Steve Ballmer to the position
- Jan 14th A United Nations tribunal sentences five Bosnian Croats to up to 25 years for the 1993 killing of over 100 Muslims in a Bosnian village.
Film and TV Awards
Jan 23rd 57th Golden Globes: American Beauty, Denzel Washington, & Hilary Swank win
Tennis Open
Jan 30th 88th Men's Australian Open: Andre Agassi beats Yevgeny Kafelnikov (3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4)
Tennis Open
Jan 30th 88th Women's Australian Open: Lindsay Davenport beats Martina Hingis (6-1, 7-5)
- Jan 30th 16th Sundance Film Festival: "Girlfight" and "You Can Count on Me" (tie) win Grand Jury Prize Dramatic
- Jan 31st Alaska Airlines flight 261 MD-83, experiencing horizontal stabilizer problems, crashes in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Point Mugu, California, killing all 88 persons aboard.
- Jan 31st Family GP Dr Harold Shipman is jailed for life for murdering 15 of his patients, making him Britain's most prolific convicted serial killer
- Feb 4th German extortionist Klaus-Peter Sabotta is jailed for life for attempted murder and extortion in connection with the sabotage of German railway lines.
- Feb 6th NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 51-31
- Feb 6th 50th NHL All-Star Game: World beats North America 9-4 at Toronto, Ontario
- Feb 7th Bahria University is established through Presidential Ordinance No. V of 2000 by the Government of Pakistan.
- Feb 9th 50th Berlin International Film Festival: "Magnolia" wins the Golden Bear
- Feb 12th 31st NAACP Image Awards: "The Best Man" wins Outstanding Motion Picture
Event of Interest
Feb 13th The last original "Peanuts" comic strip appears in newspapers one day after Charles M. Schulz dies.
- Mar 1st The Constitution of Finland is rewritten.
- Mar 1st Hans Blix assumes the position of Executive Chairman of UNMOVIC.
- Mar 2nd Former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet heads home after being told the UK would not extradite him on torture charges
- Mar 2nd America's Cup: Team New Zealand defeats Prada Challenge 5-0 to win in Auckland
Event of Interest
Mar 6th Long-time Boston Bruin defenseman Ray Bourque is traded to the Colorado Avalanche
- Mar 10th The NASDAQ Composite stock market index peaks at 5132.52, signalling the beginning of the end of the dot-com boom
- Mar 10th 16th Soap Opera Digest Awards - General Hospital wins
- Mar 11th 21st Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: St. John's beats Connecticut, 80-70
- Mar 12th 47th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #3 Duke beats #20 Maryland, 81-68
- Mar 12th 41st SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Arkansas beats Auburn, 75-67
- Mar 17th The 800+ deaths of members of the Ugandan cult Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God is considered to be a mass murder and suicide orchestrated by leaders of the cult.
- Mar 20th Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, a former Black Panther once known as H. Rap Brown, is captured after a gun battle that leaves a Georgia sheriff's deputy dead.
- Mar 20th Pope John Paul II visits Holy Land - Jordan, Israel, Palestine
- Mar 25th 20th Golden Raspberry Awards: Wild Wild West wins
- Mar 27th Phillips explosion of 2000 kills 1 and injures 71 in Pasadena, Texas.
- Mar 28th A Murray County, Georgia, school bus is hit by a CSX freight train (3 children die in this accident).
- Apr 2nd 19th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Connecticut beats Tennessee 71-52
- Apr 3rd 62nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Michigan State beats Florida 89-76
- Apr 8th Nineteen US Marines are killed when a V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft crashes near Marana, Arizona
- Apr 8th 153rd Grand National: Ruby Walsh aboard Papillon wins
- Apr 9th 64th Masters Golf Tournament: Vijay Singh wins, shooting a 278
- Apr 9th 53rd British Film and Television Awards (BAFTAS): "American Beauty" Best Film, Pedro Almodovar Best Director
- Apr 11th AT&T Park in San Francisco, Minute Maid Park in Houston, and Comerica Park in Detroit open.
- Apr 14th Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich files a lawsuit against P2P sharing phenomenon Napster. This law-suit eventually leads the movement against file-sharing programs.
- Apr 15th 2000 NFL Draft: Courtney Brown from Penn State first pick by Cleveland Browns
- Apr 17th 104th Boston Marathon: Elijah Lagat of Kenya 1st man in 2:09:47 and Catherine Ndereba of Kenya 1st woman in 2:26:11
- Apr 22nd In a pre-dawn raid, federal agents seize six-year-old Elián González from his relatives' home in Miami, Florida.
- Apr 22nd The Big Number Change takes place in the United Kingdom.
Event of Interest
May 1st President of the Philippines Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declares existence of "a state of rebellion", after thousands of supporters of her arrested predecessor, Joseph Estrada, storm towards the presidential palace at height of EDSA III rebellion
Film Premier
May 1st "Gladiator" directed by Ridley Scott and starring Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix premieres in LA (Best Picture 2001)
- May 2nd Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet of the Netherlands unveils the Man With Two Hats monument in Apeldoorn and the other in Ottawa on May 11, 2000. Symbolically linking both Netherlands and Canada for their assistance throughout World War II.
Event of Interest
May 2nd President Bill Clinton announces that accurate GPS access would no longer be restricted to the United States military.
- May 3rd The sport of geocaching begins, with the first cache placed and the coordinates from a GPS posted on Usenet.
- May 4th Ken Livingstone becomes the first Mayor of London.
- May 5th Conjunction of Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn & Moon
- May 6th 126th Kentucky Derby: Kent Desormeaux aboard Fusaichi Pegasus wins in 2:01.12
- May 13th In Enschede, the Netherlands, a fireworks factory explodes, killing 22 people, wounding 950, and resulting in approximately €450 million in damage.
- May 13th 45th Eurovision Song Contest: Olsen Brothers for Denmark wins singing "Fly on the Wings of Love" in Stockholm
- May 14th 46th British Academy Television Awards: "The League of Gentlemen" Best Comedy, "The Cops" Best Drama
- May 17th In the Philippines an explosion rocks Glorietta 2 injuring 13 persons, mostly teenagers. According to local authorities, the homemade bomb was placed in front of a toilet beside a video arcade.
- May 20th 125th Preakness: Jerry Bailey aboard Red Bullet wins in 1:56.00
- May 24th Israeli troops withdraw from southern Lebanon after 22 years of occupation.
- May 24th 8th UEFA Champions League Final: Real Madrid beats Valencia 3-0 at Saint-Denis
- May 25th Liberation Day of Lebanon. Israel withdraws its army from most of the Lebanese territory after 22 years of its first invasion in 1978.
- May 25th 53rd Cannes Film Festival: "Dancer in the Dark" directed by Lars von Trier wins the Palme d'Or
- May 26th NHL Eastern Conference Final: New Jersey Devils beat Philadelphia Flyers, 4 games to 3
- May 27th NHL Western Conference Final: Dallas Stars beat Colorado Avalanche, 4 games to 3
- May 28th Indianapolis 500: Juan Pablo Montoya wins in 2:58:59.431 (269.737 km/h)
- May 30th 35th Academy of Country Music Awards: Shania Twain, Faith Hill & Tim McGraw win
- Jun 1st The Patent Law Treaty (PLT) is signed.
- Jun 4th 54th Tony Awards: Copenhagen & Contact win
- Jun 10th 132nd Belmont: Pat Day aboard Commendable wins in 2:31.20
- Jun 10th Stanley Cup: New Jersey Devils defeat Dallas Stars 4-2
- Jun 11th 99th Men's French Open: Gustavo Kuerten beats Magnus Norman (6-2, 6-3, 2-6, 7-6)
- Jun 12th Sandro Rosa do Nascimento takes hostages while robbing Bus #174 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; the highly-publicized standoff becomes a media circus and ends with the death of do Nascimento and a hostage.
- Jun 13th Italy pardons Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turkish gunman who tried to kill Pope John Paul II in 1981.
Meeting of Interest
Jun 13th President Kim Dae Jung of South Korea meets Kim Jong-il, leader of North Korea, for the beginning of the first ever inter-Korea summit, in the northern capital of Pyongyang.
Music Awards
Jun 14th 34th Country Weekly Presents the TNN Music Awards: George Strait & Faith Hill wins
- Jun 16th Israel complies with UN Security Council Resolution 425 after 22 years, which calls on Israel to completely withdraw from Lebanon. Israel withdraws from all of Lebanon, except the disputed Sheba Farms.
- Jun 18th 100th US Golf Open: Tiger Woods shoots a 272 at Pebble Beach, California
Event of Interest
Jun 19th Los Angeles Lakers beat Indiana Pacers 4-2 in NBA finals MVP: Shaquille O'Neal, L.A.
- Jun 19th Tiger Woods wins golf's US Open by 15 shots, a record for all majors, with a US Open to-par record score of -12
- Jun 19th 54th NBA Championship: Los Angeles Lakers beat Indiana Pacers, 4 games to 2
- Jun 21st Section 28 (outlawing the 'promotion' of homosexuality in the United Kingdom) is repealed in Scotland with a 99 to 17 vote.
- Jun 23rd The bulk ore carrier MV Treasure sinks off the western coast of South Africa, soiling more than 19 000 penguins; this resulted in the world's largest ever rescue of birds from an oiling event
- Jun 23rd The Cotonou Agreement, a trade and aid framework, is signed in Cotonou, Benin
- Jun 25th 46th LPGA Championship won by Juli Inkster
- Jun 28th Cuban exile Elián González returns to Cuba following a Supreme Court order.
- Jun 29th Eminem's mother goes to court claiming defamation of character in a $10 million civil suit, after taking exception to the line "My mother smokes more dope than I do" from her son's single 'My Name Is'
- Jul 1st The Oresund Bridge, connecting Sweden and Denmark, opens for traffic.
- Jul 1st Vermont's civil unions law goes into effect.
- Jul 2nd Vicente Fox Quesada is elected the first President of México from an opposition party, the Partido Acción Nacional after more than 70 years of continuous rule by the Partido Revolucionario Institucional.
- Jul 2nd UEFA European Championship: France defeat Italy 2-1 in Rotterdam
Event of Interest
Jul 8th "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", the 4th book in the series by J. K. Rowling is published in the UK (Bloomsbury) and the US (Scholastic)
Tennis Open
Jul 9th 114th Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Pat Rafter (6-7 7-6 6-4 6-2) winning his 13th Grand Slam tennis title
- Jul 9th Police fired tear gas at fans during a World Cup qualifying soccer game between Zimbabwe and South Africa, setting off a stampede that killed twelve people in Harare, Zimbabwe
- Jul 10th EADS, the world's second largest aerospace group is formed by the merger of Aérospatiale-Matra, DASA, and CASA.
- Jul 10th A leaking southern Nigerian petroleum pipeline explodes, killing about 250 villagers scavenging gasoline.
- Jul 11th 71st All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 6-3 at Turner Field, Atlanta
- Jul 20th The leaders of Salt Lake City's bid to win the 2002 Winter Olympics are indicted by a federal grand jury for bribery, fraud, and racketeering
- Jul 20th In Zimbabwe, Parliament opens its new session and seats opposition members for the first time in a decade.
- Jul 20th Terrorist Carlos the Jackal sues France in the European Court of Human Rights for allegedly torturing him.
- Jul 20th 33rd San Diego Comic-Con International opens at San Diego Convention Center
- Jul 23rd 129th British Golf Open: Tiger Woods shoots a 269 at Royal Lytham
- Jul 25th Air France Flight 4590, a Concorde supersonic passenger jet, F-BTSC, crashes just after takeoff from Paris killing all 109 aboard and 4 on the ground.
- Aug 1st First patient to receive the Jarvik 2000, the first total artificial heart that can maintain blood flow in addition to generating a pulse
- Aug 8th Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley is raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor.
- Aug 9th South African President Thabo Mbeki unveils the Women's Monument commemorating the role of women in the anti-apartheid struggle
- Aug 12th The Oscar class submarine K-141 Kursk of the Russian Navy explodes and sinks in the Barents Sea during a military exercise.
- Aug 18th A Federal jury finds the US Environmental Protection Agency guilty of discrimination against Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, later inspiring passage of the No FEAR Act.
- Aug 21st 82nd PGA Championship: Tiger Woods become the first golfer since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win 3 majors in a calendar year. He ties the to-par record for the PGA (-18) with Bob May, and wins in a playoff
- Aug 23rd A Gulf Air Airbus A320 crashes into the Persian Gulf near Manama, Bahrain, killing 143.
- Aug 23rd Nicaragua becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty. This essentially deprecated the Buenos Aires Convention treaty, because as of this date, all members of the BA Convention were also signatories to Berne.
- Aug 24th Argon fluorohydride, the first Argon compound ever known, is discovered at the University of Helsinki by Finnish scientists.
- Aug 27th 540-metre (1,772 ft)-tall Ostankino Tower in Moscow catches fire, three people are killed.
- Aug 30th 57th Venice Film Festival: "Dayereh" directed by Jafar Panahi wins Golden Lion
- Sep 5th The Haverstraw-Ossining Ferry makes its maiden voyage.
- Sep 7th 17th MTV Video Music Awards: Eminem & Aaliyah win
- Sep 10th The musical Cats closes on Broadway
Television Awards
Sep 10th 52nd Emmy Awards: The West Wing, Will & Grace, James Gandolfini & Sela Ward win
- Sep 10th 120th Men's U.S. Open: Marat Safin beats Pete Sampras (6-4, 6-3, 6-3)
- Sep 10th 120th Women's U.S. Open: Venus Williams beats Lindsay Davenport (6-4, 7-5)
- Sep 11th Activists protest against the World Economic Forum meeting in Melbourne, Australia.
- Sep 12th Holland (the Netherlands) passes law allowing same-gender marriage, adoption and divorce.
- Sep 15th 27th Olympic Games opens at Sydney, Australia
Baseball Record
Sep 16th Sammy Sosa becomes the second player to hit 50 or more home runs in three consecutive years, joining Mark McGwire
- Sep 16th 25th Toronto International Film Festival: "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" directed by Ang Lee wins the People's Choice Award
- Sep 17th Dan Marino's #13 jersey is retired by the Miami Dolphins
- Sep 19th Ken Griffey, Jr. pinch-hits his 400th home run. The first major leaguer to reach the mark as a pinch-hitter
- Sep 20th Patent on RSA cryptograph algorithm ends
- Sep 20th The British MI6 Secret Intelligence Service building is attacked by a Russian-built Mark 22 anti-tank missile.
- Sep 26th Anti-globalization protests in Prague (some 20,000 protesters) turned violent during the IMF and World Bank summits.
- Sep 26th M/S Express Samina sinks off Paros in the Agean sea killing 80 passengers.
- Sep 28th Al-Aqsa Intifada: Ariel Sharon visits the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
- Oct 1st Juan Antonio Samaranch, the chairman of the IOC declares the XXVII Olympics in Sydney the "best Olympic Games ever"
- Oct 1st United States retain Basketball's Olympic gold medal defeating France 85-75
- Oct 1st United States wins the most medals (97), and the most gold medals (40) in Summer Olympics held in Sydney, Australia
- Oct 1st 27th Olympic Games closes at Sydney, Australia
- Oct 4th 34th Country Music Association Award: Dixie Chicks, Faith Hill & Tim McGraw wins
Event of Interest
Oct 5th Mass demonstrations in Belgrade lead to resignation of Serbian strongman Slobodan Milošević. These demonstrations are often called the Bulldozer Revolution.
- Oct 6th Yugoslav president Slobodan Milošević resigns.
- Oct 7th The last ever competitive soccer match at Wembley Stadium is a 1-0 defeat of England by Germany and the last goal was scored by Liverpool's Dietmar Hammann. The match was Tony Adams' 60th at Wembley setting the record for most appearances at the stadium.
- Oct 11th The 100th Space Shuttle mission (STS-92) is flown.
- Oct 12th The USS Cole is badly damaged in Aden, Yemen, by two suicide bombers, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39
- Oct 23rd "Monday Night Miracle", down 30-7 at the end of the third quarter, the New York Jets pulled together a rapid and improbable comeback with 4 touchdowns and a field goal in the fourth quarter, eventually defeating the Miami Dolphins 40-37 in overtime
- Oct 25th A team led by Brigitte Senut and Martin Pickford discover Orrorin tugenensis, one of the earliest species on the human family tree that lived about 6 million years ago, in the Tugen Hills, Kenya
Event of Interest
Oct 26th NY Yankees defeat NY Mets 4-1 to win their 3rd straight World Series championship, MVP: Derek Jeter, NY Yankees
- Oct 26th Laurent Gbagbo takes over as president of Côte d'Ivoire following a popular uprising against President Robert Guéï. Bret Hart retires.
- Oct 31st The last Multics (Multiplexed Information and Computing Service) machine was shut down.
- Oct 31st A chartered Antonov An-26 explodes after takeoff in Northern Angola killing 50
- Oct 31st A Singapore Airlines Boeing 747-400 operating as Flight 006 collides with construction equipment upon takeoff in Taipei, Taiwan killing 79 passengers and four crew members
- Nov 2nd The first crew arrives at the International Space Station.
- Nov 5th Emperor Haile Selassie I is given an Imperial funeral by the Ethiopian Orthodox church
- Nov 7th Controversial US presidential election that was later resolved in the Bush v. Gore Supreme Court Case.
- Nov 7th The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration discovers one of the country's largest LSD labs inside a converted military missile silo in Wamego, Kansas.
Election of Interest
Nov 7th Hillary Rodham Clinton is elected to the United States Senate, becoming the first former First Lady to win public office in the United States, although actually she still was the First Lady.
Event of Interest
Nov 13th Philippine House Speaker Manuel B. Villar, Jr. passes the articles of impeachment against Philippine President Joseph Estrada.
- Nov 15th A chartered Antonov AN-24 crashes after takeoff from Luanda, Angola killing more than 40 people
- Nov 15th New state of Jharkhand comes into existence in India
- Nov 16th Bill Clinton becomes the first U.S. President to visit Vietnam since the end of the Vietnam War.


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Nationally syndicated columnist Ruben Navarrette Jr. will be the next presenter in The University of Texas-Pan American's Distinguished Speakers series Oct. 16 at 7:30 p.m. at the University's Student Union Theater.
"The visit will be especially meaningful since my mother was born and raised in Edinburg, around the corner from UT Pan American," Navarrette said.
Navarrette, a syndicated columnist with The Washington Post Writers Group, has his twice-weekly columns appear in about 150 newspapers throughout the country. Known for his unpredictability and provocative thinking, Navarrette challenges both political parties with equal enthusiasm and his column is required reading for anyone who wants to better understand the nation's 52 million Latinos, according to biographical information provided by American Program Bureau Inc., which arranges his public speaking engagements.
He also is a regular contributor to CNN and has been interviewed on numerous programs such as "Lou Dobbs Tonight", "Anderson Cooper 360", "The O'Reilly Factor", "Fox and Friends", "Hardball with Chris Matthews", "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer", to name a few. As a public speaker, Navarrette has addressed audiences at universities, conferences and town halls since 1993. Places at which he has spoken include his alma mater, Harvard University, Georgetown University, Southern Methodist University, among others.
At UT Pan American, Navarrette's speech will be "The Impasse: How the Immigration Debate Got Broken -- and How to Put it Back Together."
Edna Zambrano, UTPA's associate dean of students, said Navarrette, being the most widely read Latino columnist in the nation should pique the interests of the University community and the general public.
"Through his work, he has challenged both political parties on various issues, from education to immigration, and he provides great insight to those wanting to learn more about the over 50 million Latinos living in the U.S. today," Zambrano said.
In its 10th year, the Distinguished Speakers Series offers students and the University community the opportunity to hear and engage speakers of the highest caliber who inform and inspire.
The series is underwritten by student fees, as recommended by the Student Affairs Advisory Committee. A Distinguished Speakers Committee composed of faculty, staff and students select speakers who represent a variety of world views and backgrounds.
Past speakers have included former leader of Russia Mikhail Gorbachev, former U.S. Secretary of State Dr. Madeleine K. Albright, author and civil rights activist Dr. Maya Angelou and Emmy-award winning CNN host Larry King.
This event is free and open to the public but seating is limited. Doors will open at 7 p.m. for UTPA students, faculty and staff with a valid UTPA ID and at 7:20 p.m. for the general public.
For more information or special accommodations, call (956) 665-7989.

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Global Ops
Welcome to the world… of twenty-first century conflict ! We're unlucky enough to live in a world where groups of people don't really get along with each other and feel the urge to settle their conflicts with weapons. But hey, look on the bright side, the boys at Barking Dog made a game based on that kind of misery for our macho-enjoyment 🙂
Let's start of with the single player mode: you receive a small briefing on what part of the world and what kind of mess you're going to get dropped in. The cool thing is: they don't drop you 'somewhere' in South America or 'somewhere' in a non-existing country. No, the developers chose up-to-date hot-spots like Chechnya, Sri Lanka, Columbia and even some possible European terrorist hideouts. This is new –according to my limited knowledge 😉
Next you have to choose the character you think will be best to fulfil your mission out of 6 possible 'specialities': Demolition expert, Sniper, Reconnaissance, Commando, Medic & Heavy Gunner. And then the shit hits the fan during 13 missions 🙂
Missions completed ? Just start over again, same part of the world, same conflict but on the opposite side this time. Always fun shooting your old team-mates, now isn't it ?
At the start of every round, you recieve a certain amount of money with which you're able to buy a gun, a secondary gun, a handgun, some necessary equipment and a pair of grenades. Unfortunately for you, you seldom have enough money to buy everything your little heart desires :). In saying this, we've arrived at one of the strongest assets of this game: the weapon-arsenal. A lot of research and work has probably gone into modelling the weapons as realistic as possible… and the art-designers succeeded very well! You even see the options (e.g. extra large magazine-clip, scope…) in your HUD once bought !!!
Once you've bought your weapons, you and your computer-bot team-mates (all different classes) get heli-dropped into the hot-zone. Up to you to find and complete your objective. Alas, one major flaw has to be pointed out here: the briefing at the beginning of each mission is completely insufficient. As a result you'll often find yourself in the pitch-dark without your nightvision set. After a while, you start buying it right off, just to find yourself in clear daylight on a sunny day in Antartica (ouch my eyes !!!).
So what do you see with your eyes ? Well, the graphics are adequate, but not avant-garde or state-of-the-art. Because most of the missions are played at night, you'll be wearing thermal vision goggles most of the time anyway. I rather get the feeling that it wasn't Barking Dogs mission to revolutionize on the graphics. Which I could fully understand if your main focus point is gameplay.
Alas, the single player gameplay is a bit silly. Your teammates get in your way more then they are useful. I admit I even killed my medic a couple of times because he plainly denied me medical assistance when I urgently needed it, the s.o.b. ! 🙂 Luckily, once killed, you can either wait for your medic (grrrr, not only do you have to radio him, you have to see if it suits his agenda !) or choose to respawn after a couple of seconds at your home base. No worries though, you can pull off the missions solo if you're smart enough to buy the right guns.
With single player gameplay being what it is, our focus turned to multi-player mode. Now I couldn't find a decent online server, so I had to wait until a major Lan-party to try Global Operations out. Boys and girls, it was worth the wait ! Now almost everybody who helped me in testing this baby multiplayer-wise is a CS or a DoD-junkie (tnx again guys 🙂 . The multi-play experience of Global Operations is in my opinion- a breakthrough. It takes playing online with others, to the 'next level' of multi-playing. Every player has a small camera mounted on his shoulder and with the introduction of a seventh character -the intelligence officer- multi-player gaming is oh so sweet. Only thing is… you and your real-life teammates really need to cooperate here, solo-actions are possible, but aren't really rewarding, if not plain stupid. Is the online world ready for this kind of cooperation ? I honestly don't know.
So, all in all, the up-to-date set-up of every mission earns respect, though the briefing is quite sloppy. The graphics are adequate, no more, no less. The reason I gave a reasonable good score for gameplay is because of the multi-player possibilities, they're gooood ! I encountered no irritating sounds, nor did any sounds give me goose-bumps in anticipation of the action; they fit their purpose. A game for either the "amateur" / "week-end" gamer or the hard-core LAN multi-player gamers. I got the feeling that Global Operations was some sort of a general rehearsal for an upcoming project the guys are working on, a kind of 'test case' to see how the public would react. Perhaps they are gathering some 'intel' for their next project ???
By the way, I've just got to mention this: for those of you who think of game developers as complete and utter nerds (you're right of course, but let me make this point) they sure do have a fashion sense ! With every mission you and your team can dress up in suitable 'designed-for-the-occasion' fatigues 🙂
"Come on girls, lets kick some tush".
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It's obvious that summer is heading our way as we see preparations begin for some of the many fairs and festivals we enjoy every year in Columbiana County.
This past week the Wellsville firemen held their annual homecoming festival, even though Mother Nature was not very cooperative.
Next up will be the 43rd Tri-State Pottery Festival in East Liverpool set for June 17-19. Celebrating the pottery manufacturing heritage of our area, this festival, held in downtown East Liverpool, features three days of live music and entertainment, food vendors and carnival rides. Merchants feature displays of locally manufactured pottery including the popular Fiesta Ware from Homer Laughlin China Co. The event also hosts the National Championship Doorknob Tossing Competition and the World Wide Pottery Olympics.
During the weekend following, June 24-27, Salem will host the Quaker City Weekend Cruise. This event will feature parades, live entertainment, downtown cruising and a burnout pit following drag racing at the Quaker City Raceway.
As the summer continues we'll welcome events such as the Columbiana County Fair, the Harvey S. Firestone Park Festival, the East Palestine Street Festival, the Salineville Salt Festival, the Hanoverton Peddler Days, the Columbiana Street Fair, the Shaker Woods Festival, the Leetonia Artisan Festival and the Johnny Appleseed Festival.
This year, three Columbiana County school districts -Wellsville, East Liverpool and Beaver Local - will also celebrate their all-school reunions with parties and festivals during the July 4th weekend.
Their themes vary widely. Some, like the county fair, offer the time-tested 4-H competitions, jam and pie contests and truck and tractor pulls. Others offer a chance to look back into our area's history and many display the best works of our area's artisans. They all offer the sinfully fattening tastes of fair food - vinegar doused french fries, hot sausage sandwiches, deep fried candy bars - and other delicacies that make you say "yum."
Whatever their theme, though, each of the area's successful festivals follows a very simple formula - they offer the opportunity to spend an enjoyable afternoon or evening with friends and family members. They also allow our area to show the best of what it has to offer to those who come from out of town to participate.
While it would be impossible to highlight every festival, we feel confident in saying that there is something scheduled to be held during the next couple months that will appeal to just about everyone.
Area festivals bring people together to remember the past, celebrate the present and look toward the future. We hope area residents will continue to support them. We also hope you'll express your appreciation to the many, many volunteers who work throughout the year to make these events successful.


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To help students called to lead churches develop skills with various equipment and computer applications that may enhance or support ministry.
Focus on the use of advanced features of PowerPoint and Prezi presentation software to enliven material that is discussed and presented in church educational settings. Narrating soundtracks, "kiosk mode," converting to JPEGs and other features will be learned.
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It seems like I've always been a fiber junkie. My maternal grandmother taught me to sew and crochet when I was a little girl. In the early 1990s, I studied fashion design at Washington University in ...
It seems like I've always been a fiber junkie. My maternal grandmother taught me to sew and crochet when I was a little girl. In the early 1990s, I studied fashion design at Washington University in St. Louis and opened my first fiber-related business - Studio #96 in St. Charles, Missouri. I worked for several years with an artist who painted original designs on silk fabric which I then transformed into clothing that was sold in upscale boutiques across the country. I also designed and sewed clothing for others, including wedding and bridesmaid dresses.
My husband and I purchased and restored a circa-1870's building in downtown Madisonville, Kentucky in 2003 and it became Black Dog Fiber Studio in 2010. The studio got its name from our sweet black lab, Magic, who used to come to the studio with me. Alas, he is getting up there in age and prefers to stay home now.
Currently I spin, weave, knit, felt, and dye my own yarns and fabrics which I make into wearable art. I've always derived great joy from creating a design in my mind and then making the materials come alive. Seeing others enjoy my work is icing on the cake.
While Black Dog Fiber Studio is not a retail shop with set hours, I do open the studio for "fiber fellowship" most Tuesday evenings, as well as for occasional local art shows in conjunction with the Hopkins County Art League. I teach knitting, dyeing and felting workshops and create and publish knitting, crochet and sewing patterns. Many of my patterns are featured in the online and print catalogs of Knit Picks (www.knitpicks.com), as well as through my Etsy shop (www.blackdogfiberstudio.etsy.com). I spend way too much time on the social network for all things fiber (Ravelry.com) - you can find me as "Mariaknittedit."
I am a knitter with cold feet. Looking for a quick antidote, I figured there must be a way to convert a knitted toe-up slipper with a full fashioned heel into a crochet pattern - one written with a knitter in mind but not too off-base for an experienced crocheter. Not being witty enough to come up with a catchy name, I figured a descriptive one would have to do - The Knitter's Crocheted Slippers.
The pattern is written for six sizes from toddler to adult but is easily adjustable for a perfect fit. Crochet skill level is pretty low but I've included several website/video links if you need a refresher course or help with a specific technique.
These slippers are the perfect backdrop for embroidery or other embellishment. The appliqus are not included in the pattern but most can be found for free with a little internet searching.
Sizing of the finished slippers is based on actual foot length and follows US shoe sizes.
4 st & 2 rows = 1 inch
I skein Brava (218 yards) will make a size XL Men's set of slippers. Other sizes will need proportionally less yarn.
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Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way;
Oh, what fun it is to 'see your team score six goals in one game'
In a 'one-team led game'...
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way!
Ibrox was full of festive cheer yesterday as Rangers thrashed Motherwell 6 – 1 thanks to doubles from Kenny Miller and Kyle Lafferty with Kris Boyd and DaMarcus Beasley chipping in a goal apiece to complete the rout in front of a delighted home support.
Oh ye faithful...
A flurry of seasonal festive football cheer and some disgruntle over at Ibrox in the past few weeks including some movement in the injuries department which includes me! Sadly I don't have the luxury of checking in at the treatment table at Murray Park but thankfully my Osteopath is working overtime in a bid to correct my painful state of being sciatica-ally challenged.
Hopefully I will be back in contention for a first team place very soon, well maybe not but back playing five a side would be a great start.
In the meantime let's pick up where we left off; the SPL Champions have continued to collect points on the domestic front with a 3 – 1 away win at Falkirk (5th Dec) and a 3 – 0 home against visitors St Johnstone on Saturday.
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Sweet and Spicy Garden Relish/ Chow-Chow
Total Time
Prep 30 mins
Cook 30 mins
A pickled relish is a cooked or pickled, coarsely or finely chopped vegetables (using what you have from cabbage to green tomatoes to zucchini just to have 4 quarts grated veggies before soaking) which is typically used as a condiment. I made this with a combination of home grown garden goodies. Served as a dipping sauce for breads or as a condiment to spread over the top of cornbread or top hot dogs and hamburgers, fresh grilled fish,chicken or mix with mixed with mayonnaise to make tartar sauce, and piccalilli can be mixed with mayonnaise or crème fraîche to make remoulade. Makes a great addition to a gift basket.
Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 habanero, minced
- 8 cups grated zucchini (or yellow squash)
- 3 large onions, grated
- 2 large carrots, grated
- 4 large bell peppers (red and green)
- 1⁄2 cup salt
- 3 cups sugar
- 1 teaspoon turmeric
- 3 cups vinegar
- 2 tablespoons pickling spices
- Grate all the vegetables equalling 4 quarts, in a food processor then place in a large container.
- Add salt, cover with water and allow to stand for 1 hour.
- While the vegetables are soaking, in a large pot, add the sugar, vinegar and pickling spice.
- Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer.
- Drain and rinse the vegetables well squeezing out all liquid; add to the pot and bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat; simmer 30 minutes.
- Stir frequently.
- Pour the relish into hot, sterilized pint jars.
- Wipe rims, place lids and screw bands on fingertip-tight; process 15 minutes in a boiling bath.
- Remove to a protected surface to cool, undisturbed, for 24 hours.
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Very good. I used mostly cucumbers as the veggies with some jalapenos (seeded), red and yellow peppers and onion.
A friend gave me the recipe from your site, as my garden is well over planted, and I have much excess. As a I am new to farming, but not new to canning , I made some of this Chow-chow, last week, filling 24 QT jars, (Trippled the recipe) did samples of it on blackened chicken at the farmers market in Alden, NY, and I now have people calling every day for this Chow-Chow. It is wonderful. The only things that I used, that was diffrent, as I have an abundance of them, were snap peas, and yellow beans, which I cut into1/8-1/4" pieces, I also added Green tomato's as well., My entire garden is represented in that Quart Jar. I just love making it, and its so good too.
This was great. I thought it would be too sweet, but it wasn't. I also put the spices in a small tea sache to keep it out of the final product. Sealed beautifully. Can't wait to use it up!


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The biggest problem with being GM for a Day is that it only lasts 24 hours. Seriously, you want me to fix the Sabres in one day? Darcy Regier has created such a mess that it could take years to get this organization back into playoff contention. I'll stand up for my record, but I'm no miracle worker.
Honestly, when examining the roster now, I'm not even sure where to begin. The Sabres' foundation doesn't simply have a few cracks. It has disintegrated into a pile of dust that needs to be cleared. They need to dig a new hole. They need a fresh pour of reinforced concrete. The first step is hiring a new architect.
The Sabres' average finish since GM for a Day started in 2007 is between eighth and ninth place in the conference. Take away their division title in 2009-10, and it's between ninth and 10th.
FYI: That's pathetic.
And that's why you need me.
Look, every general manager makes mistakes every year. I've made blunders along the way, too. In 2009, I was so desperate for a top defenseman that I was prepared to throw Jay Bouwmeester a seven-year contract worth $50 million.
Jay-Bo was a bust in Calgary. It doesn't guarantee he would have been a bust here. You never really know how a player will fit with a certain organization until he plays for the team. Regardless, it was too much money for him. Calgary recognized its mistake, traded him while he still had value and started in a different direction.
My job for one day the last six years was adding and subtracting specific players and creating a roster that fit under the salary cap. My decisions were made based on what the Sabres needed while working with a base, a foundation. Now, with the foundation in ruins, they need a general approach rather than pinpointing players who can help.
With so many holes in the roster, creating a complete roster and detailed salary chart would be unrealistic. There are too many variables that come into play to say precisely what's needed in one day. Real negotiations are required with other general managers. One move leads to several other moves down the road.
With no true core of players to build around, it's become exponentially tougher.
Being the owner for a day would be much, much easier. I would fire Regier, hire Pat LaFontaine as president of hockey operations, hire Rick Dudley as general manager and allow them to hire the right coach and acquire the right personnel. The standards would never be lowered. They would be the same every year: Win the Stanley Cup.
And this column would end HERE.
The general idea now is slashing payroll as much as possible, which gives me more flexibility; acquiring as many good young players as possible with the idea several will emerge as good players and, eventually, strong leaders; and blending in willing veterans who can help with the transition.
Trade bait
Getting this team back into contention is a tall order for anyone. Young players come with uncertainty and mistakes. It leads to misses. It leads to problems with the salary cap. It leads to losing. It leads to suffering. It leads to, well, 12th place.
Let's get something straight. No GM should be allowed to rebuild his own team. Their job is to build. If a rebuild is required, which happens to be the case in Buffalo, it means a team was poorly built the first time. If you invest time and money in a core group of players, you need to be right. If you're not, you need to be replaced.
Overall, the job requires a strong stomach to take risks, a quality lacking in Regier. If I make too many mistakes, fire me. I have another job for 364 days a year.
Buffalo has the eighth and 16th picks overall in the upcoming draft. There's almost no chance of Colorado giving up the first pick overall. If I can't get Seth Jones, Nathan MacKinnon or Jonathan Drouin — the top three prospects — I'm looking to use one or both first-round picks as trade bait.
I'm willing to dip into the free-agent market for role players who are 28 or younger and will not kill payroll. Blackhawks winger Viktor Stalberg is at the top of a short list. Nathan Horton is a very good player, and tough, but I can only pursue him if I dump the salaries of Ryan Miller or Thomas Vanek or, preferably, both.
The Flyers reportedly are listening to offers for Sean Couturier. Couturier is coming off a terrible season in which he had four goals and 15 points in 46 games. He had a 27-game scoring slump. There is no getting around such facts, but he's a 20-year-old with good size (6-foot-3, 200 pounds). He would not be THE piece. He would be one piece.
Regier has two assets in Vanek and Miller, plus two first-round picks in the coming draft. Vanek and Miller are eligible for unrestricted free agency after the coming season and have shown little desire to stay through a rebuild. Every day they remain here, the Sabres lose a little leverage in the trade market.
Wayne Gretzky was traded, so everybody on my roster is available for the right price. And that includes Tyler Myers and Mikhail Grigorenko. I'm not actively shopping them, but rest assured I'm listening to all offers for them or anyone else.
Myers has become emblematic of their problems. He's a young player who hasn't produced, cannot be depended upon to build around and is overpaid. His game has regressed in recent years. He might become a very good player. I'm open to moving him for the right price, but I'm also not giving him away.
What's the right price? Big, right-handed defensemen are hard to find. I would need a proven young player and either two solid prospects or a young star and a high draft pick.
My options going into the draft are twofold. The eighth and 16th picks could be used in a package to move into the top three positions of the draft or they could be used with Vanek and/or Miller for a good, young prospect with experience. I would not be inclined to keep both picks and take my chances in the draft. It's too risky.
The Sabres need help down the middle yet again. Cody Hodgson is not a true No. 1 center. In my book, he's a second-line center on a good team and perhaps a third-line center on a contending team. The trick is convincing another team to unload a good young center for a high pick and Vanek or Miller.
Endless possibilities
Remember, there's a very good chance you're losing Vanek and/or Miller if you don't trade them. Would the Flyers be interested in giving up Couturier, for example, for Vanek and swapping the 16th and the 11th picks? I don't know for sure. If Philly buys out Ilya Bryzgalov, they could be interested in Miller.
That kind of thinking is required to get the Sabres moving in the right direction.
Adam Henrique is another good player, a second-line center on a good team but a first-line guy for the Sabres. He's coming off a mediocre year (11 goals, 16 points, 42 games) but had 16 goals and 51 points in 74 games as a rookie. He's 23 years old and has played in the Stanley Cup finals.
Would the Devils be interested in Vanek and a first-round pick for him? Or would they take Miller to take over for Martin Brodeur, plus a first-round pick? Yes, it's a hefty price. It's also getting something back for Miller or Vanek. If they become free agents, they can walk and bring nothing back in return.
It would still leave Buffalo with another first-rounder and one star to make a deal elsewhere. Not Henrique? How about considerably less for young Jacob Josefson?
Would the Blue Jackets be interested in trading away high-scoring center Boone Jenner, a former second-round pick, or defenseman Ryan Murray, the former second pick overall who is coming off a shoulder injury? Both are 19-year-old prospects of a team desperate to make the playoffs and looking for a scorer (Vanek) after losing Rick Nash.
Is there any way I can get my hands on Matt Duchene or Ryan O'Reilly, even if it means trading Miller or Vanek (and more) to Colorado? Could the Oilers move Magnus Paajarvi, a former 10th pick overall who has had a slow start to his career for a team loaded with young skilled forwards? Edmonton needs a goaltender.
Panthers GM Dale Tallon is listening to offers for the second pick overall. It's time to give him a call and find out the price tag. I would be willing to trade Miller, Vanek and a first-round pick for the second pick overall. Why? Because the chances of keeping one or both is minimal. It would require them signing extensions with Florida, of course.
Is that possible? Anything is possible. Now do you see where this is going?
One player on my radar is Kings goaltender Jonathan Bernier, who is stuck behind former Conn Smyth winner Jonathan Quick. Bernier and Jhonas Enroth would be battling for the No. 1 goaltending position until further notice. Both would get their share of opportunities until one emerged. If neither did, start looking again.
Bernier, 24, has a 29-20-6 record with a 2.36 goals-against average and .912 save percentage in 62 career games. He still has plenty to prove, but he's a former first-round pick with potential. It's time to call the Kings for the asking price.
I would be more willing to give up a first-round pick for someone who's already an NHL player, than willing to risk taking one eighth or 16th overall. The Kings need a first-round pick. How about giving the Kings the 16th pick overall and Drew Stafford for Bernier and the Kings' second-round pick?
Miller and Vanek would be traded before or during the draft. It's time to begin life without them. Just know they will not bring the return you would hope because the Sabres lost leverage by keeping them after the 2013 trade deadline.
It's a shame the Sabres have reached this point. But if they followed my suggestions over the years, they wouldn't be in this position in the first place.
GM for a Day track record
Yes, I know, it's unfair to make such a blanket statement without providing evidence. Let's review my six years as GM for a Day:
In 2007, the master plan allowed them to keep Drury and Briere. It meant dumping Maxim Afinogenov, Jaroslav Spacek and Teppo Numminen. Afinogenov had trade value after putting up 134 points in 133 games over two previous seasons. I wasn't overly impressed with him or his statistics, which were a product of the players around him.
The Sabres kept the latter three for the next two years. Afinogenov accomplished almost nothing, spent one season with Atlanta and was out of the NHL. Numminen returned and played 58 games over two years. They are among many players that Regier retained for far too long.
In 2008, the goal was shipping out Afinogenov and Numminen and making sure Miller wasn't overpaid. I suggested a three-year deal worth $17 million with the following rationale: "If he plays well, he gets back to the bargaining table sooner and can make his case for more money. If he doesn't, the Sabres aren't shackled by a long-term deal built on potential. If that doesn't work, well, there's hardly a shortage on good goaltenders who could be had for $5 million or less."
Miller signed a five-year deal for $30.25 million, or $6.25 million a year. He has not justified the money for the last two seasons.
The plan in 2008 also called for signing unrestricted free agent Brooks Orpik to a four-year deal worth $18 million. Orpik was interested in coming to Buffalo, but Regier showed little or no interest in him. He re-signed with Pittsburgh for six years and $22.5 million, won a Stanley Cup and became one of their biggest leaders.
In 2009, it was removing Afinogenov, Spacek and Numminen and adding Dudley as my assistant GM. It marked the first time I suggested they ship out Jochen Hecht. Four years later, he was still here. It was about playing kids such as Nathan Gerbe and Tim Kennedy and finding out whether they belonged in the NHL.
The big move that year was signing Bouwmeester, a mistake.
In 2010, it was about acquiring gamers, starting with Patrick Sharp, severing ties with Hecht and Tim Connolly and using Andrej Sekera as trade bait. I suggested they inquire about Sheldon Souray, who was in the doghouse in Edmonton. Souray had 13 goals and 38 points and was plus-30 in 108 games over the past two seasons. Sekera had four goals and 25 points and was plus-1 in 106 games over the same span.
The same year, I also suggested the Sabres could do without Henrik Tallinder or Toni Lydman unless they returned for the same money. Lydman signed for less money with Anaheim, which finished second in the conference this year. My mistake that year was saying Myers would be effective without Tallinder. He was not.
Two years ago, it was about deleting Connolly (still!) from the roster and signing Brad Richards and/or James Wisniewski or Christian Ehrhoff. If Richards signed elsewhere (which he did) the focus should turn toward Paul Stastny, Jordan Staal, Erik Cole and Tom Fleischmann. And, if possible, sign Ville Leino for $3 million per season.
Stastny remains in Colorado. Staal was traded last summer. Cole had 35 goals for Montreal and last season was traded to Dallas. Fleischmann led the Panthers in scoring the last two seasons. The Sabres signed Leino to a six-year deal for $4.5 million per season, a bad contract that placed pressure on the salary cap. I would buy out Leino, by the way, but it can only happen if he's healthy.
Concise plan vital
Finally, last year was about firing Lindy Ruff, shopping Miller and using one or both of their first-round picks in a trade package with Derek Roy and/or Sekera. The idea was to get Stastny, Staal, Ryan Malone or Jarrett Stoll. Oh, and it was saying goodbye to Hecht after his contract expired. Hecht returned, yet again, and failed to help them, yet again.
My list of coaching candidates included Craig Ramsay, Jon Cooper and Dallas Eakins. Ramsay is a veteran coach and respected teacher. Cooper is coaching Tampa Bay. Eakins recently was snapped up by Edmonton. The Sabres promoted Ron Rolston and retained him rather than wait for other coaching candidates, such as John Tortorella, to pop free.
When you look back, there's no telling what would have happened if the Sabres made the right decisions along the way. Chris Drury and Daniel Briere wouldn't have stayed this long but for a few years they would have helped a good team on the verge of contention. One or both could have been traded. They would have been assets.
Vanek wouldn't have cost them $50 million over seven years, either. At worst, they would have had four first-round picks from Edmonton, and likely a strong core, for him.
And that brings us to now.
The general manager should be doing what's best for the team. If the team is going nowhere, you plan for the future. Regier talked about creating a new foundation starting with the Gaustad trade. Regier didn't know how to properly guide his team to the bottom and, thus, increase its chances for the top pick overall.
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Flyers fans feel frustrated, feel empty, as they watch the New York Rangers - the beatable team that eliminated the Orange and Black - face the beatable Pittsburgh Penguins in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
The Flyers, without a Stanley Cup since 1975, feel the same way after losing to the Rangers in seven opening-round games.
"I still don't think they were the better team," winger Wayne Simmonds said.
The Flyers, of course, have no one to blame but themselves. Their even-strength play was spotty during the series, and New York had a lot to do with it. But the Flyers self-destructed - poor offensive-zone coverage, ill-advised passes, two power plays in which the shorthanded Rangers had the better scoring chances - during an atrocious second period that cost them in a 2-1 Game 7 loss.


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) and Buttercup realized that they were in love, true love (that rarest of happenings). Realizing that he could not support Buttercup in the needed manner, Westley set off for America to seek his fortune. As luck would have it, his ship was attacked by the
(who never takes prisoners) and Westley wasn't heard from again. Buttercup, when she heard the news, was devastated and swore to "never love again". At about this time, she was found by Prince Humperdink who took her to be his wife (hence the title of the story).
Westley went to
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[It's in the book. He left for America to make his fortune so he could marry Buttercup, but was waylayed by the Dread Pirate Roberts. So no, technically he never went to America.]
I don't recall if it's ever mentioned in the film where Westley traveled to; however, Vinzinni refers to himself as Sicilian, while Montoya is from Spain, presumably in or near Toledo (where the finest swords in Europe were made at one time). It is likely that the book had quite a few details which were skipped in the film.
Don't forget that Fezzik was found by Vincini,
unemployed! In Greenland!
Actually, there are numerous anachronistic references (for humorous effect) to modern locales scattered throughout the film. IIRC, MiracleMax
muses about retiring to Florida or some other place popular with oldsters looking for a sunny climate. Thanks for the reminder.
Also, a nickname for the great Country and Western singer Johnny Cash.
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LGBT Taxpayers: A Collision of 'Others'
Anthony C. Infanti
University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
April 4, 2011
Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law, Forthcoming
U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2011-11
In this essay prepared for a symposium on the intersection of tax law with gender and sexuality, I explore the violent collision of these two concepts - or, more appropriately, these two "others." I begin my exploration of this collision of "others" by first explaining how the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community is a marginalized "other" in American society while, in contrast, tax is a privileged "other" in the realm of American law. Then, I turn to a close examination of a recent case, O'Donnabhain v. Commissioner, to illustrate the collision of the otherness of LGBT individuals with the otherness of tax. This case, which concerns the propriety of a transgender person's medical expense deduction for costs related to sex reassignment surgery, exemplifies the originary violence that is, as we speak, hewing the concepts of tax and sexual and gender identity to create a point of intersection at which these concepts can, in the future, again and again violently collide with each other.
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Keywords: tax, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, sex reassignment, gender, medical expense, intersectionality, otherness
JEL Classification: K34
Date posted: April 5, 2011
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Thousands more riders traveled Amtrak's cross-Pennsylvania rail line in the past year than in the year prior, though local ridership declined at some stops, representatives of the publicly-funded passenger train system announced Monday.
"The Pennsylvanian" line, which runs through central Pennsylvania and serves as Altoona's only passenger rail connection, saw a 3.3-percent ridership increase in fiscal year 2013, according to Amtrak spreadsheets. The line runs from Pittsburgh through Harrisburg and Philadelphia before terminating in New York.
The announcement comes two weeks after an Oct. 1 deadline that, under a five-year-old federal law, could have ended service throughout western Pennsylvania, including Altoona. Gov. Tom Corbett vowed in March to pick up the $3.8 million tab for lost federal funding, and PennDOT officials later confirmed a plan to fund the line for the coming fiscal year.
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Desiree Sanders of East Freedom, who is a student in Johnstown, hugs her boyfriend, Kenny Will, of East Freedom before boarding the Amtrak train at the Altoona station on Monday.
While The Pennsylvanian showed promising financial numbers this year - a 12.4-percent increase in ticket revenue, totaling more than a $1 million - local ridership statistics are mixed.
Ridership from Altoona declined 3.5 percent; in Johnstown, 1.5 percent, according to numbers provided by regional spokesman Craig Schulz. Numbers increased at the tiny Huntingdon and Tyrone stops, however, with several hundred more riders embarking at Huntingdon than in the previous year.
The increase helped confirm Huntingdon residents' complaints, voiced at a March protest, that the community relies on The Pennsylvanian as a key connection to the outside world.
"In towns all across America, Amtrak brings economic opportunities for people, businesses and communities to grow and prosper," Tony Coscia, chairman of the Amtrak board of directors, said Monday in a news release.
Questions lingered as recently as August on the western Pennsylvania route's survival, as Amtrak and PennDOT representatives said they remained in funding talks. Soon afterward, however, PennDOT officials said they had enough money to cover the route's state subsidy for at least a year.
Nearly 219,000 passengers rode The Pennsylvanian in the past year, according to Amtrak statistics, including 26,000 from Altoona.
Mirror Staff Writer Ryan Brown is at 946-7457.


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Notable comments from discussions on our Facebook page this past week
We love the Letters to the Editor section in our newspaper (which also appear on this blog, of course). Our Facebook page is another place where readers share, discuss and yes, sometimes argue, about daily headlines. Here's a small sampling from the past week:
• From a post last Tuesday: What are your feelings about how American Airlines has been doing business lately? Do you have a personal experience with a delayed or canceled AA flight?
• Last Wednesday: Our dining critic Leslie Brenner hates queso. Are you with her or against her? What DFW restaurant has the best queso?
>> See globs, I mean, gobs more responses here.
• Thursday: A letter-writer said President Obama was "hiding behind Secretary of State Clinton's pantsuit" by letting her apologize for the Benghazi attack. True?
• Friday: How should the Supreme Court rule in the case of the Kountze High School cheerleaders and their football game banners that feature scripture verses?
• Friday: Oh my, the comments on our multiple Big Tex fire posts >>


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Enable Fragmented Packet Handling - if the VPN log report shows the log message "Fragmented IPSec packet dropped", select this feature. Do not select it until the VPN tunnel is established and in operation.
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The standout new feature of 3D modelling, animation and rendering application XSI 7 is a visual programming environment, ICE (Interactive Creative Environment).
Canon's latest foray into the entry-level digital SLR market has resulted in the 10-megapixel EOS 1000D, based on the earlier EOS 400D.
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- Cha Cha Cha Changes
With the move to Brooklyn comes a new photoblog:
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This blog will be reincarnated into a professional blog associated with my website at some point in the not so distant (but most likely not super close) future.
- Freshly Published
I just got my pages from this weeks Le Monde Magazine. I photographed the 17th Karmapa and Dharamsala/McLeod Gang in April for Le Monde. It was one of the last projects I worked on while I was in India.
- I live in Brooklyn now.
Its been awhile, things have been a little crazy. I'm no longer in India. I moved to NYC although my stuff is still on a boat making the long trip over. I'll be updating a lot more frequently and I'm going to come back to the portfolio process, which, believe it or not is still going. No, I'm not kidding. Here's one for you now though.
- New Portfolios and Websites for ME!
Hello everyone. I'm about to embark on a very serious project. Its time to rework my print portfolios as well as my website. I generally update my books once every year or so with some new prints and leave it at that, my website…well, it could almost always use some work. This time around I'm going a little crazy. I've decided to completely rework my editorial portraiture books, edit a new reportage book and print two commercial books for my new commercial rep…. Redux Advertising (I'm not up on the site quite yet but I will be). I'm also about to completely revamp my website, new site, new pictures, new format, new everything. To help me through this insane process I've not only enlisted Marcel, Jesi, Maria and Audrey at Redux but I've also brought Mike Davis and Deb Pang Davis to help me along. I'm considering blogging the process (I'll need to get the go ahead from Mike and Deb tonight) for all of you to follow. I'm going to go ahead and give you the first installment considering it has nothing to do with Mike or Deb, just me and my SUPER unorganized archive.
Step one of reworking one's portfolios spend the time, and the money:
I spent the last few months narrowing down images with Redux. I left the editing for my commercial book to Maria Avitable at Redux Advertising, formally Redux Reps (I'm not up there yet). She went through about 750 shots from the last years work and knocked it down to about 50 she liked. I printed like a mad man for a week and just shipped the prints over to her in NYC from India. I have to tell you, this process was not cheap or easy. I had to get the paper I like shipped from BH in New York to Mumbai my studio/office/apartment. Hanemuhle paper isn't cheap to begin with but throw in 300 bucks for shipping and then around 350 bucks in customs charges and watch out. I was all set to get started when I realized my printer was running low on ink. In NYC, no big deal. In Mumbai… good luck. It took me five days to get the ink I needed and even then most of those cartridges were 75% full, pulled from a friends machine for another 300 dollars. So right off the bat I'm already about 2k down just on paper and ink. Add in 4 new leather books and cases from House of Portfolios in NYC and we've just hit 3500 dollars.
Moving on to the Editorial books…
I've gone back and forth with Jesi and Audrey since early December talking about where I want to go career wise and how my work is changing/growing and we've knocked around some edits. I like where its going but I feel like its not quite there yet and since I'm dropping so much cash on the books and the website re-work I really need to get it perfect. I thought it was time to call in a big gun and SHOCKER the timing couldn't have been better. Mike Davis, the newly freelance picture editor and all around good guy in Portland had some free time and I hired him to help flesh it out. I feel like we've always worked well together and he has a really good idea of where I want to go… Perfect.
Tonight I have a meeting on Skype with Mike so yesterday and today I dug around the archive and organized and categorized about 1250 images. Some tight edits from projects I liked, some miscellaneous images and some wide edits from projects I never really felt sang quite the right way. I'm uploading 450mbs to my server and Mike should be able to download that all in the morning Portland time and have a quick look during our meeting. Then the fun begins!
If anyone is interested I'm happy to post low res versions of the entire initial take in a gallery for people to take a look at. Let me know if you'd be interested and I'll make it happen.
Wish me luck!
- Train waiting. Awesome
Missed our train so we had lunch (for three hours) at the trainstation in Phitsanulok. Radical. Ps. I had a beer too. Yay beer.
- Thailand
Rockin rural thailand today. I'm on a bus in the middle of nowhere about to get on a train. Had an amazing Thai massage this morning after getting up at the ass crack of dawn to shoot Sukothai's old city for Transit. Faring a bit better than Maki though. She's out cold. Mouth breather…. Who would have guessed.
- Why film?
Check out this great post on the Stockland Martel blog from photographers who still shoot film. People ask me ALL the time why I shoot film. Why, why, why, why? Well, I'll tell you why. It looks better. It feels better. I has depth. It has range. Its beautiful AND, when I shoot film, I don't feel like a snapper. I don't feel like a button pusher. I feel like an artist. Its a good feeling.
Here's a little taste:
Why do you shoot film?
Brian Finke: I almost exclusively shoot film, with the exception of recently starting to shoot video with the new Canon, and soon checking out the new Nikon HD camera. More and more these days when I am on assignment I get the, WOW, reaction when I pull the first Polaroid and everyone on set sees I'm shooting film. I am instantly seen as an art photographer, which makes by happy. I learned shooting film and love it. I shoot exclusively with the Hasselblad, it is a great process, taking the Polaroids, loading all the backs, then while shooting taking a pause and reloading, the physicality of the camera and process are beautiful. I also prefer the grain and depth of film and the chromogenic print, especially when viewed in a large scale, gallery environment.
- Keith Bedford's Year in India
My friend Keith Bedford just posted his first year in India pictures. Take a look kids:
- Their Loss our Gain….
A bit of happy news for you freelancers out there for 2010. Mike Davis, the amazing photo editor from the Oregonian took the buyout and is now rolling freelance. That's right. Its contest season and the best editor I've ever worked with is available to help with portfolios, projects, contests, books, career counciling and finding your way to nirvana.
I've worked with Mike for the last three years and I can honestly say that not one person has helped my career more than him. He helped me get my gig at the Oregonian, set me up with my first magazine meetings in NYC, hooked me up with Redux, edited several projects that I won awards with (albeit small ones but that's my fault) and has been an all around great guy from the get go.
Send him an email, give him a call. He's in Portland, Oregon and he's really fantastic.
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- WORK: 7 Awesome Restaurants in Mumbai for the WSJ
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- WORK: Michael Rubenstein in the NYT
In November I photographed Divya Thakur's beautiful South Mumbai apartment.
- WORK: Michael Rubenstein in the NYT Travel Section
Take a look. I shoot this quick story on Andheri a few months ago.
- If Only American Newspapers had Headlines Like This
We'd all be getting raises and flying around in corporate jets. Live and learn America, live and learn.
- Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year…even though it hasn't happened yet.
Christmas in Mumbai was lots of fun this year. Started off at Olive for brunch with the ever lovely Darius. We ate and ate and then we got a little taste of creepy Santa. Awesome. Then Michael, Kristen and Oliver joined us from Singapore and we all went to the ITC for a little swim. Oliver went to bed but J and I continued on to Beej's place for a little fun.
How was the day after Christmas? We had tea and treats at the Taj Palace. A lovely day for all!


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Quality Education in the Benedictine Tradition
July 15, 2014
While the opening of the 49th annual Pittsburgh Steelers Summer Training Camp at Saint Vincent College gets extensive media attention in newspapers, radio, television and online media and attracts tens of thousands of fans to the campus, their first visit to Saint Vincent College in 1966 was brief and quiet. A review of the Latrobe Bulletin's reports revealed that the presence of the Steelers at Saint Vincent in 1966 was secondary to reports about local baseball leagues and Arnold Palmer's appearance in the 48th annual PGA tournament. The first public mention of the Steelers coming to Latrobe appeared in a story by Sports Editor Steve Kittey on July 5, 1966: "It seems summer has just reached us, but already all the National Football League teams are about set to open their training camps. For our pride and joy in the NFL, Pittsburgh, the moment of truth is fast approaching for it and new coach Bill Austin. This Friday, Austin will hold an early week of workouts for 51 players, most of whom are rookies. Next week, the entire squad will gather under the auspices of Austin's watchful eye. Site of the training camp is the University of Rhode Island in Kingston, Rhode Island. The final two weeks of the Steelers' training camp will be held on the campus of Saint Vincent College." The next mention of the Steelers arriving at Saint Vincent College was not until August 12, 1966 when Kittey, who is still the editor in Latrobe, reported: "Just a reminder to die-hard Pittsburgh Steelers fans that Coach Bill Austin will bring his National Football League entry to the Latrobe district Aug. 29 through Sept. 7 when the Steelers will be training on the campus of Saint Vincent College. Currently, the Steelers are training at Rhode Island where they also trained last year. The Rev. Conall Pfiester, O.S.B., (treasurer and procurator at Saint Vincent) and Steelers owner Art Rooney Sr. indicated the Steelers are considering using the Saint Vincent campus for pre-season training next year." On August 29, 1966, the Steelers arrived on campus and the Latrobe Bulletin reported: "The Steelers began practicing at Saint Vincent College this afternoon in their first workout since Saturday's 17-6 defeat at the hands of the Green Bay Packers. Can't help becoming more enthused about the chances of the Steelers making a respectable showing in the NFL season after Saturday's game. For the first time in the exhibition grind, Packer Coach Vince Lombardi went nearly full time with his first string lineup, but the Steelers refused to be overpowered . . . The team will be practicing all week at the Saint Vincent campus for those interested in watching the workouts. The sessions will be conducted in the open and all fans are welcome to attend." Latrobe Bulletin's August 30, 1966 article by Assistant Sports Editor Robert Osborne noted that the media were already being courted by the rising franchise: "The Pittsburgh Steelers officially opened drills at Saint Vincent College yesterday by hosting a press day which was fully attended by members of the press, radio and television of the Pittsburgh district. The 'new look' Steelers went through a light exercise drill which consisted of running plays against a mock defense for the benefit of the hundreds of spectators who lined the hills surrounding the practice field . . ." Training camps were visited by hundreds of fans in those days until the Super Steelers of the 1970s captured four Super Bowl Championships and drew thousands of fans for their annual pilgrimage to training camp. With two additional Super Bowl Championships, The Steelers camp is regularly recognized as being the most fan-friendly in the NFL and draws some of the league's largest daily crowds. Sports Illustrated's Peter King has labeled it "the most picturesque camp" and "the most fan-friendly." The credit for the selection of Saint Vincent is attributed to Arthur J. Rooney Jr., a 1957 graduate of Saint Vincent College who was the son of Steelers owner and founder Art Rooney Sr. The Steelers camp at Saint Vincent and the Vikings camp at Minnesota State University are the second oldest sites in the NFL. The oldest continuously operating camp is the Green Bay Packers camp at another Catholic college, St. Norbert, in DePere, Wisconsin, which started in 1958. The camp has continued at Saint Vincent under Head Coaches Bill Austin (1966-1968), Chuck Noll (1969-1991), Bill Cowher (1992-2006) and, since 2007, Mike Tomlin. Saint Vincent College is preparing to welcome the Steelers players and staff and to accommodate thousands of visitors for Training Camp XLIX as well as the news media from all over the world who will be following them. The players report on Friday, July 25, with the first open practice scheduled for Saturday, July 26, at 2:55 p.m. Prior to holding training camp at Saint Vincent, the Steelers practiced at Moore Field in Pittsburgh (1933-1937), St. Francis College (1938-1940), Hershey (1941, 1945-1946), Philadelphia (1943), Waukesha, Wisconsin (1944), Alliance College (1947-1951), St. Bonaventure College (1952-1957), California State Teachers College (1958-1960), Slippery Rock College (1961), West Liberty College, 1962-1963) and University of Rhode Island (1964-1966). It is noted on the Pittsburgh Steelers website that the team held some practices at Saint Vincent College on their way back to Pittsburgh in 1966. Although a brief encampment, Saint Vincent and the Steelers attribute it as the first Steeler summer training camp in Latrobe.
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Brief Intervention to Reduce Drinking Among Batterers
The recruitment status of this study is unknown because the information has not been verified recently.
Verified December 2012 by The University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Recruitment status was Active, not recruiting
Recruitment status was Active, not recruiting
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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