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These are Maui Scene's mini-reviews, excerpts of wire service reviews and previews provided by studios and other sources.
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"Masquerade" NR, 2:11. Drama, history. Engish subtitles. Maui Mall Megaplex.
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Michael Eklund (left) and Abigail Breslin in "The Call"
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Steve Carell (left) and Olivia Wilde in "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone."
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James Franco (left) as Oz, and the character Finley, voiced by Zach Braff, in "Oz the Great and Powerful."
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Korea's 15th ruler of the Joseon Dynasty King Gwang-hae orders his councilor to find him a double in order to avoid the constant threat of assassination. Starring Byung-hun Lee, Seung-yong Ryoo, Hyo-ju Han and In-kwon Kim. Directed by Chang-min Choo.
"The Call" R, 1:35. Thriller. Maui Mall Megaplex.
When veteran 911 operator Jordan Turner (Halle Berry) receives a call from a girl who has just been abducted, she soon realizes that she must confront a killer from her past in order to save the girl's life. Evie Thompson and Abigail Breslin also star. Brad Anderson directs.
"The Incredible Burt Wonderstone" PG-13, 1:40. Comedy. Lahaina Wharf Cinema and Maui Mall Megaplex.
Superstar magicians Burt Wonderstone (Steve Carell) and Anton Marvelton (Steve Buscemi) have ruled the Las Vegas Strip for years, raking in millions with illusions as big as Burt's growing ego. But lately the duo's greatest deception is their public friendship, while secretly they've grown to loathe each other. Facing cutthroat competition from guerrilla street magician Steve Gray (Jim Carrey), whose cult following surges with each outrageous stunt, even their show is starting to look stale. But there's still a chance Burt and Anton can save the act - both onstage and off - if only Burt can get back in touch with what made him love magic in the first place. Directed by Don Scardino.
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"Dead Man Down" R, 1:10. Action, crime drama. Kaahumanu 6.
In New York City, a crime lord's right-hand man is seduced by one of his boss' victims - a woman seeking retribution. Starring Colin Farrell,?Noomi Rapace and Dominic Cooper. Directed by Niels Arden Oplev.
"Emperor" PG-13, 1:40. Drama, History,?war. Maui Mall Megaplex.
As the Japanese surrender at the end of WWII, Gen. Fellers is tasked with deciding if Emperor Hirohito will be hanged as a war criminal. Influencing his ruling is his quest to find Aya, an exchange student he met years earlier in the U.S. Matthew Fox, Colin Moy and Tommy Lee Jones star. Peter Webber directs.
"Escape from Planet Earth" PG, 1:29. Animation, adventure comedy. Maui Mall?Megaplex.
Astronaut Scorch Supernova (voice of Brendan Fraser) finds himself caught in a trap when he responds to an SOS from a notoriously dangerous alien planet. Also lending their voices to this animated adventure comedy are Sarah Jessica Parker and Jessica Alba. Cal Brunker directs.
"Hansel &?Gretel: Witch Hunters" R, 1:28.?Action, fantasy horror. Maui Mall Megaplex.
Tommy Wirkola directs this new spin on the famous fairy tale in which Hansel and Gretel are now bounty hunters who track and kill witches all over the world. As the fabled Blood Moon approaches, the siblings encounter a new form of evil that might hold a secret to their past.
"Identity Thief" R, 1:51. Comedy, crime. Maui Mall Megaplex.
Mild-mannered businessman Sandy Patterson travels from Denver to Miami to confront the deceptively harmless-looking woman who has been living it up after stealing Sandy's identity. Jason Bateman, Melissa McCarthy and John Cho star.
"Jack the Giant Slayer" PG-13, 2:02. Adventure, drama fantasy. Lahaina Wharf Cinema and Kaahumanu?6.
The ancient war between humans and a race of giants is reignited when Jack (played by Nicholas Hoult), a young farmhand fighting for a kingdom and the love of a princess, opens a gateway between the two worlds. Stanley Tucci and Ewan McGregor also star in this adventure filled fantasy drama.
"Life of Pi," PG, 2:07. Adventure, drama. Maui Mall Megaplex.
Academy Award winner Ang Lee directed this adventure-drama starring Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan and Akil Hussain. A young man survives a disaster at sea and is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. While cast away, he forms an unexpected connection with another survivor -a fearsome Bengal tiger.
"Oz the Great and Powerful" PG, 2:10. Action, Adventure Fantasy. Lahaina Wharf Cinema and Kaahumanu 6.
Oscar Diggs (James Franco), a small-time circus magician with dubious ethics, is hurled away from dusty Kansas to the vibrant Land of Oz. At first he thinks he's hit the jackpot-fame and fortune are his for the taking. That all changes, however, when he meets three witches, Theodora (Mila Kunis), Evanora (Rachel Weisz), and Glinda (Michelle Williams), who are not convinced he is the great wizard everyone's been expecting. Reluctantly drawn into the epic problems facing the Land of Oz and its inhabitants, Oscar must find out who is good and who is evil before it is too late. Putting his magical arts to use through illusion, ingenuity-and even a bit of wizardry-Oscar transforms himself not only into the great and powerful Wizard of Oz but into a better man as well. Directed by Harald Zwart.
"Phantom" R, 1:37.?Thriller. Ends tonight at Maui Mall Megaplex.
The haunted Captain (played by Ed Harris) of a Soviet submarine holds the fate of the world in his hands. Forced to leave his family behind, he is charged with leading a covert mission cloaked in mystery. Inspired by actual events. Starring Julian Adams and David Duchovny and directed by Todd Robinson.
"Safe Haven" PG-13, 1:55. Drama, mystery romance. Maui Mall Megaplex.
A young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, N.C., where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her. Julianne Hough, Josh Duhamel and Cobie Smulders star in this drama-mystery romance. Directed by Lasse Hallstrom.
"Silver Linings Playbook" R, 2:02. Comedy, drama romance. Maui Mall Megaplex.
After a stint in a mental institution, former teacher Pat Solitano (Bradley Cooper) moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife. Things get more challenging when Pat meets Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence), a mysterious girl with problems of her own.
"Snitch" PG-13, 1:35. Action, drama, thriller. Kaahumanu 6.
Dwayne Johnson stars as a father whose teenage son is wrongly accused of a drug distribution crime and is looking at a mandatory minimum prison sentence of 10 years. Joining Johnson in this action drama thriller are Barry Pepper, Jon Bernthal, Susan Sarandon and Michael Kenneth Williams. Directed by Ric Roman Waugh.
"The Impossible" PG-13, 1:54. Drama, history, thriller. Ends tonight at Maui Mall Megaplex.
Nothing is more powerful than the human spirit in this true-life tale of surviving the tsunami in Thailand. Stars Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor.
"The Last Exorcism Part II" PG-13, 1:28. Horror thriller. Maui Mall Megaplex.
As Nell Sweetzer tries to build a new life after the events of the first movie, the evil force that once possessed her returns with an even more horrific plan. Ashley Bell, Julia Garner and Spencer Treat Clark star in this horrifying thriller. Ed Gass-Donnelly directs.
"21 and Over" R, 1:33. Comedy. Maui Mall Megaplex, ends tonight at Lahaina Wharf Cinema.
The night before an important medical school exam, a promising student Jeff Chang (Justin Chon) celebrates his 21st birthday with his two best friends played by Miles Teller and Skylar Astin. What was supposed to be a quick beer becomes a night of humiliation, over indulgence and utter debauchery. Directed by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore.
"Warm Bodies" PG-13, 1:37. Comedy, horror, romance. Maui Mall Megaplex.
John Malkovich stars with Teresa Palmer and Nicholas Hoult. Director Jonathan Levine takes audiences on a comedic romp laced with horror and romance in this film about R (a highly unusual zombie), who saves Julie from an attack. The two form a relationship that sets in motion a sequence of events that might transform the entire lifeless world.
* Movie listings are subject to last-minute changes. For updates, visit www.mauigateway.com/~rw/movie/.


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Chevrolet Malibu Maxx ProblemsThe Fuel Gauge May Not Read Correctly and/or Check Engine Light With Code P0455/P0461
The fuel gauge may not read correctly and/or the Check Engine Light may illuminate with code P0455/P0461 stored for a fuel level sensor issue. These faults may be caused by a fuel vapor line inside the fuel take interfering with the fuel level sensor. If this is found to be the case, repositioned and securing the vapor line should correct this concern. If no fault is found with the fuel vapor line, the fuel level sensor itself may be at fault.
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I have a 2005 Chevrolet Malibu for a couple of days it's starting to gave me problems with Electric Power Steering so I took it to a dealership so they told me they fixed the problem reset and Calibrated the car and now two days later found out the car still not fix my car runs like a train. ...
I already have bought a radiator for my car , i just need it put in . I also think I may need new fans , Another issue is the wheel steering it jerks on its own when driving. What is that about ? Lastly , My locks go up and down on its own in the car ? Is that and electrical issue and how much wo...
My check engine light had been on for a couple of days thought because it was low on oil but didn't go off after adding more then while driving home my battery light came on as well as the abs light I was able to make it the my driveway about a mile further but when I went to turn I had no po...
Chevrolet Malibu Maxx RecallsPower Steering Failure
These vehicles have power steering units which may fail while driving. Loss of power steering is most noticeable while driving slowly or parking, resulting in a heavier feel at the steering wheel. Slow speed maneuvers can become difficult and potentially unsafe. Dealers will replace the affected components free of charge. This recall is an expansion of an earlier GM recall (14V-153) to cover additional vehicles.
Increased resistance in an electrical connection at the body control module (BCM) may result in voltage fluctuations in the brake pedal sensor circuit. These fluctuations can cause concerns with various systems that monitor the position of the brake pedal, any of which would increase the risk of a crash. Dealers will attach the wiring harness to the BCM with a spacer, apply dielectric lubricant to both the BCM and harness connector and the BAS and harness connector, and will reprogram the brake pedal sensor to correct these concerns.
The shift cable may fracture, which can mislead the driver into thinking the transmission is in a certain gear, while actually being in another. This can cause a safety issue, as when "Park" is selected, the vehicle may not be securely in "Park". Dealers will replace the shift cable assembly and mounting bracket free of charge to resolve the concern.

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Key Protocols Enter into Force for Mediterranean Action Plan
24 March 2011: The Secretariat of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP) for the Barcelona Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean (the Barcelona Convention) has announced that two legal instruments for environmental protection in the Mediterranean entered into force on 24 March 2011: the Offshore and the Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) Protocols of the Barcelona Convention.
Maria Luisa Silva Mejias, UNEP/MAP/Barcelona Convention Executive Secretary and Coordinator, said the entry into force of the two Protocols provides the Mediterranean region with unique and powerful legal instruments to prevent and respond to environmental threats linked to offshore platforms and coastal degradation.
The Offshore Protocol aims to establish an effective management system to protect the Mediterranean Sea from pollution resulting from exploration and exploitation of the continental shelf, the seabed and its subsoil, and to organize mutual assistance in cases of emergency.
The ICZM Protocol seeks to serve as a tool for sustainable coastal development, by providing an effective way to ensure that human actions are undertaken with a concern for balancing economic, social, and environmental goals and priorities in a long-term perspective. [UNEP/MAP News]


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SAN FRANCISCO - Immigrant rights activists around the country demonstrated July 29, the day Arizona's anti-immigrant SB 1070, took effect, despite a temporary ban on enforcement of several of the law's most onerous provisions.
Arizona's capital, Phoenix, was the site of a number of protests. "It's a good day to be arrested. We are going to challenge this law. We are going to keep up the fight," former Arizona state Senate Majority Leader Alfredo Gutierrez said when he was detained after participating in civil disobedience.
After spending the previous night in a protest outside the state capitol, hundreds of demonstrators started the day with an early morning prayer service before marching to the capitol and to the office of notoriously anti-immigrant Sheriff Joe Arpaio in downtown Phoenix, where dozens were arrested.
Though the demonstrations delayed the action for several hours, Sheriff Arpaio launched his 17th anti-immigrant sweep through Maricopa County later in the day.
In Tucson, where a series of protests centered on the State Building, more than a dozen demonstrators were cited and released after they blocked downtown streets.
Among many actions around the country, demonstrators gathered in Raleigh and Charlotte, N.C., Providence, R.I., McAllen, Texas, Los Angeles and San Diego, Calif. In Brooklyn, N.Y., a coalition of immigrant rights organizations marched across the Brooklyn Bridge.
In San Francisco, protesters including members of the Board of Supervisors, the head of the labor council and Assemblyman Tom Ammiano gathered outside the office of Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown to protest the Arizona law. They also urged Brown to let the city - long a "sanctuary city" for immigrants - opt out of the federal "Secure Communities" program, under which local police send fingerprints of jailed individuals to be matched against a federal database so immigration authorities can identify undocumented immigrants alleged to have committed crimes elsewhere.
San Francisco County Sheriff Mike Hennessy, with support of the Board of Supervisors, had asked Brown to let the city opt out of the program. Brown turned down the request, saying Secure Communities "serves both public safety and the interest of justice."
As the group gathered in the foyer of Brown's 11th floor office to speak with an aide, one of the most moving testimonials came from a young woman who said she is an undocumented student. Since she came to the U.S. at age 15, she said, "I have seen so much separation of families, separation of children from their parents." Immigrants, often forced by social and economic factors to take the difficult step of leaving their homelands, "really contribute to this country," she said. Anti-immigrant laws and decisions will not halt immigration, she said, "immigration will only stop when we address what causes it to happen."
In Oakland, as immigrant rights supporters gathered at Fruitvale BART plaza in the heart of a largely Latino community, Netza spoke of his situation as he pursues a university education under the state's AB 540 law, which lets undocumented graduates of state high schools attend public colleges for in-state tuition rates.
One of the biggest challenges, he said, is paying for college. Though he has a scholarship, many others do not, he said. AB 540 students are barred from applying for Pell Grants and other financial aid, he said, and with fees rising every year, some face costs as high as $20,000 a year - "an incredible amount for someone in my situation."
Netza said he would like to see President Obama "set aside a day to talk about immigration reform, because that would not only benefit me and my fellow students, but my whole family, and others." He also urged passage of the DREAM Act, a citizenship path for undocumented youth long resident in the U.S., which, among other things, would make financial aid a possibility for such students.
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Yoga is a way of giving back. The gift of life. Your body is a temple and if you give in, you will find universality. Yoga clears the mind and energizes the body and one is at peace with oneself and the universe. Yoga gives me a reason to wake up every day. Each day is a creative and positive day, when I'm practicing yoga.
Disclaimer: I think my children are the greatest two contributions I will ever make to this crazy world. But motherhood has not always been apple pie for me, because as a mother I felt responsible for making the pie, and I'm one of those women who would rather face a criminal on the streets than a stove ripe for action.
Do you realize how incredible you are to have gotten this far? You are only as old as you think you are. Now start a new page and enjoy the thought of what is possible. Thinking you can and you will! Go for the reality and clean up your act. You have everything you need and probably more than you need.
Some theorists suggest that this blurred boundary of work and life is a result of technology alone, but I have always felt it's caused by a number of inter-connected factors. Newspapers, social media and even our schooling help promote the need to be as good as or better than the next person. Whatever the cause, work has entered our whole lives.


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Rock Health Entrepreneur Breakdown: Female Founders
Rock Health's CEO shows off the amazing female founders her fund is supporting.
Rock Health's CEO shows off the amazing female founders her fund is supporting.
Health tech startups utilize domain expertise in analytics and turn smartphone cameras into biosensors!
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0)
Health startup accelerator Rock Health held demo day for their second class of health startups yesterday. If you didn't already know, Rock Health is a five month program and seed accelerator targeting health-related mobile and web applications and the entrepreneurs who are interested in building them.
Here are the women working on ground-breaking innovations in health – from utilizing their domain expertise in analytics to turning smartphone cameras into biosensors – and creating the next big healthtech startup. Digital health is quickly becoming a hot investment area.
Founder Institute's Female Founder Fellowship program increased 30% female graduates globally.
By Jonathan Greechan (Partner, The Founder Institute)
Last year, we unveiled a new program – Female Founder Fellowship (FFF) – in an effort to grow the number of female technology founders by providing free course fees for our best female applicants.
At the time, 16% of our graduates were female, and our stated goal was to double that number and ultimately graduate 175 female-led companies a year.
The FFF program helped spur a 30% increase in female graduates globally in just a few months time.
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0)
Rock Health hosted the 2012 Health Innovation Summit in San Francisco this week, showcasing a remarkably gender-balanced set of interdisciplinary innovators in the burgeoning health/tech space.
As keynote speaker Mitch Kapor stated, "It is possible to go up the learning curve yourself without the basics of the domain you're in." The health tech space is still very new, he reminded the audience, and recommended for early entrepreneurs to educate yourself of the ecosystem, overcome your fears and find a way to "dive in" – find advisors that know about the space, can help you learn, and figure out how to build the right partnerships.
By Shana Lynch (Assistant Managing Editor, Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal)
Heavy-hitting health venture capitalists and professionals were on hand for the DC to VC: Hit Startup Showcase event, organized by Morgenthaler Ventures. And one startup founder was doing backflips for their attention. Literally.
Maria Ly, co-founder of Skimble, which makes exercise applications for mobile, showed off her product with a backflip. Skimble, based in San Francisco, uses personal trainers to coach work-out exercises, with game-style add-ons to keep it fresh.
By Maria Ly (Co-Founder, Skimble)
My parents immigrated to Canada when I was a baby and growing up, I found myself attracted to sports like figure skating and gymnastics. When I wasn't being active, I was actively coding and running my first mobile "modding" business. Eventually, I had the opportunity to represent Canada at the World Cheerleading & Dance Championships and completed my computer engineering degree at the University of Waterloo — with that, I flew to San Francisco!
My friends can attest that I'm a bit of a health and fitness fanatic. Not long after I began working at Google, I picked up…


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Željko Kukurin graduated from the University of Zagreb's School of Economics and Business, where he also received his MA. He obtained his EMBA degree from the Milan's Bocconi University. He began his career at Riviera Poreč, member of the Valamar Group. In 2004, he joined the team of Valamar Hotels and Resorts where he developed and managed direct sales and marketing. From 2010 to 2014 he was a Managmenet Board President of Istraturist. In 2015 he joined the executive team of a leading Croatian hotel group Valamar Riviera and in June of the same year he was appointed its Management Board President. He held a number of important positions in Croatian tourism, as a member of tourism councils (he was a member of councils of Croatian National Tourist Board and Tourist Board of the County of Istria) as well as trade associations.
Marko Čižmek graduated from the Faculty of Economics and Business in Zagreb. He passed the exams for broker and investment advisor. He graduated in 1996 from the Faculty of Economics and Business in Zagreb. He passed the exams for broker and investment advisor. He began his career in 1996 at Croatian National Bank. He spent few years working in corporate finance at Investmentbank Austria and ICF. From the years 2001 to 2004 he was the member of the Management Board in EURO Invest, the company for investment fund management. Within Valamar group Mr. Čižmek has held numerous managing functions in companies that have been merged to present Valamar Riviera: he was Management Board member of Rabac d.d. (2004-2011), Management Board member of Dubrovnik Babin kuk d.d. (2009-2013) and Management Board member of Valamar Adria holding d.d. (2008-2014). He is the member of Management Board of Croatian Association of Financial Analysts and Croatian Association of Corporate Treasurers.


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Thanks for the reply, W3bbo. To better explain myself, suppose that you want to define a property which is a collection of "Foo" objects, but you don't want to allow adding or removing items via the property (i.e. the collection is managed internally). In such a case, it would be appropriate for the type of the property to be IEnumerable<Foo>. But that's hard to read. So instead of this:W3bbo said:Foo* would be a pointer to a Foo
Anyway, I'm not sure if I totally understand what you're aiming for. 'foreach' is the syntactical sugar around IEnumerable since it manages the whole
while(collection.GetEnumerator().MoveNext())thing for you.
public class SomeClass
public IEnumerable<Foo> Foos
get { ... }
I would rather see this:
public class SomeClass
public Foo* Foos
get { ... }
Of course, as you pointed out, Foo* is currently interpreted as pointer-to-Foo (at least in an unsafe context), which almost certainly precludes using that particular syntax. My overall point is that it would be nice to have some simplified syntax for representing IEnumerable<Foo> (perhaps Foo+).
I do lament the fact that "*" is already taken. The "*" character is used in many programming contexts to represent "0 to n" number of "things".


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It had the quality of a good, old-fashioned treasure hunt.
Darlena Goodwin of the Charleston Area Children's Garden Project talked with a group of day campers from the East Side's Martin Park gathered around several small plots of organic vegetables and flowers planted in front of the temporary location of Sanders-Clyde Elementary last Friday morning.
Thick, green leaves on vines covered the jewels below.
Goodwin asked the kids to gently move the leaves aside and find what was attached to the vine. The kids quickly plucked out a dozen cucumbers with delight.
One boy shouted out, "pickles!"
Goodwin smiled and politely noted that pickles are made from cucumbers. Then, a few kids took the cucumbers to wash them off and eat them — right there on the spot.
The early summer harvest, the first of many, is fruit of a collaboration that started when Slow Food Charleston's Carole Addlestone wanted to start a school garden project. Slow Food is a local chapter of Slow Food USA, which promotes sustainable, locally grown and prepared food. Addlestone contacted Yo Art Project's Gene Furchgott, who then asked Garden Project's Goodwin to help out.
The result was gardening not only as a source of food but as a multidisciplinary educational tool.
Goodwin, a former classroom math and science teacher, is adept at weaving lessons — biology, math and even history — in and out of the tour of the garden. She is the executive director of the Garden Project, which manages nearly a dozen gardens in the Charleston area. When introducing herself to the day campers last week, she described herself as a teacher who disliked "making a kid sit in a classroom, at a desk, stand in line and be quiet.
"The kind of teacher I am is to let kids go outside and play in the dirt," Goodwin says.
Furchgott's role was in teaching the kids how to document the progress of the garden through photographs, interviews and journals. The effort is expected to be documented in a small publication later this year, partly as a way to promote the collaboration to other schools in the future.
This spring, with Slow Food as the sponsor, Goodwin helped the second-graders at Sanders-Clyde plant the garden, which unfortunately started bearing fruit only after school was out for the summer.
Principal Melvin Middleton welcomed the garden for its educational, aesthetic and morale-boosting benefits.
"More than likely, this is (the students') first experience with a garden because these kids are mostly from the urban area," says Middleton, noting that the timing of it coincided perfectly with an organic garden being planted at the White House, an effort led by first lady Michelle Obama.
Middleton says he hopes a garden will be a part of Sanders-Clyde when it moves into its new school building in January 2010.
Addlestone says the garden is a pilot project and hopes to start similar projects in schools and with other community groups. Each garden, however, costs about $6,000 for supplies and the help of master gardeners.
"I'm very excited about this project," says Addlestone. "It's gone very well and I look forward to doing more."
Supporting Slow Food Charleston
Slow Food Charleston will be holding a Bring-Your-Own-Picnic event 4-8 p.m. Sunday at Thackeray Farms on Wadmalaw Island. The event, a fundraiser for Slow Food's organic garden project, will feature live bluegrass by Ricky Rio of Legare Farms, a pie auction by auctioneer Mitchell Crosby, farm tours with Shawn Thackeray and Rita Bachmann of Rita's Roots, and a book signing by "Southern Farmers Market Cookbook" writer Holly Herrick.The event is $10 for Slow Food members and $20 for nonmembers. Slow Food Charleston's Web site currently is under construction, but those with questions can contact Slow Food Charleston President Carole Addlestone at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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RANGOON — In northern Burma, where the vast majority of the world's jade is produced, mining companies will soon be allowed to resume operations, following a two-year hiatus due to armed conflicts.
The Ministry of Mines announced Tuesday that small- and large-scale miners can return September 1 to the resource-rich Kachin State.
Mining operations were suspended in the state in 2012 due to fighting between the government's military and an ethnic armed group, the Kachin Independence Army (KIA). After the suspension, small-scale miners and hand-pickers moved in illegally to try their luck.
The Ministry of Mines said progress had been made recently in peace talks between the government and the KIA, although a bilateral ceasefire remains elusive.
The decision to resume mining operations follows an annual gems emporium in the capital Naypyidaw, which saw fewer lots of jade than previous years. Even so, jade sales surpassed expectations, reaching about US$3.4 billion, compared with $2.6 billion last year.
Trade in the precious stones is controversial because competing claims over mines helped fuel the war between the military and the KIA.
A senior official from the Myanmar Gems Enterprise, under the Ministry of Mines, said that before 2012, about 700 jade mining companies worked in Kachin State's Hpakant and Lone Khin areas, where most of the jade is sourced.
"Companies whose licenses are still active to explore jade mines can continue their work. Otherwise they need to renew their licenses," the official told The Irrawaddy.
"Due to the government's temporary stop on jade mining, the number of jade lots at the annual emporiums in 2013 and 2014 were smaller. I hope that if they are allowed back, there will be not one but two emporiums next year," he said, adding that the government hoped to sell less raw jade and more value-added jade products in the future.
Khin Lay Myint, vice chairman of the Myanmar Gems and Jewelry Entrepreneurs Association (Mandalay) said she expected the supply of jade to return to normal soon. "We welcome the government's decision to allow jade miners to resume their work," she said.
Daw Khar, a resident and jade dealer in Hpakant, said the return of mining companies could end the illegal exploration by hand-pickers.
"Some residents explored in company-owned mines when the companies stopped working. This was not legal, and they will need to stop doing that," she said.
So who are these mining companies and who owns these jade mines? Chinese and their cronies? I would like to see more transparency in Burma.
Unless natural resources in ethnics' lands are emptied, regime will not allowed people of Myanmar to see real democracy. The reason why this evil regime hangs on power is just for their own greed, never to serve the people. Self determination will never be honored as long as these crooks are on the throne with guns and bullets.
Little by little,Burma's once rocky mountains high that had created jade bonanza in Kachin state now become low year after year.Stripping the rocky mountain with iron crow bars,slamming with 6 pound sledgehammers ,and now drilling machines and excavators to find jade (mineral's name..jadeite) will be seen again.
There will be two emporiums next year,it means it needs a lot of products.No doubt in mind that there will be full throttle excavation with the dreams of finding imperial jade.
Signs of life will be coming back again,the moss grown on the rocks of mine tailings will be disappeared soon by too many foot prints.
Some slightly crazy persons(nuts) might think the same type of jade lode had already jumped to 100 miles north west of the present jade mine,I am sure the people will wander around the area.To know jade's property we need sharp flash light but for miners,greed can be easily seen under the light.


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Reunion 2007
June 1-3
Class of 1972
35th Reunion Celebration
Welcome to the Web site for the Class of 1972!
As we prepare for our 35th Reunion, to be held at Assumption College on June 1, 2 & 3, we would like to share with you what is tentatively planned and some photos. If you have any ideas for the weekend, please contact anyone in the Reunion Committee.
John DiPietro -- Class Agent
Jesse Armell
Neal Burgess
Additional Links:
Registration Form
Schedule of Events
Alumni Award Recipients
Campus Map
Update Directory Information
Alumni Home Page
All Reunion Attendees List
Charlie Demers
Rod Gauvin
Bob Hunter
Bob Vanasse
Paul Verderese
Jim Wesloski
Class Gift -When a class celebrates a reunion, classmates are encouraged to participate in the Reunion Class Gift through a gift to the Annual Fund ! Past donors are encouraged to consider increasing their usual gift and those who have not given in recent years are asked to participate with a gift of any size to increase the participation level. The aim is to present the College with a Reunion Class Gift that reflects the enthusiasm of the class and their affection for Assumption College. Our goal is to raise $25,000 from 40% of our class.
Every gift—no matter what size —counts towards class participation! Reunion gifts may be made on-line by visiting www.assumption.edu.
If you have not made a gift to our reunion class gift, please use the new Online giving option located on the Alumni web page.
Our private, class dinner festivities will be begin with cocktails at 6:00pm on Friday night in Taylor Dining Hall! This will be one of the highlights of our 35th reunion weekend, so please make plans to be here on Friday evening with us.
Class Directories will be mailed to all classmates in early March to help you contact classmates and make plans to attend reunion. Please make sure you mailed back your Data Verification Form so the Class Directory is up to date. Thank you!
Make some Telephone Calls/Send some E-mails! We know no one likes to be the first, but you'd be surprised how easy it is to re-connect. Once you receive your Class Directory – please look up old friends; get your group together; and plan on attending!
Registration Brochures will be mailed to you in April, or you can download, complete, and send to the Alumni Office.
Memories – Send us your favorite memories from 1972 and we'll post them on this site!
Photos – Please send us some photos from our college days. We'll be glad to have them posted.
Professional photographer Tammy Woodard took Reunion photos. If you wish to order and/or view the entire album, just visit Tammy's web site at www.tammywoodardphoto.lifepics.com.
Please check back often for more information about Reunion 2007!
We'll see you in June!


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on May 5, 2013 - 6:12 PM
OLAF FUB SEZ: A favorite from Burma-Shave roadside sign jingle writer Allan G. Odell, born on this date in 1903, "Train wrecks few/ Reason clear/ Fireman/ Never hugs/ Engineer."
Dear Grandchildren
Don't give me a do-dad
To place on a table.
Just give me some time
If at all you are able.
Don't give me a vase
That needs to be polished.
All gifts that need cleaning
Should be abolished.
Just dress up your best
So I can feel proud,
And take me out to eat,
For crying out loud!
– Diana Notaro
NEED A GIFT? – Just in time for Mother's Day, the Kenmore Mercy Hospital Auxiliary is having a sale of gift-giving jewelry items in the hospital atrium today from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Proceeds support the hospital.
BIBLICAL BLOOMS – The WELCA women's group from Nativity Lutheran Church, 970 Main St., East Aurora, will hear an illustrated slide lecture by Bonnie G. Flickinger on "Flowers and Plants of the Bible: Their Meaning and Symbolism," at their Ladies Night Out dinner Wednesday evening. For info and reservations, call Esther Kopp at 652-4984.
MINDFUL MESSAGE – The executive director of the Western New York Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association, Leilani Pelletier, will give a presentation entitled "How Dementia Changes Things" at 6:30 p.m. today in People Inc. Seniors Unlimited, 2635 Delaware Ave.
Pelletier, who has worked in dementia care and geriatrics for more than 20 years, will explain the difference between Alzheimer's, dementia and senility and talk about how dementia affects personality and how to manage daily changes. To attend, call 768-2371.
FULL RECOVERY – The founder of the Resource Training Center, a nonprofit organization that trains people to become state-certified alcohol and substance abuse counselors, will tell her own story about overcoming drug abuse at a Nar-Anon meeting at 7 p.m. today in St. Mary's of Swormville School, 6919 Transit Road, East Amherst. It's free and open to the public.
Donna Mae DePola founded the agency in Brooklyn in 1994 and has seen it expand to four more locations, including one in the Buffalo area. Locally, its headquarters are in the Harlem Road Community Center, 4255 Harlem Road, Amherst, with Monica Farrar as program director. It administers the New York State Drinking Driver Program, which DWI offenders must attend to keep their driver's licenses. For info, call 983-2258.
GET A JOB – Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 22 has been looking for apprentices. To qualify, applicants must be at least 18, live in Western New York, attest that they can physically perform the work, pass a drug screening test and have a New York driver's license and a high school diploma or equivalent.
Applications are available from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month in the Local 22 Training Center, 3651 California Road, Orchard Park. They also can be found at New York State Job Service Centers. For info, call training coordinator George Schalk at 662-5752.
TACKLING A NEED – Buffalo Bills linebacker Arthur Moats has stepped up to help a Buffalo family that lost everything in a fire last month. With a generous donation to the American Red Cross Serving Erie & Niagara Counties, he has provided toys for the children, computers for school, furniture and other items. He delivered some of the items personally at a private dinner in Red Cross headquarters last week.
"We are so thankful that Arthur Moats has decided to help this family," said Red Cross regional executive director Nancy Blaschak. "I hope this community will follow his example and make a donation to support us as we help the hundreds of other Western New York families who suffer a similar disaster each year."
Last year, the Red Cross provided free assistance to 1,046 people in Erie and Niagara counties after fires or other disasters. To help, visit www.redcross.org, call toll-free (800) REDCROSS or text the word REDCROSS to 90999 to charge a $10 donation to a cellphone bill.
REUNION ALERT – The Lockport Senior High School Class of 1983 has planned a 30th reunion weekend July 19 and 20. It begins at 6 p.m. July 19 with a pre-reunion party at Lockport Country Club and continues at 1 p.m. July 20 with a tour of the school and the reunion itself at 6:30 p.m. in Davison Road Inn, 383 Davison Road, Lockport. For info, visit the class Facebook page or email email@example.com.
The Class of 1963 at Frontier Central High School is planning its 50th reunion on Aug. 16 at the Brierwood Country Club in Hamburg. For info, visit the website at www.alumniclass.com/frontierhsny.
The Trott High School Class of 1958 will hold its 55-year reunion on the weekend of Aug. 24 and 25. The reunion dinner will be from 6 p.m. to midnight Aug. 24 in Frontier Fire Hall, 2176 Liberty Drive, Wheatfield. Tickets are $35. A reunion breakfast the next day will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Four Points by Sheraton, 7001 Buffalo Ave., Niagara Falls. Tickets are $17. For info, call Nancy Piegnet Joseph at 297-3964 or John Loss at 773-9781.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY – Trent Dickinson, Ryan Page, Larry Norton, Tom Stelmach, Nick Sikorski, Alexandra Kuhns, Phil Jarosz. Shannon Burke Krukowski, Chris Pawlak, Bryan Staddon, Cindi Edington, Collin Nielsen, Kathy Cieslik, Glenn Stewart, Jerome Okonzak, Wally Napierala, Raelyn Tiberio and Kimberly Everett.
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Hi everyone! I have an appointment with a rheumatologist in August. This will be my first appointment with them, and I was wondering what I should expect. I've never really been to a doctor for pain issues before.My general practitioner did some xrays of me and says, from what she can tell, I have osteoarthritis in my knees and shoulders. Also, every one of my disks in my back are...
I got into a car accident in 2013 ever sense my knee has not been the same. I have chrondromalacia patella and arthritis.This has really ruined my life I have had to quit jobs and I became addicted to perocet because of it.I'm now clean and take a high dose of ibprofen.My knee also grinds and I feel like I have to pop it to get relief.Does anyone have any suggestions for the pain?
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i have Arthritis in my neck, ive been told by the doctor that i have to keep doing neck exercises or my neck will stiff up. Im worried that it will get worse when im older. Just wondering if there is a cure for it.
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I have arthritis in the base of my thumbs for several years now (am 57). I have tried everything to make it better, spending a couple hundred a month on supplements and then physio too but nothing has helped. Now the doctor is suggesting surgery if these last cortisone shots don't work or when they wear off.I have been on disability for three years for numerous reasons. My job heavily involves...
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Adam Mortara : Courses and Seminars
Federal Habeas Corpus
We will cover the history of the Great Writ and the evolution of the scope of federal habeas corpus review and relief; the Suspension Clause; habeas review in capital cases including stays of execution; alternatives to habeas review; state post-conviction proceedings; and jurisdictional issues in both the trial and appellate courts. There will be an emphasis on habeas review under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, which will be particularly helpful for students taking federal judicial clerkships. Students' grades are based on in-class examination and participation, and a short research paper (if the 3 credit option is chosen). Students who have completed Criminal Procedure III (LAWS 49701) may not register for this class.
Autumn 2015
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Federal Courts
This course covers the role of the federal courts in the federal system. Topics will include the jurisdiction of the federal courts, Congress's power over those courts, litigation against federal and state governments and their officials, and the relationships between federal and state courts. There are no prerequisites. The student's grade is based on class participation and a final in-class examination.
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Consumer Reviews
My low miles 128 i
by ferdi from NC from NC | July 21, 2014
I got the car mainly because it had very low miles, about 9000, it is certified, and it was a good value. I also own a 2008 328 I, and there are some noticeable differences between the two vehicles. Of course, the 328i sedan is roomier, but I knew that from the start. No issue there. What I found out, is that first of all the quality and fit and finish of the interior are of lower quality in the 128i. Ok, that is fine, too, the 128i being a cheaper car from the start. What is surprising is the difference in engine and handling. They are both supposed to have the same engine, but as the 128i has a nicer start up sound, and slightly better acceleration at lower end rpm's, (no lag so noticeable in the 328i), the 328i (with sport package - and there is quite a difference between 328i's with and those without sport package) has overall better acceleration. Put both cars in a drag race, the 328i albeit heavier and with the same kind of engine and horsepower will smoke the 128i. (Both cars, like I said, are equipped with sport package, 128i actually has M sport package.) Is this due to the understatement of horsepower by BMW in their best selling car? Maybe... Second, with the same kind of engine again, the 328i, heavier, gets better mileage. 26 combined, vs 24 for the 128. (Come on, the 128 does not drop to 14 like some reviewer said...). And finally, handling, they're pretty close, but even with the M sport package, my 2012 128i is not as tight as my sport package 328i. This latter is very tight, to the point that at lower speeds, it feels like a work out to steer the car, but I love that steering when you actually drive the car fast through corners. There, it handles much better and more securely than the 128i. So, again, if you're looking for a compact, sports car, with lots of pep and good handling, and also with good gas mileage, then you might feel let down with the 128.
Purchased a new car
Uses car for Commuting
Does not recommend this car
by my first BMW ! from Vienna, Va. | April 29, 2014
bought my 2012 BMW 128i about a year ago .... love the exterior "compact", "smart" styling which looks awesome from every angle. extremely fun car to drive ... tight handling, whisper quick acceleration, and i get 30+MPG on long highway travel. almost 13,000 miles on it and no mechanical issues at all . i plan to have this one for a long time!
Purchased a new car
Uses car for Just getting around
Does recommend this car
A no go for me
by pam from dallas | December 22, 2012
We got the 128 after a 2008 135. Wow, what a difference! The 128 gets terrible gas mileage (20 vs 26 for the 135) and it has dog performance with regard to handling and acceleration. I wish I had driven the car before ordering it because it would have been a no go. I never knew a 50 year old women could be a performance snob.
Purchased a new car
Uses car for Just getting around
Does not recommend this car
Thouroughly Enjoying My 128i Coupe
by Dick from Scaumburg, IL | June 14, 2012
I bought a 2010 dealer executive driven Coupe and could not be happier. Pick-up is excellent, as are braking power and handling. My first BMW. I'm a little suprised at reviews that berate gas mileage, as I get 25 MPG in my combo highway and suburban driving, about 250 miles per week for my first year of ownership. Ride is good, but the leather bucket seat is a litte stiff - but that's pretty minor. 6-speed Steptroniic is smooth....in fact....so is the whole car!
Purchased a new car
Uses car for Commuting
Does recommend this car
Great car, gas mileage sucks
by Hipster City Girl from | August 14, 2011
This is a fun car to drive, sporty looking, powerful, etc. It would be wonderful if BMW could also figure out the magical formula of making a high-performance car with some sort of fuel efficiency. After 2 months of driving this car, both city and highway, it only averages 14mpg.
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The Sixth Annual Awards for the Year's Worst Reporting
The I Am Woman Award (for Hillary Rodham Hero Worshipping)
"As the icon of American womanhood, she is the medium through which the remaining anxieties over feminism are being played out....Perhaps in addition to the other items on her agenda, Hillary Rodham Clinton will define for women that magical spot where the important work of the world and love and children and an inner life all come together. Like Ginger Rogers, she will do everything her partner does, only backward and in high heels, and with what was missing in [Lee] Atwater – a lot of heart."
– Time White House correspondent Margaret Carlson, May 10.
"I saw a Hillary Clinton that I'd never seen before. She was funny, charming, sexy – yes, gang, sexy. We are both Scorpios, which tells you a lot. She's informal – called me 'Larry' and told me to call her by her first name...Meanwhile, she's earned the respect of everyone (except the wackos) with her handling of the health care issue. Indeed, she has gotten everyone (except the wackos) to agree that we need health care for everyone. This is a very formidable idea, ladies and gentlemen."
CNN/Mutual Broadcasting talk show host Larry King on his October 2
interview with the First Lady. October 4 USA Today column.
"She's ecumenical but prefers Italian and Mexican. The President fixes her eggs with jalapeño peppers on the weekends. One Christmas she served black beans and chili as part of a buffet. She carries Tabasco sauce wherever she goes....Valentine's Day at the Red Sage restaurant. Even at a romantic outing, the President can be the date from hell, talking to everyone but the girl he brung....Finally alone, they have 'painted soup' and the lamb baked in herbed bread. They exchange gifts and touch each other more in two hours than the Bushes did in four years."
Time reporter Margaret Carlson in the June Vanity Fair.
"In the midst of redesigning America's health care system and replacing Madonna as our leading cult figure, the new First Lady has already begun working on her next project, far more metaphysical and uplifting... She is both impersonal and poignant, with much more depth, intellect and spirituality than we are used to in a politician...She has goals, but they appear to be so huge and far off – grand and noble things twinkling in the distance – that it's hard to see what she sees."
– Washington
Post's Martha Sherrill, May 4.
"You've been working hard already to introduce this plan to people, sell this plan to people. Are you having any fun with this or is it all just hard work? It looks to be very hard work."
"I hear you talking, and as I have before on this subject, I don't know of anybody, friend or foe, who isn't impressed by your grasp of the details of this plan. I'm not surprised because you have been working on it so long and listened to so many people..."
– Dan Rather to Hillary Clinton, after Sept. 22 health speech.
Courage to Change Award (for Presidential Puffery)
"If we could be one-hundredth as great as you and Hillary Rodham Clinton have been in the White House, we'd take it right now and walk away winners...Thank you very much and tell Mrs. Clinton we respect her and we're pulling for her."
– Dan Rather at a May 27 CBS affiliates meeting talking via satellite to President Clinton about his new on-air partnership with Connie Chung.
"Clinton's campaign, conducted with dignity, with earnest attention to issues and with an impressive display of self-possession under fire, served to rehabilitate and restore the legitimacy of American politics and thus, prospectively, of government itself. He vindicated (at least for a while) the honor of a system that has been sinking fast. A victory by George Bush would, among other things, have given a two-victory presidential validation (1988 and 1992) to hot-button, mad-dog politics – campaigning on irrelevant or inflammatory issues (Willie Horton, the flag, the Pledge of Allegiance, Murphy Brown's out-of-wedlock nonexistent child) or dirty tricks and innuendo (searching passport files, implying that Clinton was tied up with the KGB as a student)."
Time Senior Writer Lance Morrow in Man of the Year cover story, Jan. 4
"There's no doubting that the nation is about to be led by its first sensitive male chief executive. He's the first President to have attended both Lamaze classes and family therapy (as part of his brother's drug rehabilitation). He can speak in the rhythms and rhetoric of pop psychology and self-actualization. He can search for the inner self while seeking connectedness with the greater whole."
Newsweek Washington reporter Howard Fineman, January 25 news story.
"Without running the risk of being considered 'touchy-feely,' Clinton is known as a hugger of men and women. Simple handshakes aren't enough for this man whose theme song easily could be borrowed from the cotton industry's 'the touch, the feel, the fabric of our lives'....What one does with hands, lips, arms, trunks, and legs carries far more weight that a barrage of insults, eloquent speeches, or sweet poetry whispered in the ear. The problem is that many of us, unlike Clinton, have lost touch with touch."
– "Style Plus" article in the December 14, 1992
Washington Post.
"[Clinton] pointed out the Andrew Jackson magnolia tree. He's a very good historian. Harry, I think if you had been in the room, any viewer-listener who had been in that room, would have been impressed with the breadth of his knowledge. I mean he talked about the Oscars. He talked very knowingly about Clint Eastwood and his new movie Unforgiven, Jack Nicholson's role in A Few Good Men, and then switched very quickly to a knowledgeable analysis of Arkansas's chances against North Carolina in the big basketball game tomorrow night."
– Dan Rather to CBS This Morning's Harry Smith, after March 25
Clinton interview.
The Gordon Gekko Greed is Good Award (for '80s Hate)
"In the plague years of the 1980s – that low decade of denial, indifference, hostility, opportunism, and idiocy – government fiddled, medicine diddled, and the media were silent or hysterical. A gerontocratic Ronald Reagan took this [AIDS] plague less seriously than Gerald Ford had taken swine flu. After all, he didn't need the ghettos and he didn't want the gays."
– CBS Sunday Morning TV critic John Leonard, Sept. 5.
"Florio will win substantially. Whitman's offer of a 30 percent tax cut, she lost all credibility. Last year's hustle doesn't work. Supply-side economics is dead."
Newsweek's Eleanor Clift, Oct.16 McLaughlin Group.
"In the greedy excesses of the Reagan years, the mean income of the average physician nearly doubled, from $88,000 to $170,000. Was that warranted?"
– Bryant Gumbel to Dr. Richard Corlin of the American
Medical Association, March 31 Today.
"[Christie] Whitman tried a Ronald Reagan rerun and proposed a 30 percent tax cut. The lost revenue could be made up by cost-saving devices, such as no longer giving free Adidas sneakers to prison inmates. A decade after Reagan, New Jersey's voters aren't buying government by apocryphal anecdote."
Eleanor Clift before Whitman won New Jersey gubernatorial race,
October 25 Newsweek story.
Damn Those Conservatives Award
"Then you've got Bill Bennett out there, who is kind of a Torquemada...Bill Bennett is basically a schismatic heretic practicing his own contrived lunatic version of the Latin Mass in the basement. That's what Buchanan is doing, only with Confederate flags flying. You have Phil Gramm from Texas, an incredibly mean-spirited right-wing character backed by big-oil money. He is the kind of perverse version of Lyndon Johnson whittled down to his vices and exaggerated. Then you have Bob Dole: when he's most sardonic and cruel is when he's most sincere. I think that's the Republican Party right now."
– New Yorker Washington reporter and former Washington Post reporter Sidney Blumenthal in The Boston Phoenix, April 16.
"The President permitted Buchanan, the man who tried to destroy him, to speak at the Houston convention during prime time. Buchanan delivered a snarling, bigoted attack on minorities, gays and his other enemies in what he called the 'cultural war' and 'religious war' in America. Buchanan's ugly speech, along with another narrow, sectarian performance by Pat Robertson, set the tone of right-wing intolerance that drove moderate Republicans and Reagan Democrats away from the President's cause in November. If Houston represented the Republican Party, many voters said, they wanted out."
– Time Senior Writer Lance Morrow in the Man of the Year cover
story, January 4.
"Bob Michel is a great guy but his time was up. He was a moderate, and it's the unmoderates who control the House Republicans, that is, the Newt Gingriches of the world, the firebomb throwers: burn this village in order to save it, destroy the House in order to try to elect Republicans, have term limitations....Bomb throwers don't believe in civility, bomb throwers believe in throwing bombs...opposing every principle of the other party simply for partisan opposition."
– Sam Donaldson on This Week with David Brinkley, October
"If you look at the people who served on that [Republican] platform committee, they were a group of the most intolerant human beings that could ever be collected."
– Newsweek Washington reporter
Eleanor Clift on the 1992 GOP platform, at a University of Pennsylvania
forum broadcast by C-SPAN, Dec. 4, 1992.
Good Morning Morons Award
"Harry, I don't want to take away from the severity of what you two were talking about, but please pass along to Dan he looks great in his jeans today."
– CBS This Morning co-host Paula Zahn to Dan Rather as he reported live from Wilmington, NC as Hurricane Emily approached, August 30.
"You claim the debt problem actually began with Lyndon Johnson...But he was fighting the Vietnam War and that was most of his problem?...So he had a good reason."
"...I'm not sure there's a grade low enough for this next one: Ronald Reagan. He spoke regularly of balancing the budget, but he broke the bank. In return for his own personal popularity he spent eight years in office and ran up $1.34 trillion in deficits....It's early yet, but for at least trying to address the deficit in a more serious fashion than anybody in 12 years, what kind of early marks do you give Bill Clinton?"
– Bryant
Gumbel's interview with Bankruptcy 1995 co-author Dr. Gerald Swanson,
March 17 Today.
"The Reagan Administration used to boast they created a lot of jobs. Most of those were menial jobs that were quickly dissipated by a quadrupled budget deficit. How do you suggest we make more high-paying jobs?"
– Bryant Gumbel to economist Irwin Kellner,
June 2 Today.
"Is the problem that the laws are ineffective, or the laws can't be carried out because the bureau, like every other, is understaffed, underfunded, a victim of the Reagan cutbacks?"
– Bryant
Gumbel to Tom Brokaw about the Immigration and Naturalization Service,
March 26 Today.
"As we have seen in the past, during Reagan-Bush administration days, when huge slashes went through, when entire programs were dismantled, and what ends up being left sometimes in its wake is this sort of vacuum and chaos and even more problems than were there to begin with."
– CBS This Morning co-host Harry Smith responding
to Pat Buchanan's criticism of the "Reinventing Government" report,
September 8.
I Still Hate Ronald Reagan Award
"I don't shield my politics in this book, as I do in much of my journalism, as I've been disciplined to do. The Reagan years oppressed me because of the callousness and the greed and the hard-hearted attitude toward people who have very little in this society, so all of that came together at around age 40 for me."
– New York Times editorial page editor and former Washington bureau chief Howell Raines in an interview discussing his book Fly Fishing Through the Midlife Crisis, on the PBS talk show Charlie Rose, November 17.
"Reagan got his taxation program through, which was to cut taxes to the bone. Mr. Clinton's going to get his program through, which is to raise taxes to the sky. And let us hope, Cokie, that it doesn't turn out to have a similar fate. What Reagan did was destroy the economy!"
– Sam
Donaldson on This Week with David Brinkley, March 28.
"For members of Ronald Reagan's Administration, the metamorphosis has been traumatic. Just a few years ago, they commanded Washington. They were privy and powerful, setting the country's intellectual and moral compass. Their mission was called noble. But after they left, their crusade was rejected, their ideology repudiated much as the Russians have repudiated communism. They were accused of making greed into the country's unofficial religion. Their fall was far and fast and the crash was painful."
– Opening of New York Times reporter Lindsey
Gruson's news story on conference of former Reagan officials, April 25.
What's the Frequency Award (for Ratherisms)
Dan Rather: "Some days I say 'Why is he [Clinton] doing that?' or 'Gosh, can he do it a little better?' But it may be time to, sort of as you say, chill. We know when it comes to politics and governing, whatever you think of this President, whether you voted for him or not, he can hang – which is to say he can do it...."
Arsenio Hall: "See! See! Dan is deep, ain't he? Dan in the Hood!...I thank you for being here. You're a special guy. And I hope whatever you have is contagious."
– Exchange from The Arsenio Hall Show, January 28.
"Mr. Clinton was about as relaxed as a pound of liver."
– Dan Rather
referring to his earlier interview with Clinton, January 20 CBS This
"Well, in Texas they have a saying: 'That's a good way for Momma to drive a Cadillac,' which is a way of saying that if you play with one of these things, particularly if you are in a low-water area. I would say, Harry, this morning there must be lot of people who are in that let's-have-another-cup-of-coffee-and-not-worry-about-it stage. And I agree with that. That's the stage to be in."
– Dan Rather
with CBS This Morning co-host Harry Smith, as Hurricane Emily approached
on August 30.
"If an American inauguration can't bring a lump to your throat and a tear to your eye, if you don't feel as corny as Kansas in August, maybe you need a jump-start and some vitamins."
– Dan
Rather during inauguration coverage, January 20.
The White Men Can Go Jump Award (for Victimology)
"If I'm a young black man in South Central L.A., where poverty is rampant and unemployment is skyrocketing, I see that Washington's promises of a year ago have gone unfulfilled, I see that perhaps for a second time, the court's inability to mete out justice in a blind fashion, why shouldn't I vent my anger?"
– Bryant Gumbel to Rep. Maxine Waters, April 15 Today.
"One of the fires was started by a homeless man trying to keep warm. It represents the strains in our society, from neglect to the nihilism, the 'burn, baby' nihilism of people who actually go and start fires like this."
– Newsweek reporter
Eleanor Clift on who started the California fires, October 30 McLaughlin
"Like the country club that bars women from the golf course, where many deals are made, the game of softball can act as another barrier, another means of excluding women from the corporate inner circle."
– USA Today reporter Julia Lawlor, June 1 "Life" section
"When rioting, looting, and arson erupted last spring, it wasn't just anger over the Rodney King verdict, it was an explosion of rage over years of social and economic neglect, poor schools, violent streets, joblessness, poverty, and no hope. Has anything changed? Quite honestly, very little has."
– CNN reporter Greg Lamotte, March 22
World News news story.
The Henry Luce Would Roll Over In His Grave Award
"The real story is the proposed gas tax is far too low...There's only one problem with the 4.3 cents-per-gal. gas tax the Senate has proposed: it's too little...Where it says 4.3 cents, they should add two words: a year. And maybe a third word: forever. For decades, we'd still be paying vastly less for gas than our competitors (in Europe and Asia, gas goes for nearly $4 per gal.). For decades, the hike in the tax would be more or less canceled out by available improvements in fuel efficiency – so it would cost no more to drive a mile."
– Time "Money Angles" columnist Andrew Tobias, July 26 issue. (Italics his)
"So Clinton is right to back off his plan for a middle-class tax cut and right again to 'revisit' the proposal to increase gasoline taxes, regressive levies he routinely dismissed as unfair during the campaign."
– Time Chief Political Correspondent Michael Kramer, January 25.
"We need to raise taxes...As for gasoline – which costs about $3.75 per gal. throughout Europe – Ross Perot was right. Phase in a 50-cent tax over five years, and you raise $50 billion a year."
– Time "Money
Angles" columnist Andrew Tobias, January 25.
"When Clinton's 'Climate Change Action Plan' finally debuted last week, environmentalists could muster only faint praise....There are two major omissions: the plan does nothing to raise auto fuel-economy standards, and it contains no energy-tax hikes to boost conservation."
– Time
Associate Editor Michael D. Lemonick, November 1.
Media Hero Award
"What do you do for an encore after ending the Cold War and reversing the arms race? How about saving the planet? That's the latest assignment for Mikhail Gorbachev, having assumed the presidency of the International Green Cross, a new environmental organization...."
– Time's "The Week" section, May 3.
"She restores a tradition of excellence at the Department of Health and Human Services. That agency has been headed by some of America's truly great human beings: Joe Califano, Pat Harris, and now Donna Shalala. She is an academic who is connected with the real needs of people. When it comes to being an effective advocate for those who have no voice, she has few equals, perhaps only one – the other half of the dynamic duo here in Washington, that is the duo of Donna Shalala and Hillary Rodham Clinton."
health reporter George Strait introducing Shalala to the National
Minority AIDS Council on C-SPAN, Apr. 22.
"In that instant, [Janet] Reno, who had already pretty much captivated Washington with one gutsy performance after another, achieved full-fledged folk-hero status....She was cheered on both sides of the aisle in Congress and in her own Justice Department, where a succession of 25-watt, responsibility-ducking Attorneys General had left morale lower than – well, lower than an alligator's belly."
– Time contributing editor and
former Washington Bureau Chief Stanley Cloud, May 10.
"Just last night on television I saw your opponent for Governor complaining about your record, saying how you had raised taxes, how it had cost 300,000 jobs. Are you afraid your politically courageous moves are in fact going to cost you the election?"
– Today co-host Katie Couric to N.J. Gov.
Jim Florio, May 24.
The "Enhanced Contribution" and "Investment" Award
"Forty-five minutes into budget director Leon Panetta's briefing on the economy, it was clear that something was missing. After 12 years of Ronald Reagan's voodoo economics and George Bush's low-fat, decaffeinated, nondairy, sodium-free imitation voodoo economics, there was suddenly no ideology in the federal budget. Panetta talked like a cheerful, no-nonsense accountant trying to balance the books the hard way – honestly."
– New York Daily News Washington Bureau Chief Lars-Erik Nelson, March 15 column.
"Doesn't Clinton deserve some credit here for beginning to tackle the problem of getting people to pay taxes? I mean, for 12 years in this country, it's become patriotic not to pay taxes, to avoid paying taxes. And Clinton at least is trying to turn that around. Why isn't he getting more credit for that?"
– Washington Post columnist and chief foreign correspondent Jim
Hoagland on Washington Week in Review, June 18.
"Clinton has at least faced the facts squarely, which is more than his immediate predecessors ever did, and he is forthrightly taking the heat for the tax increases that serious deficit reduction demands. Simply to move the debate from whether the deficit should be tackled to how the red ink should be stemmed is the definition of courage in modern American politics. So give him that....Clinton's economic plan deserves to be known as a new New Deal, and Congress should pass it quickly."
– Time
Chief Political Correspondent Michael Kramer, March 1 issue.
"It's one for one [tax hikes to spending cuts] and it's gutsier than any Republican President has done in 12 years of feel-goodism. This is going to be politically courageous and you're going to hear a lot of screaming."
– Newsweek reporter Eleanor Clift on The McLaughlin Group,
February 13.
"I think regardless of what you think of the specifics of the program, the President deserved great, great credit for having the courage to come forward with a plan to deal responsibly with the deficit. Yes, there are flaws....But I think that Bill Clinton really set the nation on a new course last night in trying to deal responsibly with our problems, and make the tough choices."
– NBC's
Lisa Myers on Today, February 18.
The Bernie Sanders Socialist Disneyland Award (for Sweden Envy)
"The free market. While the government helped build the trains and the roads to help bring the United States into the 20th century, the economic philosophy of this country has been laissez-faire. Germany and Japan, on the other hand, give industry broad government support. The Japanese government invests 58 percent more than the United States [government] in civilian research and development, Germany 42 percent. But American business has always fought a government-guided industrial strategy. They called it socialism. Now many are calling it 21st century economics."
– Walter Cronkite on The Cronkite Report: Help Unwanted on The Discovery Channel, May 28.
"There is no mystery in how [the deficit] can be brought down...the U.S. simply has to choose from a menu of unpalatable options that include deeper cuts in defense spending, tougher controls on medical services, higher taxes on federal pensions, and a broad-based tax on energy or consumption, preferrably both. We know how to do this. Impose measures already commonplace in other industrialized countries. The weapons are there. It's the will to use them that's the problem."
– NBC commentator
John Chancellor, February 16 Nightly News.
"Here in France, they have created a child care system that would amaze most Americans. Every child in this country, from the richest family down to the poorest, gets a chance at the same high standard of day care, preschool, and health care. Not only is it free, or at low cost to everyone, but the quality is better than what most youngsters get in the United States....Next fall, Benjamin will be able to leave the [government nursery] and move on to the next stage of the French government's child care system, the école maternelle, or preschool, which is totally free....There's one in virtually every neighborhood in the country, and almost every single three-to five-year-old French child goes all day – for free."
– CBS reporter Harold Dow on Street
Stories, July 2.
Award for the Silliest Analysis
"Add to this visual pop lexicon the newest hip eye-opener: cross-dressing. As if to punctuate the end of the socially stagnant Reagan era, a parade of drag images is now crossing screens big and small, mostly men bedecked in wigs, lipstick, and scarfs to hide their protruding Adam's apples....Along with symbolizing self-empowerment, cross-dressers also can remind us that sex roles and costumes are fictional. Men wear pants because American society tells them to."
– Boston Globe writer Matthew Gilbert, March 21 "Focus" section story.
"Many GIs recognized homosexual leanings for the first time in the all-male surroundings.... There is, in fact, an undercurrent of homoerotic tension in the shared latrines, shower rooms, and sleeping quarters of barracks life....The military exalts masculinity in ways that are frankly or implicitly sexual. A form-fitting dress uniform can make a leatherneck look like a peacock."
– Newsweek Senior Writer David
Gelman, July 26.
"For infant mortality, America couldn't do much worse. Excluding white newborns, America ranks 70th in the world, roughly the same as Mongolia."
– CBS health reporter Dr. Bob Arnot,
April 13 Evening News.
"All I can tell you is that the football coach at the University of Wisconsin didn't want her to leave – I don't think she's any lefty."
– Wall Street Journal Washington Bureau Chief
Al Hunt defending HHS nominee Donna Shalala on CNN's Capital Gang,
December 12.
Dr. Kevorkian Award for Health Reporting
"But Hillary was smart to rip their heads off....After all, she's right substantively: the [health insurance] industry has 'brought us to the brink of bankruptcy,' it does 'like being able to exclude people from coverage, because the more they exclude, the more money they can make.' No other industrialized country puts up with useless paper shufflers taking such a large cut of their health budgets...And she's right tactically: if health-care reform is to live, the companies backing Harry and Louise must die. If 90 percent of those 1,500 insurers don't die – if someone lifts the DO NOT RESUSCITATE sign off them – then the entire reform contraption will collapse."
– Newsweek media critic Jonathan Alter on insurance industry's "Harry & Louise" ads, Nov. 15.
"The Clinton plan is surprisingly persuasive in supporting the longtime claim of the Clintons, and their top health care strategist, Ira Magaziner, that reform can be almost entirely from savings, without broad-based new taxes and with enough left over to reduce the federal budget deficit."
– Time Washington Bureau Chief Dan
Goodgame, September 20.
"White House officials said today the plan will require almost no new taxes. Most of the funding will come from employers who will be required to pay into a state system."
reporter Linda Douglass, September 1 Evening News.
"Woven through the 1,300-page health plan is a liberal's passion to help the needy, a conservative's faith in free markets, and a politician's focus on the middle class."
– Washington Post reporters Steven Pearlstein and Dana
Priest, October 28.
Which Way Is It?
U.S. Captive Says He's Well Treated
Somalis Provide Daily Medical Care
– Washington Post, October 9
US captive tells of being dragged through streets
– Boston Globe, same day
Bush Makes Public Iran-Contra Diary
Entries Suggest He Did Not Know Details of Scandal
– New York Times, January 16
Diary Says Bush Knew 'Details' of Iran Arms Deal
– Washington Post, same day
Dumbest Quote of the Year
"Corporations pay public relations firms millions of dollars to contrive the kind of grass-roots response that Falwell or Pat Robertson can galvanize in a televised sermon. Their followers are largely poor, uneducated, and easy to command."
– Washington Post reporter Michael Weisskopf, February 1 news story.
"Clinton is giving the best evidence yet of his approach to leadership. It's about understanding, not threats; accommodation, not confrontation; about getting people (or at least Democrats) to sing the same song. The style is reminiscent of another patient, nonjudgmental figure given to hugging in public: Barney the Dinosaur."
– Newsweek reporters Howard
Fineman and Eleanor Clift, August 9.
"If either of the two [Madonna or Michael Jackson] is the logical heir to Marilyn Monroe, it is clearly Michael Jackson, who is the more bruised and authentically vulnerable of the two....Not only is he black and white, male and female, but also young and old, hip and square, the crotch-grabbing self-appointed guardian of the world's children."
– MacNeil-Lehrer
NewsHour essayist Anne Taylor Fleming, April 7.
"Roger [Clinton]'s life is in some ways the story of any younger sibling clobbered by the spectacular success of the one who came before. The presidential brother syndrome. If your brother is Christ, you have a choice: become a disciple, or become an anti-christ, or find yourself caught somewhere between the two."
– Washington Post reporter Laura Blumenfeld, January 24 "Style" section story.
Post-Balloting Entry for Dumbest Question of the Year
Reporter Nina Totenberg: "Have you ever cried over these cases?"
Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun: "Have I ever what?"
Totenberg: "Have you ever cried over them?"
Blackmun: "No."
– Exchange about capital punishment cases on ABC's Nightline, November 18.
– Andrew Gabron, Mark Honig, Kristin Johnson, Steve Kaminski, Mark Rogers; Media Analysts
1993 Award Judges
Ray Archer, Arizona Republic editorial writer
Brent Baker, Editor of MediaWatch & Notable Quotables
Mark Belling, talk show host, WISN Radio, Milwaukee
Tom Bethell, Washington Editor of The American Spectator
L. Brent Bozell III, Chairman, the Media Research Center
David Brudnoy, talk show host, WBZ Radio and commentator for WBZ-TV in Boston
Priscilla Buckley, Senior Editor of National Review
John Corry, former New York Times television critic; American Spectator "Presswatch" columnist
Sandy Crawford, Editor of TV, etc.
Mark Davis, talk show host, WWRC Radio, Washington, DC
Midge Decter, author
Jim Eason, talk show host, KGO in San Francisco
Don Feder, Boston Herald writer and syndicated columnist
Tim Graham, Editor of Notable Quotables
Charlton Heston, actor
Les Jameson, talk show host, WLAC in Nashville
Cliff Kincaid, columnist and commentator
John Leonard, talk show host, WWCN Radio, N. Ft. Myers
Marlin Maddoux, talk show host, USA Radio Network
Bob Madigan, talk show host, WWRC Radio, Washington, DC
Patrick McGuigan, Chief editorial writer, Daily Oklahoman
William Murchison, Dallas Morning News & syndicated columnist
Kate O'Beirne, Heritage Foundation Vice President for government relations & panelist, PBS' To the Contrary
Marvin Olasky, Associate Professor of Journalism, U. of Texas
Joseph Perkins, San Diego Union-Tribune and syndicated columnist
Burton Yale Pines, Senior Fellow, MRC's Free Enterprise & the Media Institute; VP of National Empowerment Television
Mike Pintek, talk show host, KDKA in Pittsburgh
Wladyslaw Pleszczynski, Managing Editor of The American Spectator
Mike Rosen, talk show host, KOA Denver Post columnist
William Rusher, Senior Fellow, Claremont Institute and syndicated columnist
Marc Ryan, editorial writer, Waterbury [CT] Republican-American
Ted J. Smith III, Associate professor of Mass Communication at Virginia Commonwealth U.
Philip Terzian, Associate Editor & columnist, Providence Journal
Cal Thomas, syndicated columnist
R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr., Editor-in-Chief of The American Spectator
Dick Williams, Atlanta Journal columnist
Walter Williams, Economic professor, George Mason U. and syndicated columnist
Brian Wilson, talk show host, WWRC Radio, Washington D.C.
Thomas Winter, Editor of Human Events


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The league and players will negotiate, sort of, today in New York City. It really will be more of a lawyer battle because of the lawsuits and disclaimer of interest stuff filed by the entity formerly known as the NBPA, but the fact there will be talking is an encouraging sign.
John Hollinger with player profiles for the Thunder: "While Westbrook is a magnet for criticism and Rose appears immune, their games are actually quite similar. Westbrook makes more turnovers but earns them back with more rebounds. In terms of shooting and passing they're extremely similar. In fact, Westbrook's PER (23.63) and Rose's (23.62) couldn't be closer. The difference is that, aesthetically, Westbrook leaves a lot more to be desired. The end result may be the same, but Westbrook's mistakes are more visibly frustrating — his shot selection is questionable, he has no in-between game (he was the third-worst shooter in the league from 3 to 9 feet, at just 26.6 percent), and his game comes across as more selfish. If he fixes these shortcomings he's first-team all-world, but last May was pretty rough on the eyes."
J.A. Adande says this season is most important for Russell Westbrook: "Just like his 2010-11 season was the most important for the Thunder. They needed him to join Kevin Durant as an All-Star-caliber player and he did so, but Westbrook's decision-making in the playoffs left a lot to be desired. If he can figure out when to shoot and when to pass, the Thunder will get even more dangerous."
Great piece from Anna Katherine Clemmons of ESPN.com on Byron Mullens playing prison ball: "With two armed guards by his side, Byron Mullens walks with several friends toward the inner perimeter fence, the two feet of barbed wire curls running along the top glistening in the sunlight. They have already handed over their cell phones and keys, gone through a metal detector, signed in the log book and walked through a series of locked doors that won't open until the previous one is shut. Now Mullens and crew must go through another round of security, pausing as they get to the gate and holding up a badge."
Howard Bryant of ESPN.com: "Instead of the empty rhetoric of "nuclear winters" and the socialism of salary caps and "guaranteed profits," owners such as Mark Cuban should pave the road to reform with more capitalism. If Milwaukee, Minnesota, New Orleans and Charlotte can't make it, they should close their doors, just like every other failed business in America. You can't blame the players for that."
KD is returning to Seattle. For a charity game.


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Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Alternative forms[edit]
From Middle English, from Old French relique, from Latin reliquiae ("remains, relics"), from relinquō ("I leave behind, abandon, relinquish"), from re- + linquō ("I leave, quit, forsake, depart from").
relic (plural relics)
- That which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion.
- Something old and outdated, possibly kept for sentimental reasons.
- 1991, U.S. News & World Report (volume 116, issues 9-16, page 72)
- Published in 1982, the now out-of-print computer guide is a real relic, full of dozens of black-and-white pictures of large, bulky computers that you would sooner find in the Smithsonian than on anybody's desk today.
- 1991, U.S. News & World Report (volume 116, issues 9-16, page 72)
- (religion) A part of the body of a saint, or an ancient religious object, kept for veneration.
Usage notes[edit]
By comparison with synonyms, relic emphasizes age, and to some degree value – a "relic of a lost civilization".
- (that which remains): remnant, remainder, residue, lave
- (that which is regarded as ancient, rare, or sacred): halidom
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
that which remains
old thing, possibly kept for sentimental reasons
part of a body or an object of religious significance
External links[edit]
- relic in Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- relic in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- relic at OneLook Dictionary Search


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Dukes take home two medals from Atlantic 10 Championship
May 7, 2012
On Saturday, May 5th the Duquesne women rowers were in Cherry Hill, NJ competing in the Atlantic-10 Championship. The Dukes had six boats race and came away with two medals.
In the women's varsity eight (cox: Kristy Pietrone, stroke: Derin Ongun, Samantha Newhart, Elizabeth Brennan, Elizabeth Rhodes, Maria De Iuliis, Rachael Ross, Laura Dunlap, and Rachael Thornton) finished fourth in their heat behind the crews from George Washington, St. Joseph's, and UMass and advancing to the petite final. In the petite final the Dukes finished 3rd behind Fordham and La Salle.
The women's second eight (cox: Michelle Karkos, stroke: Lauren Turner, Courtney Purslow, Hannah Mazur, Regina Dutz, Hannah Olinger, Julia Borsari, Alex Watts, Gretchen Swabe) had equipment trouble off the start that caused them to row most of the heat with only 7 rowers. They finished fourth in their heat behind the crews from Temple, George Washington, and St. Joseph's. They advanced to the petite final where they finished first 18 seconds ahead of second place Fordham and posted a time that was just 5 seconds off of the 6th place crew in the grand final from St. Joseph's.
The women's varsity four (cox: Megan Parmarter, stroke: Kamryn Thorpe, Victoria Snyder, Marissa Conlin, and Alyssa McKernan) also posted a fourth place finish in heats behind crews from URI, St. Joseph's, and Dayton. In the petite final that afternoon the Dukes posted a second place finish behind the crew from Fordham.
The women's freshman/novice eight (cox: Megan Parmarter, stroke: Lauren Turner, Courtney Purslow, Hannah Mazur, Marissa Conlin, Alex Watts, Julia Borsari, Alyssa McKernan, and Gretchen Swabe) came together after all having raced in other events to post a second place finish just 12 seconds behind a fresh crew from URI and ahead of the novice eight from Temple.
In the women's novice four (cox: Erin Browne, stroke: Lindsay Wyllie, Jennifer Houser, Katherine Eastwood, and Nicole Wozniak) it was a tight race down the course. The crew from George Washington and the Duquesne women battled to the finish with George Washington edging out the Dukes for 3rd by less than one second.
The final event of the day was the women's quad of Rachael Thornton, Derin Ongun, Rachael Ross, and Maria De Iuliis. These accomplished scullers had no trouble crossing the line first in a time of 8:01.99 over 20 seconds ahead of the second place crew from St. Joseph's.
At the end of the day the Duquesne Women tied for 8th overall in points with La Salle.