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David Fonseca
|David Fonseca
|Background information
|June 14, 1973
|Leiria, Portugal
|Alternative rock
|Years active
|Universal, Castle of the Amazing Cats
|Associated acts
|Silence 4, Humanos
|David Fonseca official website
David Fonseca (Portuguese pronunciation: [dɐˈvid fõˈsekɐ], born on 14 June 1973, in Leiria) is a Portuguese musician, singer-songwriter. As a musician, he plays several instruments, including acoustic guitar and organ. He is recognized for his successful music career as a member of Silence 4 and, since 2003, as a solo artist. Besides penning most of his works, he is also responsible for the graphic design on his album covers and the art direction on his videoclips. Between 2004 and 2006, he was also part of the Humanos tribute project. He is an active spokesman for the Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa regarding copyright infringement.[1][2] He studied at the Lisbon Theatre and Film School (Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema).
David Fonseca studied cinema at Escola Superior de Belas Artes de Lisboa between 1992 and 1994, where he obtained a degree. David began his professional life as a photographer, working for various fashion catalogues. He participated in many exhibitions, both group and individual. He also worked in a radio station for a while. David Fonseca has dedicated his life to his love of music choosing to become a pop/rock alternative musician. He has multiple musical influences by names such as Sérgio Godinho, Jeff Buckley, The B-52's, Pixies, Roy Orbison, Aphex Twin and Ryan Adams, all of whom had a huge role in his musical creativity and individuality. He also mentioned in an interview with radio station "Antena 3" that he has an addiction to the group Yeah Yeah Yeahs. David is married and has a son and a daughter.
Silence 4[edit]
Fonseca's musical career started with a band called Silence 4, formed by a group of hometown friends. They first released the unpredictable Silence Becomes It, in June 1998 that was a huge success at the time, selling 250,000 copies (the equivalent to six platinum records). This was a remarkable achievement in the Portuguese musical scene, where it is usually difficult to sell these many copies. The album has only two songs written in Portuguese. One of them is "Sexto Sentido", featuring the popular Portuguese singer, Sérgio Godinho. To complete this great year for the band, which played at most of the Portuguese Summer festivals, they closed the world-famous exhibition Expo '98 in Lisbon, playing for about 50 thousand people. Later in the same year, in December, Silence 4 was the first national band to sell out at Pavilhão Atlântico, performing to an astonishing 18,000-strong crowd, only 6 months after the release of their first album. Two years after the "phenomenon" the second album was released, Only Pain Is Real, in July 2000, selling approximately 100,000 copies to this day. The respective tour ended in a double concert at the legendary stage in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon, the Coliseu dos Recreios, which sold out completely and was released later on in CD and in DVD format. Throughout 2000, Silence 4 went on their last tour. In 2001, the band entered an undetermined hiatus, that still remains.
Solo career[edit]
David's solo career kicked off the 21st century with a different sound from Silence 4. In his first solo work, "Sing Me Something New", recorded in 2003, David sang and played nearly all the instruments, exploring a totally new environment of sounds on his own. The album was recorded in the studios of producer Mário Barreiros, and later in the Sterling Sound Studios (in New York City), by the well-known sound engineer, George Marino, who participated in some of the recordings of Coldplay, the Rollins Band, The Dandy Warhols and Sepultura, among many others. The first single was Someone That Cannot Love which debuted on about 150 Portuguese radio stations in a coordinated release: they were all played on March 10 at midnight. It soon reached #2 on the National Sales Chart and was certified Gold. The tour supporting this first record was extensive; it included many big music venues and large festivals across Portugal.
Our Hearts Will Beat As One, his second solo album, is said by David himself to be "scarily personal" and was only released in the fall of 2005 because of the other projects that David was involved in between his two albums. The first single was Who Are U?, described by David as "the song I always wanted to write". It reached #3 on the Portuguese charts. Our Hearts Will Beat As One was critically acclaimed by the media and was considered pop album of the year in Portugal, even before the end of the year. The album went straight to #1 on the National Sales Chart and reached Gold status on its first week of sales.
In October, 2007, his third original album, Dreams in Colour, was released and the first single was Superstars II, a song that obtained substantial airplay due to a cellphone campaign that adopted the single.
In July 2009, the first single ("A Cry 4 Love") was finally released to the public. The new album, Between Waves, was out on the 2nd November 2009. On the same day, David's online community, Amazing Cats Club started working.
David fourth album entitled Seasons:Rising was released March 21, 2012. The first single What Life Is For came up on February 4, 2012.
In 2004, David joined a new project called Humanos. The idea behind it was to record some unpublished songs by the famous Portuguese artist, a singer-songwriter, from the 1980s, António Variações. David Fonseca, Manuela Azevedo (the lead singer of another Portuguese music group, Clã), Camané (one of the most famous Portuguese "fadistas"), Sérgio Nascimento (a member of Sérgio Godinho's band), Hélder Gonçalves (also from Clã), Nuno Rafael and João Cardoso are the seven members of a group that would become a huge success, something unseen in the Portuguese music scene. The eponymous album scored an impressive quintuple platinum, staying for weeks at #1. "Muda de Vida", "Maria Albertina" and "Rugas" are just some of the group's hits.
All this culminated in three sold out concerts, two of them in "Coliseu dos Recreios" (Lisbon) and the other in Porto. There was also another memorable performance, in front of a crowd of 40,000 people, at the "Sudoeste" Portuguese Festival, in the year 2005. The Humanos were always intended to be a short project, because there were few unpublished Antonio Variações' songs. Thus, the CD and DVD with the recorded Coliseums' live concerts, which was released on November 2006, marked the end of the Humanos project.
Live concerts[edit]
David Fonseca is known by his powerful dancing on stage, equipped with his pair of Chuck Taylor All-Stars. He plays different instruments during the show and he is accompanied by his band, which includes: Sérgio Nascimento (drummer), Ricardo Fiel (guitarist), Rita Redshoes (ex-Atomic Bees in the piano and also voices; the second record single "Hold Still" is a David and Rita duet), Nuno Simões (bass player) and Paulo Pereira (hammond). David doesn't just play his solo-career hits but also lesser-known tracks. He also plays (in most of his live concerts) "Angel Song", the first music he wrote, composed when he was only 18 and which was included in Silence 4's first album. This theme is perhaps the one most loved among fans, of the group or of David. In the middle of the show, he usually leaves the stage to return wearing a white suit, to announce that "dancing time" has begun and that the "moonwalk" move is near. Then the crowd laughs.
Studio albums[edit]
|Album details
|Peak chart positions
|Sing Me Something New
|Our Hearts Will Beat As One
|Dreams in Colour
|Between Waves
|Seasons: Rising
|Seasons: Falling
|Futuro Eu
Compilation albums[edit]
|Album details
|Peak chart positions
|Dreams in Colour: Tour Edition
|Album details
|Peak chart positions
|Dreams in Colour Live
|Peak chart positions
|"Someone That Cannot Love"
|Sing Me Something New
|"The 80's"
|"Who Are U?"
|Our Hearts Will Beat As One
|"Hold Still" feat. Rita Redshoes
|"Our Hearts Will Beat As One"
|Dreams in Colour
|"Rocket Man"
|"Kiss Me, Oh Kiss Me"
|"Orange Tree"
|Dreams in Colour: Tour Edition
|"A Cry 4 Love"
|Between Waves
|"U Know Who I Am"
|"Stop 4 A Minute"
|"What Life Is For"
|Seasons: Rising
David Fonseca has also collaborated with many other artists. Among them:
- Trovante, Sérgio Godinho
- In 1999 he travelled to England to work with producer Darren Allison on the Phase song "City" from their album 52 Minutes of Your Time.
- He took part alongside many other Portuguese artists in the music video of "Encosta-te a mim" by Jorge Palma.
- ^ IFPI Digital Music Report de 2011, Publico.
- ^ O Dia em Imagens, Correio da Manha.
- ^ "David Fonseca". portuguesecharts.com. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
- ^ "Top 30 DVD's Musicais". artistas-espectáculos.pt. Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
- ^ "David Fonseca – Music Charts". acharts.us.


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Thwaites gets another shot at big time
This topic contains 37 replies, has 15 voices, and was last updated by sarahlove 5yrs 12mths .
December 2, 2010 at 10:32 pm #3011160
Thwaites gets another shot at big time
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PAYING ATTENTION: Caitlin Thwaites (right) the new import player for the Pulse, with coach Yvette McCausland-Durie.
Last year, goal shoot Caitlin Thwaites played every match for the Melbourne Vixens. That campaign culminated with victory over the Adelaide Thunderbirds in the grand final of the trans-Tasman competition, with Thwaites then rewarded with selection in the Australian squad.
Next year she'll play for the Pulse.
A dramatic fall from grace, you might think. But not according to Thwaites. "I suppose I was getting the hint that I wasn't going to be valued as much anymore, so I started putting the feelers out and seeing what my options were," she said.
"At that stage I was probably more looking to go to another Australian team, but the reality is that there's not many goal shooting positions available over there. Two of them are massive Jamaican chicks and the other three spots are taken up by Australian representatives.
"In terms of liveable cities, Wellington has been absolutely amazing and I love it here."
Thwaites used the example of another former Australian and Vixens player to clarify what she meant. "Natasha Chokljat, she's gone down to Invercargill [to play for the Steel] and I'm not sure how she's going to find it down there. She's a bit of a party girl, so it'll be interesting to see how she copes in a much smaller town than Melbourne."
Living in an apartment on The Terrace, Thwaites spends plenty of time on Lambton Quay when she's not enduring the Pulse twice-daily training sessions. Aside from her digs, the team has thrown in a car and kept her fridge full of tucker. The players have also tried hard not to remind her that New Zealand are the Commonwealth Games netball champions. About the only one to have momentarily forgotten that final edict, was Pulse captain and Silver Ferns defender Katrina Grant.
"The first time I saw Pole [Grant] I was like `congratulations, you played so well' and she was kind of like `yeah, stick that up ya'," Thwaites said.
Thwaites said that was an indication of the kind of winning mentality she and Grant are determined to foster at the Pulse.
"I'm 23, but I've had eight years of experience in the national league and playing with people like Sharelle [McMahon], you can't really buy that. So if I'm able to help out some of the girls, then I'm more than happy," Thwaites said.
"[Coach] Yvette [McCausland-Durie] has been really good, in terms of being open to different opinions and learning things as well."
Working out how athletes and teams tick is a fascination for Thwaites. Two papers short of a bachelor of psychology, her interest in that field dates back to her time as a member of the Australian Institute of Sport's volleyball programme.
Even if the black "balance band" she wears on her right wrist, along with every second athlete, indicates she can be conned as happily as the rest of us.
"My boyfriend got it for me … I think it's a bit of bullshit, really. But there's no such thing as a placebo; if people think it's helping, it's helping."
Thwaites said McCausland-Durie had set a goal for the Pulse of finishing sixth in the 10-team league, but that won't do her.
"I won't be happy with a loss. I'm here to win. If we can get four or five wins, that'll definitely have us in the top four. That's our aim [as players] and we're really going to push and get as much out of each other as we can."
Name: Caitlin Thwaites
Born: Bendigo, Victoria
Age: 23
Height: 1.88 metres
Position: Goal shoot
Teams: Australia, Melbourne Vixens, Melbourne Kestrels, Australia under-21 and under-19
Personal: Lifelong Essendon Bombers Aussie Rules fan: "I had no choice. My nan knitted me a jumper before I was born."
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/netball/4418175/Thwaites-gets-another-shot-at-big-time/December 2, 2010 at 10:37 pm #4717790
If we can get four or five wins, that'll definitely have us in the top four.
Ummmm, I hope there was some sort of misquoting or misunderstanding there, because otherwise, that's pretty shocking maths. You need at least 7 wins to make the top 4, and more likely 8.
And as we said about other people who are talking up their team, it's good to be positive, but obviously it's not that realistic.
I'd REALLY like to see her do well against Vixens, but chances are that they'll get absolutely smashed no matter how well she goes in that game.December 2, 2010 at 10:48 pm #4717800
Not sure if it is the outfit or whether she has lost weight – looks as though she has although it may not last as
the team has thrown in a car and kept her fridge full of tucker.
Maybe being dropped from Vixens is what she needed to motivate her again. I hope she goes well this year.December 2, 2010 at 10:49 pm #4717810
Yes, was thinking 4 or 5 sounded way too low. Maybe 'in the mix to make the top 4' if those 4 or 5 wins are early in the season…
But realistically I can't see them taking a win off any teams apart from maybe Fever or Tactix.December 3, 2010 at 12:00 am #4717820
"I suppose I was getting the hint that I wasn't going to be valued as much anymore"
I'm guessing that was when the benched you for being unfit? She is looking good in the photo above. I think what happened at the Vixens was the kick in the pants that she needed. I'm hoping she can bounce back and have a good season, but I wouldn't be suprised if she crumbles a little from loosing every week.
Suprised to see her in a VIS top. I know the TBirds girls only where TBirds merchandise when training.December 3, 2010 at 1:11 am #4717830
I quite like Caitlin. Will be nice to see her playing in a different side I think, and by the sounds of this, she's settling in nicely. :DDecember 3, 2010 at 3:57 am #4717840
@catey wrote:
I think what happened at the Vixens was the kick in the pants that she needed.
I hope so too. It was like her attitude was 'just how many premierships does a girl need?' which wouldn't go down well with the Vixens ethos!December 3, 2010 at 9:13 am #4717850
Funny. I don't think she looks much different.December 3, 2010 at 9:16 am #4717860
Yeah me neither. The top is just loose.December 3, 2010 at 9:39 am #4717870
always knew she was a sick puppie…. :vomit a bombers supporter.December 3, 2010 at 11:49 am #4717880
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Yeah me neither. The top is just loose.
Late last season she started looking uncomfortably large, she looks like she is back to what she did in her prime.December 4, 2010 at 8:05 am #4717890
She will be a good asset for the Pulse. Should be interesting to see how she copes.
Would anyone like to try to predict what McCausland Durie will choose for her starting lineup?December 4, 2010 at 9:31 am #4717900
I may have forgotten about a few of the players. Would maybe slot Manu in at WD instead of Lichtwark.December 4, 2010 at 8:26 pm #4717910
Hopefully Topia is at her best again. Won't stand a single chance otherwise.December 4, 2010 at 9:32 pm #4717920
Where's your predicted lineup, Sarah? :D
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Tube sizes acc. to European Standards EN,
Tube sizes acc. to American Standards ASTM
Tube sizes acc. to Japanese Standards JIS.
Standard precision tubes are produced using the cold drawn process. As the semi-finished product we use rolled seamless steel tubes. Standard precision tubes are practically used in all areas of the machine production. Tubes are manufactured from carbon and alloyed steel. Overview of dimensional standards and technical-deliver conditions for standard precision tubes are presented in separate overview.
Dimensions of standard precision tubesOutside diameter 4 - 125 mm and wall thickness 0.5 – 13.0 mm. Precision steel tubes are supplied according to EN 10305-1, DIN 2391, BS 6323/4, NF A 49-310 and 49-312, UNI 7945. STN 42 6711 and 42 6712, ČSN 42 6711 and 42 6712, GOST 8734, 9567, 12132, PN-H 74240 and 74220, ASTM A519 and JIS G3445. More detailed overview of produced dimensions is presented in the dimensional tables, according to European Standards EN, according to the American Standards ASTM and according to the Japanese Standards JIS.
Steel grades for standard precision tubesStandard precision tubes are made from the following steel. According to STN and ČSN 42 0260; 11 353, 11 453, 11 503, 11 550, 11 650, 12 040, 12 050, 12 060, according to EN 10305-1; E215, E235, E255, E355, 26Mn5, C35E, C45E, 25CrMo4, 42CrMo4 and according to DIN 2391-2; St35, St45, St52. Additional steel grades (according to BS 6323/1 and BS 6323/4, NF A 49-310 and NF A 49-312, UNI 7945, GOST 8733, GOST 21729, PN-H 74840, ASTM 519, JIS G3445), together with its chemical composition and its mechanical properties are presented in summary table. Steels are produced in electric arc furnace and are fully killed. Other types of steel can be supplied by agreement.
Delivery condition and thermal processing of standard precision tubesPrecision tubes are supplied in condition that is presented in the table below. It is marking for thermal processing according to EN 10305-1.
|Cold drawn / hard.
After the last cold forming no heat treatment.
|Cold drawn / soft. After the last heat treatment follows the cold drawing there is a light finishing pass.
|Cold drawn and stress relieved annealed. After the final cold drawing process the tubes are stress relieved annealed in a controlled atmosphere.
|Annealed. After the last cold drawing process the tubes are annealed in a controlled atmosphere.
After the last cold drawing process the tubes are annealed in a controlled atmosphere.
Marking for material condition according to STN 42 0002 and STN 42 0004, ČSN 42 0002 and ČSN 42 0004, DIN 2391-2 and ASTM 519 may be found here.
Length of standard precision tubes
- random length precision tubes in the range of 3 – 7 (9) m
- fixed length with tolerance +/- 500 mm
- exact length with tolerance – 0 / +x mm (x upon agreement)
- maximum length, upon agreement - 18 m
Tolerances for standard precision tubesTolerances of the precision tubes are in accordance with the appropriate dimensional tables of standards. Usual value for the outside diameter (OD) is less than 0.5% (OD) in no heat treatment process used (+C and +LC according to the European Standards). For the heat treated tubes tolerance values are depended upon the relation of the wall thickness and the tube diameter (WT/OD) larger (up to a single or twofold). In tolerances of the outside diameter (OD) the allowed deviation of circularity is included. When ordering based on the wall thickness, the tolerance is 10% from the wall thickness. Eccentricity of precision tube is included in the wall thickness tolerance.
Zeleziarne Podbrezova a.s. offers standard precision tubes with reduced tolerances, i.e. tolerances that are reduced compared to standard values. Reduced tolerances are presented in a separate table.
Wall thickness of standard precision tubes, according to the ASTM A450 Standard is presented in the BWG table and is converted to inches and millimeters. Usually the tubes are supplied with the wall thickness tolerance of –0 +20% (calculated from the minimal wall thickness). Upon agreement the precision tubes are supplied with the wall thickness tolerance of 10% (calculated from the medium wall thickness).
Straightness of standard precision tubesStraightness of the tubes is influenced by the mechanical properties of the tubes. For material having the yield point ReH <= 500 MPa is straightness 0,0015 x L (L – tube length) maximum, allowed straightness for one meter length is 1.5 : 1000. For material with the yield point ReH > 500 MPa the allowable straightness for the whole length of the tube is 0.0020 Xx L, allowed straightness of one meter is 2 : 1000.
Surface condition of standard precision tubesSurface condition of a tube meets the appropriate standards and depends upon the process of manufacturing the tube and its thermal processing. Precision tubes must have smooth outer and inner surface. The roughness value (Ra) is less or equals to 4 micrometers (0.004 mm) for the outer surface in the tubes in the +SR, +A and +N condition and is less or equals to 4 micrometers (0.004 mm) for the outer and inner surface of the tubes in the +C and +LC condition.
Ends of standard precision tubesEnds of the tubes are square to the longitudinal axis of the tubes and are free of burrs. Upon agreement the tubes may be supplied with mechanically machined ends. Likewise the ends of the tubes may be capped with plastic caps.
Marking of precision tubes and bundles of tubesMarking of standard precision tubes is done according to standards or upon agreement by the InkJet system either in one spot or along the whole length of a tube. Bundle marking is done either by one or multiple labels with required data.
Surface protection of standard precision tubesTubes are supplied with anticorrosion application. The type of protection is subject to agreement.
Packaging of standard precision tubesTubes are delivered in bundles with either circular or hexagonal shape weighing maximum 2000 kilograms.
Tubes are tied with steel band. Packaging into a plastic foil or wooden crated is possible upon agreement.
Testing of standard precision tubesTesting is performed according to the appropriate standards. Test selection is according to standards or as per agreement with customer. The mandatory tests for standard precision tubes are chemical analysis, tensile test, dimensional inspection and visual inspection.
Specific testing – acceptance testing certificate 3.1.B (3.1.A, 3.1.C).
Elective testing: flattening test or drift expanding test, roughness measurement and NDT to find longitudinal defects: eddy current (STN 01 5054, ČSN 01 5054, PRP 02-74, SEP 1925, ASTM E 309, EN 10246-3 Grade E3 for OD > 6 mm, WT > 0,5 mm), stray flux (STN 01 5047, ČSN 01 5047, SEP 1913, ASTM E 570, EN 10246-5 Grade F3 for OD > 32 mm, WT > 2 mm), and ultrasound (STN 01 5028, ČSN 01 5028, SEP 1915, ASTM E 213, EN 10246-7 Grade U3 for OD >10 mm, WT > 2 mm), NDT as a proof of tightness or leakage test by eddy current EN 10246-1.
Certificates for standard precision tubesCertificates are issued according to standards, as an example we are showing: EN 10 204 (non-specified testing – 2.2, specified testing 3.1.B or 3.1.A, 3.1.C).
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Zak Krom, 24, died June 25, 2015, near Naknek. A memorial is at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 8, 2015, at the Seafarers Memorial on the Homer Spit. A reception follows at 4 p.m. at the Best Western Bidarka Inn. "Please come and honor Zak with laughter and love. Bring your best Zak stories," his family s...Thu, 08/06/2015 - 8:28am
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Devoted wife, mother and grandmother, Kathleen Walls, 66, peacefully passed away surrounded by her loving family on July 24, 2015, at Providence Hospital in Anchorage after a lengthy illness. Born Kathleen Margaret Patsch, April 13, 1949, in Klamath Falls, Ore., to parents Margaret Miller Patsch and...Thu, 07/30/2015 - 8:46am
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Stefan Wewerka, Long Chair, design: 1969; finish: 2002; multiple. Wood, sprayed red, © VG BildKunst 2012.
Stefan Wewerka, Cella, 1954-84 (small living unit consisting of sofa, folding bed, shelves, bed, raised hide, standing desk and container on the floor) and Kitchen Tree (1984) (chrome-plated steel with hight-adjustable and rotating elements) for TECTA, Lauenförde.
Stefan Wewerka, Chair sculpture 2, 2011. Wood, painted white, grey floor plate. Photo: Die Neue Sammlung - The International Design Museum Munich (A. Laurenzo). © VG BildKunst 2012
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Across the Board. Stefan Wewerka
October 11, 2012-February 3, 2013
"Gifted deformer of the ordinary" — this is how the artist-designer-architect Stefan Wewerka has been characterized by British architect Peter Smithson.
Born in Magdeburg in 1928, Stefan Wewerka studied in post-War Berlin at the Academy of Fine Arts. His first chair sculptures and multiples were produced in 1961 — items that Wewerka cut up and reassembled in a new way. In 1967 he invented Trikolore zum Zerreißen (Tricolor to be ripped apart): a French flag that could be divided up into three pieces by means of zips. His comment on Germany 1989: a hinge offered a makeshift way of connecting a five-mark piece with an East German coin.
Political, anything but conventional, surreal — Wewerka's objects, installations and films adopt a stance on the present and observe everyday life and unctions with a flair for details. His chair sculptures, e.g. his Classroom Chair or Rubber Chair, put our conventional perception to the test — indeed, they even shy away from their most elementary function: sitting.
Shrewdly ironical, a thinker outside the box, he defines the point where art and everyday culture intersect. He has been designing utilitarian furniture since 1977 — this too, in his own way: for him, the kitchen area becomes a "kitchen tree" a desk something anti-hierarchical, and a seating area a large building.
Drive and imagination characterize his initial approach to his individual works. Here, drawing forms a fundamental component of his design process. In sketches, Wewerka jots down things that he has experienced and seen. He thinks asymmetrically and uses this to come up with new designs. By altering shapes, something comparable to undergoing a metamorphosis, Wewerka transforms destructive impulses into artistic ones. "Yesterday or tomorrow or today, past, future and present [... are] one fused entity" – as he puts it. Stefan Wewerka hovers between the everyday and art, showing with relish how familiar things can be thrown off balance.
The exhibition of Die Neue Sammlung — The International Design Museum Munich — is realized in close cooperation with the artist.
Portrait Stefan Wewerka.
Stefan Wewerka, Classroom Chair, design: 1970; multiple. Wood, sprayed red. Photo: Die Neue Sammlung – The International Design Museum Munich (A. Laurenzo). © VG BildKunst 2012.


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Gary Oldman Defends Mel Gibson's Anti-Semitic Rant, Slams Political Correctness
Gary Oldman has come to the defense of fellow actor Mel Gibson over racist comments the star made eight years ago.
In 2006, Gibson was pulled over for drunk driving and made some anti-semitic remarks during his arrest in Malibu, Calif. The actor apologized, blaming his actions on a a "moment of insanity." He served three years of probation, and his arrest was later expunged from his record.
Oldman believes the Hollywood community treated Gibson unfairly following the incident. He told Playboy magazine: "We all hide and try to be so politically correct. That's what gets me... I don't know about Mel. He got drunk and said a few things, but we've all said those things... We're all f**king hypocrites. That's what I think about it.
"The policeman who arrested him has never used the word n**ga or that f**king Jew? I'm being brutally honest here. It's the hypocrisy of it that drives me crazy... Mel Gibson is in a town that's run by Jews and he said the wrong thing because he's actually bitten the hand that I guess has fed him - and doesn't need to feed him anymore because he's got enough dough.
"He's like an outcast, a leper, you know? But some Jewish guy in his office somewhere hasn't turned and said, 'That f***ing kraut' or 'F**k those Germans,' whatever it is? We all hide and try to be so politically correct. That's what gets me. You have to be very careful about what you say."
Meanwhile, Oldman's representative Douglas Urbanski has come forward saying the actor doesn't condone Gibson's actions. He clarified to Britain's The Independent newspaper: "On the topic of Mel Gibson, Gary does not 'defend' him... Political correctness is a thing that drives Gary and many many others crazy... In this interview, Gary is doing what many intelligent people do: he is illustrating the absurd by being absurd."


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This club provides a social as well as learning environment for those interested in the profession of education. Please join us as we discuss current events that shape the field, invite speakers that are involved in the profession as well as participate in community activities that provide exposure to teaching. If you are interested in better preparing yourself to be a 21st Century teacher, this is the club for you!


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The Bridge on the River Kwai
Release Date: December 18th, 1957
PG|2 hr. 41 min.
Plot Summary
Adaptation of the Pierre Bouelle novel about POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American officers plot to blow up the structure, but the commander of the bridge's construction has different plans.
Cast: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Sessue Hayakawa, Jack Hawkins, James Donald, Geoffrey Horne, Andre Morrell, Peter Williams
Director: David Lean
Genres: War
Distributor: Columbia Pictures


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HANS Device Sport Series, Post Anchors, 20 Degree, Large
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Please note the following about this product:
- This product is discontinued.
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What's in the Box
The HANS device stands for Head and Neck Support. It was designed with you and your family in mind. The goal in racing is to go faster than anyone else on the track and cross the finish line first. And as technologies increase speeds, it also increases the risks. Remember, you a have a family to go home to when the night of racing is over.
The primary difference between the Pro Series and the Sport Series is the weight. There is no difference in the safety protection offered with either one. The Sport Series weighs approximately 2.25lbs. We offer both models with quick disconnect sliding tethers. This gives you the most mobility and vision. You will need a 1/4" drill bit and a measuring tape to install the HANS device anchors to your helmet. Complete instructions and a special tool are included.
The injection molded super structural gives the same protection as the Pro Series. It weighs about 2.25lbs but has a more attractive price.
Hans Device Sizing Chart (Link)
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SFI Recertification Notice (Link)
NOTE: These items will only be shipped to an address in the US, Canada and Mexico.
To select the HANS device for you, you will need to know a couple of things:
1) What degree of angle is your seat?
- The most common are: 0-10 degree (upright & many sprint cars), 20 degree (most common, modifieds, stock cars, sprints), 30 degree (200lbs or more)
2) What does your neck measure?
- The most common are: Medium (13.5"-17"), Large (16"-20")
SpecsTorque Specifications for HANS Device Fasteners
Detailed torque specification for HANS Device anchors and tether carriers
(A) Helmet Anchor Torque Specifications
Torque specs for the indexing post screw are:
30 Inch Pounds (in-lbs) OR
3.4 Newton Meters (N-m) which is similar to:
Finger tight plus one quarter turn additional.
(B) Tether Clamp Torque Specifications
Torque specs for the screws holding the metal fixed tether clamps are:
20 Inch Pounds (in-lbs) OR
2.25 Newton Meters (N-m)which is similar to:
Very tight.
Torque specs for the screws holding the orange sliding tether carriers are:
8.0 Inch Pounds (in-lbs) OR
0.9 Newton Meters (Nm) which is similar to:
Finger tight.
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Soul Food
By Doug Donaldson
Ever wonder how yoga relaxes you? Here's how—and why—you can find your Zen state.
If you've ever done the downward-facing dog or made the mountain pose, you know that yoga can relax your body, but a recent study suggests such benefits are much deeper than muscle tissue.
Researchers have found that yoga boosts the levels of gamma-aminobutyric (GABA), a brain chemical linked to well being. A study by the Boston University School of Medicine and McLean Hospital found GABA levels of those who did an hour of yoga were 27 percent higher than those who read for the same amount of time. What's more, researchers say that the calm-inducing effects of yoga are so powerful that it could be a treatment for depression and anxiety. View study details: study 1, study 2.
You can tap into this potent stress relief by signing up for a 24 Hour Fitness Group X yoga class. Such sessions are a free part of your membership, says Linda McHugh, Manager of Group Exercise Programs at 24 Hour Fitness.
Often, Group Exercise instructors teach Vinyasa style yoga, which is a breath-synchronized version where the class leader explains how to time your breathing to the poses. Sort of like taking a few deep breaths to calm down in a tense situation, yoga can reduce your stress level.
"During our busy days, we often don't take full, deep breaths," McHugh says. "With those breaths, you move oxygen to your muscles and your brain, allowing you to slow down and relax."
Group Exercise yoga classes are offered free as part of your regular membership. Other health clubs may have an additional fee from $15 a class to a couple hundred dollars a month. Classes are typically conducted in a gym's exercise room and offered a few times a week. Because there's no fee, you can try a few sessions to see if yoga is an activity you enjoy.
Classes usually start with standing positions and the instructor guides you through a series of poses. In Vinyasa yoga, your movements are flowing, connecting usually three postures before returning to a neutral position. And as you move from position to position, you're concentrating on your form and technique, shifting your thoughts from any stresses. Usually classes end in what's called the corpse pose, where you're on the floor and the instructor guides you through a head-to-toe relaxation exercise. "You'll often find that you're more focused and feel stronger the rest of the day after doing yoga," McHugh says.
Along with putting you in touch with your Zen, yoga also offers loads of other benefits, such as improving balance and flexibility, promoting circulation and strengthening your core muscles. The class schedules for 24 Hour Fitness locations are available on line. To find a yoga class near you, use our club finder and enter your zip code for a list of clubs near you.


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JUDY PFAFF Five Decadesby Kara L. Rooney
AMERINGER/McENERY/YOHE GALLERY
Judy Pfaff is one of my heroes. A resident warrior of the Post-Minimalist movement's dawning era, her work has both defied and embraced categorization for more than 50 years. Pfaff is neither sculptor nor painter, printmaker nor draftsman. She speaks the language of two and three dimensions fluently, often skirting the line between the peripheral boundaries of each, without ever relinquishing her vision to either. Pfaff's individual approach to the art of sculptural installation has influenced an array of contemporary female powerhouses, the likes of Jessica Stockholder and Sarah Sze included, and even stretches as far as the lucid, print-based assaults of street artist-cum-artworld darling, Swoon. To meet Pfaff in person is to understand the enigmatic nature of her work. She is a gregarious straight shooter, unpretentious in countenance, with the honed eye of an aesthete hidden in a layman's dialect. With Judy Pfaff, what you see both is and is not what you get—and with a semi-centennial retrospective at Ameringer/McEnery/Yohe, that's quite a lot.
With work ranging in execution between the late 1970s and the present-day, the gallery's front room houses some of the artist's more ambitious installations to date. Here, wall reliefs in steel wire and tin battle esoteric profusions of paper ooze as objets trouvés fight for aesthetic supremacy among circular forms and spinning disks. Meanwhile, tangles of wire ("Straw into Gold," 1990) point to Pfaff's whimsical welding prowess, one that evokes elaborately impure sculptural configurations with a voracious appetite for space. Amidst this breakneck visual chaos, however, is an unequivocal adherence to formal structure. "Untitled" (2010), outfitted with Chinese lanterns, floral prints, and other paper-based collage materials, tips and tilts toward the floor without letting go of its two-dimensional anchor. It is a smorgasbord of feminine bravura in pastel shades of ivory, dusky pink and butter cream—a demure monolith when compared with its adjacent companion, "Es Possible" (1989). According to Pfaff, this work was made in response to watching a soccer game in the '80s. It is all geometry, guts, and glory—oppositionally masculine in its use of primary colors and hard-edged angularity.
Such breaches of existing architectural space give way to delicate two-dimensional paper works along the length of the gallery's middle corridor. In these intricate and fragile montages, irregularly shaped, handmade frames gilded in gold act as the barrier between the gallery walls and the viewer. Via a networked layering of cut paper and scavenged debris, the landscapes within reveal a predilection for a simpler past. Darwinian journal clippings form the foundation of "Untitled" (2000), along with dried leaves, butterflies, and other forest-derived motifs. In other works, similar field studies are juxtaposed against tinted photographic positives—the yellowing of time captured in sepia-toned prisms. Not all of the paper-based works are so sanguine, however. "Untitled" (1999), made while Pfaff was in residence in Walla Walla, Washington, assumes apocalyptic overtones in its union of worldly inversions: the H-bomb married with the menacing image of a rattlesnake; the Santa Monica bike path at dusk. All are personal narratives, emotionally loaded markers for the passage of time, places, and life events.
Pfaff herself explains that she can determine her age at the time a work was made by looking at its construction. For example, the use of metal reveals her interest in postmodern rejections of the feminine—"Los Voces" (1992) alludes to an evocative fragility framed by a masculine aura—experienced during her tenure in Brooklyn, while floral and fauna related compositions bifurcate the artist's increasingly complex relationship with the urbanity of New York City and the rural escape of her upstate studio. In the back room of Ameringer/McEnery/Yohe hangs a dated jewel of a piece, "Untitled (Deep Water Series)" (1980), in glitter, neon pink, and gold. Pfaff recalls making this work in her early 30s. "This one screams Canal Street to me," she said matter-of-factly when pressed about the unorthodox execution of the painting. And while the exhibition does lack the sprawling tenacity of some of the artist's more elaborate constructions (à la "Buckets of Rain," 2006), such reflective departures form the crux of the retrospective's personality.
With such a mélange of decades at play within a confined locale, it is difficult if not impossible to maintain any sense of structural consistency, yet somehow, Pfaff's eclectic interpretation of '80s flamboyance, '90s insecurity, and the aughts' incessant optimism succeeds. In Five Decades, explosion meets implosion and gut emotion confronts the formal didactics of linear gesture. With a serpentine nonchalance, Pfaff carries us through space. The result is pictorial effusion in electric form.
ContributorKara L. Rooney
Kara Rooney is a Brooklyn-based artist, writer, and critic working in performance, sculptures and new media installation. She is a Managing Art Editor for the Brooklyn Rail and faculty member at School of Visual Arts, where she teaches Art History and Aesthetics.
ALMA EGGER with Joachim Pissarro
NOV 2014 | Art
Fresh Window Gallery presented the exhibition NightLight from September 5 through October 18, 2014. The two-person show featured the work of Swiss-born painter Marc Egger and Japenese-Russian painter and sculptor, Miya Ando.
JOHN ZURIERby Eleanor Ray
MAR 2015 | ArtSeen
John Zuriers work has been moving toward a sturdier sense of individuality, complicating his frequent categorization as a monochromatic painter. The works in his current showthe Berkeley-based artists fourth at Peter Blumassert themselves as a cast of characters.
ETEL ADNAN & SIMONE FATTAL with Sara Roffino & Anna Tome
SEPT 2014 | Art
Etel Adnan and Simone Fattal met in Beirut in the 1970s. They have since lived between Paris, Beirut, and northern California, working in different mediaAdnan is a poet and painter while Fattal is a sculptor and the founder and publisher of the Post-Apollo Pressto explore and reconfigure notions of history, politics, freedom, and feminism.
ROBERT FEINTUCH with Phong Bui
JUNE 2014 | Art
On the occasion of the painters recent exhibit of six new paintings at Sonnabend Gallery (May 3 July 25, 2014), Robert Feintuch paid a visit to the Rail HQ to talk about his life and work with publisher Phong Bui.


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Once again, the summer concerts will be held on the second Sunday of the month from June through September on the outside stage on the east side of the church.
Concert coordinator Jim Stevenson said, "We want to invite everyone in the community to come out to hear some of the most talented musicians from this area."
This is truly a multi-denominational event, as usually more than half of the attendees come from other churches in the area, and in the past two years, the concert series has featured Lutheran, Baptist, Presbyterian, Catholic, Methodist and non-denominational performers.
The 2012 Summer Concert Series will kick off with the first concert Sunday at 7:30 p.m. Tucker Rackley will take the stage with special guests Mark Garcia and Gilbert Moreno. Most people in the community know Tucker as the recently retired superintendent of Pettus ISD, but many people are also aware that Tucker is a gifted musician and talented vocalist. This will be the first time that Tucker has participated in the concert series.
Faith Lutheran is also pleased to present some talented musicians from the San Marcos area.
"This is new for us," Stevenson said. "We usually feature only musicians from the local area, but this year are very pleased to present Forgiven." Forgiven is comprised of musicians from the San Marcos area who met through playing for Bay Area Fellowship in San Marcos. However, the group has a strong connection to Beeville and the Faith Lutheran gospel concert series.
Forgiven is brought to Beeville by Danny Santis, who is a former member of the Faith Lutheran Praise Band. For the past two summers, Danny has served as stage manager and sound engineer for the summer concert series, in addition to performing with Faith Lutheran's praise band Cross Ways.
"We are very pleased to have Danny taking part once again. He has been an invaluable asset to the summer concert series and having him bring his group to perform is a thrill for us." Stevenson said.
Forgiven will bring their contemporary Christian music to the Faith Lutheran stage on July 8 at 7:30 in the evening.
Cross Ways, Faith Lutheran's own praise band, will perform the third concert in the series on Sunday, Aug. 12, at 7:30 in the evening. Cross Ways provides the worship music at Faith Lutheran Church on the second Sunday of each month. The band is comprised of Stevenson, his wife, Beverly, daughter Stacy, Cindy Hilliard, and Leslie Ahrens.
"I am so lucky to be performing with these women," Stevenson said. "Their harmonies just blow me away. We plan to perform several original tunes that I have written as well as some traditional favorites."
Gospel Truth will close out the summer gospel concert series for the third year in a row on Sept. 9 at 7 o'clock in the evening. This group has a huge following in the area and many fans. Gospel Truth has outstanding harmonies and excellent musicians, and their country gospel flavor is always a crowd pleaser.
"This toe-tapping concert is a great way to close out our Summer Gospel series," Stevenson said.


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The final specification of HD DVD high-definition video format was complete from day one in early 2006, when it was launched commercially. But Blu-ray disk (BD), which spec became final only two years later, eventually won the format war. The reason? Blu-ray support by Sony PlayStation 3 video game console as well as incentives provided to Hollywood movie studios.
HD DVD format, which was co-developed by Toshiba, NEC Electronics, Microsoft and some others, featured interactive on-screen menus, picture-in-picture function, downloadable content and other functionality, including high-definition video support, from the day it was launched. When Blu-ray was released several months later, it only provided high-def video and lacked any interactive functionality. Blu-ray players were also substantially more expensive compared to HD DVD-supporting devices. Moreover, HD DVD could be replicated on the same factories that make DVDs, whereas Blu-ray required new production lines as well as was generally more expensive to make. In addition, HD DVD did not feature one of the most questionable technologies of DVD – region coding – that was fully supported by BD.
But Blu-ray was not completely hopeless: it supported 50GB maximum capacity on a single dual-layer media, whereas HD DVD could only boast with 30GB on DL disc. Another advantage Blu-ray had was support from more consumer electronics manufacturers, in addition to Sony, it was also exclusively backed by companies like Panasonic, Philips, Sharp and others. Meanwhile, HD DVD was only supported by Toshiba, Sanyo and NEC.
But Sony, which co-developed Blu-ray disc format, integrated BD support into its latest PlayStation 3 game consoles. Owners of expensive video game consoles are hardly frequent watchers of movies, but since PS3 quickly gained user base, movie studios gained significant confidence in the future of the format. Moreover, Sony could persuade more major Hollywood studios to back BD by, it is widely believed, providing incentives.
Among major Hollywood studios HD DVD was exclusively supported by Universal Pictures, whereas Sony Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox and Walt Disney exclusively backed Blu-ray. Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros., as well as studios controlled by the two companies, remained format neutral and released both BD and HD DVD.
However, in mid-2007, after it transpired that HD DVD was winning the game in Europe, Paramount decided to become HD DVD exclusive (not for free, as they say), which provided a huge benefit to the format in the form of highly-popular "Transformers" movie. The war of incentives and formats was unleashed for real this time:
- In September Walt Disney approves HD DVD 51GB disc specification at the DVD Forum.
- Later on it transpires that Twentieth Century Fox was in talks with Toshiba and Microsoft regarding becoming HD DVD exclusive provided that Warner Bros. also becomes HD DVD exclusive.
- In November Toshiba teams up with Wal Mart to sell entry-level HD DVD players for $99.
But while neither Toshiba nor Microsoft could provide enough incentives to both Fox and Warner, Sony and other Blu-ray backers could provide much more substantial incentives and in early 2008 Warner Bros. announced its intention to become Blu-ray exclusive starting May '08, which left Toshiba only with Paramount and Universal as the backers of the format. Several weeks after Warner's announcement, Toshiba itself said it would cease manufacturing of HD DVD, which marked the end of the format war as well as HD DVD technology.
Transformers on HD DVD in 2007 and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen on Blu-ray in 2009
In 2009 Toshiba unveiled its first Blu-ray disc players and BD-equipped notebooks.


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Cohan on Corporate Psychopaths and the Financial Crisis
William Cohan told Bloomberg Television's Erik Schatzker and Stephanie Ruhle that he believes people with characteristics that are attributed to 'psychopaths' were at the helm of major financial institutions that caused the financial crisis. (hat tip Cate Long)
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Yesterday, Cohan wrote:
It took a relatively obscure former British academic to propagate a theory of the financial crisis that would confirm what many people suspected all along: The "corporate psychopaths" at the helm of our financial institutions are to blame.
Clive R. Boddy, most recently a professor at the Nottingham Business School at Nottingham Trent University, says psychopaths are the 1 percent of "people who, perhaps due to physical factors to do with abnormal brain connectivity and chemistry" lack a "conscience, have few emotions and display an inability to have any feelings, sympathy or empathy for other people."
As a result, Boddy argues in a recent issue of the Journal of Business Ethics, such people are "extraordinarily cold, much more calculating and ruthless towards others than most people are and therefore a menace to the companies they work for and to society."
How do people with such obvious personality flaws make it to the top of seemingly successful corporations? Boddy says psychopaths take advantage of the "relative chaotic nature of the modern corporation," including "rapid change, constant renewal" and high turnover of "key personnel." Such circumstances allow them to ascend through a combination of "charm" and "charisma," which makes "their behaviour invisible" and "makes them appear normal and even to be ideal leaders."
Source: Cohan: Did Psychopaths Take Over Wall Street? – Bloomberg
Also see: "James Galbraith: How financial stability creates instability"
P.S. – Of course, I blame government here. Your thoughts?
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Sorry no time to watch the video but seems to me this is looking for a "sexy" explanation where one isn't needed. Crony Capitalism is a systemic thing, the key being moneyed politics, I'm sure there are all sorts of personality types benefiting from it.
I have met a number of these people in both corporate and non-corporate places (lots of them in academia and the arts too) and they have had a good run. Which beggars the question as to why not everybody is like them, it is such a big competitive advantage.
My guess is that probably that kind of person only thrives in high prosperity, high trust times, because they are in essence lone predators. When circumstances are less sunny there is a strong advantage to operating in packs of predators, or flocks of prey, that is in groups bound by trust and reciprocal support, and the ability to emphatize and be "genuine" comes out as a strong advantage, and being a lone predators is a losing strategy.
I read about it yesterday at some point. And as I remember the argument goes like, that the rate of change caused these kind of people to rise to these ranks. Might it not have something to do with people adapting first to new conditions (thats why we perceive them as not fitting in) and then got spoiled by money thrown at them? Maybe after all it is rather a matter of distribution than psychopaths calling the shots?


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What's in a Number? NLL Stars Tell Their Stories
Family ties, idol worship and simple circumstance all play a role
by Neil Stevens | LaxMagazine.com
|Why does Cody Jamieson wear 88?
His favorite player growing up wore it. Idol worship is one of
common themes among how NLL players choose their jersey
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Why does Toronto Rock captain Colin Doyle wear 7 on his back?
''Because I've worn it my whole life,'' Doyle explains. ''None of my favorite athletes wore 7 so I don't know how I ended up with 7 but I've had it all along. It looked good on the jersey so I kept it.''
He's kept it since he was randomly handed it when he first registered to play minor lacrosse when he was a boy, and a lot of National Lacrosse League players source their numbers to a similar circumstance.
Some players wear numbers on their NLL jerseys in honor of fathers who passed away, which is why Rochester goalie Matt Vinc pulls on 48 with pride.
''It's a tribute to my dad,'' he said. ''He died when he was 48 and he was born in 1948. I switched in junior the year [in St. Catharines, Ontario] we went to the Ontario final. It just seemed fitting to kind of have him with me at every game since my family has been so supportive. It's just a way for me to have him in the building.''
Toronto goalie Nick Rose lost his father in an auto mishap when he was two years old. His dad, Tony, wore 6 as a prominent player in Orangeville, Ontario. Nick took his father's 6 and added a 6 for himself to come up with 66 — him and his father together on his sweater during games.
Adopting numbers from older brothers is common, as in the case of Rock forward Garrett Billings.
''It's kind of a family thing,'' Billings said of his 13. ''My oldest brother wore number 13 growing up playing lacrosse so I copied him. I also liked how people used to say it was kind of unlucky so I kind of liked to prove them wrong. I've always just liked the number 13.''
Scott Ranger of the Calgary Roughnecks mentions a brother, too, when asked to explain his number. He wore 17 through minor lacrosse because a brother wore it. When he joined the Roughnecks, Tracey Kelusky was the captain and he wore 17. What to do? Ranger reversed 17 and came up with 71.
Philadelphia forward Kevin Ross wound up with 71 in a roundabout way, too. He wore 17 all through minor lacrosse.
''When I got to junior it was already taken so I just switched it around to get 71,'' Ross said. ''When I got to the NLL in Chicago, Kevin Fines already had 17. The same thing when I got to Minnesota, this time with Sean Pollock. At that point, I just decided 71 was my number for my career.''
Teammate Daryl Veltman altered his number selection in Calgary for a slightly different reason when he arrived. He wore 6 as a boy and 16 in junior but when he joined the Coquitlam, B.C., senior team both numbers were taken. He was driving with a college teammate one day. That teammate wore 36. Veltman thought about that and ended up choosing it for his Coquitlam sweater. When he entered the NLL with the Boston Blazers, he reverted to 16. When he was traded to Calgary, Scott Carnegie had 16 so Veltman went back to 36.
Numbers already taken — it's a common theme that explains many NLL numbers.
''I was a rookie in Jr. A, 15 or 16 years old, and I'd always worn 12 because it was my dad's number but it was taken — by a guy named Paul Wannamaker,'' said Colorado Mammoth star John Grant Jr. ''There were a few numbers left and 24 was available, it was twice 12 and my goal was to be as good or better than my dad so I took it. That number is retired now in Jr. A so it means a lot to me and I still wear it.''
Another famous player had to switch, too. Buffalo Bandits captain John Tavares didn't get to choose his NLL number — it was just handed to him — but he has gone on to become the all-time leading scorer in pro lacrosse.
''I always wore number 6 in summer lacrosse so when I came to Buffalo I asked for it but it was already taken,'' Tavares said. ''They gave me number 11 because the lower numbers were for the smaller guys.''
Bandits teammate Shawn Williams started out a long time ago with 5 on his back and added to it along the way.
''The number 5 is a family number,'' Williams said. ''My dad wore it his whole career and I wore it when I was young. I switched to number 15 when an older player had 5 and I wore 15 all through junior. When I got to the Brooklin Redmen of Major Series Lacrosse, Hall of Famer John Fusco wore 15 so I wore 5 my first year in honor of my dad, who played for the Redmen in the 1970s. I switched to 51 my second year and I've been number 51 ever since.''
Some players wear numbers identical to those of older players they idolized.
''I started by wearing number 22 growing up because Gary Gait wore 22,'' Washington Stealth forward Lewis Ratcliff said. ''When I reached junior lacrosse [in Victoria, British Columbia, where Gait also played], it was retired so I switched to number 42 for Tom Marechek, who I also grew up watching.''
Cody Jamieson's 88 requires mention of a player he admired while growing up in his Six Nations community and who was released by Toronto just before the start of the 2013 season.
''It started way back when I was six or seven,'' Jamieson said. ''I looked up to Cody Jacobs. He was eight or nine. That's when I started wearing it.''
Some players keep numbers from their NCAA days.
Rochester Knighthawks transition player Joe Walters is the only player on an active NLL roster wearing No. 1. It is a tradition at the University of Maryland to hand a top recruit the 1. Walters went to high school in Irondequoit, N.Y., and it was the same school attended by U of M star Andrew Whipple. Whipple wore 1 at Maryland so Walters wore it as well, and he's kept it on in the NLL.
Likewise, teammate Casey Powell wears 22 because at Syracuse it was usually handed to an incoming top prospect following in the footsteps of previous 22s such as Gary Gait.
When Minnesota rookie Kiel Matisz enrolled at Robert Morris University, freshmen were given their choice of numbers between 40 and 50 and he selected 46.
''I chose it because I wore 46 when I was younger because it was the only jersey that fit,'' he said. ''When I joined the Swarm, all the other numbers I'd worn were taken. So, ultimately, it's a number that continues to somehow find a way into my life.''
|Drew Westervelt of the
Philadelphia Wings wears 26 in the NLL, but 14 in the MLL with the
Chesapeake Bayhawks (above).
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Drew Westervelt of the Wings wears the same number, 26, he wore at UMBC and tries to keep it on his back regardless of which league he's playing in. Because 26 was taken when he was drafted into the MLL by Denver, he wore 14 with the Outlaws and still wears it with the Chesapeake Bayhawks.
''I tried something new,'' Westervelt said. ''I never bothered to change to the same number for both leagues. However, if I did change, I would go with 26 in both. Therefore, college, MLL, NLL and Team USA would be the same number.''
The Stealth's Athan Iannucci sought numerolical guidance. Read this slowly:
''Since I can remember, I was always number 23 on account of Michael Jordan. When I started playing [summer box lacrosse] for Langley [British Columbia], Mike Grimes was 23. He was also 23 in Washington. I needed an alternate number and 32 wasn't going to do it.
''I wrote down every number that wasn't in use. After whittling it down to four numbers, I tried to draw connections between 23 and the four potential numbers. I discovered that number 23 was a prime number only divisible by 1 and itself. I saw 'divisible' as the ability to be broken down or defeated. I saw 1 as a supreme being or God or Myself. I liked that.
''I then discovered that one of my four remaining number choices was also a prime number and not only that but the 23rd prime number, 83! On a side note, months later I found my first ever lacrosse jersey in an old box. When I pulled it out, I was surprised to see what number it was: 83. Full circle. Seems the number found me, almost.''
The number 77 is a good omen for Edmonton Rush goalie Aaron Bold.
''When I first started to play lacrosse, I wore number 30 for my first season,'' he said. ''I then got traded to another team [in Saanich, British Columbia] and they had the number 77 so I wore it throughout the season. We ended up winning a gold medal [at the 15- and 16-year age level]. From then on, I kept it as my number.''
Rookies have been arriving with a birth year displayed. Johnny Powless of the Knighthawks wears 93 because he was born in 1993. Rookie Dhane Smith of the Bandits wears 92 because he was born in 1992.
The most popular numbers last weekend were 9, 10 and 44 as each was worn by eight players.
Jordan Hall of the Wings wears 44.
''I started playing hockey and was a defenseman,'' Hall said. ''I had to choose a number one year when I was pretty young and my dad told me I should be number 4 like Bobby Orr. I agreed and liked the number. When lacrosse rolled around in the summer, we had to choose numbers and I played more offense. Somehow, I figured two 4s were more offensive. Ever since then, if I could choose my lacrosse number, it has always been 44.''
Every number tells a story — unless there isn't one. Nobody wore 29 last weekend. It was the only number under 43 that was not being used.
Neil Stevens has covered pro and Canadian lacrosse since 1971. He and the late Tom Borrelli — a longtime Lacrosse Magazine contributor — are the only media members recognized by the NLL Hall of Fame.
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NBC has renewed the summer offering Hollywood Game Night for a second season of 10 episodes, according to Broadcasting & Cable.
The trivia show pits two contestants against each other, with each having a team of three celebrities.Jane Lynch will return as host for the second season.
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With the $50 fee and a bouquet of white roses in hand, Jimmie Beall and Mindy Ross raced into the Franklin County Courthouse yesterday to apply for a marriage license.
The women had been turned down five times before. But they figured this rejection, unlike all the others they've experienced in their years-long quest to marry in Ohio, would have a temporary feel.
Buoyed by what they view as two U.S. Supreme Court victories on same-sex marriage, local couples say they see change — and acceptance — coming faster than ever before. Many wiped tears and rubbed goose bumps as news of the decisions flashed across television, phone and computer screens.
"We've been handed a measure of equality, and that's huge," Beall said. "It gives hope on the horizon. If the federal statute can't stand, then eventually, none of the state laws will."
Beall and Ross, of western Franklin County, usually request a marriage license each year on Valentine's Day, despite the state law barring same-sex couples the right to wed.
They decided to repeat the attempt yesterday in celebration of the ruling. "We brought the rulings with us," Ross said, waving a thick stack of copies.
Beall, however, got stuck in traffic, and by the time the couple made it to the 23rd floor, the office was closing. "We'll be back tomorrow," Beall said, smiling through her tears.
It's difficult to explain the pain that comes with being closed off from such a basic institution, Michelle Heritage said.
"The fact is, marriage is very, very special," she said, overcome with emotion as she explained what a legal union would mean to her and Tanisha Robinson.
"There's a difference between saying somebody is your partner and your wife," Heritage, of Bexley, said. "It tells the world that we are committed, loving, legally bound together. Until you'r e denied that right, you don't know what it feels like."
Heritage, the executive director of the Community Shelter Board, said she's optimistic that yesterday's Supreme Court rulings are a big step forward. "It's a joyous day," she said. "I think it's inevitable that full equality is going to be achieved."
Heritage and Robinson are planning a September ceremony with friends and family in central Ohio. Afterward, they'll travel to New York to make their union legal.
Same-sex couples often spend thousands of dollars crafting legal documents to protect mutual assets, child custody, medical decision-making and death and inheritance rights.
Even those who live in states that permit gay marriage know their rights are not protected everywhere.
"It's this weird subcategory of married folks," said Mark Ponchak. "They travel outside to a state that recognizes same-sex marriage, live in a state that doesn't, and now the federal government does."
Ponchak, who is not married to his partner, Nick Jenior, said he's excited about the U.S. Supreme Court decisions. "But I think you could throw confused in there, too," he said.
The Merion Village residents, like Beall and Ross, have decided not to marry until they can do so in their home state.
"This is where our kids are and where our friends are," Ross said. She knows she's not going to be granted a marriage license today, but she thinks the days of rejection are numbered.
"I just turned 50 this year, and it's time. It's time for everyone in this country to have equal rights."


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Valley junior Venus Barron won three of five matches to place seventh in the 72-kilogram division at the WCWA Nationals.
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Freshman Randi Beltz led the Lady Vikings with a second-place performance. The top-ranked grappler from St. Clair won her first three bouts in the 59-kilogram class, two by fall, before meeting No. 2 Missouri Baptist freshman Helen Maroulis in the finals, dropping a narrow 2-2, 2-1, 3-0 decision.
Freshman Jordan Hagerman (82 kilograms) split her first four matches, pinning one opponent, before stopping Jamestown (N.D.) freshman Justina Laufalamana with two seconds remaining in the second round for fifth place.
Valley had two sixth-place showings: freshman Keeya Skyes (44) splitting her first two matches prior to a 6-9, 3-1 to Cumberlands (Ky.) freshman J. Elise Woodruff in the trophy match and sophomore Britney Heatherly (48) also going 2-2 before being pinned midway through the second period by sophomore Jessica Nguyen, also of the Lady Patriots.
Junior Venus Barron (72) won her seventh-place match, but sophomore Brittany Bertolani (51) had to withdrawal from hers due to injury.
The Lady Vikings placed sixth in the 12-team, 150-wrestler field with 23 points. Oklahoma City easily took the team title with 124 points, well ahead of Cumberlands' 76 points for second and the 70 points tallied by Simon Fraser (B.C.) for third.
At a banquet the previous evening, Heatherly and junior Rachel Pike of Valley received WCWA Academic all-America honors.
The Lady Vikings are on hiatus until the spring, when they will compete in the USA Wrestling University Nationals, April 10 at Akron, Ohio.


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U-W Political Scientist Thinks Roberts Will Be Seated
Laramie, Wy – A University of Wyoming Political Scientist thinks President Bush's nominee will avoid a filibuster and be confirmed for a post in the Supreme Court. Steve Van Winkle says the selection of John Roberts was a strategic one. Van Winkle says he is both the type of conservative person the President had wanted and also someone who has a good track record with many Senators.Van Winkle, who has written about Supreme Court Vacancies, says Roberts has not been outspoken on a number of social issues, but chances are he will have a conservative eye. He adds that his credentials compare favorably with Chief Justice William Rehnquist.


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