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SOCA Presents Steel Magnolias
This spring, USF's School of Creative Arts presents Steel Magnolias, a heartwarming play about female strength and fragility. Based on Robert Harling's story of a group of women who meet weekly at a Chinquapin, La. salon, the play follows these hilarious characters as they interact with one another as only true friends can. Whether kidding or cajoling, gossiping or fighting, laughing, crying or comforting, the women are always real – and together they face the joys and challenges life brings. Directed by Brad Beauchamp, the play is scheduled for six performances:
- Friday, March 23, 8 p.m.
- Saturday, March 24, 8 p.m.
- Sunday, March 25, 2 p.m.
- Friday, March 30, 8 p.m.
- Saturday, March 31, 8 p.m.
- Sunday, April 1, 2 p.m.


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Friday, May 26, 2017
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Gravity Falls creator Alex Hirsch taps his childhood memories to create the offbeat world of the hot new Disney Channel cartoon. The fun tagline for Disney Channel's new show Gravity ... Continue Reading →
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Fox Orders Patton Oswalt Superhero Toon
Fox has given a presentation order to Working Class Hero, an animated comedy starring actor-comedian Patton Oswalt and co-written and executive produced by American Dad co-creator/executive ... Continue Reading →
Fox TV to Launch Latenight Animation Block
Fox TV is expanding its animation domination plans to late Saturday nights by launching a 90-minute block in Jan. 2013. "It's something that we've been working on ... Continue Reading →
Paley Center Presents Special 'Napoleon Dynamite' Night
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Russell Brand to Get Animated for Fox
Fox TV and Chernin Entertainment are working on an animated series based on the life of British comedian and actor Russell Brand, the trades reported yesterday. The show will be written ... Continue Reading →
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- Out of Print (OOP): CD is no longer available through typical retail options including major online stores.
- Scuff Marks: The dull spots on CD Jewel Cases from where the cases rub against shelves or other CDs, this is normal wear for a CD Case.
- Skipping: The music (or video on enhanced CDs) shows noticeable signs of missing information which can be seen or heard.
- Slimline Case: The thin half-height Jewel Case becoming more popular for CDs, saves on storage space with the same protection.
- Teeth: The parts of the disc case that go in the hole to hold the CD in the case - if these are broken the CD may fall out easily. Also called fingers.
- Tri-fold: A Tri-fold Cover is the usually Cardboard Covers which fold out into 3 parts with the CD(s) in the sleeves within the cover.
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A break for the holiday
It's safe to say that the Golden Eagles welcomed the Christmas break this weekend.
"We'd need three days off," said coach Buzz Williams after last Thursday's victory over UW – Milwaukee.
The game against UWM was third in six days for the Golden Eagles (11-1) who suffered their only loss of the season last Monday at Louisiana State and defeated Northern Colorado at home on Dec. 17.
There's been a lot to learn so far, especially for the freshmen players and for sophomore forward Jamil Wilson who red-shirted last season after transferring from Oregon.
"I think (the break) is good for everyone throughout our program, not just the players," said Wilson. "We absorbed a lot of information over this first semester and these first 12 games including the loss. You know how devastating that can be after making a run, 10 games and then losing.
"I think us bouncing back mentally (against UWM) to get the win was good for us and now everyone can just go home for a couple days and relax with their family. Get off their feet and come back ready."
The Golden Eagles are a team that is still trying to figure out how to play without injured center Chris Otule who suffered a knee injury against Washington at Madison Square Garden on Dec. 6. Davante Gardner has taken over as the starting center and other players, such as Wilson, have seen their roles altered as Marquette plays smaller without Otule.
"You think about all that we have been through since Chris' injury," said Williams. "You think about the days that we've had to practice. It's been really tumultuous in regards to …at Wisconsin, travel, at New York, finals, a week off. You can't really have good practices during finals. Play Saturday, travel Sunday, at LSU Monday, back Tuesday morning at 3:30 and in bed at 5. Then practice really good (last Wednesday), play (Thursday against UWM). There was a lot of stuff."
And yes, they were weary when the final buzzer sounded on the game against UWM.
"Wouldn't you be tired after all that?" said Williams.
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I didnt start this cake until friday afternoon for my daughter's little birthday party today. I mean I hadn't even started baking it lol and kids being kids my whole three wanted to help so that added an extra hour to the task hehe and another hour to clean up the mess they make lol but all totally worth it to see the joy it brings to them and me when we bake together.
So needless to say I was up until 3:30 am trying to finish it. I think I started making the pixie fairy at about midnight and even though I was so tired today I felt sooo excited and happy when my daughter seen it and LOVED it. She was soo happy I made the fairy. She even asked me what time I got to bed lol, the sweet little thing, when I told her nearly 4am she said awe mum im sorry. I just laughed and told her if id stay up to finish a cake for someone i didnt know (even if they were paying for it) there was no way i wouldnt stay up for her. I was very pleased with how the cake turned out in the short amount of time i gave myself to make it. x Tina
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Muhammad Saleem over at Mu Life — a great new blogger I've recently discovered who focuses on social media — posted something about how Digg and Netscape had the news that Donald Rumsfeld had resigned long before Google News (long in this case being 20 minutes). His post was noticed and linked to by Steve Rubel at Micropersuasion and by Jeremiah Owyang, among others.
As I pointed out to Muhammad and Steve, however, it looks to me like Comedy Central actually broke the news a full 35 minutes before either Digg or Netscape got to it. If anything could reinforce how disrupted the journalism business has become, it's the fact that a comedy channel can break news — which may not be all that surprising, considering that surveys show many younger people get their news from Jon Stewart's Daily Show.
Of course, as Matt Sparkes notes on his blog, Digg and Netscape didn't "break" the Rumsfeld news — they were simply the first to link to the Associated Press story. That's not really the same thing. So it's not really fair for Muhammad to title his post "Why Socially Driven News Is Better." Faster, maybe — but not necessarily better.
That doesn't mean Digg and Netscape and similar tools aren't still a threat to newspapers, mind you, since in many cases newspapers just print the Associated Press stories too. And that is becoming harder and harder to justify.


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Abu Jundal arrest: The Saudi message
The deportation of Jundal is a message to Pakistan to get a grip on its jihadi networks, whom Saudis now perceive as a distraction.
The deportation of Sayed Zabiudd-in Ansari alias Abu Jundal from Saudi Arabia to India last week has implications beyond simply its unravelling of the 26/11 plot. Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's spokesman exacerbated an evolving situation by a midnight flip-flop over the release of Sarabjit Singh, an Indian sentenced to death for terrorism.
Whatever the truth, the impression congeals of an administration bending to the will of jihadis and the military. The entire charade is conducted as the India-Pakistan parleys, christened as "talks" instead of "composite dialogue", loom in July at the foreign secretary level.
Abu Jundal's significance is as a live witness who links the 26/11 operation in Mumbai and Ajmal Kasab and his nine dead accomplices to the hatchers, financiers and handlers of the conspiracy in Pakistan, because he was in the control room in Karachi. Although Pakistan arrested some conspirators exempting their leader Hafiz Saeed, they in effect investigated reluctantly, discounted leads from the David Headley trial, scoffed at Indian dossiers, refused to furnish voice samples of those detainees suspected to be the callers from Karachi, pleaded procedural and evidentiary limitations and so on. While most voices in the 2008 recordings spoke a Punjabi-Urdu hybrid, one stood out for using Hindi lexicon, raising the possibility that this was the Indian link.
Painstaking work by Indian and undoubtedly the US agencies finally identified him as Abu Jundal, eventually tracing him to his Saudi refuge.
Abu Jundal's voice sample can now link him to the tapes and he can then identify the other gloating worthies committing murder by proxy. In evidentiary terms, Pakistan's excuses on paucity of evidence will now be redundant in the face of Abu Jundal testimony or confessions. It is, therefore, hardly surprising that Rehman Malik, now without ministerial rank over his suspected dual nationality, reverted to stone-walling and denial as Pakistan did immediately after 26/11. Abu Jundal, he said, is an Indian national, conspiring with indigenous Muslims and thus an Indian problem. He ignored mentioning that Saudis had, in fact, rejected Pakistani pleas that as Abu Jundal possessed a Pakistani passport he should be deported to Pakistan. Their concern is understandable as they may no longer be able to insulate state agencies and the top echelons of Lashkar-e-Tayyaba/Jammat-ud-Dawa from credible evidence of direct complicity.
Additionally, being the highest ranking Indian in the LeT and their link with the Indian modules, Abu Jundal can betray planned operations, network details and modus operandi of funding, training and recruitment. Once disrupted the modules take a long time to rebuild. It is thus necessary that competitive bidding between rival police and intelligence forces in India does not obstruct coordinated action.
Even more significant is its impact on Pakistan's relations with its three principal allies ie the US, China and Saudi Arabia. US-Pakistan relations have regressed to an extent that the US Congress is now attaching caveats to aid to deter Pakistan from collaboration with sundry radical allies like the Taliban, Haqqanis and Punjabi radical groups. It appears that Saudis are sending a similar signal to Pakistan, despite historically having tendered critical financial succour, mediated in domestic Pakistani squabbles, indoctrinated Pakistani clerics, used Pakistani troops for buttressing its security and even rumoured to have a link to Pakistan's nuclear programme. What then made Saudi Arabia hand-over such a major counter-terrorism asset to India?
Today, Saudi Arabia is buffeted by domestic and external factors. Arab Spring, leading to deposition of authoritarian regimes, some aligned to Saudis, rattled them enough to defray in 2011 $130 billion to their citizens. Despite their rising income, exploding population has arrested their per capita GDP at $20,000. To sustain their budget, oil price must remain above $80 per barrel. Their stand-off with Iran, symbolised by their support to the ruling family of Bahrain, being opposed by Bahrain's Shia majority, in addition to Iranian obduracy over their nuclear programme are also making them look beyond the US for allies. After their brutal fight against Al Qaeda in the kingdom in 2003-2006, their stock-market melted in 2006, remaining even today at 50 per cent below its peak. King Abdullah, ruling since 2005, is a pragmatist. His gradualist reform desire has been stymied by the remnants of the powerful clique of his seven half-brothers born to a Sudeiri mother, a favourite wife of his father. His predecessor King Fahd and two Crown Princes Sultan and Nayef, both dead in the last eight months, were Sudeiris. So too is the new Crown Prince Salman, though he is less of a status quoist than Nayef, who held the crucial position of interior minister till his death on June 16.
The youngest half-brother of King Abdullah is Prince Muqrim, born to a lowly Yemeni mother, but perceived as King's ally and thus made the head of intelligence. King Abdullah may thus just be beginning to assert.
The deportation of Abu Jundal is thus a strong message to Pakistan to get a grip on its jihadi networks, whom Saudis are now perceiving as a distraction if not a threat. Saudis are also factoring-in their rivalry with Iran and sending a signal to India to rebalance its relations with that country. This opens up immense strategic possibilities for India to contain Pakistan, reduce Indian dependence on Iranian oil, participate in the burgeoning Saudi economic development and become a key player in the Gulf security architecture. It is not a coincidence that India-US strategic engagement has concomitantly expanded. Pakistan may just discover that even its all-weather friend China may also be mulling a similar reassessment of the costs and benefits of their partnership with Pakistan. Pakistan's time for cost-free duplicity in counter-terrorism may be over.
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The bird can't stand alone. Pick a few of these dazzling side dishes to round out your Thanksgiving meal.
This is a delicious recipe from Ina Garten / The Barefoot Contessa. We really enjoy this during the holidays. It is best when the squash is cut in medium to large chunks so that the outside gets a maple-flavored crust, and the inside stays soft and delicious...Get the Recipe
From WRENABEE's review: I've made lots of versions of smashers, and this is the yummiest recipe. It's best with red potatoes, NEVER ommit the sour cream (gives the best flavor). AWESOME, CREAMY, & RICH...Get the Recipe
A delicious recipe for pumpkin that's not a dessert! I usually make my own pumpkin puree in the blender with a little water. This dish is mild and warming; my kids like it because it looks like mac and cheese!Get the Recipe
I am in trouble if I don't make this for any holiday dinner. It is a long-standing tradition and family favorite.Get the Recipe
This is a great holiday side dish.Get the Recipe
I love Brussels Sprouts, and these are a really nice change of pace with a great flavour. Try them...you'll like them!Get the Recipe
My kids say this is better than 'the blues' and gobble it up, even when I toss in a handul of cooked veggies like broccoli, peas, carrots, etc. It is just as easy as the 'blue box' at least I think so and it is much healthier...Get the Recipe
An easy to throw together recipe that I made to accompany several meals over the Festive period this year. The trick for these roasted roots is to cook them en papillote (in a paper parcel) for the first 30 minutes - almost oven steaming them, before opening up the paper and allowing them to brown and go crunchy and crispy around the edges...Get the Recipe
This side or I would eat this as a snack. It has a garlicy, crisp, squeaky bite to it! Tossed with almonds. Use tender, young, thin beans.Get the Recipe
This expanded version of traditional Green Bean Casserole is sure to satisfy any crowd with its flavorful combination of Campbell's Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup, green beans, and crispy French fried onions...Get the Recipe
This is a family tradition. My grandmother makes this every Thanksgiving. Absolutely the best! Simple and easy, but the flavor is so good!Get the Recipe


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Hi everybody !
I re-started this program this very monday and missed L1D3 today because of blisters. Vibram five fingers : you need to adapt before you can run with them ! I can barely stand right now. I'm sure I've broken some kind of record with these blisters I have, they're huuuuge. Anyway.
Lately, I've been fascinated by a book : Spark, by John Ratey ( book's blog: http://johnratey.typepad.com/blog/ ). It describes the effects of exercise on the brain. This book is really worth reading. In a nutshell : your brain changes however old you are ( it is called neuroplasticity), by exercising you produce chemicals that facilitate these changes.
Here's a talk by the author : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bmc0ERKfjP0
So I'm wondering : have any of you guys noticed something about your mind, and if/how it has changed by following this program ?


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"POI" is the Maori word for "ball" on a cord
See above an example of short and long Poi used in dance - Maori Kapahaka
The POI was used, many years ago, by the indigenous Maori people of New Zealand to increase their flexibility and strength in their hands and arms as well as improving coordination.
Wahine (female) dancers perform the Maori POI, a dance performed with balls attached to flax strings, swung rhythmically. Those pictured to the right are using short POI.
The POI dance was originally used by the Maori women for keeping their hands flexible for weaving and by the men for strength and coordination required during battle. POI are also used as a training aid for other ancient weapons like the Mere or Patu (Short club)
A History of POI in New Zealand- by Daisy Hemana
Tena koe to you,
Maori Raupo POI - New ZealandI am a Maori lady who lives in Wellington NZ. I am of Ngati Whatua descsent (primarily). Although I am in my early 60s this is considered not too old by our standards. However we have passed on our tribal knowledge of poi from our traditional sources based from Auckland and further northland. I was interested to read your history of poi from other tribal sources also.
We have a similar history from our tribe. We pass on through oure korero (or talk) of the poi genealogy as having started with our gods creation, then through the use of flax made bags to carry a moa egg.
We call these bags kii. These carrying bags called kii were later used by our fighting warriors in training. The method was to put a large stone in the kii bag and swing this around to make the arms and wrists supple and strong and to test reactions. The kii bags made of flax had short ropes but when the warriors and boys trained with them they would put on extra lengths of rope.
We have a Maori game which is not much known today which uses just the kii bag so it is like a ball. This ball is called a kii. We use light stuffing inside of it, feathers or wool or clothing even. Long ago the stuffing would have been dog fur or feathers or plant fibres. When the moa birds died out the original kii bags were not needed because no other bird in our country has such a big egg. The kii were just used in our game and in training and the trainer kii became known as kiitoa or today as poitoa.
Later on the poitoa was used in action songs and this has become simply POI. So in order came the flax kii bag which had flax rope attachment for carrying moa eggs and a bit later this rope was removed so that the kii was used like a ball in a game and for trainers some extra long rope would be added and a stone within the bag.
Much later the kiitoa became POI that are seen much today.
I needed to let you know how we view the POI history. AS Maori people We are not the same across the whole country, we have our own unique genealogies in not only our lives but also our implements and poi. Thankyou for this way of letting me tell you.
Arohamai, Daisy Hemana
© 2003, Daisy Hemana , New Zealand
|Sirric Webb
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|22nd Mar 2014 3:50 PM
I like this. i wanted to just say thanks for posting about your individual and cultural opinion and views. this was important to me for the store i am going to open. more a dojo really. i just want people to get to know that world is not as bad as some make it out to be, and poi is my door to do this.
|Sheryl L
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|9th Sep 2014 7:32 PM
I am studying Raranga we are doing History of Taranaki Poi this week, I have found this interesting. Its similar and different to the whakapapa of our Poi. Many Thanks


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Henry Rosenau will be well into his golden years when he is released from a U.S. jail.
The 61-year-old was sentenced in Seattle Thursday to 10 years in prison for years of cross-border pot and people smuggling.
Rosenau, of Armstrong, was "such a skillful pilot that he flew with weighted contraband in the cockpit, strapped to skids, hanging by short lines, and swinging by long lines," a sentencing memo by the U.S. Attorney says.
" He flew before dawn, without lights and using night vision goggles. He landed in wooded areas or on rough and inadequate sites, and he skillfully landed his helicopters, sometimes bringing an aircraft within a couple of yards of a waiting vehicle. He flew under the radar, through narrow valleys, and over mountains and wilderness.
"In addition to smuggling drugs, Defendant Rosenau surreptitiously flew drug traffickers, such as Zachary Miraback and Dustin Haugen, into the United States because they were felons and could not legally enter the country."
He also taxied some of the drug traffickers back home to B.C. "simply because it was a more expedient method than having them stop at a Port of Entry," the court documents say.
Rosenau worked for a variety of criminal groups, including the United Nations gang.
"He occupied an important position within that world as a top-notch pilot who could issue orders to those below him," the sentencing memo said. " The defendant made a good income from his crimes, as evidenced by his large home on an expensive and expansive view lot, his purchase of additional river-front acreage, and his several aircraft."
Rosenau told the judge back in July that he had decided to plead guilty after fighting the charges for years because: "I feel that by telling the truth, that by being a Canadian, I will probably get a treaty transfer and I'll probably not have to do a whole bunch of time."
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B.C. helicopter pilot gets 10 years in U.S. jail for smuggling pot
An Armstrong helicopter pilot who admitted he flew pot across the border for B.C. gangs has been sentenced to 10 years in a U.S. jail.
Henry Rosenau, 61, will also be on supervised release for five years once he completes his prison term, U.S. Attorney Jenny A. Durkan said in a release.
Rosenau pleaded guilty in July 2012 to conspiracy to import marijuana, just hours before he was to go on trial for a second time.
His first Seattle trial ended in April 2012 with a hung jury.
In his plea agreement, Rosenau said he repeatedly smuggled thousands of pounds of marijuana into the U.S. from Canada, illegally flying at low levels to avoid radar, and landing in wilderness areas as far east as Montana.
At sentencing, Chief U.S. District Judge Marsha J. Pechman decried the fact Rosenau had used his expertise to aid organized crime.
She said he "had skills that you turned into something sinister for your own greed…. You dumped lots and lots of drugs into this country that made their way into high schools and middle schools across Washington."
Rosenau was one of dozens of Canadians identified in Operation Frozen Timber – the 2005 investigation led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that identified organized crime groups smuggling B.C. pot by helicopter and planes south from Canada into the U.S., and smuggling cocaine north into Canada.
Rosenau admitted that from 2000 to 2005, he flew dozens of loads of marijuana into forested areas of Washington, Idaho and Montana. And he told authorities that he also flew B.C. residents into the U.S. to work as off-loaders and couriers for the drugs.
Rosenau was intercepted by the RCMP in 2005 upon returning to B.C. from a pot run. Police found a loaded handgun, night vision goggles, two satellite telephones, and a GPS device in the cockpit.
Rosenau fought his extradition to the U.S. for years, even filing lawsuits against witnesses, police and prosecutors to try to derail the case.
As part of his plea agreement, he agreed to dismiss the suits and admit they were frivolous.
Special agent Brad Bench, who's in charge of ICE's Homeland Security;s Seattle office, said: "The remote forest areas that concealed Rosenau's and his co-conspirators' smuggling operation also provided law enforcement with the perfect platform to observe their criminal activity."
"Rosenau was the air courier service to several transnational criminal organizations," he said.


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The death of distinguished Danish collector EA Christensen has prompted a collection of battle-scarred Viking swords to come up for auction.
The collection features seven swords that date to the 9th and 10th centuries and are expected to fetch between £2,000 and £8,000 at the arms and armour sale at Bonhams later this month.
David Williams, director of arms and armour at Bonhams, said: "Many of these rare and remarkable weapons would have been used in battle. The scarring and damage goes some way to confirm this, though the years have also taken their toll."
The most highly valued piece was found in 1887 in the mouth of the River Thieles in Switzerland, another was found in the River Meuse in Belgium.
The Viking age, which spanned the late 8th to the 11th centuries, will be closely examined in a major exhibition at the British Museum next year.
The Vikings invaded the UK in 793 when they destroyed the Abbey at Lindisfarne in the north of England. One Northumbrian scholar wrote that "never before has such an atrocity been seen".
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2011 yellowstone season off to wet start, but should benefit us as summer proceeds.
Howdy all, Wow hiked into slough creek on Sat. to get a first hand look at the water conditions. 4 bears, elk down low off on the buffalo fork trail, and off and on rain made for a great day. This blog specifically will address our first trip into slough creek on July 11-14th. Hello gentleman and i understand your wanting to know about anticipated fishing conditions for our trip. Simply stated it is to early to predict as it would be all speculation until we see what the weather will do in the next 8-10 days. As of Sat. flows were high but not over the banks yet. The peak flow has not been reached yet. Cooler temps has kept much of the High country snow pack still in tact. Water was unfishable but not yet blown out. Warmer temps since monday have made a dramatic jump in water cfs levels in just 2 days,anticipated warm temps for the next few days is expected, which exactly is what we need for our trip. I will monitor what goes on until july 1 or 2nd and then ride in to our crossing on or before the 4th. I will make an assesment then as to wether or not we will be able to get across the river to get to camp and if the clarity will be good enough to fish. I hope this will help with plans and i am cautiously optimistic. If hot temps keep up for 6-8 more days and high water peaks by the 3rd-4th then we might hit it perfectly for the first clear days of fishing on slough which could be phenomienal. So stay tuned and check out some bear pictures and more on our facebook page under Rockin HK Outfitters.


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Center for the Arts Celebrates 40 Years in 2013-2014; Tickets On Sale July 1
Jun. 25, 2013 by Andrew Chatfield
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Wesleyan University's Center for the Arts announces the highlights of their 40th anniversary season in 2013-2014, including two world premieres, four New England premieres, and six Connecticut premieres:
• September 6 – December 8, 2013: The Alumni Show II exhibition in Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, featuring painting, sculpture, drawing, installation art, video art, performance, and films
• September 12 & 13, 2013: Stripped/Dressed featuring Rise and the Connecticut premiere of Carrugi by Doug Varone and Dancers
• September 13, 2013; November 16, 2013; and February 15, 2014: Dine/Dance/Discover, a new event designed to bring audiences closer to the work on stage before and after all three 2013–2014 Breaking Ground Dance Series performances
• September 27 & 28, 2013: the Connecticut premiere of Who's Hungry by Dan Froot and Dan Hurlin
• September 29, 2013: the first of twelve recitals featuring the complete piano works of Wesleyan John Spencer Camp Professor of Music Neely Bruce, including two world premieres
• October 9–13, 2013: the 37th annual Navaratri Festival, including the Connecticut debut of dancer Aparna Ramaswamy
• October 15, 2013: the New England debut of Netherlands-based pianist Reinier van Houdt
• October 25, 2013: Malian guitarist Vieux Farka Touré, the "Hendrix of the Sahara"
• November 9, 2013: the Connecticut debut of London-based a cappella trio Juice Vocal Ensemble
• November 11, 2013: Blood, Muscle, Bone, a performative "teach-in" by choreographers Liz Lerman and Jawole Willa Jo Zollar
• November 13–16, 2013: Anton Chekhov's The Seagull directed by Wesleyan Associate Professor of Theater Yuri Kordonsky
• November 15 & 16, 2013: the Connecticut premiere of the dance work Pavement by Kyle Abraham/Abraham.In.Motion
• January 30 & 31, 2014: the New England premiere of the theater work HOME/SICK by The Assembly
• February 1, 2014: the Connecticut debut of the Ignacio Berroa Trio
• February 14, 2014: the first concert in New England by Ukrainian pianist Vadym Kholodenko after winning the Gold Medal in the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition
• February 14 & 15, 2014: the New England premiere of Times Bones by San Francisco's Margaret Jenkins Dance Company
• March 8 & 9, 2014: the 15th annual DanceMasters Weekend, featuring a Showcase Performance by three dance companies, and twelve Master Classes over two days
• March 27—29, 2014: the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States conference, to be held in New England for the first time since 1998
Tickets for the 2013-2014 season at the Center for the Arts go on sale on Monday, July 1, 2013. Tickets will be available online at http://www.wesleyan.edu/boxoffice; and starting at Noon by phone at (860) 685-3355, or in person at the Wesleyan University Box Office, located in the Usdan University Center, 45 Wyllys Avenue, Middletown.
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New One-Woman Play Uses Humor to Tackle Issues Facing Muslim Americans
One of the monologues in Aizzah Fatima's new one-woman play begins with a woman in a hijab kneeling and praying: "God, please let me get a 30 or better on the MCAT exam so I can get into medical school. If I can get a 30 or better, than I promise to fast for ten days." Laughter ensues.
The play, written by and acted in by Fatima, is called "Dirty Paki Lingerie," and it's being performed over the next two weeks as part of the Midtown International Theater Festival, an off-off Broadway showcase that runs through July 31.
"Dirty Paki Lingerie" uses humor to look at issues of sex, love, family and faith facing Muslim women living in America. Fatima plays six characters that represent a range of ages and experiences. In her roles, she shops for lingerie in a hijab, browses Urdu newspaper classifieds to arrange marriages and quietly gets divorced in a culture that traditionally eschews the practice.
"I wanted to write something, in this post-9/11 world, creating a positive image of Muslim-Americans," said Fatima. "I wanted to help create images of Muslims that were anything other than what we were used to seeing."
Zeba Iqbal, the executive director of the Council for the Advancement of Muslim Professionals, saw the show on Saturday, and said the play isn't just a good education for non-Muslims, it's also an important conversation starter within the community.
"You know, we as a community, to grow we need to be able to be honest about our challenges, about our fears, about our hopes," said Iqbal. "And it's a very honest play, a very honest portrayal."
But Fatima admits the play is likely to rub many Muslims the wrong way.
"I think the title scares a lot of people," she said. "I've gotten some concerned comments from more conservative people. But I think once they see the play, most would say it's a positive and moving play. That's the feedback I've gotten."
Another play exploring Muslim-American issues is "The Hijabi Monologues," inspired by the popular "Vagina Monologues." The play, which will be performed on August 15 at the 13th Street Repertory, is about about Muslim-American life and is written by women.
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I've made mention of this before in several comments on message boards, and the more I think about it, the more it seems to make so much sense.
Throughout my lifetime, school teachers and family members had told me I had a creative mind and out to be a writer while simotaniously telling me I was very detailed and very obsersative. I would notice and catch things that nobody else would think of noticing that were just there.
With that, I really believe there's some kind of reconciliation between Microsoft and IGN. Look over Xbox LIVE! and how many IGN stratagize video's to find? How many references do you find to IGN throughout Xbox LIVE? Is it just cause Jessica Chobot is something to look at? Though it may seem flattering to her so many guys have their tounges hangin out of their heads drooling over her, I think there's more to it than that.
In reverse, Xbox 360 seems to get much more attention to its console and products than the PlayStation 3 does. Typically, when a game is reviewed that cross platform, its predominately the Xbox 360's page that the review is done on? Why? Well, its already answered. Has IGN taken a side? Who is IGN lookin toward to win the console wars?
In many instances, you look at a head-to-head review of a PlayStation 3 game vs and Xbox 360 games. Rules don't apply in this area. Lets say Bayonetta is released, it gets a great review of an 8.8. Now, its time for the head-to-head. Lets say everything is equal across both consoles, but the graphics on the Xbox 360 are brighter than the PlayStation 3 and colors tend to pop out more and there's a little more detail. The final verdict is given to the Xbox 360 version with PlayStation 3 coming in second. Other than that, they're identical. Sales sky rocket for the Xbox 360 version.
Now, its a few months later and Final Fantasy XIII is released and given a 9.2. The head-to-head is released, the PlayStation 3 has a brighter image that allows for a better color pallete and allows more detail with more anti aliasing than the 360 version. But both games in the verdict are equal. This has happened with IGN before.
Finally, the developers decide to release Red Steel 3 multiplatform. The game gets a review of 7.3. Has crappy controls all the way across, the famerate is terrible no matter what console you play it for, and the Xbox 360 is a little bit darker, but its negligable. The PlayStation 3 takes the win for head-to-head.
So, why it, that when a game gets a great review, the Xbox 360 is always identical, or they find a way, if the 360 has faults to pull it out front of the PlayStation 3. This too has happened.
Whatever deal Microsoft has with IGN, its effecting the console wars. IGN is apt to making money as everyone else does. The key to success in the business world is, give them what they want. Do what you have to, to please them. Well, the Xbox 360 is ahead by 9million console sales, and IGN does whatever they have to please the better selling console crowd. Prototype was a crappy game in my opinion. When the head-to-head was done, Erik Brudvig and Gregg Miller did the grudge match. Infamous was great and widely talked about, but what happened in the grudge match? Because Protype couldn't compete with Infamous, Gregg did his best to compare them and Erik lazily went about it and in the end said, "They both lose and the win goes to Crackdown." Crackdown was barked about as being a crappy game. He couldn't even admit defeat by a PlayStation 3 game. That makes me suspicious.
What happens next? I find after I bring something like this up, things mysteriously change for that time that I brought it up and PlayStation 3 is given attention, but then, after a day or two, it goes back to full support of the Xbox 360. Everyone buy a 360, the PS3 is crap up until I bring it up again.
There is something goin within IGN that doesn't make sense. Observe carefully, and you catch and notice it. Look at the back of the Gears of War 2 packaging. Its in big red letters. Then look at the back of any PlayStation 3 game. Is IGN stratagize even on


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I had stepped down as director several years before. The administrator's form was short. A dozen questions, a date here, a tick there. After I'd signed off, the pen lingered in my hand. The last question asked, in accountancy terms; in your opinion, why did this enterprise fail? I didn't lie. I wrote one of several reasons why it failed, but I didn't share my opinion. I suppose this series of articles is about the things we don't say, that we think about, that we know should matter.
From the beginning of my career, I saw the characteristics of what I am writing about. As a newbie to the sector I was informed by the influential perspectives and with which the sector chooses to represent itself. I didn't realise immediately that some of the charming characteristics could actually be symptoms of an illness, because the sector generalises in positive tones. Some enterprises have very sick governance and most social enterprises are carriers of a disease that could kill them, surviving on artificial life support. There is not enough public failure – what there is actively hidden and ignored. Where is the useful criticism of the sector?
If I am right, then some readers are now thinking about real examples to which they can relate. The sector leads in areas of promoting diversity and equality. That doesn't mean that some enterprises don't hide discrimination, passive aggressive bullying and prejudiced corporate behaviour. The sector differentiates itself from other business sectors, but that doesn't mean it is immune to appalling, and sometimes illegal, business practices and individual behaviour.
Volunteering is a good thing. Being competent and improving is a prerequisite of good governance. You might pause and ask yourself the question: if you could pay your directors or trustees ... would you? Even if you don't think you should, I would argue that directors should be at least worth paying.
The default for assessing governance seems to be one of three things. We have a chief executive so we can add good governance to their job description. We assess ourselves and we are fine, we just need to find people with specific skills. We are still here, we must be good at what we do and so other people and organisations need to change. The current approach to improving governance is based on a belief that, generally, everything is sound and needs a polish rather than restoring. There are codes of governance and some enterprises that are very well led and could teach on the subject. However, where there is weakness, the directors of social enterprises and charities have a worrying tendency to procrastinate rather than tackle their problem.
Is the culture of governance in the sector healthy? Does it prevent crime and protect vulnerable people, or does it protect the sector's interests? When do exceptions proving a rule actually become an indicator of an underlying problem? Social enterprises and charities can become politically untouchable. The Charity Commission and CIC regulator are far from draconian. The sector rarely checks its own. The default is to combine forces against threats, turning them into common enemies. Good governance is not process and compliance, it is genuine enterprise-wise intelligence.
A local authority policy maker once told me, "local is often better or favourable than having the best." Yet the authority was hamstrung because it is practically impossible to decommission anything, even if it is mediocre or worse. Intelligent commissioning requires intelligent governance across the system. Silent scandals should be enough for social enterprises to want to do more to strengthen governance.
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Apple was granted a number of patents by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Tuesday morning, the most interesting of which concern Apple's television software and a new method for packaging touchscreen technology.
In United States Patent 8,243,017, "Menu overlay including context dependent menu icon," Apple describes ways to display onscreen menus and video for its Apple TV set-top box. What's most interesting about this patent, which was originally filed in 2006, is that the patent illustrations show that the Apple TV either was originally designed to work with cable TV, or that Apple is primed to collaborate with cable providers in the future.
The set-top box (described in the patent as a "video device") would employ a number of elements that are already familiar to users of TiVo and other DVRs, such as the ability to record live TV. Some of the shows included in patent diagrams include The Late Show With David Letterman, as well as circa-2006 favorites like King of Queens, Lost, and The O.C. Apple's aspirations to include live network content may have died after networks like CBS declined a deal with Apple to stream content over its set-top box.
Apple TV in its current incarnation does not support live network television content, but rather provides easy access to iTunes, Netflix, and Hulu Plus (a recent addition in the U.S.), among other sources, for TV shows and movies on-demand.
The second patent of interest, "Touch screen liquid crystal display," US Patent 8,243,027, illustrates a number of different ways touch-sensing components can be integrated into a touchscreen display. The patent, which incorporates two other related patent applications in their entirety, has a lengthy 85 different claims covering different ways of implementing a touchscreen.
The most interesting part of this particular patent revolves around in-cell display technology, which is rumored to be used in the fabrication of the next iPhone in order to make it slimmer. With this technology, you integrate the LCD and touch sensor into a single layer. The patent describes a number of benefits of this, including eliminating redundant elements in the display, finding dual purposes for existing ones, and allowing some layers of the display to be removed, "which can reduce cost and thickness of the touchscreen LCD, as well as simplify manufacturing," according to the patent description.Go Back to Top. Skip To: Start of Article.


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Editor Ali Nabwa told CPJ that Dira received a letter on Monday, November 24, from Zanzibar Minister of State Salim Juma Osman ordering the paper closed under a 1988 Act that empowers the government to shutter a paper it deems a "threat to national security." According to Nabwa, the letter did not say why Dira might be a threat to national security. Nabwa denied the charge and said Dira would seek a court injunction next week to allow it to resume publishing.


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James Anderson clearly remembers his first international wicket, if not for its quality.
Adam Gilchrist, on 124, at Melbourne in December 2002. It didn't bend around a corner and whistle out the middle stump.
"It was a wide half volley which he chopped on."
They all count though, and 11 years on Anderson is on the cusp of jumping one place to become the fourth most prolific England test wicket taker. Ten wickets in the three tests will put him ahead of the splendid left arm spinner Derek Underwood; a cracking campaign and 20 wickets would ease him past the legendary Fred Trueman into third.
The champion swing bowler from Burnley, Lancashire is already his country's highest wicket taker across all three international forms of the game, with 535.
Tall Steven Finn caught the eye with a rip-snorting performance in the final ODI at Eden Park, but Anderson is the man who leads the attack and to whom England will turn if they need a breakthrough.
Four days playing for Auckland in early 2008 were a pivotal time in his career.
While England were being soundly beaten in the first test at Hamilton, Anderson played for Auckland against Wellington at Eden Park's outer oval early in England's last tour. His figures, two for 95 off 38 overs, don't tell a story, though.
For the second test at the Basin Reserve, in came Anderson and Stuart Broad, for his second test, for old stagers Matthew Hoggard and Steve Harmison. Hoggard never played again; Harmison had six more tests, but was running out of petrol.
By that stage, Anderson, after a roaring start to his test career, had taken 62 wickets in 20 tests at 39 each. He was flatlining in a sense.
Auckland revitalised him. He ripped through New Zealand's first innings, taking five for 73 and hasn't looked back. His next nine tests produced 42 wickets at 29.5.
"I didn't get many wickets but bowled pretty well," he remembered of his Auckland experience. "That cricket at Auckland really helped me put in some good form and set me up well for the test.
"I've always been thankful for that opportunity. That's the game we kicked on from."
Anderson's ability to swing the ball both ways, late, makes him a menace for batsmen, especially with the new ball. He may lack the sheer hostility of the game's best fast bowler, Dale Steyn, but Anderson can be equally as effective.
Anderson's record against New Zealand is impressive.
In five tests, he's taken 27 wickets at 24.07. He warmed up in the ODI leg of the ANZ international series with seven cheap wickets, his first, a booming inswinger to bowl BJ Watling early in the first match in Hamilton, a corker.
Anderson, 30, is proud of his England achievements.
"There were times when I doubted if I'd still be here.
"Playing for England is still such a big thing for me. It's something I dreamed of as a kid and I still take a lot of pride in playing. The times when you're out through lack of form or injury make you cherish the moments you do get to play.
"That also makes you want to keep improving. You never think it's going to come true and when it does you want to hang on to it as long as possible."
Anderson is a small picture man. Getting the little elements right is a key for him.
"The way I've got to this point, I've not been thinking about this milestone. They all tot up and the way I got here is concentrating on small bits, each spell, the next match."
The big picture looks after itself.
When England regained the Ashes in Australia in 2010-11, Anderson was a kingpin, taking 24 wickets at 26 each.
"That's probably the best I've bowled in a five-match series. I was consistent, took wickets all the way through. That's the one that stands out for me."
His pride in playing for England shines through when the Indian Premier League is raised. It is an issue for England's players who want to cash in but are unable to maximise the chance because of England's early-season international obligations.
While some have gone public expressing their frustration - and one county, Nottinghamshire, have banned their players from taking part in the IPL - Anderson doesn't get why the clash should be a problem.
"I can't comprehend putting it ahead of international cricket. I don't understand that, especially test cricket which I hold in high regard," he said, slowly shaking his head.
"But some people have different priorities, some prefer T20 cricket. I couldn't see me doing it."
He's not going anywhere soon either. There are more wickets to be taken for England, more overs to bowl for his country in pursuit of the world No1 test ranking.
And because he's not reliant on outright pace, is more skill and rhythm, plus being rotated in and out of less significant campaigns, thus lengthening his time at the top, Sir Ian Botham's record is in his sights, and beyond.
"If I stay fit and play for long enough, I think I can," he said of eclipsing the great allrounder. For now, it's New Zealand, for whom combating Anderson is among their more important challenges.
England's leading bowlers
* Sir Ian Botham
383 wickets at 28.4, 102 tests
* Bob Willis
325 at 25.2, 90 tests
* Fred Trueman
307 at 21.57, 67 tests
* Derek Underwood
297 at 25.83, 86 tests
* James Anderson
288 at 30.39, 77 tests


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Got zines dug out of the box ready (had hassle putting everything back again), found charity/activist flyers etc (& a lost pack of stickers & badges). Need to get /trade for some zine/distro/more radical type activism ones etc. flyers & need some American/non-British ones.
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But, after hanging at this forum for a while, I can see the value in them for some. The nice thing is that they are not limited by miles. So, if you are high-mileage rider, they may make sense for you.
Warranties and such are based on statistical liklihood. Think about it this way. My numbers may be off, but you'll get the idea:
The "free" factory warranty is two years. So, they are going to design at least to that spec. The MoCo doesn't want to deal with a large number of warranty claims. In order to do that, they would probably have to target 20-25K miles of use in those two years to make sure they capture a large majority of users. That is, if the MoCo can make them last 25K or so before something breaks, they won't get burnt too bad on warranty claims.
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The fourth annual Woodrow Wilson Bridge Half Marathon, a victim of the federal shutdown on its originally scheduled date, has been reset for Sunday, Nov. 10. While the run climaxes with the crossing of its namesake span, all the bridge's travel lanes will be open. However, there are road closings along the rest of the course.
The northbound lanes of the George Washington Parkway will be closed between Belle Haven Boulevard and Church Street, at the Alexandria City line, from 6 to 9:30 a.m. All traffic will use the southbound side, following single lanes at reduced speeds.
The runners start at Mount Vernon, go north on the parkway, cross the Wilson Bridge on the path and end up at National Harbor in Prince George's County. See a course map in pdf on the half marathon's Web site.
The bridge path will be closed from 7 to 10 a.m. to everyone but the runners. The express lanes of National Harbor Boulevard, the main entryway to National Harbor, will be closed to traffic from 6:30 to 10:30 a.m.
For those who just want to view the event, organizers recommend the National Harbor side of the Wilson Bridge, where people will be able to see the runners coming down off the bridge and entering National Harbor. The pedestrian/bike pathway that the runners will use is on the north side, toward D.C. It crosses over the travel lanes of the Capital Beltway before reaching National Harbor.
On the Virginia side, there are viewpoints all along the George Washington Parkway south of the bridge, but keep in mind that spectators won't be able to cross over the Wilson Bridge to the finish area via the pedestrian/bike path till the event is over.
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The UH Manoa Office of Facilities and Grounds will be conducting a Facilities Management Evaluation Program (FMEP) review during the upcoming week of October 23 from Monday October 24 through Thursday October 27. This is a formal external review performed by a panel of experts assembled by the Association of Physical Plant Administrators for Higher Education (APPA). In the course of this review members of the APPA evaluation team will meet with campus leaders to gain their feedback of the performance of the Office of Facilities and Grounds.
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THE general consensus in South Kerry is that retail trade in the pre and post- Christmas periods will be on a par, if not slightly better than in previous years.
Mike Buckley, President of Killarney Chamber of Tourism and Commerce, said the status quo looks to have been maintained this year in Killarney.
"Things don't seem to have disimproved but they are no better than last Christmas," Mr Buckley said. "People aren't waiting for the sales anymore. Because of the pre- Christmas sales, they are buying before Christmas now."
"The restaurants and publicans seem happy enough. Last Thursday and Friday nights were busy while Saturday was slack. It seems to have been hitand-miss."
Looking ahead to 2013, Mike Buckley said the local tourism sector is hopeful of an improved season: "Our gut feeling from operator feedback is that 2013 will be a good season, building on a strong end to 2012," he said.
Meanwhile in Kenmare, proprietor of award-winning shop, Soundz of Muzic, Kit Dunlop, said the general vibe was that business may have slightly improved, helped by the monthlong Nollaig Neidín festival.
"Shopping for Christmas in Kenmare is usually very late. Nollaig Neidin did help, but unfortunately the weather destroyed the Saturday before Christmas, plenty of people said that. There seems to have been a tad more confidence around," he remarked.
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A call for the NHL to treat its players as people…Criticism of the hockey media's reaction to Wade Belak's passing….Is it better to rebuild with youth?…Challenging hockey statisticians…Remembering when September was Canada Cup time…Should the Oilers add another defenseman?…The visor challenge in Tampa Bay…A look at the Atlantic division…Fantasy preview of the Ottawa Senators.
PUCK UPDATE: Steven Ovadia calls for the NHL to treat all its players as people, regardless of their on-ice role .
SPECTOR'S NOTE: Agreed. The league and the PA have made significant strides in recent years to address this, but given the recent deaths, more can and likely will be done.
HOCKEYBUZZ.COM: Travis Yost takes the hockey media to task for their coverage and commentary in the immediate aftermath of Wade Belak's death.
SPECTOR'S NOTE: Yes, some of the coverage resulted in soapbox articles, as well as speculation into the cause of Belak's death. Most were in my opinion expressing genuine emotion, doing what everyone else was doing, trying to understand what happened, come to grips with the shock and grief, and search for answers. Whether or not we agree with the suggestions for change, it's still helpful in promoting discussion about the issues raised by Belak's death, which in turn might lead to some positive change for players like him. Anything's better than just brief reports on his death, as that would be considered ignoring the issue, or sweeping concerns under the rug.
TOM BENJAMIN'S HOCKEY BLOG: Tom examines Calgary Flames GM Jay Feaster's recent comments comparing his building his club's roster in comparison to the Edmonton Oilers rebuilding with youth, especially top draft picks. He believes Feaster is essentially saying that "choosing to lose" in order to attain high draft picks isn't a wise strategy, and agrees with it.
SPECTOR'S NOTE: Rebuilding with youth isn't always a sure-fire path to glory, while there are teams, like the Red Wings, Sharks, Canucks and Bruins, which have built themselves into champions or contenders without having high draft picks in their lineups.
MATCHSTICKS AND GASOLINE: Mitch Smith presents Part One of an in-depth study into advanced hockey statistics.
SPECTOR'S NOTE: This is a deep topic, and I admit the study of advanced statistics can at times fly right over my head and splatter against the wall. Nevertheless, I feel it's still worthwhile, even for folks like me who, as Smith suggests, finds the advanced stats perspective of hockey a tough hurdle when we first encounter it.
DENNIS-KANE.COM: Dennis reminds us that, once upon a time (between 1976 and 1991), September was Canada Cup time.
SPECTOR'S NOTE: The collapse of communism at the turn of the 1990s essentially killed the meaning of these tournaments. During the Cold War, eastern European hockey stars, especially the Russians and Czechs, were unknown to North American fans, and given the "us vs them" ideology of the time, those tournaments took on special meaning, as well as provide some of the greatest moments in international hockey history. It's certainly much better today for European players, as they now get to strut their stuff in NHL rinks, but I do feel nostalgic whenever I remember those Canada Cups.
BLUESHIRT BANTER: "Dig Deep" examines the Atlantic Division for the upcoming season.
SPECTOR'S NOTE: Resist the temptation to assume that, because it's written by a Rangers blogger, they're predicting the Blueshirts topping the division. This is a worthwhile analysis of the division.
RAW CHARGE: John Fontana wonders how many Lightning players will respond to GM Steve Yzerman's challenge from last spring to don visors.
SPECTOR'S NOTE: Those who might be unconvinced about putting on visors might want to take a look at the video Fontana provides of Yzerman's own nasty eye injury in 2004. If I were an NHL player, that would convince me, but if not, perhaps Bryan Berard's career-altering (and very gory) eye injury might do the trick.
COPPER AND BLUE: "ryanbatty" wonders if the Edmonton Oilers should consider adding another veteran defenseman to their blueline corps to be on the safe side if Ryan Whitney continues to be hampered by injury this season. He noted veteran Bryan McCabe is still available in the UFA market and might be worth considering.
SPECTOR'S NOTE: It appears Oilers management will see how Whitney performs in pre-season, as well as their other defensemen, but it wouldn't be surprising if they decide they need more depth.
SILVER SEVEN: Cam Collingwood of Fantasy Hockey Scouts offers up analysis of the Ottawa Senators for the upcoming season.
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