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The clock is ticking. Just days to Selection Sunday, that day when the bracket gets filled for another wild and crazy NCAA basketball tournament.
When the field is announced, the focus and analysis always concentrate on the top (the No. 1 seeds) and the bottom (whose bubble burst and whose didn't). Since most of the tough decisions are made with the final teams getting in, the selection committee likes arriving in Indianapolis on Wednesday with a pretty good idea of the No. 1 seeds.
So they must have enjoyed the past few days, as some clarity seems to have come at the top line. Duke, Indiana and Gonzaga — the last thanks to a 65-51 win over Saint Mary's on Monday in the WCC title game — appear to be solid No. 1 seeds at this moment. The other spot? Well, it looks up for grabs. And, in our opinion, Louisville, Kansas, Georgetown and Miami are the contenders.
Duke would be in the East (Washington, DC), Indiana in the Midwest (Indianapolis) and Gonzaga in the West (Los Angeles), with the South (North Texas) still up for grabs.
Here's a breakdown of the scenarios for our Magnificent Seven:
Barring a disaster at the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament in Greensboro, NC, it would seem the Blue Devils are in line for the No. 1 seed overall. Think about that. Less than two weeks ago, Duke was coming off that 73-68 loss at Virginia, the Blue Devils had lost two of their last four games, and Duke haters everywhere were expressing their right to free speech. Others were still warning that Duke would be a different team if Ryan Kelly could return from his injury. Kelly returned to score 36 in a 79-76 win over Miami on March 2.
The NCAA selection committee will duly note that Duke is undefeated with Kelly in the lineup and the Blue Devils at full speed. With the No. 1 strength of schedule in the nation and a 10-2 record against teams in the RPI top 50, Duke is a lock for a No. 1 seed. The fact the Blue Devils didn't win the ACC regular season may never be mentioned in the committee room. And as long as they advance to the ACC tournament final, I think they hold the No. 1 overall spot.
That come-from-behind victory at Michigan on Sunday gave the Hoosiers the outright championship in the Big Ten and likely locked up a No. 1 seed. Losing two of three before the game at Michigan threw that into doubt, but the Hoosiers showed what they are made of in the final minute against the Wolverines. It's not just a matter of winning the toughest conference in the nation; it's also a result of going 8-3 against the RPI top 25. The Hoosiers swept Michigan and Michigan State. And in nonconference play back in November, the Hoosiers defeated Georgetown and North Carolina. Indiana played the 10th-toughest schedule in the nation.
The last time Gonzaga lost was Jan. 19 and many observers consider that last-second setback to Butler a fluke. Monday night's victory over Saint Mary's in the West Coast Conference tournament championship game sends the Bulldogs into the NCAA tournament on a 14-game winning streak and all but assures the nation's No. 1-ranked team a top seed. Gonzaga's strength of schedule (104) is damaged by the conference the Bulldogs play in, but they still managed an RPI ranking of No. 11. Gonzaga is 12-2 against teams in the RPI 100, with those losses to Illinois and Butler.
The Cardinals are the forgotten contender. Louisville rose to No. 1 in the polls in January, then lost three straight and got lost in the shuffle. Rick Pitino's team didn't win the Big East regular-season championship, but the Cardinals have the experience to win the conference tournament in New York this week. They also know what it is like to get on a run and advance to the Final Four. A win over Georgetown in the Big East tournament title game and there's no way to deny Louisville a No. 1 seed. Just advancing to the title game might be enough with the No. 7 SOS and 12 wins against the RPI 100.
The Jayhawks might have blown their shot at a No. 1 seed with that lopsided loss at Baylor on Saturday. It is rare to see one of Bill Self's teams play without energy or emotion from start to finish, but that's what KU did in Waco. Maybe after so many battles this season, Kansas found it difficult getting motivated knowing it already had a share of a ninth consecutive regular-season championship and the No. 1 seed in the Big 12 tournament. The Jayhawks could re-enter the No. 1 discussion by winning the tournament in Kansas City, Mo., especially if they beat Kansas State for a third time. The path won't be easy, however, with Iowa State due up next after Thursday's opening games -- KU beat Texas Tech 91-63.
Otto Porter Jr. and the Hoyas are trending, in large part because of those two victories over Syracuse at the end of the season. The Hoyas squeezed the Orange twice, winning 57-46 at the Carrier Dome and then again Saturday 61-39 in Washington, DC. The Hoyas also have wins over UCLA, at Notre Dame, Louisville, Marquette, at Cincinnati and at UConn. That gives Georgetown an RPI of 9 and a SOS of 23. A run at Madison Square Garden would put the Hoyas in the No. 1 seed, but Georgetown would likely need wins over Syracuse and then Louisville, to grab that reward. They started their run Thursday with a 62-43 win over Cincinnati.
The Hurricanes have scripted the best story of the season, but to land a No. 1 seed Miami would need to beat Duke in the ACC tournament championship game — and get some help in the other conference tourneys. It could happen. Miami and Duke split their regular-season matchups and the Hurricanes weren't awful at Cameron when Kelly made his emotional return. If someone other than Louisville or Georgetown wins the Big East and Kansas gets upset early in the Big 12, the door would be open for Miami.


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For five seasons, Mike Estes has coached East Lake's softball team. Next season, he will add volleyball to his coaching duties.
On Friday, Estes was named East Lake's volleyball coach. He replaces Terry Small, who resigned after leading the Eagles to the Class 5A state title last season. It was the school's first state title and the county's first since Clearwater won in 2000.
Small agreed to resign for good at the end of the season after the Florida High School Athletic Association conducted a two-year investigation in which it fined East Lake $11,125 and forced the program to forfeit all games in which two starters who received impermissible benefits (rides to school) played in during the 2009 season.
The Eagles broke away from the club volleyball scene with its selection of Estes, who said he has played the sport but never coached it.
"I'll learn as I go along," said Estes, whose daughter, Brittnay, plays on the volleyball team. "We'll go to a lot of camps in the summer, and I'll have to pick some good assistant coaches."
Estes has done well with the softball team, guiding the Eagles to a berth in the 5A state final four. This season, East Lake is 17-0 and ranked No. 3 in the nation in the latest ESPN Rise poll.
"I think the school picked me because of my success with the softball team," Estes said.
Estes inherits a volleyball team that returns the majority of the starters from last year's state championship squad.
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Archaeologists discover earliest example of human with cancer
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LONDON (Reuters) - British archaeologists have found what they say is the world's oldest complete example of a human being with metastatic cancer and hope it will offer new clues about the now common and often fatal disease.
Researchers from Durham University and the British Museum discovered the evidence of tumors that had developed and spread throughout the body in a 3,000-year-old skeleton found in a tomb in modern Sudan in 2013.
Analyzing the skeleton using radiography and a scanning electron microscope, they managed to get clear imaging of lesions on the bones which showed the cancer had spread to cause tumors on the collar bones, shoulder blades, upper arms, vertebrae, ribs, pelvis and thigh bones.
"Insights gained from archaeological human remains like these can really help us to understand the evolution and history of modern diseases," said Michaela Binder, a Durham PhD student who led the research and excavated and examined the skeleton.
"Our analysis showed that the shape of the small lesions on the bones can only have been caused by a soft tissue cancer ... though the exact origin is impossible to determine through the bones alone."
Despite being one of the world's leading causes of death today, cancer is virtually absent in archaeological records compared to other diseases - and that has given rise to the idea that cancers are mainly attributable to modern lifestyles and to people living for longer.
According to the World Health Organisation's cancer research agency, new cancer cases rose to an estimated 14 million a year in 2012, a figure seen rising to 22 million within the 20 years.
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I don't know if they've changed my bio yet, but it's official, I'm The Office Cat.
I didn't know when that lady brought me in from the rain that this is a place of business, it looked like a house to me. Turns out it's also an office, so day in and day out, Monday through Friday, there's people here working. Hey, if that's what they're into, fine….don't let me get in the way! I have free rent AND fringe benefits without having to lift a paw, things like regular dinners and snacks, a cat tree and bed of my own, any desk that suits me, lots of windows and great views, fish tank, lots of toys and a human litter maid. Even the dogs that guy brings in know who's the boss, MOL! Pretty cool, huh?
See I was already supposed to be adopted but had to wait for those humans to move, it was then I began thinking this place seemed like a better gig. So, I meowed to myself, you gotta make yourself indispensable, and fortunately it seems I have the uncanny ability of making them all happy just by being me, imagine….now that's easy!
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Just a quick share today - Over at the Making Memories blog, I was their guest designer for the day.
I have always loved Making Memories products and I was so excited when they contacted me a couple of months ago about this GDT opportunity.
I pulled out (from my stash) some of their lovely 'Noel' collection and created these 2 layouts.
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Claims that you can eat all you want and still lose weight.Top Rated Diet Pills of 2017
Akavar 20/50 is a European weight loss pill that has achieved much success. It has made its move to the U.S. seeking the same. Akavar boasts that it is the ultimate fat cure and that you'll see the results you seek without any diet restrictions or inclusion of exercise.
Akavar is designed to restrict your daily caloric intake to less than normal. Without those calories that your body requires for energy, you'll start to use your fat reserves. This will of course cause you to lose weight and inches. However, you'll immediately gain back that weight should you stop using Akavar. The website offers little-to-know information about the product leaving open many questions about the supplement.
Do You Know the Best Diet Pills of 2017?
- Promotes eating all you like and still seeing weight loss
- Reduces urge to overeat
- Do not have to count calories
- Won't feel hungry
Akavar 20/50 leaves a lot to be desired. Some of the more concerning details include:
- Promotes a lifestyle without exercise and healthy diet
- No FDA approval
- Web site offers very little information
- No published clinical research
- Does not publish ingredients
- Contains caffeine
It takes a lot of research to find what is inside those little Akavar tablets, as the product's website bypasses any discussion. Akavar includes many caffeine sources including xanthine and green tea leaf. Other ingredients include yerba mate, guarana seed, ginger root, kola nut, Tibetan ginseng, cocoa nut, rice flour, yellow no. 6, red no. 3 and Gelatin, among many others.CONCLUSION
Akavar 20/50 leaves a lot of open questions- which really leads to concerns about both the product's effectiveness and impact on the body. With so many diet pills and supplements on the market, it is important for manufacturers to paint a detailed picture of the product to help consumers make the most educated decisions. Many diet pills and supplements provide all of the information that Akavar seems to have conveniently left out. It is also a little misleading that without diet and exercise you can still lose weight. Anyone who has ever committed to losing weight knows that without important changes to diet and exercise, results are often not achieved.Common Misspellings
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I suspect that the company that makes Akavar 20/50 is responsible for the positive comments in this thread.
The makers of Akavar 20/50 are engaged in a class-action lawsuit filed against them for false advertising. The suit was filed in November 9, 2007. You can learn more about the lawsuit at: http://www.sfmslaw.com/class-action-lawsuits/cases
The magazine Skeptical Inquirer had an excellent recount of an exchange between a doctor and the company that makes Akavar. The doctor simply wanted to read the 2 articles that Akavar advertises as proof that their product works. You may read the article here: http://www.csicop.org/si/show/we_couldnt_say_it_in
Some interesting points from the article:
"I really hit the jackpot when I noticed an ad for a weight-loss product called Akavar 20/50. It made the usual claims: eat all you want and still lose weight. But it had the best advertising slogan ever: �??We couldn�??t say it in print if it wasn�??t true!�?�'
"The ad describes research results on Akavar as �??staggering.�?� It claims to have published scientific research showing that twenty-three out of twenty-four patients .... "
"I searched PubMed for anything in either of those journals that might even remotely be considered studies of Akavar and couldn�??t find anything. I wrote the company�??s customer service representative and asked for more information. That led to the following surreal e-mail exchange over the next month and a half."
The email exchange gets wild; it would be hilarious if it weren't dealing with a supplement consumed by people wanting a pill!
What the doctor wanted:
"Let�??s make this really simple:
1. Are there two published studies?
2. If so, please provide me with the information I will need to locate and read those studies: Name of author(s), title of article, name of journal, volume, page number and date of publication."
The legal departments reply after 6 weeks:
"We have received your request to provide you with all studies relating to our Akavar 20/50 product. Due to the confidential nature of these studies, we cannot release these studies without a signed Non-Disclosure Agreement. Our standard Non-Disclosure Agreement is enclosed. Pleases [sic] review and sign the Agreement. Upon receipt of the signed Non-Disclosure Agreement, we will happily provide you the information you requested. . . . [This was accompanied by a complicated, multi-page legal document.]"
The doctor's final email which was never replied to:
"ou did not provide the titles of the studies, but I easily found them. I can see why you didn�??t provide the titles, and I can see why I didn�??t find them when I looked before, because it is obvious that they were not studies of Akavar 20/50.The Lieberman study is titled �??Effects of caffeine, sleep loss, and stress on cognitive performance and mood during U.S. Navy SEAL training. Sea-Air-Land.�?� The Andersen study is �??Weight loss and delayed gastric emptying following a South American herbal preparation in overweight patients.�?� The herbal preparation was a mixture of yerba mate, guarana, and damiana. The patients initially lost a few pounds, but those who took the active drug for 12 months �??maintained�?� their weight during that period. The abstract of the study does not say that the study participants were instructed not to alter their eating habits. And the numbers of patients do not correspond to either of the studies described in your ads.
Your ad says, �??this is scientific fact, documented by published medical findings.�?� Are you now admitting that there are no published clinical studies of Akavar 20/50 and that the statements in your ads are false?"
Akavar is still claiming to have performed clinical trials on it's product. From their website:
"While the published clinical trial using the active Akävar-20/50 compound resulted in significant weight loss WITHOUT diet and exercise,adding a sensible diet and exercise program to your weight-loss regimen should only enhance Akävar-20/50â�?��?�s incredible weight-loss power."
This is not in the small print:
"Clinical trial shows success: That�??s right. While no diet pill can possibly work for everyone (that�??s why there�??s a money-back guarantee), the peer-reviewed clinical trial revealed that virtually everyone in the study who used Akävar-20/50�??s active compound (23 out of 24 participants, to be exact) lost a significant amount of weight."
I haven't taken Akavar 20/50 nor will I take something that is so deceptively marketed and unresearched. I am not part of the lawsuit, nor do I know anyone at Skeptical Inquirer or anyone associated with the lawsuit. I am just a scientist who came across the Skeptical Inquirer and thought it wise to share this info. I am also not someone that is anti-medication or supplements. I use both daily. If you are using Akavar 20/50, you might want to research what you are ingesting.
Truly, if it is too good to be true, the it is. Say no to false advertising and pseudoscience.
This is my second full day on Akavar 20/50 and I am weighing in at 173.2 which is a major difference. My appetite is huge. I usually have pasta with sauce for breakfast but I haven't had that inclination during the last 2 days. I am going to start taking a multi vitamin such in case. I will post again in a couple of day. so far so good
I am 52, and have gained a lot of weight in the last 2 years. I am 5.2 and now weight 176 lbs. I started Akavar 20/50 this morning and will be keeping track. I would like to get down to 135 which at my age is OK. I think my metabolism has slowed down over the last 5 years.
I am hoping this will help.
hey yall i started taking this product last year i weighed 180 and i am 5'2..yikes i know!! lol well let me say this product works i lost a total of 35 pounds. : ) i stopped taking them but am going to start again 2mr! im so excited i will keep posting! it really works!!!
This is the second day of taking this product. I am a night snacker, so the first time I took was 15 minutes before dinner...I ate a small dinner and had no desire to eat after that...today I took one pill before lunch, at lunch and have no cravings for an afternoon junk food, which is another one of my bad habits..I am thinking I will love this product! I am 5'2", female and weigh 158. My goal is somewhere between 135-140, though most weight websites say that is still overweight...i don't care...that's what I weighed when I got married 5 years ago and I felt great then! I am 43 and don't want to be a skinny minnie!!! Average is fine!
I started this product on April 10th 2010 I weighed in this morning April 17, 2010 I have lost 8 pounds with exercise and healthier eating habits. No side effects at all.
I just this pill today 04/15/2010 I am trying to loose 20 lbs. I am running 2-3 times a week and reduce my calorie intake. I am getting a lightheadeness but it's ok. I will keep u updated on the result of this diet pill.
This product is good. If your having headaches or nasuea it's because 1. You didn't eat enough before taking the pills 2. You aren't drinking enough water (I find milk helps coat the stomach when you take them) 3. You might not have noticed drinking a soda or juice with cafeine in it, you don't want to drink ANY Carfiene, the pills have plenty
I have tried the product and liked it but mostly for the energy factor. The caffiene dose seemed high which gave me what I needed to get through the day. In doing a little research I came across this link that the makers of Akavar are in a Class Action Suit for False claims... ex. �??European weight-loss breakthrough�?� is false. etc. take a look
I was going to buy another bottle but I think I will hold off for now.
i just bought this tonight. i am 5'2", pretty muscular and used to be super athletic. i gained around 55 lbs 2 years ago and haven't lost any since. i was around 115-120 and now am 175. i am hoping to get back to at least 125 by july (i am going to oahu for some surfing). i know that's only 5 months, but i need some encouragement! i am reeeeeeeeally hoping this product works. i tend to be a skeptic about diet pills. but i'll post every week after this to give/get some encouragement.
Uhm, well I've had the bottle for over half a year. I was using it for a couple of days but with a hectic schedule stopped using it! 5 months ago, I weighed 155 lbs 5'2" (I know! it's horrible) Well, 3 months later, I weighed 180 lbs!! Totally do not understand where the heck that weight gain came from! I was excersing about 6-7 times a week, doing lots of cardio. I started working out 3/22/10 and weighed 178.6, weighed myself this morning and weighed 174.6! =] I went through my drawer of dietary supplements, and found my AKAVAR... So, I've taken my FIRST dose today....Let's see how this goes!! My GOAL is to go down to 125 lbs by 7/1/10 (Going to Vegas with my husband and friends...and REFUSE to be the FAT girl)) Wish me Luck ya'll =]
im 5 ft. 4 in. and 120 lbs. im trying to get to 110/105 and decided to try these with diet and excercise. ive been taking two in the morning and two in the afternoon and they've been making me feel dizzy and just flat out sick to my stomach. idk if im gonna continue with them, i feel that they just might not be worth the nausea.
i started taking it missed a day and had a migranie for the days it was horrible i didnt even want to get out of bed
Haven't seen too much of a drastic change, but I lost about 4 lbs in 2 weeks without doing anything. Overall I think its an average pill.
The pills work like any other regular diet pills, but the things they claim on their website is a scam. While on this pill I do not recommend you eat all you want because you will gain weight if you do so. I think this is where most people ends up hating it..
Its awesome experience for me with this product. The result that i got with this product is unbelievable. I lost significant weight just in 6weeks,thanks to www.weightlossguide.com.
I been useing this for 3 days now and I am not hungry . I love this product and i only take 1 pill before I eat .
I�??ve been taking it 4 about 1 1/2wks and also wking out and I�??ve lost about 5 lbs so far. Its pretty good about curbing my hunger. I like it so far.
I bought Akavar Sunday, I haven't tried them yet. I'm 133lbs 5ft and 6in. My goal is to be at 125. maybe it will help me to get me at my goal weight, will see I'll keep ya'll updated.
I found out about Akavar 20/50 originally from one of my girlie magazines it said you didn't have to work out and honestly I am a lazy person. I wanted to drop a little bit of weight before my husband came home from Iraq... NO JOKE in 1 week and 3days I had lost 17 lbs BUT I did do a diet... eating fish and chicken, turkey or stakes no pork no ground beef for meat. Had a lot of fiber in my diet as well. I dropped way more then I ever thought and I kept it off until after I had my son (2years later) so now I am going to order me another bottle and get started again!
i use these pills and worked out twice a day everyday. seen NOOO difference. the pills actually made me gain weight!!!
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Published on Thu, Nov 29, 2012 (4:05 p.m.)Real Estate attorney Michael R. McNerny has joined Ballard Spahr's Las Vegas office as an associate. Mr. McNerny has experience in contracts, corporate governance, real estate transactions, construction and development issues, real property, gaming, commercial litigation, compliance, and regulatory and governmental affairs.
Mr. McNerny is a 2012 graduate of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law, where he was a member of the Real Estate Law Society and the Organization for Part-time Law Students. Before and during law school, he worked for several years as a senior paralegal for The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Harrah's Entertainment (now Caesars Entertainment), and Nevada Title Company. As a senior paralegal in the gaming industry, he provided direct support and guidance through the development, opening phases, and initial operations for a $3.9 billion, 2,900-room, 6.5 million-square-foot fully integrated resort casino.
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Stuff.co.nz will be expanding in all kinds of ways over the coming year, and one exciting new development will be the launch of an internet TV channel.
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This is absolutely awesome. TV is really on the decline and with ever faster broadband coming up, this is the sort of thing which will blossom. especially now that people know they have the ability to get news straight at their fingertips through the internet and social media sites. Will you be going onto YouTube? That will definitely increase your reach. And don't be afraid to be try and seek sponsorship as you will need money to fund this - you can always create an exclusive ad-free membership option which some people can pay for to not have their ads.
Great news! Just please don't go overboard on sport, or celebrity gossip.
And please stay out of politics, your organization clearly, by your own articles and titles cannot be perceived as even close to being unbiased
the obvious! Once you have the rights to screen live events and shows, you get the numbers! red carpet Ustream in a matter of seconds before the Oscars, had 750.000 viewers! Thanks to twitter mind you. Meanwhile down on the farm, anybody with a bit of willpower and will would have watched the latest 19 shows via let's just say "Google" of 2 1/2 men. What makes you think, we're gonna be waiting for a year? duh! Being a dutchman and mad on soccer, I do pay u.s.$80 to watch all dutch soccer games at the click of my mouse instead of having to searh for games, get a foreign lingo and pop up windows galore with no garantees. Having said that, it took me 3 seconds to just find the game AC Milan - FC Barcelona, (0-0) and watched it in perfect HD...and for freeeeeee! meanwhile, back to being dutch, I'd like to keep up with euro and their local news and sure enough many newschannels, streaming live and even tv chat shows with millions of viewers.
now bunch it together with a list of links like sopcast and bob's ya uncle. throw in the odd rhys darby kiwisceptics(dot com) commercials for laughs and I dare say, no one complaints! xx
I hope you pick up some of the fantastic TVNZ 7 shows like The Good Word and Back Benches.
I would be keen to see more NZ short films - similar to when Stuff showed one each week for a while, maybe about a year or so ago? Perhaps Stuff couls also show some of the past short films from the 48 hour film competition?
How about making it on demand? Having timed programming guarantees that I won't watch it. I don't care what time you think something should be broadcast, I want to watch things when it suits me.
Can we have some programmes on hospitals or law enforcement? There's not enough of that type of thing playing on main-stream broadcasters. Or maybe some food programmes. Yeah, something new.
There are some really cool NZ web series around now too that could do with an audience channel
Please please please no talent shows or so-called reality shows. I agree with Maz and Chris, NZ short films was the first thing I thought of and "on demand" is a must. And there are more than enough food shows doing exactly the same thing just with a different celeb chef. And I assume Richard is attempting to be sarcastic
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What are the similarities and differences? Is this type of cooking only found in Louisiana or any other states?
Cajun cook tends to be more French influenced since the Cajuns are descendants of the French Acadians.
Creole cooking is more influenced by African-Caribbean (which include French and Spanish) cooking styles.
But to be honest, there is not really a big difference between the two since they're all part of the cuisine in Louisiana.
I would say that cajun food can be spicier than creole food, but other than that the two are very similar.
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The Chinese people are rightfully proud of their centuries of culinary excellence and often show uncharacteristic immodesty when extolling it. But two decades of food safety scandals involving the contamination of baby formula, pork, eggs, peanuts and rice have rocked the country. And the use of recycled cooking oil, often known as "gutter oil," in Chinese cooking has been a chronic safety problem seemingly immune to countless government crackdowns.
On Feb. 24, the Supreme People's Court, in concert with top law enforcement agencies, announced that the sale of used cooking oil "seriously affects the image of the country and damages the credibility of the Party and the government." Then, in a symbolic measure sure to satiate the most vengeful of China gourmands, it stated:
Courts should fully consider suspects' intentions, the amount of money involved and the harm that has been done to the public … For those who deserve death, the death penalty should be handed down resolutely.
Many restaurants across China are suspected of using gutter oil for cooking. It's widely believed that if they aren't using it, they're often selling it rather than dumping it. "Swill merchants," those seeking to make money from this waste, either collect it from gutters or sewers or -- preferably, in a sense -- buy the used oil from restaurants in buckets and barrels. They then "refine" the oil by straining out contaminants and adding in chemicals to dissipate bad odors. After re-packaging the oil, they sell it to restaurants -- often the same ones that supplied it -- via nationwide distribution networks.
Login to Sina Weibo, China's most popular microblogging site, at any hour of the day and somebody is sure to be discussing "waste oil" or another food scandal. In October 2011, for instance, netizens teased that U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden's well-publicized visit to a Beijing noodle restaurant wouldn't turn out well for him because, unlike native Beijingers, he hadn't developed the intestinal fortitude to handle gutter oil.
In the latest, highly-publicized crackdown last summer, the government arrested more than 800 swill merchants and shuttered more than 100 businesses. Still, the use and highly profitable sale of recycled cooking oil persists. The campaign against gutter oil has become a symbol of the party's ongoing struggle to improve China's food supply. But its shortcomings have called into question the party's ability to ensure basic, safe nutrition for China's people.
So what else can the government do?
Many of China's netizens, apparently, are ready to roll out the gallows: "Who's going to be the first person sentenced to death for waste oil ?" Asked Devil in Gangbei, the handle of a gleeful Fujian TV reporter.
Many microbloggers feel that the Supreme Court is actually showing far too much restraint in its new sentencing guidelines. For example, microblogger Li Ligang encouraged a much more expansive use of capital punishment on Weibo: "The main culprits can be sentenced to death, and I applaud it! But it would be even better if all the food safety criminals could be sentenced to death."
For some netizens and newspapers -- including party-run news organs -- the definition of "all the food safety criminals" doesn't only involve those directly profiting from the gutter oil business, but also government officials. This is no great surprise: In contemporary China, great wealth is typically associated with great corruption. It's widely assumed (often correctly) that a business as pervasive as gutter oil must have highly respectable profit margins that attract highly respectable officials.
Thus, Walking Tan Qian, the handle of a travel blogger, posted to his Sina Weibo account a photo of what appears to be two police officers in the act of recycling a small batch of waste oil. Bo Xiaozhe, writing for Xinhua, the state-owned newswire, condemned such seeming complicity and offered this policy advice in a Feb. 28 editorial: "The most basic implementation and enforcement of gutter oil laws should eradicate and prevent individual public officials from acting in collusion with gutter oil criminals."
Nonetheless, for all the anger at the waste oil merchants and their patrons, few think heavier penalties will make much of an impact on a highly profitable industry. In a lengthy editorial in the Beijing-based Worker's Daily, a venerable state-owned paper that focuses on economic issues, Cheng Li touched on this perspective:
Gutter oil can't be eradicated only by adding heavy penalties to the law. There are always plenty of people motivated by profits and willing to battle high waves and winds … [T]his situation can't be broken by prohibition.
Even the most bloodthirsty of netizens don't seem to expect any practical results to emerge from the threat of waste oil executions. Indeed, by Wednesday, they'd moved onto new food-related scandals, including news that Chinese Olympians are now raising their own chickens in order to avoid ingesting chemicals used in commercially raised ones. However, at least for one microblogger, this raised a pressing question: "How do you ensure that the chicken feed doesn't contain prohibited goods, too?"
Threatening the death penalty, presumably, will not be among the enforcement tools that China's food safety regulators will use to answer that question.
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TIANJIN, China (Reuters Life!) - Asia's first ever snow polo tournament went into its second day on Wednesday at China's newest and largest polo club, with six top global teams promoting the luxury sport to the nation's new and growing ranks of wealthy.
Though an early form of polo was once popular with China's upper classes during the Tang dynasty more than a thousand years ago, the sport of kings died out almost entirely until a recent surge of interest in foreign sports seen as being high class.
The first generations of new wealthy spawned by China's economic reforms are likely to view golf, red wine and Ferrari as symbols of prestige, but many of the newer generation are looking for something more.
"We have so many international players from all over the world coming together in this area," Chevy Beh, a 23-year-old player on the Hong Kong team, told Reuters Television.
"I think that is a good way to promote polo in China." The "Snow Polo Challenge," which kicked off on Tuesday, is being held on a pitch covered with artificial snow in the Goldin Metropolitan Polo Club in Tianjin, an industrial port city 90 minutes drive from Beijing.
Teams from England, Argentina, France, Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong galloped through the powdery snow, watched by business executives, government officials and invited media.
With no home-grown team, mainland China is represented by the polo team from Hong Kong, the former British colony, where polo is played avidly.
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Our Living Language : The flora and fauna of the Galápagos Archipelago, a group of islands 650 miles west of Ecuador in the Pacific Ocean, provided the inspiration for Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, which outlined his theory of evolution. Although Darwin spent some time studying medicine and later prepared for the clergy, graduating in 1828 from Christ's College, Cambridge, he couldn't deny his interest in geology and natural history. He spent five years (1831-36) as a naturalist aboard the HMS Beagle on an exploration of South America and Australia. In September 1835 the Beagle reached the Galápagos Archipelago. "This archipelago," Darwin wrote, "seems to be a little world within itself, the greater number of its inhabitants, both vegetable and animal, being found nowhere else." Darwin observed 26 species of birds, only one of which was known to exist anywhere else, as well as giant tortoises and other unusual reptiles. Each species, he observed, was uniquely adapted to the particular island on which it lived. Upon his return to England, Darwin refined his notes and continued to make scientific observations, this time of his own garden and of the animals kept by his family. In 1859, after 23 years of sustained work, he published On the Origin of Species, in which he argued that traits such as size and color vary from species to species and that individual variations of these traits are passed down from parents to offspring. More progeny are produced than there is available sustenance. Variations that contribute more successfully to attracting a mate and reproducing are passed down to more offspring, eventually influencing the entire species. Through this process of natural selection, the highly complex species of today gradually evolved from earlier, simpler organisms.


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FORT LAUDERDALE Navigating the six locations and $3 billion worth of boats and marine products that make up the present-day Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, it's hard to imagine the event was ever smaller and simpler.
But industry veteran Max Hazelwood, 81, has been coming to the show for 50 years and can recall when a 60-foot boat was considered big and the show took place mostly along one pier.
The one show that I like the most is the Fort Lauderdale boat show, Hazelwood said Friday at a booth in the 400/500 tent at the show. Everybody in Fort Lauderdale is enthused with boating. This is an area where your passion is boating.
Australian-born Hazelwood is president of Welmax Marine USA, a privately owned and operated import/export marine service company. He was at FLIBS manning the booth for General Ecology, which provides water purification systems to the marine and other industries.
One thing that hasnt changed through the years, Hazelwood said, is that the Fort Lauderdale show is the place to introduce new product to consumers and the industry.
The introduction of a new product is a skill and a talent, and you take it to the place where people know what youre talking about and the passion just builds from there, the former president of new-boat sales for Bertram said. A lot of shows wave flags and gimmicks and balloons and things. You dont need it in Fort Lauderdale.
If youd asked him 50 years ago whether he ever thought FLIBS would become the show it has, he said he always knew it was a special event.
I knew this thing was here and it wasnt going to go away. How big its become is quite a surprise. Fifty years ago, a 50-60 footer that was a good boat. Now youre looking at 200-250s, he said.
If he has any complaints its that you can no longer see the show in a day, and thats hard for some people. Also, he wishes the show would feature more sailing. However, those are small criticisms, he admits.
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The Ragbirds bring their Travelin Machine to LSSU on Sept. 7
Posted: September 3rd, 2012
The Ragbirds (Photo courtesy of the band)
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SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – The Ragbirds, a southern Michigan-based band with folk-rock roots known for its multi-cultural rhythms, will bring its unique sound to the Lake Superior State University Arts Center for a performance at 8 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 7.
Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for senior citizens and $5 for students and children, and available at lssu.edu/artscenter or from the Norris Center box office from 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday. The concert is suitable for all ages.
It's rare to stumble upon a band that brings as much joy and creative flare to its music as The Ragbirds. Led by energetic front-woman Erin Zindle, the band tastefully unites multi-cultural rhythms with a roots-rock flavor that is as captivating and flirty as it is smart. The band is coming to LSSU on the heels of the release of its fourth studio record, "Travelin' Machine," and successful performances in the past year at the College Media Journal (CMJ) Music Marathon in New York City and the South by Southwest (SXSW) showcase in Austin, Texas.
Eastern Upper Peninsula and Northern Ontario music fans who have heard the Ann Arbor-based band play are eager to see the group come to LSSU. Even those who have never seen the band live are excited about the performance here.
"I listened to a Ragbirds CD on the way home from a downstate conference and I called to book them the next morning," said Tom Davis, director of the LSSU Arts Center. "They weave the rhythms and melodies of many traditions -- Celtic, African, Australian, Cajun, Reggae -- into a tapestry of sound. There's fantastic percussion, amazing fiddle and guitar, beautiful vocals -- it is like a world music tour in one concert." The songs on "Travelin' Machine," the bands fourth studio album, strike a balance between home and adventure, drawing upon elements of Pop, Gypsy, Afro-Cuban, Celtic, Middle Eastern and African sounds, with a little Cajun spice.
The five-piece project is clearly built around the multi-talented Zindle, who is not only the singer and songwriter, but is proficient in a variety of stringed instruments. This classically trained violinist can aptly pluck the eight-stringed mandolin, wield a wild accordion, and rock the banjo while maintaining lead vocals. Surrounding Zindle's earthy-sweet voice is the whirlwind of guitarist T.J. Zindle, dynamic bassist Brian Crist, drummer Loren Kranz, and standout percussionist Randall Moore.
"It's folk-rock music at the heart of it," says Zindle, who started the band with Moore, her husband. "But I'm influenced and moved by sounds from all over the world."
The interest in world music came first from her roots. With two Irish grandmothers, the young violinist discovered Celtic fiddling as a teenager. Zindle and Moore began their relationship busking on the streets of Ann Arbor with Celtic and gypsy fiddling over tricky beats of tambourine, Middle-Eastern doumbek and tabla. In 2005, the duo gathered three bandmates and began to record Erin's original songs. Since then, the band has been dubbed "highly impressive," by USA Today and has been pronounced the Best Folk Artist/Group by Real Detroit Weekly.
Chock-full of radio-friendly material, "Travelin' Machine" showcases the band's skills with adventurous lyrics and a unique blend of styles. The album kicks off with the contagious opening track "Six Wheels," an energetic song with Afro-Cuban rhythms and a frisky pop melody that manages to linger in your head all day long. The second track, "Following You," has obvious bluegrass influences with just a charming wink of country twang. Other tracks highlight the percussive prowess of the group with layers of thick drums and sounds reminiscent of an African village. The band's diversity shines in the unique "Acrobats," a Circus-waltz with haunting accordion undertones, while "Mercy of the Sea" is a rock sea-shanty with a classic swagger.
Overall, the album takes the listener on a great musical journey that is as inspiring as the world landscape from which it is drawn.
For more information about the band or its music, visit its website, theragbirds.com. For general publicity inquiries, package requests, or more information, please contact Jenny Jones, email@example.com or 734-358-0741. -LSSU-
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Atlantic Salmon Growth
Below are pictures of Atlantic Salmon eggs as they grow.
Collecting milt (sperm) from male salmon.
After we had expressed the eggs from the female and into a container. We then add milt or sperm to the eggs, add water and (this stage or period is call the sensitive or green egg stage) mix.
These eggs were collected on November 13th.
The eggs are placed into an egg tray and held until they (they go through the sensitive stage, eyed egg stage then the sac-fry or yolk-sac stage) are ready to feed.
If you look closely, you will see black spots and those would be the eyes. The eggs had eyes for about 2 or 3 weeks now.
You can see the backbone on them also if you look hard.
White egg are dead eggs.
The water temperature is around 47°F.
The eggs started hatching the week of January 14 and finished up by the end of that week.
These are called sac-fry.
The yolk is their feed (while they are sac-fry) and they absorb it as they develop.
These are sac-fry from Jan. 26.
These are sac-fry from Feb. 2.
The sac-fry are starting to darken up and the yolk is getting smaller.
Once the yolk is absorbed they will then begin feeding. This is about 2 to 3 weeks away.
These are sac-fry from Feb. 12.
The sac-fry are darker and are now laying more upright (not laying on their sides as in the past). They have about 30 % (roughly) of their yolk left.
These are sac-fry from Feb. 19.
Here is the latest pictures of our Atlantics. You can see a lot of the yolk is gone and next week we will be moving the sac-fry into our raceways (fish containers).
These are sac-fry from Feb. 23.
From the egg trays, the sac-fry are moved into the raceways.
We will start feeding them later this week.
These are swim-ups (previously called sac-fry) from March 2.
These fish are now feeding.
These are swim-ups from March 16.
These are swim-ups from March 26.
These are the swim-ups as of April 2nd.


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UNICEF Romania events for 60th anniversary
UNICEF Gala
The first event dedicated to the 60th anniversary was held on 5 October 2006 when the 4th UNICEF Gala took place at the Palace of Parliament in Bucharest. The event was attended by 400 guests and raised over USD 100,000 for UNICEF to develop projects to benefit children affected by HIV and AIDS in Romania. The main sponsor of the evening was Carrefour Romania.
The planned projects aim to create a single integrated network of HIV-positive people at national level which will become a major partner for decision-makers in the field and an advocate of the rights of children and young people living with HIV in Romania.
The event included a presentation of the latest recent fashion creations of Stephan Pelger, La Perla Prêt a Porter and Laurent Le Bourhis (France). The guest of honour of the evening was Her Royal Highness, Princess Margarita of Romania.
The Gala, presented by Andreea Marin, was attended by personalities from the business community and cultural and social life in Romania.
3,464.1 m of Painted Canvas for the Guinness Book of Records
The second big event dedicated to the 60th anniversary took place on 18 November, when UNICEF Romania and the students of Nicolae Tonitza Art School made their way into the Guinness Book of Records with the new world record for "the longest painting made by children on canvas". The canvas measured 3,464.1 metres, and the record was confirmed by Mrs. Andrea Banfi, Guiness World Record Ltd representative.
The event, which took place in one of the hangars of Romaero Baneasa airport, was attended by 1,500 children. The painting was the outcome of two months of hard work and it was laid out in front of the Hangar in an operation that took more than 12 hours. The students of Tonitza Art School, together with hundreds of other children from Bucharest continued to paint until the last centimeter of canvas was covered. The canvas was painted with flowers, full of the color and the warmth of the children's souls.
Mr. Călin Popescu Tăriceanu, Romanian Prime Minister attended the event together with his family.
The entertainment equaled the event – there was music, balloons, there were fairy tale characters, as well as body painting sessions and presents from the sponsors of the event. The UNICEF Partners for the event were the Ministry of Education and Research, the Ministry of Culture, the Nicolae Tonitza Art School, Romaero Baneasa, ArCub and many sponsors.
A new international film festival in Romania: Facing children Film Festival
Initially founded as a symposium on children's rights and movies, the project "Facing Children" evolved into an International Film Festival after only one year due to the success of its idea and the strength of the productions that have been screened.
The goal of the project, proposed by SIGNIS in collaboration with UNICEF, is the promotion of children's rights through movies.
In the first section, UMA feature films "Moment of Art", were screened films on social themes, which have been awarded in international film festivals. In the section UMA documentaries, 14 programmes produced by European televisions or independent producers entered into the competition.
UMA for Adolescents was the section of one minute films produced by children on children rights, during five workshops organized in summer 2006 by SIGNIS in collaboration with UNICEF, CARITAS and NGOs, members of FONPC.
On 20 November, UNICEF and SIGNIS Romania organized a Symposium on Film and the Rights of the Child. The symposium took place on the last day of the Facing Children Film Festival.
The symposium represented a space for debate and vivid discussion about the right to education, how this is expressed in films, the importance of films for children and about the children's presence in films from the perspective of their right to identity (children lost and found).
The symposium was opened by UNICEF and John Foley, President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications
Maria Therese Kreydi from the Telelumiere television station in Lebanon presented the largest campaign for children ever developed, where 2,000 TV and radio stations worldwide encouraged children to express their opinions in shows directed, produced and presented by them.
The second part of the symposium was dedicated to the exhibition Children of Beslan, and to the presentation of two success stories: The One Minutes Jr. and the One Minute of Adolescence projects.
The Symposium ended with the Premieres' Gala, presented by Cristian Tabara, followed by the projection of the film Born into Brothels, which received the 2005 Oscar Award for the Best Documentary. Children of Beslan won the main prize of the festival, the "Children's Rights Award". It was directed by Eva Ewart and Leslie Woodhead.
On 11 December, to celebrate the day of the 60th anniversary of the founding of UNICEF, UNICEF Romania launched the UNICEF 60 stamp issue, made by Romfilatelia, one of UNICEF's traditional partners. The stamp depicts the organization's logo and an image of a group of optimistic children, symbolic of UNICEF's mission to ensure the wellbeing of the children worldwide.
Also during the event, UNICEF announced the appointment of Mrs. Andreea Marin as the first National Goodwill Ambassador for Romania. In 2007 Andreea Marin will support UNICEF Romania by advocating for the rights of the child and raising awareness on their issues. During the past two years, Andreea Marin supported many of UNICEF's actions, proving to be one of the country's greatest supporters of the cause of children. At her initiative, TVR partnered with UNICEF for the 2005 Smile for Asia campaign in the benefit of the children affected by the Tsunami and for the 2006 Cherish Life campaign for the children affected by floods in Southern Romania.


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Sometime during the early 1900's, The house known then as Thorshill was leased to a part time minister of the local congregational church, he and his wife, ran Torshill as a private guesthouse up until 1949. The building has been a hotel ever since.
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Forever Young
It takes a small dose of courage to come back for Reunion. Will anyone remember me? Who will I see? Will any of my old professors be there? How do I look? Should I really go back this time?
Such trepidation is predictable, but it evaporated quickly for the thirteen hundred or so alumni who returned to Middlebury last weekend. The weather was glorious, about the best Vermont has to offer with warmth and sunshine and cool, clear nights. And, as always, the Office of Alumni and Parent Programs scheduled scores of meaningful activities to fill the days and evenings of June 2-5 with memories old and new.
The 50th reunion class – the Class of 1961 – was one of the first groups to arrive. Nearly 100 members of the class returned for Reunion, and they were a ubiquitous bunch of septuagenarians all weekend long. As they came together Friday morning on the steps of Mead Chapel for their class photo, Pete '61 and Ruth Connal stopped to reminisce with Dave Gannett '62, who recalled the first time he set foot in Mead Chapel.
"President [Samuel] Stratton greeted the class in Mead at our very first gathering," Gannett said, "and then he introduced someone special to us. Do you know who it was? It was Robert Frost!"
During lunch on Friday, Valerie Killoch Miller '61 looked around Ross Dining Hall, admired the breathtaking view of the Adirondacks, and commented on the outstanding food. "Back in the day we had mystery meat about once a week, and you couldn't tell what kind of meat it was until you looked at the condiments. They put out applesauce if it was pork, mint jelly if it was lamb, and piccalilli [relish] if it was beef."
Miller also remembered that women ate separately from men, women had different rules to follow, and women's class ranks were segregated too. "When I got my transcript I saw that I was in the top quarter, but I knew that I had done better than that. So when I asked [the registrar] to rank the men and women together, suddenly I was in the top 10 percent." A brief conversation ensued about the academic achievements of women at Middlebury. Joining Miller at the table were her husband, Bryan, and Richard Harris '61 and his wife, Patricia Dearborn.
Mid-afternoon about 25 alumni found their way to the Harmon Periodicals Reading Room in the lower level of Davis Family Library for a hands-on presentation by Andy Wentink '70, the curator of Special Collections.
Wentink captivated the audience with stories about how the College acquired its Special Collections – including the Julian W. Abernethy Collection of American Literature and the Ernest Hemingway Family Archive – in his talk entitled "Unless a College," a phrase he borrowed from Robert Frost's poem "Build Soil" (1932).
Don't join too many gangs. Join few if any.
Join the United States and join the family —
But not much in between, unless a college.
The visitors to Special Collections marveled at Henry David Thoreau's personal copy of the first edition of Walden with the author's hand-written notes in the margin. They oohed and aahed over examples from the Tunis Collection of Antiquarian Maps. And, as they handled rare books, prints, and other treasures in the collection, they wondered why they weren't required to wear gloves. Wentink explained that current thinking in his field is that wearing gloves decreases tactile ability and increases the chances of ripping a page. You would have to handle the same page 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, without gloves to do the same amount of harm, he said.
President Ronald D. Liebowitz welcomed reunion volunteers and leadership gift donors to the 1800 Society and Reunion Volunteer Appreciation Reception held in the Donald E. Axinn '51, Litt. D. '89 Center for Literary and Cultural Studies at Starr Library (Axinn Center, for short). About 150 alumni and friends enjoyed the hors d'oeuvres, including many who had never seen how meticulously the College has restored the 111-year old main reading room inside Starr Library.
Saturday morning at 8:30 a.m. about 50 runners convened near the LOVE sculpture for a five-kilometer fun run around the cross-country trail. Just before the start Jon Cormier '01 alerted the group to "get ready to P.R.," i.e., set a personal record, because the course was more like 2.7 miles in length rather than a true 5K of 3.1 miles. Everyone cheered.
Always the busiest day of the weekend, Saturday included Alumni Achievement Presentations delivered by Betty Nelson '51 and Walter R. Mears '56; the alumni baseball game; the Class of 1986 panel; a talk by Bill McKibben, the Schumann Distinguished Scholar; an open conversation with President Liebowitz; readings by faculty and alumni who have been published in the New England Review; plus walking tours, receptions, memorial services, golf, and an ice cream social.
Several alumni stopped in to see the Davis Library and a few recorded capsule versions of their College memories for an oral-history project called Middlebury Murmur, organized by the Communications Office. Taylor Mahony '96 told a story about the Stewart Hall Olympics in which he "skied" down the staircase from the top floor to the basement in about 14 seconds. There was a Murmur tale about rearranging a roommate's furniture on the lawn in front of Painter Hall, and another about living in the Chateau while speaking only in French.
One of the most iconic events of Reunion is the Parade of Classes from Old Stone Row to Mead Chapel where the gathering enters under the inscription "The Strength of the Hills Is His Also" for the Reunion Convocation.
Before joining his class near the back of the parade line-up, Gerry Carrick '61, with a Yankees cap on his head and a cool beverage in his hand, talked about rooting for the great Middlebury ice hockey teams of his era. Carrick and friends usually situated themselves behind the visitors' bench and, as he recounted, they once had an altercation with the RPI coach.
As Carrick scurried to join the parade, he looked over his shoulder and said: "If you put me in the story, be sure to call me the Colonel. Everyone knows the Colonel." The last group in the parade was the 75th reunion class represented by Agnes Harris Taylor '36 and Marion Cole Morhouse '36.
Soon the quadrangle emptied while carillon played in the light June breeze. But down near Voter Hall, under a stand of trees, about two dozen 30-somethings chatted animatedly while their children frolicked on the lawn. Oblivious to the fact that nearly every other reunion attendee was inside Mead Chapel, the members of the Class of 1996 talked about their busy lives and told each other how marvelous they look.
Sunday morning is a time for goodbyes. It's also a time for Christian worship with Laurie Macaulay Jordan '79, the college chaplain, and the Reunion Choir, which rehearsed all weekend with organist extraordinaire Emory Fanning, professor emeritus. Class brunches were held at different locations, and Rabbi Ira Schiffer, the associate chaplain, hosted a light breakfast in the Jewish Center where he was joined by a handful of alumni, faculty, and family members.
One of the alums at the Sunday breakfast, Gerald Zelermyer '61, is a rabbi who retired from his Connecticut congregation but was called back into service recently as the interim rabbi for a synagogue in suburban Washington. Another alumnus at the breakfast was Sholomo Ben Levy '86, who is rabbi to a congregation of about 70 African American Jews in Queens, New York.
Calling themselves "The Three Rabbis," Schiffer, Zelermyer, and Levy posed for pictures. (Zelermyer and Levy, who had never met, also exchanged business cards.) Zelermyer talked about how Sunday chapel attendance was required during his years at Middlebury, but how the late Charles P. Scott, chaplain emeritus, allowed Zelermyer to offer Jewish services at the same time as chapel.
Soon after he graduated, the College eliminated compulsory chapel services.
As the three rabbis shook hands and hugged and bid each other adieu (in Hebrew, of course), Zelermyer looked exhausted from the weekend's events. Was he glad he came back? someone asked. "I had to come," he said," it's my 50th Reunion. For me, this is a rite of passage."


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Rogers strikes out 10 in win over Razorbacks
Published: Friday, May 2, 2014 at 11:00 p.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, May 3, 2014 at 12:17 a.m.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Fresh off a four-game homestand, the seventh-ranked Florida softball team jumped out to a six-run lead on the road over Arkansas and cruised to an 8-3 win in the teams' series opener.
The Gators (43-10, 13-9 Southeastern Conference) provided more than enough support for senior Hannah Rogers (22-8), who allowed three runs on three hits by Arkansas (27-26, 5-17 SEC) over seven innings. Rogers also walked three batters and had a season-high 10 strikeouts.
"I thought Hannah pitched a good game," UF coach Tim Walton said. "She did a good job of making quality pitches. For her to get 10 strikeouts against a good team, that tells you about her stuff. When our hitters gave her a lead, she could pitch more aggressively."
After a Stephanie Tofft RBI in the first inning, Bailey Castro and Taylore Fuller each homered to left-center in second. Briana Little followed with a three-run home run down the left-field line in the third, extending the Gator lead to 6-0.
Castro's home run was her seventh of the season, setting a career-high, while Little's blast extended her hitting streak to 10 games.
The Arkansas series continues Saturday at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN.
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Founder of Italy's fashion house Missoni dies at 92
By Isla Binnie
MILAN (Reuters) - Ottavio Missoni, founder of the global family fashion empire that spawned the no-bra look and revolutionized textile patterns with its trademark bold stripes and zig-zag patterns, died on Thursday aged 92.
A company spokeswoman said Missoni, commonly known by his nickname "Tai," died during the night in the northern town of Sumirago, at the family home next to the company's factory. He had been recently hospitalized for heart problems.
"When I think of Missoni, I like to paraphrase a song by Mina: 'colors, colors, colors'," Milan Mayor Giuliano Pisapia in one of many tributes.
Pisapia, likening Missoni's designs to a rainbow, praised his cheerful disposition and said the company had made a major contribution to raising the global profile of all things made in Italy.
Missoni, who was born of Italian parents in what is now Dubrovnik, Croatia, founded the company with his wife Rosita, whom he met while competing in the 1948 London Olympics, where he ran the 400 meters hurdles.
His promising early athletic career was interrupted by World War II. Ottavio, fighting on the Italian side in the Battle of El Alamein, was captured by the British and held as a prisoner of war for four years in Egypt.
"He likes to poke fun (at the English), saying that he was a guest of His Majesty the King of Britain," Rosita said during an interview with Reuters last May, in which Ottavio also took part.
"I started running again with the little that was left in me because naturally, after four years as a prisoner of war I was not in top physical form, but I must have had something left in me and I won the Italian (4 X 400) title and was chosen to go to the Olympics," he said. Continued...


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