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Peter Pan will be known forever as the boy who didn't want to grow up. Yet, for most of his life - since his first appearance on stage, in 1904 - he's been portrayed by a girl.
In the cross-dressing tradition of pantomime, he has been played by performers ranging from Dinah Sheridan to Mia Farrow, Jean Arthur to Sandy Duncan.
Along the way, he has become an intriguing mix of the familiar and the mysterious: a figure of contemporary fairytale, literature, pop psychology, theatre, cinema, popular culture and psychoanalysis.
Given this ubiquity, it's surprising that P.J. Hogan's film is a novelty: animation and the theatre have owned Peter Pan; live-action cinema has largely avoided him.
On screen, Peter hasn't been played by a young male actor since the silent era.
There was the 1991 Hook, in which Steven Spielberg imagined that Peter had grown up into Robin Williams - a mergers and acquisitions specialist, a kind of contemporary pirate, who needed to rediscover his inner child and fight Captain Hook all over again.
But this is a traditional Peter Pan: it might be lavish, effects-laden and full of the wonders of CGI, but it's also a reaffirmation of the Edwardian Peter, the figure J. M. Barrie created, in a story which became a play, then a book, then a marketing phenomenon.
Barrie's boy who never wants to grow up, who gleefully renounces responsibilities and emotions in favour of adventure and independence, is played by 14-year-old Jeremy Sumpter.
Although purists might be bothered by Sumpter's American accent, it sets him apart, which is appropriate. What's more significant is his vivid, quicksilver presence.
With punkish-Puckish hair, he's an echo of the Feral Kid in Mad Max 2, but also looks like a Victorian photographer's woodland fantasy, a Lewis Carroll faux urchin.
He is faunlike, reckless and mischievous.
His fairy offsider, Tinker Bell is occasionally a twinkling special effect, but she's also played by Ludivigne Sagnier (8 Femmes, Swimming Pool) as vindictive, wordless, yet eloquent.
Like Peter, Hogan's Wendy - played by a lanky, graceful Rachel Hurd-Wood - looks on the cusp of adolescence.
For her, the fear of growing up is an issue, too: it's not just a boy thing.
Wendy's Aunt Millicent (Lynn Redgrave) - invented for the film - is anxious to impress on her parents how important it is for their child to conduct herself like a young lady, if she is to fulfil her destiny and marry.
It's not surprising that flight, literally, from the nursery to Neverland is so utterly enticing.
Wendy has something of the storytelling relish of a Jo March in Little Women.
She longs for adventure. It's as if Hook and his fellow-pirates owe their existence to her imaginative powers.
Indeed, Hogan's Wendy is intrigued by Captain Hook, who is given an allure and swagger by Jason Isaacs (who also plays her father): "She saw the piercing eyes and was not afraid, but entranced," the narrator tells us.
This is is being proclaimed as a "darker" Peter Pan, which is partly true: it engages with some of the more sombre elements of the original, but it also has a few of its pantomime elements, and a touch of its sentimentality.
Its portrayal of the family life of Wendy and her brothers, before they are lured to Neverland, is comparatively light, avoiding the blacker comic possibilities and elements of Barrie's tale.
The figure of Nana, the dog-cum-nursemaid, is primarily comical and the father is tentative rather than arbitrarily tyrannical.
The film registers themes of death and loss, but the emphasis is on adventure, the thrill of Neverland, even the desire of Wendy to imagine herself as Red-Handed Jill, buccaneer.
There are some slight disappointments: the music feels heavy-handed and harrumphing, and the crocodile, Hook's nemesis, is a special-effects monster rather than a menacing possibility: this seems to diminish his impact.
But this is an intelligent, coherent engagement with Peter Pan: there's a thoroughly satisfying sense of wonder and exhilaration throughout, a feeling that is driven as much by the performances as the special-effects spectacle.
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I'd like some ideas to travel by car starting in CHICAGO. I plan to travel for 14 days, in October, going to Milwaukee, Door County, Wisconsin Dells, Madison and back to Chicago. Is this a good itinerary? Are there any other places worth visiting?
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Make a loop going all the way around Lake Michigan. You'll still get to Milwaukee and Door County on that trip. Madison and Wisconsin Dells aren't very far out of the way. Most things in Wisconsin Dells are going to be closed in October.
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There is a great deal to see in the western part of the Michigan "thumb". The area between the dunes and Traverse City and Petoskey is very attractive.
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I disagree that most things are closed in Door County in October--it's a beautiful time to visit and there are lots of events going on.
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I said most things in Wisconsin Dells are closed, not Door County.
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I apologize for making that mistake--totally my error.
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What about the weather? does it rain a lot? Is it too cold?
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Too cold for what?
hiking-not too cold
Swimming outdoors--too cold
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October - varies a lot for temps, generally not real rainy.
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I guess it depends on what sort of things you like to do and see. Door County is always one of my favorites. We often stop in Cedarburg, Kohler and some of the other smaller towns along our way as we travel north. We try to drive along Lake Michigan as much as possible because we enjoy the scenery.
One of the most overlooked areas is the Great River Road. Fourteen days should allow you plenty of time to visit that area as well. October is generally a great time to see the fall colors. It is quite scenic as one travels between the river and the bluffs. In addition the Mississippi is a major flyway for migrating birds. It's impressive to watch the eagles soar over the bluffs.
Wisconsin Dells is good if you like to gamble (there is an Indian Casino) or have children along who never tire of the water parks. There are spa services at some of the resorts as well. Other than that I feel much of the beauty has been stripped away by development.
Let us know what you are looking for and we may have better suggestions for you.
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I forgot to mention that the weather in October can bring anything from snow to 80 degrees. The normal temps probably range in the 50's 60's. Wisconsin weather is always a gamble and it keeps us guessing.
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Another vote for the Great River Road. I stopped last summer in Red Wing, Minn., just across the river and had a good time before driving down the Mississippi.
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mdwest, we are couple, traveling alone. Casinos aren't in our plans. We prefer sightseeings.We also found a Lake Michigan Circle Tour. There is a tour crossing Lake Michigan by ferry. something about a 4 hours crossing time. is it cool? should we try it?
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There's really nothing cool or scenic about the ferry. You're just out on the open water with nothing to look at.
It doesn't save you any time either if you're starting in Chicago. By the time you drive up to the ferry and cross, you'd be able to drive to the landing site in Michigan.
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I haven't taken the ferry for years but I agree with WhereAreWe.
It was pretty boring. People around here take the ferry to avoid the drive down around the southern portion of Lake Michigan and all of the traffic congestion that entails.
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The ferry is pretty expensive and I don't even know if it would be open in October. The route you suggested will be BEAUTIFUL in October (but I agree with other posters - October weather is extremely unpredictable, so pack layers!) and more than doable in 14 days. I've never done the Lake Michigan loop but I bet it would be beautiful as well, and the Great River Road is indeed gorgeous!! Here are a few of my suggestions, some a little off the beaten path but worth looking into
Holy Hill in Hubertus is a little out of the way if you're sticking to 43/94 but will absolutely be worth it in the fall. I haven't been back since I went with my parents many years ago but the views are spectacular, and it's a very wooded area which will look fantastic in fall colors!
Fall Fest in Sister Bay (Door County) is in October. If you plan on going up that way be sure to book your hotel early because this is a huge attraction! It's sort of a double-edged sword because Door County gets crazy busy during festival weekends and I prefer going up there when it's a little quieter, but for someone who's never been, it may be worth it to check it out.
New Glarus Brewery is located just southwest of Madison. If you're at all interested in beer I highly suggest taking a visit! They're open until 4pm most days, have self-guided tours for free and have super cheap tasting prices... it's up on this beautiful hill and it's just quaint and wonderful. Even if you don't get a chance to visit, be SURE to have a glass of Spotted Cow while you're in the state - New Glarus doesn't distribute outside of WI so get some while you have the chance
If you decide to go the Great River Road way, be sure to stop in Winona, MN, just a half hour outside of La Crosse! The drive will alone will be worth it (I can't say enough good things about fall colors) and it's full of cute coffee shops and outdoors activities. You can also take a drive up Garvin Heights for a lookout over the city and bluffs. Simply gorgeous. If you're interested in bird watching, make a quick drive up to Wabasha, MN and make a stop at the eagle center there. Bald Eagles LOVE this area of the country and it's a very fun and educational place to stop!
These posts also have fantastic ideas for food and sightseeing throughout Wisconsin
Hope this helps! I could go on and on but I'll stop for now - let us know if you want any other suggestions when your narrow down your itinerary!
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You might want to look at North Western Wisconsin - Madeline Island, Bayfield and the Apostle Islands - lots of great state parks and waterfalls -- and of course the fall colors. Applefest in Bayfield is a a truly fun experience.
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Reykjavik (AFP) Sept 25, 2011
A Chinese businessman's plans to buy a swathe of Iceland for a resort have sparked local scepticism, amid speculation it is a bid by Beijing to get its hands on Arctic riches.
The melting Arctic ice cap means lucrative oil and gas deposits under the seabed could soon become accessible, and shorter shipping routes between Asia and Europe will open up.
Observers suggest those prospects may be the real reason behind property tycoon Huang Nubo's plans to buy 300 square kilometres (200 square miles) of Icelandic wildnerness.
He says he wants to build a luxury resort with a hotel, golf course and sports facilities, and Europe's biggest nature reserve.
The purchase could give China a foothold in the region -- enabling it to establish contacts and gather information -- before the Arctic treasure chest opens up.
"It is likely that the Chinese government will find every way to enhance cooperation at multiple levels -- scientific, economic, political and otherwise -- to lay the groundwork for future involvement in the construction and operation of infrastructural hubs" in the Arctic, Embla Eir Oddsdottir, project manager at The Stefansson Arctic Institute in Iceland, told AFP.
"The possibility of shipping and transport across the Arctic is very important for China," she noted.
With the icecap melting in summertime, the route between the Atlantic and the Pacific will shorten the sailing distance between Shanghai and Europe by about 6,400 kilometers (4,000 miles).
"In talks with Icelandic authorities, (the Chinese) have made a point of saying it was very plausible" that China would use Iceland as a trans-Arctic shipping port, the chairman of the Icelandic parliament's foreign affairs committee, Arni Thor Sigurdsson, told AFP.
Marc Lanteigne, a senior lecturer at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand and an expert on China's rise as a strategic and economic power, said there were "very strong, and often very opaque, links between large Chinese businesses and the country's government."
China could especially be eying the up to 160 billion barrels of oil believed to be in the Arctic.
"China is now importing more than 50 percent of its crude oil consumed, and like other large economies is worried about the safety of petroleum imports from the Middle East and is seeking alternative sources," Lanteigne said.
He noted Beijing had been active in the oil trade in Central Asia, the Caspian region and sub-Saharan Africa in recent years.
"It is therefore very likely that China would want to increase its presence in the Arctic out of concern for being left out of oil exploration there," he said.
Sigurdsson noted China had "no direct claim to natural resources" in the region, but could "become a participant ... by cooperating with states or companies searching for resources."
Observers stressed there was no concrete indication Beijing would use Huang's land purchase to hunt for Arctic riches.
Yet his plans have raised eyebrows in Reykjavik, where Interior Minister Oegmundur Jonasson has said he would scrutinise the application carefully.
Jonasson insisted the land "is not up for sale simply because a high price is being offered."
Huang has offered to buy the partially state-held land, known as Grimsstadir a Fjoellum, for $10 million and wants to invest a total of $100 million (70 million euros).
The former government official, whose company Zhongkun Group owns resorts and tourist facilities worldwide, has said he is attracted by Iceland's wilderness and pledged to respect the local environment.
Tourism bureau chief Oloef Yr Atladottir said she was favourable to Huang's plans, saying the investment as presented would be "very positive."
A recent poll showed 59.1 percent of Icelanders were wary yet supported the sale, largely because Iceland could use the much-needed cash injection after its devastating 2008 economic crash.
Since the collapse of its overweighted financial sector, tourism has become a key source of revenue.
Lanteigne said the location Huang had chosen was notable.
"The location ... is significant given that northern Iceland is being viewed as a potential depot for fossil fuel exploration vessels," he said.
In addition, Iceland's position in the North Atlantic "would mean that a Chinese strategic presence of any type would be enough to unsettle governments in the United States and Europe," Lanteigne said.
He stressed however that "at present there does not appear to be any sign that the proposed purchase is anything but a strictly business transaction."
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Alston had last seen Prince at midday, when the two walked to the store together.
"I believe in justice, I believe if you do something wrong, you should have to pay," Alston said.
Alston now sat looking at photos of the boy he keeps in his phone.
"He was just beginning to understand things, just beginning to come into his own," Alston said.
"He loved action figures: Captain America, Spiderman, Batman, Superman," Alston reported.
So Alston did now light his cigarette and they went on smoking.
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Courtney Love was arrested Thursday on misdemeanor charges of reckless endangerment and third-degree assault for allegedly throwing a microphone stand and striking a man in the head at a New York City nightclub.
The incident occurred after Love, 39, courted trouble with the Federal Communication Commission by repeatedly baring her breasts during a taping of CBS' "Late Show" with David Letterman on Wednesday.
Police allege that Love hit Gregory Burgett, 24, of London, Ky., in the head with a microphone stand as he watched the beginning of her show at the East Village club Plaid's weekly "Kitten Club" rock 'n' roll night.
The club's publicist, Claire O'Connor, said the microphone stand somehow "ended up in the crowd," and Love "didn't intend to hit this guy."
"She went back to her dressing room, completely unaware that there was an incident and she was about to be arrested," O'Connor said.
Love was arrested after Burgett needed three staples in his head and said he wanted to press charges, police and witnesses said.
Love received a desk-appearance ticket and is due back in court on April 19. The two misdemeanor charges each carry one-year maximum sentences.
"We are presently investigating the charges," Love spokeswoman Jill Fritzo said in an e-mailed statement. "There is a pending court date and we believe she will be vindicated."
Love, whose husband, Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, killed himself in their Seattle home in 1994, gained independent renown with her band Hole and her role in the film "The People vs. Larry Flynt." Love has admitted using heroin in the past but has said she has cleaned up her act.
She has become better known in recent months for her wacky behavior, temper tantrums and run-ins with the law.
Love lifted her olive shirt at least six times on Letterman's talk show. Her back was facing the camera when she exposed herself while making an entrance. She then stood atop Letterman's desk, sang a few bars of "Danny Boy" and offered the host an up-close viewing. The video was altered so a profile of her breasts couldn't be seen.
She alluded to actress Drew Barrymore, who similarly exposed herself to the talk-show host.
"Very sweet of you," Letterman said. "We're going to lose our liquor license."
Love sat down on Letterman's couch, gestured to her chest and said, "FCC!"
Of the Federal Communication Commission's recent crackdown on lewd content on television and radio, Love said, "Is this like Reagan trickle-down economics? Is this like Bush trickle down?"
Love was arrested in October after allegedly trying to break into the Los Angeles home of a former boyfriend. Police later called to her home allegedly found painkillers when Love was taken to a treatment center for a drug overdose.
Love has been charged with two felony counts of possession of controlled substances. She also faces misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct and being under the influence of a controlled substance.
A preliminary hearing in the felony case has been postponed to April 15. She showed up two hours late Tuesday for a court hearing and was scolded by the judge after talking out of turn in court.
During his show, Letterman asked Love whether she could talk about the court case. "Yeah, I'm not supposed to," she said.
When Letterman later asked if drugs were involved, Love said, "One expired Percocet and one Ambien."
Love later lit up a cigarette — defying New York City's strict anti-smoking laws — and asked Letterman, "Are you going to cut this because I'm smoking?"
"That won't be the reason we cut anything," he replied.
Letterman looked profoundly uncomfortable with Love's scatterbrained performance, but he did get the last word. He was looking to cut to a commercial, but Love insisted he ask her one more question.
"How much do you weigh?" Letterman said.
Love looked shocked. She didn't answer.


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After two dead horses in Franklin County tested positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE), the state veterinarian has urged all horse owners to vaccinate their animals against the mosquito-borne disease. This is the first time there has been evidence of EEE in Franklin County.
EEE killed two Vermonters and two horses in Addison County in 2012. This year, no human cases of the virus have been reported to the Department of Health. Samples of mosquitoes that carry the virus have been found in several batches tested by the Department of Health this summer. The latest positive insects were trapped in Whiting, near Leicester and Brandon. Testing has been limited to batches from pools in Rutland and Addison counties and some towns in the northwestern part of the state.
Horses are especially susceptible to the EEE virus and an infected horse has a 75 percent to 90 percent mortality rate, said Kristin Haas, the state veterinarian.
"That's why the vaccine is so important," she said. "There are few other ways to protect horses."
Some horse owners have already acted on the recommendations. Even though Rosemary Root, owner of New Horizons Horse Farm in Essex Junction, vaccinated her 30 horses for EEE this spring, she decided to give them a round of booster shots a couple of weeks ago.
"In light of the fact we had two horses die here in Vermont, people would be crazy not to be up on date with vaccines," she said.
Mammals infected with EEE are considered "dead-end-hosts," that means the virus cannot spread from animal to animal.


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This is the first known mention of the "horns" of a ziggurat, and the exact meaning of the word is doubtful.
Near this arose the ziggurat or tower, and many smaller buildings, not unlike private dwellings.
It rather resembles a group of exaggerated sandhills, rising at one point into a blunt pyramid, the ziggurat.
The ziggurat at Borsippa had a base of earthwork 272 feet on each side, and was 26 feet high.
Bit-Yakin and the high-priest arrived at the foot of the ziggurat side by side, with the foremost of the company ten feet behind.
Every important city had its temple, and attached to its temple its ziggurat, which was a temple-observatory.
As Istar left her dwelling and walked slowly towards the foot of the ziggurat, she saw that the whole city lay in a flood of gold.
The inscribed bricks proved that this chamber, like the ziggurat itself was built by Ur-Engur.
The ziggurat at Muḳeyyer60 (Ur) excavated by Taylor similarly appears to have been three-storied, or possibly only two-storied.
The ziggurat was surrounded by an enclosure, some 400 yards square, the ingress and egress to which was by means of bronze gates.
1858, from Assyrian ziqquratu "height, pinnacle," from zaqaru "to be high."


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Smiley, by contrast, knew exactly what mistakes he was making as he committed and concealed them.
Typically most women carry their concealed firearms in their purses, the main target of thieves.
The man had a valid permit to carry a concealed weapon, said Officer Dan Friesen of the Lenexa Police Department.
In Utah concealed carry is allowed in the classroom, and they have never had a multiple homicide in a school.
In fact, over the past two decades, the number of states with concealed carry permits has increased from nine to 37.
Cryptotetramera: feet 4-jointed, one of them small and concealed.
There are other places where the package could have been concealed.
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The England international winger made his name with the Blues under Kevin Keegan which has seen both City and the Magpies credited with an interest in the 26-year-old who cannot spend another season out of the spotlight.
However, Chelsea's managerial changes could see Wright-Phillips sit tight, while he is unlikely to return to Eastlands if Sven-Goran Eriksson gets a reprieve from Thaksin Shinawatra and keeps his job.
Wright-Phillips played for England under Eriksson but his father, former Arsenal star Ian Wright, was extremely critical when he was left out of the Swede's 2006 World Cup squad.
All of which would seem to put Keegan in pole position if Wright-Phillips decides to call time on his Chelsea career.


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A Canadian researcher says he's identified a kind of brain signal that could explain why we "hear" speech in our heads even in the absence of actual sound.
Internal speech a person "hears" inside their head is a ubiquitous but largely unexamined phenomenon, Mark Scott of the University of British Columbia said.
Experiments suggest a brain signal called corollary discharge, which helps us distinguish the sensory experiences we produce ourselves from those produced by external stimuli, plays an important role in our experiences of internal speech, he said.
Corollary discharge is a type of predictive signal generated by the brain that helps to explain, for example, why other people can tickle us but we can't tickle ourselves, he said.
The signal predicts our own movements and effectively cancels out the tickle sensation.
The same mechanism is involved in how our auditory system processes speech, Scott said; when we speak, an internal copy of the sound of our voice is generated in parallel with the external sound we hear.
"We spend a lot of time speaking and that can swamp our auditory system, making it difficult for us to hear other sounds when we are speaking," Scott explained. "By attenuating the impact our own voice has on our hearing -- using the 'corollary discharge' prediction -- our hearing can remain sensitive to other sounds."
That internal copy of our voice produced by corollary discharge can be generated even when there isn't any external sound, he suggested, so the sound we hear when we talk inside our heads actually may be the internal prediction of the sound of our own voice.
Scott has published the results of his experiments in the journal Psychological Science.
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WELLINGTON coach Ricki Herbert is taking little comfort from Western Sydney's lack of finishing over the first eight weeks of the A-League before their clash in Wellington on Sunday.
The league newcomers have scored just five times for three wins and a draw, sitting one place and a point above the seventh-placed Phoenix. Herbert says the Wanderers showed a glimpse of their potential when the two teams drew 1-1 in a pre-season match in Christchurch.
''When you look at them, they're creating chances. They lost to Newcastle but could have won 4-0 or 5-0,'' Herbert said. ''They've got the potential there. We're going to have to be good on the day, and if we can get a clean sheet out of this one, I'll be well pleased.''
Western Sydney are missing playmakers Youssouf Hersi, serving a two-match ban, and attacking midfielder Aaron Mooy, on duty with the Socceroos in Hong Kong.
But Herbert says the Sydneysiders still present a real threat, with Japanese import Shinji Ono working his way into form and a strong defensive unit well marshalled by central defenders Nikolai Topor-Stanley and Michael Beauchamp.
''Ono's always going to be a key factor for them, and they've got a solid back four with players that have been in the A-League for a number of years,'' he said. ''They know what it's about. They're a good, competent team, a hard-working team.''
However, Herbert says the Phoenix are approaching Sunday's game with renewed confidence after a win over Newcastle and a draw at Perth.
''Our passing could have been a little bit better in Perth, just the retention in midfield there. But again, it's just new combinations, and it might take a couple of weeks.''
A settled midfield comprising Vinnie Lia, Manny Muscat and Alex Smith is growing in confidence, while Belgian striker Stein Huysegems and Solomon Islander Benjamin Totori have recovered from ankle injuries.


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Jaguars seeking 50th consecutive win at home
Thomas Jefferson (7-0, 6-0) has one more game on its Big Nine Conference slate before it's annual showdown with arch-rival West Mifflin.
The Jaguars, who posted their third shutout of the season via a 35-0 win over Belle Vernon last week, host Uniontown (2-5, 2-4) at 7:30 p.m. Friday.
The Jaguars, ranked No. 2 in Class AAA in the Trib Total Media football rankings, are seeking their 50th consecutive win at TJ Stadium, a streak dating back to 2004.
Uniontown rallied from a 17-7 halftime deficit to edge Trinity last week, 29-24.
The Red Raiders were sparked by senior quarterback Xavier Ellis, who hit on 8 of 13 passes for 197 yards and two touchdowns; and senior running back Doug Lewis, who rushed for 166 yards and one touchdown on 14 carries.
Ellis has hit on 25 of 53 passes for 558 yards and six touchdowns this season. He has not thrown an interception.
His favorite target is junior wideout Lyric Ellis, with 12 receptions for 292 yards and four touchdowns.
Lewis has rushed for 803 yards and scored five times on 93 carries.
"They are athletic at the skill positions with excellent speed. They are very capable of breaking a big play at any moment," Bill Cherpak, TJ's head coach, said. "They also have some size on their line. We need to play much better on defense than we did last week to avoid the big play."
Five different players — Austin Kemp (3-yard run), Dalton Dietrich (20-yard pass), Russell Siess (49-yard pass), Chase Winovich (46-yard run) and Frankie Langan (9-yard pass) — scored touchdowns for the Jaguars against Belle Vernon.
Five players also combined for 220 yards on 25 rushing attempts — Kemp (5-35); sophomore RBs Ricky Daley (7-53), Braden Pahanish (4-45) and Ryan Scanlon (8-41); and Winovich (1-46).
Kemp, a 6-foot-1, 210-pound junior running back/linebacker, leads the Jaguars in rushing with 816 yards on 91 carries (8.97 ypc average) and 12 touchdowns.
Dietrich, a senior wideout/defensive back, had six receptions for 107 yards last week, boosting his season totals to 29 catches for 580 yards, and seven scores.
Senior QB Christian Breisinger connected on 7 of 10 tosses for 116 yards and two touchdowns for the Jaguars.
The TJ defensive unit was led by Winovich from his linebacking post. Winovich, the team's leading tackler on the year, was credited with seven tackles including one sack versus the Leopards.
Other defensive catalysts included senior linebacker Luke Deanovich, Kemp, senior lineman Mat Nagy, sophomore linebacker Dillon Finley and Dietrich, who had an interception.
Thomas Jefferson is averaging a Class AAA-best 43.4 ppg, while allowing 7.1 ppg. The Red Raiders are giving up 41.4 ppg.
"Their defense has given up a lot of points, but they do have some pretty good players," Cherpak said.
TJ defeated Uniontown last season, 49-8.
CANON-McMILLAN at BALDWIN 7:30 p.m. Friday
Baldwin (3-4, 2-4) remains in WPIAL playoff contention with two games to go.
But the Fighting Highlanders must win both contests — against Canon-McMillan (1-6, 1-5) Friday and at Bethel Park (5-2, 5-2) next week — to advance to the Class AAAA playoffs as the fifth-place team in the Quad Central Conference.
Baldwin rolled past Fox Chapel last week, 63-48, while Canon-McMillan was being blanked by Woodland Hills, 34-0, in a Quad Central Conference game.
The Big Macs have been shut out four times this season, and have managed just 41 points (5.9 ppg) on the year. Defensively, they are surrendering 37.6 ppg.
"Canon-Mac is always a physical team in the trenches," Pete Wagner, Baldwin's head coach, said. "We are anticipating a physical game; it will be important for us to win our individual battles up front."
With last week's offensive explosion, Baldwin now is averaging 27.3 ppg.
The Fighting Highlanders defeated Canon-McMillan last year, 31-7, and have won the past three games in the series.
C-M is 3-32 in the past four seasons.
MOHAWK at SETON-LA SALLE 7 p.m. Friday
Quaker Valley stunned Seton-La Salle last week to the tune of 40-14, while Mohawk (3-4, 3-3), the Midwestern Conference's fifth-place team, lost to Beaver, 49-7.
"Mohawk is vastly improved this season. They took Montour down to the wire earlier," Greg Perry, Seton-La Salle's head coach, said. "They like to run the dive option which can create problems for defenses. Not facing an option team all season also creates a problem.
"No matter what they do, we need to play better in every facet of the game. Quaker Valley really came out an attacked us and they were impressive. We made too many mistakes and penalties, which put us behind the eight ball."
Seton-La Salle (5-2, 5-2) tumbled into fourth place in the Century Conference with last week's loss.
Junior QB Tyler Perone hit on 22 of 36 passes for 242 yards for the Rebels, including six to junior WR Danzel McKinley-Lewis for 89 yards, and five apiece to junior RB Rick Mellick (5-60) and senior WR Kevin Curran (5-47, 1 TD).
On the season, Perone has thrown for 1,289 yards and 13 touchdowns.
Mohawk's leading rusher is senior RB Shane McFarland, who has accounted for 435 yards on the ground.
The Warriors are allowing 30.6 points per game defensively, while Seton-La Salle is scoring at a 30.6 ppg clip.
"We just need to clean up our mistakes and come ready to play," Perry said.
Seton shut out Mohawk last season, 35-0.
BRENTWOOD at BISHOP CANEVIN 7 p.m. Saturday
Brentwood is playing in a rare Saturday night game against host Bishop Canevin.
The Spartans (4-4, 4-3) trail fourth-place Chartiers-Houston (6-2, 5-2) by one game in the Black Hills Conference standings.
Brentwood, which zipped past Carlynton last week, 35-13, plays both Bishop Canevin (2-6, 1-6) and California (3-4, 3-4) on the road in its final two games.
The Buccaneers will tangle with Monessen (6-1, 5-1) and Fort Cherry (6-1, 6-1).
Sophomore running back Pat Carr rushed for 128 yards and scored twice on 12 carries last week for Brentwood.
Junior QB Connor McWilliams hit on 7 of 12 passes for 222 yards. McWilliams has thrown for 1,299 yards in 2013.
The team's top receiver last week was senior wideout Jack Murano, with four catches for 150 yards and one touchdown.
Brentwood's "blue wall" defense, propelled by senior lineman Josh Gallagher, nearly posted its first shutout of the year.
Gallagher, a 6-3, 240-pound two-way starter, finished with a team-high 13 tackles for the Spartans.
He was complemented by junior defensive back Bill Madeja and senior linebacker Ryan Shortley, who registered 7 tackles apiece; junior linebacker Tyler Paranzino and junior lineman Cody Conroy, with 6 tackles apiece; plus Carr, who was credited with 5 tackles from his (cornerback) post.
Bishop Canevin hasn't won a game since the first week of the season. The Crusaders lost at Clairton last week, 42-7.
The Crusaders are led by junior QB Reed Relosky, who has passed for 727 yards. Brentwood hammered the Bishop Canevin last season, 42-7.
Ray Fisher is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. Reach him at 412-388-5820 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Caring for the Elderly - Inspired by our Faith
Jeanne Jugan (1792 - 1879) – Sister Mary of the Cross
Foundress of the Congregation of the Little Sisters of the Poor
October 25, 1792 Birth of Jeanne in Cancale (Ille-et-Vilaine, France). Sixth child of Joseph Joucan and Marie Horel.
April 1796 Her father is lost at sea.
1810 Jeanne works as a kitchen aide for the Viscountess de la Chouë in St. Coulomb, near Cancale.
1816 A mission was preached in Cancale. Jeanne followed all
the spiritual exercises.
Jeanne definitively turns down a marriage proposal from a sailor of Cancale. She tells her mother, "God wants me for himself. He is keeping me for a work which is not known…"
1817 Jeanne leaves Cancale for Saint Servan to work in Le
Rosais Hospital as a nurse's aide.
Jeanne turns twenty-five. Around this time, she enters the Third Order of the Admirable Mother, founded in the 17th century by Saint John Eudes.
1823 Exhaustion forces her to leave Le Rosais Hospital. She is welcomed into the home of Miss Lecoq in Saint Servan, more as a friend than as a maid. Together the two women visit the many poor people in the town.
June 27, 1835 Death of Miss Lecoq. Jeanne works part time for some well-to-do families in the area.
1837-1838 With one of her friends, Françoise Aubert, Jeanne rents an apartment on the 2nd floor of a house of No. 2 rue du Centre, in Saint Servan.
Winter 1839 In agreement with her two companions, Françoise
Aubert and Virginie Trédaniel, Jeanne takes in a blind and infirm elderly
woman named Anne Chauvin. She gives up her own bed and goes up to the attic
to sleep. A second person is taken in shortly afterwards.
Virginie Trédaniel and a friend, Marie Jamet, assist Jeanne in her hospitaller work. This is the humble beginning of a great work. Jeanne is 47 years old.
December 1840 Madeleine Bourges, a sick young working girl, comes to be cared for by Jeanne. Having recovered, she joins Virginie and Marie.
October 1, 1841 Jeanne and her companions, with their guests, leave the apartment on the Rue du Centre for more spacious accommodations in a ground-floor flat in the Rue de La Fontaine.
1841-1842 With the support and advice of the Brothers of St. John of God, Jeanne starts collecting.
February 2, 1842 Requests for admission from the elderly
constantly increase. Acquisition of the former convent of the Daughters of the
Cross in Saint Servan.
May 29, 1842 Jeanne is elected Superior of the small association, in the presence of Father Le Pailleur, assistant priest of the parish of Saint Servan. A hospitaller Rule is drawn up. The name "Servants of the Poor" is adopted.
October 1842 Marie Jamet leaves home to join the small association, bringing up to four the number of the "Servants of the Poor."
November 21, 1842 Jeanne and Marie make a private vow of obedience for one year.
December 8, 1842 Virginie and Madeleine make it in their turn.
December 8, 1843 Jeanne is re-elected as Superior.
December 23, 1843 Father Le Pailleur, on his own authority, annuls the election and names Marie Jamet to replace her.
February 4, 1844 The "Servants of the Poor" change their name to "Sisters of the Poor."
December 11, 1845 Jeanne is awarded the Montyon Prize by the French Academy for her work.
1846 Jeanne collects in Rennes, where a house is founded.
Jeanne goes to Dinan, where she opens a third house. Visit from Charles Dickens. Jeanne Jugan is commended several times by the press in Rennes and Dinan.
1847 Upon the request of Mr. Dupont, "the holy man
of Tours," the Sisters arrive in Tours.
First General Chapter of the "Sisters of the Poor" in Saint Servan. Jeanne is not invited.
September 13, 1848 An article by Louis Veuillot on Jeanne's work appears on the front page of L'Univers.
1848 The Motherhouse and novitiate are established in Tours.
February 10, 1849 Jeanne arrives in Tours. Around that time, the popular name "Little Sisters of the Poor" is definitively adopted.
April 3, 1850 Jeanne founds a house in Angers. The Little Sisters number over one hundred, including novices and postulants.
May 29, 1852 Diocesan approbation of the Institute by Bishop Brossais Saint-Marc, Bishop of Rennes.
1852 The Motherhouse and novitiate return to Rennes. Jeanne is also recalled to Rennes. She is to cease all activity and break all sustained contact with benefactors. It is the beginning of her long retirement…
1856 On January 30, the estate of La Tour in the village of Saint Pern (Ille-et-Vilaine) is acquired. The Motherhouse and novitiate move there in early April. Jeanne goes as well. Relegated to living among the novices and postulants, she shares their life until her death.
March 1, 1879 Pope Leo XIII approves the Constitutions of the Congregation, now numbering 2,400 Little Sisters, for a period of seven years.
August 29, 1879 Death of Jeanne Jugan, aged 86, at La Tour Saint Joseph.


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|OPINION | Sunday, 27 January 2008
How to save MEPA
No beating about the bush: MEPA can be the downfall of this government and it has always been a threat to this government in every general election.
In the past, the government braved this by having MEPA giving last minute permits or rather a mass production of building permits. But now MEPA cannot do this because the environmental lobby is stronger, and it is under surveillance by Brussels.
We all remember the famous (or infamous) placards which accused the Minister of the Environment of being no different from the late Lorry, but here we are once again, with a general election on our doorstep and MEPA still a hot potato. The resignation of architect Catherine Galea came as a breath of fresh air to the general public but whoever is directly involved with MEPA will tell you that architect Galea was the purest virgin of the lot.
If the Minister really wants to be brave and make MEPA what it ought to be, he needs to do a lot of things. First of all, he must change the language or rather the tone in the structure plans: why must we continue to read that the proposals are not mandatory but that they may be imposed? Just in case you've never noticed, in these structure plans they are very careful not to commit themselves, to give leeway to MEPA to interpret these plans as widely as possible and never state that these must be done but that these "may" be done.
This "may" is confusing the man in the street and Mepa is making capital out of this confusion. The man in the street is confused because he cannot understand how next door is gifted with a permit for X number of floors, while his own application for the same number of floors is being refused by MEPA.
The Minister can remove this confusion if he wants to and he can start by announcing that developments in a number of main or arterial streets like Tower Road in Sliema, his constituency, to be covered by a fixed number of floors or height elevation and for a fixed number of years. In this way, everybody will know where he stands and corruption, if any, will be mitigated.
Another incentive involves rotating the members of the commissions and the boards within MEPA every three months. This happens in all sensitive places in all democracies. In London, at the West End, the police are rotated every three months for fear of corruption and I do not see why this should not be emulated at MEPA. We all know how rewarding it is to be on any of these boards and I do not see why such rewards should be for the same people all the time (by "rewards" I mean work).
First of all, the government has plenty of architects to choose and secondly, he will be showing the public that he means business when he says that there is no corruption at MEPA. We are all humans and if I stand a better chance of getting a MEPA permit by engaging an architect sitting on any of the boards to do the job, I will do so. This is how the man in the street reasons.
What is unfair about it is that these architects tend to get the bigger slice of the cake and the bigger projects, they get into business with property developers and form companies, and it will not be a surprise if the application of that company in which the architect is a shareholder and/or a director, be decided by the same architect! Because lest you do not know, there is no code of ethics concerning MEPA: it is a case of "min iħawwel l-aktar".
This is because MEPA is not bound to check who is behind the company submitting the application, or even if applicant is the rightful owner, because MEPA does not request proof of title with the application; neither does it request a declaration that there is no conflict of interest with any member of the DCC boards or any other board. And to add insult to injury, they expect the man in the street to be vigilant about these things and to submit any objection within the 30 days prescribed by law.
We are witnessing a number of applications being submitted by owners when in fact they are not because they are on "konvenju" (promise of sale) and the contract of acquisition is subject to MEPA permit. But I was told during one of the DCC sessions that for MEPA, this is not a false declaration and such application can continue to be processed. If rules are meant to be broken, than why continue to insist on the application being signed by the owner? Change the wording of the application if necessary, but don't become an accomplice in the crime by blessing false declarations. I am sure that you will agree with me that cases like this continue to tarnish the reputation of MEPA.
This must be stopped right away by MEPA if architects want to be on its boards and commissions that is fine but they have to renounce to a lot of things, particularly their involvement in business and partnerships with property developers, for the duration of their tenure. This is why, I stress that such appointments should not for more than three months, because any period longer than this will smell of corruption.
Another practice, which must be stopped straightaway is that applications submitted by architects who are members of the DCC boards are decided by the same boards. I advise you to go to one of these public hearings and you will note that the architect sitting in the board whose client's case is called for hearing, just changes the chair from that of member of the DCC to that of a "normal" architect, and discusses his case before his board. It is true that he does not cast his vote but this is not transparency and will prove the public right.
Enforcement is another problem at MEPA because there are many ways to go round it. There is a rule at MEPA that if you apply for a development in a property that is developed according to permit, first you have to remove the illegal development before your application can be considered.
But if the enforcement is ordered by the DCC to check that the plans submitted in the application reflect the true state of the building at present, the enforcement officer, when he wants to be naïve, will just go on site and report that the building is according to plans. Any enforcement officer who knows his job, or DCC board which knows its job, will not ask such a banality; they will order the enforcement officer to check if the plans submitted, not the building on site, reflect the permit conditions.
This goes to show you on how they can make you or break you at MEPA. The responsibility lies with the Minister for the Environment who can introduce the necessary changes to make MEPA regain the people's trust and confidence.
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"I'm tough, I'm ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay."
"To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return. To just give. That takes courage, because we don't want to fall on our faces or leave ourselves open to hurt."
"No matter who you are, no matter what you did, no matter where you've come from, you can always change, become a better version of yourself."
"I laugh at myself. I don't take myself completely seriously. I think that's another quality that people have to hold on to... you have to laugh, especially at yourself."
"Sick and perverted always appeals to me."
"I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams."
"A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That's why they don't get what they want."
"If your joy is derived from what society thinks of you, you're always going to be disappointed."
"There's no such thing as the perfect soulmate. If you meet someone and you think they're perfect, you better run as fast as you can in the other direction. 'Cos your soulmate is the person that pushes all your buttons, pisses you off on a regular basis, and makes you face your shit."
"Poor is the man whose pleasure depends on the permission of another."
"I've been popular and unpopular successful and unsuccessful loved and loathed and I know how meaningless it all is. Therefore I feel free to take whatever risks I want."
"I always wished that I could find someone as beautiful as you, but in the process I forgot that I was special too."
"Everyone is entitled to my opinion."
"When I'm hungry, I eat. When I'm thirsty, I drink. When I feel like saying something, I say it."
"It's not easy having a good marriage--but I don't want easy. Easy doesn't make you grow. Easy doesn't make you think. I thank God everyday that I am married to a man who makes me think. That's my definition of true love."
"Sometimes you have to be a bitch to get things done."
"I always thought I should be treated like a star."
"Power is being told you're not loved and not being destroyed by it."
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We sat down recently for a conversation with Dialogic's Chad Hart, Senior Director Product Marketing, to discuss how Dialogic's customers are using WebRTC to improve their business operations. As we noted in our coverage earlier this year discussing planned uses for WebRTC, businesses are beginning to rely on WebRTC for contact center operations and customer support, along with applications and collaboration features that incorporate video.
One application that Hart was quick to mention was a "click to call" and a "click to call back" feature as a first step for integrating contact center communications over the Internet. Hart noted that "click to call" and "click to call back" have been available for over a decade using other technologies, but the advantage of WebRTC over other approaches is the ease of sharing contextual information between the caller and the agent, forwarding information between the parties using a browser.
Using WebRTC in the contact operation can reduce costs in two ways—first by cutting back on the time needed for explanations between the parties, and second by reducing costs for calls that may have previously been using VoIP or a legacy phone circuit. Typically, contact centers will deploy a "click to call back" as a first step, then move to fully functional "click to call" once business operations can support the first step.
Another promising WebRTC application incorporates both mobility and video, allowing inside tech support teams to "see what I see" as field technicians forward mobile video and images during a service call. As with other apps, this application is possible without WebRTC, but using WebRTC does offer integration advantages with other collaboration features.
Other highlights of Hart's experiences with WebRTC deployments:
- Companies typically use WebRTC for audio apps and voice communications before they move to video.
- WebRTC has appeal across multiple industries including everything from airline kiosks, to health care providers.
- WebRTC has broad appeal both to enterprises, and to service providers who will use it to enable hosted applications and content.
Dialogic's President and CEO Kevin Cook also discussed other use cases his company is seeing with WebRTC at a recent conference, and his presentation is available on video by clicking here. Cook begins to discuss other use cases at minute marker 15:30 on the video.
Our thanks to Dialogic for sharing their experiences with this emerging collaboration trend.


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E3 2014: Uncharted 4 Story Details Emerge, "Still Going to Be a Roller-Coaster Ride"
Naughty Dog's Neil Druckmann and Bruce Straley discuss their plans for the new Uncharted.
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Since Sony capped off its E3 press conference Monday night with a trailer for Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, additional details on Nathan Drake's next outing have been released, including the first tidbits about its story.
An official synopsis for Uncharted 4 has been released, revealing what Drake will be dealing with (but not why): "The next generation of Nathan Drake will explore what it means when Drake is forced back into the world of thieves. He will embark on a globe-trotting journey in pursuit of a historical conspiracy behind a fabled pirate treasure. It's his greatest adventure yet and will test his physical limits, his resolve, and ultimately what he's willing to sacrifice to save the ones he loves."
We learned recently that The Last of Us leads Neil Druckmann and Bruce Straley were stepping in to head up Uncharted 4's development. A new video (watch it above) released by Sony features the duo talking about their approach to Uncharted, which they both have experience with after working in prominent roles on the series' first two games.
"Gameplay-wise, we're just going deeper and richer with all the mechanics. It's still going to be a roller-coaster ride." -- Naughty Dog's Bruce Straley
"[With] The Last of Us, we went to great lengths to try to create this reality, but we were still limited by the amount of overdraw the PS3 could handle, etc.," Straley says. "Now, the PS4 is allowing us to push so much more density, so it's fun to go back and go like, 'Oh, look at the things we wish we could have done in Uncharted 1, it's just like, this is easy, let's just make this.' It's nice to be able to explore something and look back and go, 'Wow, remember when we couldn't do any of this?' It's kind of neat."
While Druckmann and Straley are bringing with them some of the lessons learned from The Last of Us, that doesn't mean they're throwing away what has worked for Uncharted in the past. "Gameplay-wise, we're just going deeper and richer with all the mechanics," Straley says. "It's still going to be a roller-coaster ride; it's still going to have that pacing. We still want you on the edge of your seat, but at the same time, we want to make sure that you as players--I, as a player--want to play this thing and feel invested. And we want to make sure we have that with the epic, with the pacing, with the characters that we're known for."
Druckmann also spoke about "expanding Nate's core move set" and giving players "more options, more ways to approach; whether it's exploration, traversal, or combat, we're going to have more ways to attack those things."
As Monday's trailer revealed, Uncharted 4 will see the return of both Drake and frequent companion Sully. The game is scheduled to be released on the PlayStation 4 at some point in 2015.


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Warde Manuel accepts award for standout gender equity achievement from Womens Sports Foundation founder and tennis legend Billie Jean King.
Ever since Title IX was signed into law in 1972, gender equity has been a goal of university athletic departments across the nation. This past spring, UB was recognized for its efforts in achieving this goal by the Womens Sports Foundation and its founder, tennis great Billie Jean King.
Director of athletics Warde Manuel accepted the award at HBO Studios in New York City on June 5. UB was honored as the Northeast recipient of the Opportunity Awardone of four standout colleges and universities in the nation for making significant strides in providing equitable athletic opportunities for its female student athletes.
The awards were presented in conjunction with the release of the foundations Whos Playing College Sports? research report issued to honor Title IXs 35th anniversary. UB received a grade of A on the report card and was chosen to be an award recipient for having less than a 2 percent proportionality gap between the percentage of undergraduates who are female and the percentage of student athletes who are female.
We are delighted to have received this kind of recognition from one of the nations most influential and respected organizations in the athletic domaina group that includes many of the true trailblazers in womens sports, Manuel says.
Thunder of the East, the universitys marching band, will perform in New York Citys 2007 Columbus Day Parade.
On September 15, UBs marching band is set to perform at Beaver Stadium, when the football Bulls face the Penn State Nittany Lions, playing in a 107,282-seat facilitythe largest venue ever for a UB football team.
As if playing in front of more than 100,000 spectators at Beaver Stadium isnt enough, the Thunder of the East is going to take on the Big Apple. On October 8, the band will march on to New York City, where it will perform in the Columbus Day Parade under the direction of James Mauck.
Just two years after completing an impressive collegiate career in a Blue and White number 11 jersey, Turner Battle is back with the Bulls. The on-the-court leader of UBs winningest mens basketball team in school history (200405) has been hired by head coach Reggie Witherspoon as an assistant basketball coach.
Turner has some of the finest leadership skills I have ever seen in a young man, Witherspoon says. As he applies those skills with his basketball acumen, he has the ability to be a tremendous coach.
Battle was named Mid-American Conference Player of the Year after his senior season in 2005 and went on to play professionally in Estonia, France and Sweden before returning this past season to coach at Sweet Home High School in Amherst, NY.
Meanwhile, another recent UB great, Yassin Idbihi, the 6'10" center who completed his UB career this past March, also is furthering his career on the court. Idbihi, who played his high school basketball in Germany, was selected to play for the German national team at the World University Games, August 818, 2007, in Bangkok, Thailand.
From top: Bell, Vance, Villa and Godin
Four of UBs best athletes have been nationally recognized for their dedication to excellence both in their respective sport and in their academic performance.
For the second year in a row, Dan Bell of the mens soccer team was named an Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education magazine. A 2007 political science graduate with a 3.66 GPA, Bell also earned the Clifford C. Furnas Award, which recognizes outstanding undergraduate scholarship as combined with athletic prowess. Bell recorded eight shutouts in his final season as a Bull and became the universitys all-time wins leader with 33 victories.
Sarah Vance, a graduate student in early childhood education, was honored as the Female Athlete of the Year for her accomplishments as a thrower on UBs track teams, including trips to both the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor National Championships this past spring. She was then named to the 2007 U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic team.
Senior thrower Tina Villa and junior high-jumper Caitlin Godin joined their track teammate on the USTFCCCA All-Academic team. Both Villa and Godin qualified for the NCAA East Regionals, where Godin finished 17th.
One Bull is on his path toward becoming a St. Louis Cardinal, while another Bull will become a Montreal Alouette in the near future.
Folli and Judges
After a stellar junior season on the UB baseball team, Mike Folli was selected in the 42nd round of the Major League Baseball draft by the Cardinals. He began his professional career this summer by playing for the independent Outer Banks Daredevils of Kill Devil Hills, NC, in the Coastal Plains League, and after leading the team in batting average, was promoted to the Johnson City Cardinals, a rookie league team based in Johnson City, TN. The Cardinals are affiliated with the St. Louis Cardinals organization and play in the Appalachian League.
Senior defensive lineman James Judges also was selected in a draft during his junior year. The Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL) selected Judges in the fourth round of the draft, although Judges, a native of Pickering, ON, had planned to complete his career at UB. Judges father, Gordon, played 13 seasons in Montreal, during which time the Alouettes won three Grey Cup championships. (The Grey Cup is the CFL equivalent of the Super Bowl.)
The UB Division of Athletics welcomed two new administrators to the Buffalo Bulls family over the summer.
Sanders and Reed
Anucha Browne Sanders was named associate athletics director for marketing and senior woman administrator. Browne Sanders comes to UB after working for the past six years as senior vice president for marketing and business operations for the New York Knicks. At UB, she will be in charge of corporate marketing, events management, ticket sales and games promotions. She also will serve as the administrator for womens basketball, softball and volleyball.
Donald Reed has been named associate athletic director for academic services. Reed spent the past seven years at Iowa State, where he was in charge of academic support, and personal and career development for student athletes.
Compiled by Jennifer Gillan, BA 07, who is spending the 20072008 academic year as sports information intern for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, FL.


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A new campaign organization known as a "Super PAC" is now part of the Vermont political landscape.
The creators of the newly formed "Priorities PAC" say they'll back liberal causes and candidates, as well as efforts to reduce the influence of money in campaigns.
Even the organizers admit the irony of it. That's because this new Super PAC hopes it isn't around for long. The organizers say a big part of its mission is to support candidates who want to limit Super PACs.
Bob Stannard is the treasurer of the new Priorities PAC. Stannard, a lobbyist and former lawmaker, says big money has too much influence over elections. He says the new Super PAC's mission is to curb that power.
"Like all Super PACS, the idea is to participate in the electoral process to help elect candidates who can help advance issues that you find important," he says. "And one of the issues that we find important is the elimination of Super PACs."
Priorities PAC would be Vermont's first Super PAC. Stannard says the new organization wants to be ready in case Governor Peter Shumlin's efforts to form a single payer health plan comes under attack from more conservative Super PACs.
"And so the question is, do you wait until it happens, or do you be proactive?" he says. "And we decided it makes a lot of sense to position ourselves to be ready for outside influence coming into the state of Vermont."
Super PACs are technically known as "independent expenditure campaigns." They are allowed under federal court decisions to raise unlimited amounts money from individuals, corporations, unions or other groups, and then spend unlimited sums for or against candidates.
They are not allowed to coordinate with a candidate's campaign, or to give directly to a candidate. They must disclose their donors to the Federal Elections Commission.
Stannard says the organization will wait until after the August primary to decide if it will get involved in the 2012 campaigns. He says he hopes the group can raise at least $100,000 to get started.
Jack Lindley, the chairman of the Vermont Republican Party, says he doesn't know if Super PACs aligned with the GOP will join the campaign arms race in Vermont.
"You know, it really depends on the circumstances," he says. "Certainly there's the potential for one. There's many, many issues that stick in the craw of some people and if a bunch of them want to get together and they want to create a Super PAC they can surely do it. I mean, there's nothing to prevent that."
Todd Bailey, a Montpelier lobbyist and consultant to the organization, says the new Super PAC is also testing the limits of Vermont election law.
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DURING It's My Park Day, thousands of volunteers across New York City busied themselves planting tulip and daffodil bulbs and picking up rubbish.
At Carroll Park in Brooklyn, things went a little differently. The park, which neighbours say is crawling with large, vigorous rats, presented too many potential hazards for the weekend clean-up. So flower bulbs went unused the rats eat them anyway, neighbours say and if there had been any trowels, they might have been used to stun vermin rather than to plant flowers.
Instead, the Committee to Improve Carroll Park held what it billed as the "First (and hopefully last) Rat Festival".
It included a rat round-up, an adopt-a-rat program and, of course, a rat race. Fatty Ratty gum was available, and a giant inflatable rat, normally used by labour unions to protest at worksites employing non-union labor, put in an appearance.
"Our park is so infested with rats that we don't feel comfortable going there, and we certainly don't feel comfortable sending someone else in there to clean it," said Judy Rayner, a member of the improvement committee for the park. "I have a three-year-old and I don't want her running around in the park."
The committee's president, Sara Weber, said that all the cleaning had done little to diminish the park's allure for the rats.
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Members of the improvement committee said they hoped that next year they could go back to planting, cleaning and painting, as volunteers did at the city's other parks.
"It's a really nice park," Ms Rayner said as she looked down at her feet, "except, of course, for the rats."
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