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Friday, April 11 Fine Arts Center (also see Saturday, April 12)
75th ANNIVERSARY ALUMNI CELEBRATION
7:00-9:30pm: Rehearsals of the Alumni Band, Chorus & Orchestra
Conductors: Timothy Anderson, Thom Hannum, James Patrick Miller, Tony Thornton
Guest Conductors: E. Wayne Abercrombie, John Jenkins, Malcolm W. Rowell
No charge to participate in the Alumni Celebrations (charge for Luncheon on Sat, April 12, pay online)
REGISTER ONLINE -- See the 75th Anniversary webpage for more info
Saturday, April 12 Music Department, Fine Arts Center
9:50am-12noon: Rehearsals of the Alumni Band, Chorus & Orchestra12:30pm-2pm: Alumni enjoy a BUFFET LUNCHEON in the Campus Center Auditorium with current & former facultyTo attend luncheon, you must purchase tickets. 413-545-2511 or ONLINE .
4pm: Performances by the Alumni Band, Chorus & Orchestra in the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall(Free & open to the public)
Conductors: Timothy Anderson, Tian Hui Ng, Thom Hannum, James Patrick Miller, Tony ThorntonGuest Conductors: E. Wayne Abercrombie, John Jenkins, Malcolm W. RowellNo charge to participate in the Alumni Celebrations (charge for the Luncheon, click to pay online)Alumni, Click to REGISTER ONLINE - More information at the 75th Anniversary webpage.
BAND Repertoire List: (see 75th Anniversary webpage for parts download)Star Spangled Banner - KeyCelebration Fanfare - Elliot SchwartzIrish Tune from County Derry - GraingerMarch - On the Mall - Edwin Franko GoldmanFirst Suite in Eb - HolstSuite of Old American Dances 1, 2 - Robert Russel Bennett Twilight Shadows: UMass Amherst Alma Mater - Honoring George N. ParksSomewhere from West Side Story - Bernstein, arr. Michael Klesch
ORCHESTRA Repertoire List:Brahms - i Allegro Non Troppo from Symphony No.2 in D Major Op. 73Elgar - IX. "Nimrod" from Enigma VariationsTchaikovsky - IV Finale: Allegro con fuoco from Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op.36
CHORUS Repertoire List: (see 75th Anniversary webpage for music download)Copland - Zion's WallBrahms - Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit from the German Requiem with Dana Schnitzer, soprano soloistHandel - Hallelujah, Amen from Judas MaccabeusJ.S. Bach - Dona nobis pacem from Mass in B Minor
Faculty Recital
Sunday, March 30th 4:00pm at Bezanson Recital Hall
Dana Schnitzer, soprano, with guest Gretchen Peery, piano
Peter Askim: Newly-commissioned work, world premiere; Barber: Knoxville Summer of 1915; Wolf: Songs
Tickets: $3 UMass students; $5 other students, children, seniors; $10 general public; free for UMass music majors & minors
Box Office: 413-545-2511 or BUY TICKETS ONLINE
16th Annual High School Jazz Festival
Saturday, April 5th, 8:30am - 6:00pm, Bezanson Recital Hall & Music wing
High School Big Bands, Combos & Vocal Jazz Ensembles Perform
Guest clinician Kenny Garrett Quintet; adjudication by guests & UMass faculty
Ensemble registration: firstname.lastname@example.com
Festival attendance FREE and open to the public! Winning high school band plays at 7:30pm, before the Fine Arts Center evening concertTickets to 8pm Kenny Garrett Quintet concert: www.fineartscenter.com or 1-800-999-UMAS
Emerging Choreographers Series
Thursday, April 10th, 8:00pm Hampshire College Main Dance Studio
Dances by UMass choreographers Carly Armstrong-Champ, Melissa Byrd, Kayla Collette, Allison Dancewicz, Alez DiSalvo, Niki Farahani, Jill Laquidara, sarah Lento, Savanna Murray, Erin Philipson, and Anna Pietal
Emerging Choreographers Series
Friday, April 11th, 8:00pm
Hampshire College Main Dance Studio
Dances by UMass choreographers Carly Armstrong-Champ, Melissa Byrd, Kayla Collette, Allison Dancewicz, Alez DiSalvo, Niki Farahani, Jill Laquidara, sarah Lento, Savanna Murray, Erin Philipson, and Anna Pietal
Saturday, April 12th, 8:00pm
Dances by UMass choreographers Carly Armstrong-CHamp, Melissa Byrd, Kayla Collette, Allison Dancewicz, Alez DiSalvo, Niki Farahani, Jill Laquidara, sarah Lento, Savanna Murray, Erin Philipson, and Anna Pietal
Sunday, April 13th, 4:00pm Bezanson Recital Hall
William Hite, tenor
Guest Peter Clemente, guitar; Laura Klock, horn, Estela Olevsky & Nadine Shank, piano
All Britten: Folk Song Arrangements for Voice and Guitar, Winter Words (T. Hardy poems), British Isles folk songs, Canticle III: Still Falls the Rain
Tickets: $3 UMass students; $5 other students, children, seniors; $10 general public; free for UMass music majors & minors Box Office: 413-545-2511 or Buy Tickets Online
Student Composers' Concert
Monday, April 14th, 7:30pm Bezanson Recital Hall
Free and open to the public!
Alive With Dance
Thursday, April 24th, 8:00pm Bowker Auditorium
Choreographers, dancers & musicians collaborate for senior thesis projects
Tickets: $5 all students, children, seniors; $10 general public; free for UMass music/dance majors & minors
Box Office: 413-545-2511 or Buy Tickets Online
Friday, April 25th, 8:00pm Bowker Auditorium
Tickets:$5 all students, children, seniors; $10 general public; free for UMass music/dance majors & minors
Saturday, April 26th, 8:00pm Bowker Auditorium
Joys of a Child's Spirit
University Chorale, Recital Choir & Women's Choir
Saturday, April 26th, 4:00pm St. John's Episcopal Church, Northampton
Conductors: Joseph Baldwin, guest & grad students
Bernstein: Chichester Psalms, Carly Simon/ Johnson: Let the River Run, Stanford: Beati quorum via, Esenvalds: Only in sleep
Free and open to the public!
Marimba Bands & Ensembles
Monday, April 28th, 8:00pm Bowker Auditorium
Directed by Thom Hannum
Tickets: $3 UMass students; $5 other students, children, seniors; $10 general public; free for UMass music majors & minors
Box Office: 413-545-2511 or Buy Tickets Online
Chapel Jazz Ensemble
Tuesday, April 29th, 8:00pm, Bowker Auditorium
Spotlighting UMass Jazz Vocalists
Directed by Thomas Giampietro
MUSIC BY: Ellington, Basie, Charles, Jackson & Snarky Puppy; Arrangements by UMass Department of Music & Dance Professors Felipe Salles, Catherine Jensen-Hole, Thomas Giampietro & alumnus Chris Lapidas
Jazz Ensemble I & Studio Orchestra
Wednesday, April 30th, 8:00pm, Bowker Auditorium
Director: Jeffrey W. Holmes
New works by Masters jazz students, as well as the late Yusef Lateef's Masara #2, Michael Brecker's Anagram, Paul Ferguson's Blue Highways & Chris Merz's arrangement of Miles Davis' Solar
Box Office: 413-545-2511 or Buy Tickets Online
April 16 Wednesday 7:30pm Abbey Chapel, Mt. Holyoke College
FIVE COLLEGE COLLEGIUMSpring Returns!Robert Eisenstein, director
Beyond Compère: Music of the French RenaissanceMass movements, motets and chansons by Compère, Mouton, Crequillon and Manchicourt performed by voices and Renaissance winds.
Free and open to the public
April 29 Tuesday 7:30pm Grace Church, 14 Boltwood Ave., Amherst
Robert Eisenstein, director
A Celebration of the Italian Concerto
Music for strings, harpsichord, flute and recorder by Vivaldi, Geminiani, Locatelli and Scarlatti.
Free & open to the public
Avanti Wind Quintet
Tuesday, April 1st, 8:00pm, Bezanson Recital Hall
Christopher Krueger, flute; Fredric T. Cohen, oboe; Michael Sussman, clarinet; Laura Klock, horn & Stephen Walt, bassoon
Featuring a new work by Allen Shawn, written for the Avanti Quintet, plus music by Fred Lerdahl & Ingolf Dahl
Tickets: $3 UMass students; $5 other students, children, seniors; $10 general public; free for UMass music majors & minorsBox Office 413-545-2511 or BUY TICKETS ONLINE
Chamber Choir
Saturday, April 5th, 8:00pm, St. John's Episcopal Church, 48 Elm St., Northampton
Conducted by Tony Thornton
With soloists Lynn Klock, alto saxophone and Laura Klock, horn
Music by Bach, Schubert, Debussy, Handel, James Mulholland, Clifton J. Noble & Daniel Elder
Concert Band & Florence Community Band
Sunday, April 6th, 4pm, Fine Arts Center Concert Hall
Timothy T. Anderson & Priscilla Ross, conductors
Music by Holst: Suite in F, Kern: Medley from Showboat, Handy: St. Louis Blues March, Ticheli: Amazing Grace, Goldman: Illinois March plus When the Saints Go Marching In, Teddy Bear's Picnic & others
Sunday, April 6th 8:00pm, Bezanson Recital Hall
Lynn Klock, saxophone With Nadine Shank, piano; Laura Klock, horn; Fredric T. Cohen, oboe; Stephen Walt, bassoon; Elizabeth Chang, viola; Salvatore Macchia, contrabass & guest Eduardo Leandro, percussion
Music by Charles Bestor, Salvatore Macchia (Premiere), Eric Sawyer (Premiere), Marc-Antonio Consoli: Saxlodie
Professors Lynn and Laura Klock will retire in May.
Percussion Ensemble
Wednesday, April 9th 8:15pm Bezanson Recital Hall
Directed by Ayano Kataoka
Chamber Music by Xenakis, Klatzow, Reich, and others
April 27 Sunday 7:30pm Bezanson Recital Hall
Elizabeth Chang, faculty coordinator
Students perform chamber works from the classical & contemporary repertoire:
Dvorak, Schubert, Haydn, Ives, & more
Free & open to the public
April 27 Sunday 5pm Bezanson Recital Hall
Catherine Jensen-Hole, director
Performances by large and small vocal jazz ensembles, including the Premiere of an arrangement by senior Kyle Hanlon
Tickets: $3 UMass students; $5 other students, seniors, children; $10 general public; free for Music majors/minors413-545-2511 or Buy Tickets Online
April 23 Wednesday 8pm Fine Arts Center Concert Hall
Tian Hui Ng, guest conductor
Guest Soloist: Amanda Hall, sopranoAmanda Hall Graudated from the Yale School of Music Opera Program and holds a M.M. degree in Vocal Perforamnce from the University of Southern California. She has sung operatic roles with companies such as Anchorage Opera, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, New York City Opera, Western Plains Opera, Opera Grand Rapids and Hawaii Opera Theater. On the concert stage Ms. Hall has performed major works such as those by Vaughn Williams, Orff and Beethoven, with the Hartford, Asheville, Minot and New Haven Symphony Orchestras, and the Polish National Radio Orchestra. Repertoire: Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs & Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op.73
Tickets: $3 UMass students; $5 other students, seniors, children; $10 general public; free for music majors/minors413-545-2511 or Buy Tickets Online
April 22 Tuesday 8pm Fine Arts Center Concert Hall
James Patrick Miller & Ayano Kataoka, conductors
Music by John Barnes Chance, Joseph Wilcox Jenkins, Dana Wilson, George Anthiel's Ballet Mecanique & Percy Grainger's Lincolnshire Posy
Tickets: $3 UMass students; $5 other students, seniors, children; $10 general public; free for music majors/minors413-545-2511 or Purchase Tickets Online
April 16 Wednesday 8pm Bowker Auditorium
Eric Berlin, John Bottomley, Laura Klock & Greg Spiridopoulos, directors
Trumpet & Tuba/Euphonium Ensembles; Horn, Trombone & Brass Choirs
Original and transcribed music for brass instruments
April 17 Thursday 8pm Fine Arts Center Concert Hall
James Patrick Miller, conductor
Guests: Allyss Haecker, soprano & Arthur Haecker, conductor & trombonist
Music by Ticheli, Faure, Vaughan Williams, Ogren & Hindemith's masterpiece Symphony in B flat
Tickets: $3 UMass students; $5 other students, seniors & children; $10 general public; free for Music majors/minors413-545-2511 or Purchase Tickets Online
Allyss Haecker, soprano
April 26 Saturday 2pm Curry Hicks Cage Gymnasium
28th Annual COLOR IN THE CAGE Performance Showcase
Frederick Omega Pye, Color Guard director
Amherst Survival Center fundraiser
Tickets at the door: $5 Adults, $3 Students (with ID) & Children ($1 off with canned good donation)UMass Marching Band members FREE with a canned good or donation to benefit the Amherst Survival CenterDoors open at 1:30pm
"Color In The Cage" (CITC) is an annual performance showcase event produced and directed by Frederick Omega Pye, in his seventh year as Assistant Band Director/Visual Coordinator for the UMass Minuteman Marching Band (UMMB). CITC is a valuable training ground and presentation that features our current and future UMMB Fall Guard members and Featured Twirlers, along with our Fall Color Guard Field Staff Candidates. This year, we are excited to debut students from our new Marching Color Guard Techniques Class, guided by Fred, and assisted by Event Founder, David Hautanen. We also offer a performance outlet for UMass, local High Schools, and Collegiate Guards, Dancers, Cheerleaders, Drum Majors, and Baton Twirlers, in a non-competitive, supportive environment. Rifles, Flags, Sabres, Mace, Dance & Props are a major focus, while we strive to develop future Guard and Baton Twirling instructors in this growing pageantry arts activity. This will be our third year proudly collecting canned goods and donations at the door to help support the Amherst Survival Center.
April 24 Thursday 7pm Fine Arts Center Room 44
Felipe Salles, director
April 18 Friday 1:25pm FAC Music wing Room 44
MUSIC THEORY SPEAKERS' SERIESPoundie Burstein, City University of New York
Neo-Kochian Theory and Mid-18th Century Sonata-Form Exposition
Bio: Poundie Burstein's primary areas of interest include Schenkerian analysis & form studies. In addition to his scholarly work, he has performed extensively as a pianist for comedy improvisation groups in the NYC area. He has also taught at Mannes College, Columbia University, Queens College, and help an endowed chair at University of Alabama in 2010. In 1995 he received the Distinguished Teaching Award from the New School University, and in 2008 he received the Outstanding Publication Award from the Society of Music Theory (SMT). He is currently the President of SMT.
Friday, April 4 1:25-2:15pm Fine Arts Center Room 44
Andrew Davis, UMass alum MM'98University of Houston Professor of Music Theory
Rhetoric and Narrative in the Nineteenth-Century Sonata
Theoretical explanation will accompany a practical analysis and demonstration, including performances of music of Brahms, Chopin, Mozart & Haydn. Davis' research is grounded in literary criticism, specifically in the fields known as structural narratology and rhetorical narrative theory. The approach has implications for understanding how 19th century music engages with the aesthetics of 19th century literary Romanticism, and it has implications for how we might interpret the more idiosyncratic features of some 18th century sonatas.
April 27 Sunday 1pm Bezanson Recital Hall
Directors: Dana Schnitzer & Marjorie Melnick, Coach/Accompanist: Gretchen Peery
SCENES FROM OPERAS, MANY SUNG IN ENGLISH, A FEW IN ITALIAN: Rossini's La Cenerentola (Cinderella); Mozart's The Magic Flute and La Clemenza di Tito; Johann Strauss' Die Fledermaus; Gilbert & Sullivan's The Mikado; Purcell's Dido and Aeneas; Lee Hoiby's Summer and Smoke and Douglas Moore's The Ballad of Baby Doe
ARTISTS: Vocalists from the UMass Amherst Department of Music & Dance; Professors Marjorie Melnick and Dana Schnitzer, Stage Directors; Gretchen Peery, Coach/Accompanist
Free for Music majors/minors; $3 UMass students; $5 Other students, seniors, children; $10 General public Box Office 413-545-2511 or https://fac.umass.edu/musicanddance
Masters Recital
Sunday, March 30th, 1:00pm Bezanson Recital Hall
Aaron Staluppi, tuba
Senior Recital
Sunday, March 30th, 7:30pm Bezanson Recital Hall
Sara Mitchell, clarinet
April 5 Saturday 7:00pm Bezanson Recital Hall
Theresa Illich, flute
April 6 Sunday 1pm Bezanson Recital Hall
Melissa Ennulat, voice
April 6 Sunday 4pm Bezanson Recital Hall
Chia-Ning Hsu, piano
April 6 Sunday 6pm Fine Arts Center Room 44
Devin Beck, vocal jazz
Jerrod Campion, jazz guitar
April 7 Monday 7:30pm Bezanson Recital Hall
Artur Wysoczanski, piano
April 8 Tuesday 7:30pm Immanuel Lutheran Church, 867 N. Pleasant St., Amherst
Elliot Lee, violin
April 10 Thursday 7:30pm Bezanson Recital Hall
Michael Vuona, drum set
April 12 Saturday 2:30pm Bezanson Recital Hall
Steven Wilkinson, tuba
April 12 Saturday 7:30pm Bezanson Recital Hall
Dustin Patrick, percussion
April 13 Sunday 1pm Bezanson Recital Hall
Jeff Soffer, saxophone
April 13 Sunday 6pm Fine Arts Center Room 44
Michael Caudill, jazz saxophone
April 13 Sunday 7:30pm Bezanson Recital Hall
Tim Shirriffs, voice
April 6 Sunday 3pm Immanuel Lutheran Church
Sarah Bowe, voice
Immanuel Lutheran Church867 N. Pleasant StreetAmherst, MA01002
MONDAY, MARCH 31 10:10am - 12noon BEZANSON RECITAL HALL
Matt Haimovitz, cello
With the cello students of Professor Astrid Schween
Free and open to the public
Tickets and information about the Matt Haimovitz/Christopher O'Reilly concert, Mon. 3/31 at 7:30pm:https://fac.umass.edu/Online/ShufflePlayListen
April 18th Friday 6pm Fine Arts Center Room 44
Stephen Ostaszewski, jazz guitar
April 18 Friday 7:30pm Bezanson Recital Hall
Andrew D'Antonio, collaborative piano
April 19th Saturday 1pm Fine Arts Center Room 44
Joshua Wolfe, trombone
April 19th Saturday 1pm Bezanson Recital Hall
Music by Mozart, Osborne, Ibert, Bonneau, Noda and Beethoven
Erik Anundson, saxophone
Emma O'Neil, bassoon
April 19th Saturday 4pm Bezanson Recital Hall
Audrey Clark, voice
April 19th Saturday Bezanson Recital Hall
Erin Pulley, flute
April 21st 7:30pm Bezanson Recital Hall
Lilian-Terri Dahlenburg, viola
April 22nd Tuesday 7:30pm Bezanson Recital Hall
Benjamin Lary, piano
Monday, April 28 5pm Bezanson Recital Hall
Conferring of awards, followed by a reception for retiring Professors Dennis Brown, Laura Klock and Lynn Klock
Saturday, April 26 4:30pm Bezanson Recital Hall
Annalise Moschella, flute
Peter Guidi, horn
Friday, April 25, 7:30pm, Bezanson Recital Hall
Alexander Beltran, percussion
Saturday, April 26, 1:30pm, Fine Arts Center Music Wing, Room 44
Christian Tremblay, jazz piano
Saturday, April 26, 7:30pm Bezanson Recital Hall
Seth McKenzie, percussion
Monday, April 28, 7:30pm, Bezanson Recital Hall
Andrew Licht, violin
Saturday, April 26, 7:30pm, First Congregational Church, 165 Main St., Amherst
Robert Stahley, voice
Tuesday, April 29, 7:30pm, Bezanson Recital Hall
Alexander Maclennan, piano
Joon Sang Ko, piano
Saturday, April 19 9:30-11:30am Bezanson Recital Hall and FAC Room 150
Members of the renowned Ying Quartet work with UMass string students
(The Ying performs at Amherst College, Buckley Hall, at 8pm on Friday 4/18/14)
Student Recital
Tuesday, April 29 9:30pm in Bezanson Recital Hall
Leopold Szydlowski (a junior, double bass) accompanied by Andrew D'Antonio (a Masters student, collaborative piano)
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Pedestrian hit on I-93 North in Windham
According to state police, the victim, Jessica Kimball, was travelling northbound when her 2008 Subaru began malfunctioning, leading her to pull over into the breakdown lane near the Windham town line. Parked alongside the highway, Kimball then exited her vehicle and was standing toward the side of the travel lane when a 2006 Saab driven by Gayle Baker, 49, of Windham, struck her, according to police.
State and local police responded to the scene shortly after 8:30 p.m., when Kimball was transported to Parkland Medical Center in Derry and treated for injuries described as 'non-life-threatening,' including a fractured femur. Further information on her condition was unavailable Monday, with hospital officials declining to comment on the case due to patient confidentiality laws.
Troopers from State Police Troop B in Bedford and members of the State Police Accident Reconstruction Team closed several lanes of the highway for several hours Sunday evening as they worked to investigate the incident.
The crash remains under investigation, police noted on Monday, though alcohol isn't believed to have been a factor. Anyone with further information related to this incident is encouraged to contact Trooper Monaco or Trooper Dotolla at the Troop B Barracks in Bedford at 666-3333.

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PORTER, Texas - Five men were arrested after nearly $300,000 worth of drugs were found in a home in Porter, officials said.
Deputies in the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office Special Investigations Unit worked with the Houston Police Department Narcotics team and the Houston DEA to search a home in the 23600 block of Laura Lane on Friday.
Authorities said five people were arrested in the drug raid. Aroldo David Aguilar, 67, of McAllen; Angel Luis Vasquez, 37, of McAllen; Rolando Gutierrez, 45, of Brownsville; Jose Domingo Vazquez, 40, of Donna; and Lauro Grimaldo Rincon, 69, of Mercedes, were all charged with aggravated possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance.
Authorities said they seized 10 kilograms of cocaine and other items used in illegal substance trafficking.
The estimated wholesale value of the drugs is $28,500 per kilogram, bringing the total estimated worth to $285,000.
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William J. Bennett served as Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy under President George H. W. Bush and as Secretary of Education and Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities under President Reagan. He holds a bachelor of arts degree in philosophy from Williams College, a doctorate in political philosophy from the University of Texas, and a law degree from Harvard. He is the author of such bestselling books as The Educated Child, The Death of Outrage, The Book of Virtues, and the two-volume series America: The Last Best Hope. Dr. Bennett is the host of the nationally syndicated radio show Bill Bennett's Morning in America. He is also the Washington Fellow of the Claremont Institute and a regular contributor to CNN. He, his wife, Elayne, and their two sons, John and Joseph, live in Maryland.
Saint Nicholas was a historic 4th century Greek Catholic Bishop of Myra part of Turkey today in Lycia. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas
Nicholas was born in 280 A.D. in Patara, Greece. He was the only son of wealthy parents who died during a plague when he was a young boy. He went to live with his uncle Nicholas who was an Abbott in a nearby monastery. He decided to study for the priesthood and gave away his possessions including the inheritance he got from his parents. He was ordained as a priest.
Later he was promoted to be Bishop of Myra. Nicholas spent his life in Myra serving his people and spreading his Christian faith. He visited the sick, collected donations for the needy, counseled those in trouble, befriended the lonely, baptized converts, ordained priests, married couples and buried the dead.
Nicholas heard of a needy family whose father had three daughters who needed dowries. He dropped off a bag of gold coins at three different times. It was said that Nicholas dropped coins into children's shoes that were left outside their homes.
When the Roman government was persecuting Christians because of their religious beliefs and their refusal to worship the Roman emperor and sacrifice to the old Roman gods Nicholas was put in jail. While in prison he conducted Christian worship services among the prisoners and tended to the sick there the best he could.
In 313 A.D. Roman Emperor Constantine granted freedom to all religions. Nicholas was let out of prison. When famine struck Lycia he convinced some visiting ship captains who were carrying grain to Constantinople to sell a part of their grain to the Lycia area so the people there were able to survive the most difficult time of the famine.
In 325 A.D. Nicholas was a member of a group of Bishops assembled together in the city of Nicea, Italy by Roman Emperor Constantine to settle a theological dispute. The Nicene Council as it was called drew up a statement called the Nicene Creed that affirms faith in the Holy Trinity stating that Jesus Christ is "one substance with God the father."
"Nicholas died December 6, 343 A.D. in Myra and was buried in his cathedral church. A liquid called manna flows out of his grave that is said to have healing powers. The anniversary of his death became a day of celebration, St. Nicholas Day, December 6th (December 19 on the Julian Calendar). During the Middle Ages people began to exchange gifts on this day.
In the 11th century Myra fell into the hands of Muslim Turks. Italian sailors brought the remains of Nicholas to Bari in the southeastern part of Italy.
After Nicholas' remains were brought to Bari, the healing manna liquid continued to flow from his new grave. Vials of manna from his remains have been taken all over the world for centuries, and can still be obtained from his church in Bari. Even up to the present day, a flask of manna is extracted from the tomb of Saint Nicholas every year on December 6 (the Saint's feast day) by the clergy of the basilica. The manna is collected from a sarcophagus which is located in the basilica vault and can be obtained in the shop nearby. Source: www.wikipedia.com
"Through the centuries many stories and legends have been told of St. Nicholas' life and deeds. These accounts help us understand his extraordinary character and why he is so beloved and revered as protector and helper of those in need." Source: www.stnicholascenter.org
The author relates stories of how Nicholas miraculously through God's help saved generals from execution, and sailing ships from stormy destruction.
Stories of Nicholas spread throughout Europe. The Vikings who attacked and settled in Europe from about 800 A.D. to 1000 A.D. took home stories and tales about Saint Nicholas. Sailors claimed him as their protector and would pray to him for help during stormy voyages. Christopher Columbus in the 1490's named a couple of places after Saint Nicholas when he landed in Haiti. In 1624 Dutch colonists settled in Manhattan bringing with them tales of Saint Nicholas.
Names for Saint Nicholas abound: England - Father Christmas, France - Pere Noel, Germany - Weihnachtsmann, Netherlands – Sinterklaas, USA – Kris Kringle which refers to the Christ child from German origin and Santa Claus.
The American version of the Santa Claus figure received its inspiration and its name from the Dutch legend of Sinter Klaas, brought by settlers to New York in the 17th century.
Santa Claus got his current garb, sleigh, reindeer and activity of gift giving to children from such Americans and institutions such as: author Washington Irving, seminary professor Clement Clark Moore, illustratorThomas Nast, Coca-Cola, and Montgomery Wards.
In 1809 Washington Erving published a mock history of New York under the name Diedrich Knickerbocker in which he described Saint Nicholas riding a wagon with horses that flew over tree tops in which he would drop presents down chimneys or go down chimneys to bring gifts to children.
In 1823 Clement Clarke Moore wrote the poem A Visit From Saint Nicholas more commonly known as The Night Before Christmas that included such details as the names of Santa's flying reindeer; referred to Santa as an elf, and how he returns up the chimney to his sleigh. He mentioned Santa Claus coming on December 24. Christmas became a holiday for children – children all snuggled in their beds.
Illustrator Thomas Nast depicted a rotund Santa wearing a red suit for Christmas issues of Harper's magazine from the 1860s to the 1880s. Nast added such details as Santa's workshop at the North Pole and Santa's list of the good and bad children of the world. Source: www.the-north-pole.com/history
In 1891 President Harris said he would have a Christmas tree and be Santa himself for his grandchildren. Parents became secret Santa with the help of the Sears catalog. Norman Rockwell put Santa Claus on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post. In 1924 Santa began appearing in the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade.
Artist Haddon Sundblom introduced a human-sized Santa Claus in a series of illustrated ads for Coca-Cola in 1931. Rudolph, the ninth reindeer, with a red and shiny nose, was invented in 1939 by an advertising writer for the Montgomery Ward Company. Source: www.the-north-pole.com/history
By the mid- 20th century Saint Nicholas the bishop had disappeared in the U.S. and in his place had become Santa Claus who had come to town.
In 1897 eight-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon wrote a letter to the New York Sun newspaper asking whether there was a Santa Claus since some of her friends had been telling her he was not real. Editor Francis P. Church responded to her in an editorial that has become the most famous one in the U.S. – Yes Virginia there is a Santa Claus…
Bennett states that the stories of Saint Nicholas and Santa Claus are arguably true in a moral way. They offer generosity, kindness, justice, and self-sacrifice over cruelty, injustice and self-indulgence. They are about the celebration of human closeness and decency, and about the caring of others. They are about raising the sights and efforts toward a better life. Santa Claus stands for compassion, service, selflessness and largeness of spirit.
According to Bennett one essential truth of Saint Nicholas and Santa Claus is the goodness of offering a gift with no expectation of anything in return. Santa Claus is the result of a Christ- inspired goodness that has rippled across 17 centuries from Nicholas' time to our own. The history of Saint Nicholas and Santa Claus is like a miracle in itself that resonates with God's love.
Bennett tells who Saint Nicholas was and how Santa Claus came to be. The true spirit of Christmas is the message of loving one another brought to us by a babe in a manager so long ago.
Christ is the reason for the celebration of Christmas and his example is what Christians strive to follow. Saint Nicholas appears to be a good example of successfully following Christ's example of living and following his commands. I related the history of Nicholas and Santa to impress upon you the importance of his influence upon others to love and be helpful to one another.
The 116 page book is a quick read. Bennett quotes the Bible frequently to support his narrative. He has listed other sources at the end for further reading on Saint Nicholas.
I would recommend this book to adults and teens to learn about the origin and histories of Saint Nicholas and Santa Claus and the true meaning of Christmas of which they represent. - MA


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Best Art Ever (This Week): Mignola's Rocketeer, Moebius' Surfer, Chiarello's Shadow, Kirby's Streets & More
We make a regular practice at ComicsAlliance of spotlighting particular artists or specific bodies of work, but because cartoonists, illustrators and their fans share countless numbers of great images on sites like Flickr, Tumblr, DeviantArt and seemingly infinite art blogs that we've created Best Art Ever (This Week), a weekly depository for just some of the pieces of especially compelling artwork that we come across in our regular travels across the Web. Some of it's new, some of it's old, some of it's created by working professionals, some of it's created by future stars, some of it's created by talented fans, and some of it's endearingly silly. All of it's awesome.


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Survived by daughters, Vicky (Steve) Gerlach, Kathy (Mike) Clemens, Michelle Houle, Jaci (Doug) Shipp; 13 grandchildren; sisters, Eva (Bob) Nelson and Barb (Don) Castle; brothers, Art (Pat) Bulow, Bill (Kathy) Bulow and John Bulow; nieces, nephews; other relatives and friends.
Visitation 2 - 6 PM Sunday, April 1st and continues 9-10 AM Monday, April 2nd at Roberts Family Funeral Home, 555 Centennial Dr. SW, Forest Lake. Mass of Christian Burial 10:30 AM Monday, April 2nd at Church of St. Peter, 1250 So. Shore Dr., Forest Lake, MN.
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Have yourself a gendered little Christmas: Holiday Meal Prep
Some of my most favorite holiday memories involve sharing meals with my loved ones. I love everything about it—smelling good things, tasting favorite family recipes, bright holiday decorations, and so much joyful laughter (sprinkled with realistic, nagging, teasing sibling exchanges). My love for holiday meal times makes it even more troubling to realize how unfair these family events can be.
Ever since hosting my very first holiday gathering, I've become acutely aware of how much work goes into it. It takes a whole lot of time, energy and expense to accomplish the perfect holiday gathering. More often than not, I've noticed that it's women in families who get it done.
Even in my own family, my superstar mama is clearly working overtime to make everything happen. She gets up early on the day of, after prepping for days ahead of time, and is the first up from the table to start doing dishes after the meal is complete.
While my dad is an accomplished veggie chopper who always helps with prep work, and my brother is diving into the wonderful world of pie baking this year, it still seems like there are some major expectations for who is primarily responsible for domestic goddess-like activities.
Globally, women tend to put virtually all of their earnings from outside the home back into caring for the family in some way. I'm guessing that this doesn't really change when holidays roll around. Beyond that, if we added up the amount of time spent preparing for holiday meals and assigned a dollar value to it, how much do you think the typical North American woman would make compared to the typical man?
Do you find that women's work is highly valued in your own families? Are you part of a non-traditional family set up that breaks out of the gender-binary holiday mold? I would love to hear about ways that you've found to make the holidays happy, healthy, and equal for all.
What a great post! Very thought provoking.
I'm very happy with the chosen family I have surrounded myself with in this respect. Everyone pitches in pretty equally, and the men can cook just as well as (if not better than) the women and often will tell us to just relax while they do the work. Whoever didn't cook does the dishes, and everyone helps to tidy up the house afterwards--even the 3 year old, who gets just as much love and caretaking from her dad and step-father as she does from her mom and step-mother. When it came time to decorate the house, bake cookies, and wrap presents, we were all in it together, and it was all wonderful time spent as a family.
The only gendered activity I've really noticed is that the men are usually the ones chopping the firewood and shovelling the walk, while the women take care of the laundry and general organization inside the house. I personally have no desire to chop wood or shovel snow, so I'm thankful that we have people in the family who are willing to make our lives easier by doing so and I'm more than happy to return the favor by making their lives easier inside of the house.
My biological family is a whole other story. I can't think of anything in particular that the men do during the holidays off the top of my head, other than drinking and gambling. I think I'm going to pay a little more attention to those dynamics this year as a result of this blog post.
Thanks for sharing about the labor distribution in your chosen family. It's so wonderful to be surrounded by positivity and loving interactions. I hope that you enjoy the holiday season!


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Lindsay Lohan has apparently been out partying and drinking every single night since she arrived in New York last week.
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Along with the soul-searching that came from seeing Chipper Jones retiring-should I cheer? Should I boo?-came, at least for me, with some relief.
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Harper collected four hits against the Mets last night, but his dominance of New York pitching is nothing new. As befits a player in the National League East, Harper has more than 50 plate appearances against four teams, the Nationals' division rivals. Against the Phillies, his OPS is .731. Against the Marlins, it is .735. Against the Braves, it is .786.
Against the Mets, it is .960, with seven extra-base hits in 63 plate appearances. Harper has 49 RBI, and 11 have come against the Mets. He has no more than five against any other team.
He's actually even outpacing Chipper Jones' rookie year of Met-killing, when Jones put up an .895 OPS against the Mets, with four home runs in 54 plate appearances. Naturally, Harper is only 19 years old, and plays for a team that looks to be ascendant in the National League East.
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My neighbor in our Detroit-area neighborhood retired 20 years ago on a pension from what he still calls Generous Motors, despite the 2009 bankruptcy that left him and many other retirees with worthless General Motors stock.
He is willing to forgive that issue because GM is still dependably paying his old-fashioned, defined benefit pension, and that puts him far ahead of the curve compared to many of his younger friends who don't have this steady retirement income.
Pension lust -- or at least a desire for guaranteed income without investment risk -- is almost universal among boomers ages 55 to 65, according to Allianz Life. It asked a group of pre-retirees and new retirees which they would prefer -- an investment with a guaranteed 4 percent return or an investment with an 8 percent return that wasn't guaranteed. Eighty-seven percent chose the lower return with a guarantee.
Women were even more nervous than men, with 91 percent choosing security, compared to 82 percent of men. People with household incomes below $50,000 had the greatest yen for predictable income, with 92 percent choosing the lower but dependable return.
"People used to say, 'I'm living off my pension and my 401(k) is gravy,' but it's not gravy anymore," says Deb Repya, vice president, advanced markets for Allianz. "Today, retirees have to have an escrow withdrawal strategy, and the money has to last."
Given this reality, at what point in their retirement planning should savers begin contemplating a withdrawal strategy?
"The sooner you think about a withdrawal strategy, the more flexibility you have," Repya says. "I don't think 10 years in advance of retirement is too early to think about how you are going to transition. And you should definitely be considering it five years before retirement."
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- Your legacy: Do your children need help now, or will you leave them what you can later?
Mull over those issues and then factor in your best guess about longevity, inflation and future taxation. Having a crystal ball helps.
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Tepesch shuts down Rays in big league debut
ARLINGTON -- Nick Tepesch made a smashing Major League debut Tuesday, featuring an excellent sinker and complementing it with both a good curveball and slider.
Tepesch kept the ball down, changed speeds, used both sides of the plate and generally did all the neat things that pitchers do when turning in this kind of performance. But that's not what had everybody impressed after Tepesch pitched the Rangers to a 6-1 victory over the Rays at the Ballpark in Arlington.
"The biggest thing was his composure and the way he went about it," catcher A.J. Pierzynski said. "He looked in control the whole time."
"He didn't seem to be nervous," designated hitter Lance Berkman said. "I know he was, but he had good control of his emotions and a lot of poise. It was everything you'd like to see in a young guy."
That was the consensus from both clubhouses after Tepesch held the Rays to one run in 7 1/3 innings. He allowed just four hits, walked three and struck out five while throwing 104 pitches. Of the 22 outs he recorded, 15 were off of ground balls.
"You know ... for his first big league start, I was impressed," Rays infielder Ben Zobrist said. "I thought he did a great job of keeping any emotions he might have had in check, and I thought he did a phenomenal job of just moving the ball around and keeping it on the corners. And mixing speeds and throwing strikes. And he was successful."
Tepesch, a 14th-round Draft pick out of the University of Missouri in 2010, became the 14th pitcher in Rangers history to win a start in his Major League debut. Tepesch is also only the second Rangers Draft pick since Steve Dreyer in 1993 to win as a starter in his Major League debut. Justin Grimm, another 2010 Draft pick, did so last season. The last Texas starter to pitch at least seven innings in his big league debut was Brian Sikorski on Aug. 16, 2000, against the Yankees.
"Very composed," Rays manager Joe Maddon said. "Good command of his offspeed pitches. Can be equally difficult on a left-handed hitter with the way the curveball, slider, cutter -- whatever he wants to call it. He looks very comfortable throwing to left-handed hitters. That's what I got from watching today. Mixed it up well, threw strikes, he was good."
When it was over and Tepesch was back in the clubhouse, his teammates celebrated the moment by dousing him with beer and shaving cream. There were still streaks of white in his hair, and his T-shirt was soaked when he explained what the night meant to him with his family down from Missouri to watch him.
"It means a lot," Tepesch said. "It's what I have been working for since I started playing the game. But there is a lot of hard work left to go."
Getting through the second inning was the biggest moment. All three walks took place in that frame. Evan Longoria led off with a walk, and after two groundouts, Tepesch walked Yunel Escobar and Jose Molina to load the bases. But he came back to strike out Kelly Johnson with the bases loaded to end the threat.
"It was definitely a confidence booster," Tepesch said. "I made an adjustment. ... I was trying to make too good of a pitch, rather than just make a quality pitch. I just tried to make it a quality pitch, have him put it into play and hopefully get a ground ball right at somebody."
The Rays got their run off Tepesch in the third. Desmond Jennings led off with a double, went to third on Matt Joyce's grounder to second and scored on Zobrist's grounder to first. The Rays led 1-0, but from then on Tepesch was in complete control, getting one ground ball after another.
"He was in control after the second inning," Rangers manager Ron Washington said. "He took charge. Tremendous makeup. He trusts his stuff, knows what he is capable of doing and never gets outside himself."
The Rangers, led by Leonys Martin and Berkman, provided Tepesch with plenty of support, scoring two runs apiece in the third, fifth and seventh innings. Martin started each of the rallies, first by drawing a one-out walk in the third off Rays starter Roberto Hernandez before leading off the fifth and the seventh with singles. Berkman, who was 3-for-4 with two RBIs, is now hitting .480 on the season.
Tepesch took a 6-1 lead into the eighth and retired Molina on a fly ball to right to start the inning. That was the first putout made by the Rangers' outfield. Then Johnson reached on a dribbler down the first-base line for a single and Jennings grounded a double down the third-base line. That put runners on second and third and brought Tepesch's night to end.
Washington went to the bullpen and brought in Robbie Ross, who retired the next two hitters without letting a run score. Tepesch jogged off to a standing ovation from a crowd of 31,398.
"It was pretty cool," Tepesch said. "I heard it, but I put my head down and jogged in."
On the night of his Major League debut, Tepesch was composed to the end.
T.R. Sullivan is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Postcards from Elysian Fields, and follow him on Twitter @Sullivan_Ranger. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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I am currently reading Introduction to Python Programming by John Zelle. I have gotten to the chapter about simulations and finished all the practice problems except one. This is the problem:
(Advanced) Here is a puzzle problem that can be solved with either some fancy analytic geometry (calculus) or a (relatively) simple simulation. Suppose you are located at the exact center of a cube. If you could look all around you in every direction, each wall of the cube would occupy 1/6 of your field of vision. Suppose you move toward one of the walls so that you are now half-way between it and the center of the cube. What fraction of your
field of vision is now taken up by the closest wall? Hint: use a Monte Carlo simulation that repeatedly "looks" in a random direction and counts how many times it sees the wall.
I would normally provide code along with this of what I have done but it's proven hard for me to even tackle this problem. I thought of how it would be done for a square instead of a cube.
# i would import math
# i would center a square of length 1 at (0, 0)
# i would make a point at (0, .5)
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ROYAL OAK, Mich. - Three orphaned grizzly bear cubs will join the Detroit Zoo family Friday.
The 10-month-old cubs arrived on a flight at Detroit Metro Airport from the Alaska Zoo in Anchorage.
The cubs were rescued in November by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game after their mother was killed in October by a poacher.
"It's tragic that the cubs' mother was killed. We will take good care of them," said Ron Kagan, Detroit Zoological Society Executive Director.
The poacher has been arrested.
The cubs were found in residential areas after their mother was killed. The ADFG contacted the Detroit Zoo while seeking a sanctuary for the bears because they did not think the young cubs could survive Alaska's winter without their mother.
They are about 2 feet 6 inches tall and weigh between 100 and 125 pounds.
The Detroit Zoo is home to two other rescued grizzlies who are now 27 and 26 years old.
The grizzly bear is listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act and 1,000 remain in the continental U.S. Grizzlies can be found in more abundance in Canada and Alaska.
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My article needs to be reviewed before I mainspace it. The goal it to make it actually humorous instead of virulent like the original author intended. --Revolutionary, Anti-Bensonist, and TYATU Boss
Uncyclopedian Meganew (Chat) (Care for a peek at my work?) (SUCK IT, FROGGY!) 01:34, November 24, 2012 (UTC)
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Uncyclopedian Meganew (Chat) (Care for a peek at my work?) (SUCK IT, FROGGY!) 01:34, November 24, 2012 (UTC)
|This appears to be about Blue Spike Beverages of Canada. However, make the link from article to reality, I needed to go extensive google searching. It turns out that "Shark Bite" is nameplay on "Blue Spike" and "Powershot" is the name of energy drink that Blue Spike used to produce. My google research indicates the Powershot is no longer in production. A search of "Powershot" will direct the reader to a line of cameras. A search of the beverage "Powershot" will direct the reader to a certain size of energy drinks. Wikipedia doesn't know who Blue Spike Beverages is, and is much less aware of the depreciated Powershot brand.
However, it appears that this article isn't really about an energy drink, but a communal sockpuppet who fought with a troll about 6 years ago. This I can derive from the article and my previous experience on the wiki. However, the average reader might not know who Benson is. It is a very old inside joke that nobody else uses anymore. When you create satellite material to an inside joke, you run the risk of beating a dead horse. The best inside jokes are things that are inherently funny, and something you can "get" without being there when the joke was created.
The parts that are actually about powershot are simple virulence instead of humor. When you use a strike out, you come across as ranting rather than funny. The same is true of Capslock in most situation. Is there a reason Blue Spike something about Blue Spike that one can parody? And if so, would the reader have a chance of caring about it? Parody consists of exaggerating the negative aspects of a person or organization. As Spike (or someone else) once said, you can't make fun of Sarah Palin for having a peg leg.
|Prose and Formatting:
|I see mo major formatting errors. However, I do see a titles placed too frequently toward the end. Generally, it is better to bold and enlarge text than adding another header. I assume you are experienced to know what an article should look like.
Also, there are (or were) spaces between the "see also" links, and a couple other needless enters. I took the liberty to fix that, along with replacing a header by enlarged text. As you are aware, such courtesy edits should be taken as suggestions only.
|The shark bite kid image looks like it might belong in the article. He does have a spaced-out look that would consistent with an "energy drink as a drug" article. However, the image seems like isn't really related to the text as it stands. This is more of the fault of the text than the image.
The Special Ed image is cliche. The inside joke makes it sort of acceptable. I would blow it up some so that the reader can see the text.
|Most of humor relies of cliches and bombastic insults. You mention "666" Chuck Norris. ASPOLDE, Bill Gates, Al-Qaeda, the Middle East, and piss in a 5 kilobyte article. A 5 kb article is still in the stubby range for mainspace. Most of the "jokes" aren't delivered properly. For example:
is more funny than
I think you know how to deliver jokes better than article suggests. I assume you have finished cleaning up the original version yet.
The "see also" can use work. Link to relevant sites, not naughty words and insults.
Finally, never use wordplay as the pagename to the article {{Title}} can change the title of an article while leaving the pagename where it at. The code for this one would be {{Tl|Shark Bite}}. Noone is going to go looking for an article by title word-play.
|Improvability Score:
|Basically, you need to make this article about the inside joke, the product, or somehow combine the two. There are weak points of all three methods. If you focus on the inside joke, the article is satellite material about satellite material, and this article's relationship to Powershot (the sock) is tenuous at best. Likewise, the actual company article had notability issues. The reader probably doesn't know who Blue Spike is, unless he lives in Canada.
A combined article would have the weaknesses of both, plus the issue of integrating Benson into a random Canadian beverage company. However, it would have the advantage of being able to use source material from both "takes" on the article. However, this article has little material anywhere.
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|I would suggest working on another project. If an inside joke-based article needs a pee review, that means people who get the reference won't find it very funny. That, in turn, means the uninitiated will totally miss the humor vaiue. --Mn-z 13:17, February 9, 2013 (UTC)
|--Mn-z 13:17, February 9, 2013 (UTC)
You may want to remove your pee request at the fork. Also, please raise any issues at my talk page. My watch list is 11,000 + article long, and I may miss any comments here. --Mn-z 13:17, February 9, 2013 (UTC)


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January 28, 1929 — Polana, Czechoslovakia
Martin was one of nine children born to orthodox Jewish parents in Polana, a rural village in the Carpathian Mountains. His father owned a farm and a meat business, and his mother attended to the children and the home. Everyone in the family helped take care of the horses and cows.
1933–39: Martin attended the village's Czech schools, which were quite progressive. Like many of the other children, he looked forward to leaving the provincial life in Polana. In March 1939, his life was changed dramatically when Nazi Germany and its allies dismembered Czechoslovakia. Hungarian troops occupied Polana, and Jews were subjected to discriminatory legislation. Czech schools were closed, and the students had to learn Hungarian. The villagers all resented the new rulers, and the democratic freedoms that they had enjoyed under Czechoslovakian rule disappeared.
1940–44: After the German invasion of the Soviet Union, conditions in Polana worsened. Two of Martin's brothers were conscripted into forced-labor battalions. The family soon learned that some Jews from the area had been deported to the occupied Ukraine where they were killed by SS units. In April 1944, Hungarian gendarmes transported the village's Jews, including Martin's family, to the Munkacs ghetto. In May, they were deported to the Auschwitz-Birkenau killing center. Martin, his father, brother, and two uncles were selected for forced labor; the other family members were sent to the gas chambers. Martin and his father were sent to the Mauthausenconcentration camp in Austria, and then to the subcamp of Melk, where they were forced to build tunnels into the side of the mountains. His father perished there.
Martin was liberated at the Gunskirchen camp by U.S. troops in May 1945. He returned to Czechoslovakia, where he found some surviving family members. In 1946 they immigrated to the United States.
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12 Monkeys
I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.
Poor baby
I know I'm in the minority but I miss the old school cotton race shirts!
What about a
I Ran the Monkey The Year it Got Hot!
old school white cotton race shirt
Running is stupid
As far as I can tell, it is going to be low 40s on race morning. Not sure this shirt is required. But at least the snow monkey idea is not being taken seriously by the Wicked Witch of the Weather.
yeah, the weather report for sunday (as of this morning) is all "56º, partly cloudy" which is just a leeettle too perfect.
the monkeys are up to something.
i find the sunshine beckons me to open up the gate and dream and dream ~~robbie williams
the monkeys are up to something.
56 is hot.
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yeah, the weather report for sunday (as of this morning) is all "56º, partly cloudy" which is just a leeettle too perfect.
the monkeys are up to something.
Maybe at the finish. More like 38F at the start I think. My hands will fall off.
And 56F is cold -- for me.
Yeah, I'm a wimp. I know.
Just run.
56 is freeze ass cold!
A Saucy Wench
56 is freeze ass cold!
56 is broiling ass hot
I have become Death, the destroyer of electronic gadgets
"When I got too tired to run anymore I just pretended I wasnt tired and kept running anyway" - dd, age 7
Yall are fighting about the wrong thing. Unless you are planning one of those 8 hour marathons (and you may well be), 56 is not what you will be feeling.
I have packed my tights, 3 shirts, and ski cap.
shorts over tights?
TT Man
shorts over tights?
Yellow tights....no shorts...let it loose.
Thunder smash!
Yes. I am modest, despite showing everyone my headlights last year.
BTW, the current forecast I just pondered shows 33-35 at the start of the race. But heading up to 60 for those of us planning on getting our money's worth.


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SWINDON Town suffered a miserable double blow last night, as they were knocked out of the Johnstone's Paint Trophy on penalties and learned that striker Nile Ranger could be out of action until the end of the season through injury.
Massimo Luongo and Tijane Reis missed from the spot as Peterborough United secured their passage to Wembley at the County Ground following a 1-1 draw over 90 minutes, which left the tie locked at 3-3 on aggregate.
That was a bitter pill to swallow but it got worse for Robins fans after the game when Mark Cooper revealed he is to be without talismanic striker Ranger for between eight and 12 weeks.
Ranger is due in court on a rape charge, which he denies, in Newcastle on February 24 and may have missed a week of action prior to picking up the knock in Friday night's goalless draw with Colchester United.
However, it is possible that Swindon will now be missing the frontman for the rest of their League One campaign.
"He's had a scan," said Cooper. "He's got a grade three hamstring tear, which I have been told is anything between eight and 12 weeks out."
When asked whether he would consider bringing in a new forward to make up for Ranger's absence, Cooper said: "We've got one – Michael Smith."
Alex Pritchard opened the scoring for Swindon last night only for Britt Assombalonga to force penalties following a mistake by Jacob Murphy.
"We had a spell for 10 minutes in the second half where we looked tired, we made one mistake in the game and it led to a goal," said Cooper. "That was a mistake for a young player, he'll learn from that. I was proud of the players, they gave everything, we played some good football, we were deservedly in front at half-time and we could have killed the game after half-time but it wasn't to be."
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WALKER, Adam Russel Birth: Sept., 1790 Death: 1870 First of all a huge Thank You! to Marc Doty for all his hard work in putting this family together. He was my 4th Great Grandfather born in 1790 in Hampshire County, Kentucky, USA. He married Nancy Ann Barnett and after her death Barbara Elizabeth (unknown maiden name). Was in the 4th PA Regiment of the US Army in the War of 1812. He enlisted in Worcester MA. His description is Height 5' 8 1/2'' Dark Hair, Dark Eyes, Dark Complexion. He was enlisted as a drummer. Adam Walker was wounded in the Battle of Tippecanoe/Prophetstown, where Tippecanoe and Wabash Rivers meet. He was taken prisoner of the British Army and held from 24 Nov 1812 to 30 Nov 1813. He is listed on British and American Records as a Prisoner of War. In 1816 he wrote a respected accounting of his experiences in the book: A Journal Of Two Campaigns Of The Fourth Regiment Of U. S. Infantry In The Michigan And Indiana Territories Under The Command Of Col. John P. Boyd And Lt. Col. James Miller During The Years 1811 And 12. It is considered an important 1st person accounting of the Battle of Tippecanoe. Commencement of Annual Military Pension in the Amount of $72 began in 1817 in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA Adam Walker died 2 Sept 1870 in Lebanon, Boone, Indiana, USA and is buried there in the Robinson Cemetery with several family members including his son George William Walker and Georges wife Elizabeth Cummings Walker. Also buried there is another son William H Walker FaG Memorial #36711237, Mary A Walker FaG Memorial #12475748, and grandsons Harry F Walker FaG Memorial #36711464 and Henry # 36756885. Family links: Children: George W. Walker (1824 - 1894)* Note: This head stone is next to George W. & Elizabeth Walker. [Edit] Burial: Robison Cemetery Lebanon Boone County Indiana, USA Maintained by: Dancing With Ghosts Originally Created by: Marc Doty Record added: May 04, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 36715767


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Community Invited to Free Skate Park April 3
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The Hunter Mill District Office, in conjunction with the Town of Vienna Department of Parks and Recreation, is hosting a free Skate Park on Wheels from 2-5 p.m. on Saturday, April 3, at the Vienna Volunteer Fire Department, 400 Center St., Vienna.
The event, which is geared for beginners through novice skaters, ages 6 and older, will feature a portable skateboard facility complete with ramps, rails and jumps.
Support for the event will be provided by American Inline Skating.
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Wildcats Open Big 12 Play with Win Over Cowboys
Wildcats Open Big 12 Play with Win Over Cowboys
Jan. 5, 2013
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MANHATTAN, Kan. – A 26-point second half by Rodney McGruder and another career night from Nino Williams helped No. 25 Kansas State defeat No. 22 Oklahoma State, 73-67, on Saturday to open Big 12 Conference play.
The 26 points were the most by a K-State player in a half since Denis Clemente collected 32 second-half points in a win at Texas on Jan. 31, 2009. Clemente tied the Big 12 single-game scoring mark (set originally by Michael Beasley in 2008) with a career-best 44 points.
The opening stanza saw a tight scoring affair between the two teams, with neither able to build a lead larger than six points. Thomas Gipson put K-State (12-2, 1-0) on the board first with a jumper for the game's first points. Oklahoma State (10-3, 0-1) showed its athleticism with a Markel Brown highlight dunk. The Wildcats showed the same with an alley-oop dunk from Will Spradling to McGruder. The dunk was McGruder's only points in the half.
The Cowboys would answer McGruder's dunk immediately with a Marcus Smart thunderous dunk to give them a 12-10 lead. A 12-2 run by the Wildcats gave them their largest lead of the half at 24-18 after a steal by Angel Rodriguez and layup by Shane Southwell. OSU would battle back and go into halftime holding a slim, 32-30 lead. Thomas Gipson led the Wildcats with seven points in the half.
The second half saw McGruder take over for the Wildcats as the senior scored K-State's first nine points of the half. Smart would hit two free throws to tie the game for the eighth time and knot the score at 45 apiece, but McGruder hit a crowd erupting 3-pointer and give the Wildcats the lead for good.
Williams was a spark off the bench for K-State, scoring another career-high 17 points, including nine straight and a monstrous dunk on a put-back to finish the night. McGruder finished with a season-high 28 points and five rebounds. The Wildcats are now 14-2 when he scores at least 20 points in his career.
The Wildcats bench depth proved to be the difference in yet another game, this time outscoring the Cowboy reserves, 27-11. K-State also converted 12 offensive rebounds into 18 points and limited OSU to only five offensive rebounds for only four second chance points.
The win over the Cowboys marks the first conference opening win for the Wildcats, since the 2007-08 season when K-State defeated Oklahoma, 84-82, on January 12, 2008.
Saturday's contest also was only the third time in the 120-game history of the series in which both teams were ranked. The last time K-State and Oklahoma State tangled with both teams ranked among the best in the nation was the 1958 NCAA Midwest Regional Championship when the Wildcats won 69-57 to advance to the Final Four.
K-State begins a two-game road stretch, with a trip to Morgantown to face West Virginia on Saturday followed by a trip to Fort Worth for a matchup with new conference foe, TCU. Tipoff for the West Virginia game is 12:30 p.m. and can be seen live on the Big 12 Network.