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WELL, Winnipeg, you've certainly given yourself a tough act to follow.
When the youth-focused YTV talent-competition series The Next Star visited Winnipeg last year, the open auditions for the show's fifth season resulted in two local singers being selected to join the Toronto-bound field of contestants.
And when the field of 13 contenders was pared down to a half-dozen finalists, the Winnipeggers -- Grace Johnston, who advanced during the open auditions, and Issy Dahl, a wild-card pick -- were part of the Top 6 who stayed with The Next Star until its Season 5 champion (Chatham, Ontario's Brooklyn Roebuck) was crowned.
"Touring Canada so much when I was younger (as bassist with the punk band Closet Monster, he toured across the country more than 15 times between 1997 and 2005), I always felt Winnipeg was an incredible hub for the arts," says Mark Spicoluk, a member of The Next Star's judging panel. "There's a lot of grass-roots organizations and a lot of support for the artistic community, and there's also support between bands that allows music to flourish there.
"It was really incredible last year to see the younger generation, the raw talent, and just how many kids were so good. Who'd have thought that two kids from Winnipeg would make it to the Top 6, to represent the entire country? That's pretty amazing."
This city's young talent pool gets another chance to compete for the title of The Next Star on Tuesday, May 14, when the show's sixth-season audition tour rolls into Winnipeg. The open tryout takes place at the Winnipeg Convention Centre; Next Star hopefuls can begin lining up at 6 a.m., and must be in line by 9 a.m. to be guaranteed an audition.
The competition is open to Canadian citizens and permanent residents who will be 15 or younger on Sept. 1, 2013. Contestants must be accompanied by an adult (a parent or legal guardian, or someone authorized in writing to accompany the auditioner). Full details and participant release forms are available at www.nextstar.ytv.com.
It's Spicoluk's second season as a judge on The Next Star (he and fellow panelists Keshia Chanté and Tara Oram joined the series last year, replacing Suzie McNeil, Steve Cranwell and Christopher Ward), and the punk rocker-turned-music mogul (he started his own label at age 16) says he learned a lot last season and has been applying that knowledge during the Season 6 auditions.
"I'm really excited to be doing this again," he says in a telephone interview during the audition tour's stop in Calgary. "During the first run, we were trying to get our legs under us and figure out what this was all about. And by the end of last season, I think the dynamic among the judges was amazing.
"I'd compare this to getting to go on a roller-coaster for the second time -- you kind of know which parts are going to be the best, and you're ready to have a lot of fun with the whole ride."
Having toured Canada and the U.S. extensively with Closet Monster, and briefly as bassist in Avril Lavigne's band, Spicoluk has a good sense of this vast nation's musical diversity. What has surprised him, however, is the depth of young talent that The Next Star has been able to access during its six-year run.
"The advancement that kids have these days, compared to even when I was that age and trying to play in bands, is astonishing," says Spicoluk, 33. "I think I'd accredit a lot of it to 'the YouTube University generation' -- if you want to learn something and you're passionate about it ... you can learn and absorb anything by typing it in to Google.
"If someone wants to learn to be a great guitar player, they can spend a couple of months just Googling and learning and absorbing as much from YouTube as they possibly can. And the result of this is astounding, and I think it extends well beyond music, into sports and skateboarding and anything else you want to learn about. ... The level of skill these kids have is astounding."
One thing that has particularly impressed Spicoluk on the current audition tour is how diligently some of the returning auditioners have followed the advice given to them at last year's tryouts.
"What I really love to see is the kids who come back from last year, who have taken the notes we gave them and spent a whole year running with them," he says. "It's great to see how far they've come. That had a really positive effect on us as judges during the first few days of auditions. You recognize these kids, and they say, 'You told me last year to work on this,' and then they show us what they've done.
"That's what has been really exciting to me -- seeing what a positive influence this can have. It's not a show that's just about one (winner); it's a show that anyone can get something from if they come out and are willing to work at the process."
The key to any successful audition, he adds, is simply being true to your musical self.
"Have the courage to be yourself," he says. "And I think that extends beyond the audition process and through to life in general. In something like (The Next Star), if you can have the courage to be yourself, you will have fun, you'll give it your best and you'll be able to take something away from it, even if you don't make it through."
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cant help but think the combination of his heart ailment and his lack of motivation til his contract year has alot to do with this....that and probably not wanting to have to pay any more than they absolutely have to...they probably think by taking this stance-that few teams will be willing to pay much for curry-which they will then use as a negotiating tool when making him an offer....this way they might not be perceived as lowballing him quite as bad if they do it after everyone else has had their chance....if they lowball him first then he gets pissed and will want to leave....
should be interesting to see what cleveland does here...james wants him...ferry wants z....hmmmmm
Bulls open to trading Curry
By Mike McGraw
Daily Herald Sports Writer
Posted Thursday, June 30, 2005
The NBAs free-agent negotiating period will drag on until July 22.
But the Bulls might have a good feel for Eddy Currys future with the team by Friday, when the pursuit of free agents officially begins.
If other NBA teams demonstrate a strong interest in Curry this weekend, the Bulls will take the opportunity to try to trade the 22-year-old center. A team insider confirmed this strategy.
Would trading Curry be a good idea? Well, obviously Currys heart condition brings a significant risk. But health issues aside, look at recent NBA history: Six of the last seven championships were won by Shaquille ONeal or Tim Duncan. The odd title went to Detroit, which had Ben Wallace, Rasheed Wallace and Mehmet Okur.
The point is, you win with size in the NBA. With Curry and Tyson Chandler, the Bulls are big enough to cause opponents problems inside, even if those players are not in Shaq or Duncans stratosphere.
Keep in mind, general manager John Paxson wont agree to a trade that makes no sense for the Bulls. But if they can get a decent big man in return, a deal could happen.
Lorenzen Wright? Al Harrington? Jeff Foster? Rasho Nesterovic? Channing Frye? Its difficult to predict the possibilities.
If there is little to no interest in Curry as a restricted free agent, the Bulls are prepared to make a contract offer, but the dollar amount may be less than Currys camp originally hoped for. The Bulls also may try nudging him toward getting a DNA test that might rule out the presence of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Currys visit to Los Angeles cardiologist Dr. David Cannom today will have little effect on the Bulls plans. The team expected him to cautiously return to basketball activity this summer because no doctor he has seen was ready to suggest that Curry never play again.
If he gets the go-ahead from Cannom, Curry likely will begin working out with personal trainer Tim Grover. The key question is whether other NBA teams accept a positive diagnosis from Cannom as a sign that Currys health is OK.
There is one other path the Bulls could take, though this one is less likely. Since the salary cap will increase this summer, the Bulls could conceivably renounce Curry, re-sign Chandler and Chris Duhon as planned and still have at least $7 million to $8 million to spend on free agents.
The problem is there arent any sure-fire upgrades on the market. The best available centers or power forwards are Clevelands Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Seattles Jerome James, Portlands Shareef Abdur-Rahim, Memphis Stromile Swift and Torontos Donyell Marshall.
With the possible exception of Ilgauskas, a two-time all-star, its tough to see any of those players as a better fit for the Bulls than Curry.
Summer-league search: The Bulls spent the first 24 hours following Tuesdays NBA draft recruiting undrafted free agents. They should have some success getting the players they want, since spots on their summer-league squad are wide open.
Center Jared Reiner is the only player from last years roster expected to play in the Las Vegas summer league and the Bulls added no draft picks Tuesday.
The Bulls were hoping to get Charlottes Eddie Basden, Michigan States Alan Anderson, Iowa States Jared Homan, along with Will Bynum and Luke Schenscher from Georgia Tech to attend their rookie-free agent camp that begins Saturday.
According to an overseas report, Chinese center Mengke Bateer is planning to be on the Bulls summer squad.
A.D. becomes president: Bulls forward Antonio Davis was elected president of the National Basketball Players Association on Tuesday during a meeting in Las Vegas. Davis, who had been vice president of the players union, replaced Michael Curry.

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Air Africa
Photograph by Mike Fay
National Geographic explorers have been using planes, helicopters, drones, and more to explore their world for more than a hundred years. Flying and viewing the world from above gives them a new perspective of their subject area and a speedy way to travel into dense jungles, vast deserts, and frigid lands.
What better way to examine human effects on a landscape than by surveying the scene from above? In 2004, Mike Fay spent five months flying an aircraft over Africa to view the condition of ecosystems and the possibilities for conservation. At only 400 feet above ground, Fay used video and photography to document what he saw along the way. Here, wildebeest disperse over the Serengeti as Fay's plane flies overhead.
Turkana Basin Takeoffs
Photograph by Mike Hettwer
Meave Leakey and her daughter, Louise (pictured here), couldn't do their work with human fossils in the remote Turkana Basin without a plane to get them there. Meave elaborates on their early years of flying together: "We've always had an airplane associated with the project. Louise had first got her pilot's license and her father, of course, wouldn't let her fly his airplane, so the first two years we would fly this two-seater plane that belonged to Richard's brother, and Louise had very few hours on her pilot's license and we had some quite hairy experiences." Louise is now an established pilot with plenty of incident-free flights under her belt.
Reaching New Heights
Photograph by Jim Webb
While most botanists might choose to capture plant life from ground level, Mark Olson, pictured here, has his eye on the sky. Since plants collect light for photosynthesis from above, Olson has used a powered paraglider to gain an aerial perspective of dry tropics in Mexico, seeking an understanding of why a given plant has a particular shape.
Survey From Above
Photograph by Federico de Mano
In southwest Argentina montane meadows, or mallines, are facing conservation threats. Through a collection of photographs taken with his kite camera in 2010, Anand Varma (pictured here) set out to document the mallines and, by illustrating their beauty and biodiversity, communicate the importance of protecting the landscape from urban development and agriculture.
A Different Perspective
Photograph by Thomas Levy
In his search for hidden artifacts and indicators of ancient civilization in Jordan's Khirbat Faynan, Tom Levy used new cyber-archaeology methods that included large-scale 3-D modeling, onsite chemical characterization tools, and this special helium balloon for geo-referenced digital photography. The tools helped the archaeologists paint a detailed picture of what this abandoned city would have looked like as long as 4,700 years ago.
In and Out of Africa
Photograph by Beverly Joubert
Dereck and Beverly Joubert use planes and helicopters to capture photographs and film of leopards, lions, and other African wildlife. Dereck explains how aircrafts improve the duo's efficiency: "The truth is, if I didn't fly my own plane I would not have been able to get us into places in Botswana that are truly amazing. In some cases, we had two camps, one where we were working on leopards, another on lions, [and] the flight between the two was eight minutes long. By car it was 16 hours!"
Mapping the Unknown
Photograph courtesy Richard E. Byrd Adm. Polar Center
On May 9, 1926, radio waves around the world hummed with the news that American naval pilot Richard Evelyn Byrd had just flown a three-engine Fokker monoplane over the North Pole, becoming the first man to reach it by air. Taking off from a base in Spitsbergen, Norway, he apparently made the round-trip in 16 hours, narrowly winning a race with the dirigible Norge, piloted by Roald Amundsen, which crossed the Pole on the way to Alaska on May 13. Here, Byrd checks a sundial compass from an R4D aircraft.
Photograph by Ben Horton
Albert Lin in 2010 and 2011 conducted a noninvasive survey in the region of the lost tomb of Genghis Khan. Essential to the research were the images that came back from a microcopter—here being launched by a member of the team—that was deployed over the Valley of the Khans. Their survey used the most advanced technologies to investigate one of the world's greatest ancient mysteries. By locating archaeological sites in this sacred area, the team hopes to enable the conservation of this important landscape.
Amelia Earhart
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In 1932 the National Geographic Society awarded its Special Medal to Amelia Earhart, the first woman to make a solo transatlantic crossing. After receiving the medal, Earhart humbly remarked, "My flight has added nothing to aviation. After all, literally hundreds have crossed the Atlantic by air, if those who have gone in heavier-than-air and lighter-than-air craft are counted and those who have crossed the North and South Atlantic. However, I hope that the flight has meant something to women in aviation. If it has, I shall feel it was justified; but I can't claim anything else."
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Following the Leader
Photograph by Randy Edmonds
National Geographic funded William Sladen's research on swan migrations from 1972 to 2005. In one study, Sladen taught predetermined migration routes to family-size groups of wild-hatched trumpeter swans by conditioning them to follow an ultralight aircraft (he served as wildlife consultant on the film Fly Away Home, which fictionalized a similar undertaking). Here, Sladen weighs a whistling swan in Alaska. His floatplane doubled as a swanherd, guiding birds to the shore.
Energized and Motorized
Photograph by George Steinmetz
National Geographic photographer and explorer George Steinmetz has had many adventures in a motorized paraglider—essentially a motor with a parachute that allows him to shoot photos from as low as 30 feet and as high as 6,500 feet. He took this self-portrait while paragliding above Peru's Atacama Desert.
Inventor and Society President
Photograph courtesy Gilbert H. Grosvenor
Alexander Graham Bell, President of the National Geographic Society from 1897 to 1904, watches the first flight of a wheel-shaped kite he designed. When he resigned as the Society's president, he said he wanted to devote more time to his experiments with kites, but he probably also wished to allow son-in-law Gilbert H. Grosvenor freer rein with the direction of the organization.
Confederate Flying Machine
Photograph by Maris Ensing
In 2011 engineer Maris Ensing set out to build an airplane based on bomber plans sent to the Confederate Army in 1850, during the American Civil War. The planes had never been built—until Ensing decided to take up the challenge.
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Michelle J. Perkins – Managing partner, Owens & Perkins, P.C. In 1996, Perkins formed Owens & Perkins with her grandfather, C.D. Owens. Perkins practices in the areas of family law, including divorce, legal separation, paternity, child support, custody and relocation matters; business and corporate formation, including Limited Liablity Companies, lease negotiations, business counseling in a… Read More →


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PHILADELPHIA – The Penn women's tennis team (1-0) defeated Lehigh (0-1) on Saturday, 7-0, at the Levy Tennis Pavilion. The Quakers are now 14-0 all-time against the Mountain Hawks, and have won all 11 of their home matches in the series.
Sol Eskenazi (1-0) led off the day in first singles, defeating Jenai Bilimoria (0-1) in straight sets, 6-2, 6-0. Following Eskenazi in second singles was junior co-captain Stephanie Do (1-0), who dispatched her opponent Abby Farrell (0-1) in straight set as well, 6-2, 6-0. Alex Ion (1-0) bested Alexandra Kaminetsky (0-1) in straight sets at third singles, 6-0, 6-1. At fourth singles, Katherine Jania (1-0) made her Penn spring debut, and the rookie showed off her skill in her defeat of Emily Bruch (0-1) without losing a game in either set, 6-0, 6-0. At fifth singles was Emma Whitfield (1-0), and she prevailed over Molly Brooks (0-1), 6-2, 6-0. The final singles match of the day was at sixth singles where senior co-captain Jules Rodin (1-0) got the better of Jill Sloand (0-1), 6-1, 6-1.
At first doubles, the duo of Do and Eskenazi (1-0) defeated Bilimoria and Farrel (0-1) quickly, 8-2. Second singles saw Sonya Latycheva pair up with fellow rookie Jania (1-0), and the two freshmen made easy work of Books and Kaminetsky (0-1), 8-1. In the final match of the day, Ion and Whitfield (1-0) teamed up to defeat Bruch and Sloand (0-1) at third doubles, 8-2.
The Quakers will be back in action later today as they welcome Saint Joseph's to Levy at 4 p.m. for the second half of their home doubleheader.
Full Results
Penn 7, Lehigh 0Doubles
1. Stephanie Do/Sol Eskenazi (Penn) def. Jenai Bilimoria/Abby Farrell (Lehigh); 8-2
2. Sonya Latycheva/Katherine Jania (Penn) def. Molly Brooks/Alexandra Kaminetsky (Lehigh); 8-1
3. Alex Ion/Emma Whitfield (Penn) def. Emily Bruch/Jill Sloand (Lehigh); 8-2
1. Eskenazi (Penn) def. Bilimoria (Lehigh); 6-2, 6-0
2. Do (Penn) def. Farrell (Lehigh); 6-2, 6-0
3. Ion (Penn) def. Kaminetsky (Lehigh); 6-0, 6-1
4. Jania (Penn) def. Bruch (Lehigh); 6-0, 6-0
5. Whitfield (Penn) def. Brooks (Lehigh); 6-2, 6-0
6. Rodin (Penn) def. Sloand (Lehigh); 6-1, 6-1


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Congratulations to PIJIP Professor Peter Jaszi for Winning the Champion of Intellectual Property Award
I am pleased to share with our community that Professor Peter Jaszi has been selected as the 2009 recipient of the Champion of Intellectual Property Award (the ChIP Award) by the Intellectual Property Law Section of the DC Bar.
The ChIP Award is given annually by the Intellectual Property Law Section of the DC Bar to "a person who has served the intellectual property community with distinction, whose efforts have had an impact on intellectual property policy, who has encouraged innovation and the protection of intellectual property rights, and who continues to inspire and advocate for the intellectual property community." Last year, the Section presented the award to the former Chairman of the U.S. International Trade Commission, Daniel R. Pearson.
This year, the Intellectual Property Law Section will present the award to Professor Jaszi at the Annual Spring Reception held on Tuesday, April 7, 2009, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., at the historic Dolley Madison House. Judge Randall R. Rader of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit will provide Welcoming Remarks.
Please join me in congratulation our colleague Peter Jaszi for this important and well deserved recognition. We are all proud to have him in our community.


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graduate of U of D Nicholas A. Chames, D.D.S. '63 A GREAT DENTIST! http://community.udmercy.edu/page.aspx?pid=726
graduate of U of D Nicholas A. Chames, D.D.S. '63 A GREAT DENTIST! http://community.udmercy.edu/page.aspx?pid=726
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Birth: Dec. 5, 1931
Waukesha County
Wisconsin, USA Death: Jul. 31, 2012
Jackson County
Michigan, USA
Dr. Nicholas A. Chames
Waukesha, WI
Jackson, MI
Beloved husband of
Mary Austin Chames
Survived by:
Frances (Tim Fritz) Chames : Daughter
Michael (Mary Ann) Chames : Son
Robert Chames : Son
Mark Chames : Son
Salvatore (Karen) DiBlasi : Brother
Anthony (Rosemary) DiBlasi : Brother
Nicholas Chames : Grandson
Christopher Chames : Grandson
Matthew Chames : Grandson
Preceded in death by:
Achilles Chames : Father
Frances Ciolino Chames DiBlasi : Mother
Visitation Hours:
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Funeral service will be at:
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Fri Aug 03, 2012 10:30 am
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Fr. David Burgard officiating. Rosary Thursday 7 pm.
Burial at St. Joseph Shrine Cemetery, Brooklyn, MI Saturday, August 4, 2012 at 11 am.
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CHAMES NICHOLAS ACHILLES Age 80, of Wayne, died peacefully Tuesday of Alzheimer's disease. Dr. Chames was a gentle soul who entered this world on December 5, 1931 in Waukesha, WI, son of the late Frances Ciolino and Achilles Chames. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy after high school, after which he attended the University of Detroit, studying Chemistry and Dentistry. Following dental school, he joined the Navy Reserves, and proudly served until he retired as Commander in 1989. Dr. Chames practiced dentistry in Wayne where he was a member of the Wayne Rotary. A lover of opera, he was a renaissance man who could make or fix almost anything. Most of all, he will be remembered as a profoundly kind, generous, and compassionate man whose smile will be deeply missed by family and friends. He is survived by his beloved wife, Mary, of 53 years, and his four loving children Frances (Tim Fritz) of Grand Rapids, Michael (Mary Ann) of Jackson, Robert of Northville, and Mark of Ann Arbor. He is further survived by grandsons Nicholas, Christopher, and Matthew, as well as brothers Salvatore and Anthony. Visitation at Uht Funeral Home, 35400 Glenwood Rd., Westland, Thursday August 2, 2012, 1 p.m. - 9 p.m. In state Friday 10:00 a.m. at St. Mary Catholic Church, 34530 Michigan Avenue, Wayne until time of Mass at 10:30 a.m. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Michigan Alzheimer's Disease Center
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Evolution Hoax
Excerpt from Mr. Adnan Oktar's Live Conversation on A9 TV dated October 16th, 2013
Didem Urer: Yesterday on the TV, an Algerian was saying; "a woman's whole face should be covered while wandering around in the streets, she can only open one of her eyes slightly and look around not to fall down."
Adnan Oktar: Here you go. Well my dear ones, why do they not try the practical way? I fail to understand this. I will find these people a very easy way out. We will place a paper bag on their heads and make a small hole on this paper bag, they can keep all their clothing on. That is a very easy, very cheap method. We will make two small holes above their noses for them to breathe through so that they will take in air from those holes and we will open another hole on the paper bag for their single eye for them to see through, if they see a lady approaching they will close that hole and that is it!
For instance see that our Jewish friends here have found themselves a solution, do that your selves. There is no need to meddle with ladies. In order not to look at ladies they are placing black covers over their heads. That is also a solution but paper bags would be cheaper and easier. Of course we can bring 10 tons- 15 tons of paper bags for those who need. They can also put plastic bags over their heads if they like. There is such a convenience. Instead of covering ladies, I recommend them to cover their own heads. Only then the whole issue will be solved and ladies will then go around as ever they like.


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MICHIGAN - While rain covered most of the state of Michigan Tuesday evening, temperatures will be dropping by the end of the week and snow is in the forecast for Friday, just in time for holiday travelers.
Thursday night rain and snow will eventually turn to all snow and become windy as well. Friday morning rush hour could be a slow one. Drivers should plan ahead before hitting the roads.
Snow will continue to fall throughout the day on Friday.
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DOUG Sheppard will once again be the man at the helm of the Basingstoke Bison for next season after he signed a multi-year deal with the club.
The Canadian, who secured the Herd's first trophy in 14 years this season, is returning in a role of director of hockey and player/coach with a rolling contract, which will see him as part of the Herd set-up for many years to come.
He has been in charge for the past two seasons guiding the Bison to second spot in the English Premier League on both occasions.
This is his second spell at the club as player/coach, in his first time at the club they recorded their best-ever finish in the Elite League.
The return of Sheppard as player/coach is a great start for next season as they look to hunt down their first league title since 1993.
However, before next season there is the little matter of this season's play-offs and Sheppard will be hoping to take his side to the finals weekend in Coventry for the second year running, with victory tonight over the Sheffield Steeldogs.
Planet Ice Managing Director John Neville said: "The Bison have had two great years with Doug in charge and I am delighted he will spearhead the club next season.
"The club is now really going forward and having Doug in charge both on and off the ice in coming years means the future looks very bright."
Sheppard is delighted to be leading the Herd for a third year in the EPL and said: I'm really happy to be committing my future to the Bison. John and I have a great relationship and we will continue to take things forward.
"The fans, as ever, have been brilliant all year, creating a wonderful atmosphere to play in front, giving me plenty of added reasons to return on this multi-year deal."
He added: "I started my career in Basingstoke and I'd like to end it here too. I am looking forward to be being involved for many years to come."


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… Four teams, four Rangers.
Henrik Lundqvist can get his rest now. The Swedes were sent home by the Slovaks.
So the semifinals will have four Rangers: Chris Drury and Ryan Callahan for the U.S. against Olli Jokinen and Finland on one side, and Marian Gaborik for Slovakia against the team that, despite its uneven pool-round play, is again the favorite for the gold, Canada.
And I wanna tell you that I fear the U.S. might be in danger of looking ahead, needing one win for a medal and one win for a potential Sunday gold-medal showdown with the hosts whom they surprised last Sunday. I'm figuring the Yanks will have their mitts full with Finland tomorrow (the team they beat for the gold in 1980).
And I'm guessing that Canada, while having that same danger against Slovakia tomorrow, is now refocused and re-started, and could cruise in front of the home crowd.
But what the heck do I know, 3,000 miles away and watching basketball during the Olympic quarterfinals?
Once again, we apologize for the technical problems yesterday. Hopefully we can get everything lined up correctly so that the semifinals and the gold-medal game (and the consolation game for the bronze) won't have any glitches.
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Hello! I had one wisdom tooth extracted 2 1/2 months ago and I am still experiencing pain and swelling in my jaw. Is this normal? I am now on my third round of antibiotics and things have not gotten better. The oral surgeon that did the surgery has not said one way or the other if this is normal. All that I have been told is that everything looks good. I don't know how this can be good. I can't help but wonder if he is not telling me everything that I need to know. I hope I can get some kind of answer from you! Thank you so much!!
I guess I have a couple of questions that you will need to ask yourself. Is what you are experiencing pain or a tingling sensation? Is your jaw visibly swollen or does it feel swollen? A nerve runs through your jaw and can come very close to or even touch many wisdom teeth. If this nerve is damaged, you can have a tingling sensation and have the area feel swollen. If it is true pain or visible swelling, this is not the case.
There are a couple of common things that can cause pain even after 2 ½ months. If there was tissue surrounding the roots of the teeth that were extracted and it was not removed, it could cause these symptoms. If you have an infection that simply does not have a way to drain, antibiotics do not do a great job in these situations. Much less likely is that you could have a jaw fracture. This would show up on x-rays and is usually detected easily by an oral surgeon.
The easiest way to be sure is to have the surgeon go back into the area and make sure it is clean. It should respond quite quickly if that is the problem. Of course, it could be as simple as another tooth causing the problem. Good luck.
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UP TO 35,000 ground mounted solar panels could be put up in Codford, after the parish council gave its backing to the scheme.
A planning application has been submitted for the panels and associated works at East Farm in Codford St Mary.
The site was identified by Solar Power South as an ideal location, due to being well screened to the south by woodland and distant to key viewpoints.
The application is for a temporary facility – for 25 years – after which the site would be returned to its current condition.
As well as up to 35,000 solar panels, there would be a small inverter building and landscaping.
The parish council considered the application at a meeting towards the end of January and offered its full support.
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GAME 1 - FINAL: Saint Leo 19, Florida Southern 1 – (Saint Leo, Fla. – Thomas B. Southard Stadium)
SAINT LEO STARTERS: Rawdow (2B), Stancil (LF), Twitty (RF), Moses (DH), Vitale (3B), Newcomb (CF), Revell (1B), Torres (C), Perez (SS), Teasley (P)
FLORIDA SOUTHERN STARTERS: Curcio (LF), Gibbs (SS), Brugnoni (RF), Sczerba (2B), Kish (DH), Jackson (1B), Magno (LF), Carlton (C), Downum (CF), Fuglesang (P)
AT A GLANCE: Saint Leo (34-14-1, 13-9-1 SSC) exploded offensively in game one of the doubleheader, piling up 19 runs, scoring in every inning but the first. Starter Rick Teasley went a solid 7.1 innings on the hill, allowing just one run which came in the first inning.
- The Mocs took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first after Teasley got into some early trouble, allowing three hits to start off the game.
- Trailing 1-0 going into the second, the Lions put up a four-spot on the scoreboard to take the lead. Taed Moses led off the inning with a base hit and after he was sacrificed to second by Vitale, Chris Newcomb doubled down the line to score him. Michael Revell then traded places with Newcomb—hitting an RBI double of his own down the left field line. The final two runs of the inning came on an opposite field two-RBI hit from Frank Rawdow.
- The Lions tacked on three more in the next inning, scoring on RBI hits from Newcomb and Torres.
- In the bottom half of the fourth the Lions really put the game out of reach—scoring three more runs on four hits in the inning. Rawdow doubled to lead off the inning before Cole Stancil sent his third home run in the last two days over the wall. Bobby Twitty then tripled to dead center before his was brought home on an RBI single from Moses.
- Already with a 10-1 lead heading to the bottom half of the fifth, the Lions offense continued to be scorching hot. Revell and Torres led off the inning with hits to set up a three-run homer from Taylor Perez—his first of two on the day. Two batters later, Twitty homered to right-center to bring home two RBI.
- Three more runs were plated in the sixth when Revell sent his third double of the game into the left center gap, plating Kory Wan on the play—who singled to lead off the inning.
- Stancil remained red-hot—leading off the seventh with a base hit, and after Nick Gill reached on a catcher's interference, Moses slapped an RBI base hit through the right side.
- The Lions scored once again in the eighth for their seventh consecutive scoring inning. Rawdow sent a double down the left field line that scored Blake Turner, who had also reached on a double.
- Teasley tossed 7.1 innings—allowing just six hits and one run while striking out four to earn his fifth win of the season (5-4).
- Rawdow led the game, going 4-for-6 with three RBIs and a run scored.
- Going 3-for-4 with three doubles and two RBI was Revell, who also scored three runs.
- Moses went 3-for-5 with two RBI and a run scored
- Torres, Newcomb, Stancil, and Twitty each collected two hits in game one of the doubleheader.
GAME 2 - FINAL: Saint Leo 14, Florida Southern 4 – (Saint Leo, Fla. – Thomas B. Southard Stadium)
SAINT LEO STARTERS: Newcomb (CF), Vitale (3B), Twitty (RF), Moses (DH), Revell (1B), Stancil (LF), Rawdow (2B), Torres (C), Perez (SS), Neely (P)
FLORIDA SOUTHERN STARTERS: Szczerba (2B), Gibbs (SS), Brugnoni (RF), Curcio (3B), A. Jackson (LF), Kish (DH), K. Jackson (1B), Miller (C), Downum (CF), Johnson (P)
AT A GLANCE: Saint Leo (35-14-1, 14-9-1 SSC) completed the three-game sweep of Florida Southern, scoring 14 runs on 17 hits. Lions' starter Charles Neely tossed six complete innings, allowing just five hits and two runs while striking out seven.
- The Lions lit the board first in game two, scoring a pair of runs in the second inning to take a 2-0 lead. Moses singled down the line to get the inning going and Revell brought home the two RBI with a towering home run to straight away centerfield.
- In the fourth the Lions tacked on a third run when, with two outs, Perez singled up the middle to get the inning going. Newcomb then sent a triple down the line to bring home Perez from second, extending the lead to 3-0.
- Florida Southern made it a 3-2 ballgame in the fifth, scoring two runs on a Kyle Jackson single up the middle.
- In the bottom half of the inning the floodgates opened when the Lions scored nine runs on eight hits. RBI hits came from Revell, Stancil, and Torres before Perez collected his second home run of the day—a three run shot right down the line to blow the game wide open. Revell then hit a two run triple to cap off the inning.
- Saint Leo tacked on two more runs in the sixth, the first coming on an RBI base rip from Perez. The second run came on a sacrifice fly from Newcomb.
- Florida Southern scored two runs in the seventh but it was too little, too late.
- Neely tossed six innings of two runs baseball to earn his third win of the season (3-1) while striking out seven. Neely had a perfect game through four innings.
- Revell went 4-for-4 in game two with five RBI and two runs scored.
- Perez went 4-for-4 with four RBI and two runs scored. Perez hit his second and third home runs of the season in the doubleheader sweep of the Mocs.
- Collecting two hits in game two was Newcomb and Moses.
The Lions finished the regular season today with an overall record of 35-14-1 and 14-9-1 in SSC play. The Lions will now have to wait and see on their postseason chances. The NCAA Division II Selection Show takes place on May 12 at 10:00 p.m. and can be found here:


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A widow has raised more than £1,000 for a children's hospital appeal in memory of her husband.
Susan Algar took part in the charity trek to Machu Picchu in Peru as a tribute to her husband, historical writer Peter Algar, who died suddenly at the age of 55.
She embarked on the ten-day trek with her son Luke, 28, who lives in Sydney – raising a total of £1,098 for The Leeds Children's Hospital Appeal.
Mr Algar, who lived in Horsforth, won plaudits for his historical novels. He died in 2012 after the publication of his second novel, Dead Man's Hill – a follow-up to The Shepherd Lord, which told the story of Henry Clifford, the 10th Lord of Skipton.
Mrs Algar said: "This all started after my husband Peter passed away, which was a huge shock to everyone. He had been an incredibly kind man and was always going out of his way to do things for other people.
"He was also very physically fit and loved the great outdoors. A perfect example of this was when he trekked across the Sahara desert for charity.
"So, in his memory, my son decided to take on the ten-day charity trek in Peru. At first I wasn't sure if I was ready, but it's clearer than ever to me now that you only live once, so I decided to go for it.
"We had to walk for ten hours a day through the mountains and camped on the hillside at night. The weather was very extreme – freezing cold at night and blazing hot sun in the day. The area we trekked through was absolutely stunning and completely remote.
"The people who lived there would sometimes have to walk for a day to get to their nearest neighbour, so were always extremely welcoming when we came across them.
"It was a fantastic experience that I will never forget and made even the better knowing it raised £,1098 for The Leeds Children's Hospital Appeal."
Mrs Algar is a member of staff at the Froebelian School in Horsforth, and the money she raised formed part of a £10,823 donation presented by the school to the hospital appeal earlier this year.


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SAINT LEO, Fla. – The Saint Leo Lions (15-7, 2-1 SSC) took home their first Sunshine State Conference series as they split a Saturday afternoon doubleheader with the visiting Barry University Buccaneers (11-7, 1-2 SSC). The Lions took the first game by a score of 5-3, just before falling to the visiting Bucs, 4-2.
Freshman Alana Table took the mound in the first game for the Lions, tossing four and two-thirds inning before sophomore Ashley Ehlers came in for relief duties. Tabel and Ehlers combined for three strikeouts and just one walk in the contest.
In typical Saint Leo fashion, the Lions were the first to put some runs on the board by scoring two runs in the bottom of the third inning. Sophomore Angela Kafalas was able to jumpstart the inning when she sent a one-out short outfield single down the right field line to give the Lions a base runner. On the next play, sophomore Torrie Weindorf laid down a bunt that forced a Barry error and allowed both Weindorf and Kafalas to advance safely. The next batter, sophomore McKenzie Burns, sent a single up the middle to move up all runners by one bag and load up the bases. Junior Britney Ewing then sent the ball to the third baseman, who committed a throwing error, allowing all runners to advance safely and Kafalas to score the first Lions run of the game. The next batter, senior Rachelle Gremo, took first base freely on a walk from the Barry pitcher, which allowed Weindorf to score, unearned.
Barry answered back in the top of the third inning by putting one run on the board to make the score 2-1. Barry's Britney Pugh jumpstarted the inning with a screaming double to left field to give the Buccaneers a runner in scoring position. Kelly Martinez then laid down a sacrifice bunt to advance Pugh to third, and two batters later, Kristina Pazienza sent a single down the right field line to score Pugh.
In the top of the fifth inning, the Buccaneers scored two more runs to go ahead of the Lions when clean-up hitter Julie Brito sent a two-run homerun over the left-field fence to put the score at 3-2 in favor of Barry.
The Lions were able to tie the score in the bottom of the fifth inning thanks to back-to-back hits as well as speed on the bases. Weindorf led off the inning with a single up the middle, just before freshman Jessica LoBianco took her place on first base as a pinch runner. Burns then advance LoBianco to second base on an infield single to put two runners on. On the next play Ewing sent a deep flyball to right field that allowed LoBianco to take third base, and Burns was able to steal second base on the next pitch to put two runners in scoring position. Gremo then sent a pitch deep into the infield to allow LoBianco to score.
After a scoreless top of the sixth for Barry, the Lions were able to take the final lead of the game when sophomore Kelsey LaNeave connected with a pitch and sent it over the left-field fence for a two-run homer. The homerun marked LaNeave's first career homerun.
The second game of the afternoon doubleheader was much less exciting, as both teams struggled to score against tough pitching from both dugouts. Senior Megan Still started for the Lions in the circle, tossing six and one-third innings before Ehlers again made a relief appearance. Although Ehlers took the loss, the Lions pitching staff combined for two strikeouts and only allowed three walks in the contest.
With the Lions unable to answer back in the bottom of the seventh inning, the Buccaneers took the final game of the series.
Despite the loss in the final game, Saint Leo took home the series against Barry for the first time since the 2004 season.
The Lions combined for a total of ten hits on the day, in addition to seven walks and one stolen base.
The Saint Leo Lions will return to the field on Tuesday, Mar. 5, when they head to Clermont, Fla., to take on Wayne State University and Mary University in non-regional action. First pitch of the doubleheader is set for 5:00 p.m.
For more information on the Lions softball program, be sure to visit SaintLeoLions.com. Also, be sure to 'Like' the Lions on Facebook and 'Follow' the Lions on Twitter and Instagram.


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Banyard, V. L., Eckstein, R., & Moynihan, M. M. (2009). Sexual violence prevention: The role of stages of change. Journal of Interpersonal Violence apply Prochaska and DiClemente's Readiness for Change model to bystander intervention. They show that the stage of change an individual is in has an impact on bystander prevention related attitudes, behaviors, and impact of education programs. Do you use this model to inform your work? If so, how? What other theories of health behavior change guide the work you are doing?
Applying health promotion theories to bystander work
This article, Sexual violence prevention: The role of stages of change, is very helpful. Over the last 9 months I have been talking about this scale as an excellent example of how to measure change (see my blog on this article at http://tinyurl.com/27yjfhv)
My colleagues at UNH who do the Know Your Power social marketing campaign have seen real changes in readiness to change from their social marketing campaign.


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Baltimore County Police continue to investigate two stabbing incidents that took place early Sunday morning outside the Towson Nights Hookah Lounge Cafe in downtown Towson. Meanwhile, a new law designed to reduce problems related to hookah lounges across the county took effect yesterday.
The law, introduced at the request of County Executive Kevin Kamenetz with the support of Police Chief Jim Johnson, requires hookah lounges to close at midnight. County Executive Kamenetz and Chief Johnson believe the earlier closing time -- some lounges have remained open as late as 4 a.m. -- will reduce the number of nuisance and criminal complaints associated with hookah establishments.
"The unfortunate incident in Towson outside of a hookah lounge this weekend once again shows why the recent legislation limiting hours at hookah and vapor lounges that I introduced and that was passed by the County Council is so important," Kamenetz said. "Beginning yesterday, these places of business must close no later than midnight. Should problematic behavior continue after the new law is implemented, I am fully prepared to go back to the Council and request that it reduce the hours even further.
"I'm not going to tolerate this behavior in downtown Towson or anywhere else."
May 18 Stabbings
Police responded to two separate stabbing incidents near the Towson Nights hookah lounge early Sunday morning. The more serious of the two is a double stabbing that occurred just after 3:30 a.m., in which two young men -- both 22 years old -- were confronted by an unknown suspect or suspects who instigated a verbal argument that escalated to a stabbing. The victims -- who are not being identified at this time because the suspects remain at large -- had just left the hookah lounge when they were confronted by the suspects. It is unclear whether the suspects had been in the lounge.
Both victims were transported to local hospitals. One of the victims remains hospitalized with serious injuries; the other suffered non life-threatening injuries.
There is no description of the suspects at this time. An investigation by the Violent Crimes Unit is ongoing.
Earlier Sunday morning, police responded at about 2 a.m. to a fight at Burke Avenue and York Road, where they were told that a friend of one of the people involved in the fight had been stabbed earlier outside the Towson Nights hookah lounge. Investigation showed that the victim self-transported to a local hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries. No arrests have been made in this stabbing, and there is no suspect description at this time. The investigation by detectives at the Towson precinct is ongoing.
Police have investigated whether the two stabbing incidents might be related but have concluded that they are not connected.
New Restrictions
Under the new law, hookah lounges in existence yesterday -- the day the bill took effect -- have 45 days to comply with the new regulation. Any new lounges will be subject immediately to the earlier closing time.
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The craft beverage industry is booming. Breweries and wineries operate in all 50 states, and the number of distilleries has more than doubled since 2011. Growth stems primarily from states welcoming breweries, brewpubs, wineries and distilleries – granting new licenses and drafting legislation to ease excise taxes – and from the desire of consumers to buy locally. Proprietors in the craft beverage industry have special insurance needs.


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This online memorial was created in loving memory of John Vincze, whose life story is told throughout this memorial website. Please sign John's guest book and let us know you came to visit.
John Franklin Vincze, 59, died on January 1, 2017 with his loving family at his bedside at Methodist Stone Oak Hospital in San Antonio, Texas after a long illness. He was born February 10, 1957 in Columbus, Ohio to John Vincze and Marion Dardenne Vincze.
John was preceded in death by his father, John Vincze of Georgetown Texas. He is survived by his mother, Marion Cason of Boerne, Texas and sons, Jonathan Vincze (22) of San Diego, California and Jason Vincze (19) of Plano, Texas. Also surviving are his sisters, Julie Vincze Sanderson of Montgomery, Texas and Johanna Vincze Webb of Boerne, Texas, and many loving nephews and nieces.
John grew up in Clear Lake City, Texas and graduated from Clear Lake High School in 1975. He earned a BBA and an MS in Accounting from the University of Houston and remained a lifelong Cougars fan. He lived most of his adult years in the Dallas area (Irving and Plano) and had recently relocated to Boerne, Texas to be near family.
He started his accounting career at Price Waterhouse in Houston and worked for a variety of notable firms throughout his 35+ year career, including Lone Star Steel, Trinity Industries, Arcus Technology Services, and Ernst and Young. He retired from NationStar Mortgage Holdings in 2015 as the Vice President of Tax.
John enjoyed golf, snow skiing, Hungarian cooking, puttering on projects around the house, Houston Cougar and Pittsburgh Steeler football, and watching his sons' sporting events. He will be dearly missed by those that knew him and loved him. His wish was to have his ashes scattered at sea near Santa Barbara, CA where he spent many happy days visiting and golfing with his father. The family will honor that wish later in the Spring.
John will be remembered for his devotion to his two sons, his delicious cooking, and his silly sense of humor. Please visit the slide show to share the family's cherished memories of him.
Memorial contributions can be sent to the American Liver Foundation (http://www.liverfoundation.org/) and notes of condolence to the family in care of Ms. Marion Cason, 224 Chisholm Drive, Boerne, Texas 78006.
John (Johnny to his family) was the first born child to John and Marion Vincze on Feb. 10, 1957.
He was the first born grandchild in Marion's family and he was adored!
Little sister, Julie, arrived 2 years later in 1959. She would go on to drive him crazy, as little sisters do...
Johnny loved to wear hats as a little boy.
Dad, Johnny and Julie on vacation.
Baby sister, Johanna, arrived in 1964.
John loved to build model rockets. However, he was annoyed when his sisters frequently broke them...
Gran-Gran, Johnny, Julie and Johanna all dressed up for church.
Johnny is all packed for boyscout camp.
Johnny loved to race the go-kart he kept at Gran-Gran's house.
John and Julie playing "House of the Rising Sun" at a guitar recital. John was very musical and had a beautiful baritone singing voice as well.
John and Johanna on his 18th birthday.
Mom and John on his graduation day from Clear Lake High school in 1975.
John skiing. Check out that hat!
John, Julie and Johanna skiing.
Mom and John on his graduation from the University of Houston in 1979.
John and Johanna visiting Dad in Santa Barbara, CA.
John and Janet Walton married in 1990.
John cooking Thanksgiving dinner.
Jon was born in 1994. What a proud daddy!
Many babies were born that year. John, Julie and Johanna all had babies within 2 months of each other.
Front: Susan, Janet, Jon, Carly, Julie, Johanna, Zack
Back: Dad, John, Lauren, Larry, Cody, Rick
Jason was born in 1997. John couldn't be prouder!
The family would gather around New Years each year for a "Feast of Beowulf" (that was the funny name that Dad gave the Hungarian meal of Sült Szalonna).
Front: Jon, Cody, Lauren, Zack
Back: John, Jason, Julie, Carly, Johanna, Jake
Sült Szalonna involves roasting salt pork over an open fire. Dad was the "Grand Poo-bah" (firepit master) and John was the poo-bah in training.
John and Jon.
John and the boys came to Boerne to visit Johanna. An EPIC water gun battle ensued...
John and Jason.
John married Linda Bostic in 2004.
Dad and John.
John, Jon and Jason at Jason's high school graduation in 2015.
The whole family together for Thanksgiving in 2015.
Front: Carly, Lauren, Jason, Jake
Middle: Larry, Julie, Mimi, John, Johanna, Rick
Back: Cassie, Cody, Jon, Zack
We all miss you very much Johnny.....
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FRESH equipment has heralded a new era for a family-run microbrewery which started life in the back room of a bakery.
Neil and Maxine Friedrich, of Greenbank Road, Radcliffe, ran Charnwood Foods bakery in Walshaw for 28 years before deciding to develop cask-conditioned real ales in 2010.
In partnership with children Lance and Carley, Brightside Brewing Company moved to dedicated premises in Radcliffe in July last year and this week saw a large expansion.
The plant has scaled up from 2.5 barrels to 15 barrels, meaning it can now produce 4,200 pints each day compared to previously making 5,000 a week.
Carley said the equipment was specifically designed to suit the company's method of brewing and after plumping and tests should be in use by the end of February.
Carley, who lives in Openshaw, said: "It will make life a lot easier for us.
"Initially we will use the larger plant for the bestselling beers and continue to use the smaller kit for the rest of the range of test brews, but as the business grows the new equipment will be used more and more frequently."
The new equipment was delivered during the week of the Manchester Beer and Cider Festival, at which Brightside sponsored the foyer area and showed six beers.
Brightside will be updating their social media sites with progress and for more information: search Brightside Brewing Company on Facebook or follow @Brightsidebrew on Twitter.


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Pace, pace, pace
I spent yesterday afternoon at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston with a friend who, upon looking at this famous John Singer Sargent painting of the Boit sisters, commented, "I am almost embarrassed that I love this painting." I knew what she meant—that the painting is so famous, so well-loved, that it is almost a cliché, like a Hallmark commercial. But what the heck. I love it too. For one thing, aside from the incredible composition, there is a great deal of mystery within it: the shadows, the turned-away girl. One could look at this painting for a very, very long time and come away still wondering (even if you read the recent book —the name of which I have sadly forgotten—about the Boit family and the unhappy lives of these four girls).
I spent four days last week in New York, always a treat (and I went three nights in a row to the theater). On Saturday afternoon was the very well-attended event honoring the 50th anniversary of the publication of A WRINKLE IN TIME. Prior to the beginning of the event, Madeline L'Engle's granddaughter Charlotte (I'm sorry that I have forgotten her last name) gave each of the speakers a remarkable gift: a journal with the cover made from the fabric of the curtains from L'Engle's writing room.
Katherine Paterson said she was going to give hers to her daughter Mary, who was/is a passionate L'Engle fan. My problem is that I have two daughters, each of whom remembers A WRINKLE IN TIME with enormous fondness. So I am going to keep the journal for myself. Hah.
The actress Jane Curtin gave quite a wonderful reading from the book; and Leonard Marcus read an excerpt from an upcoming book he has written about L'Engle. Betsy Bird from the NYPL was host/moderator and the other panelists, along with Katherine and me, were Rebecca Stead and R. L. Stine.
Tuesday evening I began re-watching the remarkable series called HOMELAND with three friends who had not seen it. Starting right with Episode 1! We watched two that night and will do the next two next Tuesday. It is a very well-acted and very well-written series; but the thing I noticed this time, when I didn't have to pay so much attention to PLOT, was the pacing. Just when a situation becomes almost intolerably tense, the scene changes, and the viewer can catch his breath, slow down, start revving up for the next heart-stopping moments. Same with good books, I think. The right pacing is essential.
And speaking of pacing: today, in the middle of wonderful outings to theaters and museums, I must call a halt to the excitement. I must slow down, sigh, and turn my attention to taxes.
I am always interested in the story behind a painting or picture, so I looked up the Boit sisters online after reading this post. I found mention of the book Sargent's Daughters: A Biography of a Painting, by Erica E. Hirshler. Is this the book you were thinking of?
A Wrinkle in Time is one of my favorite books. How fortunate you are, to have been able to participate in the 50th anniversary celebration of its publication!
Your life is so very interesting to us. I am a K-12 English as a Second Language teacher in Sibley, Iowa. We are just finishing THE GIVER in our 7th grade Language Arts class. These students are fascinated with your book and have stated several times how they wished they could talk with you once about it. I would love to give them that opportunity if you are able to. We could skype or chat over gmail as I have an account. Please let me know if this is a possibility. We look forward to your response. Thank you so much.
Kim: I think that is very likely the book about the Boit sisters!
Sarah: questions like the one you ask should be sent through email, not posted to my blog. You can email me by clicking on the place that says EMAIL ME on my website.
Kara: I don't do Skype interviews, I'm afraid. Have your students email me I(by clicking EMAIL ME!) with their questions (best to out all Q's into ONE email, please!) and I will reply. I am about to do a lot of traveling: Italy, Canada, Dominican Republic...so this is the easiest way for me to correspond.
Hello from Chicagoland!
Thank you for your comments at the WRINKLE gathering in NYC. I had hoped to say hello but was unable to wait for the delighted youngsters so excited at the joy of meeting you. Speaking of pacing, I went from LGA straight to MET OPERA - for Wagner first act, left at the first intermission, zoomed up to the WRINKLE event, afterwards hugged Charlotte (her full name is Charlotte Jones Voiklis) and Lena (Roy) and zoomed back to the MET for the end of the opera and backstage greetings with Deborah Voight. Being in two places at once is quite a challenge but PACE PACE PACE - yes - it is something to ponder.....
Thank you for posting the photo of your new journal. Years ago I was in that tower and saw those curtains - Crosswicks was an amazing place.
During the WRINKLE event, it moved me deeply to hear the introduction to the audio version read by Madeleine when we were in the studio almost twenty years ago. My heart skipped a beat as I felt the energy of the whole audience.
The human connection - hmmmmmmmm........
When I first saw the photo of the painting of the Boit sisters here, I was haunted by the memory of having seen it at the Phillips Collection in Washington DC. The Phillips was open to the public ( no fees, no 'singles nights' and no crowds) and I used to frequent the gallery, spending a great deal of time in the house lounging and enjoying the collection. I was so haunted by this memory that I had to dig up the 'Phillips Collection Catalogue of the Pictures in the Gallery, in my library. I was wrong! It is not listed in the catalogue. However! while browsing through the plates I found the painting I mistook for the Sargent: "Hide and Seek" by William Chase. Similar in mood and subject, but not the same. Whew, I can sleep now!
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BWW Reviews: Timeless ANYTHING GOES Is 'Musical Theater for the Ages'
If I were to die very soon, there's no doubt that I would go to heaven, because Rachel York and the all-singing/all-dancing company of Anything Goes took me and a couple of thousand other people up to the heavenly gates with their spectacular opening night performance of "Blow, Gabriel, Blow." In a show brimming over with some of musical theater's very best songs-a veritable cavalcade of American pop standards composed by the legendary Cole Porter-that one particular number, so confidently and knowingly staged by director/choreographer Kathleen Marshall, fills you with its deeply emotional and richly felt gospel fervor in such a way that you leave the theater with more spirit in your soul.
That the number virtually brings Act Two to a halt (right after it has revived the waiting audience following intermission) is a stunning example of why and how musical theater can be so deeply affecting and so incredibly transformative. It takes the audience unawares, as in their collective mind they are still reeling from the Act One finale-the eight-minute performance of the show's title tune that features the entire company paying tribute to a past theatrical era via some eye-popping visuals and extraordinary tap dancing-that so exemplifies everything that is the quintessential Broadway musical.
Make no mistake about it, this touring production of Roundabout Theatre's Tony Award-winning Anything Goes (which opened for an eight-performance run at Tennessee Performing Arts Center's Andrew Jackson Hall on Tuesday night), manages in just over two hours to give its audiences exactly what they need. It's an escapist lark that is so smartly written, so beautifully mounted and so expertly performed that if you've never been a fan of musical theater, you'll be singing a different tune afterward. And if you're an undying fan of the genre like me, you'll be singing hosannas to the theatrical gods for blessing us with such a timeless, supremely entertaining work of art that is so uniquely American.
If the aforementioned Mr. Porter, who still personifies the phrase "urbane and sophisticated" well into the 21st century (and long after his death), has taught us anything it is that times have indeed changed since the show first premiered at Broadway's Alvin Theatre (now the Neil Simon) in 1934. But, if that's the case-and who among us could ever question the wisdom of the clever Mr. Porter (after all, he was a Yale man)-how do you explain the continued popularity of his classic musical, which it can justifiably be argued is the musical of the 1930s.
Hilarity and hijinks abound aboard the S.S. American as it embarks on its journey, taking a motley crew of randy sailors and an almost celebrity-free group of passengers off to England. Thankfully, the scandalous Reno Sweeney, the drop-dead gorgeous evangelist cum nightclub entertainer, and her bevy of sexy Angels, are making the crossing along with a smattering of demi-celebs including debutante Hope Harcourt and her fiancé Sir Evelyn Oakleigh, Wall Street financier Elisha Whitney, public enemy #13 Moonface Martin, a priest with two Chinese converts, an errant stowaway and assorted other lesser -known personages. Even before the ship weighs anchor, it's guaranteed that unlikely, if endlessly humorous, antics are in store.
Timeless and so engaging that you'll want to register your china patterns, Anything Goes is tuneful, madcap and sunny, it's an unmitigated stage spectacle that whisks you away to an earlier, simpler time-one in which the cocktails were potent, libidos were aflame and the very notion of crossing the Atlantic onboard an ocean liner was the very epitome of glamour and elan. Thanks to the skilled artists who bring this sparkling revival to the stage, you can book your own passage to a world you've only imagined or seen through the lens of classic screwball comedies. Just buy a ticket and let the delicious Rachel York, the handsome Erich Bergen, the hilarious Fred Applegate and company take you there.
With an original book by P.G. Wodehouse and Guy Bolton and Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, updated by Timothy Crouse and John Weidman, Anything Goes could easily be a crazy quilt of crummy jokes and bad puns, but thanks to some judicious editing and skillful writing, the book remains somehow fresh and ridiculously funny. Likewise, Porter's original score (well, the one that was first played in 1934) has been submitted to some updates, interpolating songs originally written for Anything Goes that were cut or changing the order of performance of some of the best-known tunes in the score. Frankly, that's why the musical remains so enormously fresh today and that's why audiences will always flock to see Anything Goes. It just never grows old.
In the intervening 78(!) years since Anything Goes bowed on the Great White Way, it's been revived numerous times, providing a star vehicle for its leading ladies (everyone from Ethel Merman to Patti LuPone to Sutton Foster) and York (who's played the role previously in regional theater) takes on the role of Reno Sweeney with a definite understanding of what it means to play such an amazing dame. With a sense of time and place evident from the very first moment we meet Reno (she saunters, she sashays, she undulates-there's no easy way to describe how York's Reno enters a room), York plays her with a showy bravado that's just the ticket for a nightclub chanteuse whose act culminates in a soul-changing religious revival. York's Reno is endlessly fascinating and intriguing, her brassy exterior masking a tender, romantic heart. With her expert delivery of Reno's lines and her command of those glorious Porter songs, York makes the role her own, completely eclipsing your memories of those earlier musical theater heavyweights who've assayed the role before her.
York opens the show's musical program with a heartrending version of "I Get A Kick Out of You" that's romantic and wondrously appealing, then moves on to a splendid duet of "You're the Top" with Bergen that showcases each performer's sublime stage presence, "Friendship" in which York and Applegate pay affectionate homage to vaudeville's greatest stars and a performance of "Anything Goes" that defines the term "showstopper." Clearly, that number is an audience favorite, the ovation for it nearly equal to the standing "O" that comes at show's end.
But, for me at least, it's "Blow, Gabriel, Blow" that gives York her finest moment onstage in Anythng Goes: It's a bluesy, sensual production number that gives Marshall an opportunity to knock your socks off with her vision for the piece, and it's brought to life by the company in such a way that you cannot help but be awestruck by its performance. Hence, to my way of thinking, that's just got to be what heaven is like.
A favorite of Nashville audiences who've delighted to her portrayals of Lili Vanessi in Kiss Me, Kate (arguably Porter's other stage masterpiece) and Cruella DeVil in The 101 Dalmatians Musical (each of whom are much like Reno Sweeney in her own way), York is perfectly cast, her thorough knowledge of musicals and the women who bring them to life almost encyclopedic. That knowledge informs her performance with all the necessary elements essential to crafting such an impressive portrayal. As a result, her Reno is completely believable, enormously accessible and captivatingly appealing. She sings, she dances, she enthralls. Swell, huh?
If I left the theater a little bit more in love with Rachel York than I was initially (something I cannot deny), it's because of her no-holds-barred performance and the knowing way in which she approaches every scene, every song and every moment in Anything Goes. Truth be told, I have a serious case of the hot pants for both York and her trio of leading men.
Bergen, charming and handsome in that matinee idol sort of way that you may have thought extinct by now, is ideal as the playboy Billy Crocker, imbuing the character with good humor and an easy, relaxEd Grace. Matching York step-by-step, note-for-note in their musical numbers, he proves her musical theater counterpart. In his scenes opposite Alex Finke (as debutante Hope Harcourt), Bergen displays a certain romantic flair, a carefree flirt who has suddenly found the love of his life. He walks a fine line in Anything Goes-that which separates the cad from the romantic hero-with finesse, and his heavenly voice will leave you breathless, especially during "All Through the Night," his exquisite number performed in counterpoint by the lovely, composed and elegant Finke. Their shared duet on "It's De-Lovely," backed up by a quartet of graceful, dancing couples choreographed to rival Fred and Ginger's best is a colorful, visually stunning production number amid a show full of the same.
Applegate's finely honed timing shines throughout the show, his delivery of even the most groanable of lines wonderfully daft and off-kilter, putting the screws to the balls (well, you get my drift) and making Moonface so much more than comic relief. His performance of "Be Like the Bluebird" is cleverly performed and artfully staged.
As Sir Evelyn Oakleigh (Hope Harcourt's fiancé from among the British aristocracy), Edward Staudenmayer very nearly steals the stage right out from under his co-stars. His performance is just slightly over-the-top in a way that makes shows like this so much fun, but it's well-grounded in reality. In other words, Staudenmayer pushes Evie right to the slapstick line and nudges it with his toe, making his malaprop-laden dialogue all the more appealing in the process. His duet with York to "The Gypsy in Me" gives Act Two another showstopping moment.
Among the ensemble cast-which includes native Nashvillians Jeremy Benton and Chuck Wagner-Joyce Chittick stands out as Erma, the tart-tongued and hot-to-trot moll of public enemy #1 Snake-eyes Johnson, strutting about the stage with unequaled sassiness with a dollop of healthy sexiness that makes her an audience favorite. When she is given her moment in the spotlight near the end of Act Two to perform "Buddie, Beware," it's an almost unexpected lagniappe after a show filled with dazzling production numbers. (And, let's face it: Who doesn't love sailor pants, especially when worn by a sextet of toned and trained hoofers?)
This revival of Anything Goes-the first of Roundabout Theatre's critically lauded and audience-endorsed musical revivals to be mounted for a national tour-is replete with some of the finest, most creative stage design you're apt to find in any theatre. Derek McLane's original design for the Broadway production is somewhat scaled down to make touring a possibility, yet it retains all the necessary visual spectacle to make audiences from Nashville to San Francisco feel like they're seeing a Broadway-caliber production. Howell Binkley's lighting design is beautifully done, adding to the show's visual aesthetics, while the costumes designed by the late Martin Pakledinaz are exquisite evocations of period fashion made to withstand the rigors of an athletically challenging, all-dancing show.
You're probably asking yourself if I've been too overblown in my praise for Anything Goes or if, possibly, I've had a little too much bourbon in my water…well, the answer, is no. In fact, I've held back. I haven't mentioned the flush in my cheeks, the dampness in my eyes as the whole experience unfolded before me on the Jackson Hall stage. I smiled all the way through the show, I tapped my feet in time with the music performed by conductor Jay Alger and his amazingly adept orchestra (which includes 13 Nashville musicians), and I exercised all sorts of control to prevent me from leaping to my feet at the end of every number.
Anything Goes is just that good. Hell, it's better. If you are a fan of musical theater, but you've been told this is an old-fashioned show that just can't cut it in the high-falutin' 21st century, let me assure you that you have been wrongly informed. This is a musical for the ages and you just can't miss it.
- Anything Goes. Music and lyrics by Cole Porter. Original book by P.G. Wodehouse & Guy Bolton and Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse. New book by Timothy Crouse and John Weidman. Directed and choreographed by Kathleen Marshall. Presented by the Roundabout Theatre Company's national company. At the Tennessee Performing Arts Center, Nashville. For further details, go to www.tpac.org.


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"Game changer" is a term you hear often when people talk about how technology has changed their industry.
The question for 2013 is not so much what is the state of marketing automation, but rather, what difference does marketing automation make to a company's growth? We call this Revenue Marketing, which means marketing is making a measurable contribution to revenue. This is the ultimate promise of marketing automation, from which sales and marketing teams benefit most.
Does marketing automation make a business difference? This is the key question answered in a recent study by Lenskold Group and sponsored by The Pedowitz Group, a leading provider of marketing automation strategies. Since Sales & Marketing Management's readership is comprised of both sales and marketing professionals, let's review this report according to three factors:
Today's CMO cares about increased outcomes (revenue), having strategic support for Revenue Marketing initiatives and being able to take a holistic approach to these new marketing capabilities. Today's CSO cares about revenue, growth, better leads and bigger deals.
What matters to the CSO?
CSO Point #1: Want to outgrow your competition? Of course! Companies outgrowing their competitors are more likely to use integrated marketing automation (66% versus 50% of slower/same growth companies). The definition of integrated marketing automation is the use of full-featured marketing automation (like Marketo or Eloqua) integrated with CRM. This is an area of technology and process that enables marketing to impact revenue in a significant way. It's a fast-growth area of technology experiencing and it's here to stay. Is your marketing group using integrated marketing automation?
CSO Point #2: What is the role of marketing in companies outgrowing their competition? Companies outgrowing their competitors are more likely to have experienced an increase in total marketing revenue contribution from marketing automation (55% versus 31% of slower/same growth companies). This data highlights the role of Revenue Marketing in competitive advantage. It also points out that faster-growth companies have marketing departments that can actually measure the impact marketing is making on revenue. How's your marketing group performing?
CSO Point #3: Want to increase average deal size? Well, it's your lucky day! 28% of marketing teams that use marketing automation reported an increase in the average deal size from a marketing qualified lead that was passed to sales. Why? Because they are nurturing and educating that lead, scoring the lead based on demographics (Is it qualified?), behavior and online behavior (Is there intent to buy?), until it's ready for a conversation with your sales team. This allows the sales team to have a deeper, richer sales conversation that leads to a higher average deal size. Sound good? How is your marketing group tracking this key metric?
What matters to the CMO?
CMO Point #1: How is marketing measured and what difference does that make to top line revenue growth? Of the companies using marketing automation and ROI metrics, 69% reported an increase in total marketing revenue contribution. Contrast this with the 19% increase in total marketing revenue contribution reported by users of only traditional marketing metrics. These data points indicate that marketing automation is not enough; a focus on ROI metrics by marketing is equally important. I'd also like to point out here that you can't calculate ROI without being able to measure revenue. Is your marketing group measuring and reporting its direct influence on revenue?
CMO Point #2: Show me the numbers! Numbers, metrics, revenue, pipeline – are the mantra of today's successful CMO. If marketing is going to play in this game, it needs to run marketing like sales – by the numbers.Wouldn't you like your marketing organization to make this kind of impact on your business?
CMO Point #3: Take a holistic approach to the numbers. Successful marketers understand there are many elements that impact how and how much they can impact revenue performance of their company. Companies that use integrated marketing automation take a holistic approach (tools, processes, organizational structure, skills, alignment with sales and content) to revenue marketing to help drive success.
The Bottom line
For marketing automation to deliver on its promise, the CMO and CSO must ensure that their people understand they are all accountable for revenue. They are on the same team. A clear understanding of their respective roles in the process of Revenue Marketing is essential. The CMO must hire people with the right skill sets to execute the best practices identified in this research. While marketing automation software is not the great panacea, it continues to prove itself as one of the wisest investments a company can make to impact the topline.
Debbie Qaqish is Principal Partner and Chief Strategy Officer for The Pedowitz Group, which helps businesses acquire, nurture and deliver sales-ready prospects through demand generation strategies. She will present a free webinar, "Let Marketing Shift Revenue Into Overdrive" at noon Eastern Time on Friday, Feb. 22. You can register here.


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Goals: Geelong: G Horlin-Smith 3 J Selwood 3 T Hawkins 3 J Bartel 2 G Burbury H McIntosh M Duncan S Johnson T Varcoe. West Coast: J Cripps J Darling J Hill J Kennedy.
BEST Geelong: Guthrie, Selwood, Duncan, Horlin-Smith, Johnson, Rivers, Stokes, Bartel. West Coast: Selwood, Wellingham, Gaff, Cox. Selwood, Wellingham, Gaff, Cox.
Umpires: Brett Rosebury, Luke Farmer, Nicholas Foot.
Official Crowd: 25,271 at Simonds Stadium.
Chris Scott has not shied away from putting the onus on his youngest Cats to step up and make this evergreen team their own. Against a likewise undefeated opponent, Geelong's coach saw further compelling evidence that they have well and truly heeded his words.
The Cats' first big test of the season had become an examination of West Coast's depth before a ball was kicked in anger, and they duly inflicted the first defeat of Adam Simpson's coaching career by 75 points.
It is one he won't soon forget, the Eagles failing to kick a goal after the 27-minute mark of the first quarter as the Cats added 12 without reply. What started out as a decent tussle became an embarrassing hammering.
If Geelong's execution was at times a little more mistake-addled than the local crowd would prefer, few went home wishing they'd found another way to spend their Saturday night. Steve Johnson got more of the ball than anyone and probably made more mistakes too, but the rising stars around him came to the party with aplomb.
Cam Guthrie has enjoyed a stirring start to 2014, and his blond head and anvil-like torso emerged from clusters of bodies with the ball from the very first bounce to the last. George Horlin-Smith improved like a wine worthy of his name, Mitch Duncan gave his forwards a gluttonous supply of ball, and Jordan Murdoch and George Burbury lapped it up.
The Eagles had lost Darren Glass, Mark LeCras and Chris Masten to injury and Luke Shuey to suspension, dropped Callum Sinclair, and were further challenged by Matt Rosa's late withdrawal due to illness. After half-time they lost Nic Naitanui too, subbed off with an ankle injury that capped a forgettable trip to an eastern outpost that brings few visitors joy.
The Cats, in contrast, could only ever be soothed by Corey Enright's return. But on this night, as good as captain Selwood was, or the omnipresent Johnson and Mathew Stokes, the irrepressible Jimmy Bartel and James Kelly, or the cool Jared Rivers and Harry Taylor down back, this was a win for the next generation.
The scoreline was close early but the myriad other numerical measures of the modern game weighed heavily in favour of the locals. They went to the quarter-time break with a plus 29 advantage in uncontested possessions, 28 up in disposals overall and plus 18 in marks. Thereafter they set about putting a gap where it actually matters.
The second quarter was a rout, Tom Hawkins, Bartel twice and Selwood – already wearing the mandatory bandage to stopper his weekly head wound – all goaling before Selwood found Hamish McIntosh for the fifth of the term, and Hawkins crowned another full-chested lead and vice-like mark with a 55-metre bomb.
West Coast had no answer to any of them, nor to the wave of blue and white ball carriers who streamed toward and away from them. By the long break the margin was 38 points, the game effectively over, and those statistical pointers were becoming embarrassing – marks 60-24, uncontested possessions 135-79, inside 50s 32-19.
At times it seemed the Cats' greatest challenge was to avoid comparison with Mark Waugh, the gifted batsman who made it look so easy that his mistakes had an air of the avoidably careless. Ergo Travis Varcoe kicking straight to an opponent barely five metres away, Johnson undoing his good work in getting the ball by consistently giving it away, Andrew Mackie missing a fist on the goal line that gave the Eagles their only score of the second quarter. Of course, it cost the Cats only a point.
Maree Selwood had tossed the coin for son Joel and Dean Cox, who was given the honour in Darren Glass's absence to mark his 277th game as an Eagle, a new club record. Mrs Selwood's other son Scott didn't stop trying for West Coast, and Joel gave his Mum another nervous night at the footy by adding sore ribs from a meeting with Sharrod Wellingham to his gashed scalp.
He got up, as he always does, and was soon marking and shooting for goal. His miss fell in a third-quarter lull where the game went to sleep, but another from Hawkins and screwed efforts from Burbury and Horlin-Smith woke it up.
Johnson hit the target to open the last quarter, Horlin-Smith added another on his left foot, and Selwood finished the job.


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