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Shorter started on the clarinet at 16 but switched to tenor sax before entering New York University in 1952. After graduating with a BME in 1956, he played with Horace Silver for a short time until he was drafted into the Army for two years. Once out of the service, he joined Maynard Ferguson's band, meeting Ferguson's pianist Joe Zawinul in the process. The following year (1959), Shorter joined Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, where he remained until 1963, eventually becoming the band's music director. During the Blakey period, Shorter also made his debut on records as a leader, cutting several albums for Chicago's Vee-Jay label. After a few prior attempts to hire him away from Blakey, Miles Davis finally convinced Shorter to join his quintet in September 1964, thus completing the lineup of a group whose biggest impact would leapfrog a generation into the '80s.
Staying with Miles until 1970, Shorter became the band's most prolific composer at times, contributing tunes like "E.S.P.," "Pinocchio," "Nefertiti," "Sanctuary," "Footprints," "Fall," and the signature description of Miles, "Prince of Darkness." While playing through Miles' transition from loose post-bop acoustic jazz into electronic jazz-rock, Shorter also took up the soprano in late 1968, an instrument that turned out to be more suited to riding above the new electronic timbres than the tenor. As a prolific solo artist for Blue Note during this period, Shorter expanded his palette from hard bop almost into the atonal avant-garde, with fascinating excursions into jazz-rock territory toward the turn of the decade.
In November 1970, Shorter teamed up with old cohort Joe Zawinul and Miroslav Vitous to form Weather Report, where after a fierce start, Shorter's playing grew mellower, pithier, more consciously melodic, and gradually more subservient to Zawinul's concepts. By now he was playing mostly on soprano, though the tenor would re-emerge more toward the end of WR's run. Shorter's solo ambitions were mostly on hold during the WR days, resulting in but one atypical solo album, Native Dancer, an attractive side trip into Brazilian-American tropicalismo in tandem with Milton Nascimento. Shorter also revisited the past in the late '70s by touring with Freddie Hubbard and ex-Miles sidemen Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams as V.S.O.P.
Shorter finally left Weather Report in 1985, but promptly went into a creative slump. Still committed to electronics and fusion, his recorded compositions from this point became more predictable and labored, saddled with leaden rhythm sections and overly complicated arrangements. After three routine Columbia albums during 1986-1988, and a tour with Santana, he lapsed into silence, finally emerging in 1992 with Wallace Roney and the V.S.O.P. rhythm section in the "A Tribute to Miles" band. In 1994, now on Verve, Shorter released High Life, a somewhat more engaging collaboration with keyboardist Rachel Z.
In concert, he has fielded an erratic series of bands, which could be incoherent one year (1995) and lean and fit the next (1996). He guested on the Rolling Stones' Bridges to Babylon in 1997, and on Herbie Hancock's Gershwin's World in 1998. In 2001, he was back with Hancock for Future 2 Future and on Marcus Miller's M². Footprints Live! was released in 2002 under his own name with a new band that included pianist Danílo Pérez, bassist John Patitucci, and drummer Brian Blade, followed by Alegría in 2003 and Beyond the Sound Barrier in 2005. Given his long track record, Shorter's every record and appearance are still eagerly awaited by fans in the hope that he will thrill them again. Blue Note Records released Blue Note's Great Sessions: Wayne Shorter in 2006.
Though absent from recording, Shorter continued to tour regularly with the same quartet after 2005. They re-emerged on record again in February of 2013 with a live outing from their 2011 tour. Without a Net, his first recording for Blue Note in 43 years, was released in February of 2013, as a precursor to his 80th birthday., Rovi


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Shia had no sense of time. She neither knew how long she had been lying in the mud nor how long she'd been walking. Having a companion made no difference to the situation. It seemed they walked forever, but the night didn't grow any lighter. If anything, the forest seemed to be darker and there was no way to tell where they were headed. She was grateful that Sylfania held her hand, because she was sure she would feel even more lost without that human contact. The dryads hand was rough, yet still feminine. They were hands clearly familiar with the earth.
At first Sylfania tried to talk. But all she had were questions about the world. She claimed she had not seen much of it beyond her own tree and the nearby forest. The forest was vast, she knew that much from talking with the trees an the animals. But she knew almost nothing of the world beyond it, and that only made her curiosity greater. Most trees were not interested in learning more about the world beyond their own.
But Shia had no answers for the Dryad. She didn't know the world like she felt she should. She knew nothing of customs or of people or cities or creatures. She knew almost nothing. So after a time, the Dryad fell silent. From time to time she would turn to face Shia and give a friendly smile, but she didn't stop walking.
At last Shia could see a dim light through the trees. "There," she said, pointing with her free hand. "Someone must be there."
Sylfania cocked her head to the side. "I'm not sure what that is. I thought we would have found the road by now." She shrugged and then continued, dragging Shia with her.
The dryad clearly had not lied about her unfamiliarity with the world. Shia had slight misgivings about charging toward the light, not knowing what was there, but she had to finally admit that she didn't know what would be anywhere. And even if Sylfania didn't know what this was, she at least lived in this region.
They tramped through the light undergrowth toward the light. As they approached Shia finally felt at least a little relieved to have a specific goal she could recognize. But compared to her journey up to that point,t he trip seemed to take no time at all. Seemingly in a few seconds they arrived at a stone building, two stories high, and quite large in width and length. A sign hung over the door announcing it was the Stone Heart Inn. The stone was quite old, moss growing on bits of it, but it seemed altogether a solid structure from the ground to the wooden shingles of the roof.
The light came from several windows to the left of the door as well as one or two of the upstairs rooms. The Inn apparently was doing well for business this night. As she stepped up to the door Shia suddenly noticed there was no path. She hadn't been on one at all as she approached, but there wasn't any path that led to the door. Nor was there any signs of a nearby road. She paused and turned to mention it to Sylfania.
The dryad was on her toes, her hands grasping the outside sill and peering intently through a window. "There's people in there!" she was saying. "What kind of a thing is this? How did they get in there? It's made of stone, so it's not a tree. Is this… a…" She turned and looked to Shia, her brow furrowed in concentration till she remembered the word. "A house!" she shouted finally. "That's what blood humans live in, right?" She turned back to the window and studied the occupents again.
Shia felt a smile grow on her face. The lack of road didn't make sense. How did they all get here, after all? "Blood humans" didn't fly. But she noticed that she was no longer uneasy. She didn't have the sense of apprehension that had bothered her earlier. In fact, she felt as if the inn itself were inviting her. She was suddenly eager to go in.
"Come," she called to Sylfania. "Let's go meet them," she said, as she opened the front door.


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International GBS Outcome Study (IGOS) is a study conducted by the members of the Inflammatory Neuropathy Consortium (INC) and Peripheral Nerve Society (PNS) on disease course and outcome in Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS).
The IGOS aims to identify clinical and biological determinants and predictors of disease course and outcome in individual patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome, as early as possible after onset of disease.
|Guillain-Barré Syndrome Miller Fisher Syndrome
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Time Perspective: Prospective
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|International GBS Outcome Study (IGOS): A Prospective INC Study on Clinical and Biological Predictors of Disease Course and Outcome in Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS).
- Guillain-Barre Syndrome(GBS) disability score and Medical Research Council(MRC) sumscore [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
- Overall Neuropathy Limitations Scale (ONLS) [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
- Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS) [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
- EurQol EQ-5D Health Questionnaire [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
- Rasch-built Overall Disability Scale (R-ODS) [ Time Frame: one year ]
Biospecimen Retention: Samples With DNA
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|May 2012
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|January 2019
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|June 2017 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Guillain-Barré syndrome >1000, follow-up 1-3 years
Normal controls (NC)
Infectious controls (IC)
Other neurological diseases (OND)
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GBS is a post-infectious immune-mediated polyradiculoneuropathy with a highly diverse clinical course and outcome despite partially effective forms of treatment(immunoglobulins and plasma exchange). Outcome in patients with GBS has not improved in the last two decades. At present about 10 to 20% of patients remain severely disabled and about 5% die. One explanation for this stagnation is the highly variable clinical course of GBS and the lack of knowledge about the factors that determine the clinical course in individual patients with GBS. GBS may consist of distinct pathogenic subgroups, in which disease onset and progression is influenced by different types of preceding infections, anti-neural antibodies and genetic polymorphisms. Optimal treatment of individual patients may depend on the pathogenesis and clinical severity. Patients with severe forms of GBS may possibly need more intensive treatment to recover. Patients with a milder course that fully recover after standard therapy could suffer from possibly more side effects of more aggressive forms of treatment. This could only be possible if there are prognostic models that accurately predict the clinical course in individual patients. Ideally such models should be based on clinical and biological predictors that are strongly associated with disease course and known as early as possible in the acute phase of illness, when treatment with immunomodulatory therapy is most effective. Prognostic models could help to guide selective trials in specific GBS subtypes. Because of this it will be possible to treat GBS with more effective and more individual therapy.
This study aims to identify clinical and biological determinants and predictors of disease course and outcome in individual patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome, as early as possible after onset of disease. This information will be used to understand the diversity in clinical presentation and response to treatment of GBS. This information will also be used to develop new prognostic models to predict the clinical course and outcome accurately in individual patients with GBS.
To address these research questions it is required to conduct a prospective study with standardized collection of clinical data and biomaterials from a large group of well-defined GBS patients during a long follow-up period. Such an extensive study in a relatively rare disease as GBS can be addressed only by intensive international collaboration.
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- Fulfil diagnostic criteria for GBS of National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). Patients with Miller Fisher syndrome and all other variants of GBS, including overlap syndromes, can be included.
- Inclusion of all males and females of all ages, independent of disease severity and treatment
- Inclusion within two weeks of onset of weakness
- Inclusion of patients transferred from another hospital if the stay in the first hospital was less than one week
- Opportunity to conduct a follow-up of at least one year
- Informed consent of patient or, in case of children, of parents or legal guardians
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- There are no exclusion criteria
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01582763
|Contact: Bianca van den Berg, Drs, MD
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|Erasmus Medical Center
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|Study First Received:
|April 20, 2012
|Last Updated:
|January 4, 2017
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Keywords provided by Dr. B.C. Jacobs, Erasmus Medical Center:
Guillain-Barré syndrome
Autoimmune Diseases
Immune System Diseases
Neuromuscular Diseases
Quality of life
Prognostic Determinants
Anti-ganglioside antibodies
Genetic polymorphisms
Cerebrospinal Fluid
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Guillain-Barre Syndrome
Miller Fisher Syndrome
Pathologic Processes
Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System
Nervous System Diseases
Demyelinating Diseases
Peripheral Nervous System Diseases
Neuromuscular Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
Immune System Diseases
Cerebellar Diseases
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AMY RYAN considered giving up riding after a horror fall at York left her with severe shoulder injuries – but the jockey said horses like Blaine made her return worthwhile after the pair clinched the Symphony Group Stakes at York Racecourse today.
The life-threatening injuries suffered by then boyfriend Brian Toomey last July, left in a coma and with swelling on the brain after coming off Solway Dandy at Perth, were swiftly followed by a life-changing event for Ryan on Knavesmire.
She was trampled by hooves after being unseated when the saddle slipped on Bogart in the Sky Bet Dash at last year's Music Showcase Saturday and Ryan confessed the double tragedy had made her question whether she wanted to remain in the profession.
"I had a heavy fall and, after what I'd seen last year, it hadn't really helped," she said. "When you see things like that it puts you off. It took me a long time to get over what happened here last year.
"Dad (trainer Kevin Ryan) let me decide when I wanted to come back and I came back when I felt the time was right."
The shoulder may have healed, as Blaine (12-1) beat off Move In Time in a photo finish to claim the spoils in the £50,000 five-and-a-half furlong contest, but Ryan is not out of the woods yet.
A fall on a two-year-old at home means she continues to ride in pain.
"It's still not great," she said. "I need surgery on my ankle ligaments. It doesn't take much to get sore again.
"I still ride out every morning but there is a lot more pressure when you ride a race. My leg swells quite a bit."
She continued: "It took a long time to come back but horses like that and days like this make it worthwhile."
Kevin Ryan added: "I'm delighted for Amy. It's been a long road back since her injury and she's proven she can still do it on the big stage."
Of Blaine, he said: "He was a real good two-year-old but then struggled last year.
"It's great for the owners as they had to be really patient and I told them he would come back. They never lose their ability."
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I jumped in this week, this is lotsa fun. I don't see how any disc in my house will survive with its stamp intact after this.
I've been collecting materials for a few months here and there, few tools from the art supply place, some vinyl off eBay. Last week I made a rudimentary light table, got the last few items and this week I finally got to put it all to use.
Special note of thanks: To anyone that's posted tutorials and logged their experiences, thank you. Also, the night before I made my first cut, I watched ChUcK & some call me...tim?'s 101 and 102 tutorials again all the way through. By the time I was ready to get to it, I felt more confident at every stage since I knew where things were headed, and I remembered a bunch of details I would've forgotten if I hadn't done the refresher. Nice work on the video's fellas, and thank you.
First shot was a green Champion 11x Teebird of the translucent variety, seasoned but with a pretty clean flight plate:
My lines weren't perfect, and I dragged some of the islands by cutting harder than required. I also made initial contact with the vinyl a little off-center and had to go with it. But the transfer was perfect, no bubbles, no bleeds, and I'm delighted with how it came out.
The next attempt was applied to an orange S-PD, thrown but also in pretty good shape on the top. The black zombie stamp left a couple hairlines in some spots, it was definitely a deeper stamp than the Teebird. But the knife started feeling natural, the transfer was dead-on, and the dye came out great. I have no complaints.
I'll post my step-by-steps and lessons learned later on, but I wanted to get these up and say thanks to the artist-slash-dye-pushers here for givin' me a new pursuit for my wife to roll her eyes at. And then I'll have to go back through the library here, I think it's time for some color.


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I was only diagnosed this March , and am having trouble differentiating between what feelings I have are treatment related (Gemcitabine ) or symptom related.
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GEMMA Shepherd celebrated her third successive appearance in the Virgin London Mini Marathon by helping the south west squad to finish on the podium, writes Kevin Fahey.
The 16-year-old from Yatesbury, who is a student at Sheldon School, finished fourth scorer for the U17 women's team as the west girls produced the best performance of the day in the six-race programme to win silver behind a powerful London squad.
"We didn't know the team results on the day so that is brilliant news," said Shepherd.
"I was bottom of the U17s' age group this year so I can run again in 2015 but I was very pleased with my run and happy to finish 21st."
The mini marathon, which has grown in popularity enormously since it was launched, is more than just another race for the lucky youngsters who get selected to represent the region.
"We travelled up the night before and stayed overnight which is great for team spirit and getting to know the other girls," added Shepherd.
"Also on Saturday night we had a talk from the Brownlee brothers (Olympic triathlon medallists) via Skype, which was very motivating.
"Our race was also started by (Olympic diver) Tom Daley and, of course, we saw Mo Farah in the marathon afterwards. It was an amazing day and the event just seemed much bigger than in the past. I really enjoyed it."
Shepherd, who competes for Team Bath AC after starting her career with Marlborough & District AC, will switch her attentions to the track season and look to build upon last year, which included bronze over the 1500m in the Sainsbury's UK School Games.
In the U15 boys' race, William Stockley (Melksham Oak School) and Cameron Perkins (Hardenhuish) were 16th and 19th respectively to help the team finish eighth.
For the second successive year Chippenham Harrier's Stuart Leaney finished top Wiltshire runner in the main marathon.
Leaney had predicted that he wasn't in as good shape as in 2013 and clocked 2hrs 36mins 25secs compared to his personal best of 2:28.49 12 months ago.
Andrew Ind, of Marlborough Running Club, clipped 4.27 off his best with a time of 2:44.56 to finish second county man.
Leading county woman was former England international Amy Chalk. In her ninth marathon the 39-year-old from Stanley, near Calne, finished in 3:04.34. Nine years ago she ran her personal best of 2:39.37 in London, earning her an England vest for the Toronto Marathon later that year.
Chippenham Harriers' veteran Caroline Blake, 44, produced arguably the best performance by a Wiltshire woman, slicing more than six minutes from her previous best set two years ago.
Top Wiltshire men: Stuart Leaney (Chipp) 2:36.25; Andrew Ind (Marlborough) 2:44.56 (PB); Ben Brewster (Sals, U23) 2:47.55 (PB); Stuart Holloway (Sals) 2:50.29; Trevor Batey (Chipp) 2:56.59; Jon Rich (Sals) 3:00.15 (PB); Neil Perry (Chipp) 3:03.06 (PB); Michael Brewster (Sals, M45) 3:06.54 (PB); Bernard Merron (Swin, M60) 3:08.29; David Walker (Chipp, 3:57:30 PB), Miles Wilson (Chipp, 4:06:52 PB).
Women: Amy Chalk (B&W, W35) 3:04.34; Jackie Rockcliffe (AVR, W40) 3:13.07; Diane Hier (AVR, W50) 3:23.43; Caroline Blake (Chipp, W40) 3:25.32 (PB); Henrietta Mackinnon (Marlborough, W40) 3:26.07; Michelle Leighton (Wootton Bassett, W40) 3:33.46; Katie Sloane (Sals) 3:35.55 (PB); Ewina Shirazian (Chipp, W40) 3:36.00; Fiona Russell (Sals, W50) 3:40.29; Kirsty Murphy (Chipp) 4:22.34.
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A MULTI-MILLION pound project will reduce bottlenecks on one of Hampshire's busiest motorways junctions, but thousands of motorists will face months of delays while work is carried out.
The Highways Agency says adding extra lanes to the approaches of Junction 3 of the M27 and the M271 could take eight months.
Business leaders and council bosses have welcomed the £2.3m project, which they claim will reduce congestion and bring benefits to the local economy.
Meanwhile, the 96,000 motorists who use the junction every day will face traffic misery from this July until the end of March, 2015.
The Highways Agency is urging drivers to avoid using this junction during the work, part of the Government's £300m motorway "pinch point" programme.
Improvements include:
- Widening the slip road off the westbound carriageway of the M27 from two lanes to three;
- Widening the M271 southbound from Romsey to include a third lane;
- Widening the M271 northbound from Southampton to include a third lane from 200m from the traffic lights;
- Replacing the hard shoulder on eastern side of the roundabout heading south from Romsey with a third lane;
- Installing traffic lights on sections of the roundabout which don't already have them.
Philip Sheppard, Highways Agency asset manager, said: "The improvements will help to reduce congestion for each journey that is made on it every day.
"They will also help support growth in the Solent economy, underpinning the creation of jobs at the Adanac Park development, as well as trade growth at Southampton Docks.
"In particular, adding a lane to the westbound exit slip road of the M27 will reduce delays for drivers by up to two minutes."
He said work, some of which would take place at night, would be carefully planned to minimise disruption.
Hampshire Chamber of Commerce said improved access to Southampton would be necessary after the planned development of Adanac Park, which sits alongside the M271, is completed.
Earlier this year, landowners, Barker-Mill Estates, announced plans to create 47,000sq m of business space, spread over four plots, in the park.
The project will include redevelopment of Yew Tree Farm, plus the creation of 49 homes and an 80-bedroom care home. The estate claims the developments will bring 3,600 new jobs to the area.
Work has already begun on a new 43,000sq m Lidl regional distribution centre at Adanac Park which will create 400 jobs before the end of 2014.
Chairman of the chamber's planning and transportation committee, Mark Miller, said: "It is a very congested area at peak hours and this affects the freight movements in and out of Southampton and the port traffic, as well as general commuters, so we welcome the proposed improvements. We think they will improve access and reliability of traffic levels into Southampton as well as Romsey."
Hampshire County Council leader and Romsey Extra Councillor, Roy Perry, said: "Of course, the roadworks will cause issues, but it is a problem that needs solving and when it is done, it will have benefits.
"It will bring benefits to traffic coming from the east towards Southampton and Romsey and also benefits for traffic coming from Romsey wanting to get onto the motorway.
"The M3 and M271 are the export gateway from the Midlands to the Port of Southampton, however, junction three is also a major part of that route.
"I think I would certainly say that the sooner we get it, the better. Junction 3 on the M27 is an important junction. It should make improvements to the economic development of the area.
"I only see this as one step to the improvements. I think there needs to be further improvements in the future to keep up with future demands on the junction


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A Rustling Theater of the Self
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Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity
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'The Parisienne is not in fashion," wrote Arsène Houssaye, the editor of L'Artiste, in 1869, "she is fashion." So reads a quotation on the wall of "Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity," the sublime exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Parisian power over la mode dates back to Marie Antoinette and her extravagant collaborations with the dressmaker Rose Bertin. It was a century later, however, during the reign of couturier Charles Frederick Worth, that the haute couture was established—in 1868—and Paris's role as the world's wellspring of trends was formalized. It just so happens that Worth's Second Empire silhouette—a tightly corseted hourglass with a huge hemisphere of skirt—is what women were wearing when a new breed of painters emerged, artists pursuing the truth of the fleeting moment even if it meant crossing moral boundaries or breaking with the norms of pictorial representation. The embroidered balcony of the bodice, the castle keep of the skirts, the pas de trois of glove, shoe and hat—here was a rustling theater of the self, a light-show of articulate materialism.
The poufy pleats of ruching, the velvet's nap and the refractions of silk: Such subject matter wasn't noble or timeless, but noble and timeless didn't interest the Impressionists. This show is rich with familiar masterpieces—works by Claude Monet, Edouard Manet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Edgar Degas, Georges Seurat —only this time we see them through the glass of fashion, with period gowns and accessories on view, some looking as if they drifted right out of a canvas.
"At last the subject matter of art includes the simple intimacies of everyday life in its repertoire," wrote Louis Edmond Duranty in 1876 in "The New Painting." "Intimacies" is the operative word. The exhibition begins indoors, with portraits that were a shock because they captured women in the privacy of their homes, lost in reverie (Monet's " Madame Louis Joachim Gaudibert, " 1868) or engaged in quotidian rituals like removing a glove (Charles Carolus-Duran's "The Lady With the Glove," 1869). These artists, we are told, were doing "not just a portrait, but a painting"—a work, in other words, in which the act being performed, conscious or unconscious, was more important than the subject's identity or social standing.
This small-seeming shift in approach, these snapshots that seize on a minute in the day of a life, open a window on mortality. James Tissot's 1866 portrait of the Marquise de Miramon, splendidly dressed in a pink peignoir trimmed in show-stopping pink ruffles, shows her looking strangely vulnerable among many costly possessions, objects that may one day break but do not die. A swatch of velvet from that pink peignoir is exhibited beside the painting, under glass.
The next gallery is titled "En Plein Air," or "the open air." The outdoors are where Impressionists took flight, their play with light and shadow a way of mixing reality and dream, as Monet did in his "Women in the Garden" (1866), or of bringing Edenic sensuality into urban parks and gardens, as in Gustave Courbet's "Young Ladies on the Banks of the Seine" (1856-57). Recognized by their dresses to be gals of easy virtue, Courbet's two women lie on the grass, one of them looking positively blissed-out. "I would perpetuate those nymphs," goes the first line of Stéphane Mallarmé's "L'Après-midi d'une faune," a Symbolist poem begun in 1865, finished in 1876, and totemic for the Impressionists.
In this gallery, the sensation of shimmering sunlight and indolent heat, an inner haze from luncheon wine counterpointed by the crisp linen day dresses on display, really does place us in the afternoon of French civilization, a Paris still primal. Mallarmé, by the way, was as caught up in these clothes as the rest: He launched his own fashion magazine in 1874, La Dernière Mode, and wrote for it under the pen name Miss Satin.
The two rooms that follow, "The White Dress" and "The Black Dress," are like musical cadenzas, each in its own key. The dresses in white—day wear, peignoirs and summer frocks—are unsettling in the burden of purity and angelic simplicity they imposed upon women. A ruched dress of meringue tarlatan, c. 1864, is a confection that is desirable and untouchable at once. The paintings of women in white bring far greater complexity to this virginal vision of womanhood. In "Woman at the Piano" (1875-76), Renoir subsumes his subject in a blue-white mist defined only by a dark ribbon. It's as if she is dissolving into her music. Across the room, Manet's "Lady With Fan (Baudelaire's Mistress)" (1862) is dissolving in another way. Suffering from syphilis, this woman is laid out in bed, her brow a terrifying knot of black oil and her exaggeratedly large white skirt a mockery. Here is the lie in the "ethereal look" to which these white dresses aspired.
The black dresses in the next gallery are about elegant practicality during the day and glittering refinement at night—the ball, the opera, the merry widow and the black widow. The swift, stiff brushwork in Manet's "The Parisienne" (1875) makes one think of blue-black feathers, the iridescent wings of a grackle. Style on this scale is formidable.
In the next three galleries, the exhibit addresses Worth's evolving silhouette, the sober élan of the era's menswear, and the ways in which women shopped. The last gallery, called "Spaces of Modern Life," is a culmination of all that came before it, a sort of Second Empire fugue state of themes expressed and interwoven. The circus, a boat ride, church on Sunday, the fabled streets and boulevards of Paris—one sees and feels the swirl of society, all of it eye-poppingly vivid.
While the exhibition boasts legendary canvases, the less familiar work is fascinating, too. To see so many Tissots—he who loved cloth and froth—is a treat. The paintings of Berthe Morisot, her young women composed of opalescent wisps and mothy strokes, as if pearl dust were mixed into the pigments, recall Mallarmé's poem, a coloring "so airy light, / It floats like drowsing down." And the exquisite oil paintings of Jean Béraud, small enough to be classed as miniatures, perhaps closer to illustration than art, are nevertheless enchanting. Beraud's "A Ball," dated 1878, is decidedly theatrical and almost dancerly in its cascading questions. Who are these two women in white? Is one the wife and the other the mistress? And what are those dowagers whispering about? It foreshadows a new art form on the horizon, a descendent of Impressionism: the cinema.
Ms. Jacobs writes about culture and fashion for Vanity Fair.


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I grew up a few blocks from the Ramat Gan National Park, a man made urban park, which isn't really national, with a nice, little man made lake. It's only 0.7 square miles, but when I was growing up it was plenty.
On summer afternoons, my dad would come home early from work and we'd drive over, rent a boat (you had to leave your watch as deposit in the rental booth, to make sure you didn't steal your boat, which occasionally made it difficult to come back on time).
They made the artificial lake in 1959, and dad and I were regulars there. They also built a restaurant in the middle of the lake (see top picture), which I don't think ever actually operated. I could be wrong. Throughout my childhood it was just this cement shell you'd circle with your rowboat.
I suppose some ideas need to be thought through better. But the park continues to be a source of safe fun for the locals. It's gotten more Haredi in recent years, but it's still as happy as it used to be, I think. I don't go there much these days, since we live in Netanya. I don't know if they still rent boats. I should take my daughter one day and check it out.
The local ducks and the cats are very happy.


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For some, what members of Congress don't do is more noteworthy than what they actually do.
How the two chambers are handling their oversight of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has become a study in those contrasts.
The CFPB, created through the landmark Dodd-Frank legislation arising from the financial crisis, has become a focal point of bipartisan discord, a corollary to much of what goes on in the House and Senate. Republicans insist that the structure of the CFPB should be changed and have zeroed in on President Barack Obama's recess appointment of Director Richard Cordray, which they claim is not legitimate.
Because of the controversy over the recess appointment, the Republican-controlled House has disinvited Cordray from the CFPB's regularly scheduled testimony.
Senate panel Q&A
The Senate Banking Committee, led by Chairman Tim Johnson, D-S.D., forged ahead today, holding a hearing to hear from Corday. At the same time, the CFPB released its third semiannual report to Congress. "The CFPB has made significant progress in protecting consumers, including students, service members and older Americans," Johnson said, and he noted that the bureau has "obtained $425 million of consumer refunds."
In his statement, the panel's leading Republican, Mike Crapo of Idaho, said, "I continue to believe the recess appointment is unconstitutional," indicating the GOP will continue to keep Cordray's confirmation from coming up for a vote in the Democrat-led Senate. Crapo said, "I firmly believe that if the structure of the agency were changed, then it would become more open and transparent."
Warren: GOP doesn't want a "watchdog"
Returning to the Senate for the first time since the Boston bombings, Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said that Republicans are holding the appointment "hostage," having fought unsuccessfully to keep Dodd-Frank from becoming law. She said the dispute is "about a minority that don't want a watchdog" monitoring large banks.
During his testimony, Cordray said the CFPB gained authority at the beginning of the year to supervise debt collectors. He said that its supervisory program has also been expanded to cover "larger credit reporting companies." In the second half of 2012, the agency worked with the Education Department to make recommendations to Congress on reforms to the market for private student debt, put at about $150 billion by the CFPB.
Most complaints about mortgages
The 114-page written report says the bureau received approximately 91,000 consumer complaints in 2012. Of those, half involved mortgages. Twenty percent involved credit cards, 17 percent were related to bank accounts and services, while the remainder included student and consumer loans and credit reporting. Cordray said that complaints about credit cards are falling, which he linked to Congress' 2009 passage of the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act.
Several lawmakers questioned Cordray about privacy concerns involving the agency's data collection, including consumer complaints. He told them that the data are made anonymous, so that it cannot be traced to single individuals. Mike Johanns, R-Neb., said Americans might find it "creepy" that such information is collected. Cordray suggested that he cannot prevent people from "misunderstanding" what the agency is doing but that collection of data is important to devise appropriate regulations and oversight.
Corday said large companies, including banks, "have more data on you than you have about yourself, including me, Richard Cordray."
House panel refuses Cordray appearance
In the Republican-dominated House, Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, and chairman of the Financial Services Committee, issued a statement late Monday saying that the panel "cannot legally accept testimony" from Cordray "until he is validly appointed as the bureau's director." At issue is a federal appeals court ruling, which found invalid Obama's recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board. Cordray's recess appointment was made in a similar fashion.
At the same time, Hensarling's statement says, "The committee intends to continue to conduct rigorous oversight of the CFPB's activities." Whatever it does, it will be without hearing from the man who runs the agency.
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text: Chicago Auto Show/MAMA Breakfast February 9, 2007 12:00 AM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Paul Brian Director of Communications Chicago Auto Show 630.424.6069 firstname.lastname@example.com http://chicagoautoshow.com Mark Fields Christens 2008 Chicago Auto Show The Chicago Auto Show's media preview was kicked off with the annual Midwest Automotive Media Association's welcome breakfast. Media and industry representatives were warmly welcomed by MAMA's President Dave Boe. He covered a brief history of MAMA, and noted that over 200 writers and broadcasters have enjoyed membership of the group since its founding in 1992. "This cohesive group is the main part of our success," said Boe. He commented that "McCormick Place, the nation's premier exposition center, is home to the 99th edition of Chicago Auto Show. With over 1.3 million square feet of show room floor, the Chicago Auto Show is the largest in the United States and third largest in the world after Frankfurt and Tokyo." Boe noted that next year's auto show will mark Chicago as the first show in the world that will stage 100 editions. He then introduced Mark Fields, executive vice president of Ford Motor Company, the Americas. Fields opened his remarks by challenging the audience with a new term: Simplexity. "Simplexity," he said "combines both simplicity with complexity. Consumers live complex lives and therefore, they need simple roles." Fields brought attention to the fact that consumers always want the newest, technological trends and companies must refocus their attention to these needs. Most manufacturers focus on the Baby Boomers with good reason, as they make up 70 percent of vehicles purchased. But Millennials-young professionals and teenagers born between 1977 and 1996-now make up 25 percent of vehicles purchased. Ford is catering to this generation with the new Ford Sync. This all-inclusive, in-car communication device incorporates a cell phone and MP3 player. Fields reminded the audience that consumers will enjoy new technological advances, as long as it allows consumers to cut through the clutter of their everyday lives. Fields then announced Ford's continuation of the new "Bold Moves" program. The company is looking beyond simple demographics and is seizing a new opportunity by announcing the return of the Ford Taurus and Mercury Sable back to Ford Motor Company. "Ford has a clear, consistent message," said Fields. "With the constant, unchanging pace of this industry, Ford is finding success by digging deeper and looking at multiple segments." -END- Back to News


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What leverage does Ritz hold in the face of that Republican control? It comes down to this: She has a prominent stage, and the political power available to her depends on how she uses that public stage.
"A lot of that will depend on her own personal characteristics," said John Ketzenberger, president of the Indiana Fiscal Policy Institute. "I do think she has a constituency. She has a chance to pound the bully pulpit loudly, consistently and logically."Having a governor and a superintendent of different parties isn't unprecedented.
Suellen Reed spent 16 years in the job Ritz has won. The first 12 of those years were with Govs. Evan Bayh, Frank O'Bannon and Joe Kernan, all Democrats. However, her approach was not one of fierce confrontation; she found areas on which she and the Democrats in office could agree.
In a news conference Wednesday, Pence said he was disappointed that Bennett lost but would be willing to work with Ritz "to look for areas of common purpose."
The election of Ritz appeared to many to be a rejection of wide changes in education policy pushed by Bennett, such as high-stakes testing linked to merit pay and the use of state vouchers for private-school tuition. During her campaign, she pledged to roll back that agenda.State Sen. Dennis Kruse, R-Auburn, said Wednesday he thinks Bennett lost because he was a "lightning rod" for the dissatisfaction of teachers upset with changes in state law. Those teachers, in turn, became a campaign network for Ritz. Also contributing to Ritz' win, he suggested, may have been the ill-fated candidacy of Republican Richard Mourdock. Kruse, who is chairman of the Education Committee in the Senate, speculated that Mourdock's run for the U.S. Senate may have soured some voters on Republicans and left them searching for a Democrat or two they could support.
Mark GiaQuinta, president of the Fort Wayne Community Schools board, said that instead of picking his fights, "Tony (Bennett) never saw a battle he could stay out of." He credited Bennett with a strong enthusiasm for school improvement, but said he was too narrowly focused on teachers as the explanation for all shortcomings in education.
"I don't think Glenda (Ritz) is going to take that myopic perspective," GiaQuinta said.
Pence said that by enlarging the Republican majority in the Legislature, voters have endorsed the education agenda promoted by Bennett and enacted by legislators and Gov. Mitch Daniels.Andy Downs, director of the Mike Downs Center for Indiana Politics at IPFW, said Wednesday that Ritz must confront a practical problem early on: learning how to operate a sizeable state agency. Ritz has been a teacher for 35 years, but she has not been a principal or superintendent.
"She has a relatively significant learning curve to get through," Downs said.
Kruse said the Department of Education has about 200 employees, and Ritz may want to replace some of them with her own hires.
And while a partisan, confrontational campaign may have been key to winning election, it's also likely to make her transition to office a bit rockier, Downs pointed out.
He recalled that she appeared with other Democrats at many rallies, telling voters that unless they elect other Democrats to office "her life will be difficult. Now there will be some Republicans who will say, 'Let me show you how your life can be difficult.'"GiaQuinta said besides a simple bully pulpit – which he hopes Ritz will use to press for mandatory full-day kindergarten and more preschool – she may find unexpected allies among Republicans in the Legislature.
"A lot of those Republican legislators like their local schools. A lot of the Republican legislators don't like big government telling their schools what to do," GiaQuinta said.
Kruse said he "will work with her as best I can," but he emphasized that she doesn't have much independent authority for making rules or setting policy. Legislators could restrict that authority even more by writing more detailed laws that leave less room for interpretation and rule-making.
However, it's unlikely that the Legislature will tackle another round of massive changes in education policy, Kruse said. He did say that some moves to accommodate Pence's interest in improving vocational and technical education are likely.
One lesson from the election is clear: The Indiana State Teachers Association remains a union with great political power. The teachers' union provided a lot of the organization, networking and grassroots support that helped Ritz overcome raising much less money than Bennett.
As Ketzenberger suggested, the political heft of the teachers is a lesson Republicans may pay attention to, even with outsized majorities in the House and Senate.


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So I got to talking with a friend about how being a Tournament Director does not get as much recognition as a 1000 rated player.
Most of the good TD's I know are not 1000 rated. They spend more time promoting than practicing.
One thing led to another and thought this was worth asking to you all.
Are there any 1000 rated TD's out there ?


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Outfielders for 12/27/11
Happy Holidays (and Hollidays) from the Outfielder Keeper Reaper. Here's hoping you received all the five-category players you could dream of during this festive season!
Cameron Maybin | San Diego Padres (ADP 91)
Cameron Maybin has a career BABIP of .332 and checked in at .331 in 2011, suggesting his improvement in batting average might be sustainable. The real question for fantasy owners is whether the doubling in stolen-base rate he evinced is his true level of ability. Hitting in the .260s with 40 steals makes for a decent keeper candidate in "Deep" leagues, and he's young enough that his long-expected power should improve. Petco has crippled his stats, though it usually doesn't treat right-handed batters nearly as harshly as the 806-vs-618 OPS split Maybin produced in 2011. So, despite the fact that Maybin isn't even a top-90 pick in mock drafts this year and the chance that his stolen bases could taper off somewhat in 2012, his youth makes him a reasonable keeper in "Deep" leagues, and though San Diego has said they want to keep him, the possibility of a trade away from his hostile home park adds yet another form of potential upside to his value.
Adam Jones | Baltimore Orioles (ADP 75)
The early favorite for "Rob McQuown's Fantasy Sleeper for 2012", the age 23-25 stats for some current center fielders are shown in the (sortable) table below. For those who might be wondering, ex-centerfielder Torii Hunter posted a .249 TAv in that age range, hitting .264/.310/.431 in 1383 PA (41 HR and 23 SB).
A lot of people seem to focus on what Jones has failed to do so far in his young career (take walks, stay healthy). And he's not likely to get confused with Matt Kemp or Andrew McCutchen or Grady Sizemore. But for this age range, he's shown a higher slugging percentage than all but Sizemore and Kemp and a batting average (slightly) higher than either. And all of this has been accomplished in a three-year span during which he's had 16 entries on his "Injury History" chart (available on his player card page), including a 60-day DL stint in 2009. It's always risky business to predict a year of health from a player who has shown frequent injuries, but Jones plays in a friendly ballpark and has shown his value even when getting dinged up. He's a bargain at his ADP of 75 and should seriously be considered for a "Medium"-depth league keeper slot in 2012, especially if he can be kept beyond the one year after he breaks out in 2012.
Torii Hunter | Los Angeles Angels (ADP 158)
It's often with a tinge of regret that fantasy owners give up on an old warhorse. Torii Hunter has carried trusting owners to victories for years but is getting long in the tooth. He's collected 21 or more home runs in 10 of the past 11 seasons, has stolen 18 or more bases six times, and has hit .261 or better in 11 of the past 12 seasons with a composite average of .275 in those dozen years. He contributes with the glove, is highly paid, and is considered a positive influence in the clubhouse, so he's not likely to lose playing time unless his bat goes ice cold, even with superstar-to-be Mike Trout chomping at the bit. Add to this the expected boost to the team's run scoring and the natural desire to do well in the final year of a contract, and he doesn't sound half-bad.
So, why not keep him in a "Super Deep" league? First, Angel Stadium of Anaheim (speak up if you knew this is what their park was called these days and don't live in SoCal... crickets?) plays as a pitcher's park, and the bar is automatically higher for batters in such parks. Then we need to realize that Hunter will be 36 this year. This is an age where—before the popularization of PEDs—ballplayers very infrequently had seasons which were both high-caliber and high-PA. There have been 48 seasons since 1969 where a 36-year-old batter has posted a .260-plus TAv and logged 600-plus plate appearances. And while a few of the members of this list could be considered comparably-skilled batters to Torii Hunter (Jose Cruz, perhaps Dewey and Dwight Evans—though both walked a lot more frequently—Andres Galarraga, Raul Ibanez), the top of the list is dominated by players with Hall-of-Fame caliber hitting skills and/or strong suspicions of illegal drug usage (Bonds, Manny, Edgar Martinez, Dave Winfield, Mike Schmidt, Reggie Jackson, Paul Molitor are the top seven names on the list). Only 15 players managed both eight home runs and eight stolen bases, and with Torii stealing just 14 over the past two seasons combined, he's a poor bet to become number 16.
Hunter finished 2011 strong, going .324/.396/.537 in August and September. While many would point to this as a positive sign (this author's Strat-O-Matic team is happy, at least—with 30 teams in the league, he's very playable), he's now in an environment where the team has to win now and has many extra options available. The reason his strong finish wasn't widely noticed is that he was hitting just .232/.307/.378 through the end of July. If he's not feeling the desperation right from the get-go in 2012, there's the possibility that he could end up losing playing time. A player who rates to hit around 20 homers with contributions in almost no other category may be a "BORDERLINE" keeper on some teams, but when he's on the way down and the team is in a situation where they are likely to be impatient, it's better to take a risk on someone younger with similar expected returns and more upside.
Josh Willingham | Minnesota Twins (ADP 185)
What you see is what you get with Josh Willingham. He's hit .264/.356/.470 in his career against right-handed pitching. He's hit .254/.372/.489 in his career against left-handed pitching. He's always been stuck in pitcher's parks, though when he connects, the ball is likely to exit regardless. He's been slightly injury-prone but has recovered from the knee surgery he had in 2011 to the extent that the Twins are expected to use him in left field. The Twins offense should improve somewhat in 2012, though Morneau's status will determine if it's a large improvement or just a "Joe Mauer is healthy again" bump. If Morneau is producing, "Hammer" (Willingham) could post some nice run and RBI totals batting between the lefties.
Rob McQuown is an author of Baseball Prospectus. Follow @robmcquown
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Not sure if I missed this somewhere along the line but how did you determine which random players to select for these articles?
Dec 27, 2011 14:32 PM
I've been reading these articles all along and enjoy them thoroughly. However, I don't want to take the time to go back and see who you have already reviewed in fear I might request one of those players. Is there any way to keep track besides going back and re-reading every Keeper Reaper article?
Dec 28, 2011 08:02 AM
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You could do it the same way I do when I can't remember if I already wrote about someone. Just search for the player's name here: http://www.baseballprospectus.com/search/ and make sure to select the proper author from the dropdown. For OF, that's Rob; for C/2B/SS that's Jong, for SP that's me.
Dec 28, 2011 13:36 PM
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Siegrist back from rehab, on verge of activation
ST. LOUIS -- While the Cardinals won't make the final decision until Wednesday, general manager John Mozeliak said it's "a real possibility" that left-hander Kevin Siegrist will be activated from the 15-day disabled list prior to the Cardinals' series finale against the Rays.
Siegrist rejoined the Major League team on Tuesday, one day after he threw 27 pitches in a 1 1/3-inning rehab appearance for Double-A Springfield. That was Siegrist's fifth rehab outing and accomplished the final thing (pitching an inning-plus) that the Cardinals have on his rehab checklist. He previously threw in back-to-back games.
During his time with Springfield, Siegrist scattered four hits and three walks in 4 2/3 scoreless innings. He struck out three. He saw improved command of his pitches each time out.
"At first, it was just trying to find the zone," Siegrist said. "Once I found the zone, every time I went out, it was easier to perform."
Siegrist was sidelined by a left forearm injury on May 24, and was later set back by a nerve issue that created shoulder discomfort.
"This was a shocker to me," Siegrist said of the length of recovery. "Everything just kept spiraling a little bit. But I got everything under control, and it feels good. I couldn't wait to get back. It was probably the most frustrating thing I could go through. You just want to get back and help the team out any way you can."
The Cardinals did not consider activating him on Tuesday because they wanted him to get a full day of rest after Monday's extended outing.
Jenifer Langosch is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, By Gosh, It's Langosch, and follow her on Twitter @LangoschMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


text: The best way to enjoy Build on the road. 28. June 2013 Richard-Fennell (0) The way most big conferences manage to virtually live stream everything is very impressive. I started watching the stream of yesterdays Microsoft Build keynote on the office's big projection screen with everyone else at Black Marble. I have always said the best way to enjoy a keynote is on the comfy sofa with a beer at the end of the day. So much better than an early queue then a usually over air conditioned hall with 10,000 close friends. Unfortunately I had to leave about 1 hour into the keynote, so fired up my Lumia 800 Window 7.8 phone (yes an older one, but I like the size) and hit the Channel 9 site. This picked up the stream, just in the browser, and I was able to listen to the rest of the session via 3G whilst travelling home, I of course made sure the screen was off as I was driving. It was seamless. Clever what this technology stuff can do now isn't it


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The 18-year-old was taking part in his fourth jump above the Perthshire countryside on Sunday when disaster struck.
As he leapt from the aircraft his backpack became entangled in the exit, which caused him to tumble ''uncontrollably'' into the sky, the British ParachuteAssociation (BPA) confirmed.
In a desperate bid to right himself, the youth — believed to be from the Glasgow area — tugged on his reserve chute, but it failed to open.
Thankfully, his landing was softened by a marshy quagmire, which experts at BPA believe saved his life.
He was airlifted from Strathallan Airfield near Auchterarder to the Southern General Hospital in Glasgow with suspected neck and leg injuries, but was released a number of hours later with a clean bill of health.
The BPA is investigating the incident at Skydive Strathallan and another similar incident at Paragon Skydiving Club in Errol. They both took place on Sunday lunchtime.
Shortly after 1pm a 28-year-old woman was admitted to Ninewells Hospital in Dundee after sustaining a suspected broken ankle while taking part in an organised jump with Paragon.
BPA safety officer John Hitchen said he had been in contact with staff at both sites, but said there was no evidence of any wrongdoing.
Mr Hitchen, who has been a member of the association for the past 30 years, told The Courier: ''We inspect all skydiving companies every two years to ensure appropriate training, risk assessments and management structures are put in place.
''Centres are always quite honest with us as we have the power to stop all parachuting with immediate effect and take further action if required.''
Commenting on the Strathallan incident, he said: ''This really is a miracle tale of survival — it's just extraordinary the boy walked away with just cuts and bruises. He fell all that way without a working parachute — it could have been fatal."
He continued: "Everyone is really over the moon that he is okay. It was a freak accident. It appears he caught his backpack as he was exiting the aircraft and tumbled out uncontrollably.
"We believe that he followed the correct procedure by opening the reserve chute, but it was so tangled at this point it didn't work.
"We are in regular contact with Kieran Brady and the other staff at Strathallan and when we visited last year found that all their procedures were perfect.
"The club have done nothing wrong in this instance but we will carry out further investigations, as is our policy."
Mr Hitchen added: "There is an element of risk in the sport; anyone who says there isn't would be lying — it's an adventure pursuit like rock-climbing or bungee jumping.
"However, clubs are highly regulated and staff must be properly trained. They must have licensed parachute packers to ensure all risks are reduced."
Does anyone know anything more than what they're reporting? Sounds potentially like a dodgy S/L exit followed by a main-reserve entanglement...but who knows with the press!


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If you have not created your team yet, please do so before 10PM Tuesday.
We will not be using the site for our league but there will be information available that could be helpful.
More than anything else I need the dates when rosters need to be set. That is only available after the draft has begun.
I'll handle entering the players for each team so you will not need to be on line at anytime during the drafting process on Sports.ws.
Theres a vote up on the site too. I'm looking to expand the commish powers so I'll be able to log in as each owner, to enter your players for the draft.


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ONE lucky borough resident could win £25,000 just by paying his or her council tax by direct debit.
Hillingdon is one of 16 London councils which have teamed up with Bacs Payment Schemes, the not-for-profit organisation behind direct debit, to offer council taxpayers a chance to win the prize.
First, you must sign up to pay your council tax bill by direct debit by 5pm on Friday, July 11. Residents who already pay by direct debit will be automatically entered into the prize draw on July 17.
Council taxpayers on direct debit can arrange to pay their monthly instalments on either the first, 10th, 18th or 25th of each month.
Cllr Jonathan Bianco, cabinet member for finance, property and business services said: "Direct debit is a far cheaper and more efficient way for us to process payments and, importantly, the money we save can be used for the benefit of Hillingdon residents."
Other councils taking part in the prize draw are Barnet, Brent, City of Westminster, Ealing, Enfield, Hammersmith and Fulham, Haringey, Harrow, Hounslow, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Lambeth, Lewisham, Southwark and Tower Hamlets.
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Saint Mary's improves to 4-7 with their second consecutive win, while UC Davis dropped to 3-8 on the season.
The Gaels opened up the day with solid play on all three doubles courts. Sherif Hamdy and Seif El Sherbini earned the first win of the day on court three with an 8-4 win over Aria/Sherbakov. Saad Benkirane and Maxime Olivan clinched the point for SMC on court two, as the duo defeated Albert and Haley 8-4.
Steven Dawson-Roberts and Joakim Norstrom completed the doubles sweep for Saint Mary's with an 8-6 win on court one.
Norstrom added to the Gaels lead with a quick singles win on court four, defeating Verdi-Fortin 6-2, 6-3. After UCD earned a win on court two, El Sherbini put SMC up 3-1 with a 6-3, 6-2 win at the No. 5 spot.
Olivan clinched the match on court one, topping Sherbakov 7-5, 6-3. Hamdy also got a singles win on court three, defeating Aria 4-6, 6-0 (10-4).
The Gaels return to action next weekend with a match against Idaho. SMC will host the Vandals on Friday, March 9 at 3 p.m.


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Ryu trying to get leg up in Dodgers camp
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- If you've been following Hyun-Jin Ryu's first week in Dodgers camp carefully (and the entire nation of Korea apparently has), you'll know that he won't be running track for the South Korea Olympic Team if this baseball gig doesn't pan out.
He's got a $62 million left arm and he'll be appearing in the Dodgers' second exhibition game on Feb. 24 (Zack Greinke starts), but Ryu has struggled in running conditioning drills.
Apparently, he's out to change that. Ryu picked up the pace and crept into mid-pack on Saturday. In interviews after his second bullpen session, he made sure everybody knew, as if he's been sandbagging.
"I didn't come in last today," Ryu said through an interpreter. "I'm improving. Everybody is very impressed. I think it's my time to show how I really run."
Manager Don Mattingly was more focused on Ryu's pitching, standing in the batter's box to get a hitter's view of his new starter. The closest comparison he could make was former Dodgers lefty Sid Fernandez.
"The motion is subtle and the ball comes out easy," he said. "It catches you off-guard. It's a little different to time."
Mattingly saw only five pitches and all were fastballs, while Ryu acknowledged it was a little unnerving to have his manager in the box during a 50-pitch bullpen session.
"I was a little anxious. I'm not fully used to the ball yet," Ryu said. "Not just me, Other pitchers thought the ball was a little slick today."
Ryu was unhappy with a soft landing spot on the mound and went to a firmer one to complete his session, throwing effective changeups but struggling when mixing in curveballs. He will get two days off, then throw live batting practice.
"It wasn't bad at all," Ryu said. "Ten more pitches than the first time, I moved forward. I haven't thrown much of the curveball, but the changeup and fastball were pretty good." He said the goal for his first start is not to walk anybody.
"I'm not out to prove a point right away," Ryu said. "Getting closer to the regular season when I'm up to four or five innings, I'll get in more of a competitive mode. Until then I'm just adjusting to everything."
He joked around with third baseman Luis Cruz, who has reached out to make Ryu feel comfortable. While Korean media members were interviewing Cruz, Ryu reached in with a microphone and asked a question in Korean about a ping-pong challenge.
"I remember the first time in the States and I didn't speak English, and it doesn't feel good," said Cruz, a native of Mexico. "He's a good guy and I want to help him out. I know how he feels."
"We don't speak the same language," Ryu said of Cruz, "but he cares and he takes care of me. It's a good fit."


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After trying many discs I think I am finally settling on a few. For some background I have been playing weekly for about a year and a half and can consistently hit about 280 on a golf line (RHBH).
Let me know what you think any input is appreciated.
Teebird 175g Champion - Used as an overstable driver and for headwinds
Teebird 165g Star – Stable with predictable fade
Valkyrie 150g DX – Used for max D
Avenger SS 164g Z – I took of the flashing and it has beaten in to be fairly flippy I use it for turnovers and annies.
Buzzz 177g Z – I throw it for shots that I want to fade at the end.
Comet Max weight Z – used for shots when I want minimal fade.
Comet Max weight X – used mainly for annies.
Voodoo First Run 175g – Main Putter
Voodoo 150g – Sometimes used for longer puts on calm days.
I want to try an Ion but haven't gotten one yet.


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Termine selected as Yankees' All-Star Teacher
CLEVELAND -- William Termine, a lifelong Yankees fan who teaches at PS/IS 87Q in Middle Village, N.Y., has been selected as the team's representative among the 30 winners of the "All-Star Teachers" program. He will be recognized in a ceremony before the July 15 All-Star Game at Target Field.
The selections were announced on Tuesday by Major League Baseball, Target and PEOPLE Magazine. Termine has been a member of the New York City Board of Education for 18 years, working as a paraprofessional, classroom teacher, health teacher, physical-education teacher and part-time dean.
Pursuing his passion for fitness, in 2005, Termine introduced a program called CHAMPS (Cooperative Healthy Motivated Positive Students) where he acted as coach, supervisor and facilitator. He has helped children lose weight, create fitness goals and make healthier choices.
Fans nationwide cast their votes at AllStarTeachers.com to select 30 winners from a pool of 90 finalists.
Bryan Hoch is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @bryanhoch and read his MLBlog, Bombers Beat. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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text: Arts Notes: Oct. 27, 2013 By Judy Hamilton October 26, 2013 Story Share Dinner and art voteCHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The next Square Meal dinner and art project vote takes place from 6 to 8 p.m. Nov. 6 at Little India Restaurant, 1604 Washington St. E. Reservations made by Nov. 4 cost $16; price includes $10 toward the artist mini grant, $5 to the restaurant and $1 administrative cost. After Nov. 5 and at door, tickets cost $21. Tickets purchased online are subject to PayPal fees.Square Meal is an initiative where arts supporters dine at area restaurants and listen to brief presentations from four artists, selected by the Arts Council of Kanawha Valley, who seek mini grants for their projects. The ticket price includes a light dinner and a single vote for an artist.Past winning projects have included a theater production, live drawing classes, supplies to execute an art exhibit, and equipment to hold free showings of independent films. The average grant award is about $550.FestivALL recently partnered with the Arts Council by adding to the base funding $200 to each of the mini grants awarded. Sponsorships of the initiative are sought for future Square Meal events.Artists may submit grant proposals to the Arts Council at www.artskv.org; deadline is 5 p.m. Nov. 1. A Square Meal is planned for once every two months. Both future artists and host restaurants or caterers are wanted. For more information, visit artskv.org or email firstname.lastname@example.com TrioCHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The Capital Trio will play at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 6 at Kanawha United Presbyterian Church, 1009 Virginia St. E. There is no admission charge, but donations will be accepted.The Capital Trio has been chamber ensemble in residence at the University at Albany since 2008. Duncan Cumming (piano), Hilary Cumming (violin) and Solen Dikener (cello) formed the group in 1997 for a concert commemorating the 100th anniversary of the death of Johannes Brahms.Since then, they have performed in New England, New York, the Midwest, the South and in Europe. They have participated in summer festivals in Maine and Michigan and held university residencies at Williams College, Long Island University, Bates College, SUNY-Oswego and Clark University. Their recording "A Book of Hours, Music of William Matthews" was released in 2010, and their second recording for Albany Records, featuring the music of David Walther, came out this past summer. For more on the Capital Trio, visit www.duncanjcumming.com.For additional information about the concert at First Presbyterian Church, call 304-342-6558.'Rock/Paper/Scissors'PARKERSBURG, W.Va. -- Four West Virginia artists are featured in the "Rock/Paper/Scissors" exhibit at the Parkersburg Art Center.The art of Dick Allowatt, of Charleston; Deborah McHenry, of St. Albans; and Susan Ting and Pat Reese, both of Morgantown, will be featured in the gallery from Nov. 8 through Dec. 31. Parkersburg Art Center, 725 Market St., is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. Admission is $2; free on Wednesdays and for children younger than 12. For additional information, call 304-485-3859 or visit www.parkersburgartcenter.org. Carnegie Hall exhibitsLEWISBURG, W.Va. -- Carnegie Hall's art galleries will feature the art and photography of Judith Bair, Steven Hutchins and Richard Pranulis from Nov. 1 through Dec. 27.In conjunction with Lewisburg's First Friday festivities, there will be opening receptions in each of the galleries from 5 to 8 p.m. Nov. 1. Gallery receptions are open to the public and free of charge.In the Old Stone Room, Judith Bair's "States of Nature" oil bar paintings will be featured. Steven Hutchins' "Museum of Natural, Technological and Sociological Wonders" is in the Auditorium Gallery. Richard Pranulis' "Photo Ops" exhibit is in the Museum Gallery.Exhibits are open 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday. Many of the works are available for purchase. The purchase of artwork exhibiting at Carnegie Hall benefits both the artist and the hall. For additional information, call 304-645-7917 or visit www.carnegiehallwv.org.Greenbrier art party WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. -- The Greenbrier has partnered with Walls Fine Art Gallery to present its first Greenbrier Fine Art Week Nov. 4-10. The Greenbrier Fine Art Week gathers a select group of fine artists from around the country to paint and to record the area's landscape, including its mountains, valleys, towns and rivers."Through Their Eyes" features 13 artists who will show three completed paintings. They will be displayed throughout the week in The Greenbrier's Cameo Ballroom. The week will include free daily art events, including afternoon painting on the resort's grounds, a "Meet the Artists" event, a lecture on John Singer Sargent, and a panel Q&A with the featured artists."Considering the world-class art collection housed within the walls of our historic resort, which includes some priceless works of Colonial American painting and antiques, it makes perfect sense for The Greenbrier to host its own dedicated Fine Art Week," said resort owner Jim Justice.The main event will be the First Look! party, 5:30 to 7 p.m. Nov. 8, where about 50 new paintings will be unveiled and available for purchase for the first time. Tickets for the First Look! party originally were $250, but Justice has elected to cover most of the cost of the Fine Art Week and the ticket price has been reduced to $25. Call 855-787-8105. There is no admission to all other Greenbrier Fine Art Week events.For a full schedule of events, visit www.greenbrier.com/art or call Nancy Marshall at Walls Fine Art Gallery, 304-520-1221.HMOA art and concertHUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- The Huntington Museum of Art, in partnership with the Telfair Museums in Savannah, Ga., presents the exhibit "Visions of the Prophet: The Visual Art of Khalil Gibran" from Nov. 2 through Feb. 9.The opening reception is at 7 p.m. Nov. 2 with a concert by Simon Shaheen, whose musical release "Blue Flame" was nominated for 11 Grammy Awards. Admission is free. Auditorium seating for the concert is available on a first-come, first-served basis.The exhibit of works by the artist and writer Gibran (1883-1931) includes 96 drawings, watercolors and paintings. While his writings are well known, his visual art is not. He is best known for his book "The Prophet," a collection of 26 philosophical essays that became one of the top-selling books of the 20th century.All the pieces on view come from the personal collection of Gibran's patron Mary Haskell, who donated her collection to the Telfair Museums in 1950. They provide a survey of Gibran's career as a visual artist, document his relationship with Mary Haskell, and substantiate his literary career with examples of several drawings and watercolors used as illustrations for six of his books.The November Tuesday Tour at HMOA takes place at 7 p.m. Nov. 26 with a gallery walk led by Clay McNearney and Jeff Rush, both professors in Marshall University's department of religious studies. McNearney's remarks will focus on placing Gibran within the realm of the religious world of the time, and Rush will focus on Gibran's specific mysticism.Huntington Museum of Art, 2033 McCoy Road, Huntington. The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Memberships begin at $25; benefits include free admission. Contact 304-529-2701 or www.hmoa.org.Tamarack artisanBECKLEY, W.Va. -- Suzanne Kniceley recently completed the process to jury into Tamarack with a perfect score.Kniceley makes a wide range of purses and accessories, as well as children's clothing and toys. She also accommodates custom orders and alterations. Her best-seller, a spacious cinched hobo bag called "Petunia," features a thick strap woven through 16 metal eyelets and is designed to allow the user to shrink or expand the purse depending on its contents.Her business, Kniceley Sewn, is based in Shinnston. To learn more about Kniceley and her products, email firstname.lastname@example.com: The Best of West Virginia, exit 45 off Interstate 77, Beckley. 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. daily. 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Something that is posted over and over again is that moves are on the way, moves are coming. Everyone's for it. It sounds great. Then you take a look at our mediocre roster and the question that comes up is: What GM in their right mind would take some of these guys? It's impossible to find any players that we want out of here that have any substantial trade value. GM's aren't in the business of taking the Pacers collective crap off of their hands for players with actual value. I think some of you are going to be severely disappointed when the Pacers start next season with a roster largely similar.
Let's look at these players one by one.
Austin Croshere: Has trade value only because of his expiring contract, would be more likely to be shipped midseason. One of the few good attitudes on the team.
Jeff Foster: A hard player, but I don't think teams will be lining up to get him.
Eddie Gill: Free agent, nothing to be said there anyway.
Danny Granger: A good kid. Management seems to like him. Fans like him. Would be extremely unlikely for him to be traded.
David Harrison: A possible prospect. Work ethic a concern. The Pacers probably need to hang on to him as he is one of the only true centers here.
Stephen Jackson: Who wants this guy? Why would any GM trade for him? No GM would want him for the same reasons everyone wants him gone.
Sarunas Jasikevicius: Not the first year most of us had hoped for. Good maybe spark the interest of some teams, but he's not going to net you anyone worth much.
Anthony Johnson: Probably one of the few good attitudes here. It's hard to want to kick a guy out the door after he played his *** off for you in the playoffs. He could be used as an add on in a deal, but he won't be enough to get you anyone worth much.
Fred Jones: Free agent.
Jermaine O'Neal: The trade rumors constantly come up, but I think we all know he isn't going anywhere unless we got someone huge in return.
Scot Pollard: Free agent.
Peja Stojakovic: Gone.
Jamaal Tinsley. Injured constantly. Attitude a concern. No one would trade a starting caliber pg for this guy.
James White, Shawne Williams: Just drafted.
That's our roster right there. I want to know how we are going to make substantial upgrades with that extremely mediocre roster. We'll probably use the full MLE, that will help. But what trades can Bird/Walsh pull with that? If they can make substantial roster changes with that collective garbage, they will have pulled off one of the most brilliant offseasons for a franchise in NBA history.
I get so tired of seeing "Jax/Tins/Foster" for X, X, and X. Why would anyone want that? Team's want to win. Teams aren't in the market to take the Pacers collective garbage off of their hands. If I was a fan of a team that had just traded someone that was decent for Stephen Jackson and Jamaal Tinsley, I'd probably jump off of a cliff.
There are only 2 players on the Pacers roster who would spark interest of other GM's. Jermaine O'Neal and Danny Granger, and those are the 2 players most of us want to see back (I'd be open to O'Neal leaving only if we were getting a huge player in return). I would view the rest of the roster as nothing but mediocrity. Croshere would intrigue me only because of his expiring contract. Why would anyone want to give up something good for the rest of those guys? They're the epitome of mediocre NBA players.
Sorry, I just think the Pacers are going to enter next season with a roster that is largely similar to this. We will probably use the MLE and the vet's exception. But as far as trades, I don't see many happening. I think Bird/Walsh are definitely trying, but GM's are GM's for a reason, they know a little about the game. No GM wants a cancer like Stephen Jackson. There may be someone out there who'd want to give Tinsley a try, but honestly, who'd give up a starting caliber point guard, which is what the Pacers need, for him?