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QUESTION OF THE WEEK- When did you last ride a bicycle?
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Tyler Magill: "A, I'm carbon neutral. B, I got on a bike about five years ago to get a gift for my fiancee. And I found out one thing: getting back on a bike after a long absence is not just like getting back on a bicycle."

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"If people turn to look at you on the streets, it means you're not well dressed."-
famous words by one of my great examples: the late Beau Brummel. Google that shit everybody! Lately I've been thinking about his words a lot. Is it true that we ought to blend in with the crowd, in order to be a real dandy? Is it not gentleman-like to stand out?


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Ann Curry expected to replace Meredith Vieira on 'Today'
A month ago, we told you that Ann Curry, longtime news anchor for NBC's "Today," was expected to replace Meredith Vieira as the show's co-host; over the weekend, the New York Times reported that NBC would make the announcement on Monday. (Vieira is leaving of her own accord, and if all goes as planned, Curry should take her seat in June.) Nothing's official yet -- NBC did not return calls for confirmation, and Osama bin Laden's death may have pushed the announcement back a day or two -- but NBC's expected to tap Natalie Morales, the 9 a.m. anchor of "Today," as the new news anchor, while moving White House correspondent and MSNBC anchor Savannah Guthrie into the 9 a.m. anchor spot.
The news could come at a time of great reshuffling among the network news and morning shows. Katie Couric recently confirmed that she's leaving CBS Evening News, and CBS is expected to announce Scott Pelley of "60 Minutes" as her replacement. On Friday, Erin Burnett of CNBC announced that she's leaving for CNN. Meanwhile, Couric is planning a move to daytime with her own show, leading some to speculate whether her former "Today" co-anchor Matt Lauer will eventually join her. (His contract is up in 2012, though his boss, Jim Bell, says Lauer's not leaving.)
Curry's promotion would come five years after she was passed over for the position when Couric left "Today" for CBS. Since Vieira began co-hosting in 2006, Curry has developed a reputation as a hard-news reporter, occasionally filling in on NBC's "Nightly News." We look forward to seeing her get just as passionate about interviewing drunk Ewoks and Donald Trump as she was about reporting from Kosovo, Darfur, and Pakistan.
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Biking boom sparking new cycling-centric businesses
Even if they never get on a bike themselves, most people in Minneapolis are aware of the city's reputation as one of the top cycling cities in the world. Much of that reputation stems from biking infrastructure like bike lanes and paths, as well as the city's many bike-friendly events and programs like Nice Ride. But there is more to Minneapolis' biking scene than what you see on the trails. Over the last several years, Minneapolis has developed a robust bicycle gear manufacturing industry. Here is a look at a few of the companies behind Minneapolis' pedal-powered revolution.
Groucho Sports
One of the younger bicycle gear companies in Minneapolis, Groucho Sports was founded by David Urbaniak and Jeff Tietz in 2010. The apparel company launched its first line in spring 2011 with the goal of making gear that is affordable and appropriate for all types of riders.
"We started out with the idea of creating a clean, accessible line at a solid price point with the ability to make cycling more accessible," Urbaniak saud. "We wanted something that would lend itself well to someone who is just getting into biking."
Groucho Sports produces bike-themed T-shirts and cycling jerseys, as well as accessories like socks, hats and water bottles. The company's jersey styles reflect its Minneapolis roots, with names like "The Nordeast" and "The Greenway Flyer." Groucho Sports also collaborates with local artist for many of its products, such as a jersey designed by Northeast-based MettleVelo, a design shop focused on bicycle culture.
Groucho Sports merchandise is currently only available online, which Urbaniak said is a major reason the company can offer lower price points on typically expensive items like cycling jerseys. However, the company is exploring ways to bring its gear to local bike shops.
Along with the online shop, grouchosports.com has another unique attraction: bloggers who write about anything and everything bike related. Groucho Sports sponsors a series of cyclists of various skill levels to talk about their biking experiences. It's a great resource for novice riders, as Groucho's bloggers discuss everything from bike maintenance to their gear choices to planning a perfect ride.
Banjo Brothers
Like many companies, Bicycle bag company Banjo Brothers began when its founders lost their jobs at a previous employer. Founders Eric Leugers and Mike Vanderscheuren worked together in the bag and tool belt division of a larger company and learned their division would soon be sold off. Rather than take jobs in another division, they both accepted severance packages and decided to go into business together.
"You hear don't do this, but we started a business out of necessity because we needed to pay the mortgage and buy beer," said Vanderscheuren. "But If you passionately feel like you want to do this, then you owe it to yourself to jump. You will regret it if you don't take that leap."
Both avid cyclists, Leugers and Vanderscheuren decided to use their bag manufacturing experience to launch their own line of cycling bags, focused on function and durability over aesthetics. The company launched in 2004 with its products in seven Twin Cities bicycle shop. Now, Banjo Brothers bags can be found in over 500 shops around the world.
With sales of its backpacks, bags and accessories happening around the world, Minneapolis has gone from Banjo Brothers' only market to a small percentage of its overall sales. But the company often cites Minneapolis in its marketing and stays active in the local cycling community by sponsoring events such as the Tiny Bikeshop concert series, which are often co-sponsored by another local biking company. These events bring a musician to a bike shop for intimate performances that brings together the audiences for the gear, the musician and the shop. Leugers and Vanderscheuren said that collaboration between local bike companies is a big part of how they like to do business and is good for everyone involved.
As for the name of the company, Leugers summed it up simply: "It was silly and not trademarked."
Twin Six
One of the brands Banjo Brothers has collaborated with is Twin Six, the cycling apparel found by graphic designers Brent Gale and Ryan Carlson. The two men met while working at a local design firm and launched the company out of Gale's house in 2004. The problem they sought to solve was a natural one for designers to tackle: A lot of bicycle wear is really ugly.
"We wanted to create jerseys that were following fashion and graphic trends as opposed to cycling trends," said Gale.
Twin Six makes bicycling jerseys, T-shirts and accessories that are cleaner, sleeker and more stylish than the often garish clothes made by other companies. "It's on-trend, but it's not trendy," said Carlson. "It doesn't go out of style." A good portion of its offerings include biking-inspired T-shirts, which Gale said were rare when Twin Six started. Bike shops might carry logo shirts for specific brands, but they weren't carrying stylish shirts that promote cycling in general. "These are shirts that you can wear out to the bar," said Carlson.
Unlike Groucho Sports and Banjo Brothers, Twin Six got its start nationally before catching on in its home city. Gale and Carlson took their first six jerseys to trade show Interbike in 2005 and were picked up by national retailers like REI. Gale and Carlson said Minneapolis bikers started getting into Twin Six gears a couple years after they launched.
"Now it's hard to go on a bike ride and not see our stuff somewhere," said Gale.
"Even our mailman is wearing our socks," said Carlson.
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The days when major browser updates were few and far between are over. Nowadays, it's de rigueur for browser manufacturers to speed up development, which means opening up less stable builds to the masses in order to get them bug-checked as quickly as possible.
Opera is no exception, and Opera Next adopts the same approach to Firefox Aurora in providing a completely separate installation of the latest unstable version of Opera for people to road-test without affecting their day-to-day browsing.
The reasoning is simple: you get to try out the new features without affecting your existing installation, so if the developmental version is too buggy for your tastes, you can use your tried and trusted version, no problem. And because Opera Next updates as soon as the latest development build is released, you can keep checking back regularly to see what's up and coming and whether the bugs you've encountered have been fixed yet.
You'll be able to differentiate between stable and developmental build by the colour of the program icon: Opera's icon remains red, while Opera Next's icon is silver grey, meaning it'll be safe for even relatively inexperienced users to try out new features before they become generally available.
This is the first build of the forthcoming Opera 12.50, codenamed 'Marlin'. It's still work-in-progress, but early new features include an implementation of the Clipboard API, support for some -webkit prefixed CSS properties, a redesigned keyboard event handling,and integration with Mac OS X 10.8's Notification Center.
Opera Next is a great way to safely road-test upcoming features in this slimline and powerful browser without affecting your existing, stable installation.


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Club will continue to be aggressive despite tough day Saturday
BOSTON -- The Red Sox have no qualms about their approach on the basepaths.
They will be aggressive, they will try to take the extra base and they will force a catcher to prove he can throw runners out.
More than halfway through the season, it's an approach that has yielded results for the team with the best record in the American League. No team in the AL has stolen more bases (73) and no team is successful a higher percentage of the time (82 percent) than Boston, which also owns the highest-scoring offense in baseball.
But sometimes -- like during the Red Sox's 5-2 loss to the Yankees on Saturday -- the aggressiveness can backfire, and when it does, it can cost them the game.
The Sox didn't have many opportunities Saturday, but they ran themselves out of many of their most promising chances. Three runners were thrown out in the game, including two at home plate, squandering some of the few chances they had to put runs on the board.
"It's a fine line," manager John Farrell said. "Game situation is going to dictate most of it, if not all of it. It worked against us a couple times today."
Daniel Nava was thrown out twice, including once at home. The first instance came in the game's opening frame when he tried to score on David Ortiz's single.
Nava stumbled rounding third, giving Yankees left fielder Vernon Wells more than enough time to fire the ball to catcher Chris Stewart and get Nava with several steps to spare.
"You've got to send someone in that situation with two outs, and he made a good play, made a good throw and, unfortunately, today was just a rough one on the bases for me today, so I'll learn from it," Nava said.
Nava's footing might have failed him in the first, but later in the game, Nava said his brain was to blame. Trailing by two in the eighth, Dustin Pedroia popped out behind home plate. Stewart leaned into the crowd to make a tough catch, but Nava -- even though Ortiz was coming up to the plate as the game's tying run -- tried to tag and advance.
Stewart fired to second in time to catch Nava for the third out of the inning and end the last threat the Red Sox mounted in the game.
"Right before the play happened, I was actually told don't go anywhere, and then I just stopped thinking when the ball was hit in the air," Nava said. "That's unfortunate, because late in the game, you need to be on top of stuff, and that was just one of those times when I just wasn't on top of what I should have been on top of."
Added Farrell, "Down two with David on deck, again, overaggressiveness on that part."
In the fifth, the Red Sox had runners on second and third with two outs, but when a pitch slipped by Stewart, Mike Carp was caught trying to score from third, ending yet another threat.
In a close game against a division rival, the mistakes added up.
"We had a couple opportunities and we didn't run the bases so well today, myself included, and it cost us the ballgame," Carp said.
One game won't change Boston's approach, though. Farrell firmly believes in a healthy amount of aggression, and unless the mistakes become a pattern instead of an anomaly, Boston will continue to push the limits on the bases.
"We run the bases well," Carp said. "We've done a good job all year moving guys, shuffling first to third and scoring on base hits from second. Just one of those things. It happens and you don't want it to happen very often. Just go back out there tomorrow and get after it."


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It's been a long time since I've done or featured a DIY, which is something I definitely miss having on my blog. Making heart shaped elbow patches to update a few of my old cardigans and jumpers is something I've been planning to try out for a while now.
You'll need:
♥ a wool sweater
♥ a 36 gauge felting needle
♥ a piece of dense foam cut to size or needle mat
♥ some wool roving
♥ a 3″ heart cookie cutter
♥ an iron
With the sweater on, place a piece of tape about half an inch below the elbow. Do the same with the opposite elbow. Remove the sweater and insert the foam block into one of the sleeves.
Align and center the bottom of the cookie cutter along the top of the tape. Pinch off a few tufts of wool roving.
Fill the cutter, spreading out the wool fibers evenly.
At the base of all felting needles are tiny, sharp burrs, which grab and interlock the wool fibers. While holding the needle vertically, repeatedly stab it into the wool roving and through the sweater. Work around the outer perimeter of the cutter first and then work my way inwards. Important tip: To prevent breaking the needle, always keep the needle upright and never at an angle.
Remove the cutter and use the tip of the needle to reign in any stray fibers. Don't worry about the holes as they will be fixed later. Patch up any bare or uneven spots by adding more wool roving where needed.
Carefully peel the sweater away from the foam. Notice that the fibers have transferred through to the backside of the sweater. To smooth and set the patch, spritz with water and press with an iron on the wool setting.
♥ 1/2 yard of felt (any color you want)
♥ a needle, thread, sewing chalk and sewing pins
Thread your needle and sew around the edges of the heart patch, securing it to the sleeve. Repeat on the other side.


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It's official: Dell doesn't have an exclusive deal with Intel, and has an open mind on using AMD processors in its products.
So said company chairman Michael Dell last week when cornered by a Reuters reporter at the World Economic Forum event in Davos, Switzerland. "Sure," he said when asked if the company might offer Opteron and/or Athlon-based machines. "We do not have an exclusive relationship with Intel."
However, "I do not have any new product to announce today", Dell added.
Unsurprisingly, Dell's comments were met with a host of 'it's going to happen!' calls from AMD fanboys, and a comparable quantity of 'it'll never happen' yells from the Intel supporters. What we can say is that Dell will continue to offer up 'it might happen' statements, just as it's been doing for the past four years or so - all of which, we note, have raised hopes but never materialised.
Is there anything different this time round? Well, AMD's processors, particularly those aimed at servers, are increasingly in demand, and that might just swing it for AMD to win Dell's business. Then again, the incentives to stick with Intel remain in place as they always have done. Given Opteron's success they may even be more tempting, especially with juicy next-gen architecture-based server chips getting ever closer. ®


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Through IFTA, each commercial motor carrier has one fuel use license and one administering base jurisdiction. Using IFTA, companies register with the jurisdiction in which they are based, and receive credentials that allow them to travel through other IFTA member jurisdictions. These companies file a single quarterly tax return with a single payment to their base jurisdiction that covers all their travel in all IFTA member jurisdictions. The IFTA tax return is designed to reallocate fuel tax paid on special fuels, purchased at retail locations or in bulk, based on the number of miles traveled in each jurisdiction. The IFTA tax return calculates tax due and/or tax credits due to each jurisdiction to arrive at a total tax due or credit due to the trucker or company.
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Serious Entertaining: To Have or Have Not
Seasonal menu planning for the perfect dinner party.
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Stone Crab Claws with Mustard Dipping Sauce »
Mahi Mahi w/Spicy Mango Salsa »
Sweet Potatoes with Lime-Cilantro Dressing »
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Hemingway Daiquiris »
This week's get-together is inspired by one of the literary world's greatest partiers: Ernest Hemingway. In the 1930s, Hemingway lived in the Florida Keys and this tropical paradise became the setting for his novel To Have or Have Not. Hemingway's tale of intrigue and daring would be perfect at your next book club meeting. It would also be fun—apologies to my English teachers—to give a showing of the movie instead. The 1944 film version features a perfect pairing of roguish Humphrey Bogart and sassy Lauren Becall.
The important part is to hear the ocean breeze, crack open some crab claws, and pour yourself a daiquiri. Hemingway would have approved.
Stone Crab is native to the waters off of the Florida Keys. The sweet claw meat is perfect dipped into a spicy sauce made with mustard, horseradish and hot sauce.
Mahi Mahi, also known as Dolphin Fish (no relation to Flipper) is a firm, meaty fish that's a nice change from tuna. Pair it with this fresh salsa: The juicy mango has a tropical sweetness that plays against zesty lime juice and spicy jalapeños.
The Florida Keys have been a pit-stop for travelers for decades, much to the benefit of their food. The sweet potato gives a nod to Southern cuisine while the lime-cilantro vinaigrette pays homage to nearby Cuba.
Though Key Lime Pie is the iconic dish of the Florida Keys, these smaller, tarter versions of regular Persian limes are fantastic in other sweets. These Key Lime Bars have a smooth, tart key lime filling topped by a layer of sweet meringue and a rich, buttery crust.
Legend has it that Hemingway liked his daiquiris stronger than a Florida Hurricane. We've remade a slightly tempered, but no less delicious version of his favorite rum-based cocktail.
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Dr. Lora A. Sporny has been adjunct assistant and associate professor of nutrition and education at Columbia University's Teachers College since 1992. In addition to being on the faculty of Teachers College, for the past 15 years she has taught and continues to teach three nutrition courses yearly in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Connecticut. Every two years she also teaches an intensive graduate course in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel and recently she taught an intensive graduate course in the School of Health and Education at Reykjavik University in Iceland.
One of Dr. Sporny's first faculty positions was in the Nutrition and Food Science Department of Hunter College, City University of New York. She was an adjunct instructor and then assistant professor from 1988 through 1994. And each fall semester for over 15 years she conducted a lecture series in the Graduate School of Journalism's Science and Environmental Reporting Program at New York University. In addition to her faculty responsibilities, she engages in a variety of consulting activities, including the development of Dietetic Internship Programs. One of the Dietetic Internship Programs was developed for the Sarasota County Board of Education in Florida. The Program is one of only a few nationwide that specializes in childhood nutrition education and school food service. With a strong belief in diet's effect on metabolic programming, Dr. Sporny is an advocate of healthful diets and nutrition education early in life. Towards this end, she edited four nutrition books that are available in many middle schools and high schools throughout the U.S. and Canada. Other professional activities have included writing nutrition education curricula for community programs, editing nutrition education modules on disease management and prevention for the Internet, and speaking about diet and disease to audiences in a variety of settings.


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The popularity of the ETF as an investment vehicle continues to grow, with 1,250 U.S. ETFs holding $1.1 trillion in mid-2012, according to State Street Global Advisors. Mutual funds still hold the greatest amount of assets from advisors, about 40%, according to the latest AdvisorBenchmaking report. But ETFs represent the next-highest amount, around 14%, and it appears as though those percentages may continue to narrow. Since the beginning of 2012, investors have pulled almost $15 billion from U.S. stock funds, while boosting money put into ETFs by $16 billion, according to industry studies.
Much of the growth in ETFs is due to advisors' using them to help clients efficiently and cost-effectively take advantage of investment opportunities around the world in the equity, fixed income and alternative investment markets. ETF asset growth is lately also benefiting from growth in the types of ETFs, for example, equal-weighted products, those with a fixed-income target maturity similar to a bond ladder, and actively managed ETFs.
Encouraged by the slow but measurable improvement in the economy, most advisors appear willing to use ETFs to implement at least a portion of their clients' portfolio strategies. In the latest AdvisorBenchmaking report, for example, 54% of advisors say they are likely to increase their use of the ETFs in the near future, with 43% saying they expect their use of ETFs over the next three years to remain the same.
According to the latest AdvisorBenchmarking report, advisors continue to be drawn to ETFs mainly because of their fees. The expense ratio of many ETFs is usually well below that of a similar-strategy mutual fund, and for some ETFs the cost is only a few basis points. Because ETFs trade on an exchange like a stock, investors can buy and sell ETFs without causing the fund manager to raise cash to meet redemptions, as in a mutual fund, thus avoiding a taxable event.
Specific benchmark exposure is also appealing to advisors, which is understandable, since many were not accessible to retail investors until ETFs came along. Today, the most popular ETFs usually track broad indices, but there is an ETF for most every asset class, if not every sector and sub-index. From the most remote geography to the least familiar commodity, an ETF is seemingly available.
ETFs also offer transparency in holdings and operations. Advisors can often see what stocks or other instruments an ETF is holding on a daily basis, and the actions of authorized participants whose job it is to create and redeem ETF shares at any time, as market conditions warrant, help ensure that ETF market prices will closely reflect the value of their underlying holdings. Moreover, ETFs publish their calculation of an ETF's intraday market value based on the current price of the underlying securities. The indicative intraday value, as it is known, has its own ticker and is updated and published continuously throughout the trading day.
What is the strategic role of ETFs in portfolios? According to the survey, many strategies lie behind ETF implementation. While "core" and "sector" exposures were most common, several other approaches were all within a few points of each other, including: alternatives exposure, directional market positions, factor or asset class exposures and country/region exposure. Clearly, ETFs are providing advisors and investors with attractive options for expressing their views, and that is translating into strong, consistent growth for these vehicles.
ETFs and mutual funds are likely to continue to be the leading vehicles where advisors put their clients' money, and in certain circumstances, one may offer an advantage over the other. But ETFs have proven to be a force, and savvy advisors will ensure that they have a prominent place among the tools used to help clients achieve their investment objectives.
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A Greenpeace team make a composite image from the western side of the Middle Rongbuk glacier.
The viewpoint is approximately 1 km from the site of the 1968 original photo. The Greenpeace team were unable to reach the 1968 site to make an exact comparison owing to the rapid deterioration and collapse of the mountain side. The degradation of the Everest environment and glacial retreat is, Greenpeace believes, a direct result of climate change. The Rongbuk glaciers are a water source to the major rivers of China and India and put millions at risk if water sources disappear. The Middle Rongbuk glacier has retreated 2 km over the last 40 years.
Top Photo: 1968 Middle Rongbuk glacier, Everest, Himalayas, Tibet, China (5800m)
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* [http://www.mobilitysite.com/2007/02/small_compact_bluetooth_keyboard.php Credit-card sized bluetooth keyboard]
* [http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/8193/ Bluetooth laser virtual keyboard]
* [http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/8193/ Bluetooth laser virtual keyboard]
* [http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/6c82/ Frogpad]
* [http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/6c82/ Frogpad]
Revision as of 08:34, 15 May 2007
Current version supports input using on screen keyboard. You can also use Bluetooth keyboards and with (battery) powered USB hub can also use USB keyboards.
Near computer can also use networking over Bluetooth or USB and then ssh into device or run X11 programs remotely and thus use whatever input possibilities other computer supports.
|Wishes warning! This article or section documents one or more OpenMoko Wish List items, the features described here may or may not be implemented in the future.
New input methods
- Another text input
- Dasher (Wikipedia link)
- Finger splash (Idea presented on OpenMoko community mailing list)
- HexInput
- MessagEaseST (YouTube demo)
- Morse Code
- Quikwriting
- Shape Writing
- Werner Almesberger's finger input suggestion (Draft layout as pdf)
- XMerlin
Patented input methods
- EdgeWrite
- Fitaly Keyboard
- Input method used by Garmin (Maybe patented?)
- SpeedScript
- TenGO
- AgileText
Other ways to enter text
- Once there is hardware with multi-touch screen support, gesturing with 2-3 fingers might offer interesting possibilities.
- Use voice to dictate text
Interesting hardware input devices
- Credit-card sized bluetooth keyboard (Note: apparently supports only Bluetooth Serial Port Profile and not HID; supportable, of course, but does Bluez handle these already as keyboards or would that require hacking?)
- Bluetooth laser virtual keyboard
- Frogpad
- Freedom Mini, apparently not manufactured anymore but still sold and works out of the box with Bluez' hidd. Has a spring-loaded hinge for squeezing a phone/PDA against the keyboard; seems like a Neo could attach nicely but don't have one to actually test. --Mjr 10:30, 15 May 2007 (CEST)


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Jerry McElhatton, senior executive vice president for MasterCard International, will be the guest speaker for the 174th commencement ceremony at Lindenwood University on Saturday, May 19. Undergraduate and graduate degrees will be conferred upon 2,023 graduates, making this the largest commencement in Lindenwood history.
McElhatton is responsible for global technology and operations at MasterCard, ensuring that company's technology leadership and quality of operations. He joined MasterCard in 1994, and is overseeing the construction of a $135 million, 535,000-square foot advanced technology center in O'Fallon, Mo.
John Hammond, longtime business leader in St. Louis and St. Charles counties and a member of the Lindenwood University Board of Directors, will be the featured speaker for the baccalaureate service to be held Friday, May 18. During the baccalaureate service, Wendy Dunlap (B.A. class of 1990), of Las Vegas, Nevada will receive the Lindenwood Alumni Merit Award for Professional Accomplishment and Sandra Starr Moon (B.A., class of 1968) of Huntsville, Ala., will receive the Lindenwood Alumni Merit Award for Service to Lindenwood. The awards will be presented by Randy Karraker (B.A., class of 1984), a sportscaster with KTRS.
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There are no cell phones. There are laughs about appearing on the Merv Griffin show. And there's a major plot point about a play existing in manuscript with only one carbon copy. And you know what? Being dated is absolutely not a problem for Matthew Warchus's smart revival of Ira Levin's 1978 smash "Deathtrap." Armed with Simon Russell Beale in top form and Jonathan "Glee" Groff in a sharp U.K. debut, this comedy-thriller is re-revealed as a deliciously guilty pleasure.
Sidney (Russell Beale) is a thriller dramatist holed up in Connecticut with a string of past successes and a future that's a cross between a blank page and a black hole. Sidney's rapid pulse-rate as he brandishes the manuscript of a brilliant new thriller is only matched by his near-toxic levels of envy since the play in question is not actually his. It's the debut of former student Clifford (Groff), a young man conveniently unencumbered with friends or relations who know he has contacted Sidney.
"Would you really kill someone to have another hit?" inquires his wife (Claire Skinner), more than a trifle nervously. "Oh don't be foolish, darling," retorts Sidney, evenly. "Of course I would." The laugh that greets his response is accompanied by the thought almost physically rippling through the auditorium: "Would he?"
From that point on, the stage is set for double-edged theatrical chicanery. A decade before the term "deconstruction" became public property, Levin's utterly knowing confection outsleuthed "Sleuth," simultaneously taking apart and reveling in the contrivances of the thriller genre.
With crosses and double-crosses it would be curmudgeonly to reveal, Levin's consciously twisty plot mixes the thrills of a murder mystery with the satisfaction of being led through a complex maze. Yet "Deathtrap" is actually most like a magic act. In the right hands – as here – its success is in the misdirection.
Warchus' pacing keeps audiences focused exactly where he wants them. The precision of the actors ties audiences to the action tightly enough to deliver the surprises – to screams of delighted terror. Better still, the production deftly balances what is happening on the surface with what Warchus wants audiences to see beneath it. There's a tangible sense of the audience wising up to hidden motives, only to be dumbfounded when switches get pulled.
Everything is underlined by Gary Yershon's coolly creepy score that isolates key moments further amplified by Hugh Vanstone's expertly controlling lighting plot. As a result, the production consistently diverts the audience from the truth in a manner that's, well, truly diverting.
Playing a character who, fascinatingly, lies almost throughout, Russell Beale delivers another masterclass in comic timing. His scandalized stupefaction at his protege's naivete stops only just short, blissfully, of eye-rolling horror. And an alert, bouncy Groff matches him in self-control, not giving too much away too soon.
All five cast members, including a grandly daffy turn from Estelle Parsons as nosy psychic neighbor Helga ten Dorp, maintain such concentration that tension is sustained almost throughout. The only sagging point is the scene of the final twist that feels like a contrivance too far.
Contemporary theater economics – and the brevity of actors' contracts – being what they are, this is unlikely to rival the original production's extraordinary four-year Gotham run. Nonetheless, in the shorter term, it is, in the best sense, the definition of good old-fashioned entertainment.


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Hikers must access the South Kaibab Trailhead by shuttle bus. There are two options.
- An early morning Hikers' Express goes to the South Kaibab Trailhead from Bright Angel Lodge shuttle bus stop, the Backcountry Information Center, and Grand Canyon Visitor Center daily, year-round. Parking is available at the Backcountry Information Center.
- The Kaibab/Rim Route shuttle provides transportation between the Grand Canyon Visitor Center, the Yavapai Geology Museum, the South Kaibab Trailhead, Yaki Point, and rim viewpoints.
Visit the Shuttle Buses page for schedules and more info.