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Terry Booth's '28 Ford Sedan - Stand And DeliverWritten on April 23, 2007 What Would You Do To Get What You Want?
Some will go to great lengths to own another's prized possessions. For centuries-until 1831, in fact-traveling Britons feared hearing the order to "stand and deliver," for it meant surrendering valuables to pistol-brandishing highwaymen. While we're not insinuating Terry Booth obtained his '28 Ford sedan delivery by illegal means, his story speaks of going to great lengths to get something. Like our villain's demands, it may even make a few people uneasy.
"I chased one sedan delivery for a bunch of years. I first saw it at the '74 Portland Roadster Show and just knew I had to have it," he says. While the builder wouldn't part with it at the time, the delivery's draw proved so strong that Terry built a '29 roadster-a car he still owns-just to quench his desire.
Despite the fact that the delivery changed hands numerous times over the years, it eluded Terry. "I finally told myself, 'the only way I'm going to own one of these things is if I build it myself,'" and that he did. But, before we tell you how he did it, we offer the following warning: The purists among you may find the following unsettling.
The sedan delivery Terry found in Spokane, Washington, spent more time in dormancy than driving. In fact, it sat in one garage for 35 years by the time it and Terry crossed paths. "Everything was on this car. It was absolutely complete, right down to all the little details," he says. "When I talked to the guy, he told me 'people come from all over the world to see this car. They say it's the only one they've ever seen that's never been touched.' That made me want it even more." Then the ol' boy told him something that only fueled his fire: "It's not for sale." "I asked him if I could call him again; he said yes, so I called him about once a month-for the next two years."
Whether he owned up to the fact that he'd never finish the restoration or he just wanted Terry to stop calling, or both, the restorer finally released his grip. "My son and I put a set of plugs in it and some fresh fuel, and fired it right up," Terry says. "We even drove it around like that for a bit." Soon after, a '29 Tudor sedan on an older Snow-White chassis turned up at the Portland swap to put the project back on track.
With Jaguar independent suspension front and rear, a Snow-White Ltd. chassis is something to behold, and somewhat uncommon nowadays due to the relative scarcity of Jag donor parts. The only reason this one remained unfinished was on the account of a poorly packed skydiving parachute. While the builder's widow sold off the sedan project, its next owner never finished the project either. Luckily, his excuse was simply disinterest.
With his prized delivery in hand, Terry sold off the standard sedan body and rebuilt the chassis. With the chassis underway, he parted with everything he didn't need from the delivery-and to twist the knife in you purists, everything included the original running gear, right down to the date-code-matching shocks.
To yet again throttle the restorers and to prove that Kevin Bischoff didn't necessarily labor to get the expansive sheetmetal straight enough for black, we'll let on that the body is entirely genuine, with neither a speck of rust nor a patch panel to mar its authenticity. While the body and chassis met for the first time at the paint shop, Terry assembled the car at home. Due to the pristine starting point, he finished the project in less than two years from the initial purchase.
True, the car Terry started with was an uncommon one, made rare and desirable by its authenticity and completeness. While we're sure restorers admonish Terry for "devaluing" this delivery by altering it, keep in mind that value correlates with an amount that someone will pay in a transaction, and that requires consent.
To assess the odds that Terry would consent to sell his delivery, you should know that Terry still owns a '56 Chevy he bought in 1967. If you're not mathematically inclined, that's 40 years ago. Considering that he chased this dream for 30 years, we'd bet it would take an armed highwayman to get Terry to even contemplate parting with this sedan delivery.
If that's the case, he'd better show up with one big gun
Rod & Custom Feature CarTerry & Margie Booth 1928 Ford sedan deliveryKelso, Washington
DrivetrainBack in the early emission-control days, when output figures were depressingly low, Ford dealers offered these high-output (H.O.) crate engines as salve for the hot rodder's soul. This one came as part of the '29 sedan package that Terry bought specifically for the Snow-White Ltd. chassis, and it still wears its Cobra pan, valve covers, and intake manifold. Between the latter two is one of Holley's spread-bore versions of the famed Autolite 4100 carburetor. EQ Exhaust in Longview, Washington, plumbed the exhaust with Flowmaster mufflers. Behind the 302 is a similar-vintage C4 transmission wearing a Gennie shifter.
ChassisThe Booths bought a sedan project started and abandoned in the early '80s specifically for its Snow-White Ltd. chassis. In classic Snow-White form, it wears early (specifically '64) E-type Jaguar independent suspension front and rear. Due to the Jag rearend's Dana 44 lineage (produced by Salisbury in the UK), this one spins a limited-slip differential. While Jag's front suspensions used advanced (well, for their day at least) rack-and-pinion steering units, Terry replaced the antiquated calipers with four-pot Wilwoods and swapped the clumsy rear spring arrangement for a set of sleeker Aldan Eagle coilovers. Part of what makes Jag IFS appealing to pre-'35 Ford owners is its ultra-short upper control arms, as they fit under the stock fenders without any modifications. Furthermore, the rear unit mounts easily with only a single crossmember.
Wheels & Tires While the '50s Buick Skylark wire wheels are common to hot rods-especially period-perfect resto rods-the way Terry treated his isn't. His, like most of the others that turn up at swaps, had bad chrome, so he sandblasted and painted them red and added a set of Model A wheel caps. Due to their 5-inch bolt pattern, they needed adapters to mate to the Jag suspension's 4 3/4-inch pattern. They wear Goodyear Eagle GTII tires (195/50R-15, front; 235/70R-15, rear)
Body & PaintTerry admits that the pristine body required very little of Kevin Bischoff's (Roger's Auto Body, Vancouver, Washington) effort. Kevin also shot the body, chassis, and all related components in black acrylic enamel. About the only cut made to the body was the firewall recess to accommodate the longer small-block Ford.
Interior Even though Terry took a few liberties with the interior, he maintained the stock sedan seats and cowl/fuel tank. He even modified the stock brake pedal (a pristine one, may we mention) to work with in its new setting. The liberties he took include a '37 Ford steering wheel on a '38 or '39 column and Stewart Warner pressure and temperature gauges. Longview's Jeff Shelton (no relation to the author) trimmed the cabin in red leather, and clad the floors in GM Daytona-weave-style carpets. The delivery's rear floor panels also got the ready-for-black preparation, although they're red to match the cabin.

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Former goalkeeper Ray Clemence, who was an established England international by the time he joined us from Liverpool in 1981, believes the 22-year-old is sensible enough to know that he must maintain his fantastic early-season form for both club and country if he's to cement himself in Roy Hodgson's travelling party for the 2014 showpiece.
Our young right-winger – the breakout star of England's crucial World Cup qualifiers against Montenegro and Poland last month – is set to start tonight's friendly against Germany at Wembley, having appeared off the bench to a rousing reception against Chile on Friday.
And our legendary goalkeeper Ray, who made 330 appearances for us between 1981 and 1987 and helped us win the FA Cup in 1982 and UEFA Cup in 1984, reckons the foundations have been laid for Andros to push on to lofty heights.
"Andros has done fantastic in terms of where he was last season, being loaned out to different places," said Ray, who was back at the Lane to watch our recent Premier League victory over Hull City. "All of a sudden Spurs have given him the opportunity and he's taken it and then England have given him the opportunity and he was excellent in both games (last month in the World Cup qualifiers).
"He's a very level headed boy and therefore he knows that, yes, things are going well but there's a long time before the World Cup squad is picked so now he's got to concentrate on staying in this Spurs team and continuing to play as well as he is doing in the team, and everything else will follow off the back of that."
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Spalding University broke three conference records and claimed Coach, Player and Newcomer of the Year honors as they captured their first St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) Men's Golf Championship.
Anthony Irwin posted rounds of 69-71-71–211 to claim the individual crown and earn not only Player of the Year honors, but also Newcomer of the Year. His three-round total (211) is a new Conference record, and he posted low scores in the first two rounds.
Keith Thompson also placed within the top 10 for the Golden Eagles with a three-round total of 226 (72-75-79). He tied for ninth place out of the 34 golfers competing.The Golden Eagles boasted the top four finishers, marking the first time since 1998 that a team has done so. Andrew Pleasant finished just one stroke behind Irwin, shooting rounds of 70-72-70–212. His 70 in round three was also the low score for the day. Cody Sheeley, who tied Irwin after the first round with a low score of 69, finished the final two rounds with a 73 in each for a total of 215. Austin Root rounded out Spalding's top four with scores of 70-76-71–217.
As a team, Spalding posted a 54-round SLIAC record score of 854. Their first round score of 278 was also a Conference record, and they are only the second team to record three, sub-300 rounds. The Golden Eagles had rounds of 278-291-285–854 to finish 14 over par.
Spalding's Irwin, Pleasant, Sheeley, and Root were all named First Team All-SLIAC, while Thompson earned Second Team All-Conference honors. In addition to All-SLIAC honors and the Player and Newcomer of the Year, Spalding's Cory Kaufman was named the SLIAC Coach of the Year. SU's Andrew Pleasant was named to the SLIAC All-Sportsmanship team.
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PETA Demands Alterations to the Bible
Because political correctness is a totalitarian ideology, imposed by its proponents on every conceivable facet of human existence, language in the latest edition of the New International Version Bible has been altered to eradicate alleged linguistic sexism: forefathers changed to ancestors, he changed to he or she, et cetera. But animal rights militants want input too. After all, as PETA President Ingrid Newkirk has proclaimed,
"A rat is a pig is a dog is a boy."
That is, there is no difference between an animal and a human, since there is no such thing as a soul and no higher god than leftist political orthodoxy. Therefore:
The organization has petitioned the Committee on Bible Translation to suggest that its next translation remove "speciesist" language, by referring to animals as "he or she" instead of "it." "When the Bible moves toward inclusively in one area … it wasn't much of a stretch to suggest they move toward inclusively in this area. Language matters. Calling an animal 'it' denies them something. They are beloved by God. They glorify God," Bruce Friedrich, PETA's vice president for policy, told CNN.
If Friedrich is rebuffed, let's hope he doesn't resort to calling for terrorism, as this noted theologian has done in the past. But then, the odds of anyone in PETA actually reading a Bible are nil, so how would they know whether their demands had been met?
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The news surrounding print media these days is anything but upbeat, and it's bound to get worse as advertising revenues continue to plummet. Forbes, Fortune and Business Week magazines have seen ad pages in their print editions through the end of April drop 19%, 38% and 38% respectively.
How bad is it out there? Fortune's May 11 issue had 21 pages of ads. A similar issue 20 years ago had more than 100. Business Week has lost money on its magazine the last two years and the loss could reach $20 million in 2009 if advertising revenues continue to dwindle. The word on the street is McGraw-Hill (NYSE:MHP) has put the magazine up for sale. So what's the online alternative?
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Online Properties Changing Hands
Two deals that were announced July 22 will definitely affect the online world, although for different reasons. First, and more directly related to media, was the $571 million deal by Apax Partners to acquire Bankrate.com (Nasdaq:RATE), the consumer finance site helping people find good bank loans, credit cards etc. Apax paid a premium of 18% for the Florida-based company and it sounds like Bankrate management got the best deal it could, considering its second quarter earnings per share were 10 cents (half the 21 cents a year ago, and much less than the 30 cents expected by analysts).
Bankrate CEO had this to say about the deal, "Apax's offer represents attractive value to our shareholders, while also giving us significantly enhanced flexibility to execute on our long-term strategy in a difficult economic climate." Translation: Our earnings and revenues are heading into the toilet, and we'd rather not wash our dirty laundry in public. Good call.
An Interesting Aside
Another deal announced July 22 was the sale of online shoe retailer Zappos.com to Amazon.com (Nasdaq:AMZN) for approximately $885 million in stock. Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh will continue to run the business independently from Seattle-based Amazon. Known for its premier customer service, Zappos will have the resources of a much bigger internet player to grow its business. The deal seems to make perfect sense; to the New York Times and PEHub.com, it smells more like a disagreement between venture capital firm Sequoia and Tony Hsieh. Apparently, the founder wanted to wait for an IPO exit while the venture capitalists wanted a sale. (Learn how to invest in companies before, during and after a merger in our article, The Merger - What To Do When Companies Converge.)
Online Doing Okay
There are companies making money in online media, including Health Grades (Nasdaq:HGRD). The health care ratings service reported first quarter results in late April and revenues were up 35.6%, from $9.14 million to $12.39 million, and earnings per share 41.4% from $1.16 million to $1.64 million. With Obama's health care reform under discussion, it seems that health care ratings will become more important in any new system, not less. It definitely should be able to continue to drive profitable growth. Another appealing play in online media is Priceline.com (Nasdaq:PCLN), and not just because of the company's spokesman, William Shatner. Priceline's business model makes more money than either of its rivals, Expedia (Nasdaq:EXPE) and Orbitz Worldwide (NYSE:OWW), its got a great balance between U.S. and international business, and it's growing traffic to its sites at a much faster clip (40% vs. 23% for Expedia, and 15% for Hotwire), which translates into greater gross booking dollars.
Bottom Line
There are some interesting things happening online these days. However, like always, those who win will have sensible business models executed flawlessly. Those who don't will hemorrhage themselves into oblivion. (For a related reading, check out The Impact of Recession on Businesses.)
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PHOENIX - The fate of the floundering Phoenix Coyotes finally is in the hands of a U.S. bankruptcy judge after Canadian billionaire Jim Balsillie and the NHL sweetened their offers to buy the team at the last minute.
Four months of often-bitter, complex courtroom wrangling came to an end on Friday with the auction. Judge Redfield T. Baum is expected to rule in the next week or two.
Even though the largest secured creditor and the creditors committee both endorsed the league offer, Balsillie expressed satisfaction at this stage of his dogged attempt to force his way into ownership of an NHL team operating in Hamilton, Ontario.
"All I was looking for was a level playing field, a chance to really have a fair shot at buying a team," Balsillie said in the triple-digit heat outside the downtown courthouse. "I think we got it here today and I couldn't be more appreciative of this opportunity that I've been looking for for a long, long time."
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said the league is "very comfortable with what we've presented in the evidence that's before the court."
"I know the judge is taking these matters very seriously," Bettman said. "We're obviously hopeful and optimistic that he comes to the result that we've been urging since day one, which would be a vindication of the league's rules and procedures."
Baum again raised the possibility of rejecting both bids. If that happens, attorneys for the NHL said, the league would seek court-ordered control of the franchise and would look to sell the team.
Balsillie, who withdrew the Sept. 21 deadline he had set, offered the city of Glendale $50 million free of conditions to drop its objections to the transfer of the franchise. The earlier offer, rejected by the city, could have reduced that $50 million through various factors.
Glendale attorney William Baldiga said Balsillie's new offer would be considered by the city council at its meeting Tuesday. But for now, he said, Glendale remains "enthusiastically" behind the NHL bid.
Balsillie's bid of $242.5 million, on the surface, dwarfs the $140 million offer by the NHL.
"I think it's unambiguous that our offer is by far the best for creditors, it's the best for fans and is the best for the long-term viability of the franchise," he said.
But the bid hinges on whether the judge would take the unprecedented step of overruling the 26-0 vote by the NHL board of governors rejecting the Canadian as an owner. Baum also would have to approve relocation over the NHL's objection and set a relocation fee.
While the NHL said it would immediately appeal an adverse ruling and even seek a stay of the sale, Balsillie was unclear on what he would do if he loses. The co-CEO of Research in Motion, the company that makes the Blackberry, already has failed in attempts to buy the Pittsburgh Penguins and Nashville Predators.
"I'm going to respect the judge's decision, as I have all of his decisions in the past," Balsillie said. "I'm going to respect the decision he makes here now and I'm just not going to speculate on next steps and what we're going to do thereafter."
The NHL's offer, which would keep the team in Glendale at least for now, remained at $140 million. But, for the first time, it provided money to Coyotes owner Jerry Moyes.
Moyes and hockey great Wayne Gretzky, who coaches the team and owns a small share of it, would have access to about $14 million remaining in the estate, under the NHL's estimate.
Moyes, the founder of Swift Transportation who says he has $200 million invested in the team that he never expects to recoup, has a claim of about $100 million as a creditor, Gretzky $22.5 million.
The franchise has lost more than $300 million since it moved from Winnipeg in 1996. It has lost at least $34 million each of the past three years and has been funded by the NHL for a year.
"I think I did my part," Moyes said of his efforts to make hockey work in the desert. "I put plenty of money in it, I put a lot of time in it. I gave it the best try I could. Hockey will not work in the South. Mr. Bettman's plan is not working out."
Asked how he felt about the NHL, Moyes said, "I feel pretty poorly, to be right honest with you. I just don't think I've been treated right. I gave it 100 percent try and I feel betrayed by the NHL."
If it is awarded the franchise, the league plans to resell it outside of the bankruptcy process. Bettman said he believed Ice Edge Holdings and a group headed by Chicago sports mogul Jerry Reinsdorf would be interested. Both pulled out of the bidding after failing to reach a new lease agreement with Glendale.
If it can't find a buyer to keep the team in Glendale, the league would look to relocate the franchise.
SOF Investments, the lead secured creditor in the case, supported the league's offer even though it would get all of its $80 million under both bids.
"Frankly we believe there's less legal risk in accepting the NHL bid," Steven Abramowitz, attorney for SOF Investments, told the court. "For that reason, we strongly prefer the NHL bid."
Paul Sala, the creditors' committee attorney, said some 99 percent of creditors would get paid in full. The exceptions would be Moyes and Gretzky.
"It's not perfect," Sala said, "but from the committee's standpoint we support the NHL's position."
The NHL also said it would reduce a separate claim it has against Moyes from $30 million to $15 million. Moyes argued that the NHL claim is being challenged.
The NHL's offer would reject the $8.5 million contract of Gretzky to coach the team for the coming season. But Bettman said he expected a new deal with Gretzky, who had agreed with Ice Edge on a salary reduction to $2 million.
Moyes also said Gretzky is expected to coach the team for the coming season.
The Coyotes open training camp in Glendale on Saturday.
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Starting on the upper right hand corner of the board we see that ECS has moved the 8-pin power connector more towards the center of the board instead o the usual placement on the right hand side of the board as is normally found on most P55 motherboards. There are three LEDs that light up depending on the load whether high, medium or light changing the system to best utilizes the available power.
Moving to the CPU Socket we see that ECSs board supports the LGA-1156 Core i5 and I7 CPUs o the market via a Socket-1156 interface. There is a small row of low-profile Japanese capacitors surrounding the CPU area on three sides. This arrangement should allow for the use of after-market cooling solutions as there is nothing blocking it.
The right and top MOSFETS have had MOSFET heatsinks attached to them. Below that is the PWM for the 4-phase power. The CPUFan is located below the MOSFET heatsink on the right hand side of the board. There are four DIMM Sockets for up to 16GB of DDR3-1333MHz DDR3 memory on the board. These are arranged in two banks of memory, with each bank signified by two like colored DIMM Sockets.
The bottom right side of the case has the 4-pin case fan header. To the left of that is the 24-pin power connector. The SysFan header is located next to the ATX Power header. To the left of the header are the boards six SATA ports. The ports are angled meaning installing or removing HDDs doesnt require the removal of a HDD. Intels RAID controller on the system supports RAID 0, 1, 10, JBOD modes.
The next item on this board are the standard Power and Reset buttons located next to the SATA ports. Onboard Power and Reset buttons are always welcome additions to a motherboard as it allows a user to install the board outside of the case and power it on using a PSU. The left side of the board starts off with the Front Panel I/O. The schematic for the wires is located in between the SATA and Power buttons.
ECS has included three headers for USB ports. This brings the total supported on the board to 14 with eight on the Rear I/O area. A COM port, the SPDIFO port, a CD-In port, the Front Audio port completes the left side of the board. The expansion possibilities on the board include two PCI Express x16 slots. If two video cards are installed they operate at half speed. A PCI Express x4 slot, a PCI Express x1 slot and two PCI slots bring the total expansion slots on the board to six.
The onboard sound on the ECS P55H-A motherboard is provided by the Realtek ALC888 CODEC, a venerable sound solution that has been popular among board manufacturers for the last few years. The ALC888 has ten DAC channels that provide 7.1+2 channel simultaneous audio output (Multi-Streaming). Realteks ALC888 is HDA compliant meaning it supports all of the functionality of the High Definition Audio standard.
The Rear I/O on the board consists of eight USB 2.0 ports, a PS/2 keyboard port, a PS/2 mouse port, a RJ-45 jack for the onboard Gigabit Ethernet, a SPDIF jack, five audio jacks, an external SATA port and the Clear CMOS button. The RJ-45 jack is controlled by a Realteak RTL8111DL Gigabit Fast Ethernet PHY. The ECS P55H-A board has a full complement of rear I/O and the inclusion of a Clear CMOS button on the back means you can reset your BIOS without opening up the computer.


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In the summer of 1942, Parisians watched while Jews were rounded up and arrested. Chanel was delighted, thinking this would finally end all her problems with the Jewish family controlling Chanel No. 5. To be fair, there were strong sentiments of anti-Semitism in France during that period (to the extent that one woman, when seeing pictures of the Jews deported, remarked "But they are not French, they are Jews.")
Chanel just didn't really care. I don't know how to explain that, quite. She was raised very Catholic? Iribe did that weird naked picture of her? Her lovers were all anti-Semitic? I'm sure there were reasons, but I find it remarkable that The Ritz was 15 minutes away from the Jewish quarter where Parisian Jews were being rounded up and Chanel, if anything, seemed pleased.
Incidentally, the family who Chanel hoped to see dead so they couldn't have any influence over her business? They survived just fine, and made it to America. They launched a new perfume called "Courage" which sold extremely well and used a portion of the proceeds to support Charles de Gaulle's Free French and Jewish causes in New York.
Chanel wasn't thrilled.
And when she made a remark at a party that "France got what it deserved", members of the Resistance truly realized that her symapthies did lie with the Nazis. German officials suggested that Chanel and Dincklage leave Paris, and return to Madrid where they could meet with Chanel's former lover Bendor, and, through him, convey a message to Churchill that some high ranking officials wanted to end hostilities with England.
Because I've seen too many spy movies, I thought that this was some sort of tricky bit of misleading information, but, no, it seems some people really did want to end the war with England. And Churchill was a good friend of Chanel's – he had cried on her shoulder when Prince Edward abdicated – so she wasn't an unreasonable person to pick for such a mission.


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The City of Perth Skyworks
Activities kick off at 3pm at what has become Western Australia's biggest annual community event, the City of Perth's 29th annual Australia Day Skyworks, to be held at it's new home at Langley Park.
The free entertainment zone will host a water playground, circus acts, motor cross, a pop-up beach resort, pony rides, paintball, face-painting, puppet shows, rock climbing and bouncy castles.
Mix 94.5 will broadcast live throughout the day before airing the official soundtrack when the fireworks and laser show begin at 8pm.
The City of Perth is encouraging families to bring a picnic to the Entertainment Zones at Langley Park and Kings Park, where alcohol restrictions of one six pack of beer or premixed drinks or one bottle of wine will be in place.
The theme for this year's Skyshow is "Our Country in Colour".
Fremantle's Indian Ocean Skyshow
The annual Indian Ocean Skyshow fireworks are back again, with a live broadcast by 96FM throughout the day and free family-friendly entertainment.
The fireworks, over Bathers Beach, will start at 8pm, but there's good reason to arrive early.
The funk-loving Hypocats will kick off from 5.30pm at Mews Park, next to Cicerello's, before the swinging Freo Grasshoppers take the reins at 6.30 and again at 8.30pm, following the fireworks.
Mews Road and Warden Lane will be closed from 7pm to 9pm.
City of Rockingham Australia Day Celebrations
A family-friendly, alcohol-free day is on the cards for Rockingham.
The free event will be held at the Rockingham Foreshore between 11am and 3pm, with face-painting, airbrush tattooing, craft activities, giant games, a petting zoo and amusement rides.
While the kids run amok, golden oldies can listen to the live bands and hit up the gourmet food stalls on offer.
City of Bassendean Australia Day fireworks
Give the hassle of getting in and out of Perth a miss with the City of Bassendean's free community event.
The celebrations kick off at 5pm at Ashfield Reserve with live entertainment from Simon Kelly and The Big Bamboo before the fireworks start at 8pm.
Anyone who arrives by 7.30pm can enter the competition to be the firework "starter".
Karridale circus festival
Karridale will look to daredevils and cabaret instead of picnics and fireworks over the Australia Day long weekend.
The three-day "Circus Olympics" festival has a variety of shows on offer, including high dive, aerial performers, acrobatics, street theatre, comedy and cabaret from midday to midnight each day.
Tickets are available through Try Booking for one or three days and free camping is available.
Fringe World
2pm – 4pm: Pack your Scotch Finger biscuits and fairy bread and head along to the free Fringe World Kids Tea Party for family entertainment and kids activities, then help fill the Urban Orchard by making DIY scarecrows. Hay and art materials are provided at the free Scarecrow Workshop, but bring dress-up clothes along if you want to conserve your 'crow's decency. The scarecrows will remain on display during the festival and can be taken home once its over. Fringe artists will be on-hand to help.
5.00pm – late: Make the most of Perth's warm summer nights and stay on at Fringe for the Laneway Night Markets. Street food, fashion, art and jewellery will line Hook and Lock Lanes, which run parallel to William St, accessible from the Perth Cultural Centre.
Crown Perth's Aussie Day Long Weekend
Australia Day fever has spread into all corners of Crown Casino.
The Merrywell will host a "Big Aussie BBQ" with US chef Sammy D flying in from Vegas to stand behind the hotplate, an acoustic band during the afternoon and DJ sets after the sunset.
In Eve nightclub, the world-famous The Stafford Brothers will take over the decks with Timmy Trumpet and entry is free until 10pm.
Back on the casino floor, the True Blue Bonanza will run from January 25 to January 27, in which $1,000 is given away each hour between 6pm and midnight.
The Leederville Hotel triple j Hottest 100 Party
Sister venues The Leederville Hotel and The Garden are getting their party on early, with Australia Day celebrations kicking off at 8am.
Breakfast starts in The Garden at 8am and the Hottest 100 will be broadcast throughout the venue, when it starts at 9am.
Next door in the Leederville Hotel, a free sausage sizzle and free games of pool are on offer all day, before a "Hottest 100 of all time" DJ mashup starts at 8pm.
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Xichang Transport
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Xichang Qingshan Airport is the largest full-time airport with the longest runways. There are flights between Chengdu and Xichang every day, and it's only 40 to 45 minutes, the flights ticket fare is about 1000 yuan. Recently, flights have been opened to more domestic cities like Chongqing, Beijing and Shenzhen.
Xichang is an important stop on the Chengdu-Kunming Railway Line, and there are trains running to domestic cities like Beijing, Xi'an, Kunming, Chengdu, Chongqing and Panzhihua.
Highways are available in Xichang, which link Xichang with Chengdu, Simian, Panzhihua and Kunming. In the bus station, there will be buses to nearby attractions or even attractions in Kunming and Lijiang, the price is from 20 yuan to 80 yuan per person.
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Sarah Ruhl's EURYDICE to Open at UAH Theatre on April 6, 2016
EURYDICE is a different perspective on the classic tale of Orpheus operates in this play by Sarah Ruhl.
EURYDICE is a different perspective on the classic tale of Orpheus operates in this play by Sarah Ruhl.
As manager of urban and long range planning for Huntsville, Dennis Madsen spends his days analyzing the city's layout, and imagining how it might c
This Friday, at 6:30 PM, the Valley Conservatory Lyceum Orchestra and the Oakwood Academy Alumni choir will present The Seven Last Words
The Tennessee Valley Audubon Society has done a lot in its three decades or so.
Sherry Broyles is an artist who will be heading up Inside Out Studio at the Lowe Mill.
The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet returns to Huntsville next Tuesday, March 15th.
The Huntsville Symphony Orchestra welcomes the world renowned Canadian Brass to its next concert in the classical series.
Lowe Mill Gallery Coordinator Aaron Head came to WLRH to visit with Beth Norwood about the wide variety of shows going up at the Mill this week.
A rare work, "The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore or, The Three Sundays of a Poet" by Gian Carlo Menotti will be performed Sunday, March 13 a
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ZF-11279: Zend_Currency creates invalid cache ids for values with fractions
I'm not skilled enough to provide a php_unit testcase reproducer, but here is the behavior I'm seeing. The application has a Zend_Locale object set with the en_US locale stored in the Zend_Locale registry key. I run the following code:
$cur = new Zend_Currency(array('value' => 1234), 'aa_DJ'); echo "$cur\n";
I get reasonable output (I can't swear it's correct since I don't know the currency):
But if give the value a fractional part, say:
$cur = new Zend_Currency(array('value' => 1234.56), 'aa_DJ'); echo "$cur\n";
I get (using ZF 1.11.1 sources, but the 1.11.5 sources are identical in this regard):
Zend_Cache_Exception: Invalid id or tag 'Zend_LocaleC_aa_DJ_nametocurrency_1234.56' : must use only [a-zA-Z0-9_] in C:\xampp\htdocs\OSH0\library\Zend\Cache.php on line 209
A more complete traceback is:
Locale/Data.php.Zend_Locale_Data::getContent : lineno 948() Locale/Data.php at line 948 Currency.php.Zend_Currency->getName : lineno 405() Currency.php at line 405 Currency.php.Zend_Currency->__construct : lineno 95() Currency.php at line 95
In XDebug, I can see that this happens because __construct() calls getName() directly at line 110 with a first parameter $options that is array('value' => 1234.56), and within getName() the first parameter is called $currency, which gets passed to self::_checkParams($currency, $locale), which returns $params as follows:
array( 'locale' => 'aa_DJ', 'currency' => array( 1234.56 ) 'name' => array( 1234.56 ) 'country' => 'DJ' )
So when getName() at line 405 makes the call
$name = Zend_Locale_Data::getContent($params['locale'], 'nametocurrency', $params['currency'])
The value of $params['currency'] is array(1234.56).
getContent() constructs a cache id by imploding an array value passed in with '_', urlencoding that into a variable named $val, and finally producing the cache id as:
$id = strtr('Zend_LocaleC_' . $locale . '_' . $path . '_' . $val, array('-' => '_', '%' => '_', '+' => '_'));
The implode() and urlencode() on the passed-in value don't change anything, so $val is just "1234.56", and the strtr() doesn't do anything to the '.', which results in the invalid cache id.
But I don't know whether the strtr should be replacing more characters, or whether the problem is that the "1234.56" should not have gotten into $params['currency']. It seems suspicious that $params['names'] got that same value, array(1234.56), but it is the $params['currency'] value that directly causes the problem. If that value is correct, and it's the strtr call that should be changed to replace '.' characters, then would it also need to replace ',' characters to handle default locales where ',' is the radix point?
Please fix this :(


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This book details mostly in pictures how I spent 12 months of spare time putting together a well-known BBC 'robot'.
I used 12 hot water copper cylinders, top and tailed and flattened out.
I was inspired to do this project by my youngest daughter who wanted to make a copper sculpture for a school project, combined with the fact that I always wanted one of these 'robots' the idea to make one in copper was like a 'light-bulb' moment.
I like Daleks, flying microlights and doing creative things.
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The_Gronk says Wow, that is AWESOME! That's a serious undertaking, but the end result is incredible. Davros would be most impressed.
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Images: Marines at San Francisco Fleet Week [Image 7 of 29]
Photo by Sgt. Christopher O'Quin
Citizens of San Francisco and the Bay area tour aircraft belonging to the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, aboard the USS Makin Island (LHD-8) as part of static display tours, during the 2102 Fleet Week, Oct. 6, 2012. From Oct. 3-8, Marines and sailors of the 13th MEU, I Marine Expeditionary Brigade, will participate in numerous community outreach events including the Italian Heritage Day parade, urban search and rescue demonstration, park restoration projects and hospital visits.
This work, Marines at San Francisco Fleet Week [Image 1 of 29], by SSgt Christopher O'Quin, identified by DVIDS, is free of known copyright restrictions under U.S. copyright law.
Date Taken:10.06.2012
Date Posted:10.08.2012 14:08
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Homemade Marinara
Get that classic marinara for your pasta!
This recipe works for: Dressing/Sauce
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 3 large cloves garlic, minced
- 4 cups tomato puree
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh Italian parsley leaves
- 1 large fresh basil stem with leaves removed
- 1 teaspoon sea salt, preferably gray salt
- Pinch baking soda or sugar, if needed
Heat the olive oil in a large non-reactive pot over moderate heat. Add the garlic and saute until caramelized, about 5 minutes. Add the tomatoes to the garlic and bring to a simmer. Add the parsley and basil and simmer until reduced to a sauce-like consistency, about 15 minutes.
Taste and adjust the seasoning. If the sauce tastes too acidic, add the baking soda and cook for 5 more minutes. If it needs a touch of sweetness, add the sugar and cook for 5 more minutes. Remove the basil stem before serving.
Photo adapted from: Gourmet Girl Cooks
Recipe Source: Food Networkhttp://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/michael-chiarello/marinara-sauce-recipe2/index.html
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Jenelle Evans And Courtland Rogers Engaged
November 20, 2012 12:00 PM by Lisa Princ
Teen Mom 2 is back for the new season, and it seems like all the girls have big news to share lately. First, we learned that Leah Messer was expecting a new baby, and now, Jenelle Evans has some exciting news – she and Courtland Rogers have gotten engaged!
The excitement seems to be continuing for the stars of MTV's Teen Mom 2 these days! First, Leah Messer revealed that she was expecting a new baby girl, and now Jenelle Evans has revealed that she has gotten engaged! Jenelle shared the news with her fans as she posted a picture of her ring on her social media sites, admitting that she did indeed say yes! Meanwhile, Courtland Rogers took to Twitter to post: "SHE SAID YES !!!!!""!! f—ing excited."
And don't expect these two wait to plan their wedding, because according to Jenelle, they will start planning immediately. After the shock wore off, Jenelle shared her excitement on Facebook, as she told fans: "I'm going to be married to my best friend/lover/childhood sweetheart. He does anything for me and I do the same for him. I cried for 30 mins because i was so happy after I told him yes. Then told him 'thank u' he said 'why' I said 'now I will have that family who loves me for me that I never ever had.' I love u Courtland Rogers forever and always. I'm here for u no matter what the consequences."
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Professor of Political Science Daniel Treisman first traveled to Russia in 1988, just before the beginning of sweeping change in Eastern Europe and the dismantling of the Soviet Union in 1991. Treisman has written "The Return: Russia's Journey from Gorbachev to Medvedev" (Free Press, 2011), a book that covers much of the period he has spent watching the country. He drew from memoirs, personal interviews, and other sources to look at Russia as a typical — though strategically important — country facing everyday 21st century social, political and economic challenges.
The "return" that you describe in your book is Russia's return to the world two decades after the breakup of the Soviet Union. Yet Soviet Russia had a vigorous foreign policy. Before 1991, wasn't the country engaged with the world?
Right. Soviet Russia was not isolated in the sense that its leaders were not participating in international politics. It was the population that was isolated -- locked behind barbed wire, unable to communicate with the outside. So, Russians as a whole have now been able to reengage with the world, especially the richer Russians.
What does this return look like?
In 2009, Russians made 22 million trips to countries beyond the former Soviet Union, up from practically no trips in the late '80s. They've become plugged into Internet networks, they have more than one mobile phone per person.
Russian entrepreneurs are buying companies around the globe, and Russia's leaders are feeling their way toward a role in the international system. What we see is a reengagement with the world at many different levels.
Foreign policy has also changed, obviously. The way that Russia has been involved in the world in the last 20 years has been more as a participant in the international game than as a spoiler – a power that seeks to fundamentally reconfigure the international scene and undermine the objectives of other players.
Are the Russian people freer than they were before?
We saw a really dramatic breakthrough to greater freedom and democracy in the early '90s, followed by a gradual reversion. So I would say it's something like two steps forward, one step back. Still, if we simply compare the last 20 years to other periods in Russian history, Russians have been freer than at any time going back at least to the 16thcentury — at least to before Ivan the Terrible.
Recently, Putin has gradually reduced freedoms and various kinds of civil rights. The media have become less free, and national television is both censored and self-censored and very supportive of the Kremlin. But I think the fundamental reason why Putin remains popular is that the economy in Russia has done extremely well. Incomes have risen at nine percent a year in real terms on average since 2000.
So are Russians able to choose their leaders?
Elections are far from completely free and fair; there's been major manipulation. But in each case this has been more a matter of over-insurance than changing the outcome.
There may come a point when the majority will no longer approve of those in power, and then we'll see whether the Kremlin leadership will be able to impose candidates on the Russian public. I'm really not sure that they'll manage.
At present, Putin's approval rating is still around 68 percent—Medvedev's is 63 percent. But both have been slipping for the past two years. Clearly they should be concerned about the trend.
Even as the economy has improved, Russia still has terrible mortality rates. You write that this is blamed mainly on vodka?
Alcoholism is, if not the primary cause, one of the major causes of the big increase in mortality in Russia since the early 1990s. My view is that increased alcohol abuse was caused in part by the end of Gorbachev's anti-alcohol campaign, and especially the fall in prices, which was quite dramatic. So serious alcoholics found themselves able to buy a very large amount of vodka — enough to literally drink themselves to death.
Many countries have gone through a similar type of problem during industrialization. Over time, people tend to substitute less lethal kinds of alcohol like beer and wine for vodka; recently we've seen a big increase in beer consumption in Russia. To some extent, this is a hopeful sign.
Over the last two decades, Russia fought wars to hold onto Chechnya. Are the underlying issues still present, and should we expect still more conflict?
The North Caucasus in general is becoming more unstable and very worryingly so. Twenty years of war and neglect and mismanagement of federal forces have created a situation in which there is a very serious problem of a terrorist insurgency, loosely organized if organized at all, but which is no longer seeking independence for Chechnya, but – if it's seeking anything – wants to establish an Islamic dominion across the North Caucasus. There doesn't seem to be very much that Moscow, even under the most enlightened leadership, could do. It's likely to remain this terrible problem which will continue to produce terrorist attacks, both in the North Caucuses and in Moscow and Central Russia.
Recently it was announced that Prime Minister Putin will run for president in next March's election and that, if he wins, he will appoint Medvedev as prime minister. Assuming it happens, what difference do you think this switch in jobs will make?
Putin's planned return to the Kremlin is a disappointment for those in Russia and the West who saw Medvedev as slightly more liberal. But I don't think the two leaders' game of musical chairs will, in itself, change much. The reality is that for the past three and a half years, since Medvedev's election, Putin has been making all the key decisions, usually in consultation with Medvedev. That is likely to continue. Those who imagine that a second Medvedev term would have resulted in dramatic breakthroughs to more open politics have the challenge of explaining why his first term did not.


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A remarkable life, and a friend to all
By Eric DUHATSCHEK Monday, June 23, 2003 - Page S1
Nashville -- Roger NEILSON's legacy in hockey will endure because he coached 1,000 games among eight National Hockey League teams, because he was an innovator and because he served as a mentor and a tutor to others during a Hall of Fame career.
But the contributions of NEILSON, who died Saturday in Peterborough, Ontario, at 69 after a lengthy battle with cancer, contain a vibrancy matched by few others because of the countless Friendships he developed during his lifetime.
The proof of that came in June of last year when a dozen of his closest Friends organized a tribute to NEILSON. It was held in Toronto, a day before the National Hockey League awards dinner, to make it easier for people to attend, which they did. More than 1,300 people were there.
NEILSON was responsible for helping several players and coaches get to the National Hockey League, including Bob GAINEY, Craig RAMSAY and Colin CAMPBELL, players on the Peterborough Petes junior team that NEILSON coached in the 1970s.
Among those who benefited from NEILSON's guidance was Florida Panthers coach Mike KEENAN. Scotty BAUMAN/BOWMAN, the Hall of Fame coach, recalled Saturday how NEILSON talked him into hiring KEENAN, who had also coached the Petes, into running the Buffalo Sabres' minor-league affiliate in Rochester, New York in the early 1980s.
"Roger didn't have any enemies," KEENAN said. "He lived his life in a principled way. He had a great deal of respect for people and found goodness in all of them. He was very unique and all of us were blessed to know him.
"I'm saddened by his passing, but to me, this is a life to be celebrated, a life that was so influential to many of us."
NEILSON had an endless fascination with the rulebook that forced the powers in whatever league he happened to be coaching in to revise and clarify each loophole he probed. For a penalty shot, he would put a defenceman in the crease instead of a goaltender, instructing the defenceman to rush the shooter as soon as the latter crossed the blueline, to hurry him into a mistake.
Once, when his team was already two players short with less than two minutes remaining in the game, NEILSON kept sending players over the boards, getting penalties for delaying the game. The strategy worked, taking time off the clock and upsetting the other team's flow. At that stage of the game, it didn't matter how many penalties NEILSON's team was taking. If a coach tried that tactic today, the opposition would be awarded a penalty shot.
NEILSON, whose last job was as an assistant coach with the Ottawa Senators, coached his 1,000th National Hockey League game on the final night of the 2001-02 regular season, temporarily filling in for Senators head coach Jacques MARTIN. NEILSON was involved with a dozen National Hockey League teams in a series of different capacities, including his eight different turns as a head coach. In 1982, he took the Vancouver Canucks to the Stanley Cup final, his one and only appearance in the championship series as a coach. The Canucks were swept by the New York Islanders.
It was during that playoff run that NEILSON placed a white towel on the end of a stick, a mock surrender to the on-ice officials.
In 1999, NEILSON was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a form of bone cancer, and needed a bone marrow transplant. He also developed skin cancer, the result of a lifetime of being outdoors, in the sun, usually in raggedy old shorts and T-shirts, with a well-worn baseball cap perched on his head.
"He put in an incredible, inspiring fight with an insidious disease," said KEENAN, who added that NEILSON kept in constant contact with his mother Thelma, after she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
"They found strength in each other. That's the type of individual Roger was. He'd reach out and touch somebody who needed help. He was deathly in pain the last few times we spoke, but he would not let it influence his life."
The high regard for NEILSON was clear during the tribute for him last year. Former coach and Hockey Night in Canada analyst Harry NEALE, who worked with NEILSON in Vancouver, was the master of ceremonies. But he was so overcome by emotion so many times that he let his good friend Roger steal the show.
NEILSON's self-deprecating sense of humor surfaced when he scanned the crowd and suggested that everyone he'd ever said hello to in his lifetime had turned up for the event. He quipped that at $125 a ticket, it must be an National Hockey League production. What other organization would set the price so outrageously high?
NEILSON's health was deteriorating this spring, but he managed to accompany the Senators on the road for their second-round series against the Philadelphia Flyers. The Senators pushed the eventual Stanley Cup champions, the New Jersey Devils, to seven games in the Eastern Conference final before being eliminated.
NEILSON's speech to the team before Game 6, with the Senators trailing 3-1 in the series, was cited by the players and the coaching staff as the inspiration for their comeback against the Devils.
"The only sad part is we weren't able to win a Stanley Cup for him this year," Martin said.
With his health failing, NEILSON asked BAUMAN/BOWMAN to be the keynote speaker at his annual coaching clinic in Windsor earlier this month.
"I talked to him only a week ago," BAUMAN/BOWMAN said. "I said, 'The coaches in the National Hockey League are getting blamed a lot for the [defensive] style that teams are playing.' I said, 'You should blame Roger NEILSON because he's the one training all these coaches.'
"Roger was a special person. The people that follow hockey know what he went through. I truly think he battled it right to the end and it was hockey that probably kept Roger going." firstname.lastname@example.com
Remembering Roger NEILSON
"The coaches in the National Hockey League have been getting blamed a lot for the style of game the teams are playing. I said, 'You should blame Roger NEILSON because he's training all these coaches.' "He battled right to the end. Hockey and life for Roger were intertwined. That probably kept him going to the end. He never got married. He was married to hockey."
Scott BAUMAN/BOWMAN
"All the awards he won this year tell you about his hockey career's innovativeness and what kind of person he is. Some people are going to remember Roger for nothing to do with hockey just because of what a humanitarian he is. He put up an unbelievable battle. From when he found out how sick he was, if had happened to most people, they would have had their demise many months ago. He fought hard."
Jim GREGORY
"I know I haven't met a person who could equal Roger's passion for hockey. The honours bestowed on him in the past year, the Hockey Hall of Fame and the Order of Canada, did not come by accident. He has done so much for so many kids and I will always remember that legacy."
Harry NEALE
"He's an individual we can all be inspired by, by his ability to deal with some difficult situations in his own life. He has such a high level of respect for human beings. "He was fortunate in way he lived his life. It was impacted by his faith and his religion. He observed those principles on a daily basis, things most of us have a hard time dealing with. He saw the goodness in everyone else."
Mike KEENAN
"He did a lot of work at the grassroots level with his hockey camps, coaches' clinics, his baseball teams, his summer programs. He wasn't really in it for himself very much. "It's a word you use too often to make it special but in his case he was unique, he really was."
Bob GAINEY
"Hockey has lost a great mind, a great spirit, a great friend. The National Hockey League family mourns his loss but celebrates his legacy -- the generations of players he counselled, the coaches he moulded, the changes his imagination inspired and the millions of fans he entertained."
Gary BETTMAN
Life and times
Born: June 16, 1934, in Toronto.
Education: Roger NEILSON graduated from McMaster University in Hamilton with a degree in physical education.
Nickname: Captain Video because he was the first to analyze game videos to pick apart opponents' weaknesses.
Coaching career: NEILSON coached hockey teams for 50 years. He was a National Hockey League coach for Toronto, Buffalo, Vancouver, Los Angeles, the New York Rangers, Florida, Philadelphia and Ottawa. The Senators let him coach a game on April 13, 2002, so he could reach 1,000 for his career. He was an National Hockey League assistant in Buffalo, Chicago, St. Louis and Ottawa.
Major Honours: Elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in the builders category last year. Invested into the Order of Canada in May.
Tributes: ESPN Classic Canada will air a 24-hour tribute to NEILSON beginning today at 6 p.m. eastern daylight time. The programming will include a profile, footage from the famous white towel game during the 1982 Stanley Cup playoffs and his 1,000th game behind the bench.
Funeral: Services for NEILSON will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday at North View Pentecostal Church in Peterborough, Ontario (705-748-4573). The church is at the corner of Fairbairn Street and Tower Hill Road.
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By Eric DUHATSCHEK, With a report from Allan MAKI Wednesday, December 17, 2003 - Page S1
It was one of those "catching up with" features newspapers run every so often. Last January, the Chicago Sun-Times profiled Keith MAGNUSON, one of the most popular players ever to pull on a Chicago Blackhawks sweater.
To the thousands who used to pack the old Chicago Stadium, MAGNUSON's ever-lasting appeal came from a rough-and-tumble playing style that produced a cracked cheekbone, three knee injuries requiring surgery, a torn Achilles' tendon, two broken ankles, a dislocated elbow, three broken jaws, a broken vertebra, a broken wrist, a dislocated shoulder, three missing teeth and more than 400 stitches.
MAGNUSON, after reflecting on his career, his hobbies and all the aches and pains that resulted from a 10-year National Hockey League career, observed: "Otherwise, I feel great. Cindy [his wife] and I are real proud of our kids."
"Life is good," MAGNUSON concluded.
Life for MAGNUSON ended at the age of 56 in a fatal automobile accident on Monday afternoon as he was returning home from a funeral for National Hockey League alumni association chairman Keith McCREARY, who died last week of cancer. MAGNUSON was the passenger in a car driven by former National Hockey League player Rob RAMAGE, the vice-chairman of the alumni association.
MAGNUSON played 589 National Hockey League games for the Blackhawks, and on his retirement in October of 1979, he joined the team's coaching staff, as an assistant to Eddie JOHNSTON. JOHNSTON, now the Pittsburgh Penguins' assistant general manager, remembered MAGNUSON yesterday as "the ultimate competitor. I mean, when Keith MAGNUSON put on the skates on, you didn't just get 100 per cent, you got 110 per cent every night. He just played with so much passion, it was unreal."
The Blackhawks made it to the Stanley Cup final twice in MAGNUSON's career, in 1971 and 1973, losing both times to the Montreal Canadiens. It was the heyday of hockey in Chicago. The Blackhawks had Dennis and Bobby HULL, the legendary Stan MIKITA and Tony ESPOSITO, a future Hall Of Fame member, in goal. MAGNUSON's job was to protect ESPOSITO, and he did it with a passion that JOHNSTON said was contagious in the Blackhawks' dressing room.
"What he always did very, very well was set the tone early in the game. He let the opposition know that when you dropped the puck in the game, "This was what you were going to see, guys, for 60 minutes.' "
MAGNUSON, who most recently was the director of sales for Coca-Cola Enterprises, grew up in Saskatoon as an all-round athlete. He was a boyhood chum of former National Hockey League coach Dave KING. The two attended Churchill elementary school and used to play 1-on-1 hockey: KING as a forward and MAGNUSON as a defenceman.
Eventually, MAGNUSON and four other teenagers from Saskatoon earned scholarships at the University of Denver and helped the Pioneers win two National Collegiate Athletic Association championships. MAGNUSON and Tim GOULD played every sport together and were also teamed as defence partners.
"We never missed a shift," said GOULD, whose wife, a nurse in Calgary, woke him early yesterday to inform him of MAGNUSON's death. "He was the greatest guy and a good friend."
GOULD said he and MAGNUSON used to dream up ways to get MAGNUSON to hockey, football and baseball games on Sunday.
MAGNUSON's parents were Baptists and considered the Sabbath a day of rest. It became GOULD's job to sneak into the MAGNUSON home while they were at church and take Keith's equipment to the rink or the diamond.
"Of course, if we scored a goal or a run, our names would be mentioned in the newspaper the next day," GOULD said. "But we thought we were keeping it secret."
GOULD said MAGNUSON was best known among his Friends for having a poor memory. Once in Saskatoon, MAGNUSON drove his dad's car to the rink for a Blades game, only to drive home with a teammate, the two of them completely immersed in the game they had just played.
The next morning, MAGNUSON's father asked where the car was. "Keith had to run back to the rink to get it," said Dale ZEMAN, another of MAGNUSON's former junior and college teammates. "There was also the night Keith and I went bowling when we were freshmen at Denver. We came out and couldn't find the car. It had rolled backwards three blocks because Keith forgot to put it in park."
GOULD said: "He was awful forgetful. We're having a reunion in June [for Denver University hockey] and we had a card printed up, and Keith's quote on it was: 'I'm going to be there -- and Cliff [KOROLL] is going to remind me.' The memories, that's what get you through this."
MAGNUSON is survived by his wife, his daughter, Molly, and his son, Kevin, a former University of Michigan defenceman who had a tryout with the Blackhawks. Recently, after a short playing career in the East Coast Hockey League, Kevin had gone back to school for his law degree, JOHNSTON said.
"To have something like this happen, this close to the holidays, the timing couldn't be worse. It's never good, but geez, here he is, going up there for a funeral for Keith McCREARY and then to have something like this happen.
"God, it's awful," he said. "We'll miss him. He was such a big part of the community in Chicago, an icon. Everybody knew Keith MAGNUSON. It's an awful tragedy."
San Jose Sharks general manager Doug WILSON, another of MAGNUSON's close Friends, was badly shaken by his former teammate's death. WILSON said he thought of MAGNUSON as something of a father figure. "Keith has had a profound influence on my life." Really, all I can say is, all my thoughts and prayers are with Cindy and the kids right now."
Jim DEMARIA, the Blackhawks executive director of communications, worked closely with MAGNUSON in his role as the founder and president of the Chicago alumni association.
"Any time you needed something, you could call Maggy," DEMARIA said. "He was the first guy in line to help any kind of charity you had. I mean, he was just that kind of person. And when the team wasn't doing real well, he was down in the room, talking to the coaches, telling the players, 'keep your chin up, keep working, things will turn around.' He was a real positive guy."
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We are finding out the gender of baby #4 in 20 days. I have plenty of leftover girl names as my three current children were all gender surprises and are all boys. We decided to try something new and find out this time. Anyway, I feel like I am drawn to names ending in -ry this time for some reason. All my kids have very rare and meaningful names that have some sort of nature and/or aquatic reference. I never post their names - it is a weird privacy thing I have, sorry Anyway, I like Tundry Pond in England...I like the name but my husband was skeptical when I said it out loud (I don't worry about that, he was that way the first time I mentioned each child's name the first time which he now loves)...
Any other names that sound like Tundry? What do you think of Tundry? Blunt, honest feedback is appreciated - I am not one of those people who gets offended when I ask for opinions. I also like the look/sound of Landry and Embry but neither of these names are special/unique/meaningful enough for me...suggestions welcome!!!!
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Tundry sounds nice, although I agree with paw that it 100% depends on your surname. I don't really have any suggestions, as you seem to like meaningful names... those are ones that I think only you can think of...INTP Anthropologist Living in the centre of China, married to a Persian, and just enjoying a completely unpredictable life
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The landmark Violence Against Women Act [1], which provided $1.6 billion in funding to strengthen investigation, awareness and prosecution of violent crimes perpetrated against women, is up for reauthorization in Congress next year. The bill, originally championed by Vice President Joe Biden, has been adopted by Senator Patrick Leahy [2] from Vermont. Last Wednesday, Senator Leahy held a Senate hearing with six official "witnesses" to discuss a new bill to augment the progress – and identify outstanding needs – of VAWA.
The room was packed, with a long line snaking out the door, so I was lucky to snag a second row seat under the bright CSPAN lights [3] in a small hearing room just a few offices away from Vice President Biden's new digs in the Dirksen Senate Building. My heart swelled with pride in our country as I listened to the results of VAWA: rates of non-fatal and fatal domestic violence have declined, more victims have had the confidence to come forward, and states have passed more than 600 laws to combat family violence. What a great country!
Then actress Gabrielle Union [4], one of the witness advocates, spoke. The 36-year-old African American actress from Nebraska has been in more than 20 films, music videos and television programs in her career, including Ugly Betty, 7th Heaven and 10 Things I Hate About You. But not everyone knows a less glamorous part of her life story.
"When I was 19 and a college student at UCLA, working to pay for school, I was raped by a man robbing the shoestore," Union explained with great poise. "I cringe when I say this, but I was LUCKY to be raped – in a wealthy neighborhood. The police arrived within minutes, I had the full support of a well-staffed rape crisis team, and within days I began the critical transformation from rape victim to rape survivor, able to participate in my rapist's prosecution. Most rape victims are not so "lucky.' In many parts of our country, rape victims are neglected and humiliated by inadequate resources and untrained police and judicial departments and many victims have to pay for their own rape kits which can cost between $300 to $1,200 dollars."
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Today the Supreme Court declared the Defense of Marriage Act, "the law barring the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages legalized by the states," unconstitutional, according to The Huffington Post. Those of us that believe in marriage rights for all have an 84-year-old woman to thank for this incredible turn of events, and I'm not talking about Ruth Bader Ginsburg. (She's only 80.) I'm talking about Edie Windsor, the plaintiff in UNITED STATES v. WINDSOR, the case that struck DOMA and guaranteed spousal benefits to thousands of gay couples living in states that recognize same-sex marriage.
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Edith Windsor and Thea Spyer met in New York City in 1963 and began a long-term relationship. Windsor and Spyer registered as domestic partners when New York City gave that right to same-sex couples in 1993. Concerned about Spyer's health, the couple made the 2007 trip to Canada for their marriage, but they continued to reside in New York City. The State of New York deems their Ontario marriage to be a valid one.
Spyer died in February 2009, and left her entire estate to Windsor. Because DOMA denies federal recognition to same-sex spouses, Windsor did not qualify for the marital exemption from the federal estate tax, which excludes from taxation "any interest in property which passes or has passed from the decedent to his surviving spouse." Windsor paid $363,053 in estate taxes and sought a refund. The Internal Revenue Service denied the refund, concluding that, under DOMA, Windsor was not a "surviving spouse." Windsor commenced this refund suit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. She contended that DOMA violates the guarantee of equal protection, as applied to the Federal Government through the Fifth Amendment.
The Opinion of the Court goes on to explain the history of the case, which is quite complicated. It actually involves 15 other plaintiffs, but it all started with Edie Windsor, and her beautiful love story with Thea Spyer. Windsor told The Huffington Post, her case is "bigger than marriage, and I think marriage is major. I think if we win, the effect will be the beginning of the end of stigma." Back in March, BuzzFeed ran an incredible set of photos that tell Windsor and Spyer's love story, and if you haven't seen them, I highly recommend you go look. Because what also serves to end stigma is the humanizing of people who are misunderstood, and the story that Windsor's photos tell is one of the kind of deep love and commitment all married couples hope to share. Now, thanks to Edie Windsor and the Supreme Court, that love just got a little easier.
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- Ph.D., 1999, Geology, California Institute of Technology
- M.S., 1995, Geology, California Institute of Technology
- B.S., 1992, Geology and Symbolic Systems, Stanford University
Previous Positions
- 2004–2010 Research Scientist, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University
- 2002–2004 Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech
- 1999–2002 Assistant Professor, Department of Geology, Hartwick College
- 1999 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Geology, University of Illinois-Urbana
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I am a biogeochemist investigating metal chemistry in the earth's lithosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere. Specifically I examine stable isotope fractionation of transition and post–transition metals in order to develop new tools for tracing chemical reactions that involve metals.
My primary focus is on fundamental, experimental investigations of metal isotope fractionation mechanisms. In the past ten years multi–collector ICP mass spectrometry has led to the discovery that stable isotopes of most metals fractionate in a wide range of environments all over the Earth. The number of published metal isotope analyses is burgeoning rapidly, and the prospect of much new understanding of metal chemistry in nature is exciting. Few investigators, however, have yet attempted to elucidate the mechanisms that drive metal isotope fractionation. Without careful investigation of molecular–scale mechanisms and systematics of metal isotope effects, we cannot hope to interpret robustly the wealth of information available in nature.
Currently Funded Projects
- NSF Chemical Oceanography "Systematics of zinc isotopes in the oceans: assessing the roles of speciation and surfaces." (Co–investigators Ariel D. Anbar, Arizona State University and Thomas Spiro, University of Washington). The objective of this project is to investigate zinc isotope fractionation mechanisms relevant to zinc cycling within the oceans and between seawater and marine sediment. The work is experimental and involves adsorption and crystal growth experiments. Much of the work is done in a trace metal–clean laboratory, and isotope compositions of samples are measured by multi–collector ICP-MS. The grant supports a graduate student and one or more undergraduate interns.
- NASA Exobiology "Assessing nickel isotope fractionation during abiotic processes." In this project, we are investigating low-temperature, abiotic processes that fractionate stable isotopes of nickel. Nickel isotopes in ancient rocks may be the key to understanding the decline in productivity of methanogens, which led to profound changes in the course of evolution early in Earth's history. First we must make sure that we understand all the processes that govern Ni isotope systematics, so this project involves experiments, as well as analysis of natural samples, to determine what natural, abiotic processes can or cannot fractionate Ni. The project supports a graduate student, a postdoc, and multiple undergraduate researchers.
- NSF Major Research Instrumentation "Acquisition of a multi–collector ICP–MS for Indiana University." (Co–investigators Lisa Pratt and Ed Ripley, Indiana University) This grant supports the purchase of an instrument to measure very precisely the ratios of stable and radiogenic isotopes of almost any element. An ambitious, multi–disciplinary team of investigators uses the instrument for a wide range of investigations in geological, environmental, and biological contexts. The grant also provides partial support for a lab manager.
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Construction of a trace metal clean lab facility was completed in April, 2012. A multi–collector ICP–MS and quadrupole ICP–MS were installed in 2012 with support from the National Science Foundation and from Indiana University's Office of the Vice Provost for Research, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Geological Sciences, and School of Public and Environmental Affairs. These instruments enable measurement of metal isotope ratios with sub–parts–per–thousand precision and metal concentrations at the parts–per–billion level.
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- Keynote speaker, Indiana Junior Academy of Sciences, November, 2011.
- Mentor for postdoctoral, graduate, and undergraduate advisees of Professor Ariel Anbar, ASU, 2005-2010.
- Reviewer of publications and proposals for Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Chemical Geology, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Journal of Crystal Growth, Journal of Geoscience Education, National Science Foundation, NASA, Department of Energy.
- Initiator, planner, and/or presenting participant in many public education and outreach events for adults and children, including judging at Intel Science and Engineering Fair in multiple years and classroom visits (2005–2013).