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Although this is highly unusual for the Holiday Inn or any conference hotel, the Lively Arts has a long and strong history with the hotel and are strong supporters of the arts. However, please understand that there is another group that will start coming in Thursday for a sports tournament. So, rooms will be available at the conference rate until and if the hotel is sold out.
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Attendance at the breakfast is open to conference registrants.
Prior to his leadership role with APAP, Durham was posted at the National Endowment for the Arts where he served as director of Artist Communities and Presenting from 2004–2011. At the NEA, Durham contributed to programs such as An Evening of Poetry, hosted by President and Mrs. Obama, and the NEA Opera Honors. He inaugurated the NEA's Artist Communities granting program and was the initiator of Live from Your Neighborhood, a groundbreaking study of the impact of outdoor arts festivals in the U.S.
After holding numerous management positions and serving as artistic director at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in the 1990s, he founded Yerba Buena Arts and Events in 2000, the producing organization of the annual Yerba Buena Gardens Festival. The outdoor event offers more than 100 free performances by the San Francisco Opera, the San Francisco Ballet, and more for an audience of 100,000 attendees.
Throughout his career of over 20 years as a presenter, Durham has served on numerous boards, special advisory committees, and funding panels. He is currently on the board of the Alliance of Artist Communities and the National Center for Creative Aging.
Durham was recently elected to chair of the Performing Arts Alliance, a board of the leaders of the major performing arts service organizations in the U.S. Durham had previously served on the APAP board of directors and on the executive committee. He is on the community advisory council of the PBS station WETA in Washington, D.C., and on the American University Arts Management Advisory Council.]]>
In addition to the Google Analytics and social media pre-conference session on Wednesday, June 5, announced earlier, regular workshops will include presentations and discussions on artist hospitality, political advocacy, block booking, educational outreach, showcasing, and more.
Special guests presenting workshops include Jaimé Campbell Morton from Artspromo, based in central Massachusetts; Brandon Gryde, director of government affairs for Dance USA/Opera America in Washington, D.C.; Rebecca Catlinet of the Pennsylvania Rural Arts Alliance; and the musical duo Trout Fishing in America.
Artist agents participating in the workshops include Marc Baylin of Baylin Artists Management, Larry Kosson of the Roots Agency, Jennifer Morris of Siegel Artist Management, and Sean Casey with CMI Entertainment.
Performing arts presenters involved in various sessions include Andy Cassano of the Zoellner Center for the Arts at Lehigh University, Cathleen Stephen of the Miller Center for the Arts at Reading Area Community College, Laura Kendall of the Ware Center at Millersville University, and Larry Stock of Butler County Community College.
Two to three additional workshops are planned to be added. A preliminary schedule is available on the website. Complete descriptions of each workshop and updated schedule information will be posted in early May.
Workshops are only available to those registered for the conference. Online registration is now available. The full conference registration is $200 through April 30. On May 1, full registration increases to $240. One-day registrations are available.
The first set of showcases will start at 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 5, in Fisher Auditorium of the IUP Performing Arts Center. The lineup includes contemporary chamber ensemble Cordis, Ugandan refugee and musician Samite, the mutli-genre Annie Moses Band, magician Bobby Borgia, the popular Billy Jonas Band, and the four-time Grammy nominee duo of Trout Fishing in America.
On Thursday, June 6, starting at 1:45 p.m., showcases will be held in Gorell Recital Hall, located on the second floor of Sutton Hall at IUP. Included in the performances will be a special showcase by actor John Astin, who also serves as the conference keynote speaker. Astin rose to celebrity status as Gomez on the original television series The Addams Family.
Also performing that afternoon will be family favorite Alex and the Kaleidoscope Band, European folk group the Guy Mendilow Ensemble, comedian and balloon artist extraordinaire John Cassidy, 12-string folk guitarist Neil Jacobs, and the rousing Paragon Ragtime Orchestra.
The final showcase session will be presented in Fisher Auditorium on Thursday, June 6, starting at 8:00 p.m. This set of artists include contemporary dance ensemble Groundworks Dance Theater, songwriter and performer KJ Denhart, multicultural dance troupe Illstyles and Peace, high-energy juggling performance group Playing by Air, and the Voloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble.
Performance groups are subject to change and are not listed in the order of the performance. Additional information on each artist and updated information is available on the PA Presenters Conference website.
The PA Presenters Spring Arts Conference is held annually in different parts of the state and targeted for performing arts presenters, performing artists, artist agents and managers, and other professionals engaged in bringing touring performers to their venues and communities. Members of PA Presenters come from across Pennsylvania and neighboring states, with artists and agents attending from across the country. This year's conference is being hosted by the Lively Arts.
Those wishing to attend the conference, which includes a variety of networking and professional development opportunities, can register online. Early bird registration is available through April 30 at $200 for the entire conference. The fee increases to $240 starting May 1, and single-day registrations are available.]]>
The workshop will be held from 1:00–4:00 p.m. in Cogswell Hall on the IUP campus on Wednesday, June 5, 2013. The conference officially begins that evening with a 5:30 p.m. reception at the Jimmy Stewart Museum and runs through early afternoon on Friday, June 7.
The workshop will be led by Beyond Spots and Dots president and founder Melanie Querry. She will be joined by the company's CFO, Andreas Beck. Those participating in this intensive workshop will be lead through the benefits of using Google Analytics and Google AdWords and integrating that into a comprehensive marketing plan.
Beyond Spots and Dots is a full service advertising agency with global reach dedicated to creating, planning, and handling advertising for its clients. Founded in 2006, Beyond Spots and Dots is operated out of downtown Pittsburgh and has a global reach. Recognition and awards for their work have come from Inc. 500, Pittsburgh Business Times, and Media Association of Pittsburgh, receiving five All-Star Media Awards. Their clients include a wide variety of businesses from the arts to education to hospitality, government, and more.
Querry's expertise is in strategizing with business owners and marketing managers to understand how to allocate their marketing budgets more effectively so the dollars work harder on the business's behalf. As a graduate of Pennsylvania State University, she has a degree in advertising and has been successful in the broadcast television and cable television sales areas for over 12 years.
At Beyond Spots and Dots, she has led her team to the 2011 and 2012 Pittsburgh Business Times "Pittsburgh's 100 Fastest Growing Companies." She has overseen the development of each comprehensive marketing plan to include market research, media planning and buying, website development execution, management of brand standards, implementation of online branding elements, and determining appropriate messaging and choice of medium for each target audience.
Beck is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh and is responsible for all financial and fiscal management aspects of company operations. He also provides leadership and coordination in the administrative, business planning, accounting, and budgeting efforts of the company. Prior to joining Beyond Spots and Dots, Beck served as an assistant portfolio manager for the Income Equity funds in the Investment Research department at Federated Investors, Inc.
Beck also serves as the company's creative director, utilizing his expertise in digital branding, including complex website development, as well as online optimization and targeted search engine marketing. Most recently, Beck led the company to achieve Google AdWords Certification, one of only nine companies in Western Pennsylvania with this accreditation.
The preconference workshop is a value-added session for those registered for the conference and is included in the cost of the registration fee. However, space is limited, and attendees must indicate their intent to intend this session when registering. Registration is available online now. The full conference fee is $200 if you register on or before Tuesday, April 30. On May 1, the fee will increase to $240 per person. One-day only registrations are also available. The deadline for reserving a room at the conference hotel, the Holiday Inn of Indiana, is May 5.]]>
In his numerous speaking engagements, Astin reflects on his vast experiences and observations throughout his life in the world of arts. He will look at the "big picture" as he encourages artists, agents, presenters, and patrons to continue to strive toward a culture where arts are recognized as a central component to life. Astin's contagious passion will leave you feeling refreshed and excited to be shaping the future of arts.
Born John Allen Astin in Baltimore, he grew up a voracious reader and intellectual, attending nearby Washington and Jefferson College and Baltimore's Johns Hopkins University, where he majored in mathematics. A part in the university's senior play cemented his desire to act, and in 1952, Astin attended the University of Minnesota to pursue graduate work in drama, where he appeared in 40 plays in and around campus.
Astin's first New York gig was a role in an off-Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, followed by a role in Charles Laughton's Major Barbara. Blessed with an elastic voice that never failed to sound bemused, he found work doing voices for animated commercials. Astin went on to receive supporting roles in Studio One in Hollywood, The Twilight Zone, and 77 Sunset Strip. He made his motion picture debut with a tiny role in the forgotten B-drama The Pusher in 1960. In 1961, Astin earned a small but memorable role as a dance chaperone in the Oscar-winning West Side Story and a bit part in That Touch of Mink with Cary Grant and Doris Day.
A year later, Astin was teamed with Marty Ingels on the blue-collar sitcom I'm Dickens, He's Fenster. Despite the show's cancellation, Astin had gained notice as a reliable comic and was cast as the macabre but passionate patriarch on The Addams Family. His pop-eyed, relentlessly cheery demeanor as Gomez instantly launched Astin to stardom.
Running from 1964 to 1966, Astin would reprise his role on numerous occasions in the decades following the show's cancellation, including the TV movie Halloween with the New Addams Family and the voice of Gomez in the animated Addams Family, which earned him a Daytime Emmy nomination in 1992. In 1998, Astin played Grandpapa Addams in a pair of episodes for the syndicated New Addams Family.
The iconic role of Gomez Addams established Astin's career as a pop personality, and he began touring the country in theatrical productions. It was during this time that Astin's marriage to Suzanne Hahn ended, he married actress Patty Duke, and raised her son, Sean Astin, who would later become a successful actor in his own right.
John Astin's many other credits include a brief stint as the Riddler on Batman and as the title character arch-villain in Evil Roy Slade. He also found work in 1974's Skyway to Death and as the dad in the original version of Freaky Friday. In the 1980s, he landed recurring roles in both Murder, She Wrote and the sitcom Night Court. Astin maintained a busy schedule, appearing in National Lampoon's European Vacation, Teen Wolf Two, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, and Return of the Killer Tomatoes! He went on to make two more "Killer Tomatoes" movies in the '90s, appeared on the TV shows Mad About You and The Adventures of Brisco County Jr., and earned favorable reviews for his appearance in The Frighteners.
As a director, Astin's talents have been seen in Prelude (1968), a comic short for which he received an Oscar nomination for Best Live Action Short; Wacky Taxi, in which he also starred; Operation Petticoat, in which he played a submarine commander accompanied by a crew of nurses; and several episodes of Rod Serling's Night Gallery and Just Our Luck.
His most recent project, An Evening With John Astin: Gomez, Poe, and the Usual Suspects, offers an eclectic evening of excepts from well-known works by Edgar Allen Poe, F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Shakespeare, Kurt Weill, Thomas Wolfe, e.e. cummings, Ezra Pound, and others combined with anecdotes and film clips from The Addams Family.
John Astin serves as a visiting professor and director of theater arts and studies at Johns Hopkins University, where he works out of the "Old Barn," former home of Theater Hopkins, an acclaimed community theater company.
Those wishing to attend the lunch must be registered for the conference. Registration is available online now, and daily as well as full conference rates are available.
For more information, contact PA Presentes administrator Cathy Little at 610-797-3042, or e-mail email@example.com.]]>
The website is now up and running with basic information, including showcase applications, sponsorship information, conference hotel, and the preliminary schedule.
In the coming weeks and months, information will be added about registration, final showcase artists selected, professional development workshops, and special guests.]]>
Opportunities range from sponsoring the opening reception at the Jimmy Stewart Museum to the keynote lunch, to professional development, and more. For complete information about the various opportunities and their cost, download the Sponsorship Packet (pdf).]]>
Individual performing artists and performance groups may apply to PA Presenters to showcase during the conference. Those selected by a jury, consisting of the organizations board and conference committee, will perform during the conference for up to 150 presenters, artists, managers, and agents. The general public will also be invited.
Each showcase will be a maximum of 15 minutes with some technical support provided. They will be presented in both Fisher Auditorium and Gorell Recital Hall on the IUP campus.
For complete information and fees, download the showcase application (pdf).
For more information about PA Presenters and its activities, visit the PA Presenters website.]]>


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The prevailing market practice for foreign private equity and venture capital investors looking to invest in a Chinese company has, until recently, been to use an offshore structure. This typically entails using an offshore special purpose vehicle (such as in the BVI or Cayman Islands) established by the founders which will then acquire and hold the existing Chinese business operated by the founders. However, such method of investing, commonly known under the Chinese regulations as a "roundtrip" investment, has essentially become unviable since the promulgation of the Regulations on Mergers and Acquisitions of Domestic Enterprises by Foreign Investors (the "New M&A Rules") in August 2006.
The New M&A Rules have strengthened the regulation of "round-trip" investments by requiring approval of the Chinese Ministry of Commerce at the central level for any acquisition by an offshore company formed or controlled by any person affiliated with the Chinese target company. Such approval has been extremely difficult, if not impossible, to obtain.
With the continuing insatiable appetite for foreign capital in China and few pre-2006 restructured companies now available for investment, private equity firms have turned to alternative structures, including investing directly onshore through a Sino-foreign joint venture under the foreign-invested enterprise (FIE) laws.
The problem is that the FIE laws were introduced with the view to accommodating long term strategic direct investments, mainly in greenfield projects, and not the shorter-term, more sophisticated financial investments made by private equity firms.
Notwithstanding these fundamental difficulties, private equity firms and their advisors have found a way to build into these onshore JV structures the kind of rights and protections one would expect to see in a minority private equity investment, although not without a degree of uncertainty and risk.
Onshore Preference Rights
Private equity investors are typically issued preferred shares which entitle the preferred shareholders to enjoy certain preferential rights over the common shareholders. Under Chinese law, the premise for a Sinoforeign joint venture is shareholder equality and mutual benefit, and as such preferred shares per se cannot be issued. However, the new Company Law of China, as well as other recent regulatory reforms, provide more structuring flexibility for private equity funds to replicate, to the extent possible, the features of their offshore investments in their onshore investments in China.
Under China's new Company Law, which also applies to FIEs such as Sino-foreign joint ventures, it is possible to provide contractually for both a preferential payment of dividends and a liquidation preference.
Another feature of private equity investments in China are valuation adjustments or performance ratchet mechanisms. Such valuation adjustment mechanisms will normally be provided through a an adjustment to the conversion price and effected through an exchange of preferred shares for a larger number of common shares if the investee company fails to meet certain financial targets.
Again, whilst there can be no conversion of preferred shares into common shares when investing through a joint venture, such mechanism can still be implemented by introducing a so-called "betting" clause in the shareholders agreement.
Typically, such clause provides that the founder(s) of the company shall transfer a certain percentage of equity interest in the company to the investors without consideration if the company does not meet certain financial performance targets. As a further protection, the investors can require the founders to pledge a certain percentage of their equity interest in the company to the investors in advance.
The new Company Law also permits greater flexibility for shareholders in determining their voting rights in a company. Importantly, no Chinese laws or regulation prohibit a Sino-foreign joint venture from incorporating certain protective provisions into its shareholders agreement and articles of association to provide the foreign investors with veto rights in respect of certain major corporate actions or transactions.
Redemption rights are another feature that are permissible under the new Company Law in certain circumstances. In addition to the statutory right, redemption rights can be granted if agreed to by all shareholders. However, such redemption of equity ownership will result in a reduction of the registered capital of the investee company, which may give rise to certain statutory obligations under the Company Law, including a notice to creditors and public announcement of the redemption, repayment of outstanding debts or provision of security by the company in favor of creditors.
Government Approval Uncertainty
Unlike offshore investments, any foreign investment in China under the current foreign investment regime, including both "greenfield" projects and the acquisition of existing Chinese businesses, is subject to a multi-step, multi-agency government approval process. The nature and level of approvals required generally depends on the industry involved, amount invested and, in the case of an acquisition, the ownership of the target (e.g. state-owned, private, or publicly listed).
Although China has undertaken a series of broad legal reforms since its entry into the WTO several years ago, the legal framework of China still lacks transparency, stability and consistency which, combined with a large degree of discretion exercised by the government authorities, subjects foreign private equity investments to a substantial degree of uncertainty which may only crystallize at a late stage in the investment process.
Unfortunately, there have been instances where the relevant government authority has simply refused to approve a transaction on the basis that the terms and conditions are in violation of the principle of shareholder equality and mutual benefit. Even more problematic is the situation where, after closing the transaction, the private equity investor is prevented from exercising a preference right due to an inability to obtain government approval. For example, government approval may not be forthcoming for a reduction of registered capital of the Sino-foreign joint venture upon exercise of a redemption right.
Lack of Exit Options
The other primary concern for private equity investors going onshore are the available avenues for an IPO exit. Unlike an offshore investment, where the investors typically achieve an exit through listing of the offshore holding company on an overseas stock market such as the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, New York Stock Exchange or NASDAQ without incurring burdens to obtain Chinese government authorities' approvals, the investors of an onshore company will have to consider exiting through listing on a Chinese domestic stock exchange (i.e., the Shanghai Stock Exchange main board or the Shenzhen Stock Exchange small and medium size enterprises board). Furthermore, the traditional "red-chip" listing is no longer viable because the New M&A Rules have practically closed the door on the necessary pre-IPO restructuring process.
Whilst the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges have become more attractive as they have continued to improve in the past few years, in contrast to a listing on a recognized overseas stock market, a domestic listing candidate must have a long track record of profitability—a criterion that most start-up companies find difficult to meet. Moreover, from the investors' point of view, they must face a potentially long post-IPO lock-up period, ranging from one year to three years depending on the timing of the investment made and the shareholding percentage held by such investors.
Where to Next?
It's not clear whether the rules in China will be further amended to bring back the ability for private equity investors to structure their investments offshore. However, what is clear, is that private equity investors desiring to do deals in China continue to find creative ways to do so.


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Discovering Authentic Uzbekistan Cooking and Culture in the Heart of NYC
by thirdeyemom
This is a guest post by my friend Jessie Festa, a native New Yorker based in Brooklyn who runs two blogs, Jessie on a Journey and Epicure & Culture. I know Jessie through Travel+SocialGood where we are both members of the Media Network. To read Jessie's bio in full please see the bottom of the post. Enjoy! "When I left Uzbekistan for America I didn't take any belongings. I wanted to start a new life. And New York was such a magical […]
Categories: Blogging, CULTURE, Food, Guest Posts, International recipes, New York, New York City, sustainable travel, TRAVEL, Travel + Social Good/Sustainable Travel, Travel by Country, United States • Tags: League of Kitchens, thirdeyemom, Travel, Uzbekistan cooking


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The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
How do i get a magic bean?
The bean seller says that i don't know how to use one but i do
spviper23880 - 7 years ago
Accepted Answer
If you've started a new file, you have to talk to the bean seller guy in the Royal Gardens in the Deku Palace. He'll teach Link how to plant them, and from then on, you'll be able to buy them from the Deku bean seller. If this isn't a new file, you're screwed.
mechmaster400 - 7 years ago
Other Answers
You have to talk to him while wearing the Deku Mask.
hylianarmy - 7 years ago
You have to buy one from a decu.
Irimaru - 7 years ago
ok forget those awnsers. heres what you do. screw the deku bean seller. if you rescue the boat ride lady, then your on the right track. take a ride on the boat to get to the deku palace. Talk to gaurds as a deku and they will let you in. take the right path and if there are gaurds circling giant stones, you are on the right path. if there arent, youre on youre way to a heart piece. avoid the gaurds until you find a hole with a torch on each side. run at the best time and jump into the hole. there should be a fat bean seller who will give you a free sample of magic beans!go back up and if you wanna attempt being not thrown out and try to get that heart piece, avoid the gaurds again.take the opposite route for the heart piece ( another reason you dont wanna get thrown out is because for the rest of the 3 day period the gaurd scolds you whenever you try to enter the palace. if you dont get thrown out, they will think you are a commoner deku who enjoys seeing fried monkey of a rope. take the left way (left facing boat entrance, right facing away from boat entrance) and you will come across the duh duh duh dahhhh magic bean thing! if you dont have any water, then you are out of luck because you don learn the song of storms until right before the 4rth dungeon. pour fresh spring water on the bean sproutling (PLANT THE SPROUT FIRST!) and then a magical plant will come up. fly across and kill the rebel dekus and take over their deku flowers (are you a tyrant or something?) and continue until you get to the monkey. he will teach you the sonata of awakening! yay.
keatonghost - 7 years ago
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PRINCETON, N.J. -- Ancient Eight play opens this weekend with a battle of ranked teams on the Ivy League Digital Network. The ranked Ivies—No. 20 Cornell and No. 25 Columbia—will square off for the second time this season, with Columbia having won the prior meeting, 4-1, in the ECAC Indoor Championships final on Feb. 19.
The Bears own an 11-5 record heading into April, including an 0-1 mark in Ivy League play thus far. Brown dropped its Ivy League opener to Yale, 5-2, on March 5 in the lone Ancient Eight match to be contested in March. The Bears rattled off eight-straight wins by at least a three-point margin from Jan. 29-Feb. 25 and were unbeaten in the month of February. In their lone match against a team currently noted in the Oracle/ITA rankings, Brown fell 4-2 to then-No. 36 and current No. 50 Old Dominion on March 19. The Bears will return to Ivy League play when they visit Harvard on Friday, April 7.
Reigning Ivy League champion Columbia, which has been ranked in 11-straight polls to start the 2017 campaign, currently sits at No. 25 in the Oracle/ITA Collegiate Tennis Division I National Team Rankings. The Lions have been ranked as high as No. 18 (Feb. 21) this season and sport an 11-3 mark heading into conference play—including signature wins over then-No. 24 and current No. 16 TCU, 4-3, on Feb. 12 and then-receiving votes and current No. 20 Cornell, 4-1, on Feb. 19 at the ECAC Indoor Championships. The Lions return to the court on Saturday, April 1, when they will face off against fellow ranked Ivy No. 20 Cornell at the Dick Savitt Tennis Center in New York, N.Y.
Cornell is 1-of-2 Ivies to feature in the national rankings, alongside Columbia. The Big Red have appeared in six-straight polls since breaking into the Top 25 on Feb. 21. The team currently sits at No. 20, but has been positioned as high as No. 15 (March 14) thus far. The Big Red boast a 15-2 mark heading into conference play and the aforementioned date with No. 25-ranked Columbia on Saturday, April 1. On March 12, Cornell earned a key 4-3 victory over then-No. 7 and current No. 13 Oklahoma. Then-No. 19 Columbia (4-1 on Feb. 19) and then-No. 35 Memphis (4-3 on March 5) are the only programs to have defeated the Big Red this season.
The Big Green claim a 7-10 record heading into Ivy League play, where they will host Harvard on Saturday, April 1. Six of Dartmouth's losses have come against ranked opponents—current No. 44 Indiana (6-1 on Jan. 21), current No. 21 South Carolina (6-1 on Jan. 28), current No. 33 Minnesota (4-3 on Feb. 3), then-No. 44 and current No. 34 Memphis (4-3 on Feb. 24), then-No. 41 and current No. 36 Rice (4-1 on March 18) and then-No. 30 and current No. 29 Tulane (4-1 on March 23). By defeating then-No. 46 and current No. 47 South Alabama, 4-2, on March 24, the Big Green gained their first victory over ranked opposition..
Harvard sits at 12-8 entering League play with the aforementioned match at Dartmouth on Saturday, April 1. The Crimson have won three-straight matches to close out non-conference action. Three of Harvard's losses have come to teams currently ranked among the top 50 in the Oracle/ITA rankings—current No. 50 Old Dominion (4-0 on Jan. 22), then-No. 9 and current No. 19 Northwestern (4-0 on Feb. 4) and then-No. 44 and current No. 34 Memphis (4-3 on Feb. 26). Nine of the Crimson's 12 victories have come by at least a three-point margin, while their past two have been 4-3 bouts.
The Quakers own a 13-6 mark as they head toward their League opener on Friday, April 7, at Columbia. Penn has played six matches against teams currently ranked among the top 50 in the Oracle/ITA rankings, including a win over current No. 30 Wisconsin (4-3 on Feb. 11). Of their five losses to current ranked teams, Penn claims a pair of 4-3 defeats at the hands of current No. 33 Minnesota (Feb. 5) and then-No. 26 and current No. 50 Old Dominion (Feb. 26). The others were a 6-1 loss to current No. 45 Vanderbilt (Jan. 22), a 6-1 loss to current No. 36 Rice (Feb. 12) and a 7-0 defeat by then-No. 25 and current No. 29 Tulane (March 10).
The Tigers claim a 10-9 overall record as they prepare for their Ancient Eight opener at Cornell on Friday, April 7. Seven of Princeton's losses have come against teams currently listed among the top 50 in the Oracle/ITA rankings—No. 18 Michigan (6-1 on Feb. 2), No. 44 Indiana (5-2 on Feb. 4), No. 30 Wisconsin (4-3 on Feb. 12), No. 20 Cornell (4-1 on Feb. 18), No. 48 Auburn (4-2 on Feb. 24), No. 41 Texas Tech (4-0 on Feb. 25) and No. 49 San Diego (4-0 on March 23). The Tigers did earn a key victory on Feb. 10 at Jadwin Gymnasium, defeating current No. 36 Rice, 4-3. After dropping three-straight matches on its spring break trip in California, Princeton will look to regain its form in Ivy League play.
The Bulldogs are coming off arguably their best match of the season—when they gave then-No. 11 and current No. 9-ranked Cal all it could handle in a 4-3 loss. Yale posted a 3-2 lead, before the Golden Bears rallied to take the final two singles matches and earn the victory. The loss snapped a month-long 10-match winning streak for Yale. Yale also owns a victory over then-No. 25 and current No. 50-ranked Old Dominion (4-3 on Feb. 24) and a good loss to current No. 20 Cornell (5-1 on Feb. 17). The Bulldogs will look to build upon their 14-4 mark as they enter the heart of the Ancient Eight schedule. Yale currently boasts the lone Ivy League victory, having topped Brown, 5-2, on March 5.
Ivies Prepare for Ancient Eight Slate
PRINCETON, N.J. -- Ancient Eight play opens this weekend with a battle of ranked teams on the Ivy League Digital Network. The ranked Ivies—No. 20 Cornell and No. 25 Columbia—will square off for the second time this season, with Columbia having won the prior meeting, 4-1, in the ECAC Indoor Championships final on Feb. 19.


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Ashton Kutcher And Jessica Alba Dissed At Razzies, 'The Last Airbender' And 'SATC 2′ Lead
The Last Airbender and Sex and the City 2 got some awards-attention tonight, though not of the best kind. Both films "won" a handful of Razzies this year, the annual anti-Oscars show that honors the worst films of the year.
Airbender took home not only the prize for Worst Picture, but also for Worst Director, Worst Screenplay, Worst Supporting Actor (Jackson Rathbone) and Worst Eye-Gouging Misuse of 3-D. Yikes. SATC also got it pretty bad with Worst Actress going jointly to Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon, as well as Worst Screen Couple/Ensemble going to the entire cast.
PHOTOS: Sandra Bullock Accepts The 2010 Razzie Award!
Also not so lucky were Ashton Kutcher and repeat offender Jessica Alba. Kutcher got Worst Actor for his performances in Killers and Valentine's Day and Alba got Worst Supporting Actress for (here we go…) Valentine's Day, The Killer Inside Me, Machete and Little Fockers.
Even though The Twilight Saga led the nominations, the series was mostly safe. And Twi-hards can breathe a sigh of relief.


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Art Arbor: Boyd Hill Nature Park's autumn family festival will have arts and crafts vendors, live music, food court, plant sale, wildlife presentations and environmental exhibits, guided tours of the park and children's activities. It runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the park, 1101 Country Club Way S, St. Petersburg. $2, $1 child. (727) 893-7326.
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Yo Drama! What's that shit on your grill? You got a caterpillar on your face?
Look, I know you're always striking out with the ladies, but this is not a good change. Stick with the clean-shaven look, or go way out there with the facial hair. The mustache says sleazy and over-confident.
By the way, this image is from ZIRH's regular emails, and has the caption:
Kevin Dillion from HBO's hit show Entourage picks up a complimentary ZIRH Body Bar at the Official Superbowl XLII Talent and Player Gift Lounge.
Bonus points for anyone who remembers the brand of products Johnny Drama was using in season one of Entourage.
I'm into nuggets, y'all!
I'm into nuggets, y'all!
Ever dream of being those guys who made a YouTube video and suddenly found themselves on national TV? Well now's your chance. Schick and YouTube are asking you to create a shaving video featuring the Schick Quattro Titanium and yours truly. No nudity, violence, profanity, yadda, yadda, yadda... You know what'll fly and what won't.
Upload your video to www.youtube.com/schick by March 18th. Vote on videos between March 25th and April 8th. Winner will be announced on April 15th. You could win $25,000! Sweet!
But more importantly, you could win cred. That's way more valuable than manna or linden dollars.
Wondering what to do with that tea bag? Here in Boston we still dream about throwing it in the harbor and having a party. But maybe we ought to check out Gomestic's 15 wonderful uses for a tea bag. Wonderful use number one - "Apply a wet tea bag on the razor burn to reduce the pain." Ahh! That's a much better use. Can we still party?
This link actually came from this Lifehacker post. There are a the usual tea-bag jokes you'd expect in the comments, however this one from Ann-Marie is worth mentioning:
Try green tea bags if you want to ease redness. It stocked with anti-oxidants and can be great for irritated skin. A word of caution though -- green tea (and other teas for that matter) can stain clothing, towels, even countertops.
Another great treatment for razor burn is Witch Hazel. It's also full of anti-oxidants and has a lot of soothing properties. Try to get the pure stuff -- the filler will work against you.
Another great treatment for razor burn is Witch Hazel. It's also full of anti-oxidants and has a lot of soothing properties. Try to get the pure stuff -- the filler will work against you.
Good advice.
Just got word that The Gentlemen's Refinery has introduced a new Unscented After Shave "Designed For Those With Skin and or Scent Sensitivities". Now I understand skin sensitivities, but scent sensitivities? What's that? Like, hey, this smells like crap! I'm sensitive to it.
Thing is, Gentlemen's Refinery products smell great. Aside from being among the finest shaving products we've ever used, they are also among the finest smelling shaving products we've used. But who knows. Maybe they got feedback from a couple of nasally challenge complainers. Whatever. I haven't used their new unscented after shave, but based on our past experience with Gentlemen's Refinery's "The Standard" After Shave Balm, I have no doubt it will rock.
The Gentlemen's Refinery Unscented After Shave Balm is $40 for a 3.4 Ounces/100 ml.
No big surprise on this week's pick - none other than Cuban President/Commander/Comrade/Jefe Fidel Castro. I'll skip the politics (although maybe I've started on some already) and get right to the beard.
It's big. It's bushy. And it's iconic.
Whether you love him or hate him, that bearded face and green military fatigues have become emblematic of a radical Latin American military dictator. Watch any cheesy movie set in South or Central America and you'll easily be able to spot the leader.
So who will take over Castro's position? Normally we'd ask if the next president could fill Castro's shoes. I think it's better to ask if he (or she) could fill his beard.
As we mentioned the other day, we got a bunch of other Zia for Men grooming products in. We've been using their Zia for Men's Triple Action FACE/BODY/HAIR 3-in-1 Wash in the shower. Seems to be a trend, these 3-in-1 shower products. It's like men want something quick and easy. Actually that does describe most men I know when it comes to grooming.
So basically we've got a shampoo, a face wash, and a body wash all combined into one. As a shampoo it works well. Not that I feel qualified to say much here, but my hair seem fine after using it. And after working up a big lather on my head, I'd use the suds to wash my face. Nice two-in-one usage.
My personal preference is still to use a bar of soap. It's (mostly) easy to hold, you can place it where you want to go, and it's familiar. So I really only used Zia for two of it's three possibilities.
One thing to note - the tube has a funky cap. You push down on one side of the top, which raises the other side of the top, and then you squeeze the tube. Took me a minute to figure this out. Best to know how to operate the bottle instead of trying to figure it out while you're still waking up.
My only complaint with Zia's Triple Action was that it smelled slightly too much like lemony Pledge. Not overbearing by any means, but other Zia products have smelled better. My hair doesn't smell lemony all day, so I'm continuing to happily use it.
Zia for Men's Triple Action FACE/BODY/HAIR 3-in-1 Wash is $13.95 for a 6.7 oz tube.
Here's a shaving-related myth recently addressed by the crazy MythBusters team:
If you freeze a can of shaving cream, cut it open, and then put the foam in a car, it will heat and expand to fill the car.
Hmm... Honestly, I've never heard that one. So is there any truth to the myth?
This myth was first tested with one can of shaving cream; there was little effect. Even with 50 cans of opened shaving cream in the car, the foam did not significantly expand. Lastly, the MythBusters tried putting a large quantity of polyurethane foam in the car, and it expanded to completely fill the car.
So for a great shave, lather up with a large quantity of polyurethane foam. (Kids, please don't try this at home.)
I don't feel like talking about shaving today. Scratch that. I don't feel like talking about shaving bodily hair. Let's talk about a proud and somewhat unique refreshing Hawaiian treat known as "Shave Ice".
And no, there's no "d" missing. It's really called "Shave Ice".
Shave ice is like a snow cone, only the ice is shaved much finer resulting is something which more closely resembles snow, (as opposed to a snow code which typically consists of tiny hail pellets). Like a snow cone shave ice is usually served in a paper cone, however as an added embellishment it's often served on top a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Yum! Pick your favorite syrupy flavor, or pick three. Rainbow shave ice is the way to go.
If you've got a trip to Hawaii planned, make sure you sample this delicacy.
Wired recently ran their 15th anniversary edition and as part of the retrospective they cataloged a few of the men with beards who have graced their cover. Here's a link to 14 covers, all featuring bearded men. Movie directors make up the majority, with George Lucas appearing three times, Steven Spielberg twice, and James Cameron also scoring the deuce. Basically, if you want to be a major movie mogul, grow a full beard.
Oh Valentine's Day. If you're in a relationship, you're probably stressed out trying to find the right gift for your mate. And if you're not in a relationship, you're dreading the day that spotlights the fact that you're all alone. Stupid Hallmark made up holiday.
Here's a cute twist on Valentine's Day gifts from ShopInPrivate.com - a press release detailing The Worst Valentine's Day Gifts of 2008. And what's last on the list for guys? Our good friend and back-shaver Razorba.
Razorba - This is her way of subtly saying, "I'm sick of shaving your back! Shave your own darn back!" Not quite the right way to go about it. Valentine's Day is a special day the two of you should happily shave each other. I'd advise saving the Razorba gift for their birthday, or sneak it under their pillow the night before you plan to go to the beach. Now that's more appropriate planning.
Hmm... They may have a point there. I'd stick with the flowers and the chocolate.
A while ago we reviewed Zia for Men shaving products. And recently we received a shipment of other men's facial products from Zia. We've been using Zia for Men's ActiClean Skin Clearing Face Wash for a month now, and here's our report.
Good stuff.
Once again Zia has managed to create a high-quality product using natural ingredients, free of dyes and perfumes. Even if you actively seeked out a face wash with radioactive blue dye and ingredients with names a mile long, you'd have a hard time turning Zia ActiClean down.
Zia's face wash is a clear gel with a pleasing peppermint scent. I tended to use it once a day when I was washing up before going to bed. A quarter size amount is all you need. Apply to a warm wet face, work up a light lather, and rinse. Follow up with a light moisture cream. Easy. My face felt nice and clean, and wasn't left too dry.
Zia for Men's ActiClean Skin Clearing Face Wash is $8.95 for a 5 oz tube. Get some.
I know, it's not something we all want to talk about. But every man should have a nose trimmer in his hair-battling arsenal. Woman may have their waxing kits hidden under the vanity. Men should have their nose hair trimmer hidden right next to them. Take a minute to read our unboxing of the Philips Norelco Nose and Ear Trimmer, then come on back for our full review.
Late last year Philips Norelco introduced the NT9110, aka the "Precision Nose and Ear Trimmer", a radical departure from traditional rotary tops. How is different? Well, while most nose hair trimmers have a spinning blade under a foiled head, (see picture left), the Norelco has "Tube Shave" technology.
Tube Shave is a next-generation shaving technology that delivers fast, one stroke efficiency for significantly better hair catching than foil shaving. You also get significantly closer results than current precision trimmers. Tube Shave technology shaves at skin level. The shaver can be applied to every angle of the skin without losing shaving effectiveness.
"Tube Shave" seems like kind of a funny name for it. I'd call it "Vertical Shave". Or "Shaft Shave" (given the innuendo Philips Norelco tends to use). Basically, you stick that long shaft, er... stalk up your nose and wiggle it around. You'll be surprised at how far up it can go. Kind of freaked me out. The good news is that it never once caught or tugged a hair, which would have been very painful.
The Philips Norelco Nose and Ear Trimmer also comes with two eyebrow attachments which easily snap on over the shaft. Er... tube. They actually work pretty well at trimming out-of-control eyebrows. You'll definitely want to go against the grain. Running them in the direction that your eyebrow hair grows will only work as a comb (which is sometimes all that you need). I'd definitely recommend starting with the longer attachment first. Can't recover from too close. For me the longer attachment was all I needed, although I have pretty thick eyebrows. No need to go all Bob Geldof in The Wall.
Finally, the NT9110 is also an ear hair trimmer. You don't need any attachment. Just run it along your lobes where hair grows, and occasionally in the folds of the ear. (I'm embarrassed to admit that hair grows there too.)
So, how does the Philips Norelco Nose and Ear Trimmer really stack up? As a nose-hair trimmer, it's decent. I think the rotary foil trimmers I've used in the past have done slightly better, but the Norelco does well, and you don't get the occasional painful snag. As an eyebrow shaver it's great. Your alternative is a comb, a pair of scissors, and a lesson from your barber. And as an ear hair shaver it's mixed. For hair along the lobe I prefer an electric razor. For hair in the folds of your ears, it can't be beat.
In summation, I'd give the Norelco an A for effort, and a B+ for execution. At $12.99 (which includes battery!), it's definitely worth it.
We're currently in the midst of reviewing the full line of Mensgroom products, from Shave the Males all the way to Be Cleansed My Son. Advanced word is very positive, but you'll have to check back in a week or two for the full report.
In the mean time Mensgroom is having a Valentine's Day sale which you should check out: Save 15% when you order Shave the Males shaving cream and Soothe the Shaven Beast after shave from their website. Not too shabby. Might make a good Valentine's gift for someone special...
Super Bowl XLII was this past Sunday, and in keeping with the tradition of hiring tame half-time acts (since Justin, Janet, and her wardrobe malfunction), Tom Petty got the nod. Actually, I think first Springsteen got the nod, who gave them the nix. Then the Eagles got the nod, and they also gave the no. So it was third string Petty who graced the halftime platform and robotically sang his three most boring songs from Full Moon Fever, the jump-the-shark album of his discography.
Are you feeling my love?
American Girl is a good song. Thanks for singing that one. What about Refugee? Here Comes My Girl? The Waiting? Not commercial enough, apparently.
Whatever. Tom Petty is old. And he's grown a ridiculous beard to try to mask it. But I know he hasn't written a decent song since 1989. That beard ain't fooling me.
Hey Tom - Don't Come Around Here No More.
(Yes I'm angry the Pats didn't win.)
Here's a cute idea from instructables.com on how to make your own razor and shaving brush stand. Required materials: a wire hanger. Required tools: pliers. Required skills: patience. And the ability to follow directions.
Actually the directions are pretty easy, and there are plenty of pictures to guide you through each step. And while you may not end up with a nickel/chrome-plated stand worthy of Trump, you will have the satisfaction of having done it yourself.
Crafternoon at my place!
You know all those annoying people driving like idiots while talking on a cell phone? Yes, I know we've all done it, but it's still wrong. Here's something else that's wrong - driving and shaving. According to this article:
Authorities in Northern Mexico warns [sic] motorists that anyone who is caught putting on lipstick, shaving or holding a pet while behind the wheel, will be charged hefty fines in an attempt to lower the chances of traffic accidents.
Applying makeup or shaving while driving will cost the drivers 346 pesos ($32) in Torreon in Northern Mexico City.
Applying makeup or shaving while driving will cost the drivers 346 pesos ($32) in Torreon in Northern Mexico City.
So here's my question: How many people had to get cited for a moving violation while shaving before someone government took action? Here in the States getting government to do anything is a Herculean effort. Does Mexico have a more efficient city hall? And back to the point - what were they shaving with?
Pop quiz! What do you do when you've got a hit product? If you've been a regular Shaving Stuff reader, you'd know the answer. If not, check out this post. The answer: release it again. And again. And again.
Two Superbowls ago in 2006 Gillette released the Gillette Fusion and Gillette Fusion Power, the world's first five-bladed razor. (Or six-bladed, depending on how you count the "Precision Trimmer" blade.) At last year's Superbowl Gillette released the Gillette Fusion Power Phantom, which included a slightly redesigned handle and a darker color scheme. Well, the Superbowl was two days ago, and guess what? Gillette introduced the Gillette Fusion Power Phenom.
Gillette Fusion Phenom and Gillette Fusion Power Phenom combine the breakthrough technology of the Gillette Fusion shaving system, with a cool new design featuring metallic blue and silver satin chrome handles.
Don't worry. It takes the same blades you've been using. And if you already have a Fusion Power or Fusion Power Phantom, don't feel the need to rush out and get the Phenom. That said, if you haven't tried any of the Fusion Power razors, you'll be in for a treat when you do. Personally, I think they rock.
So it's pretty clear we'll have another Fusion release at next year's Superbowl. And given the current trend of naming the new razors with the "ph" sound, I recommend next year's product be called the "Gillette Fusion Power Phoneme". Remember, you heard it here first.
Valentine's Day is fast approaching, so if you've got a man who's in need of some quality shaving supplies, check out this this offer from Best4Men, especially if you've got a loved-one in the military:
Thank you for making 2007 our best year ever. To express our gratitude, we are extending an exclusive online offer through February 14, Valentine's Day. Use discount code Val08 to get 10% off any order of $25 or more. We especially want to thank all the men and women in the Armed Forces. Use discount code Mil08 and take 20% off any purchase $40 or more if your order is shipped to a US military installation anywhere in the world.
Best4Men doesn't have a huge selection - just the products they've deemed to be the best in each category. Oh, they have Billy Jealousy for shaving cream? Yup, we'd have to agree.
Skin care innovator Peter Thomas Roth is the first generation child of Hungarian parents. Skin care is an inherent part of Peter's heritage. During the late 1800s and early 1900s, Peter's father's family owned and operated two spa hotels in Hungary. [...] When skin care pioneer Peter launched his company in 1993, he improved on many of these old formulas keeping in mind the basic philosophy of the healing, and soothing, qualities of the many muds and minerals in the Thermal Springs and their important curative properties for specific medical conditions and remedies by blending 19th century recipes with 21st century skin care technologies and ingredients.
Um, run-on-sentence much?
Anyway, we're psyched to try out the futuristic Peter Thomas Roth 21st Century Shave Cream ($21) "with protective PTR space age polymer technology". Do we have another thing to thank NASA for? We also got a tube of Peter Thomas Roth Moisturizing Multi Tasking After Shave Balm ($24), which is "weightless" and "vanishing". Yup. I think we do. Thanks NASA!
Keep your antenna tuned to this frequency for when we start beaming our review. Oh, me so nerdie.


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Six best friends will play together for the last time in the East Jackson basketball gym tonight.
Seniors Caleb Hill, Casey Reed, Jarron Davis, Patrick Chastain, Austin Beauchamp and Tyree Rakestraw have been playing basketball together since elementary school.
The six debate whether it was third or fourth grade, but over the years, they have grown to be nearly inseparable, during and after basketball season.
"They play like brothers. They hang out together off the court. When we are at camp, they're always together," coach Brian Turner said. "Usually if you see one of them, you're going to see two or three of them."
Turner did note one exception to that. Before high school, Hill went to Kings Bridge Middle School, while the other five went to East Jackson Middle School. Turner said this was when the group, which still played together outside of school ball, was known as "the East Jackson Middle School and one."
While playing together for so long has allowed them to develop a knowledge of each others' tendencies and specialties, it has, more importantly, nurtured trust. All six agreed that trust is the greatest strength they have developed over time.
"Other teams come together in maybe middle school, probably high school. So, they don't have that friendship and brotherhood they can rely on," Hill said.
They do not all play the same sports outside of basketball or agree on their favorite NBA player.
But Turner, whose team beat Franklin County Monday to move to 10-13 overall and 3-9 in Region 8-AAA, said the players' biggest attribute to the team is their consistency and love of the game. He never worries about the group being at a practice, mandatory or optional.
Davis, Rakestraw and Hill are captains on the team. While the group as a whole feels that the rest of team looks up to them, the captains know it is their responsibility to show leadership.
These seniors have chosen separate paths after graduation, with only four of the six looking to play in college. Davis, Reed and Rakestraw recently traveled with Turner on a recruiting trip to Truett-McConnell College.
Beauchamp is taking a slightly different route and hopes to play football at Mercer University.
As for tonight's Senior Night, the players agreed they want to notch a win against rival Jackson County for the second time this season and, as Reed put it, "turn up."
"We're looking to leave our mark on the school," Hill said.


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The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini '88 is enjoying an incredibly successful ride with the publication of his first novel, The Kite Runner (Riverhead Books, 2003). Set in Afghanistan and the Bay Area, the book has been described as Missing meets Midnight Express by the Wall Street Journal, and a "vivid and engaging story" by the New York Times. The film rights were purchased in August by DreamWorks studio shortly after the book's release, and it has been on the best seller lists in Northern California and in Canada.
"It's wonderful," says Hosseini, who was a chemistry major at SCU. "For a first-time novelist, it couldn't possibly be any better."
Hosseini, who works as an internist for Kaiser Permanente in Mountain View, wrote much of the book by getting up at 5 a.m. before he started his job. He lives in Sunnyvale with his wife Roya, and two young children.
The novel tells of the past thirtyfive years in Afghanistan, from tranquil times in the 1960s through life under the Taliban. The story is told through the experiences of Amir, son of a wealthy man, and Hassan, son of a family servant and member of a poor ethnic minority group. Some of the characters eventually emigrate to the Bay Area, living in the city of Fremont and selling items at the San Jose Berryessa Flea Market.
While it is a work of fiction, parts of the book parallel Hosseini's own life. As a boy, he flew kites in the winter and watched American westerns dubbed in the Farsi language, as characters in his book do. Hosseini's father was in the foreign service, but the family came to the U.S. in 1980 after receiving political asylum. Hosseini knew little English when he arrived, but by the time he started at SCU in 1984, he was fluent.
In the novel's final chapters, one character returns to Afghanistan to adopt a baby. Hosseini had no experience with adoption, so he turned to Lynette Parker, an attorney at the School of Law's East San Jose Community Law Center, for the information.
Hosseini started a family tradition of attending SCU: his brothers, Walid '89 and Daoud '95, are also graduates, as is a cousin, Mariam Hosseini '00. Hosseini says one of the best parts of his recent book tour has been hearing from long-lost SCU classmates.
A flood of theories about Noah
The idea for a book about Noah came when J. David Pleins, professor of religious studies at Santa Clara University, was interviewed for a National Geographic Society video about recent discoveries in the Black Sea that were believed to offer new evidence on the biblical story of Noah's Ark.
In his book When the Great Abyss Opened: Classic and Contemporary Readings of Noah's Flood (Oxford University Press, 2003), Pleins examines four approaches to looking at the story of Noah and his ark, ranging from fundamentalist to scientific views.
Pleins, who teaches courses in biblical studies and comparative ancient Near Eastern literature and mythology draws on a variety of sources in his book, from Joseph Campbell's study of myths and the views of medieval rabbis, to Pope John Paul II's call for the Catholic Church to hold an open dialogue with the scientific community in 1996.
"To probe the mythic meaning of the ancient flood legends," Pleins writes, "is to probe our deepest selves. Through such tales we come to see the integral character of the core values and virtues that have woven together entire civilizations throughout the centuries."


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Violence and safety: disparities and resources
Violence is a significant issue in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community. Statistics demonstrate that LGBT people are among the most frequent victims of hate crimes and violence; these crimes occur in many settings, including schools and colleges, the armed services, jails and prisons, homes, workplaces, and public places. Additionally, studies suggest LGBT people have higher lifetime risks of sexual assault and equal or higher rates of domestic violence than their heterosexual counterparts. Data from Wisconsin are consistent with these findings. For example, when compared to their heterosexual counterparts,
LGBT youth are:
- Almost 3 times as likely to be forced into sex.
- Over 2 times as likely to be hit, slapped, or physically hurt on purpose by their boyfriend or girlfriend.
- Almost 5 times as likely not to go to school, to feel unsafe at school or on their way to or from school.
- Over 5 times as likely to be in a physical fight resulting in an injury requiring medical treatment.
LGBT adults are:
- 5 times as likely to be punched, slapped, hit, or kicked by a boyfriend, girlfriend, or partner.
- 6 times as likely to be afraid for their safety.
Violence is of particular concern in the LGBT community, because the stigma that can accompany violence and victimization makes it less likely they will receive adequate care for their injuries.
The following resources are intended to address violence/safety health issues and disparities affecting the LGBT community.
Hyperlinks marked with the icon indicate Wisconsin resources.
Anti-Violence Project
Description: Victim advocacy, community outreach, and service provider education program at the Milwaukee LGBT Community Center.
Resource availability: Milwaukee
Dane County Rape Crisis Center
Description: Crisis intervention and support (24 hour Crisis Line and on-call Advocate/Counselors), short-term counseling, support groups, therapy groups, medical/legal advocacy and accompaniment, community education, and self-defense training to survivors of sexual assault and their families.
Resource availability: Dane County
The Network
Description: Information about ending domestic violence in lesbian, bisexual, and transgender women's communities.
Resource availability: Internet, Massachusetts
Gay Men's Domestic Violence Program
Description: Information and statistics on domestic violence in gay men.
Resource availability: Internet, Massachusetts
Gay Straight Alliance for Safe Schools
Description: Leadership development for youth and skill development for GSA advisors and other secondary school educators.
Resource availability: South Central Wisconsin, Internet
Northwest Network
Description: LGBT information and support regarding abuse and violence (based in Seattle, Washington).
Resource availability: Internet
Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network
Description: Information about sexual assault, including contact information for the National Sexual Assault Hotline.
Resource availability: National, Internet
Description: Information from various government agencies on how kids, teens, young adults, parents, educators and others in the community can prevent or stop bullying.
Resource availability: Internet
Transgender Sexual Violence Project Description
Description: Resources, including information, support groups, and a listserv, for transgender individuals and others who are not served by other sexual violence response systems; hosted by FORGE.
Resource availability: Milwaukee, Internet
Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault
Description: Information and support regarding sexual assault.
Resource availability: Wisconsin
Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Description: Information and support regarding domestic violence.
Resource availability: Wisconsin


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Darlington endured a hugely disappointing day as they lost 2-0 at lowly Team Northumbria, a team that had won only one of their previous 12 matches.
But Quakers suffered their third league defeat, despite seeing more than enough of the ball as for lengthy periods they pinned the hosts back into their own half.
However, against a team that lots 5-1 to Newton Aycliffe last week, they paid the price for failing to take one of numerous chances.
They found a stubborn and well-organised Team Northumbria difficult to break down and as a result Martin Gray's men failed to score in a league game for the first time.
Furthermore, Darlington lost keeper Craig Turns with a dislocated shoulder and he is expected be missing for at least a month.
He had to be taken to hospital after suffering the injury when making a save towards the end of the first half from Team North's Peter Watling, who was on the end of a number of chances.
The striker scored well over 30 goals in Division Two last season and was dangerous from the off, having three opportunities early on.
The first shot was deflected over for a corner, the second rolled just wide after turning sharply and the third a header straight at Turns after meeting a cross by right-back John Jury.
Darlington had chances too. David Dowson had a shot saved by Andrew Jennison after referee Tom Rogers played advantage when centre-back Ross Wilkinson brought down Stephen Thompson.
Winger Amar Purewal should've done better when he met Thompson's pass over the top, but the winger's touch was too heavy and Jennison collected the ball.
Playing on a well-maintained playing surface, the pitch should have been to Quakers' advantage.
While they did not lose the ball cheaply, they did not use the width of the wide pitch well enough and they lacked invention and spark during a largely flat first 45 minutes.
They were handed an escape on 26 minutes when Watling had only the keeper to beat, but he fired wide from inside penalty area.
Jennison had three saves to make in a matter of minutes. Saving easily when Leon Scott slipped as he shot after receiving a pass from Stephen Thompson, but Dowson wasted a one-on-one opportunity when released by Thompson and outpacing the home defence.
A minute later Jennison saved a header from Thompson after he had met a Craig Gott cross.
Jack Norton replaced Turns for the final seconds of the first half, but within 60 seconds of the restart he was picking the ball out of the net.
After a succession of passes through Darlington's midfield, Watling was played in by Ben Sayer to fire low past Norton.
The goal means that Quakers have conceded in 13 consecutive league games. A cause for concern, but one which has been overlooked as they have been capable of scoring chances in most games.
Also a hallmark of Darlington's season, however, is that the majority of their goals have come in the second half matches. So with 44 minutes to play they were not unduly worried at the prospect of conjuring an equaliser and chances were continually created.
Chris Emms saw a shot deflected wide and Thompson had an effort diverted over the bar, while Dowson missed a great opportunity; after Gary Brown headed the ball into his path, the forward's volley from 12 yards was way off target.
Gray made a double and decisive change, sendinrg on Clark Keltie and Adam Nicholls for Leon Scott and Emms. With Turns already replaced, Quakers had a scare when Norton went down injured after a collision with Watling.
Thankfully for Darlington, he was able to continue and soon made a sharp save low down to his right when Sayer struck the ball sweetly from outside the area.
Darlington's pressure continued to mount with Keltie at the hub of the action while hard-working Team North defended in numbers with centre-backs Tom Davies and Ross Wilkinson winning almost everything in the air.
For a spell when Quakers won a series of corners, Norton was the only player not in the home team's third of the pitch, but the lengthy period of possession came to nothing, despte Jennison being continually called into action.
Thompson saw a shot gathered at the second attempt by Jennison before Nicholls broke into the penalty area by beating Phil Lumsden and Tom Davies, but his shot was straight at Jennison and then Thompson had an effort diverted over the bar for a corner by Davies.
Jennings had to be at full stretch to save from Brown while fellow centre-back Joe Tait turned a shot over the bar when meeting a Nicholls corner.
All of the effort proved in vain as Watling added a killer second in injury time. After TN's Mark Bertram intercepted a Norton clearance, they worked the ball to the striker and he slotted home a low strike to make it 2-0.
The goal completed a dreadful day for Darlington on which they also saw second-placed Spennymoor, still with three games in hand, cut the gap to four points.
That could be closed even further on Tuesday when Moors travel to Whitley Bay. Darlington's next game is at home to Guisborough Town on Friday (8pm ko).
Goals: Watling (46, 1-0), Watling (90, 2-0)
Bookings: Brown (58, foul); Bertram (87, time wasting); Dowson (88, encroachment)
Referee: Tom Rogers
Attendance: 482
Team Northumbria: Jennison, Jury, Lumsden, Davies, Wilkinson, Bertram, Critchlow (Fenwick 83), Cavener, Sayer, Watling, Riley (Story 88). Subs (not used): Cairns, Sherlock, Clough
Darlington: Turns (Norton 45); Harrison, Tait, Brown, Smith; Emms (Nicholls 54), Gott, Scott (Keltie 54), Amar Purewal; Dowson, Thompson. Subs (not used): Richardson, Reay


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State troopers: Warrior woman, 39, killed in single-car crash in Blount County
BLOUNT COUNTY, Ala. -- A Warrior woman was killed in a single-vehicle accident in Blount County Tuesday night, Alabama State Troopers said.
Kathryn Berger, 39, died after the car she was driving struck a tree off of County Road 8 around 7:15 p.m. The crash happened around six miles west of Hayden.
It is unknown if Berger was wearing her seat belt at the time of the accident.
An investigation remains ongoing.


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Updated By: Natalie Rubino
May 7, 2014, 7pm
Drivers traveling westbound on I-10 Thursday morning may want to take a detour.
The outside lane by mile marker 203 will be closed from 9am until 11am.
"The Florida Department of Transportation will be doing some repairs to some of our traffic detection devices out there on I-10," Ian Satter, an FDOT Spokesperson said.
They're updating License Plate Readers.
What are License Plate Readers?
They take three or four digits from your license plate and measure how long it takes you to get from point A to point B.
They're making repairs to License Plate Readers.
"Through that we can determine travel times and alert people on I-10 on the travel times driving ahead on our dynamic message boards," Satter said.
We don't know what these devices look like but the DOT insists the license plate information is only used to improve driving conditions.
"We don't store any of that information. We don't use any of that information for any sort of ticketing or any sort of fines. It's strictly a tool that we use to help facilitate traffic," Satter added.
If the DOT notices unusual traffic times from the data it's able to make changes to help improve the traffic.
"Maybe we have a disabled vehicle on the side of the road or there's something that's laying in the road that's causing delays. It allows us to send people out and take a look at the situation," Satter said.
There are five FDOT License Plate Readers in Leon County.
They are located at exits 192, 196, 199, 203 and 209.
Updated By: Natalie Rubino
May 7, 2014, 5pm
You'll notice some minor road work along a portion of I-10 in Tallahassee tomorrow.
The work will help make travel time estimates more accurate.
Have you ever seen the travel time estimates on the Interstate? Have you ever wondered how they get that information?
The license plate reader takes a picture of your license plate at "Point A", and then takes another picture at "Point B". The reader only uses the three middle digits of your license plate. The readers then calculate the time it took for your vehicle to get from Point A to Point B.
License plate readers are also used for the DOT to make improvements to travel time.
News Release: Department of Transportation
Chipley - The westbound outside lane of Interstate 10 (I-10) in Tallahassee will be closed Thursday, May 8 from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. at Mile Marker 203 while crews upgrade existing license plate readers. The eastbound outside lane will close from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. to complete the license plate reader upgrade.
All activities are weather dependent and may be delayed or re-scheduled in event of inclement weather. Drivers are reminded to pay attention to the speed limit when traveling through the construction area, and to use caution, when driving in work zones.
For more Florida Department of Transportation District Three information follow us on twitter @myfdot_nwfl.


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Pebble Hunting
On December 9th, a Tigers fan named CameronK200II984* logged on to SB Nation and, in the comments of a Grant Brisbee post, laid out his audacious plan for the Detroit Tigers to lock up the AL Central. Audacious is the wrong word. Insane? Unhinged? No. Not...quite...right. Oh, right, I got it: Prophetic.
Crucial to the theory of an infinite universe/multiverse is the idea that, with a finite number of ways for atoms to arrange themselves, and infinite opportunities for such arrangements to occur, all possible worlds exist. There is a world, then, exactly like ours, all the way up to December 9th; every grain of sand exactly as in this one, every person who ever lived exactly as has ever lived in ours. But in that world, every single one of CameronK200II984's proposals actually happened. In that world, the 2014 offseason won't be remembered for the Dexter Fowler trade or the Tim Hudson signing. It'll be remembered for the sequence of trades that landed the Tigers practically every good player in baseball.
This is that universe, retrieved through a variety of contemporary accounts.
Account 1. Tick-tock of Dombrowski's offseason, excerpted from long feature in ESPN the Magazine:
"Of course you don't get it," Dave Dombrowski told him. "You're only seeing part of the plan. That's just step one."
Avila stared down, reading it again: Step 1: Trade Austin Jackson, Victor Martinez & Jonathan Crawford to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Mark Melancon.
"Seems like a lot, for a reliever," he told Dombrowski.
"Well, sure, of course it is. But it's only step one. After that, I'm going to trade for—you ready for this?—Jose Fernandez, Giancarlo Stanton, and Steve Cishek."
"Whoa! Okay, wow, well okay. And so you need Melancon to send to Florida in that…"
"No, dummy, we're keeping Melancon."
"So… who are you … how does Melancon…"
"And then step three: We trade for Matt Kemp and Hanley Ramirez."
"With… Melancon? With Melancon and Stanton?"
"And step four: We trade for Chris Sale. Step five: We trade for Jose Bautista. And Matt Wieters. That's step six."
"And who do we give up?"
"Nobody. That's the beauty of it. Jackson and Martinez, Porcello eventually, but otherwise nobody. Don Kelly. Bunch of lousy minor leaguers. And then we sign a bunch of players, too. Terrible players, some of them, and we sign them for no reason. So we trade for all those guys and we sign a bunch of players, some of whom are terrible. And we move Ian Kinsler to third base. And all of that leads to the best part: Once we get all these players, every single one of them has the best year of his career. And every other player we already had has the best year of his career. And we win 117 games."
Dombroski smiles. He brushes some dirt of his shoulders, not actual dirt but metaphorical dirt.
Avila tries to fight his way through the migraine and blurry vision that have overtaken him. He's gasping, grasping for anything on which to get purchase. And then something hits him.
"Second base! You said Kinsler is at third, so what about second base?"
Dombrowski smiles. "You silly bitch. Don't worry about second base."
Account 2. Tigers/Marlins trade, analyzed in a blog post published on regional newspaper web site.
My favorite word from the Marlins chart: sriracha. My favorite from the Tigers side is probably lololololololololololol.
Account 3. Letter of resignation submitted by White Sox GM Rick Hahn following trade of Chris Sale to Tigers
I am writing to inform you of two developments. One is that I have traded Chris Sale. Before you read about it elsewhere, I should give you the pertinent details, many of which will bother you. I have traded him to the Tigers, firstly. I understand that the Tigers are a division opponent of ours and that the general rule is that we don't make intra-division trades unless they are
You will ask why I traded Chris Sale to the Detroit Tigers for Don Kelly, Andy Dirks, a Double-A left-fielder, and an undersized, right-handed minor-league reliever with terrible control problems. And this goes to the second important development. I feel it is best that I resign, effective immediately, from my position as General Manager, as it is becoming increasingly clear to me and those around me that, despite the generally excellent job I have heretofore done as a White Sox employee, I am a Rhode Island Red hen, or perhaps a Welsummer. Maybe a Barnevelder. It's not important. The point is that the evidence suggests that I'm a fowl bred for the production of meat and/or eggs. I peck randomly at phone and computer keys. Thusly, mistakes like these are inevitable.
Whose fault is it that I am and have been a hen for the 14 years that the White Sox have employed me? Maybe it's mine. I can't say. Maybe it's yours. This perhaps goes to a fundamental mystery of self-evaluation; are we best understood through our own subjectivity or through the observations of others? For that matter, now that we have established that I am pecking at these keys randomly, and that the apparent pattern they form (as words) is a product of chance rather than design, we must ask whether I am really a chicken. If these keys are being typed accidentally by a senseless beast who has no ability to self-reflect on his own identity, I suppose it is just as likely that I am a goose, or a loris, or an unattended toddler, or a leak dripping through the ceiling at semi-random intervals onto a very sensitive keyboard. What I'm saying is that all actions I've taken are randomly derived, I am a very unreliable narrator, and maybe a chicken has been running your ball club. Regardless, don't blame the Tigers. It's not their fault.
Rick Hahn (Chicken)
Account 4. Collection of player reactions to simultaneously announced Jose Bautista/Matt Kemp/Hanley Ramirez trades, collected by other-universe Buzzfeed:
Account 5. Blog post imagining the alternate universe where unrealistic trade proposals suggested by online commenter are actually some kind of prophecy
Crucial to the theory of infinite multiverses is the idea that, with a finite number of ways for atoms to arrange themselves, and infinite opportunities for such arrangements to occur, all possible worlds exist. There is a world, then, exactly like ours, all the way up to March 3rd; every grain of sand exactly as in this one, every person who ever lived exactly as has ever lived in ours. But in that world, every single one of CameronK200II984's proposals actually happened. In that world, the 2014 offseason won't be remembered for the Fernandez/Stanton/Cishek trade or the fleecing of White Sox chicken/GM Rick Hahn. It'll be remembered for the sequence of moves in which the Tigers acquired Chase Headley, Jake Peavy, and Craig Breslow, then signed practically every single player on their roster to an unnecessarily long extension.
This is that universe, retrieved through a variety of contemporary accounts.
Account 6. Baseball Prospectus Transaction Analysis
And so, as the Tigers reach the end of the most staggering offseason we've ever seen, they top things off with a couple cherries and a bit of nuts.
Scherzer's deal is the more intriguing of the two extensions. He's coming off a Cy Young season, has more strikeouts than Justin Verlander over the past two years, and has more wins since 2012 than any pitcher in baseball—by a margin of three, no less. He's seven months away from hitting free agency as a 29-year-old. Yet he agreed to a deal that pays him less than Cole Hamels got in a similar position two years ago; that pays him about as much as Johan Santana got six years ago, before baseball's broadcast bubble, when wins cost 70 cents on the dollar.
Why? Presumably the Tigers' offseason was a factor. Not only have the Tigers demonstrated that they are all in to win, but in doing so have exposed half the league as being self-destructive. How can Scherzer count on a big offer from the Dodgers after they fire-sold Hanley Ramirez and Matt Kemp? The White Sox, the Blue Jays, the Orioles, all middle-class teams, are shedding even reasonable contracts—how could Scherzer not see that as an ominous sign that the market is about to collapse? The only thing worse than being the last to buy in a bubble is being the last to sell before it pops.
They say no team can ever have too much pitching, but Detroit can already anticipate the effects of a rotation crunch: Come October, one of Anibal Sanchez, Chris Sale, Jose Fernandez, Justin Verlander, or Max Scherzer will need to be benched. Perhaps Sanchez will move into the bullpen and become a $16 million longman. All five pitchers are under club control through at least 2018, after which Sanchez and Fernandez can be free agents.
(The Tigers' statement on the extension, if you're into official statements that everybody ignores:
"The Detroit Tigers have made a substantial, long-term contract extension offer to Max Scherzer that will place him among the highest-paid pitchers in baseball, and the offer was accepted. As we have reiterated, it has been the organization's intent to extend Max's contract and keep him in a Tigers uniform well beyond the 2014 season. This offer accomplished that. The ballclub's focus remains on the start of the upcoming season, and competing for a World Championship.")
Cabrera's extension is a bit more predictable, as Cabrera locks in huge salaries through his entire 30s and gets one more massive payday without the risk of waiting two more seasons to get it through free agency. It's hard to fault any team for extending a player coming off back-to-back MVPs, but in this extension you can sort of see how the Tigers' plan could conceivable burn them. The Tigers will carry a payroll of about $225 million this year, far more than they've ever had but, thanks to their ability to trade for pre-arb and pre-free agency superstars, and to get the Dodgers to pick up almost all of Matt Kemp's salary, not outlandish. But they've already committed $189 million to the 2016 roster—a roster that will be without a catcher, left fielder, second baseman, bullpen or bench. And they've already committed $175 million to the 2018 roster, which could be without a DH or, for all we know, any working ligaments in the starting rotation.
And where will the Tigers go to fill all those empty roster spots? Certainly not the farm, which has been scored, burned, salted, nuclearized for the next generation or more. Probably not from trade, unless Dombrowski can continue to convince other GMs to trade young superstars for C- minus prospects and veteran bench players. For Detroit's sake, hope they don't ultimately go to the same bin that they found Polanco in.
Now, let's be clear: The Tigers' offseason was monumental. If we imagine a universe where they had made none of the flurry of moves after December 9th—if they had Victor Martinez at DH instead of Stanton; Alex Avila catching instead of Wieters; Kinsler at second instead of Uggla, and Nick Castellanos at third instead of Kinsler; Rajai Davis in the outfield instead of Jose Bautista; Austin Jackson in center instead of Matt Kemp; Drew Smyly and Rick Porcello in the rotation instead of Fernandez and Sale; and Ian Krol, Phil Coke, Casey Crosby, Jose Ortega, and Al Alburquerque in the bullpen instead of Steve Cishek, Frankie Rodriguez, Jesse Crain, Smyly and Melancon—we can run a projection of what that team would be expected to do: 86 wins. PECOTA projects the post-flurry Tigers to win 108 games. It projects that. That's the mean projection. If things break right, you can imagine this team winning, oh, 117 games. Polanco won't undo any of what Dombroski has put together.
And yet, for a capper, it's a baffling one. Polanco hasn't played any position but third since 2011 (when he played a single inning at second), so he's got no utility. In the two seasons since his final inning at second base, he has baseball's 10th-worst OPS+ and third-worst isolated power. Against left-handers over the past two years, he's got a .679 OPS, sandwiched between Darwin Barney and Jeff Mathis, so there's no hope that he'll pinch-hit for anybody. Presumably, the Tigers envision him as a defensive replacement late in games, pushing Kinsler back to second base from the eighth inning on and getting Dan Uggla off the field. No doubt, this will go over sparklingly with Kinsler and Uggla.
And for this extremely limited vision the Tigers offered two guaranteed years to Polanco. The Tigers' offseason was incredible. It was inspired. It was outlandish. It sets Detroit up to challenge for the best record in history, to sweep through postseason after postseason. But then you get to the Polanco deal and it makes you think, geez. Maybe whoever orchestrated this offseason had no idea what he was doing.
*2001, 1984. The two prophetiest numbers!
**2001, 1984. The two prophetiest numbers!
Sam Miller is an author of Baseball Prospectus. Follow @SamMillerBB
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The Philip K Dick who was a sportswriter in another multiverse must have been your mentor, Sam. Did you ever get him to sign his essay collection, The Three Stigmata of Jim Palmer, for you?
Mar 28, 2014 04:56 AM
Brilliant. This article, alone, was worth the cost of my subscription.
Mar 28, 2014 05:18 AM
I'm wasting my first comment to share that I'm still gasping for air. Seriously funny stuff.
Mar 28, 2014 05:22 AM
Dave Brock
Is it weird that after reading this, I had the same reaction as Brandon McCarthy?
Mar 28, 2014 05:32 AM
Nick W. Schaller
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The most impressive thing about that season is that the average team won 86 games
Mar 28, 2014 06:22 AM
Sam, I want you to look me in the eye. So you know when I say this, it is the truth. This...this is a great article.
Mar 28, 2014 07:16 AM
Um, I don't get it.
Mar 28, 2014 07:35 AM
Steve Givarz
Are we sure it wasn't Matt Sussman that wrote the original comment?
Mar 28, 2014 07:40 AM
Placido Polanco was the icing on the cake! Every Tiger fan regrets losing him.
Mar 28, 2014 08:04 AM
That dude is the Tommy Wisseau of insane, stupid fan trade proposals. Every single thought and decision going into crafting that thing is the worst conceivable choice any human being could ever make. The stupidity of it is astounding. I feel like one of the monkeys in 2001 staring at the obelisk when I read it.
Mar 28, 2014 08:28 AM
Phenomenal. How long have you been chewing on this idea? My brain locked up a little on the meta perspective of Account 5...but the TA got me right back into the groove.
Mar 28, 2014 08:56 AM
This was absolutely incredible. I could not stop laughing.
Mar 28, 2014 09:31 AM
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WTF? This is Baseball Prospectus? Cancel my subscription!
Mar 28, 2014 11:32 AM
No dummy, this is the great Sam Miller.
Mar 28, 2014 13:07 PM
Those fake word clouds will provide months of laughter fuel. Sam is so generous.
Mar 28, 2014 14:23 PM
I can totally see Dombrowski referring to Avila as a silly bitch.
Mar 28, 2014 15:17 PM
Sam fucking Miller! Amazing.
Mar 28, 2014 17:47 PM
I laughed and laughed and laughed and then laughed a bit more. Nice work Sam.
Mar 30, 2014 09:01 AM
Hilarious! And as one of the maybe .1% of the population who even knows what it is, the presence of pancuronium in the word cloud just made my evening.
Mar 30, 2014 20:13 PM
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