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Better bathrooms, better lighting, finishing touches to the festival plaza and a pedestrian underpass to better link the downtown with the Detroit River were set as development priorities for Windsor's popular waterfront park by city council.
City council approves planning for riverfront underpass
Better bathrooms, better lighting, finishing touches to the festival plaza and a pedestrian underpass to better link the downtown with the Detroit River were set as development priorities for Windsor's popular waterfront park by city council.
Final approval on those projects, and how or when to proceed with any of the others among 48 recommendations contained in a new planning guide approved Tuesday night will be the responsibility of a new council.
But departing Mayor Eddie Francis, who triggered the review of the 14-year-old Central Riverfront Implementation Plan over perceived opposition to his proposal last year for a pedestrian underpass west of the art gallery, warned councillors that "this is going to be an election issue."
Francis said Windsor has a "wonderful waterfront," but the question is whether it should be left as-is or see amenities added. "How do we expand on this jewel?"
While councillors were unanimous in approving a review of bathroom improvements and having administration investigate the cost of having additional lighting installed – both identified as top priorities by residents participating in the CRIP review and survey – there was less agreement on how to get foot-bound visitors across Riverside Drive.
"An underpass for me represents overkill," said Ward 7 Coun. Irek Kusmierczyk, pointing to one of the report's conclusion that Windsorites appear very satisfied with what the five-kilometre linear park currently offers. "I think it's a want as opposed to a need," he said.
But Ward 3 Coun. Fulvio Valentinis countered that the whole waterfront park is not a need but a want. He and others said the proposed pedestrian underpass suggested for in front of the downtown aquatic centre is part of a bigger plan to connect the various public investments made or underway.
"We're trying to stitch together a vision," said Ward 6 Coun. Jo-Anne Gignac, who was also supportive.
Ward 4 Coun. Alan Halberstadt was against the location, saying he preferred a crossing at the festival plaza. Ward 8 Coun. Bill Marra, who agreed with Kusmierczyk that a pedestrian underpass would be "extremely costly," said he wanted to see "at-grade" pedestrian crossings and at more locations.
The consultants said the idea of a pedestrian underpass found more favour among the survey participants after it was explained to them it would be much more than a narrow underground passageway.
"That's not a tunnel, that's a transformational project … it will activate and animate that entire space," said Ward 1 Coun. Drew Dilkens.
The motion to investigate an underpass was approved 7-4.
City council has already approved and set aside close to $5 million for riverfront capital improvements, including $2.75 million remaining for the proposed pedestrian underpass.
While it was not mentioned as a recommendation by the CRIP consultants, Valentinis got his colleagues to approve administration also investigating the setting up of a kite park. Council, through Valentinis, also approved investigating creation of a fleet of art carts – up from the current one that roams the sculpture garden – which was a proposal by resident Mark Lefebvre.
As for a "road diet" for Riverside Drive – narrowing it from four lanes to two to benefit pedestrians – the consultants said it was very low on the priority list among the 665 who were surveyed at 11 open houses. Referring to bike paths to be eventually added under the Vista project currently being implemented, Valentinis said such a road diet was "not going to happen."
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Welcome to the Community Foundation for South Sinai!
Sustainable help for Bedouin communities.
South Sinai is a beautiful place, rich in history, religion and nature. Bedouin people have lived here for thousands of years, often as nomads in the desert.
But Sinai is not an easy place to live. In the desert, life can be isolated and insecure. Worst affected are Bedouin (Bedu), many of whom lack access to any basic services or employment. With little or no social security to fall back on, many people are struggling to cope with changes brought about by climate change, commercial expansion and political upheaval.
The Community Foundation for South Sinai is a charity that works with Bedu to promote sustainable development in South Sinai. We want lasting benefits for Bedouin communities.
We are a small, largely voluntary organization, made up of British, Egyptian and Bedouin partners. We share a commitment to sustainable, culturally appropriate and environmentally friendly development based on sound research.
Many well-meaning development projects have failed in Sinai because people coming from the outside don't understand the landscape or the needs of its people as well as Bedouin themselves do. We work hard to hear what local people tell us, so we only fund projects that will be really useful and that Bedouin people want.
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A total of 321 Jewish community centers and YM-YWHA's were affiliated with the National Jewish Welfare Board at the end of 1948, the J.W.B.'s annual report, made public today by Frank L. Well, president, revealed. The aggregate membership of the centers and Y's is 468,000, while the combined annual budget is approximately $10,290,000, the survey stated.
The report noted "the widespread upsurge of Interest in the center movement" and said that this was "reflected in the following throe developments: 1. Expansion of programs and services by established centers to keep pace with mounting needs; 2. Initiating plans for new center structures or enlarging facilities of existing centers; and, 3. Organizing centers in communities where none existed before."
The J.W.B.'s annual report also pointed up a "new factor affecting the capital fund campaigns of centers and Y's–the inclusion of center building funds in total community fund-raising goals of Jewish federations, welfare funds and community councils." The J.W.B. added a "new impetus to Jewish cultural life in America in 1948," the report stated, "When it became sponsor of the 56-year-old American Jewish Historical Society." The survey also noted the founding by the J.W.B. last year of the National Jewish Youth Conference as additional "evidence of the new Jewish motivation in the American Jewish community."
The J.W.B.'s review of 1948 disclosed that "the service program of the Armed Services Division reached into 256 military posts and V.A. hospitals. At the end of 1948, it added, there were 28 regular Army chaplains and 163 auxiliary chaplains, while 156 rabbis held reserve commissions.


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President Barack Obama named Denis McDonough, a deputy national-security adviser, the new White House chief of staff Friday.
As a long-time member of Obama's national security team, "Denis has played a key role in all of the major national security decisions — from ending the war in Iraq to winding down the war in Afghanistan; from our response to natural disasters in Haiti and Japan; to the repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,'" a White House statement previewing the announcement said, according to the Wall Street Journal.
McDonough is "a great friend to me and everybody who works here at the White House," Obama said during the announcement in Washington, according to The Associated Press.
Three men have preceded McDonough in the job of Obama's chief of staff — Rahm Emanuel, Bill Daley and Jack Lew. Emanuel is now the Mayor of Chicago and Obama has nominated Lew for US Treasury secretary.
More from GlobalPost: Jack Lew's signature: 'Loopy Lew,' Obama's pick for treasury secretary, draws laughs in Washington
McDonough, 43, will be the youngest White House chief of staff in more than 30 years, Politico reported. The wonkish Minnesotan, who's often seen with a pencil tucked behind his ear, has less domestic policy experience than most chiefs of staff typically do.
According to the Wall Street Journal:
In tapping Mr. McDonough, Mr. Obama is elevating one of his longtime, trusted advisers, a signal that a top priority for his selection of a chief of staff in a second term was familiarity.
"There are a lot of hardworking, affable, good people in town, but not that many have the relationship with the president Denis does," former Sen. Tom Daschle (D-SD) told Politico. "That gives him extraordinary credibility in dealing with Congress, dealing with the Cabinet, and with the many challenges that any chief of staff faces."
Obama is expected to announce other White House promotions Friday, including Lisa Monaco to a role as White House homeland security and counterterrorism adviser, Dan Pfeiffer to senior adviser and Jennifer Palmieri to communications director, the Wall Street Journal reported.


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Shirley Temple Black in 1995. She used to tease the Czech communists by using her initials, STB, on license plates, sweatshirts and this red sign that hung on on her door when she was U.S. ambassador to Czechoslovakia. The letters "STB" were also the initials of the dreaded Czech secret police. (Photo by Carol Ivie/The Almanac.)
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Morning kindy has changed my crafting life. Not for the better, I'm afraid. I seem to spend most of my days pleading with Daniel to get dressed QUICKLY, and driving to and from kindy. For those of you out of the kindy loop, the sessions are short: 8.30 to 11.30. Which leaves me with much less time for making than I used to have.
This week I've made some more pouches, including a little commissioned ipod pouch, prepared some more peg dolls, bought lots of zips and embroidered fabric at the op shop, and dreamt of making a new doll and some clothes for myself. I've also been looking at this very inspiring if oddly translated crafting book from the library (Sew Pretty Homestyle) . Perhaps a bit too much time was spent dreaming...
Here's a photo of my pouches in progress; two completed ones (coin purse and ipod cover) and the other three to show the fabric combinations. All of these were made with my stash of gorgeous upholstery fabric samples that could so easily have ended up at the tip!
I'll be at the Devonport Craft Market on Sunday; come round if you're in the area. Have a great weekend!
Thursday, July 30, 2009
so busy doing nothing much
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Saturday, July 25, 2009
Feels like spring
Today was such a nice day, it almost felt like spring. Looked like it too:
The first cherry blossoms are out; soon we'll have the wax-eye family in our two trees.
The magnolia and jonquils were looking good too. Look at the clear sky!
Tomorrow is Kraftbomb, where I'll have a few new things. I posted about the little pouches the other day, and I made a few more packs of embroidered buttons tonight. Something else we'll be unveiling is the Lucky Penny Crafty Club. Anna and I have been talking about how nice it would be to have a place to get together with like-minded crafty people, so decided to do something about it. Check out the blog for more information. The logo, by the way, is the result of my experimentation with the craft knife and then Illustrator. That tool on the coin is anything you want it to be; a knitting needle, a pin, a walking stick... No, maybe not a walking stick.
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Monday, July 20, 2009
Paper cutting
I've just updated my etsy shop for the first time in months, with a lovely pouch I made the other day and a peg doll couple. I've reduced my prices, and really hope to sell something soon. I have a love-hate relationship with etsy; it feels like my shop is buried at the bottom of the pile and in order to be seen, I have to update it regularly. Then products sit there for months, and I don't update because I'd rather have stock on my market tables, and so it goes on. But enough of that...
I'm seriously in love with the work of yet another talented South African designer. Heather Moore is Skinny Laminx and she designs the most beautiful prints, some of which originate as paper cuts. Check out her work here, the previous link was to her also great blog. Inspired by her very detailed work, and on a mission to create some packaging for a future product, I tried my hand at cutting some paper. Some advice: get the sharpest knife you can lay your hands on; if possible this little orange tool. It's so easy to use, very ergonomical. Not too sure about that design though; it's a work in progress.
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Monday, July 13, 2009
Monday's work
I had a very productive Monday; made 6 little zip pouches, four of which you can see below. The fronts are embroidered and the backs feature beautiful contrasting upholstery fabric. They're for Kraftbomb at the end of the month.
Last night Sarah from the Devonport Craft Market organised a crafty get-together and my partner in craft Anna and I went along to do some research for a similar group we're planning. Will let you know more about that later... Sarah had a great idea about having a themed swap at every get-together and next month's is 'green'. It's on Sunday night, 9 Aug. at 7.30 in the Devonport Community Centre.
It was great to meet some other crafty ladies, especially the knitting guerilla Knitty Grafitti. She's a lovely person who does a lot of clandestine crafting around Devonport, like dressing a sculpture, leaving little knitted messages around the place and keeping the rails around town warm with cuffs. Check out her blog; you'll be amazed at what she does just for the fun of it.
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Thursday, July 9, 2009
Bedtime stories
Today Joshua, Daniel and I spent some time at the very busy Rotary 2nd-hand book sale, and came home with a couple of kilos worth of kids' books. Classic stuff, half of which will end up as journals. I couldn't believe my luck when I found a pile of little books called 'Bedtime stories', a collection of stories written in the 60's by one Uncle Arthur. He was a man on a mission (literally), and every story seems to have a Christian moral. What really amuses me are the photos and especially captions which could so easily be taken out of context. They are just asking to be printed on a range of silly greeting cards...
"Kathleen's pride and joy was her swing. She felt she was an expert 'swinger'."
"Dicky's pocket was bulging with lollipops."
"Micheal's hair just wouldn't go right. Though he combed and combed it, he wasn't satisfied."
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Monday, July 6, 2009
Back to reality
My sisters returned home yesterday, after three busy weeks of sightseeing, shopping and very special family time. The house feels so empty now, so I needed to find myself a little job today to take my mind off it.
Enter the peg doll boys. I've been meaning to make them for ages, but only found the right sized hats the other day. I decided to make some soldiers and ring masters to go with the dolls I made a while ago. They look quite cute together, don't you think?
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By Justin Lowe, The Hollywood Reporter (AP) Friday, August 23, 2013, 3:05 pm TWN
Time flies when you're not wondering about the welfare of the Smurfs, those diminutive, animated blue-skinned forest-dwellers. Turns out they've been just fine since their 2011 big-screen outing, but there's trouble brewing in their new adventure-comedy that will require their curious blend of wide-eyed optimism and goofy enthusiasm to peacefully resolve.
A sequel largely unwarranted other than for box office and promotional purposes, the unimaginatively titled "The Smurfs 2" should have little trouble scaling stratospheric heights similar to its predecessor with undiscriminating young audiences and their chaperones, weary from near-unrelenting summertime caregiving.
The occasion of Smurfette's (Katy Perry) birthday presents the opportunity for her to recall her conflicted origins — rather than a "true-blue" Smurf, she was actually created by the hapless, wannabe evil sorcerer Gargamel (Hank Azaria), who now intends to kidnap her from her enchanted-forest home to obtain the formula for the magical Smurf essence that Papa Smurf (Jonathan Winters) used to originally bestow her with blue-skinned bliss. Once he has the secret, Gargamel plans to power up a host of Naughties, Smurf-sized creatures he's created, to help him take over the world.
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1 Advance Registration for Fall and Summer Sessions ends.
24 Spring Term Classes end.
25 Reading Days. Through April 27.
30 Final Examinations. Through May 8.
Morris Arboretum
Register: (215) 247-5777
1 How Does Nature Inspire You? An Art Series for Kids; four-week series; 1-2:45 p.m.; $110, $100/members. Through April 29.
3 Storytime; a fun and engaging reading session; 10:30 a.m.; free with admission.
Penn Museum
Info.: www.penn.museum
1 Family Sunday: Maya Temples; construct your own model of a Maya temple; 1-4 p.m.; free with admission.
World Cafe Live:
Peanut Butter and Jams
Tickets: www.worldcafelive.com, $10, $7/children;doors open 11 a.m.; show begins 11:30 a.m.
14 Rocknoceros; folk rock.
21 Erin Lee and The Up Past Bedtime Band; funk rock.
28 The Okee Dokee Brothers; bluegrass.
3 The Philadelphia Global Water Initiative—5th Annual Conference: Performance Indicators for Sustainable Water and Sanitation Projects in Developing Countries; 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; Hall of Flags, Houston Hall; $15, free/students; info.: www.pgwi.org; tickets: pgwi.ticketleap.com/conference (Institute for Environmental Studies).
6 Religion, Patronage and Reform in Modern South Asia; 11:30 a.m.-6 p.m.; Carriage House, LGBT Center; RSVP: email@example.com. Continues April 7, 8 a.m.-1:30 p.m. (South Asia Center).
13 POLO S: Reorienting the Visual Culture of the Early Americas; 3:30-5 p.m.; McNeil Center. Continues April 14, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. (History of Art). See On Stage.
Poetry Communities & the Individual Talent: Twentieth Century Poetry and Poetics; 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; Kelly Writers House; info.: poetrycommunities.wordpress.com (KWH, English). Continues April 14, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.
14 The Future of Healthcare's Past: A Symposium in Honor of Dr. Joan E. Lynaugh; 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Ann L. Roy Auditorium, Fagin Hall; RSVP: lynaughsymposium.eventbrite.com/?ref=ebtn(Nursing).
17 2012 Interprofessional Symposium—Partners in Education and Practice: Stronger Teams, Better Health; 1-5 p.m.; Ann L. Roy Auditorium, Fagin Hall; register: 2012ips.eventbrite.com (Nursing).
19 Inaugural Game Solutions for Healthcare Symposium; keynote speaker: Karl Ulrich, Wharton; 3-5 p.m.; Ann L. Roy Auditorium, Fagin Hall; RSVP by April 12: email@example.com(Nursing).
20 47th Joint Atlantic Seminar—History of Biology; Claudia Cohen Hall. Continues April 21; info.: www.pachs.net/events/archive/joint_atlantic_seminar_47/; RSVP for details: email@example.com (History and Sociology of Science).
25 The Franklin Institute Symposium—Statistical Machine Learning: Theory and Applications Featuring Vladimir Vapnik; 10 a.m.-3 p.m.; Berger Auditorium, Skirkanich Hall; info.: www.cis.upenn.edu/departmental/events/2012.html (GRASP).
26 Greening Supply Chains: Best Business Practices and Future Trends; 8:30 a.m.-7 p.m.; 8th fl. Colloquium, Jon M. Huntsman Hall; register: igel.upenn.edu/2012IGELSignUp.htm (IGEL, Wharton).
27 Monastery, Mosque & Temple: Jains, Muslims and Hindus in the Medieval Deccan, c. 700-1700; noon-6 p.m.; Max Kade Room, 3rd fl., 3401 Walnut St. Continues April 28, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.; RSVP: Sarah Hicks, email@example.com (South Asian Studies).
Conserving the City: Critical History and Urban Conservation; 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Meyerson Hall; RSVP: conservingthecity-rss.eventbrite.com. Continues April 28, 6 p.m. (PennDesign).
28 Art of Research Symposium; graduate students present their research; noon-3:30 p.m.; Golkin Room, Houston Hall; RSVP: www.gsc.upenn.edu; info. and updates at www.pennartofresearch.org (SASgov).
5/15 Sylvan M. Cohen Annual Retreat: Behavioral Economics and Health for an Aging Population; 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; Auditorium, Translational Research Center; register by April 23: www.med.upenn.edu/aging/retreatregis.shtml (Institute on Aging, LDI).
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1 Tulse Luper in Philadelphia: Peter Greenaway's 92 Suitcases; reconstructs the life of Tulse Luper, a professional writer and project-maker; Slought Foundation; reception: April 13, 6:30 p.m. Through April 21. See Films, Talks.
Run! Super-Athletes of the Sierra Madre; 30 contemporary color photographs by Diana Molina of the Tarahumara people of the Sierra Madre in Chihuahua, Mexico; Penn Museum. Through September 30.
2 Study Abroad Photo Contest Exhibit; winning submissions from students' photos taken abroad; Fox Art Gallery; reception: April 4, 4:30 p.m. Through April 18.
4 Stefan Sagmeister: The Happy Show; ramp project that offers visitors the experience of walking into the designer's mind as he attempts to increase his happiness via mediation, cognitive therapy, and mood-altering pharmaceuticals; ICA; reception: April 4, 6 p.m. Through August 12.
7 Carolyn Lee Vehslage/Kirsten Fischler; mixed media; Burrison Gallery. Through May 18.
Samba Sessão: Afro-Brazilian Art & Film; paintings and sculptures made during the twentieth century draw on different aspects of Afro-Brazilian life; Arthur Ross Gallery. Through July 9. See Films, On Stage.
11 Silver Bells and Oscar Gold: Ray Evans in Hollywood; objects on display include letters, photographs, sheet music, record albums, and the three Academy Awards that Mr. Evans received; Eugene Ormandy Gallery, Otto E. Albrecht Music Library, 4th fl., Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Through October 29.
26 Utterly Precarious: Carolee Schneemann in 5 Parts; film work has shaped contemporary discourses on the body, sexuality and gender since the 1960s; Slought Foundation. Through May 31. See Special Events.
Radmila Sazdanovic; digital prints; Burrison Gallery. Through April 6.
Spring Mosaic; created from drawings submitted by visitors depicting signs of spring; Lower Gallery, Widener Visitors Center, Morris Arboretum. Through April 9.
First Among Equals; includes performance, publications, curatorial projects, and artworks that incorporate the work of other artists; ICA; reception: April 4, 6 p.m. Through August 12.
Imagine Africa with the Penn Museum; community engagement project drawing on the Museum's African collection and visitor feedback; Penn Museum. Through September 16.
John Cage: How to Get Started; interactive installation features a rarely heard performance by John Cage; Slought Foundation.
Human Evolution: The First 200 Million Years; Hover Gallery, 2nd fl., Penn Museum.
The History of Nursing as Seen Through the Lens of Art; Carol Ware Lobby, Fagin Hall.
Amarna: Ancient Egypt's Place in the Sun; Worlds Intertwined: Etruscans, Greeks and Romans; Canaan & Ancient Israel; Living in Balance: The Universe of the Hopi, Zuni, Navajo and Apache; Mesoamerica; The Egyptian Mummy: Secrets & Science; Buddhism: History & Diversity of a Great Tradition; Africa; Iraq's Ancient Past: Rediscovering Ur's Royal Cemetery; On the Silk Road: Tashkent; Penn Museum.
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Info.: www.penn.museum
7 The Etruscan/Roman World.
14 Majestic Objects of the Chinese Rotunda.
15 Egypt of the Pharaohs.
21 A Thousand Miles Up the Nile.
22 The Ancient Greek World.
P.M. @ Penn Museum
Galleries stay open until 8 p.m., with a half-hour gallery tour at 5:30 p.m. Free w/ admission. Info.: www.penn.museum
11 2nd Wednesday Quizzo; compete for prizes; 6 p.m.
ICA Programs
11 An Expansive Evening of Art and Music; designer David Carson joins Penn students for an evening of conversation, food, music, and activities inspired by Stefan Sagmeister's The Happy Show; 6:30 p.m.
22 Happiness Modules; take a look at happiness across disciplines such as art, psychology, business, and sociology; noon.
4 Culture Change, Adaptation, and Image Film Series—Settling Down; with speaker Joseph Lennon, Villanova University; 2 p.m.; free with admission; Rainey Auditorium, Penn Museum (Museum).
15 Live from the Archives! Series—Elephant in the Dark: Refractions of Muslim Identity; 6 p.m.; pay what you want; Penn Museum (Museum).
29 Recyclemania Film Viewing—Trashed: This is the Story of Garbage…American Style; 5:30 p.m.; Penn Bookstore (Green Campus Partnership).
Cinemas Studies
8 Girlfriends and Windows; 8 p.m.; The Rotunda.
16 Italy: Love it or Leave It; 5 p.m.; Ibrahim Theater, International House.
International House
Tickets:$9, $7/students unless otherwise noted. Purchase at http://ihousephilly.org. All with English subtitles.
1 Cuban Revolutionary Cinema: De Cierta Manera (One Way or Another); Spanish; 7 p.m.; free; RSVP.
2 Sonic Arts Union: Music with Roots in the Aether—Gordon Mumma; 7 p.m.
3 Directors in Focus: Peter Rose—Program 1: Tongue Ties; 5 p.m.; Program 2: Sight Songs; 7 p.m.
8 Motion Pictures—American Independent Cinema: Wanda; 7 p.m.
10 The Janus Collection: Onibaba; Japanese; 7 p.m.
The Janus Collection: Kuroneko (Black Cat); Japanese; 9 p.m.
13 Reelblack Presents: The Barrel of a Gun; 7 p.m.; followed by discussion.
14 Full Exposure: You are all Captains (Todos vos sodes capitains); Arabic, Spanish and French; 7:30 p.m.
15 Cuban Revolutionary Cinema: Maluala; Spanish; 7 p.m.; free; RSVP.
19 Everything is Terrible! Presents DoggieWoggiez! PoochieWoochiez!; 7 p.m.
21 Adaptations Film Series: Le Million; includes discussion with Carolyn Abbate, music; French; 7 p.m.; free; RSVP.
22 Selections from the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, 9th Edition—You Don't Like the Truth: 4 Days Inside Guantanamo; English and Arabic; 7 p.m.
23 Selections from the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, 9th Edition—The Price of Sex; 7 p.m.
24 Selections from the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, 9th Edition—Granito: How to Nail a Dictator; English, Quiché and Spanish; 5 p.m.
Selections from the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, 9th Edition: The Green Wave; English and Farsi; 7 p.m.
28 Adaptations Film Series: Five Films by Ken Jacobs; discussion with Charles Bernstein, English and Ken Jacobs, filmmaker; 7 p.m.; free; RSVP.
29 Cuban Revolutionary Cinema: Cecilia; Spanish; 7 p.m.; free; RSVP.
30 Mixed Messages: Marshall McLuhan and the Moving Image; 7 p.m. (Penn Humanities Forum).
31 This is Marshall McLuhan: The Medium is the Massage; 8 p.m.; free; RSVP (Penn Humanities Forum). See Talks.
Videodrome; 10 p.m.
Cardio Fitness; 5:30-6:30 p.m.; Tuesdays & Thursdays; St. Agatha-St. James Parish Hall; first class free, $8/per class, $5/students; (267) 251-3842.
New Parents @ Penn; every other Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.; Penn Women's Center; info.: (215) 898-8611 (PWC).
Working Parents Association; Wednesdays; noon; Penn Women's Center (PWC).
Penn Knitters; Thursdays; noon; Penn Women's Center; info.: firstname.lastname@example.com
2 Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) Class; session IV: 5:30-8:30 p.m., every Monday night until April 23; Public Safety, 4040 Chestnut St.; register: (215) 898-4481 (Public Safety).
3 Penn Employee Luncheon—Penn LPS Programs; noon; Ben Franklin Room, Houston Hall; register: www.sas.upenn.edu/lps/event/2547 (Penn LPS).
28 Teacher Ed Program Information Session; 10 a.m.; rm. 203, GSE; RSVP (GSE).
Career Services
11 Faculty Conversations: Preparing for your First Year as a New Faculty Member; 4–5:30 p.m., rm. 286-87, McNeil Bldg.; RSVP.
16 Preparing for the Academic Job Search; 4 p.m.; rm. 103, McNeil Bldg.
Christian Association
1 Sermon on the Mount Bible Study; 7:30 p.m. Also April 8, 15, 22, 29.
3 Slanguage; 2:30 p.m. Also April 10, 17, 24.
4 Love out Loud Discussion Group; noon. Also April 11, 18.
Eat Your Way through Africa; 6:30 p.m.; $10, $2/students; RSVP: email@example.com
10 Community Dinner; 6:30 p.m. Also April 24.
HR: Benefits Open Enrollment
9 First day of Benefits Open Enrollment. Through April 20.
10 Open Enrollment and Health Fair; 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; Hall of Flags, Houston Hall.
HR: Learning and Education
Open to Penn faculty and staff. Register: www.hr.upenn.edu/coursecatalog
10 Managing and Organizing Your Email Inbox Using Microsoft Outlook 2007; 12:30–2 p.m.; $40.
11 Microsoft Office PowerPoint Techniques 2010; 12:30–2 p.m.; $40.
Microsoft Word 2010 Techniques; 12:30–2 p.m.; $40.
12 Microsoft Access 2010 Techniques-Beginner; 2:30–4 p.m.; $40.
17 Effective Business Email Writing; 2:30–4 p.m.; $40.
18 Brown Bag Matinee—The Attitude Virus; noon–1 p.m.; free.
19 Accomplishing More with Less; 12:30–2 p.m.; $40 (3-session webinar).
24 Microsoft Excel Macros; noon–2 p.m.; $40.
Social Media in a Nutshell; 2:10–2:50 p.m.; $40.
25 Career Management in the Age of the App; 3–5 p.m.; $40.
26 Career Focus Brown Bag—Preparing for Your Performance Appraisal; noon–1 p.m.; free.
Microsoft Office 2007 Tips and Tricks Crash Course; 2:30–4 p.m.; $40.
27 Effective Meetings; noon–2 p.m.; $40.
30 Critical Thinking Essentials: Applying Critical Thinking Skills; 1:30–4:30 p.m.; $50.
HR: Healthy Living
Open to Penn faculty and staff. Register: www.hr.upenn.edu/coursecatalog
5 Women's Heart Health; noon–1 p.m.
17 Smoking Cessation: Holistic Strategies for Making Small but Powerful Changes; noon–1 p.m.
19 Q&A with a Fitness Professional; noon–1 p.m.
27 Penn Walking Program 5K; noon–1 p.m.
HR: Quality of Worklife
Open to Penn faculty and staff. Register: www.hr.upenn.edu/coursecatalog
12 Easing the Financial Challenges of Elder Care; noon–1 p.m.; free.
25 Relaxing Ways to Manage Your Stress; noon–1 p.m.; free.
ISC Technology Training
Classes at ISC labs, 3650 Chestnut St.; 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. unless otherwise specified. Open to faculty, staff, and students; register: www.upenn.edu/computing/isc/training
16 Excel 2010 Intro.; $190.
17 Word 2010 Intro.; $190.
18 PowerPoint 2010 Intro.; $190.
19 Photoshop CS5 Intro.; 2 days; $494.
23 Business Objects Web Intelligence XI Beginning; $425.
24 Access 2010 Intro.; 2 days; $357.
26 Microsoft Project 2010 Intro.; 2 days; $448.
Morris Arboretum
Register: www.morrisarboretum.org
2 Refining Your Climbing Skills; 9 a.m.; $390. Also April 3, 4.
5 Enhancing Your Photos Using Adobe Lightroom; 7 p.m.; $30, $25/members.
9 Native Trees and Shrubs for Pennsylvania Landscapes; 9 a.m.; $135.
10 Tree Risk Assessment Course and Exam (TRACE Training): Become a Certified Tree Risk Assessor; 8 a.m.; $595. Continues April 11.
12 Techniques for Transplanting Large Trees; 9 a.m.; $135.
Staying Fit and Healthy in the Garden; 7 p.m.; $30, $25/members.
14 The Magnificent Trees of Spring: Cherries, Magnolias, and Dogwoods; 10 a.m.; $60, $55/members. Also April 28.
The Art of Ikebana; 1 p.m.; $68, $62/members. Continues April 21.
17 Planting Design for Home Landscape; 7 p.m.; $150, $120/members. Also April 24, May 1, 8, 15.
28 Ecological Gardening; 10 a.m.; $45, $40/members.
30 How Do Trees Work? The Biology and Growth of Woody Stemmed Plants; 9 a.m.; $135.
Department of Recreation: PennFit
Info.: www.upenn.edu/recreation/programs/pennfit.html; (215) 898-6100.
4 PENN 90x; 5:30 p.m.
6 Body Composition; 8 p.m. Also noon, 5 p.m.
18 Muscles of the Month—Shoulders/Arms; 5:30 p.m.
Weigle Info Commons Workshops
In Class of 1968 Seminar Room, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library unless otherwise noted. Open to faculty, staff and students. RSVP.
2 iMovie; 1:30 p.m.
From Assignments to References: Speak with Confidence! Controlling Nervousness; 4:30 p.m. Also April 11, 5 p.m.
4 From Assignments to References: Prezi for Presentations; 5 p.m.
11 Photoshop: Basics; 10 a.m.
Zotero; 3 p.m.
16 InDesign; 1:30 p.m.
From Assignments to References: Get to the Point! Effective Use of Powerpoint; 4:30 p.m. Also April 23, 5 p.m.
17 Blackboard: Grade Center; 10 a.m. Also April 23, 2 p.m.
18 From Assignments to References: Editing and Revising; 5 p.m.
20 RefWorks; noon.
24 Photoshop: Layers; 10 a.m.
27 Blackboard: Walk-In Support; 10 a.m.
12 WPPSA Board Meeting; 12:30 p.m.; rm. 225, Houston Hall.
18 University Council Meeting; 4 p.m.; Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall; RSVP.
24 PPSA Board Meeting; noon; rm. 302, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library; RSVP. CANCELLED
4 Performance with Jason Moran & the Bandwagon; 6 p.m.; Irvine Auditorium; tickets are free but required, Irvine Box Office (Africana Studies).
15 Steve Lehman Trio; jazz; 8 p.m.; free; The Rotunda (The Rotunda).
Annenberg Center
Tickets: www.annenbergcenter.org
7 Zakir Hussain & Masters of Percussion; 8 p.m.; $20-50; Zellerbach Theatre.
15 Masters of Tradition: Celebrating Irish Music in Its Purest Form; 7 p.m.; $20-40; Zellerbach Theatre.
24 Dionne Warwick: St. Ignatius Nursing Home Benefit Concert; 8 p.m.; $55-75; Zellerbach Theatre.
28 Kurt Elling Swings Sinatra; 8 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre; $20-45.
Music Department
1 Penn Flutes; 1:30 p.m.; Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall.
4 New York New York Music Ensemble; Penn Contemporary Music; 8 p.m.; Rose Recital Hall, Fisher-Bennett Hall.
14 Penn Composer's Guild; 8 p.m.; Rose Recital Hall, Fisher-Bennett Hall.
15 Ancient Voices; 3 p.m.; Amado Recital Hall, Irvine Auditorium.
18 Penn Baroque and Recorder Ensembles; 8 p.m.; Rose Recital Hall, Fisher-Bennett Hall.
19 Penn Jazz Combos; 7 p.m.; Rose Recital Hall, Fisher-Bennett Hall.
20 University Choral Society with the Penn Symphony Orchestra; 8 p.m.; Main Hall, Irvine Auditorium.
21 Penn Chamber; 7 p.m.; Rose Recital Hall, Fisher-Bennett Hall. Also April 22, 6 p.m., Amado Recital Hall, Irvine Auditorium; April 23 & 24, 7 p.m., Rose Recital Hall, Fisher-Bennett Hall.
University Life Arts Initiative
Tickets: Locust Walk
1 Penn Sargam Spring Show; 3 p.m.; Class of '49 Auditorium, Houston Hall; $7/advance.
6 Penn Jazz Spring Concert; 8 p.m.; Dunlop Auditorium, Stemmler Hall; $7, $5/advance. Also April 7.
1 What Lies Underneath: Otis' Epiphany; 4 p.m.; The Rotunda; $15, $8 w/student ID. Also April 1, 8 p.m., April 4, 7 p.m., April 5, 8 p.m., April 6, 8 p.m. (The Rotunda).
13 Bateria Group (drumming); part of POLO S; 4:15 p.m.; Outside Gallery, Fisher Fine Arts Library (History of Art). See Conferences.
18 Capoeira Performance; part of POLO S; 4:30 p.m.; Outside Gallery, Fisher Fine Arts Library (History of Art). See Conferences.
25 Imagine Africa: African Dance!; 6 p.m.; Penn Museum; free w/ admission. See Exhibits.
Annenberg Center
Tickets: www.annenbergcenter.org
4 Wharton Dance Studio Student Performance: Bass Down Low; hip hop, salsa, bhangra, tap, modern and belly dances; 7 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre; $25.
19 Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal; 7:30 p.m.; $20-60; Zellerbach Theatre. Also April 20, 21, 8 p.m., and April 21, 2 p.m.
University Life Arts Initiative
Tickets: Locust Walk
6 PENNAATAK Presents: Pune Highway; 6:30 p.m.; Harold Prince Theatre, Annenberg Center; $8, $6/advance. Also April 7.
The Excelano Project Presents: The Miseducation; 8 p.m.; Harrison Auditorium, Penn Museum; $10, $9/online, $8/advance, $7/groups of 6+.
12 Confederate Reckoning; Stephanie McCurry, history; 5 p.m.; rm. 110, Annenberg School (History).
13 Great American City: Chicago and the Enduring Neighborhood Effect; Robert Sampson, Harvard University; 3:30 p.m.; rm. B26, Stiteler Hall (Penn IUR, Criminology).
17 The Enchanted April; by Elizabeth von Arnim; monthly book club discussion for Penn staff; 1 p.m.; Meyerson Conference Room, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library; info.: (215) 898-0876 (Penn Libraries).
Kelly Writers House
RSVP to email@example.com if noted
2 Poetry Reading by Ray DiPalma; 6 p.m.
3 Poetry Reading by Norman Fisher; 6 p.m.
4 Lunch Talk with Rich Galen; noon.
Night of the Living Room, a Creative Capital Project; 7 p.m.
5 Reading by Keorapetse Kgositsile; 6 p.m.
9 Conversation with Lew Schneider; 6 p.m.
10 Poetry Reading by Patrick Donnelly and Eleanor Wilner; 6 p.m.
11 Travel Writing in the 21st Century; 6 p.m.
12 Writing About Place: A Lunchtime Conversation; noon; RSVP.
Panel on Careers in Comedy; 6 p.m.
16 Evening of Spanish Translation with Edith Grossman and Rosalie Knecht; 6:30 p.m.
17 Whenever We Feel Like It Presents: Marjorie Welish; 7 p.m.
18 Speakeasy: Poetry, Prose and Anything Goes!; open mic; 8 p.m.
19 Conversation with Mirza Waheed and Suvir Kaul; noon; RSVP.
Reading by Mirza Waheed; 6 p.m.
23 Reading by John Barth; 6:30 p.m.; RSVP.
24 Brunch Conversation with John Barth; 10 a.m.; RSVP.
Feminism/s Presents: Sister Spit Tour 2012; 8 p.m.; RSVP.
Penn Bookstore
3 Triggered: A Memoir of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder; Fletcher Wortmann; 6:30 p.m.
4 Eyes That Seen Plenty: A Memoir; Aaron Campbell; 7 p.m.
5 The Morehouse Mystique; Marybeth Gasman, GSE; 4 p.m.
17 Penn Lightbulb Café: Hemingway's Boat; Paul Hendrickson, English; 6 p.m.; RSVP: (215) 898-8721 (University Communications).
19 Hollywood's Copyright Wars: From Edison to the Internet; Peter Decherney, cinema studies, English, and communication; 6 p.m.
29 Science Café: Tattoos of the Science Obsessed; Carl Zimmer, writer; Mandy Sauler, tattoo artist; 2p.m. (Penn Medicine).
3 Hej! Scandinavia: International Awards Ceremony + Reception; awards given to prominent Philadelphians who contribute to making Philadelphia a global city; 7:30 p.m.; Ibrahim Theater, International House; $100 (I-House).
5 Annual Rental Housing Fair; 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.; Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall (Off-Campus Services).
13 Spring Fling: Fling Never Tasted So Sweet; music, food and games; see specevents.net for tickets/schedule. Through April 14 (SPEC).
14 Japanese Cherry Blossom Festival; drumming, tea ceremony demonstration, Ken Jutsu and kimono dressing demonstration; 11 a.m.-2 p.m; Morris Arboretum. Also April 21 (Arboretum).
16 CollegePalooza; 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m.; College Green, rain location: Houston Hall (SAS).
17 Hej! Scandinavia: Culture + Cuisine; enjoy Scandinavian selected cuisine and hear the chef speak about the selections and Scandinavian culture; 6 p.m.; International House; $35 (I-House).
21 The Sounds of West Philadelphia at LIFE 2nd Annual Community Wellness Day; health checks, mini-massages, food, music, children's activities and zumba; 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; Living Independently For Elders Practice of Penn Nursing, 4508 Chestnut St.; RSVP: Healthy in Philadelphia, (215) 898-4998 (Nursing).
22 Locks of Love Event; donate hair to help make wigs for financially disadvantaged children experiencing hair loss; 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Penn Newman Center; questions: email@example.com; RSVP: firstname.lastname@example.com (Newman Center).
24 Models of Excellence Awards Ceremony and Reception; 4 p.m.; Irvine Auditorium; RSVP. (Human Resources).
26 Utterly Precarious: Carolee Schneemann in 5 Parts–Cat Celebration; your pet cat is invited to participate in a gathering with other cats; 6:30 p.m.; Slought Foundation; RSVP: email@example.com (Slought). See Exhibits.
28 Spring for Our School!—St. Mary's Nursery School's Annual Spring Fundraiser; refreshments, silent auction, prize drawings; 6-8:30 p.m.; LGBT Center; $30, adults only; tickets: www.brownpapertickets.com/event/227358
Arbor Day Celebration; opportunity to be a designer, architect and botanist for a day; 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; Morris Arboretum (Arboretum).
The Philadelphia Antiques Show; one of the longest running antiques shows in the country; benefitting Penn Lung Transplant Program; 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; The Pennsylvania Convention Center, 1101 Arch St.; $17/general admission, $25/guided show tour; tickets: www.philaantiques.com. Through May 1.
Tickets & venues: www.pennathletics.com
Note: (DH) indicates double header
1 Baseball vs. Yale; noon & 3 p.m.
(W) Lacrosse vs. Columbia; 1 p.m.
2 (M) Golf; Quaker Invitational; time TBA.
7 (M) Tennis vs. Yale; 2 p.m.
(M) Lacrosse vs. Brown; 6 p.m.
(M & W) Track; Penn Invite; time TBA.
8 (W) Lacrosse vs. Northwestern; noon.
(M) Tennis vs. Brown; 2 p.m.
11 Baseball vs. La Salle; 3 p.m.
14 (M) Lacrosse vs. Harvard; noon.
(W) Tennis vs. Harvard; 2 p.m.
(W) Track vs. Princeton/Yale; time TBA.
15 (W) Tennis vs. Dartmouth; noon.
18 Baseball vs. Lehigh; 3 p.m.
Softball vs. Drexel; 6 p.m.
20 (W) Tennis vs. Cornell; 2 p.m.
21 Baseball vs. Cornell; noon & 3.
(W) Lacrosse vs. Brown; 1 p.m.
Softball vs. Cornell (DH); 4 p.m.
(W) Rowing vs. Dartmouth/Princeton; time TBA.
22 Baseball vs. Cornell; noon & 3 p.m.
Softball vs. Cornell (DH); 12:30 p.m.
(M) Tennis vs. Columbia; 2 p.m.
Baseball vs. Cornell; 3 p.m.
25 Softball vs. Delaware; 6 p.m.
26 118th Annual Penn Relays; all day; tickets: thepennrelays.com/. Through April 28.
27 Baseball vs. Columbia; noon & 3 p.m.
Softball vs. Columbia (DH); 2 p.m.
28 (M) Lightweight Rowing vs. Navy/MIT; Callow Cup (Navy), MIT Duel; time TBA.
1 The Literary Agent as a Gate Keeper in Book Publishing; Daniel Raff, Wharton; 2 p.m.; Class of 1955 Room, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library; RSVP: rgsands@email@example.com (Libraries).
2 Carbon Nanoelectronics—Zero M Resistivity and More; Yung Woo Park, Seoul National University; 3:30 p.m.; LRSM Reading Room (Nano/Bio Interface Center).
Middle East Outlook; Vartan Gregorian, Carnegie Corporation; 4 p.m.; rm. 17, Cohen Hall (PASEF).
China and the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights: Political Dissent and Other Issues; Jerome Cohen, NYU; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 240B, Silverman Hall (CEAS).
Conversation/Discussion on Compositional Process/Influences; Jason Moran, Center for African Studies Artist-in-Residence; 5:30 p.m.; rm. 101, Music Bldg. (Africana Studies). See Music.
3 Visiting Faculty Scholars of Color Lecture; Carla O'Connor, University of Michigan; noon; Silverstein Forum, Stiteler Hall (GSE).
Lauren & Bobby Turner Social Impact Executive Speaker Series;Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Ludacris Foundation; 4 p.m.; Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center; register: bit.ly/xC6u8k (Wharton).
2012 Annual Oration; Garry Kasparov, former world champion of chess and Chess Grandmaster; 5:30 p.m.; Harrison Auditorium, Penn Museum; RSVP: www.philomathean.org/events/annual-oration-2012-garry-kasparov/ (Philomathean Society).
Artistic Collaborations and Curating Activities in DC as the Kennedy Center's Artistic Adviser for Jazz; Jason Moran, Center for Africana Studies; 5:30 p.m.; rm. 101, Music Bldg. (Africana Studies). See Music.
Hej! Scandinavia: Scandinavian Business Values; panel discussion; 6 p.m.; Ibrahim Theater, International House; $10, $8/students (I-House).
It's 10 p.m. and My Horse Isn't Right: When Is It an Emergency?; Louise Southwood; 6:30 p.m.; Alumni Hall, New Bolton Center (Penn Vet).
PennDesign Lecture; Witold Rybczynski, Wharton, PennDesign; Moshe Safdie, Safdie Architects; 6:30 p.m.; Meyerson Hall; register: penndesign.eventbrite.com (Design).
Connaissance Presents: Sanjay Gupta; Emmy winning CNN chief medical correspondent; 8 p.m.; Irvine Auditorium; tickets: $5 on Locust Walk or http://tinyurl.com/ConnSpring2012 (SPEC).
4 60-Second Lectures—Why 3-D Movies Do and Don't Matter; Timothy Corrigan, English, cinema studies; 11:55 a.m.; Stiteler Plaza; rain location: Stiteler Hall Lobby (SAS).
Oracles, Omens, and Dreams: A Cognitive Approach to Divination in Antiquity; Peter Struck, classical studies; noon; Terrace Room, Cohen Hall (SAS).
Developmental Origins of Health and Disease from Evidence to Policy; Trevor Penning, medicine; noon; rm. 251, BRB II/III (CRRWH).
Pushing Ions Around: Ion Selective Membrane Systems for Biosensing, Desalination, and Neuroscience; Jongyoon Han, MIT; 3 p.m.; Wu and Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (CBE).
Atlantis: The Lost Continent?; C. Brian Rose, Mediterranean section, Penn Museum; 6 p.m.; Penn Museum; $10, $5/advance registration, free/members with advance registration (Musuem).
Why Do I Commit? Israel Activists Share Their Personal Stories; panel discussion; 7 p.m.; Dubin Auditorium, Penn Hillel (Penn Hillel).
5 The Thermodynamics of Binding Affinity and Selectivity; Ernesto Freire, Johns Hopkins University; noon; Austrian Auditorium, CRB (Biochemistry and Biophysics).
Emerging Risks in Urban Watersheds; panel discussion; 2 p.m.; Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall (IES, Netter Center).
Tales of a Broken Heart; Barbara Riegel, nursing; 3 p.m.; Ann L. Roy Auditorium, Fagin Hall (Nursing).
From Virus Movement to Environmental Sensing: A Tale of Synaptotagmins; Sondra Lazarowitz, Cornell University; 4 p.m.; rm. 109, Leidy Lab (Biology).
The Hazards of Social Isolation; John Cacioppo, University of Chicago; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 245A, Silverman Hall (CNS).
PennDesign Fine Arts Lecture; Moyra Davey, artist; 6:30 p.m.; ICA; register: penndesign.eventbrite.com
Europe Between Market Pressure, German Rigour and Technocracy; Federico Rampini, La Repubblica; 6:30 p.m.; rm. A8, David Rittenhouse Labs (Professionisti Italiani a Philadelphia).
6 What Makes Geisinger Geisinger?; Earl Steinberg, Resolution Health; noon; Colonial Penn Center Auditorium; RSVP: firstname.lastname@example.com (LDI).
Canaletto and the Empirical Picture; Andrew Moisey, PhD student; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 113, Jaffe Bldg. (History of Art).
9 A Bizarre Ritual: The Controversies about Surgical Gloves in 1890s Germany; Thomas Schlich, McGill University; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 337, Claudia Cohen Hall (History & Sociology of Science).
The Crackdown on China's Human Rights Lawyers; Eva Pils, Chinese University of Hong Kong; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 240B, Silverman Hall (CEAS).
10 Reflexivity, Midrash, and the Rabbinic Self (uncensored); Dina Stein, University of Haifa; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 337, Cohen Hall (Jewish Studies).
The Republican Experiment in Spanish America; Hilda Sabato, Universidad de Buenos Aires; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 209, College Hall (History).
Leonardo da Vinci and the Comparison of the Arts; Carlo Vecce, Università degli Studi di Napoli; 6 p.m.; rm. 543, Williams Hall (Center for Italian Studies).
Philippe Rahm at PennDesign; architect; 6:30 p.m.; Meyerson Hall; register: penndesign.eventbrite.com
11 Death, Taxes, and DNA Methylation Drift; Jean-Pierre Issa, Temple University; 10 a.m.; Grossman Auditorium, Wistar Institute (Wistar).
60-Second Lectures—Research and Education for an Energetic Future; Andrew Rappe, chemistry; 11:55 a.m.; Stiteler Plaza; rain location: Stiteler Hall Lobby (SAS).
Water Cycle Change and the Human Fingerprint on the Water Landscape of the 21st Century: Observations from a Decade of GRACE;James Famiglietti, University of California; noon; Carolyn Lynch Room, Chemistry Bldg. (IES).
Discovery of Metastasis Genes by a Functional Genomics Approach; Qihong Huang, Wistar Institute; noon; rm. 251, BRB II/III (CRRWH).
Engineering Pluripotent Stem Cells Using New Models and Biomaterials; Krishanu Saha, MIT; 3 p.m.; Wu and Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (CBE).
Medieval Studies Lecture; Therese Gross-Diaz, Loyola University; 5:15 p.m.; rm. 330, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library (History of Art).
2012 Annenberg Lecture—Improving Society One Nudge at a Time; Richard Thaler, University of Chicago; 5:15 p.m.; rm. 109, Annenberg School (Annenberg).
GlobalEd Meeting: If It's Not on the Test, What's Making Global Ed Stick?; Homa S. Tavangar, author; 5:30 p.m.; Hall of Flags, Houston Hall (GSE).
Annual Petersen Lecture—Born to Run; Christopher McDougall, author; 6 p.m.; Penn Museum; $5, free/members (Museum). See Exhibits.
David N. Fixler at PennDesign; Design + Preservation, EYP/AE Inc.; 6 p.m.; Meyerson Hall; register: penndesign.eventbrite.com
Molecular Determinants of Host Specificity (Lyme Disease); Dustin Brisson, biology; 6 p.m.; Hill Pavilion (Penn Vet).
Speigel Lecture—New Possibilities; Peter Greenway, film director; 6 p.m.; Meyerson Hall; register: petergreenaway-eorg.eventbrite.com (Design).
12 Strategies for Targeting Protein-Protein Interaction in Heat Shock Protein 70 (Hsp70); Jason Gestwick, University of Michigan; noon; Austrian Auditorium, CRB (Biochemistry and Biophysics).
Title TBA; David Holtgrave, Johns Hopkins University; noon; Class of '62 Auditorium, John Morgan Bldg. (CFAR).
Penn CFAR Developmental Pilot Awardees Seminar; speaker TBA; 1:30 p.m.; rm. 252, BRB II/III (CFAR).
Control of Animal Behavior by TRP Channels; Craig Montell, Johns Hopkins University; 4 p.m.; rm. 109, Leidy Lab (Biology).
Sustainability: "The Triple Bottom Line"; John Elkington, Volans; 4:30 p.m.; rm. G06, Jon M. Huntsman Hall (Lauder Institute).
13 New Methods to Probe the Dynamics of Protein Folding and Function; Feng Gai, chemistry; 4 p.m.; rm. 248, Anatomy-Chemistry Bldg. (Biochemistry and Biophysics).
Tulse Luper in Philadelphia: Public Conversation; Peter Greenaway; filmmaker; Jean-Michel Rabaté, English; Alan Singer, Temple University; 6:30 p.m.; Slought Foundation (Slought). See Exhibits, Films.
14 Maya 101; various speakers; 1 p.m.; Penn Museum; $20, $15/members, free/students (Musuem).
16 Using Nonhuman Primate Models to Understand HIV-1 Transmission; Brandon Keele, National Cancer Institute; noon; Austrian Auditorium, CRB (CFAR).
Fallen Doctors: An Ethnography of Medical Transgression; Jonathan Metzl, Vanderbilt University; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 337, Claudia Cohen Hall (History & Sociology of Science).
Sensing with Ionic Channels; Michel Lazdunski, Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis; 4 p.m.; Translational Research Center Auditorium (Pharmacology).
Problems of Judicial Reform in China and Implications for Legal Rights; Zhu Su Li, Peking University; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 240B, Silverman Hall (CEAS).
What Made Humans So Different from the Other Great Apes?; Carel van Schaik, University of Zurich; 6 p.m.; Penn Museum; pay-what-you-want (Museum, Philadelphia Zoo). CANCELLED
17 Beauty through the Ages Lecture and Luncheon—Cosmetics: Vanity Fare; Jennifer Wegner, Egyptian section, Penn Museum; Louis Bucky, surgery; 10:30 a.m.; Penn Museum; $100/benefactor, $85/friend; RSVP (Penn Museum Women's Committee).
18 Breakthrough Science and the Next Wave of Cancer Therapeutics; Perry Nisen, GlaxoSmithKline; 10 a.m.; Grossman Auditorium, Wistar Institute (Wistar).
60-Second Lectures—Back to the Future: Antarctic Ice Sheets in a Warm World; Jane Willenbring, earth and environmental science; 11:55 a.m.; Stiteler Plaza; rain location: Stiteler Hall Lobby (SAS).
Effects of Chronic Stress in Ovarian Carcinoma; Premal Thaker, Washington University; noon; rm. 251, BRB II/III (CRRWH).
Control Design for the Artificial Pancreas: Algorithms and Clinical Testing; Frank Doyle, University of California, Santa Barbara; 3 p.m.; Wu and Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (CBE).
Cultural Encounters in the Diaspora: When African and African-American Cultures Meet; Cheikh Anta Babou, history; 6 p.m.; Penn Museum; pay-what-you-want (Musuem).
Public Conversation; Chi-ming Yang, English; David Eng, English; 6:30 p.m.; Slought Foundation (Slought).
PennDesign Lecture: Yvonne Farrell + Shelley McNamara; Grafton Architects; 6:30 p.m.; Meyerson Hall.
19 William H. Telfer Memorial Lecture; Greg Guild, biology; 4 p.m.; rm. 109, Leidy Lab (Biology).
Center for East Asian Studies Humanities Colloquium; Carlos Rojas, Duke University; 5 p.m.; rm. B21, Stiteler Hall (CEAS).
Synagogues of Prague; Arno Parik, Jewish Museum in Prague; 5 p.m.; rm. 321, Williams Hall (Jewish Studies).
Visiting Artist Lecture; Krzysztof Wodiczko, Harvard University; 6:30 p.m.; ICA (ICA, Design).
20 Bending the Cost Curve and Improving Quality in One of America's Poorest Cities—Camden, NJ; Jeffrey Brenner, Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers; noon; rm. G55, Jon M. Huntsman Hall; RSVP (CPHI, LDI).
Swimming and Self-Propulsion in Complex Fluids; Paulo Arratia, mechanical engineering and applied mechanics; noon; rm. 337, Towne Bldg. (CBE).
Inherited versus Self-Made Wealth in Paris 1872-1937; Jean-Laurent Rosenthal, California Institute of Technology; 2 p.m.; rm. 209, College Hall (History).
Planning the 4th Annual Anne d'Harnoncourt Symposium (2012): Brief Remarks; artists, Robert Maxwell and Jack Hinton; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 133, Jaffe Bldg. (History of Art).
Acetyl-CoA as a Link Between Metabolism and Epigentics; Kathryn Wellen, cancer biology; 4 p.m.; rm. 248, Anatomy-Chemistry Bldg. (Biochemistry and Biophysics).
Forum for Other Citizenships: Krzysztof Wodiczko and the "uncitizen"; Orkan Telhan, fine arts; Aaron Levy, Slought Foundation; 6:30 p.m.; Slought Foundation (Slought)
21 Feline Behavior: Understanding Your Cat's Language; Carlo Siracusa, Ryan-VHUP; 10 a.m.; Hill Pavilion; register: (215) 898-1480 (Penn Vet).
Roots, Routes, and Representation in Bahamian Popular Music of the African Diaspora; Timothy Rommen, music; 5:30 p.m.; rm. 101, Music Bldg. (Music, Africana Studies).
23 Chili Peppers: Heat and History; Joseph Rucker, Integral Molecular, Inc.; noon; Lenape Room, University Club; $11.60 w/lunch, $8.50/light lunch, free w/out lunch (ASEF).
IEDP Lecture; Howard White, International Initiative for Impact Evaluation; noon; South America Room, International House (GSE).
From Nerve Gas to Neurons: Military Medical Research in the Cold War and the War on Terror; Ulf Schmidt, University of Kent; Jonathan Moreno, medical ethics, philosophy; 3:30 p.m.; rm. 337, Cohen Hall (History & Sociology of Science).
40th Anniversary—Who Should Survive?; Norman Fost, University of Wisconsin; Renee Fox, sociology; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 331, Center for Bioethics; RSVP (Center for Bioethics).
24 Annenberg Seminar in History; Jessica Goldberg, history; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 209, College Hall (History).
Hej! Scandinavia: Muslims in Scandinavia; Suhail Khan, Institute for Global Engagement; Abid Raja, National Police Immigration Service (Norway); 6 p.m.; Ibrahim Theater, International House; $10, $8/students (I-House).
Disintegrations: The Decline and Fall of Libyan Egypt; Aidan Dodson, University of Bristol; 6:30 p.m.; Penn Museum; $8, $5/members, PennCard (Museum).
25 60-Second Lectures—Why Bribe?; Yuhua Wang, political science; 11:55 a.m.; Stitler Plaza; rain location: Stiteler Hall Lobby (SAS).
The Serious Business of Adolescence and What We Need to Know About It; Vivian Seltzer, SP&P; noon; Hourglass Room, University Club (PASEF).
Facilitated Transport Membranes for CO2 and Antibiotic Separations; W.S. Winston Ho, Ohio State University; 3 p.m.; Wu and Chen Auditorium, Levine Hall (CBE).
26 PennDesign Conversation; Simon Kim, architecture; Billy and Steven Dufala, artists; 6:30 p.m.; ICA (ICA, Design).
The Quest for Modernity: Muslim Travel Writings and the Bengali Identity in the Early Twentieth Century; Subho Basu, Syracuse University; noon; rm. 816, Williams Hall (South Asia Studies).
Race and Sports; Bill White, former Philadelphia Philly and former president of National League; 5 p.m.; rm. G60, Jon M. Huntsman Hall (Africana Studies).
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Red Cell Membrane Skeleton Assembly and Dynamics; David Speicher, biochemistry and biophysics; 4 p.m.; rm. 248, Anatomy-Chemistry Bldg. (Biochemistry and Biophysics).
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WELSH Premier League champions The New Saints were left red-faced last week when the league trophy was stolen.
The record-breaking side, who claimed their eighth league title last Saturday, realised the £70,000 silverware, had gone shortly before it was due to be presented to captain Paul Harrison in front of hundreds of adoring fans and media at The Venue in Park Hall.
And in an embarrassing turn of events they had to make do with a mock trophy in its place – believed to be one belonging to the all-conqering under 19s side.
A TNS insider, revealed the missing trophy was recovered two days later.
He said: "It was definitely nicked from the office 20 minutes before kick-off.
The club insider told the Advertizer there won't be an investigation into who stole the trophy, but added: "Everyone was just relieved that the cup was found."
A spokesperson for the Football Association of Wales confirmed the blunder, adding: "It was quickly returned."
The governing body refused to give any further information.
l It is not the first time a valuable item of sporting silverware has disappeared only to turn up later.
Famously in 1966 the £30,000 solid gold Jules Rimet trophy, presented to the football World Cup winners, disappeared in Central London. It was discovered a week later by Pickles the dog while he was being walked in south London.
The trophy vanished again in the 1980s and has never been recovered.
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Couple resign after 50 years with SC pageant
Sat, 10 Jul 2010 18:47:40 GMT —
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) -- The couple who have led the Miss South Carolina pageant for 50 years are retiring.
Multiple media outlets reported that the Miss America organization announced late Friday that Joe Sanders III and his wife, Gail, are retiring as president and comptroller of the statewide pageant that is one of 53 organizations licensed by the nationwide group.
A judge in this year's pageant claimed he felt pressured to choose a specific candidate. Another judge and Joe Sanders denied the accusation.
The Miss America organization said it would look into the allegations but didn't mention them in the Sanders' retirement announcement.
Last month, the couple's 46-year-old son was sentenced to 14 years in prison after being convicted of committing a lewd act on a young girl.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)


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Packers third at boys state golf tournament
By Tyler Shoberg
A couple weeks ago, West Fargo boys golf co-coach Chuck Gad predicted it would take sub-300 scores to win the state tournament.
He was right.
Fargo Shanley shot a team score of 286 on Day 1, and finished with a two-day total of 604 to hoist the state title last Tuesday at Kings Walk Golf Course in Grand Forks. The Deacons usurped perpetual champion Fargo South for the first time in seven years. The Bruins were seven shots off the Deacons for second place, and the Packer rounded out the Top 3 with a team score of 624.
"It was a bit of a disappointment," Gad said, of the Packers' finish. "But I knew it was going to be one of those three teams, and that's just where we wound up."
Besides Shanley, South and West Fargo, the Eastern Dakota Conference made itself known in a big way by sweeping the Top 5 spots. Only Fargo North was the anomaly, placing 10th. The East Region was so strong heading into the state tournament, in fact, that some West teams were almost willing to sit it out.
"(One West) coach jokingly said, 'the way you guys are getting, we're just going to stay home," Gad said, with a laugh.
Individually, the East Region cleaned house, placing golfers in the Top 12 spots. Of those, West Fargo's lone state placer was Connor Holland, who hit a two-day 152 that put him in a four-way tie for fourth. The junior improved on his placing from last year's state tournament, in which he shot a 149 to finish seventh.
Six shots off Holland was teammate Logan Palmer, who tied for 14th after hitting a two-day 158. The senior was sitting in 22nd place after shooting 77 on Day 1. This is the first time in three years that Palmer didn't place in the Top 10 at state.
"He had a bit of a rough weekend," Gad said, but in that respect, so did the Packers. "They were unhappy; they had their goals and didn't meet them the way they wanted to."
Last year, West Fargo was a distant second behind Fargo South, having 25 shots off the leader. But even slipping a bit this time by placing third doesn't detract much from the overall outcome.
"Despite the state tournament, our season was a total success," Gad said.
In a sense, the Packers somewhat mirrored the success from a year ago, by finishing in the Top 3 during every conference meet. They did it one step better, however, by taking first in their last three meets, culminating in their first-ever East Region title.
Likewise, Gad and co-coach Steve Anderson were named Conference and State Coaches of the Year for the second consecutive year.
And for all intensive purposes, the Packers proved they could stand up against the best. By the end of the regular season, three West Fargo players found themselves ranked in the Top 10 in the EDC: No. 5 Holland with a 74.83 stroke average, No. 7 Palmer with a 76.83 average, and Luke Olson tied Fargo Shanley's Nick Skafewski for ninth with a 78.17 average.
After garnering that conference title, the Packers were feeling pretty confident heading into state play.
"I felt we had a chance," Gad said, "But we have never played well at Kings Walk for years, and I don't understand why."
Whereas West Fargo took control the week before at the East Region meet, the state tournament was an entirely different animal. After shooting a first-round 301 that had them sitting in fourth place behind Wahpeton, Gad said he knew a state title was out of the question.
"It was a bitter pill the first day. We knew we weren't going to catch up," he said. "But the way Shanley was going, you have to hand it to them; they deserved the championship.
"We set our goals to get third or second, which they responded to really well."
The final round of competition saw a big change in the weather, which translated to hardships on the course.
"The first day was nice, and the second day was miserable," Gad said.
Still, West Fargo was able to hold together for a 323 that put them five strokes ahead of the Huskies. It didn't come easy, however, as confidence was a bit shaky, Gad said, even though the Packers had been characteristically cool all year.
"We haven't been nervous in a meet all year, but you know, I think a couple of the kids were (at state), which surprised me," Gad said.
Riley Johnson was a stable of consistency, shooting a Day 2 80 that was one shot higher than his opening round score. The freshman's 159 tied him for 16th. A stroke back at 160 was teammate Luke Olson, who finished in 18th place.
Nick Evin started strong with a 74, but the change in conditions proved difficult and he shot an 88 on Day 2. The junior was 22nd overall. Rounding out West Fargo's finishers was Payton Johnson, who shot a 165 for a share of 27th place.
With their prep golf season behind them, the Packers can now look forward to a summer of hitting the links and brushing up on their game. And while they will miss not having top senior Palmer next year (he's attending Nebraska Wesleyan University in the fall), Gad is looking forward to getting the bulk of his team back in 2012.
"We'll miss Palmer. He's been with us since the seventh grade," he said. "But we bring back five. We'll be good next year."


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The Dalloway, a new restaurant tucked away on Broome Street in Soho, is the sort of place you could stumble into and feel like you'd made a discovery. The space is polished but cozy, hip but inviting: lots of Edison bulbs, a gray crystal chandelier in one corner, bookshelves on the walls. The menu is likewise familiar, but elevated: caramelized Brussels sprouts, egg on cocotte, braised short rib. After dinner, wander downstairs into the lounge and chances are good you'll find a party: there's plenty of room for mingling, a cheeky neon sign proclaiming "i'm dry" behind the bar—and, you might happen to notice, an unusually high ratio of women to men.
"If you walked in here off the street at first glance, you're like, 'Oh, I'm in a great restaurant, a great bar,'" co-owner Kim Stolz says. "If you look a little deeper, there's definitely a lot of lesbians." Stolz, who competed in the fifth season of America's Next Top Model and is currently a vice-president at Citigroup, is openly gay, as is her partner in the business, Amanda Leigh Dunn, who until The Dalloway was working in music licensing and PR. (She was also a cast member on The Real L Word.)
When Stolz and Dunn conceived of The Dalloway, they sought to create a hub for the city's cool lesbians—and their straight friends, or, as the case may be, grandparents. "My girlfriend brought her grandmother here the other night," Dunn says.
So far, they seem to be succeeding. When we met the ladies for a drink last week, the restaurant could already count some patrons as regulars—despite being open only a week. As Dunn explained, straight-faced: "People come over and over again."
ALEXANDRIA SYMONDS: So, how has your first week been? You look surprisingly well rested.
KIM STOLZ: That's amazing, because I have definitely not gotten more than five hours of sleep in probably three months. Our first week was really great—I think it was a real team effort; we have a great staff behind us. We've actually managed to throw a couple of really great parties this week.
SYMONDS: Can we back up to the very beginning—how did you guys meet each other; how did The Dalloway first get started?
STOLZ: Amanda and I met when I was a news anchor at MTV, and she was immersed in the music community; we met through a mutual friend. We became good friends pretty quickly, and talked on and off for a number of years. Then this past year, we both spent the whole spring—individually, not knowing about each other [thinking the same thing]—thinking the lesbian scene in the city feels like it's dying. It doesn't feel like there are these great well-rounded places to go anymore. We had both spent some time thinking about that, and we met up at a party in July and started talking about what we were each up to; I work in finance, and Amanda was doing her own thing. And I was like, "You know what, let's just do this. This is something we both want to do, let's combine forces, why not?" That was in July, and this place opened, obviously, a couple weeks ago.
AMANDA LEIGH DUNN: It was pretty fast. And the transition was literally from us just having a conversation to—like, we had each individually looked at places, and we didn't even know that we were both looking at places. We just were talking about it, and we were like, "This is stupid, why don't we look together?"
STOLZ: It seems that the primary focus of a lot of LGBT, and especially lesbian, places in the city is drinking and hooking up. And I wanted to create somewhere, and Amanda wanted to create somewhere, where that wasn't the primary focus—yes, it can be at times, but we also want people to socialize and have a community, and we want the lesbians to feel like they have a home base. Yes, we also want everybody else to come—we have people who are from the straight community who love it, we have people who are my friends who are in banking who love to come here. It's such a diverse crowd, and it serves so many needs.
SYMONDS: What did this space look like when you first discovered it?
DUNN: [laughs] A tiki bar.
STOLZ: It was a Hawaiian-themed restaurant: very light-colored wood; there was green and red wallpaper everywhere; there was a huge monstrosity of shelves on that wall; there were a lot of bamboo plants. There were so many plants, we had a plant sale.
DUNN: Yeah, there were probably over 100 plants.
STOLZ: We didn't really sell any, we sold basically none.
DUNN: It was so funny: we did a plant sale-slash-open call for staff.
STOLZ: Everything was so fast. We were trying to hire staff the same time we were trying to sell the plants, so people would come in and we'd be like, "Plants or a job?"
DUNN: We're like, "Okay, you can take a plant home with you." They were like, "No thanks."
SYMONDS: [laughs] It does seem like this came together faster than most venues do. When you were assembling your team, what were you looking for, in terms of who would help you design the space and the menu?
STOLZ: Well Amanda designed the space so we had no hope—no help in that regard. [laughs]
DUNN: Amanda designed it, so we had hope whatsoever. [laughs]
STOLZ: No, we didn't need any help in that regard, is what I meant to say. I kind of helped her, but it was her vision; she really designed the space. And as for the staff, what we knew is that we needed people that knew a lot about restaurants, because neither of us do. I go to a lot of restaurants—actually, not anymore, I just come here—but I used to. My fiancée actually used to run a few different restaurants in the city, so we hired her to be the operations manager, which has been great. Everything just kind of happened; people were ready to leave their jobs right when we needed to hire them.
We had originally thought we were just going to open a bar—that was the first vision that we had. And then we found this space, and we loved it, but it seemed too big for a bar. It's really big—were you downstairs?—it's a lot of people, that's a lot of lesbians. We weren't sure if we should take this space; we loved it, but it seemed too big. And then I met [executive chef] Vanessa [Miller]. We were originally just thinking bar food, small plates, whatever... She said to me, "Let me just do a tasting for you guys," and I was like, "Why would I reject a free tasting?" The second she finished the tasting, I was like, "Amanda, we need to change our vision; this needs to be a restaurant."
DUNN: There was no question at all, between the two of us.
STOLZ: It felt right. I didn't really want to open just a bar, I wanted to open an amazing restaurant that my parents would want to come to and my friends would all congregate at. And I think what's great about this place is that you come in for dinner, go downstairs and dance, and then at the end of the night, when you want that kind of late-night meal, you can come right back upstairs, have drinks around the table with your friends, and have a bite. Our kitchen's open until we close.
SYMONDS: Vanessa's super young, too, right?
STOLZ: Yeah, she's the youngest female executive chef in the country, is what we've heard.
DUNN: That's what we think. [laughs]
STOLZ: And she's gay.
SYMONDS: How old is she?
STOLZ: She's 24.
DUNN: She's amazing. And she's never taken a cooking class in her life... A lot of people say if you work in a restaurant or are surrounded by a certain type of food all the time, you just don't want to eat it anymore, and me and Kim eat here like every night.
STOLZ: I literally eat here every night.
SYMONDS: You mentioned feeling like there was a hole in the scene you wanted to fill—is there a particular lesbian-nightlife heyday that you were trying to call back to?
STOLZ: There used to be more places; we used to have Meow, Clit Club, Cattyshack—I still think the primary focus of those places was drinking and hooking up. I think Rubyfruit tried, but I don't think it succeeded. You can take your girlfriend here, as much as you can take your parents here, as much as you can take your kid here, as much as you can take your grandmother here, as much as you can take your boss here. That's what's so special about this place. It's sort of like the name—unless you really look into it, you don't realize it's a Virginia Woolf reference, or most people don't.
SYMONDS: You've talked a little bit about how the restaurant fills a niche, or differs from the average lesbian bar in the city— what about in your own lives? How do you undo the ordinary or escape routine?
STOLZ: I work as an equity derivative sales trader at a big investment bank from about 6 am to 5 pm every day. The hours outside of that are either spent here or doing press or working on the end of my book. Well, I finished my book—it's being published in June.
SYMONDS: Oh, wow, congratulations. When is it out?
STOLZ: That's the other thing I do, and then I'm getting married. It's being published by Rodale; it comes out in June and it's called Can't Stop: Why We're Obsessed With Social Media and What To Do About It. It's kind of on the impact of social media, smartphones and reality television; our generation, and the ways it's changed our personalities, our ability to pay attention in conversations, our ability to stay loyal in relationships: just kind of the general way our personalities have changed. So it's about that, it's about a lot of the negative and how you can find a happy medium. Between that and this and getting married and the job, it's tough to have a routine, because I just don't sleep.
SYMONDS: Right.
STOLZ: Can I say one thing? Take a look at that table over there. There are three clearly successful, very fashionable older lesbians. When are you going to see them any other day at any other lesbian spots in the city that exist now? You wouldn't. And they're here to have a nice dinner with each other, hanging out, talking about their jobs, whatever they're doing—that makes me so happy. They were probably going to straight places for dinner before, and now they've got this to go to. It's awesome.
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Dear Speed Lab,
What is your opinion on incorporating anaerobic sessions into an endurance-training plan? Is this type of training going to be harmful or helpful to my performance? Many professionals in a variety of endurance sports include this type of training in their training plans.
Daniel Schlader
Louisville, Ky.
Dear Daniel,
One of most fundamental rules of training is specificity, which states that your training should replicate the demands of the specific event you're training for. The rule of specificity arises because different events tend to rely on different energy systems in the body (which need to be specifically trained) and also because many disciplines require a specific set of motor skills and neurological adaptations.
However, the reality is that while endurance sports draw heavily on the aerobic energy system in competition, they do sometimes perform short, high-energy bursts (e.g. sprinting for the line) that rely on pathways that are often neglected in training because of the need to concentrate on endurance performance training.
And new findings by a team of Finish scientists at the Research Institute for Olympic Sports suggest that neglecting to train for anaerobic performance may be counter-productive for endurance athletes, and that anaerobic performance can be enhanced without increasing training volume or compromising endurance.
In the study1, the effects of concurrent explosive strength and endurance training on aerobic and anaerobic performance and neuromuscular characteristics were studied in 25 endurance runners. These runners were split into an experimental group (13 runners) and a control group (12 runners).
All runners trained for eight weeks with the same total training volume, but in the experimental group 19 percent of the endurance training was replaced by explosive-type training, which included sprints and strength drills. After the eight-week training program, all the runners were evaluated for various aspects of performance with the following results:
The maximal speed during a maximal anaerobic running test and 30-meter sprint speed improved in the experimental group by 3.0 and 1.1, respectively, compared to the control group. The concentric and isometric forces generated during leg extension increased in the experimental group but not in the control group.
The experimental group improved their muscular force-time characteristics and had rapid neural activation of the muscles (i.e. they were able to generate more power through more rapid muscular contractions). The increase in thickness of the quadriceps muscles after eight weeks was nearly double in the experimental group compared to the control group.
Importantly, the maximal speed during an aerobic running test, the maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) and running economy (how efficiently the runners used oxygen for any given running speed) remained unchanged in both groups.
The implications of these research findings are clear: If you are an endurance athlete whose event also demands brief bursts of high-intensity work, substituting some of your endurance training (up to 20 percent) with anaerobic work may not cause a drop in aerobic performance, and may even give you a competitive edge.
What Goes Into Energy Drinks?
Dear Speed Lab,
It seems like a lot of new energy drinks on the market are adding glutamine and branched-chain amino acids to their beverage. What's your take on this? Is there a benefit in terms of performance?
David Perry
Baton Rouge, La.
Dear David,
There are often suggestions that the addition of ingredients other than the conventional sports drink ingredients may enhance the efficacy of sports drinks, and a variety of different amino acids have been proposed. Among these are glycine, glutamine and branched-chain amino acids (BCAA).
Glycine and other actively transported amino acids offer the prospect of enhancing the rate of intestinal water uptake. However, the limited data available do not support this proposition2.
Glutamine can act as an energy substrate for cells of the immune system. Plasma glutamine levels may fall after intense exercise, leading to the proposal that glutamine supplementation may enhance immune function in athletes during periods of hard training.
Although this is an attractive hypothesis, the available evidence does not support it and well-controlled studies of glutamine supplementation have failed to show a beneficial effect3. The lack of stability of glutamine in an acid solution would also seem to be an insuperable difficulty to its addition to sports drinks.
The addition of BCAA to sports drinks is based on the central fatigue hypothesis. The theory proposes that an increased uptake of tryptophan (TRY), the amino acid precursor to the neurotransmitter serotonin, into neurons located in the brain is associated with increased susceptibility to fatigue in the periphery (i.e. the muscles).
The BCAA compete with TRY for uptake into the brain, and it is argued that increasing BCAA availability will decrease brain TRY uptake and thus reduce the subjective sensation of fatigue. Well-controlled laboratory trials of BCAA supplementation, however, do not support an ergogenic effect4.
1. J. Mikkola, H. Rusko, A. Nummela, T. Pollari and K. Häkkinen. (2007). Concurrent Endurance and Explosive Type Strength Training Improves Neuromuscular and Anaerobic Characteristics in Young Distance Runners. International Journal of Sports Medicine, 28: 602-611.
2. Shi, X., Summers, R. and Schedl, H. P et al. Effects of carbohydrate type and concentration and solution osmolality on water absorption. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 27: 1607-15, 1995.
3. Rohde, T., MacLean, D. A., Pederson, B. K. Effect of glutamine supplementation on changes in the immune system induced by repeated exercise. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 30: 856-62, 1998.
4. van Hall, G., Raaymakers, J. S., Sarris, W. H. and Wagenmakers, A. J. Ingestion of branched-chain amino acids and tryptophan during sustained exercise in man: failure to affect performance. Journal of Physiology (Lon). 486: 789-94, 1995.
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Customer reviews for The Book of Mormon
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| 120 of 174 people found the following review helpful:
O-M-Gosh, Feb 24, 2011
|reviewer: Scott Watson from NYC
|This performance was completely irreverent, only to be outdone by the atypical and no holes barred humor of Trey Parker and Matt Stone. This is most definitely a performance that I will be attending again, and soon! I generally avoid Broadway shows, but I would have regretted missing this one!
| 63 of 112 people found the following review helpful:
Fantastic, Apr 11, 2011
|reviewer: Michael from New Jersey
|Saw Book of Mormon last saturday night and loved it. A refeshing change on Broadway - a musical that really is new and has something to say. Worth seeing for sure.
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VERY OFFENSIVE, Oct 24, 2013
|reviewer: Heather A. from Olympia, WA
|I feel that I have to warn people of faith (not mormon faith) that there is some very offensive humor directed at God and Christians in this play. I enjoyed the first part of the play immensely...poking fun at the idiosyncrasies of the mormon faith...very funny...however, it took a very sharp turn against faith of any sort and then went vulgar (violence against babies - yes, babies and women) and kept on going. The parts where they poked fun at mormonism were what I expected...fun, good natured...but I did not expect the vulgarity and utterly offensive ("f*** you God" was the theme) direction the play turned and never quite came back from...I enjoy irreverence...this was far beyond irreverent...just a warning... it was a $200+ per ticket mistake.
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Big impact show, Jun 11, 2012
|reviewer: Sandra from Miami
|Saw Book of Mormon last Friday and loved it - the theatre was packed and the audience were in hysterics from the opening doorbell number. In true south park style the show gets pretty close to the knuckle on some of the gags, you have to be open minded to enjoy the show, but the comic timing of the lead actors was just brillant. Excellent show!
| 53 of 106 people found the following review helpful:
Amazing show/venue, Jun 02, 2011
|reviewer: Chip Tamplin from Cambridge, Maryland
|Saw Book of Mormon during its previews in February and it was incredible. Coming to NY to see it again this weekend and I can't wait. One of the funniest shows I've ever seen. The theatre was also very nice.
| 53 of 101 people found the following review helpful:
I love this show!, Jul 22, 2013
|reviewer: Richard from New York, New York
|Best new musical I've seen since Wicked
| 52 of 104 people found the following review helpful:
fantastic!, Jun 15, 2011
|reviewer: Anonymous from New York
|As good as it gets! Laugh-out-loud hilarious.
| 49 of 99 people found the following review helpful:
Worst EVER!, Sep 10, 2013
|reviewer: JR from New York, New York
|Do not waste your time or money on this show... Childish and totally non entertaining, we left after 30 minutes which seemed like a life time.
| 44 of 91 people found the following review helpful:
Don't Underestimate Your Kids, Jul 13, 2014
|reviewer: Elder Price from New York, New York
|I'm 13 years old. And honestly, this show isn't anything your middle schooler hasn't encountered by now. Yes, it's raunchy, and rude, but to a kid, it's hilarious. For many kids, we understand that this is satire. We get that this show isn't literal. Yes, there are a boatload of sexual references and f bombs. But honestly, the kids at school are just as bad. If I were to worry about anything with kids and this show is that some kids will get the music stuck in their head. But we all have the sense not to sing Hasa Diga Eebowai in church. There is violence, but not major. If your kid watches PG13 movies, the violence isn't too much to handle. If anything, this show will open up discussion on many issues, such as AIDS, religion, warfare, and homophobia. Also, this is an amazing show. It's hilarious, and if doesn't take itself seriously in any way. (I've never seen the show live but I listen to the music and have watched the show online.) Just make sure your kids don't take to banging on doors and starting a chorus of Hello. Trust me. This is a not to miss show for MATURE kids 11 and older that know about sex and can take rude and offensive humor. But your kids may feel uncomfortable seeing this with their parents, so let them know that you think they are mature enough to see it, and DO NOT make your kids leave. It will only make them feel like little kids. Letting a kid watch this kind of show will tell them you know they are growing up and you are ready for them to grow.
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Sad Man Sad Entertainment, Jul 25, 2014
|reviewer: Bobby Dias from USA
|Designed to put the audience into mind of being losers so that the man onstage is the hero of whatever happens. Cannot you be happy so that the cast makes you even happier?!
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I spent 5 days in Shanghai last week on business and got some time for good meals and a short EXPO-stay.
First, let me say that I was shocked about the horrific waiting times at the EXPO, I cant imagine waiting 6 hours in a line just for a country pavillion, but the Chinese did wait. Incredible! And in most cases the inside of the pavillions is less interesting than the design outside. And there are even allegations that some countries are letting get the lines so long just to be able to say how good their exhibit is. Good examples are Germany and Saudi Arabia, that have 6 hour lines daily but have less attendees than Turkey where you seldomly wait longer than 20 minutes.
About the food in Shanghai, let me say that I had the best meal of my life there in one of the Jesse (Xinjishi) restaurants. I didn't know before that this is a chain of 9 restaurants in Shanghai and that they even have a branch in Causeway Bay, HK. I was at their PuDong Restaurant and had a great 14 dishes dinner with some business associates from China that I got to invite me there. One dish was better than the one before it, especially the fish maw was fantastic. I can only highly recommend Jesse to every Shanghai visitor! (www.xinjishi.com - sadly only in Chinese)
Then I dined two times at SimplyThai (they have 4 branches) and they also have a very good kitchen, even better than many Thai restaurants in Thailand! Thei have fantastic curries and the prawns in curry sauce are fantastic. (www.simplythai.com)
Finally, I had a good peking duck meal in the Shanghai Quan Ju De Restaurant at the Purple Mountain Restaurant in Pudong. This was my second visit there as I really love the Peking duck!


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I recently got my hands on the Maybelline Color Tattoos and decided to try them out. They've been out on the market for sometime now as I've seen them on some youtube videos but I know that they're still kinds new to the Philippine market.
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I got three shades, Bronze to the bad, Creamy shade and one that was in Japanese so I couldn't read it. The Color Tattoo range has a lot of color variety but knowing me, I went for the neutral nude ones. My favorite by far is creamy beige, it makes for a good natural shadow color as well as eyeshadow base for nude or natural eyeshadow looks. They don't crease as well! Bad to the bronze has a bit more shimmer but is also good for eyeshadow base, especially for shadows with shimmer or metallic finishes. The same goes for the Japanese shade one but that one I can tell will go well for any color of shadows especially with the metallic and shimmery finishes as it is a pearlescent white shade.
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