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Interior and fashion stylist Erin Gates, who writes the Elements of Style blog, joined us during the recent Kennebunkport Festival and took part in the Maine Home+Design dinner that we hosted. Erin put together a really nice piece, including some lovely photographs, about her experience here as well as some of the other events she attended and places she visited during her stay in Kennebunk – Kennebunkport. You can find the blog entry at the following link: A Kennebunkport Weekend. Below is one of the images she includes in the blog.
Seems that Erin took quite a liking to our English goldendoodle, stating that he has an "irresistible little face." We might be biased, but we couldn't agree more! Erin also enjoyed the "seriously amazing food" at the dinner created by guest Chef Dennis Franceschini, Executive Chef-partner of New York City's Bar Italia.
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Chatsworth, incorporated August 18, 1906, is the county seat of Murray County. Some say the city's name comes from a sign that fell off a railroad freight car, with the name "Chatsworth" printed on it. Railroad workers later placed the sign on a pole and used it to designate the city. However, others say the city name honors a railroad official.
The Chief Van House, built by Cherokee Chief James Vann, is decorated with Cherokee hand carvings and features a cantilevered stairway and many antiques. This Federal-style brick mansion is referred to as the "Showplace of the Cherokee Nation".
Another Chatsworth attraction is Fort Mountain Park. The 1,932-acre state park has a number of trails for visitors to explore, in addition to its camping sites. This park has an ancient 855-foot long rock wall, which stands on the highest point of the mountain.


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Outdoorsmen and women have a huge impact on the state's economy, according to new data released by the Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation.
Outdoorsmen and women have a huge impact on the state's economy, according to new data released by the Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation.
In 2011, more than 904,000 people hunted and fished in Louisiana, more than the population of the entire Baton Rouge area.
Those hunters and fishermen spent more than $1.67 billion in Louisiana with a ripple effect of $2.5 billion, according to the foundation. In addition, their activities supported 23,345 jobs in the state.
"Many people may not fully comprehend how important hunting and fishing are to the fabric of this country," said Jeff Crane, president of the Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation. "Yet nationally there are more people who hunt or fish than go bowling, and their spending would land them at No. 24 on the Fortune 500 list."
The $1.67 billion spent by recreational hunters and fishermen in Louisiana is five times the value of all commercial seafood landings in the state in 2011, Crane added.
Nationwide, there are more than 37 million hunters and fishermen ages 16 and up, about the population of California. These hunters and fishermen spent $90 billion on their hobbies in 2011, about as much as the combined global sales of iPads and iPhones in the same year, according to the Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation.
Officials in Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes recognize the draw of the outdoors and have focused many of their new marketing efforts on promoting their waters to fishermen.
Terrebonne and Lafourche were each granted $2.1 million in marketing aid to make up for tourism losses after the 2010 BP oil spill. The money is part of a $78 million agreement between the state and BP. The state dispersed the money to all 64 parishes, with the six most affected — including the two local parishes — receiving the most.
Lafourche, which has spent just under $1 million so far, is primarily using the money to push its "Dig In" advertising campaign, which highlights multiple tourism attractions in the parish, including fishing. Lafourche has also spent money developing and hosting websites for local charter boat captains.
Terrebonne, meanwhile, has worked to brand Houma as the "saltwater fishing capital of the world," said Pat Gordon, Terrebonne's director of planning and zoning. The parish is also promoting itself as "Louisiana's Bayou Country." The parish is partnering with the Houma Area Convention and Visitors Bureau on the effort. Though the entities have been working together, the parish is ultimately responsible for how the money is spent.
"We've been advertising in national game and fish magazines throughout the country, promoting Terrebonne Parish as the saltwater fishing capital of the world," Gordon said.
The parish has also aided in founding the Terrebonne Saltwater Charter Boat Association. Meanwhile, the convention and visitor's bureau has been working to promote Terrebonne's many fishing tournaments.
"Our environment is extremely important to our message," Gordon said.
While hunters and fishermen make important contributions to the economy, they are also important backers of habitat conservation.
When you combine license and stamp fees, motorboat fuels, taxes on hunting and fishing equipment and membership contributions to conservation organizations, hunters and anglers directed $3 billion toward on-the-ground conservation and restoration efforts in 2011. That's about $95 every second, according to the Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation.
Restoration work done on lands owned or leased for hunting would add another $11 billion in conservation efforts.
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Freezer paper has one side that is shiny. When ironed to fabric, the shiny side will stick. It can be removed and re-ironed several times before it becomes too fuzzy to stick anymore. Freezer paper has a nice weight. You can see through it for tracing designs, and it comes eighteen inches wide on a large roll.
I belong to an e-mail group called The Quilt History List. (For information on subscribing, visit http://www.QuiltHistory.com.) Lots of topics relating to quilt history are discussed on this site, and recently someone asked when freezer paper was first used for quilting. Hazel Carter, from Virginia, told us that her friend Anne Oliver might have been first to use freezer paper for quilting! This is the story Hazel told.
"It began with sugar paper. Remember those little wrapped packages of loose sugar? One side of the paper was plastic. Anne used the plastic side of the paper to turn under her seam allowance for appliqué. The paper wasn't firm enough, so she and her husband looked for a heavier paper. The search continued until they heard about a wrapping paper used during deer hunting season. Reynolds® was the maker of this product, but it was only, at that time, available during deer hunting season. Today Reynolds® Freezer Paper is readily available in the grocery store, and quilting is even listed on the box as one of the uses for the product."
"Anne began teaching freezer-paper appliqué in 1979. In 1981, an article by Anne on this technique was printed in the magazine Quilt. Anne's method involves placing the freezer paper (shiny side up) on the wrong side of the fabric, then using the tip of a hot iron to press the seam allowance to the plastic side of the freezer paper. The fabric adheres to the plastic and can then be appliquéd with more design accuracy. When Anne won awards with her Painted Metal Ceilings quilt (The Twentieth Century's Best American Quilts, p. 67), she described her "freezer paper design work." Articles about freezer paper techniques have been published in nearly thirty magazines."
I started to wonder about other ways creative quilters use freezer paper. So I did some research and then turned to my Internet group and asked how they use it. The following list is what I learned about freezer paper use.
For Appliqué
1. Use as an iron-on template that won't shift (on wool and cotton)
I like to trace around the shape and then remove it. See photo A.
2. Freezer paper template ironed to right side of fabric
The freezer paper is used as the guide for needleturning the seam allowance under. No marking is done on the fabric, and the paper is removed once the appliqué is complete. See photo B.
3. Freezer paper template ironed to wrong side of fabric
In this method you prepare the appliqué in advance of the stitching. Lay the freezer paper template shiny side up on the wrong side of the fabric, Cut the fabric with a scant 1/4″ seam allowance larger than the paper template. Using the hot tip of your iron, press the seam allowance over the paper template edge so it sticks to the shiny side of the freezer paper. Those new tiny irons work well with this method. See photo B
4. To create smooth circles
Iron the freezer paper circle to the wrong side of the fabric. Cut the fabric circle a scant 1/4″ larger than the freezer paper circle. Hand sew a running stitch in the seam allowance. Draw up slowly so the seam allowance folds around the freezer paper. Iron with a squirt of spray starch. Remove the freezer paper with a tweezers before stitching the circle down. This is a great technique for appliquéd berries.
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5. When using a freezer paper hexagon template, the template is ironed to the wrong side of the fabric
The seam allowance is finger-pressed over the paper template edge and basted. When several have been completed, a flower is formed by stitching six around a center hexagon. See photo C.
For other sewing techniques
6. To stabilize quilt labels and signature blocks for writing on them
Iron freezer paper to the back of the label/block. Light lines may be drawn on the back of the freezer paper to help signers write straight. Remove paper when the writing is complete. See photo D.
7. As backing to stabilize fabric so you can run it through your printer
Cut the freezer paper so it is a bit smaller than your fabric. Iron the freezer paper to the back of your fabric and feed it into your printer.
8. For paper foundation piecing
9. As a template for piecing odd shapes
10. Tear-away stabilizer for machine embroidery and satin stitching
11. As quilting stencils—both for hand and machine work
Cut out your quilting motif (hearts, curves), then iron the freezer paper shape to the top of your quilt. Quilt around it by hand or machine. You can even slice out sections of the paper to quilt inside the motif. See photo E.
12. Use as a 'peel off label'
Write your notes on the freezer paper, then iron to fabric. There's no need for pins to hold the note in place. I use this one all the time! See photo F.
We quilters love our freezer paper! I suspect this list just scratches the surface. Have fun developing your own creative uses for this great product.
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I was in a conversation with one of the ELCA synod bishops recently, and he began to reflect on various ministry situations in the synod he serves. He acknowledged that these past few years have been difficult for many individuals and congregations, both politically/relationally and financially. We talked about how it was sometimes hard to see very far into the future with clarity and how often the paths we design or imagine turn out different from what we hoped to design or wanted to imagine.
He articulated what we both knew was true: there is angst and frustration–even pain–when things don't go as we plan. In our personal lives or in ministry, most of us are tempted to want to map out and control our paths.
We weren't talking about seminarians, but it seems clear to me that the same temptations abound at a seminary as in the synod he serves. We may speak in rarefied theological tones about God's mission and the leading of the Holy Spirit. But when it comes to my life, my ideas, my plans, my preferences–well, most of us would like God to quit messing with our dreams and just bless what we plan.
But this bishop went on to talk of hope, about new patterns of life and ministry, about fresh perspectives, and about a host of new life situations. Then he said, "I find myself preaching on Isaiah 43 most everywhere I go."
How are your plans going? Did the internship placement go as you thought it would? Is your candidacy committee blessing your every move? Has each class taught you what you expected? Are your friends saying "amen" whenever you have an idea? Maybe so. Maybe not.
But if you are struggling with discernment or direction or disappointment, I think that bishop has a good idea. God's promises and reminders in Isaiah 43 are pretty good. Listen:
"But now thus says the Lord…do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through the fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you…you are precious in my sight, and honored, and I love you…do not fear, for I am with you…I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert." (Isaiah 43 passim)
I don't know what your personal "waters" or "fires" or "deserts" might be, but you–and I–will have them. And in the midst of them are the promises of God. A God who will be with you. A God who will do new things–in you and through you. And that's the truth.
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Oscar Wisting (1871-1936)
Oscar Adolf Wisting was born 6 June 1871 in Langestrand, Larvik in Vestfold county, and he became the eldest of 13 children. His father, Ola Martin Olsen Wisting, was a wagon driver and his mother was Abigael Helene Andersen. Oscar had to go to work early, and he left for the sea at 15 years of age. Seven years later he was enlisted in the Navy. He married Elise Marie Johansen (1871-1957) on 11th October 1897 and the couple settled in Horten where the Navy had its main base.
As with Martin Rønne, Wisting met Roald Amundsen in Horten in 1909 during an experiment with kites as possible viewing platforms over the ice. Amundsen invited Wisting spontaneously to join his Arctic Ocean expedition. When Wisting left on what became Amundsen's South Pole expedition in 1910-13, he left behind a pregnant wife and five children. His wife gave birth to twins who, together with the couple's only daughter Ruth, died while Wisting was away. In fact Wisting was mostly absent as the family father for 16 years, which resulted in a good deal of bitterness from the children and gave him a bad conscience later in life.
Wisting arrived at the South Pole on 14 December 1911 together with Amundsen, Bjaaland, Hanssen and Hassel. In the period after the expedition he was, at Amundsen's request, more or less trained to be the complete handyman on the next expedition. He was given some training in doctor and dentist tasks, got his credentials as a tinsmith, went on a cookery course and studied navigation. In 1913-14 he was part of the group that fetched the Fram from South America, and in 1918 he left on the Maud expedition and was not home again before 1925. He had a visit from his wife Elise for five months in Seattle, but in these years he did not see his four sons, who all grew to men while he was away.
In 1922 Elise took over the responsibility for the two girls, Camilla and Kakonita from Siberia whom Amundsen had adopted and brought back to Norway after the Maud expedition. Elise became very close to the girls and found it very sad when they were returned to Camilla's family in 1924.
While the Maud lay in the Northeast Passage, Wisting was given bigger and bigger tasks. He went on a six-month long sledge journey with Helmer Hanssen to the nearest telegraph station, and he was Harald Ulrik Sverdrup's companion on his sledge trip round the Chukotski Peninsula in the far northeast of Siberia by the Bering Strait. After Amundsen left the expedition in 1921, Wisting was entrusted with the practical responsibility for the remainder of the expedition (Sverdrup was the scientific leader). He oversaw the repairs to the Maud in Seattle for almost a year in 1921–22, and he was captain for the last drift in the ice in 1922–25. He had been out on expeditions longer than most polar explorers either then or since. During the summer 1923 he had flown with Odd Dahl on what was probably the first airplane flight over the Arctic Ocean ice.
Wisting was only at home for a few days before he again left to help Amundsen on the airship Norge, which he joined on the flight from Rome to Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard. He was given the honour of hoisting the Norwegian flag on the airship during the takeover ceremony in Rome. On the flight over the North Pole he manned the elevation rudder, and in the night between 11 and 12 May 1926 he and Amundsen shook hands as the two first at both Poles. On 6 July 1926 the Norwegian parliament decided that chief gunner Wisting should be promoted to captain for his polar achievements. This caused some strongly negative reactions in parts of the Navy.
In 1928 Amundsen asked Wisting if he would join him on the search for Umberto Nobile and the airship Italia, but – and luckily for him – there was no room on the Latham plane to Svalbard, and he thereby missed disappearing into the sea with the man he had followed faithfully for 16 years. Wisting led a search expedition with the sealer Veslekari for the Latham, before he gave up expeditions for good and returned to a pastime from his youth, which was walking in the forests and mountains.
Wisting was the lucky owner of one of polar history's most famous dogs: Obersten (the colonel). Obersten was one of the lead dogs to the South Pole in 1911 and one of the three which returned alive to Norway. He became a town character in Horten and was highly esteemed by the population there. When Obersten died, he was stuffed and exhibited for a while at the Ski Museum at Holmenkollen in Oslo.
On his retirement, Wisting and his wife moved to a house with a large garden, and he used much of his time working in the garden. However, in the last years of his life he was involved in the fate of the Fram, and it was he who captained the ship on its last journey, from Horten to Bygdøy in Oslo. During the work at the Fram Museum on 4 December 1936, he died alone in his old cabin, probably from a heart attack. The Norwegian government paid for his funeral in his home town of Horten, which took place two days before the 25th anniversary of the conquest of the South Pole.
The Fram Committee's chairman stated at the annual general meeting of the Fram Museum in 1937: "The loss of Oscar Wisting must unfortunately be regarded as irreplaceable. His time allowed him to devote the whole of his great interest and capability for the preservation of the «Fram», and he achieved great work for this. He loved the ship as his child, and as such he treated it also. Captain Wisting was a charming person, and also for this reason we are sorry to have lost him."
Oscar Wisting was appointed knight 1st class of the Order of St. Olav in 1926 and commander 1st class later the same year. He was also a knight of the French Legion of Honour, officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy and receiver of the Latham medal. His medals are displayed in the Fram Museum.
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We live in a time of constant exposure to loud sounds. Some of them are completely unexpected and earsplitting, such as last month's blasts at the Boston Marathon and explosions at the fertilizer plant in West, Texas, or the roadside bombs constantly encountered by military service members overseas.
The newspapers and television media share some of the awful lingering effects for survivors, particularly the physical and psychological trauma. Occasionally the media comment on the disorientation and temporary effects on hearing. But we seldom learn of the long-term effects that many of the survivors experience, especially in relation to hearing loss.
The hearing system is a wonderful and a very delicate tool that allows us to hear a wide range of sounds and words. We take our hearing ability for granted until something occurs to disrupt it. We attend a thunderous rock concert, watch booming 4th of July fireworks or listen to our electronic devices on top volume. Afterward we notice that we are not able to hear clearly for a while. But then our hearing gradually returns to what seems like normal, and we expose ourselves to that same noise again and again. Each time we do this, we increase the likelihood that our hearing will gradually be permanently affected—and we cannot get it back. This deterioration happens because the tiny sensory hair cells of the inner ear get destroyed. These cannot be restored!
Those who happened to near the Boston Marathon bombings were rendered disoriented and unable to hear by the sudden blasts. Some may have found their hearing improving and feeling OK by the next day. But others may now have a noise in their head that is either constant or intermittent—the result of the huge blast their ears were exposed to. These people may find it useful to speak with an audiologist about reducing the effects of this noise on their lives.
Others exposed to the blast may not be able to hear as well as they could before this traumatic event. Their speech may be unclear, or even greatly reduced, and they may hear themselves quite loudly but cannot hear others when they speak. They may wonder at the fact that others next to them have no such permanent effects. All of us are different. And for some reason, some of us can tolerate loud sounds a lot better than others and don't seem to react as much as others. There is no way to predict at present who can tolerate loud sounds versus who cannot.
What can a person do when there has been a long-term effect on hearing? There are two groups of people who specialize in hearing disorders: Physicians who are ear, nose and throat specialists, and those who are doctors of audiology (audiologists). An audiologist has the training and knowledge to treat hearing disorders, and the physician is trained to treat medical issues related to hearing. Audiologists help those with noise in the ear or hearing loss reduce these effects. Physicians work to repair problems in the ear with medication and surgery.
But a physician's work may not be enough to solve the problem, and that is when an audiologist may provide the most assistance. The important take-home message is that you do not have to live with deteriorating hearing. Reach out to audiologists and physicians, who can help you continue functioning well in society and access a high quality of life.
James Blair, PhD, CCC-A, is a professor of audiology at Utah State University and an affiliate of ASHA Special Interest Group 8, Public Health Issues Related to Hearing and Balance.


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Commander Club is a time honoured tradition of Hobbymaster that occurs every Tuesday at 6:30pm. Players are sorted into pods of 3-4 players and play against decks featuring cards from all across the timeline of Magic: The Gathering!
Commander is a format which allows players to select a Legendary creature to be the general of their 100 card deck.
Each night consists of two rounds, starting at 6:30pm and the second round starting on the dot at 8:00pm. Players are encouraged to arrive for the 6:30 round, but if you're late just give us a call and we can slot you in for the second round, no problem at all.
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Seb Mayer
Born: Aix-en-Provence, France
Nationality: FRENCH
Current Residence: Verbier, Switzerland
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Telemark results:
- 1st place, Derby de la Meije in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2nd in 2007, 2008, 2010
- 1st place, Derby du Monterosa in 2004, 2005
- 1st place, Derby de Verbier in 2006
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- 1st place, 24h Freeride de Gstaad in 2009
- 1st place, Derby de Verbier in 2007,2009 and 2010
- 1st place, Derby de Chavanette in 2010
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I was born in Aix-en-Provence in 1977, started skiing at the age of 2. I started ski racing when I was pretty young and was on the FIS circuit for few years.
I live in Pelvoux, a small ski resort located in a national park near La Grave, France. It's a beautiful spot for freeride skiing and ski mountaineering; actually, it's a great place to be at any time of the year.
Today I work as a self-employed ski, snowboard and telemark instructor in Verbier, Switzerland.
I have participated in some great competitions like the Derby de la Meije, a long-distance downhill ski race. I have won the telemark division four times.
During the summer, I split my time between teaching sailing and traveling around the world. I have done a lot of trekking in the mountains of south and Central America, and obviously in our beautiful Alps.
My favorite riding and ski touring spots in the Alps are: La Grave, Verbier, Chamonix, and Monterosa.
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How Vocation Transformed Society
Christians today often speak of transforming society. A dramatic example of how a theological teaching had a revolutionary social impact is the Reformation doctrine of vocation. Society in the Middle Ages was highly structured, hierarchical, and static. That would change …Read More
Do Your Duty
Duty is one of those words that used to carry great weight but really doesn't anymore. It is still an important concept in military circles, but elsewhere doing something because it's your duty has acquired a negative connotation …Read More
Listening to the World
Christians should listen to the Word of God, of course, in the sense of heeding it, following it, and taking it in. Listening to the competing voices of the world in that way can get us into trouble. But there …Read More
Not Protesting Evil
Dear Eligos, We tempters have a job that is both easy and difficult. Thanks to our fearless leader's victory in the garden some time ago, human beings are ridiculously, even comically, susceptible to sinning. And yet, sin itself is so …Read More
Secular Eschatology
The Bible teaches that the universe had a beginning and that it will have an end. Christians believe this, though controversies about eschatology (the end times) have long roiled in Christian circles. It illustrates how profoundly the Bible has influenced …Read More
Social Darwinism
Charles Darwin's theory of evolution was never just about biology. Nor were its consequences just about religion. Rather, the origins and effects of Darwinism were largely cultural and moral. Darwin's Origin of Species was published in 1859, which was …Read More
Playing Your Part
As seen in other articles this month, the word hypocrisy derives from the Greek term for "playing a part." The ordinary word for an actor on the stage in Greek drama was hypocrite. In the tragedies of Sophocles or …Read More
The Heresies of Love
God is a unity of distinct persons. The one God is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. So says the doctrine of the Trinity. Some people believe in the unity and oneness of God, but deny that He consists in different …Read More
Money, Money, Money
Not long ago, I learned that thirty-eight percent of my retirement account has vanished and that my house is suddenly worth less than the mortgage I am paying on it. I wasn't wasteful or reckless. I didn't vandalize my own …Read More
Train Up a Child
Many years ago, someone pointed out that the book of Proverbs has 31 chapters, making it ideal for a month-long Bible reading project. So I read one chapter a day for a month, and the experience was so rewarding I …Read More
Calvin & Culture, Reconsidered
One of the greatest social scientists credits John Calvin for the rise of capitalism and, by extension, modern Western culture itself. That is quite an influence and quite a tribute to Calvin. Nevertheless, though there is some truth to the …Read More
Farmers and the Rest of Us
Might there be a time when readers of the Bible will not understand — without a host of reference books — what a sower is? For most of the world's history, the majority of people made their living from the …Read More
Doing Without the Church?
The seven churches of Asia addressed in the book of Revelation had their problems. One of them looked quite lively but it was actually dead. Another was so lukewarm that the Lord was ready to spit it out of His …Read More
A 'Great' Leader
These days it's easy to become cynical about politicians, government officials, and other national leaders. Governing a country takes hard-nosed, practical realism. Morality and religion are well and good, many of us say, but someone who follows such ideals in …Read More
Authority in Vocation
Do you want to know how Christians can influence the culture? How to have a strong family? Do you want to know the meaning of your life? Do you want to know how authority works? Then attend to the Reformation …Read More
Gene Edward Veith
Dr. Gene Edward Veith is provost and professor of literature emeritus at Patrick Henry College and director of the Cranach Institute at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Ind. He is author of God at Work.


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Jason Collins says support after his decision to come out has been 'incredible'
Jason Collins says the support that he's received since coming out has been "incredible."
In an interview with ABC's "Good Morning America" that was aired Tuesday morning, Collins says that he believes people are ready to support an openly gay basketball player. The 34-year-old Collins became the first active player in one of the four major U.S. pro sports leagues to come out as gay, doing so in a first-person article posted Monday on Sports Illustrated's website.
Collins told interviewer George Stephanopoulos that he never set out to be the first openly gay player. He also says he doesn't know of any other NBA players who are gay.


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CULTURE- Info overload: Blake Hurt's telling show
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Sunday morning, I was paging through the latest issue of Harper's magazine, when I came across this quote from David Markson's book, Wittgenstein's Mistress: "Once somebody asked Robert Schumann to explain the meaning of a certain piece he had just played on the piano. What Schumann did was sit back down at the piano and play the piece of music again."
How I wish Blake Hurt had taken a more Schumann-like approach to his current exhibition, "About Face," on view at the McGuffey Art Center. In addition to 16 30" x 40" digitally generated portraits (plus two diptychs demonstrating his method), Hurt displays an oversized and extensive artist's statement, as well as written commentary on each piece. And, just in case you miss the words on the wall, a multi-page handout repeats the information.
Clearly, Hurt didn't get the "Show, don't tell" memo.
Perhaps all the verbiage comes from the artist's insecurity about the success of his images. But I suspect the real reason is Hurt's personal fascination with the technique he's developed. Hurt composes his portraits by using a software program he's written to overlay color headshots of friends and family with patterns and line drawings.
What he calls an "ink collage" method allows Hurt to combine aspects of a person's life with his or her image. For instance, in "Bill, Under Construction," Hurt melds a photograph of a builder with outlines of heavy equipment and a drawing generated from a satellite image of downtown Charlottesville. In this case, the complex result has a quality similar to a watercolor painting.
Elsewhere Hurt alters underlying faces with repeating patterns, such as multiple butterflies or colorful concentric circles, reminiscent of Chuck Close's recent work. As with Close's portraits, the closer the encounter, the more abstract Hurt's images become; the human visage fully emerges only when seen from a distance. Which means McGuffey's downstairs hall is hardly the ideal venue for Hurt's work. Only "America," hanging at the north end of the gallery space, allows viewing from afar.
Hurt's wish to demystify his process is understandable, but too often his words weaken the images by telling viewers what to see. For instance, the power of "John, Architect," is undercut by Hurt's pointing out the brick arch over the brows and the subtle cat element. His commentary deprives viewers of the thrill of discovery.
By telling too much, Hurts takes his art's visual magic and reduces it to a series of gimmicky tricks.
Blake Hurt's exhibition, "About Face," runs through October 28 at the McGuffey Art Center. 201 Second St. NW. 295-7973.


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NEW YORK – Notre Dame is No. 1 and Alabama is No. 2 in The Associated Press college football poll, moving to the top of the rankings after Oregon and Kansas State were upset Saturday night.
UCLA moved up two spots to No. 15 after its win over USC, which fell out of the Top 25.
The Fighting Irish are No. 1 for the first time since Nov. 14, 1993. The Fighting Irish were a unanimous No. 1, getting all 60 first-place votes. They are a victory against rival USC away from completing a perfect regular season and playing in the BCS championship game Jan. 7 in Miami.
A week after being upset as the No. 1 team, Alabama is back to No. 2, taking advantage of the two big upsets.
The Ducks had been No. 1 but fell in overtime to Stanford, which climbs to No. 11 from its 14 spot last week.
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Monday, April 06, 2009
Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer: the Ag Lobbyâs Dirty Little Plan, Revealed
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âIt has been shown that horsemeat is low in fat, low in cholesterol and high in protein- overall a better quality of meat than beef. If horse meat were readily available in the U.S., would you be inclined to try it?â
It pays to be on enemy email lists: I received the above link this afternoon, to a website promoting horse slaughter. A faux poll, and several misled people who are contemplating dining on "lowfat" horsemeat. The Ag lobbyists have convinced cattle "growers" that, hmmm, horsemeat might be a yummy thing--I'm thinking that it's a significant part of Ag lobby's push for horse slaughter plants--that if horse slaughter is brought back into the United States, cattle "growers" can get into the biz of "growing" horses specifically for slaughter.
This disgusts me. But I'd rather know what they're up to than not. Ignorance is NOT bliss.
Ah, every now and then, the Good Guys catch a break.
Just when you thought that the battle to keep equines safe from slaughter was a losing effortâan email drops into your Inbox that qualifies as a gift from Heaven. A miracle. Hundred-dollar bills dropping from the sky.
Today was just such a day.
Allow me to elucidate. I am a member of American Horse Publications, a terrific organization that brings together every equine publication, website and freelancer in the country. I cannot stress strongly enough how much I enjoy being a member of AHP.
But today I appreciate it perhaps more than ever before, for I got an email from a website that turned the horse slaughter thing around for me. Refreshed me. Renewed my resolve.
[AHP regularly sends out press releases for its members: some days I get upward of 20 press releases. This is a great service that the organization provides to members. Most days I hear from Missy Wryn, or The Blood-Horse, Thoroughbred Timesâthe ones Iâd expect.]
But, ah, today. Today I was frustrated. Today I had a headache, from beating my brains against a post. Iâve been trying for several days to write a follow-up to Montanaâs Big, Bloody Sky, but have been stumped. Not that Iâve run out of wordsâIâll be yammering on my way to the grave. Iâve run out of patience with the system, a system that allows Governors to play footsie with Ag lobbyists and to disguise death sentences for horses as concern for their welfare.
You see, Friday was a day of jubilation for we anti-slaughter people. Well, it was a minute of jubilation.
Weâd heard, first, that Montanaâs Governor Brian Schweitzer had vetoed the horse slaughter bill.
Friends and colleagues emailed me to send up the first flares. Start the bonfire, weâre havinâ a weenie roast!
That ecstasy lasted about three seconds. I read Schweitzerâs letter to The Butcher (Ed Butcher, that is: the most appropriately-named politician in America.) The letter of âvetoâ was really a letter filled with amendments. IF the bill is amended in ways that Governor Schweitzer find to be appropriateâhe will sign the bill into law.
And the reasons for his amendments are to write in protections for those who would build the slaughterhousesâNOT because heâs concerned about the horsesâ welfare. Sure, his letter of amendment is filled with language that sounds like heâs concerned for equine welfareâall the âunwanted horsesâ ya-ya.
But the bottom line of it is that heâll be delighted to sign the bill into law, as long as the amendments are written inâand those magnanimous Belgians are protected. Schweitzer wants to make sure that, once the slaughterhouse is built in Montanaâno one can step up to the plate (or courthouse) and close it down.
So Iâve spent several days trying to write about something that is on the surface so vague that anti-slaughter folks were tempted to think weâd won. But knowing that weâve not won, the battle continues, andâif anythingâis more frustrating than ever. At this point, itâs out of our hands. Phone calls to Schweitzerâs office will not change a thing. Now we sit and wait to see if/when the Montana State Legislature tosses it back to him.
If they do, heâll sign it.
If he signs it, Montana license plates can read, âThe Slaughter State.â
So today I felt stumped. Defeated. Not sure what to write.
Now I know. Today we were given a gift, that of insider knowledge. This is a valuable toolâknowledge. The Truth shall set you free. The light of Truth, shining in the darknessâcan turn it all around for the horses.
We have the ammo we need now: the email I received via AHP today carried the subject line, âWould You Eat Horse Meat?â
I turned on my mental heel. They had my attention. I had to peek inside, and see behind the curtain.
This email was from a website that identified itself as http://www.CheyenneOutlaw.com.
Iâd never heard of them before. I thought it might be a group of cowboys, perhaps a newsletter of cowboy poets.
Not quite. Cheyenne Outlaw Ranch isâyou guessed itâa cattle ranch in Wyoming.
Their mission is to âgrowâ and sellâbeef.
Why, you might ask yourself, would they wish to contact those of us who work in publishing in equine industries? Hmmmmmâ¦tap yourself on the chin. Think about this a minute.
It all became wildly clear the minute I read the email: supposedly, The Cattle Grower Network had conducted a poll. Uh, yeah. And in that poll, they asked if readers would eat horsemeat if it were available to them.
Uh-huh. A rigged poll. People who are members of Cattle Grower Network, answering a question that, on its surface, seems simple.
Disgusting, but simple.
The underlying implication is enormous.
Finally--the Truth behind the push for horse slaughter plants.
The Truth, that those who are proponents are no more concerned about âunwanted horsesâ than a bald man is about unwanted hair.
The Truth is that the Ag lobby is working with the âcattle growersâ not only to re-introduce horse slaughter into the United Statesâthe underlying reason for doing so is that the next step after reintroduction is to create a market for horsemeat IN the United States.
The beef industry has been hurting lately. Too many people actually concerned about silly things like, oh, I donât knowâcholesterol. Fat. Colon cancer.
What, oh, what, can a âcattle growerâ whose profit margin is flagging do? Hmmmâ¦got land. Got grass. Got fields fenced in. Beef, fatty. HORSEâ¦not so fat.
Horsemeat = a marketing strategy that could save the necks of the ranchers whoâve invested millions of dollars into an industry that is threatened by a growing American concern for health.
Read the link above, to the âpollâ and those who agree with the results of the pollâthat, supposedly, horsemeat just may be an acceptable addition to the American diet. Read the words, then let them set in.
Realize that this is a well-calculated campaign. This is NOT random people who happen to think that horse slaughter is a good thing.
This, my friends, is every bit as insidious a campaign as the tobacco industry creating chocolate cigarettes for children.
This campaign was hatched in the boardrooms of The Beef Council. This plan is being executed by the Ag lobbyists and the ranchers. This, they believe, will be the plan that saves the ranchers.
All this time, we anti-slaughter people thought they were merely executing the âslippery slopeâ argument, that, if horse slaughter is taboo in Americaâtheyâll come for the beef industry next.
That passive-aggressive approachâthatâs what we thought they were up to.
But todayâs email revealed the TruthâHallelujah, the Truth will set the horses free.
The real motivation of the Ag lobby and the Beef People is not to prevent beef slaughter from being outlawedâfor that would never happen. The real motivation is to open wide the door to horse slaughter so that RANCHING HORSES for meat will not only become acceptableâit will become an exciting, viable new market for the cattle ranchers. âBranching out,â as it were. Creating a new market, and giving it the old hard-sell.
Once horse slaughter plants are put in Montana and the Dakotasâitâs all downhill from there. They think that we anti-slaughter people will just give up, and go away with a whimper. That weâll shrug our withers, and give in.
No doubt they even aspire to converting Willie Nelson: their clever marketing wonks envision Willie as a potential ally, the face of The American Horsemeat Council. Once that door to slaughter is flung wide-openâthe possibilities are endless.
I am not arguing in slippery slope here, friends. All you need do is read this nonsense from the cattle âgrowers,â this email they sent to their allies, to see through their transparent motive.
If we open that doorâif we let Governor Schweitzer amend so vile a bill as to make it palatable, and pass it into lawâthen the Ag lobby and beef âgrowersâ can institute Phase II: the cultural and governmental acceptance of horse ranches.
If you donât want to see billboards for âSecretariat: the Other Red Meatââyou must work with us. You donât need my vivid imagination to see that this is the real motivation for the push for slaughter: all you need is eyes to read; a brain to comprehend and a heart to give a damn.
Ag lobbyâwe are finally on to you. Weâve got you in our scopes. Youâre goinâ down. No Alydar Alpo for meâand no Filly Filet at Peter Lugerâs.
Not now. Not ever.
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FERRISBURGH — The Lake Champlain Maritime Museum on July 17 will officially unveil its new Hazelett Watercraft Center, a structure that will permanently house the LCMM's growing collection of boats, including the 35-foot-long ice yacht "Storm King."
The Storm King and the new center in which it is located are both gifts of longtime LCMM supporters Bill and Dawn Hazelett. Bill Hazelett — the founder of Hazelett Strip-Casting of Colchester — was an avid sailor and longtime owner of the Storm King. He died late last month at the age of 91.


text: Most liberals regard illegal aliens as Undocumented Democrats ? and a veritable gold mine of opportunity for holding on to political power by coddling to those here unlawfully and Hispanics in general. For that reason, most Democrat politicians have abandoned patriotic concern about homeland security, the rule of law, stability of the American economy and social order, and preservation of American language and culture.In fact, one can search high and low for a liberal with a patriotic, pro-America stance on illegal immigration, and that search will usually be futile. But there is a notable exception: A U.S. Senator who has shown remarkable wisdom, foresight, and clarity, especially for a Democrat. His office released the following statements (in bold) concerning illegal immigration: In response to increased terrorism and abuse of social programs by aliens, (I) today introduced the first and only comprehensive immigration reform bill in Congress. Currently, an alien living illegally in the United States often pays no taxes but receives unemployment, welfare, free medical care, and other federal benefits. Recent terrorist acts, including the World Trade Center bombing, have underscored the need to keep violent criminals out of the country. ?The senator`s bill, titled the Immigration Stabilization Act, ? overhauls the nation`s immigration laws, and calls for a massive scale-down of immigrants allowed into the country. The bill also changes asylum laws to prevent phonyasylum seekers.The senator said the U.S. open door policy is being abused at the expense of honest, working citizens. The senator continued: "We are a country founded upon fairness and justice. An individual in real threat of torture or long-term incarceration because of his or her political beliefs can still seek asylum. But this bill closes the door to those who want to abuse America`s inherent generosity and legal system. ? "Our borders have overflowed with illegal immigrants placing tremendous burdens on our criminal justice system, schools and social programs. The Immigration and Naturalization Service needs the ability to step up enforcement. Our federal wallet is stretched to the limit by illegal aliens getting welfare,food stamps, medical care, and other benefits often without paying any taxes. ?Safeguards like welfare and free medical care are in place to boost Americans in need of short-term assistance. These programs were not meant to entice freeloaders and scam artists from around the world. Even worse, Americans have seen heinous crimes committed by individuals who are here illegally. ? Specific provisions proposed by the senator in the Immigration Stabilization Act include:* Reduces annual legal immigration levels. Relatives other than spouse or minor children admitted only if already on immigration waiting lists and their admission does not raise annual immigration levels above approved level. * Reforms asylum rules to prevent aliens from entering the United States illegally under phony "asylum" claims. * Expands list of felonies considered "aggravated" felonies requiring exclusion and deportation of criminal aliens. Allows courts to order deportation at time of sentencing.* Increases penalties for failing to depart or re-entering the United States after a final order of deportation order. Increases maximum penalties forvisa fraud from five years to 10 years.* Curtails alien smuggling by authorizing interdiction and repatriation of aliens seeking to enter the United States unlawfully by sea. Increases penalties for alien smuggling. * Adds "alien smuggling" to the list of crimes subject to sanctions under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act. * Expands the categories of property that are forfeited when used to facilitate the smuggling or harboring of illegal aliens. * Clarifies that a person born in the United States to an alien mother who is not a lawful resident is not a U.S. citizen. This will eliminate incentive for pregnant alien women to enter the United States illegally, often at risk to mother and child, for the purpose of acquiring citizenship for the child and accompanying federal financial benefits.* Mandates that aliens who cannot demonstrably support themselves without public or private assistance are excludable. This will prevent admission of aliens likely to be dependent on public financial support. This requirement extends to the sponsor of any family sponsored immigrant. * Increases border security and patrol officer positions." What sort of a Democrat would take such a politically incorrect--but morally and legally correct--stance? Perhaps the Democrat with a brain is Zell Miller from the great state of Georgia? Or could it be a reincarnation of Alabama`s late conservative firebrand,George Wallace?The answer: None of the above!In fact, Senator Harry Reid (D-Nev.) introduced the Immigration Stabilization Act in theUnited States Senate in 1993. The statements quoted above are from a press release issued by Reid`s office on August 5, 1993.How is it that Harry Reid was exactly right more than 16 years ago, but is so completely wrong now? Why does Reid oppose programs he once sponsored now that the problem is seven times greater after 9/11?In the spring of 2006, while the U.S. Senate was debating legislation to make English the official U.S. language, Reid even saw fit to drag out the R word to slander those who supported the English bill.And, of course, Reid has voted for Mexico and against America every time the U.S. Senate has considered amnesty.Harry Reid: Against illegal immigration, before he was for it! Source:http://levin.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NjJmNzE3MTg5MDJhYzM4OTM5OGMwOGM5ZTNhYzJlYmE


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Bobby Walthour, Sr.
Bobby Walthour, Sr. (Bicycle racing. Born, Walthourville, GA, Jan. 1, 1878; died, Boston, MA, Sept. 2, 1949.) One of the true folk heroes of American bicycle racing, Robert A. Walthour, Sr., not only set numerous world speed record in his motor-paced specialty but also won two six-day races at Madison Square Garden in the early years of the 20th century. Walthour was such a well-known star in the American sports firmament that his elopement with Miss Blanche (Daisy) Bailey was thought to have fostered a popular song known variously as "On A Bicycle Built for Two" and "Daisy, Daisy" (although the song was written in 1892, when Walthour was 14). In 1901, Walthour and Archie McEachern won the six-day event at Madison Square Garden and he won again in 1903 with Benny Munroe as a partner. In 1902 he performed one of his greatest feats. On a cement track in Cambridge, Mass., Walthour set 26 national records in a 31-mile race during the National Motorpace Championship. In 1904, he again set records for five, 10, and 25 miles in the Motorpace Championship. He went to France in 1904, winning 16 races in a row, then captured the motorpace world title in London. But before his retirement in 1917, he had suffered 32 broken ribs and 46 collarbone fractures, among other injuries.
Harry Wendelstedt, Sr.
Harry Wendelstedt, Sr. (Baseball. Born, Baltimore, MD, July 27, 1938.) At the time of his retirement, Harry Hunter Wendelstedt, Jr., had served the second-longest tenure as an umpire in major league history. Wendelstedt came to the N.L. in April 1966 and umpired 33 seasons, through 1998. Although identified as "Wendelstedt, Sr." for umpiring purposes, it is he, and not his son (who is actually Harry Hunter Wendelstedt, III and referred to as Wendelstedt, Jr.) who is the junior. His father was not an umpire. The two made major league history in 1998 when they became the first father-son combination to work a game together. (The son became a regular member of the N.L. staff in 1999.) Wendelstedt umpired five World Series (1973, 1980, 1986, 1991, 1995), four All-Star Games, three division series and six N.L. championship series.
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Grete Waitz
Grete Waitz (Running. Born, Oslo, Norway, Oct. 1, 1953; died, Oslo, Norway, April 19, 2011.) When the New York City Marathon was run for the first time around Central Park, it was considered unusual for the time (1970) for women to be part of the entry field. In fact, no woman finished that first race. Historically, marathoning had been strictly a man's world. But even Fred Lebow and the other organizers of the New York City Marathon little thought at the time when they made what could be considered a timely, bold social statement that the New York City Marathon would eventually become virtually a one-woman showcase. That woman turned out to be Grete Waitz, the great Norwegian who turned the Marathon into her own personal stage. From her first victory in 1978, Waitz dominated the women's field. In 1978, Waitz, who had never before run a marathon, was clocked in a record 2:32:30. She lowered the record to 2:27:33 in 1979 and cut it to 2:25:41 in 1980; nearly seven minutes off the clocking in three races. Waitz missed in 1981 but then came back to win each of the next five years, giving her seven wins in eight years, and won a ninth time in 1988. She also won a silver medal at the 1984 Olympic Games in the marathon. At the time of her death, she was generally acclaimed as the greatest women's distance runner ever.
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Dave Waldstein
Dave Waldstein (Sportswriter. Born, Boston, MA, Dec. 28, 1962.) After a couple of different roles with the Boston Herald and a two-year tour with a magazine, David Waldstein joined the Post in 1991, where he eventually became the lead reporter on the Mets beat. Waldstein moved to the Star-Ledger in 2000, where he continued covering the Mets and other National League baseball. Two years later, he moved to the Knicks beat, and also covered U.S. Open tennis. Waldstein was an agate clerk for the Herald (1987-88) and a production assistant for 7 Days magazine while pursuing a freelance writing career. He covered the 1990 World Cup soccer championship for the Herald as a freelancer.
Ben Walker
Ben Walker (Sportswriter. Born, Washington, DC, Oct. 8, 1957.) A bulwark of The Associated Press coverage for over two decades, Benjamin Staud Walker has covered every World Series game since 1983 and every baseball All-Star Game since 1984. Walker joined the A.P. in 1980 in Albany, N.Y., out of Syracuse U. He moved to the A.P.'s Philadelphia bureau in 1981 and the next year came to New York sports. Walker was named baseball editor in 1987 and, in addition to doing Yankees and Mets regular season games, covers Division Series and League Championship Series games annually. He is also responsible for pre-season and spring training coverage. Though primarily a baseball writer, Walker covers other sports, including the Westminster Kennel Club dog show at the Garden, and wrote the main lead for the A.P. on the B.C.S. championship game between L.S.U. and Oklahoma Jan. 3, 2004, at the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, La. In December 2004, he became the A.P.'s deputy sports editor.
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Dixie Walker
Dixie Walker (Baseball. Born, Villa Rica, GA, Sept. 24, 1910; died, Birmingham, AL, May 17, 1982.) Another Yankees reject who made his name in Brooklyn, Fred Walker was doubtless one of the best $10,000 investments in baseball history. After parts of five seasons with the Yankees, Walker was sent to the White Sox via waivers (May 4, 1936) and following the 1937 season was shipped to Detroit as part of a six-player deal. He was hitting .305 for the Tigers when Larry MacPhail paid the $10,000 waiver price to bring him to Brooklyn on July 24, 1939. Walker won his first game with a pinch single and was on his way to becoming a Brooklyn hero. From 1940-47 he never hit less than .290, hit .311 for the 1941 pennant winners, and won the N.L. batting crown in 1944 (.357). Often injured early in his career and past prime draft age, Walker was exempt from World War II military service and drove in a league-leading 124 runs in 1945. He became a skilled technician in handling the tricky rightfield wall at Ebbets Field and also battered the wall with line-drive doubles (28 or more in each full season in Brooklyn). Walker was truly "the Peepul's Cherce" as the team's most popular player. However, his Southern upbringing imbued him with racial prejudice and he complained to general manager Branch Rickey (q.v.) when Brooklyn signed Jackie Robinson (q.v.). Rickey promised to trade him to the team that finished last in the N.L. in 1947 and did. Walker went to Pittsburgh Dec. 8, 1947, in a six-man deal that brought lefthander Preacher Roe and great-fielding third baseman Billy Cox (as well as infielder Gene Mauch) to Flatbush. But Brooklyn fans threw a "day" for Walker in 1948 anyhow.
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Jimmy Walker
Jimmy Walker (Sportsman. Born, New York, NY, June 19, 1881; died, New York, NY, Nov. 18, 1946.) In a book by Gene Fowler and a subsequent film starring Bob Hope (both entitled Beau James), James John Walker was immortalized as a bon vivant and a trusting politician caught in the vortex of municipal scandals that terminated his mayoralty prematurely. While some of this is accurate, Walker was also a modestly successful songwriter who was pressed by his father into a political career. To sports fans, he was a benefactor. Walker attended New York Law School, passing the bar in 1912, by which time he was already politically involved as a Manhattan Democrat. He served in the New York State Assembly (1910-14) representing the 5th A.D. (Greenwich Village). Walker was elected to the State Senate in 1915 from the old 13th and served 10 years. While a State Senator, he successfully steered through the Sunday Baseball Law that allowed sports events on the Christian Sabbath, no mean feat at a time when religious feeling was extremely strong. Next, he authored the Walker Law, which created the New York State Athletic Commission and legalized pro boxing in the state (1920). Walker in no small way helped trigger the "Golden Age of Sports," in the 1920s, which had New York City as its epicenter. He was elected the 97th Mayor of New York City in 1925 by a two-to-one margin and was reelected in 1929 by an even wider margin (over Fiorello LaGuardia). After an extensive investigation led by Judge Samuel Seabury, Gov. Franklin Roosevelt convened hearings in Albany on Aug. 11, 1932, on the mayor's "fitness" to hold office. Following several days of intense legal maneuvering, Walker resigned Sept. 1, 1932. He later divorced, married long-time girlfriend Betty Compton, and moved to Europe. In 1945, a survey regarding potential mayoral candidates found Walker favored by 38% of those polled, far more than any other candidate, including the incumbent LaGuardia. But he didn't run. He received a unique honor July 11, 1948, when a plaque was placed in centerfield honoring his memory among four Giants baseball heroes and two Football Giants who had died in World War II. The plaque read, in part, "friend and fan whose Sunday baseball law made it possible for millions of his fellow citizens to enjoy the game." Walker was a lifelong Giants fan and also often attended games at Yankee Stadium. He is remembered in the boxing community by an award presented annually by the New York Boxing Writers. In the overall, Walker was probably a better mayor than historians usually acknowledge. The Sanitation Department was formed during his administration, the subways expanded their reach, schools and highways were built. But regardless, New York sports fans remain in his debt.
Mickey Walker
Mickey Walker (Boxing. Born, Elizabeth, NJ, July 13, 1901; died, Freehold, NJ, Apr. 28, 1981.) A local favorite who began a professional boxing career in his hometown, Edward Patrick Walker became the world middleweight champion. Walker, known as "the Toy Bulldog," reigned from 1926-31. Of his first 23 bouts, 19 were in Elizabeth (the other four were in Newark). Walker then moved into the big time in 1921, fighting in New York for the first time Feb. 23 and knocking out Ed Kelly in five rounds. The next year, he beat Jack Britton to win the welterweight crown, and won the middleweight title by beating Tiger Flowers in Chicago Dec. 3, 1926. He relinquished that title in 1931 but fought until 1935, trying unsuccessfully to fight up as a light heavyweight. When he retired, Walker opened a bar in Elizabeth, then went to Los Angeles, became a liquor salesman, created a name for himself in primitive art, and later opened another tavern, this time in New York. A generation of sports fans remember his New York bar on Eighth Avenue across 49th Street from Madison Square Garden.
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Bill Wallace
Bill Wallace (Sportswriter. Born, Washington, DC, Apr. 29, 1924.) In a career that spanned over a half-century, William Noble Wallace wrote sports for three major New York newspapers. Wallace, fresh out of Yale, started at the World-Telegram as a yachting writer in March 1949. He moved to the Herald Tribune in 1957, initially for the same beat, but in 1959 succeeded Bill Seward as the chief pro football writer. A prolonged strike hit the major papers in 1962-63 and, at its end, Wallace moved to The New York Times, where he continued covering the Football Giants. Over his years at The Times, his vistas continued to expand, as he began to cover a wide range of events, including skiing, college sports, and sailing. Wallace went on a semi-retired status, where he was able to concentrate on producing weekly roundups of various sports such as college hockey. He proved to be among the most versatile writers of his generation. Wallace was also one of the most durable. His byline appeared in The Times (on Fordham football star Harry Jacunski's obituary) on Feb. 22, 2003, nearly 54 years after he walked into sports editor Joe Val's office at the World-Telegram on Barclay St. and was hired on the spot.
Ray Walsh
Ray Walsh (Pro football. Born, New York, NY, Mar. 18, 1916; died, White Plains, NY, Aug. 6, 1998.) A skilled jack-of-all-trades, Raymond J. Walsh served the Football Giants from 1947-91 in a wide range of positions. Walsh was a scout, publicist, business manager, and negotiator. He was active in the lease negotiation and planning that brought the Giants to New Jersey in 1976. Walsh was a No. 1 singles player for the Fordham tennis team and graduated magna cum laude in 1937 before going to Fordham Law School.
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New England may be spared the snows that may stumble across the midwest next week, but the rains expected instead could bring some flooding, especially given the large amount of melting snow in northern New England, according to Accuweather.
State College, Pa. — 14 March 2013 — AccuWeather.com reports a storm forecast to roll ashore in the Pacific Northwest Saturday will spread a swath of snow, rain, thunderstorms and wind across a large part of the nation next week.
The storm will be strong enough at times to cause travel disruptions, flooding and sporadic power outages from wind, rain, heavy snow and thunderstorms.
The northern Cascades and northern Rockies will be the first to get snow from the storm, where over a foot can accumulate in the high country over the weekend. The snow can dip as low as Snoqualmie Pass on I-90 Saturday night into Sunday.
During Sunday, the storm will emerge east of the Rockies. By then, it will throw snow and gusty wind over the Plains of Montana and North Dakota with portions of I-94 being affected. Local whiteout conditions are possible at times.
The worst of the storm will stay north of Denver as discussed on AccuWeather.com earlier this week.
Sunday night and Monday, the storm will begin to focus over the Midwest. Windblown snow is possible over portions of Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Meanwhile, rain and thunderstorms will be gathering farther south over the Ohio and lower Mississippi valleys.
The snow can be intense in some areas across the north, while the storms and downpours can be quite heavy farther south. The snow across the north could result in significant travel issues; the rain in the south could be heavy enough to cause incidents of flooding.
The track of the storm will determine whether or not heavy snow swings as far south as Chicago and Detroit. Minneapolis appears to be in line for a heavy snowfall.
After the storm reaches the Midwest, it may split into two parts Monday night and Tuesday with one center swinging toward the eastern Great Lakes and a new center developing near or east of the central Appalachians.
At this point, a second area of drenching rain is possible over portions of the mid-Atlantic Tuesday, spreading into southeastern New England. For all intents and purposes, it appears this storm will be a rain producer for much of the I-95 mid-Atlantic. However, low visibility and low ceilings, combined with locally gusty wind, could lead to flight delays.
Showers and thunderstorms are likely to affect the Southeast, including areas in need of rain from South Carolina to northern Florida. There is a possibility that some of the storms will become severe enough to cause damage, however.
Exactly how that second, new low pressure area tracks and strengthens will determine the extent of snow from the central Appalachians to interior and northern New England.
The greatest potential for heavy snow exists from parts of central and northern Pennsylvania to upstate New York, northern New England and neighboring Canada. However, depending on how much warm air is circulating around the storm (and there is likely to be a strong circulation with a great deal of wind), the area of snow could be smaller than this or be mixed with rain for a time over a large part of the same area.
More Problems Likely with Next Week's Storm
Because of snowfall over the winter and recent rain, there is the risk of flooding problems with the storm over the Northeast, in particular over New England. Some streams and rivers may rise to bank full. Unprotected areas prone to flooding in the spring will want to monitor this storm.
As far as coastal flooding and beach erosion are concerned, with the track of the secondary storm anticipated, the greatest risk is for New England but may not be limited to eastern Massachusetts. Southeast winds could drive some water toward Long Island, the South Coast of New England and farther north along the New England coast. Fortunately, the astronomical impact will be minimal with the moon near the first quarter stage around the time of the storm.
As previously stated, the storm will generate a significant amount of wind. Wind on the back side is likely to be greater for most areas than on the front side of the storm, especially from the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes to the Ohio Valley, Southeast and mid-Atlantic, where flight delays are possible Tuesday night and Wednesday. This includes Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, New York City and Boston.
It is also possible the winds could be strong enough to cause sporadic power outages in these areas and on the front side of the storm in portions of New England, and in general in the heavy, wet snow areas of the interior Northeast.
The storm system will create another big southward dip in the jet stream over the northeastern part of the nation, reinforcing cold air and favoring snow showers in a number of locations for the rest of next week.
By Alex Sosnowski, Expert Senior Meteorologist for AccuWeather.com


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Hamid Sarfraz*
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Islamabad, Pakistan
This article analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in light of the UN Watercourses Convention. The IWT is, to a large extent, still relevant but must incorporate contemporary environmental standards and the social realities that are impacting water resources. Proposals for improving the IWT include the incorporation of provisions related to joint research initiatives, optimal use of available resources through mutually negotiated trade-offs, a joint climate change adaptation strategy, consideration of environmental flow needs, and joint water development and energy generation.
Pakistan and India share not only a 1610 km border, languages, food, dress code and culture, but also the waters from six watercourses: the Indus, Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Sutlej and Beas Rivers, along with their numerous tributaries (Swain, 2004, p. 46). The growing populations of both countries and the resultant increased demand for water have made the sharing of transboundary water increasingly complex.
This paper takes a fresh look at the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) between the governments of India and Pakistan in view of the new environmental and social realities facing water resources. The analysis is conducted against the backdrop of recent developments in international water law with a view to analyzing the IWT's strengths and weaknesses, and in turn to proposing a path for its future development and practical implementation.
The Indus River system is the source for the largest contiguous irrigation system in the world, with a command area of 20 million hectares and an annual irrigation capacity of over 12 million hectares (Swain, 2004, p. 46). Although the main source of the Indus River is located in China (Tibet), the headwaters of the basin lie in India and the bulk of the command area falls in Pakistan (Jaitly, 2009). Of the Indus Basin's 1,138,800 km2 area, 52% is in Pakistan and 34% in India; the remaining 14% lies in China, Afghanistan and Nepal (UNEP, 2002).
The partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947 set Pakistan and India at odds regarding rights over the shared waters of the Indus, especially given that the headworks of two major canals irrigating Pakistani lands (Central Bari Doab and Dipalpur) were within India's territorial borders. Through the "good offices" of the World Bank, Pakistan and India finally agreed on the IWT. It was signed on 19 September 1960, effective retroactively as of 1 April 1960, and ratified in January 1961 (Wolf & Newton, 2008).


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Ahoy ye landlubber's,
I be awaiting a nautical themed race, dungeons and professions. What yellow bellied kingdom be we running here? I be discouraged by the lack of naval forces yarr. How would one plan on conquering the seven seas and opening trade routes without a navy!
For those that don't like stupid I've included a proper post as-well:
Hello everyone,
I have been wanting, and waiting for some more stuff to do, And I thought that I would like to see the inclusion of an aquatic monster race Naga, Mermaid, Siren etc... I was also thinking that maybe there could be a dock building with classes like Marine, Pirate, Buccaneer, just some naval themed classes. Maybe gaining us a slew of new dungeons and quests.
As far as I'm concerned this game won't be finished until there's a whale boss called The Timber Shiver-er that has 2000 hp, enrage at 95% and magic resist 50%. In a dungeon called The Shivering:Return of Willies Ghost.


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Micro Power Systems
Energy Harvesting
Self-winding wristwatches are examples of simple energy harvesting, taking advantage of ambient kinetic energy from the movement of the watch wearer's arm. UMERC research into energy harvesting examines various ambient energies, energy storage structures, and energy transmission methods for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS).
UMERC researchers investigate and develop a variety of small and compact propulsion systems, with increasing performance in range and reliability. These systems are designed for use in unmanned air, space, and watercraft.


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handa kun episode 6
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The official website of Square Enix's Gangan Online magazine has announced that Satsuki Yoshino's manga Handa-kun will receive a TV anime adaptation.
Handa-kun is a prequel to Yoshino's Barakamon manga, which was adapted into a TV anime in 2014. That series was animated by Kinema Citrus and aired for 12 episodes. Handa-kun takes place six years before the events of Barakamon during Seishuu Handa's time in high school.
The series began serialization in Shounen Gangan in 2013. Four volumes of the manga have been published by Square Enix, with a fifth volume scheduled for February 12. North American publisher Yen Press will release the first volume in English on February 23.
Seishuu Handa is admired by his peers as a calligraphy genius and given the utmost respect, but Handa-kun himself is under the mistaken impression that the deference and attention he receives from the other students is actually bullying. Handa just wants to live a quiet life, but hilarity ensues as one character after another challenges his position as the school idol, and somehow comes away as a fan all while Handa is horrified and clueless.
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Type: TV
Episodes: 12
Status: Currently Airing
Aired: Jul 8, 2016 to ?
Premiered: Summer 2016
Broadcast: Fridays at 01:58 (JST)
Producers: Lantis, TBS
Licensors: FUNimation Entertainment
Studios: Diomedea
Source: Manga
Genres: Comedy, Shounen, Slice of Life
Duration: 24 min. per ep.
Rating: PG-13 – Teens 13 or older
Handa kun Episode 6
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Money can be tight no matter where we live, and in many cases, it feels like we spend our cash before we earn it. And as a consequence, planning for the future can be a struggle. In fact, global respondents say they're only saving or investing about 10 percent of their monthly income.
"There's always tomorrow" is a far more common sentiment among global respondents in terms of planning to save or invest to meet financial goals in the future than sentiment about actively saving or investing now. Across 14 saving goals reviewed, respondents' intentions to save in the future were stronger than active intentions for all but one financial goal—saving for health-related issues. In terms of this goal, global active savers outnumbered future savers by just 1 percentage point (42% active savers vs. 41% future savers).
"Preparing for one's financial future has implications that go beyond personal needs," said Oliver Rust, senior vice president, Global Financial Services, Nielsen. "Particularly in mature economies, there are growing concerns about reliance on governments to support expenses such as retirement, health care and education as growing numbers of the population enters retirement age. Understanding consumer sentiment on the saving strategies used to fund financial goals now and in the future provides insight to help close the gap between reality and expectations."


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The curb appeal may be a little unusual, but who else can say they've got a retractable basketball net as part of their living room decor?
Such is the vision of entrepreneur John Simpson, who saw the potential in an abandoned rural school southwest of Brockville and set about converting it into a combined home and business.
The business owner, investor, renovator and former real estate broker is used to taking chances, but even his grown children questioned the move when he bought the five-acre property six years ago, eventually making plans to sell his horse ranch and move into the school.
"They thought the old man had run right off the deep end," he says with a chuckle. Although experienced in construction and home conversions, he had never tackled anything quite like this, he admits.
But he was undeterred. So for the better part of a year, a project that was supposed to take six months saw about one-quarter of the building space, or 3,300 square feet, turned into his home, while the remainder was left as rental office and long-term storage space.
Its charm is in how much of the character of the elementary school remains.
The gym, with its 16-foot ceiling and enormous open space - it's just over 2,000 square feet alone - has become the main living area.
To make it more homey, Simpson painted the cinder block walls in a warm burnt orange, gold and green combination and divided the space into designated areas.
There's a conversation area, for instance, with leather chairs grouped together and ringed in greenery near one of the three patio doors. There are also dining and TV "rooms," a games area and bar.
Simpson has filled the space with pictures, knick-knacks and plants as another way to shrink the room.
And the patio doors, the creation of which involved a laborious effort to cut through the 22-inch thick walls, flood the space with light.
But he's kept the retractable basketball nets; they're left down and now sport ceramic tile on the backboards, making it difficult to shoot hoops these days. And he kept the Italian clay tile gym floor, having it refinished by the son of the man who originally installed it when the school was built in 1965.
The kitchen stretches across what had been the front of the stage, behind which is now the master bedroom, a novel use for a former stage, perhaps.
The birch stage floor has been refinished in the master bedroom, where a long cut-out in the wall above the kitchen cupboards makes up for a lack of windows, allowing for air movement and letting in natural light.
(Simpson once had a former student stop by and recount how he would often hide for hours under the stage waiting for the janitor to leave so he could then play basketball to his heart's content.)
The old school kitchen is now the laundry room, the staff room is a home gym, the Grade 7/8 class has been converted into the garage and, quirkiest of all, the old boys' and girls' bathrooms have been joined to become a lavish master ensuite. At more than 600 square feet on its own, this is yet another area where Simpson kept what he could of the old school.
The original terrazzo floors remain and dark brown tiles mark where the bathroom stalls once were.
The old boys' bathroom now houses a 7.5-by five-foot walk-in glass-block shower, double vanity and custom birch linen closet, while the girls' bathroom offers a stand-alone tub and hot tub and a built-in wine cellar. The wall tile, Simpson admits, is a design he stole from a Tim Hortons bathroom. The whole conversion cost him about $220,000.
In another twist to this unusual home, Simpson has decided it's time to sell. He turns 65 next year and is ready for a life change, looking to buy an island in the nearby Thousand Islands. As fate would have it, the agent he found to help him with his island search just happens to be a former principal of the school.
"When I walked through the door the first time my jaw just dropped. There's a lot of memories here for me," says Glen-nda Olivier, who retired from the school in 2004. "I'm really excited that the school is still being utilized and that it's not just crumbling."
The seven-classroom school taught students from kindergarten to Grade 8, with upwards of 150 pupils during Olivier's tenure. It closed in 2005 due to declining enrolment.
Olivier admits it will take a special kind of buyer for such a unique property, but is confident someone else will see the appeal that Simpson did.
The home is listed for $495,000.
Businessman creates home out of a former elementary school
The curb appeal may be a little unusual, but who else can say they've got a retractable basketball net as part of their living room decor?


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Hi Guys,
some of you have contacted me regarding the memberlist and the names on it, especially the first two pages.
We preregistered those names in oreder to prevent misuse, which we have noticed in other forums before.
We don't want to irritate and make users think that all these guys are participating in this forum. Sooner or later they will!
It was done, because none of you guys should be irritated by a posting from "Flash", whos opinion the most believe, but it wasn't him.
Please see your advantage in protecting these names from misuse.
Nice day