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"The Protector of Concord Dawn" is the twenty-eighth episode of the Disney XD animated series, Star Wars Rebels. It premiered on January 27, 2016, and is the eleventh episode of the second season.
With the Empire making the Rebellion's travels around the Outer Rim more difficult with each encounter, the Rebels agree they need to consider new hyperspace routes in and out of the local sector. Sabine suggests the Concord Dawn system, which houses a Mandalorian colony that is not yet within Imperial territory. The system is known for its elite warriors called the "Protectors", and according to Captain Rex the Mandalorians of Concord Dawn once helped train Clone Troopers back in the war. Sabine says they are the types of warriors who follow their own rules, leaving open the possibility that they could ally with the Rebellion against the Empire. Believing that diplomacy with Mandalorians will be impossible, Commander Sato suggests sending a military force, but Hera and Kanan insist on giving diplomacy a try. If they can get permission to move the rebel fleet through the Concord Dawn system, then it could lead to recruiting the Protectors into the Rebellion, thus strengthening the rebel forces. Sato has reservations about the diplomatic approach, but he allows Hera to take the mission.
Led by Hera and accompanied by Sabine, Phoenix Squadron arrives at Concord Dawn. They encounter three Mandalorian Gauntlet fighters. They come alongside, and the leading pilot, Commander Fenn Rau, the Protector of Concord Dawn, demands to know why they are in his system. Hera explains that they are seeking safe passage, but after she mentions that they are with the Rebellion Commander Rau orders an attack on Phoenix Squadron, as he serves the interests of the Empire. In the ensuing dogfight, Phoenix Squadron fighters evade their attackers, and two Phoenix pilots are shot down. Hera orders a retreat and leads Rau on a chase in order to give Sabine and the surviving Phoenix pilot a chance to escape before being shot down. As Rau and his fighters chase Hera, Phoenix Two escapes but Sabine refuses to leave without Hera. Sabine is ordered to leave, however, with Hera saying she will be right behind her despite taking heavy fire. Sabine makes it back to the fleet and so does Hera moments later, but emerges with her ship heavily-damaged.
Gravely injured, Hera is taken back to the fleet for medical attention. Although she is alive and recovering, Sabine feels guilty for leaving her behind and vows to seek justice against the Protectors. During the debriefing, Sabine's report on Commander Rau brings back memories for both Rex and Kanan. According to the two he was a fighter pilot instructor for the grand army of the Republic, and also served at the battle of Mygeeto which Kanan was a part of. Since negotiations are no longer an option, Sabine recommends destroying the Protectors' fighters so they no longer pose a threat to the Rebel fleet. She has tracked the fighters to the third moon of Concord Dawn, where she believes there is a base. Kanan suggests that they infiltrate the base and destroy the Gauntlet fighters before approaching with the fleet. Commander Sato approves the mission, but Kanan plans to go alone because he does not want to risk anymore of his crew members. He chooses only Chopper to accompany him and takes the Phantom to Concord Dawn.
Upon arriving, Kanan discovers that Sabine had stowed away, determined to seek justice for what the Protectors did to Hera. Sabine also learns that Kanan still intends to seek a diplomatic solution with the Mandalorians. They approach the surface of Concord Dawn's third moon, and Chopper drops them off near the Protectors' Camp before flying the Phantom away from the base. While performing reconnaissance on the outskirts of the camp, Kanan and Sabine find that the base has eight ships in total, including the ones that attacked Phoenix Squadron. Each one of them are spread out, so it will take Sabine a while to plant explosives on them. An Imperial shuttle soon lands to provide supplies for the Protectors, and the two Rebels witness Rau accepting them from the Imperials and reporting his encounter with the Rebels. With a clear link between the Protectors and the Empire, Sabine doubts that Kanan's plan will work. Nonetheless, they proceed with the plan to seek diplomacy and only use hostilities as a last resort. Soon after the shuttle leaves, the Rebels approach the base, and Kanan follows Commander Rau to a food shack while Sabine begins planting her explosives. Commander Rau notices his presence, and before deciding whenever or not to gun him down he allows Kanan to reveal himself. After revealing his identity as a Jedi, Kanan brings up Rau's involvement in the third battle of Mygeeto, and how he and his squadron flew into the Separatists' fire to give him and his master cover when they were pinned down by droids. Rau remembers, and recalls being young and reckless, but fails to see what the battle has to do with Kanan infiltrating his base. Kanan offers him to join the Rebellion, but Rau shows no interest in siding against the Empire. In his mind, the Rebellion stands no chance of victory so he has no reason to join a losing side. Kanan argues the point, but Rau remains uninterested in fighting another losing war with the Jedi.
Meanwhile, Sabine manages to plants her explosives on seven of the eight fighters, but gets caught. Held at gunpoint, she reveals she is a member of Clan Wren, part of House Vizsla, and seeks justice through single combat against Commander Rau. They report to Commander Rau that Sabine invoked the Mandalorian code to seek combat, and the two Mandalorians confront one another. Kanan implores Sabine to stand down and not make an enemy of the Protectors, but Sabine refuses. Holding steady in a standoff, it was only a matter of time before one of the two Mandalorians made the first move. Rau is the first to draw his weapon, but his blaster gets shot out of his hand by Sabine, who then triggers her explosives, destroying all seven fighters. Unfortunately, Rau's fighter remains intact and Rau takes it to attack the rebel fleet. Kanan hitches a ride and hangs on as it flies into the sky. Kanan is able to critically damage the fighter, grab Rau from the cockpit, and leap into the pursuing Phantom.
As they journey back to the fleet, Rau's forces make contact with word that they are organizing their reserve fighters to pursue the Rebels. Knowing that a fight with the Rebels would bring the Empire into their territory, Rau orders his men to stand down and keep his capture a secret from the Empire. As a result, the rebels are allowed to pass through the Concord Dawn system. Upon returning to the fleet and handing over Commander Rau, Kanan and Sabine visit Hera, who has just regained consciousness and is pleased with the outcome of their mission.
- Tiya Sircar as Sabine Wren
- Vanessa Marshall as Hera Syndulla, Phoenix Four, 2-1B Surgical Droid
- Freddie Prinze, Jr. as Kanan Jarrus
- Taylor Gray as Ezra Bridger
- Steve Blum as Garazeb Orrelios, Phoenix Two, Wingman #1
- Keone Young as Jun Sato
- Dee Bradley Baker as Rex, Imperial Officer, Wingman #2
- Kevin McKidd as Fenn Rau
- Dave Filoni as Phoenix Three
- The style and confrontation between Kanan and Rau is deliberately staged as a western.
- Supervising director Dave Filoni named the character Fenn Rau after episodic director Brad Rau.
- The markings on top of Rau's helmet are from early Joe Johnston artwork exploring Boba Fett for The Empire Strikes Back.


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My new favorite snack is an energy ball. What is an energy ball? I am glad you asked! An energy ball is a small, bite sized snack that is packed with good stuff to help you have energy! If you are wanting to boost your milk supply, this recipe would be helpful and yummy! The best part about this recipe is, you can substitute anything you would like for any of the ingredients! The only thing you have to keep the same is the ratio of wet ingredients to dry ingredients.
What I like to use is sunflower seed butter (any nut butter can be used), honey, vanilla, oats, wheat germ, flax seed, and chocolate chips. Because everything is better when you add chocolate!
My recipe for energy balls (or cookies as Bunny calls them):
2 cups oats – I like to use regular oatmeal, not the quick serve kind
1 cup sunflower seed butter (any nut butter can be used)
1 cup wheat germ
1/2 cup flaxseeds (sometimes I grind them up before mixing, sometimes I leave them whole)
4 tsp vanilla (I like using homemade vanilla)
1 cup chocolate chips (or any kind of sweets you would like)
2/3 cups honey (the lighter the honey the sweeter it is)
If you are making these to help increase your milk supply I suggest adding some brewers yeast.
You can mix these ingredients however you like. I like to put the oats in first.
Then I add the sunflower seed butter, honey and vanilla.
Next, I add the flaxseed. This time they are whole.
I like to chop up my chocolate chips. I guess I could use mini chocolate chips instead, but when all I have in the cupboard is regular sized ones, I chop them up a bit.
Then I add in the chocolate chips.
Once I have all the ingredients in my bowl, I stir it. I don't like to use an electric mixer for this. I prefer to stir it by hand.
Once everything is mixed together I use a scooper (mine is from pampered chef but I have seen similar ones in the stores) to scoop out balls. I use a big scooper for adult sized energy balls and a small scooper for Bunny sized energy balls. I like to put my energy balls on parchment paper on top of a cookie sheet. I put them in the refrigerator for at least an hour before I start eating them.
After having been in the refrigerator for a while, my energy balls are nice and firm! Ready to eat! I like to keep my energy balls in the refrigerator until they are gone. This recipe makes around 2 1/2 dozen energy balls.

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The Black Dog Waits for Thee
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Bleak Bruegel and children's fairytale landscapes combined with mushrooms and rare flower transfers set an uneasy scene for the Black Dog.
The Black Dog has long been a term used for depression. This piece describes that uneasy feeling that whilst the sufferer maybe alright in the moment that the Black Dog will always be waiting to those that are not vigilant.
The Designer
Bev Milward is an established maker working in porcelain. She is interested in the longevity and sentimentality of ceramics, how they infiltrate our lives and can be used as a tool for communication long after leaving the maker.
Her distinctive landscape collaged pieces have a strong narrative in common with her porcelain work. Her makers mark is a key which is featured on the front of the current British Studio pottery dictionary.
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CTA Train Derails
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It's important to remember the news we report on What's Trending isn't always funny, but can sometimes be disastrous.
Monday, a Chicago Subway Tram at O'Hare International Airport derailed after failing to slow down before the end of the track forcing it to ride onto the platform and escalators.
The crash injured 32 people all who were aboard the train including the conductor. Here is a video from a security camera. Watch at your own risk.


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Final, Red Sox 13-0: The beat down is over.
Clayton Mortensen worked a 1-2-3 ninth inning to finish off Boston's 13-0 blowout victory in the series finale.
Will Middlebrooks launched three home runs in the win, and the Sox finished with six home runs total. Daniel Nava, Jacoby Ellsbury and Mike Napoli joined Middlebrooks in the home run derby.
When the Red Sox weren't mashing baseballs all over the place, Jon Lester was cruising right along. The left-hander pitched seven shutout innings, allowing just five hits while striking out six. Lester improves to 2-0 on the season, but his second start was much more impressive than his Opening Day performance.
The Red Sox finished the game with 15 hits. Middlebrooks led the way with four, Ellsbury had three, and Napoli, Dustin Pedroia and Jose Iglesias each had two.
The Red Sox end their season-opening, six-game road trip with a 4-2 record. On Monday, the Sox will host the Orioles in their home opener.
Monday's first pitch is scheduled for 2:05 p.m. ET, and Clay Buchholz will get the start. I hope to see you all then. It should be a fun day at the ballpark.
Mid 9th, Red Sox 13-0: The Red Sox are clearly growing tired of putting up runs.
The Sox were held scoreless in the top of the ninth by Brett Cecil, who struck out the side. Jackie Bradley Jr., Jose Iglesias and Jacoby Ellsbury all struck out in the inning.
Clayton Mortensen will come back out to finish up this blowout.
End 8th, Red Sox 13-0: While they're pretty much playing out the string in Toronto, Clayton Mortensen enjoyed a good inning.
Mortensen gave up a leadoff single to Jose Reyes, but then bounced back to retire the next three hitters.
Jose Iglesias made a very nice play to take a hit away from Rajai Davis. Davis smoked a ground ball toward short, and Iglesias dove to snag it on the backhand. Iglesias tried to start a double play, but Davis was too fast. The Sox were able to get the lead runner, though.
Mortensen finished the inning by striking out Melky Cabrera and Edwin Encarnacion.
Prior to the inning, Mike Carp remained in the game at first base, while the versatile Daniel Nava shifted to right field. Pedro Ciriaco came on to play second base.
Oh yeah, and someone threw a paper airplane onto the field, in case you were wondering.
Mid 8th, Red Sox 13-0: The Red Sox' offense is having some sort of game.
Jacoby Ellsbury added to Boston's lead by hitting an opposite-field home run to kick off the eighth inning.
Mike Carp pinch hit for Shane Victorino after Ellsbury's blast. It was Carp's first at-bat of the season, and he lined out to short.
Then, it was back to work for the Boston offense.
Dustin Pedroia drew a walk, and Mike Napoli launched a mammoth two-run homer to center field. Napoli now has two home runs this season, as he went deep in Friday night's contest as well.
Will Middlebrooks looked to add to his three home run performance, but his bid came up just short. Middlebrooks flew out to the left-field warning track. At first, it looked like the ball had a chance to get out, which drew a big response from the Red Sox' dugout.
Brett Cecil came on to replace Dave Bush after Middlebrooks' fly out. Daniel Nava walked, but Cecil then got Jarrod Saltalamacchia to fly out to right center.
End 7th, Red Sox 10-0: With a commanding 10-0 lead, that will likely be the day for Jon Lester. If so, it was a good one.
Lester gave up a two-out single to Henry Blanco in the seventh inning, but he again minimized Toronto's threat.
Mark DeRosa struck out, Maicer Izturis grounded out and Emilio Bonifacio lined out in the seventh.
Clayton Mortensen is warming up in the Boston bullpen, so he'll probably take over in the eighth.
Lester will exit the game after tossing seven shutout innings in which he gave up five hits, struck out six and didn't walk anyone.
Mid 7th, Red Sox 10-0: Will Middlebrooks is having himself a Sunday Funday.
Middlebrooks turned on an inside fastball and launched his third home run of the game in the seventh inning. Middlebrooks becomes the first Red Sox player to hit three home runs in a game since Dustin Pedroia did so in Colorado on June 24, 2010.
Daniel Nava wanted to flex his muscle a bit too, though. He lifted his first home run of the season to center field, and the Red Sox' commanding lead now sits at 10-0.
So much for that power outage.
End 6th, Red Sox 8-0: Jon Lester enjoyed more success in the sixth inning.
The left-hander retired the Blue Jays in order, and he's now thrown 84 pitches (56 strikes) through six.
Melky Cabrera popped out to Daniel Nava in foul territory, and both Edwin Encarnacion and J.P. Arencibia flew out.
Lester seemed to have some issues with the mound in the sixth, losing his footing on a couple of occasions, but he pushed through in order to record the perfect inning.
Mid 6th, Red Sox 8-0: The Blue Jays enjoyed a rare scoreless inning in the sixth.
Dave Bush, who replaced R.A. Dickey in the fifth inning, gave up a two-out, infield single to Dustin Pedroia, but he otherwise did a nice job.
Jacoby Ellsbury led off the inning with a fly out to center field, and Shane Victorino grounded out to second base. Then, after Pedroia's infield hit, which came on a slow bouncer to third base, Mike Napoli hit a sharp line drive to right field that Rajai Davis made a nice grab on to end the inning.
End 5th, Red Sox 8-0: While the Red Sox' offensive attack has been the story thus far, Jon Lester is putting together a very solid outing.
Lester, who pitched five innings on Opening Day, has twirled five shutout frames in this one.
Henry Blanco flew out to center field to begin the inning. Emilio Bonifacio then shot a base hit into right field, and he moved up to second base when the next batter, Jose Reyes, grounded out to third. Initially, it looked like Will Middlebrooks might have a chance to at least get the lead runner, but he bobbled the ball and instead opted to take the sure out.
Rajai Davis put up a good, eight-pitch battle with two strikes, but Lester emerged victorious. Davis flew out to center field to strand Bonifacio at second.
Mid 5th, Red Sox 8-0: It's safe to say R.A. Dickey has seen better days.
Dickey was lifted with two outs in the fourth inning, and he heard plenty of boos from the Rogers Centre crowd after surrendering eight runs in his second start in a Blue Jays uniform.
Boston's eighth run came on Will Middlebrooks' second home run of the game. Middlebrooks' first blast was to the opposite field and just cleared the fence. His second home run was an absolute bomb to left field.
Jackie Bradley Jr. also reached in the inning via a walk, which spelled the end of Dickey's afternoon. Dickey was replaced by Dave Bush, who got the red-hot Jose Iglesias to fly out to right to end the inning.
End 4th, Red Sox 7-0: Jon Lester plunked Mark DeRosa around the shoe tops with two outs, but a great play by Will Middlebrooks ended any potential threat.
Lester started the inning by getting Edwin Encarnacion to ground to short. The play was relatively routine, but Lester was forced to dodge Encarnacion's broken bat.
Lester then struck out J.P. Arencibia. The left-hander dialed it up to 95 mph to blow it past the Toronto catcher.
DeRosa was hit on the ninth pitch he saw, and Maicer Izturis followed up with a ground ball down to third. Middlebrooks charged it and made a great, barehanded play before delivering a strong throw to record the out.
Mid 4th, Red Sox 7-0: Stephen Drew is expected to return on Wednesday, but Jose Iglesias is leaving his mark.
The slick-fielding shortstop continues to impress at the plate this season. In the fourth inning, after Jackie Bradley Jr. was retired on a roller in front of the plate, Iglesias doubled down the left-field line. He would later score when Jacoby Ellsbury singled into left field.
The Red Sox threatened to pile on. Shane Victorino worked a two-out walk, and him and Ellsbury then executed a double steal. R.A. Dickey got Mike Napoli to ground out back to the mound, though, so the Sox will have to settle for adding just the one run.
End 3rd, Red Sox 6-0: Jon Lester is cruising right along thus far.
Lester gave up a one-out single to the hot-hitting Jose Reyes in the third, but it didn't lead to much.
Lester started the inning by striking out Emilio Bonifacio — who has had a rough series — on an 89-mph cutter. Reyes then singled, and Lester got Rajai Davis to bounce to third. Will Middlebrooks attempted to spin a double play, but Davis was just too fast. The Jays outfielder beat out Dustin Pedroia's throw.
The inning ended, however, when Melky Cabrera popped out to Daniel Nava — who is playing first base in this one — in foul territory.
Mid 3rd, Red Sox 6-0: The Red Sox added another run in the third inning.
R.A. Dickey fell behind Mike Napoli 3-0 before bouncing back to pick up a strikeout. The right-hander went to the fastball in order to record the K.
Will Middlebrooks, who went deep to the opposite field in the first inning, ripped a double past the diving Mark DeRosa and into the left-field corner. He took a wide turn around second base, but then thought better of it.
Middlebrooks would advance to third on a passed ball charged to catcher Henry Blanco, and then score on a sac fly to right field off the bat of Daniel Nava.
Blanco is faring much better behind the plate than J.P. Arencibia did in Dickey's first start, but the passed ball proved costly. Oh, the wonders of the knuckleball.
End 2nd, Red Sox 5-0: Jon Lester scattered a couple of hits in the second, but he was otherwise effective.
Edwin Encarnacion struck out to begin things. Lester got him on three pitches, with the third strike coming on a cutter.
Lester tried to pound J.P. Arencibia inside as well, but the Blue Jays' catcher managed to get his hands inside the baseball and blooped a base hit into left field. After Mark DeRosa flew out, Maicer Izturis added a single of his own.
Lester escaped any further trouble, though, by striking out the ageless Henry Blanco on a fastball inside.
Mid 2nd, Red Sox 5-0: R.A. Dickey gave up a leadoff, infield single to Jose Iglesias in the second inning, but he settled down after that.
Iglesias — the only Red Sox hitter not to bat during the five-run first inning — hit a ground ball to short, but he was able to beat it out in order to reach. Iglesias' average continues to soar, although most of his hits haven't exactly been well struck.
Dickey then retired the top of the Red Sox' order. He got Jacoby Ellsbury to pop out, and he struck out both Shane Victorino and Dustin Pedroia with his trademark knuckleball.
End 1st, Red Sox 5-0: Jon Lester — unlike R.A. Dickey — enjoyed a very smooth first inning.
He retired the Blue Jays in order. Jose Reyes and Melky Cabrera grounded out, and Rajai Davis struck out.
Lester got Davis to wave at a curveball in the dirt.
Mid 1st, Red Sox 5-0: The Red Sox had just two hits on Saturday. We're a half inning in, and Sunday has already been much more enjoyable for Boston.
The Red Sox put up five runs in their first trip to the plate against R.A. Dickey. Even two of the outs were well hit, and the reigning NL Cy Young winner could find himself having a short day if he doesn't turn things around.
Jacoby Ellsbury led off the game by shooting a double into the left-center field gap. Ellsbury took a hard turn around second base, but he eventually threw on the breaks and settled for a two-bagger.
Shane Victorino then tried to bunt the first pitch he saw. He failed, though, which worked out well for the Red Sox. Victorino ended up hitting a sharp single into center field. Ellsbury thought about trying to score, but he stopped about midway between third and home.
Dustin Pedroia took the privilege of driving in Ellsbury on a single, and Mike Napoli then drove in Victorino and Pedroia with a double into left-center field.
Will Middlebrooks capped off the first-inning barrage with an opposite-field home run.
Dickey bounced back to record three straight outs, but as mentioned, even those were a bit problematic for the knuckleballer. Daniel Nava hit a towering fly ball to left and Jarrod Saltalamacchia smoked one to right field, but they were right at guys.
1:08 p.m.: R.A. Dickey's first pitch is a strike, and we're under way.
12:51 p.m.: Manager John Farrell said that David Ortiz had a "very good day" while running the bases in Fort Myers on Saturday. So there's that.
12:47 p.m.: Quick side note as well: Anyone who has trouble regarding their NESN service should contact email@example.com. That should help clear up any issues, if any should arise.
12:45 p.m.: The Red Sox will open up their home schedule on Monday. One player who won't be joining the team is Stephen Drew.
Drew, who continues to rehab following a concussion he suffered early in spring training, is expected to remain with Boston's Double-A affiliate in Portland on Sunday and Monday, according to The Boston Globe's Pete Abraham. The expectation is that Drew will join the Red Sox in Boston on Wednesday.
Upon his return, Drew should add some pop to the Red Sox' lineup out of the shortstop position. Jose Iglesias has played — and hit — very well in Drew's absence, but Drew is undoubtedly the superior offensive threat. One would assume Iglesias will be shipped back to Triple-A Pawtucket when Drew comes back.
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12:20 p.m.: The Blue Jays' lineup card is in, but Jose Bautista is not.
The slugger will sit out for the third straight game on Sunday as he continues to battle an ankle issue. Bautista was lifted from Thursday's game after twisting his ankle, and while not believed to be serious, manager John Gibbons is being very careful in his handling of the All-Star.
Toronto's lineup can be seen below.
Blue Jays
Jose Reyes, SS
Rajai Davis, RF
Melky Cabrera, LF
Edwin Encarnacion, 1B
J.P. Arencibia, C
Mark DeRosa, 3B
Maicer Izturis, 2B
Henry Blanco, C
Emilio Bonifacio, CF
R.A. Dickey, P
Also, with 41-year-old Henry Blanco behind the dish, I might as well bring up an old gallery I slapped together back in the day. And by back in the day, I mean last month. If you're interested in old guys playing baseball, check it out at the link below.
Click here to see the top 10 MLB players 40 or older >>
11:05 a.m.: While we await word on John Lackey's injury, it's clear Jose Iglesias' ailment is nothing at all. The shortstop is back in the Red Sox' lineup on Sunday, just two days after leaving Friday's game in the fourth inning.
Iglesias, who took a pitch in the elbow on Friday night, will bat ninth in Sunday's series finale.
With the right-hander in R.A. Dickey toeing the rubber for the Blue Jays, Red Sox manager John Farrell will plug Daniel Nava into the lineup for Jonny Gomes. Nava won't serve as the DH, though. Instead, he'll play first base, while Mike Napoli assumes the role of DH.
The Red Sox' complete lineup can be seen below.
Red Sox
Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
Shane Victorino, RF
Dustin Pedroia, 2B
Mike Napoli, DH
Will Middlebrooks, 3B
Daniel Nava, 1B
Jarrod Saltalamacchia, C
Jackie Bradley Jr., LF
Jose Iglesias, SS
Jon Lester, SP
8 a.m. ET: The Red Sox suffered a painful defeat on Saturday — in more ways than one.
Not only did the Sox muster up just two hits in a 5-0 loss to the Blue Jays, but they also lost John Lackey, who went down in the fifth inning with what the team is calling a biceps strain. Lackey is set to undergo an MRI on Sunday, but his immediate future is now once again up in the air.
The Red Sox must put the poor performance behind them, though. They have a rubber match with the Jays on tap for Sunday, and letting Saturday's loss linger in their minds will only prove costly.
The Sox have just the man they need on the mound in their effort to bounce back. Jon Lester, who pitched a nice game on Opening Day, will take the ball for his second start of 2013. Making life a bit more difficult, however, is the fact that the reigning NL Cy Young, R.A. Dickey, will toe the rubber for Toronto.
Sunday's first pitch is set to be delivered at 1:07 p.m. ET, and NESN's pregame coverage will kick off at noon ET. Be sure to tune in to all of that goodness, but also keep it right here throughout the day.


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Daily Archives: May 21, 2011
It's Burger Season
Ohbaby. I've been waiting for you.
After two weeks of straight cold, wind, rain, and grey skies, the heavens opened up and gave us warmth and sunshine.
You know what that means.
Dad fired up the grill!
You know how there are some items your parents make that no matter what will always taste best to you? I mean sure, I bet there is some fabulous spaghetti in Italy. But in my mind, it will never live up to my mom's spaghetti that my tastebuds are accustomed to.
Well, no burger will ever live up to my dad's.
Trust me, I tried to find one in Toronto and failed. Albeit, this bison burger came pretty darn close.
My dad kept teasing me for taking photos of this burger he deemed "nothing special."
"Wait until I make something fancier!" he said.
But this is all I need. Lean ground beef, with a little all-purpose seasoning and bbq sauce, thrown on the grill, and topped with a ridiculous amount of yellow mustard and relish.
On a toasted white sesame seed bun. It's all about a thick patty for me. It's gotta be thick, juicy, and the same exact size as the bun.
My dad also showed me how to use the barbecue. I've never had one before. It's all very exciting! I hope I don't blow myself up.
Another sign that summer is on the way?
But more on that later. I've got a weekend to conquer!


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Are Officers' Salaries COGS or Overhead Expenses?
When a company pays an officer a salary, that salary must be accounted for on both the company's financial statements and the company's tax return at the close of the year. An officer's salary is never part of the "cost of goods sold." Instead, an officer's salary is typically considered to be an overhead expense.
Cost of Goods Sold
The cost of goods sold is an accounting term that applies both to financial statements and to tax forms. To determine the cost of goods sold, you take the beginning inventory figure and add any additional inventory purchased along with any labor, materials and supplies. Once you have that total, subtract the final inventory figure to arrive at the cost of goods sold. The cost of goods sold figure is necessary in order to complete a company's tax return and a company's profit and loss statement.
Overhead Expenses
The phrase "overhead expenses" generally refers to the broad category of expenses incurred by a company during the course of daily operations. Overhead expenses can include items such as advertising, utilities and rent, and office supplies and wages. These expenses also apply to both a company's tax forms and a profit and loss statement.
Officers' Salaries
An officer's' salary is generally considered to be wages according to the IRS. As such, it will be included in the company's overhead expenses. On both the profit and loss statement and the company's tax returns, the cost of goods sold is computed before overhead expenses are deducted. The cost of goods sold is deducted from the total sales or total revenue in order to reach the gross profits. Overhead expenses, including wages, are then deducted from the gross profits to arrive at the net profit.
Although an officer's salary is clearly never part of the cost of goods sold, the IRS has specific rules regarding how to report an officer's salary. While most officer salaries are considered to be wages, some situations arise in which an officer's salary is not considered to be wages. The structure of the company, the duties of the officer, and the amount paid to the officer can be important considerations when determining how to report an officer's salary for tax purposes.
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The selection of restaurants we were taken to was a big part in making the trip so successful. It gave us an opportunity to enjoy the regional cuisine. Even though we were a large party the welcome and service at the restaurants was also first class.
Playing at the headquarters of Zebre Rugby was a great experience.
The coaches were of very good standard, always on time and impeccably clean. What ultimately made the tour was the assistance provided to us by our tour guides – Riaan and Dario. They soon became part of our 'Llantwit family'. We were especially grateful to Riaan for accompanying one of our players to hospital after to our first game and for their attention to detail and understanding of what is sometimes involved in taking a team of under 16s on rugby tour. We hope to meet up with Dario when he is next in Wales playing for Zebre and wish Riaan continued good luck with his Amatori side.
Would you use the services of Irish Rugby Tours again?
Definitely – from putting together an exciting tour programme, to administering the flights, to making sure that absolutely everything ran to plan – everything was spot on. Just the number of our boys who put on their Facebook page that this was "the best 5 days of our life" perhaps says it all.
Dave Barrett 2017 (Wales), Llantwit Fardre RFC, 25th February 2017


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Book by book, Peter Gizzi has made propulsive advances in style and range. Poems sprawl longer, blaze forth brighter in rich fluidities of argument, bare riddling surfaces of ever-more-intricate logic and sound, and all the while offer readers fuller, faster, more enterable poetic experiences. Meanwhile, the gradual emergence of an authorial alter-ego in these poems — an obdurate speaker grounded in quotidian observation, prone to political outbursts, romantic — this signature persona becomes, for the reader, a companionable figure.
Book by book, Peter Gizzi has made propulsive advances in style and range. Poems sprawl longer, blaze forth brighter in rich fluidities of argument, bare riddling surfaces of ever-more-intricate logic and sound, and all the while offer readers fuller, faster, more enterable poetic experiences.
Kritin Prevallet's and Gail Brisson's video of Buffalo poets at the New Coast festival: Peter Gizzi, Juliana Spahr, Bill Tuttle, Pam Rehm, Ben Friedlander, Lew Daly, Mark Wallace and Jena Osman.
Gizzi's poems push against both abstraction and lyric voicing, ensnaring the close listener in an intensifying cascade of dissociative rhythms and discursive constellations. Songs also say, saying also sings. And what at first seems to resist song becomes song. These enthralling, sometime soaring, poems approach, without dwelling in, elegy. They are the soundtrack of a political and cultural moment whose echoic presence Gizzi makes as viscous as the "dark blooming surfs of winter ice."
Organized by Peter Gizzi and Juliana Spahr for the Poetics Program, SUNY-Buffalo (thanks also to Chris Funkhouser for recordings). All day-time events were held in the Rare Books Room; evening events were held at the Hallwall Arts Center. PennSound New Coast page.
Wesleyan University Press, 2011
Charles Bernstein commissioned me to write a piece that would bring Wallace Stevens' reputation among contemporary poets up to date - from 1975 to the present. The essay I wrote, as has been noted here before, was published in the fall 2009 issue of Boundary 2. Here is a PDF version of the entire article, called "The Stevens Wars."In it I discuss the varying responsiveness to Stevens in the writings of (in order of appearance) Susan Howe, Ann Lauterbach, Michael Palmer, Charles Bernstein ("Loneliness in Linden" is a rejoinder to "Loneliness in Jersey City"), Lytle Shaw, Robert Creeley, Jack Spicer, Peter Gizzi, John Ashbery, John Hollander, and again Susan Howe as a very different sort of response than that of Hollander.
I produced a new PennSound podcast, the sixth in the series; it presents an overview of PennSound, its mission and its pedagogical assumptions and implications. In discussing how students, teachers and readers can use PennSound's materials, I use as an example Rae Armatrout's poem "The Way," about which I've written in an earlier entry here. After we put up the Ezra Pound recordings, we got a raving fan note from poet Peter Gizzi (who has his own PennSound author page), and here is what Peter wrote:
I LOVE, I mean LOVE that Pennsound has put up all the Pound material. I have it all in bootlegs and tapes of course but it is wonderful to have it there, finally, I mean it is THE MOST OUT there of anything on that site or ubu web! EP is the best. I used to listen to those tapes over and over in my car in the late 70's when I was a teenager. To me it was Punk. And hearing it now it brings back summer and my youth! Listening to the Spoleto recording, maybe my fav for its restrained intensity, I am taken aback just how his late syntax has totally effected me. Liz and I were listening and we could hear my poem Homer's Anger loud and clear for instance. Amazing. And Richard's head note makes me want to listen further.
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Instead of writing about day 3, which I will do another day because right now I am very tired and my tummy hurts, I am going to show you my favorite picture that I took there.
Okay, technically, I didn't take the picture. My new friend Sarah from Mini et Moi took it. We had breakfast together and talked and bonded and laughed and she grew bright red after flipping her Nutella-covered butter knife over her shoulder and into the lap of a sharply-dressed businessman. It was awesome. Then we walked back to 50 Wimpole Street and she took this picture of me. The camera in my Palm Treo is set for low-res, so don't think that because I went to England that my teeth somehow transformed into the unfortunately stereotyped English yellow snaggle-teeth. It's just low resolution. Really.


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By Debayan Mukherjee
Kolkata, July 21: Iterating that the infrastructure and other preparations for the U-17 soccer World Cup are on track, a key organising committee official said FIFA, world football's governing body, may undertake one last inspection of the venues closer to the showpiece event that is slated to kick off on October 6.
"There may be one last inspection much closer to the tourment by officials, but it is not confirmed yet.
"In that sense, it is important for everyone to keep on working with the pace and energy with which they have been doing to make sure all is in place well in advance," Local Organising Committee (LOC) Tourment Director Javier Ceppi told IANS in an interview.
With less than 80 days remaining for the start of the biggest soccer event in India, Ceppi saluted the rapid progress made in developing the infrastructure.
"What we can do is comparing India with India. When we first started working in November 2014, we never thought we could reach this point, so close to the tourment, where we do not have anything too critical that needs to be constructed at the last minute, where almost all infrastructure is in place and where our main focus is execution and implementation," Ceppi said.
According to the Chilean, the focus was now on delivery.
"Now is the most important time, because we cannot afford to lose all the good that has been done so far and we can't lose momentum. The focus on delivery must be complete," Ceppi said, days after 23 of the 24 participating teams recced the six venues.
Only North Korea did not visit Kochi, where they will play their Group D matches against Niger — debutants in a FIFA tourment — as well as heavyweights Brazil and Spain.
"The visits were overall very good and the teams were pleased with what they saw, knowing that still there are things that will get done closer to the tourment and that the conditions will keep improving before it.
"The teams were positive towards the venues and also about the enthusiasm with which all Indians have embraced the World Cup," Ceppi said.
Asked about the remaining concerns, he replied: "If you don't have concerns, then you can't really be a tourment director.
"You will always want everything perfect, but they say that perfection is the enemy of good and progress, and that is a very important realisation and lesson. You have to play with the cards that are dealt (to you) and make the best out of it, which we feel is what we are trying to achieve.
"The key thing is that we are on the right track and we can see now the delivery of the World Cup much closer."
The LOC might take over the control of the six stadia from the local organisers well before the scheduled 10 business days prior to the competition, Ceppi informed.
"As per the existing contracts, we have to take over all the venues at least 10 business days before the start of the tourment. However, we have discussed with most of the facility owners and they want us to take over earlier than that so that there is a smoother transition for the tourment."
Ceppi, who was part of the organising committee when Chile hosted the last U-17 World Cup in 2015, also hoped the stadia would be full during matches, adding ticket sales have been satisfactory. "We do not know of any other sporting event in India that has sold as many tickets as we have done with more than 80 days to the tourment.
"We hope this trend keeps sustaining as we draw closer to the start and that we can have full stadiums in the World Cup."
Kolkata, Kochi, Guwahati, New Delhi, Margao and vi Mumbai will be hosting the World Cup between October 6 and 28. The fil will be played at Kolkata's Salt Lake Stadium.
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Lana Del Rey Wows David Letterman on the 'Late Show' [VIDEO]
Lana Del Rey's performance on 'Saturday Night Live' last month received the kind of awful reviews that you usually have to be caught lip syncing to get hit with. But the sultry singer was a lot better during an appearance on 'The Late Show With David Letterman' Thursday night.
Singing her hit 'Video Games,' Del Rey's voice was stronger than it was during her SNL debacle, and she didn't seem as nervous on stage. After she was done, 'Late Show' band leader Paul Shaffer labeled her performance "gorgeous" and Letterman used the word "beautiful,' before inviting Del Rey back to sing anytime she wanted.
What do you think of Del Rey's clearly improved effort? Was it as terrific as Paul and Dave claimed? Or were they just momentarily hypnotized by Del Rey's giant lips?
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Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon met with the parents of abducted youths Eyal Yifrah, Naftali Frenkel and Gilad Sha'ar Wednesday morning, and updated them on the state of the investigation into their sons' disappearance, and the ongoing IDF anti-terror operation that is accompanying the search.
Besides the parents, representatives from the Israel Police and IDF who are in touch with the families took part in the meeting.
"We are meeting so that I can bring you up to date on where we are at present," he said. "I want, first of all, to express my support for you. You radiate strength and resolve. In events like this, one of the most important things is your ability to remain strong, and this arouses respect.
"We are in the midst of an operation to reach the abductors and free the boys. The operation is constantly evolving, day and night, and there are many operations being carried out on the ground, and as long as we have no proof that shows otherwise, our working assumption is that the boys are alive. Up until now, there has been no claim of responsibility, and no demand was directed at us."
"We are concentrating a large intelligence and ad operational effort, which includes painstakingly combing the territory. We – and mostly you – have many long and difficult hours of tension, doubt and uncertainty ahead of us. We do not know how long it will last, and patience is required. The way to reach the boys and the abductors is what we are doing now. There is nothing to limit the operation. All of the intelligence and operational abilities of the IDF, the Israel Security Agency and the Israel Police are prioritized toward the operation. We will not rest until we put our hands on the kidnappers and bring back the boys."
Yaalon added that at the same time, the IDF is taking action against Hamas infrastructures in Judea and Samaria. "Tonight, we arrested some of the Hamas operatives who were released in the Shalit deal, with the clear message being that we are not only acting to free the boys, but also that when there is an abduction, we will return to jail those whom we released [in previous deals]."


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Competitive Challenges: Toyota: Crisis & the Importance of Culture
Like all analysts who are closely watching the Toyota crisis, we are wondering what the long-term effect will be on the company and its sales, particularly in North America. The domestic companies have decided to capitalize on Toyota's weakness by offering incentives to get people back into a Ford or GM vehicle and hopefully win them over. They will see some success because some of these customers are people who purchased a Toyota 20 years ago and have not stepped foot back in a domestic showroom since. Once they drive these new vehicles they will be impressed with the ride, handling, and features. They will realize that the domestics are offering much-improved vehicles today.
However, will the domestic companies win over the masses of former Toyota buyers for the long term? Toyota executives acknowledged that they may not have handled the public relations and communications of this crisis very well. But we have seen this before with the Japanese. When Mitsubishi had issues with sexual harassment many years ago, its management had a similar reaction and failed to effectively communicate to the American public and the people involved.
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Of course, the Toyota crisis is a very different situation and involves more serious consequences for millions of Toyota owners. We recently did an informal survey of hundreds of people that own Toyota products or were considering buying a Toyota product, and the results were mixed. The only common thread was that the car owners were concerned with the handling of the situation and the lack of communication and stated that this would affect whether they purchase a Toyota in the future.
I'm not a communications expert, but I do know the inner workings of Toyota enough to know that this problem from an engineering level was diagnosed, reengineered, and solved in a very rapid manner. They quickly created the fix for the affected vehicles and they are rapidly reengineering all future designs. There are a couple of interesting points of note in how this was handled. First, once the fix was determined and announced, they began shipping parts to dealers for installation on the recalled vehicles. However, Toyota made sure that the dealers were adequately trained for the installations. This follows a traditional Toyota process involving extensive training before working on actual customer products. This is something that they will stand hard on because it is the Toyota way and they are customer driven.
Secondly, one must observe how Toyota has worked with supplier CTS on a resolution to this sticking pedal issue. They immediately met with the supplier to diagnose the problem and work together to determine the appropriate fix for this situation. You can bet that Toyota's sense of urgency was significant and the pressure applied to CTS was like no other. However, their first reaction was not to fire the supplier and immediately re-source the work to another supplier. Rather they took the classic Toyota approach which is work together to determine the solution for the problem.
This culture at Toyota is something that I witnessed and really had a chance to understand this past January during a visit to the San Antonio, TX plant. Our team was there the day after the announcement was made that the plant would close for one week to prevent the production of any new vehicles with this accelerator issue. But our tour of the facility saw an operation that fully embraced the culture and the support of the Toyota system. We spent a significant amount of time trying to truly understand the culture of Toyota toward its people. What we found was the constant focus on the worker that actually builds the vehicle from the president of the site, who daily attends meetings with the shop-floor staff to solve problems, to the manager of the plastics shop who spends 12 hours a day on the shop floor, not at his desk, supporting his team with problem solving.
The Toyota culture is a non-punitive culture. The goal is to train every worker to ensure they build a quality product. If this does not happen, the managers immediately point their finger at themselves and say that they must not have trained this person effectively. Rather than firing that person or moving them to another job, management makes sure the person is trained again and again until they get it right. This is the Japanese approach to supporting people.
Will Toyota recover from this crisis? Time will tell, but a betting person would take the bet with the understanding that the culture of Toyota is what made them one of the best global companies in the world and will likely be what returns them to good standing with consumers in the future.
Suzuki Refines Hayabusa Engine
When Suzuki developed the GSX1300R, it set out to build the fastest mass-production motorcycle on the market. As competitors gained ground and stringent emission regulations were set, Suzuki set out to reinvent the bike.
Can You Glue A Car Together?
I'm not talking about a plastic Revell model of a '57 Chevy, but a real vehicle, one that rolls off an assembly line in 1999 with another 99,999 just like it right behind. Is it possible, or is this just a fantasy of the marketing department at Elmer's?
8 Rules for Getting Things Done Through People
Effective management is a timeless skill—as demonstrated by this treasure of an article from the AutoBeat Group archive. Although the tools of the trade have changed and proliferated, the basics remain the same. Here are 8 old school (and just darn practical) rules for being an excellent manager.


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1. Mont Saint Michel, France
The Mont Saint-Michel is an island off the France coats featuring very pleasing castles. The whole island is fortified with a wall and has a connecting bridge from the mainland which sometimes cut by strong tides. It boasts over 60 buildings featuring gothic style which makes the islet look unique. Further, the houses have a rich design history as they trace their construction in 11th C. it is an iconic island that attracts over 3 million tourists every year.


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LONDON — Colombian doubles pairing Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah have sealed the ATP end-of-year number one ranking to become only the second all-South American pair to claim the honor.
Victory over Americans John Isner and Sam Querrey at the Shanghai Masters on Wednesday means they cannot be caught.
"It's been amazing and a crazy run this year," Cabal said. "It's unreal, we're really happy and proud about what we have achieved. We have kept things simple and kept the hunger to achieve this amazing achievement."
The only other South American pair to finish the year ranked number one since doubles rankings began in 1984 were Chile's Hans Gildemeister and Andres Gomez of Ecuador in 1986.
Brazil's Bruno Soares was the 2016 year-end No. 1 with Britain's Jamie Murray and Soares's compatriot, Marcelo Melo, finished in top spot with Lukasz Kubot in 2017.
Cabal and Farah won this year's Wimbledon title to open their Grand Slam account and then repeated at the US Open.
They also won titles in Barcelona, Rome and Eastbourne.
"It is a great achievement and I will be very happy and honored to receive the year-end No. 1 doubles trophy," Farah said. "I've been dreaming about this forever." — Reuters


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Regarding the Feb. 15 article "LDP gets behind the Hague Convention": Good for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for pushing Japan into the Hague Convention. Unfortunately his act of courage comes too late for many American fathers whose ex-wives took advantage of Japan's exempt status and kidnapped children. These men were deprived of priceless years of parenting time.
My firm has represented fathers in many international child abduction cases over the years and has won awards from the Hague for our efforts. All too often, the motive for such kidnappings is revenge, outrage or a pathological attachment to the child.
Japan, however, has often proved a legal stumbling block for us. Japan's failure to adhere to the Hague Convention is indeed, as President Barack Obama noted, a violation of human rights.
Every child deserves to know both parents, provided that both are responsible, and cutting off a child's relationship with half the family for personal convenience is both selfish and morally wrong.
The opinions expressed in this letter to the editor are the writer's own and do not necessarily reflect the policies of The Japan Times.


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HERSHEY, Pa. — People looking for that next chocolate fix might find it a little bit more expensive Thursday after Hershey Food Corp. said it will raise wholesale prices to offset higher raw material and other production costs.
The company — which makes everything from the famed Hershey's Kisses to Reese's Pieces — increased the prices for about half of its domestic confectionary line, effective immediately. The increase will be used to combat rising costs of raw and packaging materials, fuel, utilities, transportation and employee benefits.
Prices for the company's standard chocolate bar will go up 5.8 percent, effective immediately. An increase on packaged chocolates will be effective Feb. 14, the company said.
The company said wholesale prices on its entire domestic product line will rise by approximately 3 percent. Domestic sales account for about 90 percent of the company's income.
Hershey last raised wholesale prices two years ago by an average 3 percent, saying it was reacting to price increases by competitors.
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Friday, May 31, 2013
May 31 - Walt Whitman
Poet Walt Whitman was born on May 31, 1819, on Long Island. He worked as a journalist, teacher, government clerk and volunteer nurse during the Civil War. As early as 1850, he began writing what would become Leaves of Grass (1855), initially a collection of 12 untitled poems, influenced by Ralph Waldo Emerson's call for the United States to have its own unique poet to record its virtues and vices. Whitman spent his life writing this distinctly American epic, revising it in several editions until his death. Poems in the collection include "Song of Myself," "I Sing the Body Electric," "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking," and in later editions, "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd," his elegy to Lincoln. The title is a pun: "grass" was a publisher's term for works of minor value, and "leaves" is term for the printed pages. Whitman believed the poet and society had a vital, reciprocal relationship: in the first edition, he wrote that "The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he has absorbed it."
Thursday, May 30, 2013
May 30 - Peter Carl Fabergé
Jeweler Peter Carl Fabergé was born on May 30, 1846, in Saint Petersburg, Russia, where his father, Gustav, had founded the House of Fabergé in 1842. He began working in his father's shop at age 26. In 1882, he took over the business and, with his younger brother, participated in the Pan-Russian Exhibition, where his work was noticed and praised by Tsar Alexander III. Fabergé became goldsmith to the Imperial Crown, creating fine jewelry, silver tableware and many other items. The Tsar began commissioning an Easter egg each year as a gift for his wife, and from 1887, Fabergé had freedom of design as long as each egg contained a surprise. The next Tsar, Nicholas II, ordered two eggs each year, one for his mother and one for his wife, Alexandra. The tradition continued until the October Revolution (1917). Pictured: Imperial Coronation Egg, 1897, for Tsar Nicholas II, which held a precise replica of the coach carrying Tsarina Alexandra to her coronation; in gold, platinum, diamonds and enamel.
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
May 29 - Mount Everest
60 years ago: At 11:30 AM on May 29, 1953, New Zealand explorer Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers to reach the summit of Mount Everest, the world's highest peak. They were part of the ninth British expedition to Everest. The feat was accomplished by creating a series of advance camps, slowly ascending the mountain, with Hillary and Norgay as one of two climbing pairs. Norgay had previously ascended to a record high point as part of a 1952 Swiss expedition. The last part of the ascent, in a pass called the South Col, was a 40-foot rock face later named the "Hillary Step," which Hillary climbed, then Tenzing. They stood at the 29,028-foot summit for 15 minutes, where Tenzing left chocolates in the snow as an offering and Hillary left a small cross. Hillary took a famous photo of Tenzing (pictured), but waived off a photo of himself. News of the event was sent by runner to a town in Nepal – probably the last time in history that such extraordinary news was so delivered.
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
May 28 - Ian Fleming
Author Ian Fleming was born on May 28, 1908, in London's Mayfair district, into a wealthy family. During World War II he worked in Britain's Naval Intelligence Division. That experience and work for Reuters and newspapers provided background, detail and substance for the 11 James Bond novels he wrote from 1953 to 1966. His first, Casino Royale, featured Bond as an officer in the Secret Intelligence Service (known as MI6), with the code number 007. He later called the book, which was a major success, a "dreadful oafish opus." An avid birdwatcher, Fleming took his character's name from that of American ornithologist James Bond, author of a field guide, Birds of the West Indies (Fleming spent holidays in Jamaica). He said he deliberately sought a "dull" name for a dull character. He based Bond on "secret agents and commando types" he met in Naval Intelligence, and pictured him as looking like composer, singer and actor Hoagy Carmichael, among others. Starting in 1958 his books were attacked for sexism and other failings.
Monday, May 27, 2013
May 27 - Rachel Carson
Marine biologist and conservationist Rachel Carson was born on May 27, 1907, near Pittsburgh. After earning a Master's degree in zoology from Johns Hopkins, she became a scientist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the 1930s and served as editor-in-chief of all its publications. As a full-time writer she wrote the bestseller The Sea Around Us (1951), then focused on environmental destruction caused by synthetic pesticides. She had long hoped someone else would publish an exposé on DDT but realized only she had the background and the freedom to do it. In 1962 she published Silent Spring after years of research in the United States and Europe. Her landmark book was fiercely attacked by chemical companies, including DuPont, but it led to a reversal in U.S. pesticide policy and a nationwide ban on DDT and other pesticides. It also helped to inspire a grassroots environmental movement that led to the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (1970). Carson died of breast cancer in 1964.
Sunday, May 26, 2013
May 26 - Dracula
The epistolary Gothic horror novel Dracula by Irish author Abraham "Bram" Stoker was published in England on May 26, 1897. As a theater critic for a Dublin newspaper, Stoker became friends with British actor Henry Irving, whose London theater he began managing in 1878. In that job Stoker wrote several novels, including Dracula, the story of Count Dracula's attempt to relocate from Transylvania (central Romania) to England and his ensuing battle with Prof. Abraham Van Helsing. Stoker was inspired by dark tales of the Carpathian mountains in Eastern Europe, told by a Hungarian traveler he had met. He then researched folklore about vampires. Dracula's personality is modeled on Irving's dramatic gestures and courtly mannerisms. The book was titled The Un-Dead until just before publication, and the count's name was originally "Count Wampyr" until Stoker became interested in the name "Dracula," the patronym of descendants of duke Vlad II of Wallachia (Romania). "Dracul" in Romanian means either "dragon" or "devil."
Saturday, May 25, 2013
May 25 - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Essayist and lecturer Ralph Waldo Emerson was born on May 25, 1803, in Boston. Educated at Harvard, he became a unitarian minister after the death of his young wife, but chafed at its theological constraints. In the 1830s he began to form the foundations of the Transcendentalist movement in American literature by gathering around him a circle of writers and thinkers that included Henry David Thoreau, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Margaret Fuller, the Alcott family and others. He developed his views on the mystical harmonies of man and nature, the perfectibility of the human spirit, and the human soul's unity with what he called the divine "Over-Soul." He extolled the values of non-conformity, intellectual and spiritual independence, and self-reliance. Emerson's 1836 essay "Nature," in which he reimagined the divine as a vast, immanent, visible entity (which he called nature), earned him reproach as an atheist but served as the spiritual bedrock on which transcendentalism became a cultural movement.
Friday, May 24, 2013
May 24 - Peter Minuit and Manhattan Island
May 24, 1626, is the date on which Peter Minuit, a Dutch colonial administrator, is believed to have "purchased" the island of Manhattan from native inhabitants. A Walloon, Minuit had been appointed the third director of New Netherland by the Dutch West India Company. The vast region covered what is now the Delmarva Peninsula to Cape Cod. He arrived in the colony's capital, New Amsterdam, on May 4. A letter from November 1626 indicated that Minuit and the natives exchanged goods valued at 60 guilders (now equivalent to about $1,000). There is no evidence of "swindling" by either the Dutch or the natives (probably Canarsees, inhabiting what's now Brooklyn, not Manhattan). Minuit likely proffered equipment of great value and usefulness for tasks such as clearing land. The natives likely were making a shrewd, exclusive alliance with the Dutch against rival native nations and courting a valuable trading partner. The key point of Manhattan for both parties was fur trade, i.e., money and power. Nothing has changed since.
Thursday, May 23, 2013
May 23 - James Eads
Captain James Buchanan Eads was born on May 23, 1820, in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, and grew up in St. Louis. He was largely self-educated by reading books on science, mechanics and engineering. He made a fortune in riverboat salvage, especially on the Mississippi, using a diving bell. From 1867 to 1874, he designed and built the Eads Bridge in St. Louis, the first road-and-rail bridge to cross the Mississippi and the longest arch bridge in the world when completed. Steel was its primary material, considered daring at the time. Eads was the first bridge builder to use the cantilever method, allowing boats to continue using the river during construction. Pier foundations were built with pneumatic caissons (watertight enclosures), still among the deepest ever sunk. Decompression sickness caused the death of 15 workers, disabled two others, and severely afflicted 77 men. A "test elephant" was marched across the completed bridge to prove it was safe, and on opening day a parade stretched 15 miles through St. Louis streets.
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
May 22 - Arthur Conan Doyle
Physician and author Arthur Conan Doyle was born on May 22, 1859, in Edinburgh, Scotland, to Irish parents. While studying medicine and in private practice, he built up a portfolio of short stories but struggled to find a publisher. His first major story, "A Study in Scarlet," appeared in 1887. It was the debut of "consulting detective" Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. He modeled Sherlock partly after Dr. Joseph Bell, a professor at the University of Edinburgh who emphasized the importance of observation in diagnosis and who demonstrated this skill to his students. Doyle's prolific output included fantasy and science fiction stories, plays and poetry. The first 12 of his 56 Holmes stories were collected in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892). He was knighted largely for two books on the Boer War. He was an ardent Swedenborgian spiritualist who believed that the living could communicate with the dead. Notably, Sherlock used the words "elementary" and "my dear Watson" but never spoke them as one phrase.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
May 21 - Henri Rousseau
Artist Henri Rousseau was born on May 21, 1844, in the Loire region of France. His father was a plumber. In 1871, he was appointed a toll collector on goods entering Paris, and later was fancifully known as "Le Douanier" (customs agent), though he was never more than a clerk. He started painting seriously in his early forties, and by age 49 he retired to paint full-time. Almost entirely self-taught, he sketched masterpieces in the Louvre and was greatly inspired by the jungle, which he saw only in illustrated books and through visits to the Paris Zoo and botanical gardens. The result was striking, child-like art that was categorized as Naïve or Primitive, which he exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants alongside works of Post-Impressionists. Rousseau gained attention (and also mockery) from other artists for the innocence, intensity of feeling and decorative beauty of many of his paintings. Picasso considered him a genius. "The Sleeping Gypsy" (1897, pictured), has become one of the most touching and recognized works in modern art.
Monday, May 20, 2013
May 20 - James Stewart
Actor James "Jimmy" Stewart was born on May 20, 1908, in Indiana, Pennsylvania. He entered Princeton in 1929 and began performing as a musician and actor with the University Players, an intercollegiate summer stock company, where he met Henry Fonda. He followed Fonda to Hollywood in 1934, where he worked as an MGM contract player and found success in the 1930s in "You Can't Take It with You" (1938) and "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" (1939), for which he was nominated for the first of five Best Actor Oscars. He served in World War II as a Colonel and later rose to the rank of Brigadier General. After the war his star rose in movies that included "It's a Wonderful Life" (1946), "Harvey" (1950), "The Glenn Miller Story" (1953), "Rear Window " (1954), "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (1956), "The Spirit of St. Louis" (1957), "Vertigo" (1958), and "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" (1961). Stewart excelled in multiple genres: westerns, suspense thrillers, family films, biographies and screwball comedies.
Sunday, May 19, 2013
May 19 - Postcards in the United States
On May 19, 1898, the U.S. Congress passed the Private Mailing Card Act, which allowed private publishers and printers to print and market postcards. Previous to that date the U.S. Post Office held a monopoly on printing postcards. For several years, the government also restricted private companies to the use of the term "souvenir cards," which had to be labeled "Private Mailing Cards." The term "post card" was allowed for private publishers in 1901. Before 1907, postcards could not have a "divided back": i.e., only an address could appear on the back, a message appearing only on the front. The 20th century's first decade is considered the "Golden Age" of picture postcards. The public loved them. In the fiscal year ending June 30, 1908, nearly 680 million postcards were mailed (when the U.S. population was less than 89 million). Most picture postcards sold in the United States were printed in Germany, where lithography was an art. That ended with World War I, and so did the postcard craze.
Saturday, May 18, 2013
May 18 - Mount St. Helens
At 8:32 AM Pacific Time on Sunday, May 18, 1980, an earthquake caused the entire north face of Mount St. Helens in Washington state to slide away, instantly exposing volcanic molten magma and gas-enriched rock that had created a huge bulge on the mountain's side. The resulting landslide was one of the largest in recorded history, completely displacing all of the water in Spirit Lake north of the mountain, washing thousands of trees away from the surrounding hills. The nearly simultaneous volcanic explosion sent out a pyroclastic flow of hot gases, ash and pumice, at near-supersonic speed, into a fan-shaped area 23 miles wide and 19 miles long, destroying 230 square miles of forest. Miles beyond, it killed even more trees with extreme heat. The blast melted nearly all the mountain's glaciers, resulting in immense lahars (volcanic mudflows). A vast ash column rose 12 miles above the mountain's expanding crater during the nine-hour eruption. Most of the 57 people known to have died in the event succumbed to asphyxiation; several died from burns.
Friday, May 17, 2013
May 17 - Erik Satie
Composer and pianist Erik Satie was born on May 17, 1866, in Normandy, France. He studied music at the Paris Conservatoire as a teenager, where he was judged a failure. After military service, he lived in Montmartre in Paris and assumed musical residence in the Chat Noir cabaret , where he met Claude Debussy and other young "revolutionists." In 1888, he wrote three pieces for piano, "Trois Gymnopedies," that defied classical tradition in music and presaged minimalist and absurdist works of the 20th century. They were later orchestrated by Debussy. Satie's rebellious, avant-garde spirit gave birth to classical music parodies, including "Unpleasant Glimpses," "Desiccated Embryos," "Genuine Flabby Preludes (for a dog)," "Old Sequins and Old Breastplates" and "Teasing Sketches of a Fat Man Made of Wood." He wore 12 identical velvet suits and started his own church, the Metropolitan Church of Art of the Leading Christ, of which he was the only member. A connoisseur of absinthe, he died in 1925 from alcoholism.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
May 16 - "Blonde on Blonde"
The first rock double album, Bob Dylan's "Blonde on Blonde," was released on May 16, 1966, by Columbia Records. It was Dylan's seventh studio album and the third in his trilogy, starting with "Bringing It All Back Home" (1965), then "Highway 61 Revisited" (1966). Recording sessions in New York in 1965 proved to be troubled and fruitless, so Dylan's producer moved sessions to Nashville, taking along keyboardist Al Kooper and guitarist Robbie Robertson. Two singles from the album, "Rainy Day Women ♯12 & 35" and "I Want You," became Top 20 hits in the United States. Other songs have become Dylan classics, including "Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)," "Just Like a Woman," "Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again" and "Visions of Johanna." The album's cover (pictured) opens to a 12-by-26 inch, out-of-focus photo of Dylan at three quarter length; his name and the title appear only on the spine. The album has been described as having an "air of reclusive yet sybaritic genius."
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
May 15 - L. Frank Baum
Author Lyman Frank Baum was born May 15, 1856, in Chittenango, NY, near Syracuse. Born into a wealthy family with nine siblings, he had a weak heart and was sensitive and shy. He studied theater in New York, then pursued failed business ventures in South Dakota and Chicago. In 1897 he published Mother Goose in Prose, children's fairytales he had created in his youth to avoid the violent tales of the era. Its success led to the best-selling Father Goose: His Book (1899), with pictures by artist W.W. Denslow. In 1900 he published The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, also illustrated by Denslow, which was instantly successful. Some characters and themes had personal relevance. As a child, Baum had nightmares of being chased by a scarecrow that would disintegrate before its "ragged hay fingers" reached his neck. He said that the name "Oz" came from his file cabinet labeled "O-Z." The story of the wizard focuses on power and the importance of self-belief to avoid the deceptions of the powerful.
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
May 14 - Thomas Gainsborough
English portrait and landscape painter Thomas Gainsborough was born on May 14, 1727, in Suffolk, northeast of London. Proficient at drawing as a youth, he trained in London with painter and illustrator William Hogarth. By 1759 he had a successful business painting portraits in the fashionable spa city of Bath, and later became a founding member of the Royal Academy. After moving to London in 1774, he painted portraits of King George III and his queen, then remained the royals' favorite painter even though his rival, Joshua Reynolds, was named the royal painter. Gainsborough's famed "The Blue Boy" (c. 1770, pictured) is believed to be a portrait of a wealthy merchant's son. The boy is actually trapped in a costume study, since his clothing is 140 years old, dating from the early 17th century and the age of Van Dyck, whom Gainsborough admired. Gainsborough sometimes used brushes on sticks six feet long to paint portraits. He preferred to paint landscapes and was impatient with clients who demanded portraits.
Monday, May 13, 2013
May 13 - Georges Braque
Artist Georges Braque was born on May 13, 1882, in a Paris suburb and grew up in the port city of Le Havre. Though trained to be a house painter and decorator, he also studied fine art. In Paris he was influenced by the colorful style of the Fauves ("Beasts"), including Matisse. But the works of Cézanne greatly inspired his interest in geometry, simultaneous perspective and the effects of light, leading him to question the basic conventions of painting. In 1908 an art critic mocked his canvas "Maisons à l'Estaque" with the term "bizarre cubiques," describing it as "full of little cubes." That year he began working with Pablo Picasso, who had pursued a similar style of painting, and together they developed Cubism, producing works in monochromatic color with complex, faceted forms. Braque's "Woman with a Guitar" (1913, pictured) is a key example of early Cubism, combining a limited palette with multiple planes and mixed perspectives while creating balance and harmony amid fracture and abstraction.
Sunday, May 12, 2013
May 12 - Katharine Hepburn
Actress Katharine Hepburn was born on May 12, 1907, in Hartford, Connecticut, to wealthy, politically progressive parents. As a teenager, she discovered the body of her brother, Tom, with whom she was close, after he hanged himself. For much of her life Hepburn used his birthday (November 8) as her own. She pursued acting while at Bryn Mawr College and performed on and off Broadway. In 1932 she was hired by RKO Pictures for "A Bill of Divorcement," then in 1933 won the first of four Academy Awards for her third film, "Morning Glory." Though she made a screwball comedy in 1938 now considered a classic, "Bringing Up Baby" with Cary Grant (pictured), her career declined and theater owners labeled her "box office poison." Her abrasive, often arrogant attitude and boyish behavior alienated the public. When RKO's costume department took away her slacks (considered improper and boyish), Hepburn wore only her underwear until she got her pants back. Her career recovered with "The Philadelphia Story" (1940).
Saturday, May 11, 2013
May 11 - Salvador Dalí
Catalan artist Salvador Dalí was born on May 11, 1904, in Figueres, Spain, near the French border. He was named after an older brother who had died; his parents led him to believe he was that child's reincarnation. His father encouraged his drawing, and he studied at Madrid's Real Academia, where he became known for eccentric behavior and his admirable Cubist paintings. In Paris he met Magritte, Miró and Picasso, whom he revered. In 1929, Surrealist artists praised what Dalí termed his "paranoiac-critical method" of accessing the subconscious for artistic creativity, especially shown in optical illusions. In 1931 he completed his most famous work, "The Persistence of Memory" (pictured). Its malleable watches are considered a rejection of time as rigid or deterministic, but Dalí dismissed any association with Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity by saying the images were surrealist perceptions of a Camembert cheese melting in the sun. His famous moustache was inspired by that of Spanish master Velázquez.
Friday, May 10, 2013
May 10 - Fred Astaire
Dancer, choreographer and singer Fred Astaire was born Frederick Austerlitz on May 10, 1899, in Omaha. At age 6 he and his sister performed a vaudeville dance act, and by the 1920s they danced in stage musicals in New York and London. In Hollywood, despite a lackluster screen test, he made his mark in "The Gay Divorcee" (1934), dancing and singing Cole Porter's "Night and Day" with Ginger Rogers. Of the 31 musical films in his career, he made 10 with Rogers, including "Top Hat" (1935), "Follow the Fleet" (1936), "Swing Time" (1936), "Shall We Dance" (1937) and "Carefree" (1938). Six were RKO Radio Pictures' biggest moneymakers. Several of Astaire's most famous dance scenes occurred in "Royal Wedding" (1951), including the song "You're All the World to Me" in which he danced on the walls and ceiling of a specially-made set. The gravity-defying trick was accomplished by rotating the entire set (along with an attached camera and camera operator) on an axis while Astaire remained upright.
Thursday, May 9, 2013
May 9 - Kermit the Frog
The earliest version of Kermit the Frog appeared on television for the first time on May 9, 1955, when Jim Henson's live-action puppet show "Sam and Friends" aired on WRC-TV in Washington, D.C. Henson had already made puppets for another TV station while in high school. "Sam" was a bald, human-looking puppet whose friends included a lizard-like creature named Kermit (pictured). As a freshman at the University of Maryland, College Park, Henson was asked to create the five-minute show in which he made key innovations by using the frame of camera shots to focus on the puppet (not the puppeteer) and greatly enlivened his puppets by using flexible, fabric-covered foam rubber (rather than carved wood). He also used hand-held rods rather than marionette strings for greater control. He made Kermit from a coat his mother had discarded and two ping-pong ball halves for eyes. When Henson joined public TV's "Sesame Street" in 1969, he added Kermit's neck frill to make him more frog-like – and conceal a seam.
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
May 8 - Paramount Pictures
On May 8, 1912, the Famous Players Film Company was founded by Hungarian-born entrepreneur Adolph Zukor, who partnered with two New York theater impresarios. In 1916, he merged the company with two Hollywood firms, which soon became Paramount Pictures. With production led by Samuel Goldwyn and Cecil B. DeMille, Paramount began to dominate the movie industry. Zukor signed and developed many of the earliest stars, including Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Gloria Swanson and Rudolph Valentino. In the 1960s, Paramount was saved from near-collapse when its young head of production, Robert Evans, produced a long string of major films, including: "Barefoot in the Park" (1967), "The Odd Couple" (1968), "Rosemary's Baby" (1968), "True Grit" (1969), "The Confession" (1970), "Love Story" (1970), "Harold and Maude" (1971), "The Godfather" (1972), "Serpico" (1973), "The Great Gatsby" (1974), "The Conversation" (1974), "Chinatown" (1974), "Marathon Man" (1976) and many others.
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
May 7 - Robert Browning
"A man's reach must exceed his grasp; / Or what's a Heaven for?" English poet Robert Browning was born on May 7, 1812, in London. His father had turned down a family fortune, then amassed a library of 6,000 books. A gifted child, Browning wrote a book of poems at age 12; learned Latin, Greek, French and Italian by age 14; and forsook university education to read at his own pace. His vast, idiosyncratic learning led to poetry far too obscure and allusive for most readers. He lived at home until age 34, when he married the semi-invalid Elizabeth Barrett, whose career partly eclipsed his own, then lived in Italy. His father financed the publication of his poems, the most accessible of which are his dramatic monologues that reveal not only setting but character, including "Porphyria's Lover" and "My Last Duchess" (from Dramatic Lyrics, 1842). Poems from his collection Men and Women (1855) included "Love Among the Ruins," "Fra Lippo Lippi," "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came" and "Andrea del Sarto."
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CoachCam teams up with Soccer Academy Alliance Canada
Sport Technology Services (STS) brand new, innovative and video analysis app, CoachCam, is delighted to announce a working partnership with Soccer Academy Alliance Canada.
SAAC was established in 2005, with a vision to develop world class soccer players in Canada on a continual and systematic basis by providing its members with the best-in-class training, facilities and competition. Membership has grown from 25 teams and just under 400 players to over 150 teams and 2,500 players in 2016. In the past nine years, Academy graduates have gone on to professional careers, trials overseas, NCAA scholarships and Canadian Universities. SAAC boasts some of the most experienced and educated coaches in the country, with over 75 professionally licensed coaches currently employed by its membership.
The likes of Cyle Larin, Kyle Bekker, Richie Laryea, Raheem Edwards and more have come out of the SAAC program.
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This partnership sees SAAC academies use the CoachCam Video Analysis app for developmental purposes. Meanwhile, CoachCam will be the official sponsor of SAAC's "Photo Monday" promo on both Facebook and Twitter media platforms.
We look forward to working with our friends in Canada and hope that this is another step forward in producing more star athletes coming out of Canada, while also spreading the word about the importance of sports video analysis for development.
For more information on Soccer Academy Alliance Canada, please visit their website.
Keep up to date with CoachCam and SAAC via Twitter. @sts_coachcam / @SAACSoccer


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