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Mark-Paul Gosselaar & Breckin Meyer: Shirtless on 'Franklin & Bash' Set!
Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Breckin Meyer go shirtless while filming scenes for their TNT series Franklin & Bash at the beach on Tuesday (March 12) in Malibu, Calif.
The 38-year-old actors were joined by their co-stars Eric Balfour and Reed Diamond as they carried their surfboards and joked around on set.
Mark and his wife Catriona McGinn recently announced they are expecting their first child together – the baby is due in September.
The third season of Franklin & Bash will be premiering this summer!
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May 21, 2013
Newburgh, NY
Vernon Eugene Vandervort entered into rest on Tuesday, May 21, 2013. He is preceded by his mother, Diane Vandervort Royal; maternal grandparents: James and Dinah Vandervort; aunts: Vivian Chichester and Mary Vandervort and his uncle, Vernon Copeland. He is survived by his wife, Carlene Whitted Vandervort; his daughter, Rashonda Vandervort and his grandson, Coree Mclaurin, both of Poughkeepsie; his sisters: Vivian Royal of Poughkeepsie and Sonya Branch of Newburgh; his brothers: Quincy and Joseph Branch, both of Newburgh; his aunts: Sheila Vandervort and Marian Vandervort Jameson, both of Newburgh, and Blessie Vandervort of North Carolina; his uncles: James Vandervort, Jr. of Maryland, Stanley Vandervort of North Carolina, and Jay Vandervort of Washington, DC, and a host of nephews, nieces, cousins and friends.
Vernon was a man of principle. He strongly believed in right is right and wrong is wrong. He stood strong in his belief that you should stand for something and fall for nothing. Own who you are.
Vernon could make you laugh with the things he said and just by the way he laughed, he could bring down the house.
Vernon was a good brother. He got on his brothers and sisters when he thought they needed it, but he was also their best friend. He would sit and talk with them, listen and never judge them. He was someone you could go to for advice and guidance; someone you could depend on. He played a big role in his nephews and nieces lives. He believed that it takes a village to care for the younger family members as well as the neighborhood.
What made Vernon a great man was his love for life (as he saw fit), family, friends, and the woman who stood beside him, Carlene Whitted Vandervort, his wife, his friend, his soul mate and a big sister to his siblings.
No more crying. I won't be alone. My mother is there waiting for her child to come home.
I'm sorry I had to leave you here, but if you knew where I was going you won't shed another tear.
God gave me some wings, I wish you could see. Don't cry for me 'cause Heaven waits for me...
Vernon will lie in repose Tuesday, May 28th, at Crossroad Assembly of God Church, 7 Dalfonso Road, Newburgh. Services will be at 11 a.m. at the church, with Superintendent John Borden officiating. Interment will be at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Middle Hope, NY.
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A 2003 fantasy/action crime/thriller based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, written and directed by Mark Steven Johnson. A man blinded by toxic waste which also enhanced his remaining senses fights crime as an acrobatic martial arts superhero. Starring in the role of the movie's superhero is Ben Affleck, while Jennifer Garner plays his love interest, Elektra Natchios. The villain of the story, Bullseye, is portrayed by Colin Farrell.
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March 19. 2013 7:49PM
Hampton man to face single trial for alleged child porn
By JAMES A. KIMBLE
Union Leader Correspondent
BRENTWOOD - Prosecutors have won permission from a judge to consolidate two trials against a 22-year-old Hampton man facing charges that he recorded a sexual encounter with a young girl and posted the video on YouTube.
Robert Stephens, who is being held at the Rockingham County jail, will go on trial for the two cases on the week of June 17, a judge decided. The latest indictments against Stephens were handed up by a Rockingham County grand jury in December. Stephens was indicted on two counts of manufacturing child sexual abuse images, and single counts of attempted aggravated felonious sexual assault, and felonious sexual assault.
Stephens allegedly met a 14-year-old Massachusetts girl at a beach last May and later recorded her having sex with a 15-year-old boy at a cottage in Hampton, prosecutors said. Prosecutors say Stephens, then 19, used a laptop camera to record the encounter, and attempted to join in.
"(He) is seen on said video to have removed his shirt and to give the camera the 'thumbs up', " Deputy County Attorney Tom Reid said in court papers.
Prosecutors say Stephens was pulled away from the girl by another person in the room.
Hampton police began investigating Stephens on Jan. 19 after a Newbury, Mass. school resource officer told them that a female student complained she found a video of herself online, according to a police affidavit.
Reid argued that the recording of the video and Stephens' attempt to have a sexual encounter with the girl were a "single criminal episode."
"The subsequent posting of the video is logically and factually connected to the other charges," Reid said in his argument.
Investigators with the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force were able to link Stephens to the YouTube account that had control of the video, a police affidavit says.
After recording the teenage girl, Stephens continued to contact her, sending her a message through Facebook, police said. In one message he told her she should "become a prostitute" and could "sell herself" for money, the affidavit says.
He also allegedly told the girl that "he wanted money" and could facilitate more sexual encounters, the police affidavit says.
"He stated he would 'set it up' so that she could have sex for money," said Hampton Det. Chris Gilroy in a sworn affidavit. Stephens allegedly told the teenage girl "it's not that bad," police said.
Stephens told investigators that he owned the video during a police interview and said, "I know I am going to prison," according to the affidavit.


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One of the least remarked upon aspects of President Barack Obama's inaugural speech was his attempt to co-opt the Founding Fathers' Declaration of Independence to bolster his liberal-left agenda.
Sure, the president quoted one of the most important sentences in world history: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." (Read More: Obama Inauguration: Second Term Kicks Off With Challenges.)
So far, so good. But he later connected the Declaration with his own liberal agenda: " ... that fidelity to our founding principles requires new responses to new challenges; that preserving our individual freedom ultimately requires collective action." (My italics, not his.)


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CARY, N.C. – Different year. Different squad. Same result.
The LA Galaxy crashed out of the 100th edition of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup to the NASL's Carolina RailHawks by a 2-0 score at WakeMed Soccer Park on Wednesday, exactly one year after falling to Carolina in the 99th edition of the tournament.
READ: Galaxy fall 2-0 to RailHawks
Much like last year, a second half charge by the RailHawks negated Galaxy dominance in the first half as Carolina would tally a pair of goals within a 121-second span in order to advance. Midfielder Austin da Luz opened the scoring in the 59th minute and forward Brian Shriver added an insurance tally in the 61st minute.
That brief lapse ultimately proved to be LA's undoing as the club was unable to mount a lasting challenge against the RailHawks defense.
"We lost concentration for a good five minutes. This one hurts a little bit because we were really looking to bounce back from last year with a victory, but credit to [Carolina] I thought that they did a good job when we put our heads down. It's tough, but we have to move forward," said midfielder Rafael Garcia, who has been a part of both losses to Carolina.
The sudden collapse between the 59th and 61st minute weren't the only issues for the Galaxy as they struggled to create any semblance of offense in the final third. Even during the dominant moments in the first half, LA would see too many attacks end on the feet of their forwards Jose Villarreal and Charlie Rugg as the RailHawks defense were able to keep the Galaxy out of rhythm.
READ: Three Points to LA's Open Cup loss to RailHawks
For all their possession early on, LA's first shot on goal did not come until the 71st minute when second half substitute Gyasi Zardes saw his shot end up in the chest of RailHawks 'keeper Akira Fitzgerald. The task was always going to be an uphill climb for LA, who could not battle back from a two goal deficit, particularly, against a compact RailHawks defense.
"I thought we could have been a little more patient maybe; we forced a lot of balls inside and tried to play through the middle too much maybe," said Garcia. "At the end of the day, there are no excuses. We emphasized that this is a big game for us and a big opportunity for a lot of guys. I feel like we kind of let, [head coach Bruce Arena] and the coaches down, but there's no excuse. It wasn't our day, but at the end of the day, we have to be sharper because if we put away our chances then we win the game."
On the heels of LA's second straight defeat to the RailHawks and second consecutive defeat in the third round, the Galaxy were left searching for any type of silver lining. Although it may be comprehended after the "stinging" defeat, LA Galaxy assistant coach Curt Onalfo, who led the side on Wednesday, is quick to assert that the experience in Carolina may be a growth experience for the team's young players.
"I'm disappointed that we lost, but at the end of the day, my job is to move these guys forward so that they can step into the first team whenever possible and do a great job, and continue to evolve," Onalfo said. "From that stand point, we learned a valuable lesson today."
Although that lesson may be learned and applied later down the road, Onalfo was defiant over any questions on whether LA was relieved to be through with the tournament after a draw that sent them across the country.
"We would have played Chivas at home [in the fourth round], so we wanted to advance. We're disappointed," said Onalfo. "The draw is what it is and we have to deal with that. We try to deal with it the best that we possibly could. We have to look at ourselves and get better for next time."
Adam Serrano is the LA Galaxy Insider. Read his blog at LAGalaxy.com/insider and contact him at email@example.com


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Ornithologist Brian Smith and colleagues are on a month-long Constantine S. Niarchos expedition to the Southwest Pacific.
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The expedition team reaches their final camp and finds several uncommon species of birds as well as more snakes, skinks, geckos, lizards, frogs, and bats.
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For nearly 50 years, the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree has been a holiday tradition in Washington, D.C. I'm proud to say this is the second time a tree from Washington state has been selected as the Capitol Christmas Tree.
Each year, the Capitol Christmas Tree, or "The People's Tree," is carefully chosen from one of the U.S. Forest Service's nine national regions. The ideal tree is 60-90 feet tall.
It must be healthy, have good growth and density and be rich in color.
The tree must also be straight and shaped in a perfect cone. This year, the Capitol Christmas Tree is a stunning 88-foot-tall Engelmann spruce, which traveled more than 5,000 miles from the Colville National Forest to Washington, D.C.
Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of joining the Speaker of the House, my colleagues from Washington and Colville first-grader Giovanni Gaynor in lighting the Capitol Christmas Tree.
The tree is decorated with handmade ornaments depicting this year's theme "Sharing Washington's Good Nature" by more than 5,000 school children from across Washington state. The Capitol Christmas Tree is located on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol and will be lit each night until the new year.
Seeing this magnificent tree from Washington on national display reminds us of how lucky we are to have such abundant natural resources.
This grand tree is a symbol of the towering forests from which it comes and it reminds us that healthy forests support the planet, our health, and our communities.
Of course, our state is also home to a number of Christmas tree farms, ensuring that each year when the holiday season arrives there are plenty of fresh-cut trees available.
Appropriately named the Evergreen State, it should come as no surprise that Washington is a leading producer of Christmas trees.
Every year, our famous evergreens find themselves on their way to homes across America from Hawaii to Florida, and twice now to the front steps of the United States Capitol.
Our state is proud to share its impressive forestry heritage and its good nature with all Americans by providing this magnificent tree for our nation's Capitol this Christmas.
Rep. Doc Hastings represents Washington's 4th Congressional District, including part of Okanogan County.
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People We Love: Shannon McNamara
Sharing education in Africa.
Fifteen-year-old Shannon McNamara was preparing for a family trip to Tanzania when she learned about the obstacles there to girls' education: time (girls traditionally do more household labor than boys) and poverty (a shortage of funding for schools and supplies).
McNamara, an avid reader, created a project specifically for African schoolgirls, organizing friends to collect 500 pounds of donated books and education materials. Three years later, SHARE serves more than 3,500 students and 65 teachers, and has helped many students progress to secondary schools.
McNamara, who recently received the United Nations Youth Achievement Award, has developed a girls' scholarship program and will be entering Rice University in the fall.
The recession creates an opportunity to challenge flawed existing models and assert new strategies for Africa's economic progress.
Meet our pick of organizations and strategies that foster life-long learning and personal growth while teaching age-old and brand-new skills.
Creating alternatives to traditional schools, in Oaxaca they created their own university, "unitierra", where students learn whatever they want to learn, where students are their communities, and learn by apprenticeship.


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Student Software Projects Aim to Help Teen Communicate
To signal "yes," Grace Simon raises her right fist. For "no," she shakes her head. And that, for the most part, is how the 13-year-old communicates with the world. Diagnosed with cerebral palsy at six months old, Grace doesn't have the muscle control to speak, sign or walk. But her capable mind understands spoken language. (She's actually kind of nosy, says her mother.) She reads chapter books. Her favorite subject is math.
"She's really bright on the inside, but she just can't get it out," said Dr. David Chesney, a University of Michigan lecturer in computer science and engineering who has built a syllabus around the sixth-grader.
This semester, the 73 undergrads in Chesney's EECS 481 senior-level software engineering course are devising systems that could make it easier for Grace to communicate, play, or act more independently at school or home. The course requires no textbook. Teams of undergrads are working on 15–20 Grace-centric projects that the students design themselves. They might enable her to play a board game with friends, to make her own art, or to share her thoughts in writing or perhaps even (electronically) spoken words.
Jennifer and Eric Simon, parents to Grace, facilitate dialogue between students and Grace in this introduction to her and her family in EECS 481.
Grace and her parents, Jennifer and Eric Simon, of Westphalia, Mich., are working closely with Dr. Chesney. They've come to class several times already. During their first visit, the sprightly teen dressed in a hot pink sweater and silver sandals steered her powered wheelchair across the room to demonstrate the motor skills she's refined over the past decade to get herself around. To steer, Grace maneuvers a sort of joystick on the chair arm with her fingers and the heel of her right hand.
She also took questions from the class. Can she use a calculator? No. Does she get tired from moving? Yes. Does she like puzzles? No. Would she rather be able to type out words or speak through a text-to-speech program? With help from her mom, Grace answered yes to "speak."
It's an ambitious goal, but perhaps the greatest hope for the class.
"It's been hard for us to get something specifically for her that could give her verbal communication. We have never come up with anything so far," said Jennifer Simon, Grace's mother.
Today Grace doesn't have a good way to enter information into a computer – whether that information is individual letters, whole words or selections from a list of options. And enabling her to do that is a crucial first step.
Grace has limited control of her hands and arms, so the students will design special interfaces that rely on tools other than a mouse and keyboard. They'll explore a joystick similar to the one on her chair. They'll look into an operating system called ASK Interfaces that previous students in Dr. Chesney's class developed a few years ago. Designed to help people with other forms of cerebral palsy send email, ASK turns a whole tablet computer screen into one big button and tabs through options.
She could also potentially control a computer with her eyes. Grace recently tested that approach with Dr. Jacqueline Kaufman, the clinical assistant professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at the U-M Medical School who connected the Simons with Dr. Chesney.
"I was impressed with how well she did," Jennifer Simon said.
Communication systems such as the Eyegaze Edge track pupils with a camera and allow users to select letters, words, blocks of text or other items with their eyes. The system costs more than $13,000. Dr. Chesney challenged his students to improvise with some of the cheaper technologies companies have donated to the class. Intel gave six Creative Interactive Gesture Cameras, which can recognize motion in three dimensions, as opposed to the typical two. Microsoft gave a dozen Kinect motion sensors that can track facial movement.
As for Dr. Chesney's expectations, it's hard to say. The Simons know there are no guarantees. "My threshold for success is widely varying," Dr. Chesney said. "On the low end, my students would come out of the class with a better understanding that there are people out there with special needs, and that they carry that with them once they become software engineers. On the high end we'd have 15 systems that we give to Grace and say, "Here you go!"
And on the highest end, Grace would get a voice, or something like one.
"It's exciting to think that's a possibility," Jennifer Simon said. She looked at her daughter and smiled, then teased: "But she might never shut up!
"I'd want to know what she's thinking," she continued. "What are you thinking? What do you know? What have you been dying to tell us and you haven't been able to?"
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We rarely feature Converse because they're so popular there's next to no point in doing so. Even the special editions are worn by every Tarquin, Richard and Harold. With all that said, I am particularly looking forward to these leather jacket trainers.
Superga are the new fashion cliche
Fashion writing is often ridiculed for outlandish phrases, flowery prose and a reliance on clichés. I'd like to add to all of the above by declaring that Superga are the new Springcourt.
Leather Puma Clyde trainers
As you might have guessed, we're quite the fans of Puma here. You could say that Puma is our version of crack. No matter how much we try to stay away from it, we just keep on going back for one more hit. This will be the last time you see Puma on Brandish. This week.
Vans x Number (N)ine
Vans, who already have collections with APC and Supreme, have now added Number (N)ine to their extensive list of collaborators. With Number (N)ine's status on the rise, it looks like a beneficial partnership for both brands rather than piggybacking. But none of that would matter if the trainers were ugly.
Vans Vault Chukka Boot
The chukka boot is one of my favourite styles from Vans. It's juicy looking
Lacoste Ibiza Block
These puppies are gorgeous. Great colour combination, great design, great shape. They're amazing. They have a really authentic eighties look to them – something about grey mixed with colour is very evocative of the era. Also the leather (or could it be leatherette? Do I dare dream?) padding on the uppers is just divine. You can get hold of them …
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Onitsuka Tiger and Mini do the business
The 80's trend started out as one movement
but then fragmented into whatever you took to be 80's. On one side was the
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Pointer Shoes
I do like these puppies. They look a bit like a cross between the Visvim moccasins and a Nike Blazer.
One Button suits – the way to go for the smart office party
If you need to make an impression for your
Christmas party, a one button suit may be the way to go. They're sharp enough
to make you look like you've made an effort, but are still casual enough to
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Puma Classic Butters
These Puma hi-tops come in such a suave colour, you could get away with wearing them to a wedding or other such formal do.
Gold Shellys shoes
Just in case you didn't know here's a little reminder: metallics are way in this summer. From Comme des Garcons' gold saturated show, to Preston from the Ordinary Boys strop on Never Mind The Buzzcocks in a silver sequinned Burberry cardigan metallics are everywhere.
Transformer Trainer
The wonderful Manolo posted about these transformer trainers today that Japanese company Takara are making.
Nike 'Fallen Heroes' range inspired by Milli Vanilli, Vanilla Ice and Pee Wee Herman
Nike have released a 'Fallen Hero' range of sneakers in which they pay homage to one hit wonder Vanilla Ice, Milli Vanilli who were exposed as fakes then either Milli or Vanilli killed himself, and Pee Wee Herman who found out that masturbating in a porn cinema is not compatible with being a children's presenter.
Mihara Yasuhiro for Puma
Japanese designer Yasuhiro Mihara's latest collaboration with Puma throws up some pretty interesting things. Psychedelic patterns, gold leather, studs and rivet details gives your everyday sneaks an out-of-the-ordinary touch. Mihara also has his own shop in Japan, called Sosu (prime number) selling men's and women's clothing and accessories. My favourites from the Puma collection are the reptilian MY-25, they've got …
Aldo summer trainers
Aldo have been making waves in the womenswear world with their Chloe rip-off wedges, and their men's stuff seems to be catching up. These trainers (£44.99) keep it simple without looking too boring and the halfway between grey and beige tones means they'll look great with browns, navys or blacks. I can see these becoming summer favourites, so it's a …
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Get Live And Loud With Roland
Get Live And Loud With Roland
Advances can come at a breathless pace in music technology and Roland are right on the cutting edge. More features and greater sound quality are being offered in ever smaller packages, so you have less to lug to the gig while getting a better peformance than ever. Here's our pick of some road tough, compact and great sounding gear.
Roland RD-64 Digital PianoTypically if you wanted a quality piano sound and feel then you would be carrying some serious weight to the gig. With the RD-64 Roland have a digital piano that incorporates features from it's high end models and weighted keys but only weighing in at 13kg. Compact enough to fit neatly into a car boot and with the optional CB-61L Carrying Bag you'll find getting in and out at the gig is a breeze. The SuperNATURAL engine and built-in effects give you a broad range of sounds to use.
Roland V-Combo VR-09
Roland Studio-Capture USB 2.0 Audio Interface
There are few audio interfaces which can claim as much functionality as the Studio Capture. With 12 microphone inputs, 2 headphone outputs and per-channel metering this really is an all in one portable studio which can easily fit in your backpack. Enough inputs to track the whole band jamming live but compact enough to have in the bedroom for working solo on overdubs, arrangements and mixing. With Auto Sens technology assisting with your levels and VS Streaming providing low latency and solid performance you can rely on the Studio Capture in any scenario.


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Eagles Abroad – March 20, 2012
What is this, off-season? The culmination of the Six Nations combined with the final of the Anglo-Welsh Cup meant that for many Americans it was a week to rest and rejuvenate the body.
One player that was looking to get back at it after a long rejuvenation was J.J. Gagiano. The Eagles Number 8 signed a contract with the Golden Lions to play in this year's Vodacom Cup. With the number of players needed for Super Rugby, Gagiano was a player picked out to help the squad. He immediately contributed by starting in the Golden Lions 59-19 victory over the Falcons. Congrats to J.J. on the contract and the start.
Todd Clever's time in Japan was supposedly up but he found the time to come off the bench and play the last 8 minutes of the All-Japan Rugby Football Championship. He and his Suntory team picked up their second piece of silverware on the season after beating the Panasonic Wild Knights 21-9.
In England, Andrew Suniula started his first match and played 80 minutes since coming back from injury. Suniula contributed in a big way by scoring an early try for the Cornish Pirates but it wasn't enough as they lost to the Bedford Blues 26-25 in the RFU Championship playoffs.
Elsewhere in the RFU Championship playoffs, Robbie Shaw came off the bench as Leeds lost to Rotherham 20-3. Mike MacDonald is out of his cast but was still not fit enough to play.
Shawn Pittman was presumably out injured, as he was not in the lineup for London Welsh as they drew 12-12 with Bristol.
The Aviva Premiership was silent this week in large part because of the Anglo-Welsh Cup final between Leicester and Northampton. Neither Samu Manoa nor Chris Biller was in the lineup for the Saints as they lost to the Tigers 26-14. Biller is on the bench for Northampton Wanderers as they take on the British Army this week.
Paul Emerick (Wasps), Chris Wyles, and Hayden Smith (Saracens) had the week off in the Premiership while it was the same for Tommy Seymour (Glasgow) and Hanno Dirksen (Ospreys) in the RaboDirect Pro12.
Not to be left out, the Top 14 was silent, meaning Taku Ngwenya (Biarritz), Seta Tuilevuka (Montpellier), and Scott LaValla (Stade Francais) had the weekend off.
Still in France but in the ProD2, Inaki Basauri continued to put in a good season for Perigueux after playing the last fifteen minutes of the 22-15 victory over Aurillac.
Lastly, Tim Usasz and his Barking team had the weekend off, as did Derek Asburn, Jason Law, and Oxford after their match with Durham was called off. Unless the match is replayed, that concludes Oxford's season.
Curtis Reed is the editor and founder of This Is American Rugby and can be found at www.thisisamericanrugby.com or on Twitter @ThisIsAmerRugby


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UPDATED: Derry woman seriously injured when struck crossing Tsienneto RoadBy HUNTER McGEE
Union Leader Correspondent
November 17. 2013 7:50PM
DERRY — A pedestrian sustained critical injuries after being struck by a car while crossing Tsienneto Road Saturday, Derry police said.
Jeanne Petrin, 69, was first taken to Parkland Medical Center and then flown to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston because of the severity of her injuries, according to police. She remained in critical condition Sunday night, a hospital spokeswoman said.
The accident occurred at about 5:30 p.m. when Petrin was crossing Tsienneto Road northbound in the area of Sunview Condominiums toward the parking lot of a business, Fireye Inc. While crossing the road, Petrin was struck by a car traveling westbound toward the intersection of Tsienneto Road and Route 28, police said.
Lt. Dan Beattie said Saturday night that it was dark and the collision occurred in a poorly lit area.
"The pedestrian had just stepped off and unfortunately the collision was unavoidable," Beattie said.
Following the accident, police blocked off a stretch of Tsienneto at the accident scene and called in an accident reconstruction team. Motorists were directed around the scene as a Derry detective could be seen taking photos of an unoccupied late model car, still in the road where the collision occurred.
Al Negron, who lives in Sunview Condominium, said he was walking his dog Saturday night at around 7:30 p.m. when he heard some commotion on Tsienneto Road. He saw the accident reconstruction team and noticed the late model car that was unoccupied and still in the westbound lane.
"I was walking the dog and I decided to go down there to see exactly what was going on," Negron said.
He spoke to a man at the scene who told him a woman had been hit by the car.
"I didn't see any damage to the vehicle," Negron said, adding that the car looked like a late model Honda Civic sedan.
Negron said he didn't know of any other accidents on the road but that motorists tend to drive fast.
Another Sunview resident, Matthew Pace said he didn't see the accident but came across the accident reconstruction scene on Saturday night at about 7 p.m.
"They were cleaning it up," Pace said.
Pace said the stretch of road has a small hill that can pose somewhat of a hazard for motorists.
The accident remains under investigation and police are not releasing information on the driver.


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Scientists Develop New Way To Treat Prostate, Pancreatic Cancer
Researchers in Sweden may have developed new technology to properly monitor laser light therapy to treat prostate and pancreatic cancer.
Photodynamic therapy – light therapy combined with certain cancer drugs – destroys cancer tumors. It has mainly been used to treat skin cancer because technology has not existed to track the precise amount of light needed to effectively kill tumors inside the body.
Researchers at SpectraCure, a Swedish scientific research company associated with Lund University, created software equipped with optical fibers that intermittently gathers information about the tumor, which is sent back to the laser instrument.
"In this way, the software can continually calculate the optimal light dose and adjust it if necessary. The entire tumor must be removed, while damage to adjacent organs must be avoided", said Johannes Swartling, Doctor of Atomic Physics at Lund University and Chief Technical Officer at SpectraCure.
Tests on prostate cancer patients in Sweden have shown that the method works for internal tumors, and in the spring a clinical study on recurrent prostate cancer will begin in the United States and Canada, pending approval. Meanwhile, the same laser light technology is being tested in the United Kingdom on pancreatic cancer.
"The advantage of laser light is that it appears that side effects can be minimized. With current treatment methods, prostate cancer patients who are cured risk both impotence and incontinence," he said.
Traditional treatments entail a risk of cancer recurrence, Swartling added.


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Paul Cézanne
French, 1839-1906
The Basket of Apples, c. 1893
Oil on canvas
25 7/16 x 31 1/2 in. (65 x 80 cm)
Inscribed at lower left: P. Cézanne
Helen Birch Bartlett Memorial Collection, 1926.252
Art, Paul Cézanne once claimed, is "a harmony running parallel to nature," not an imitation of nature. In his quest for underlying structure and composition, he recog-nized that the artist is not bound to represent real objects in real space. Thus, The Basket of Apples contains one of his signature tilted tables, an impossible rectangle with no right angles. On it, a basket of apples pitches forward from a slablike base, seemingly balanced by the bottle and the tablecloth's thick, sculptural folds. The heavy modeling, solid brushstrokes, and glowing colors give the composition a density and dynamism that a more realistic still life could never possess. This painting, one of Cézanne's rare signed works, was part of an important exhibition urged on the artist by the Parisian art dealer Ambroise Vollard in 1895. Since Cézanne had spent the majority of his career painting in isolation in his native Provence, this was the first opportunity in nearly twenty years for the public to see the work of the artist who is now hailed as the father of modern painting.
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Exhibition History
Paris, Galerie Vollard, Cézanne, November 1895, no cat.
Berlin, Paul Cassirer, 1908, cat. 17.
Paris, Manzi, Joyant & Cie, Exposition d'art moderne, 1912, cat. 3.
Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Cézanne, December 1-18, 1920, cat. 28
Paris, Paul Rosenberg, Les Maîtres du siècle passé, May 3-June 3, 1922, cat. 9.
Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Exposition Paul Cézanne (au profit de la caisse du monument Cézanne), March 3-24, 1924, no cat. no.
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Modern French Paintings from the Birch-Bartlett Collection, 1925, no cat. no.
Boston Art Club, 1925, no cat. no.
Cambridge, Mass., Fogg Art Museum, French Painting of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, March 6-April 6, 1929, cat. 6 (ill.).
The Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, 1933, cat. 305.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Museum of Art, Cézanne, 1934, cat. 17.
The Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress, Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, June 1-November 1, 1934, cat. 290.
The Art Institute of Chicago, The Bartlett Collection, 1946, no cat. no. (ill.).
The Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings, Watercolors, and Drawings: A Loan Exhibition, February 1-March 16, 1952, cat. 54 (ill.), traveled to New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 4-May 18, 1952.
Washington, D. C., The Phillips Collection, Cézanne: An Exhibition in Honor of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Phillips Collection, February 27-March 28, 1971, cat. 25 (ill.), traveled to The Art Institute of Chicago, April 17-May 16, 1971 and Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, June 1-July 3, 1971 (shown only in Chicago).
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cézanne to Picasso Ambroise Vollard, Patron of the Avant-Garde, September 13, 2006-January 7, 2007, cat. 44 (ill.), traveled to The Art Institute of Chicago, February 17-May 13, 2007 and Musée d'Orsay, Paris, June 18-September 16, 2007.
Fort Worth, Tex., Kimbell Museum of Art, The Impressionists: Master Paintings from the Art Institute of Chicago, June 29–November 2, 2008, cat. 67.
Publication History
Emile Bernard, "Erinnerungen an Paul Cezanne," Kunst und Künstler 6 (1908), p. 521 (ill.).
Julius Meier-Greafe, Paul Cézanne (Munich, 1910), p. 79 (ill.).
C. L. Hind, The Post-Impressionists (London, 1911), p. 74.
Frederick Lawton, "Paul Cézanne," Art Journal (1911), p. 57 (ill.).
Werner Weisbach, Impressionismus: Ein Problem der Malerei in der Antike und Neuzeit vol. 2 (Berlin, 1911), p. 162.
Arsène Alexandre, "Exposition d'art moderne," Les Arts (August 1912), p. 7, no. 6.
"A Private Collection in Germany That Contains Fourteen Examples of the Art of Paul Cezanne, a Great Modern, Who Already Is Placed with the Old Masters," New York Times (July 6, 1913), p. 15 (ill.).
Charles Borgmeyer, The Master Impressionists (Chicago, 1913), p. 230 (ill.).
Julius Meier-Graefe, Paul Cézanne (Munich, 1913), p. 76.
Ambroise Vollard, Cézanne (Paris, 1914), p. 102, pl. 33.
Stuart, "Cézanne and His Place in Impressionism," The Fine Arts Journal 35, 5 (May 1917), p. 335 (ill.).
C. Coquiot, Paul Cézanne (1919), p. 246.
Julius Meier-Graefe, Cezanne und sein Kreis (Munich, 1922), p. 185 (ill.).
L'Amour de l'Art 5, 2 (February 1924), p. 41 (ill.).
R. Tatlock, "The Courtlaud Trust," The Art News 24 (June 12, 1926), p. 28, ill.
"Cezanne, Rousseau, Picasso," The Art Institute of Chicago Bulletin 20 (1926), pp. 61-64 (ill.).
The Art Institute of Chicago Annual Report (1926), p. 16, ill.
Forbes Watson, "A Note on the Birch-Bartlett Collection," The Arts 9 (1926), p. 304 (ill.).
Morton Dauwen Zabel, "An American Gallery of Modern Painting," Art and Archeology 26, 6 (December 1928), pp. 227 (ill.). 232.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Modern Paintings in the Helen Birch-Bartlett Memorial Collection (Chicago, 1929), pp. 8-9 (ill.).
A. Bertram, The World's Masters–Cezanne (London, 1929), pl. 22.
Albert Franz Cochrane, "Fogg Museum Stages Magnificent Exhibition of French Art," Boston Evening (March 9, 1929).
Clarence Bulliet, Apples and Madonnas (New York, 1930), p. 56.
Lionello Venturi, Cézanne: son art – son oeuvre vol. 1 (Paris, 1936), no. 600.
E. A. Jewell, Paul Cézanne (1944), p. 21 (ill.).
The Art Institute of Chicago, A Brief Guide to the Collections (The Art Institute of Chicago, 1956), p. 36.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection (Chicago, 1961), pp. 72-3.
Frederick A. Sweet, "Great Chicago Collectors," Apollo 84 (September 1966), p. 194, fig. 14.
John Maxon, The Art Institute of Chicago (New York, 1970), p. 99 (ill.).
René Huyghe, La Relève du reel: impressionnisme, symbolisme (Paris, 1974), no. 191.
Diane Kelder, The Great Book of French Impressionism (New York, 1980), pp. 408-9 (ill.).
Paul Cézanne, exh. cat. (Madrid, Museo Epañol de Arte Conemporáneo, 1984), p. 235 (ill.).
Richard R. Brettell, "The Bartletts and the Grande Jatte: Collecting Modern Paintings in the 1920s," The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 12, 2 (1986), p. 105, no. 1 (ill.).
James Wood, Master Paintings in The Art Institute (Chicago, 1988), p. 69 (ill.).
Richard Verdi, Cézanne (London, 1992), p. 143, fig. 123.
John Rewald, The Paintings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné (New York, 1996), vol. 1, p. 480, no. 800, vol. 2, p. 276 (ill.).
The Age of Impressionism at the Art Institute of Chicago (New Haven and London, 2008), cat. 67, pp. 141-42 (ill.).
Ownership History
Ambroise Vollard, Paris by November 1895 [this and the following information according to New York 2006-7]; Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, by July 1907; sold to Paul Cassirer, Berlin in July 1907; sold to Bernheim-Jeune, Paris in November 1908. Jos Hessel, Paris by 1913 [based on inscription on reverse; see also New York Times 1913 and Borgmeyer 1913] and until at least 1920 [see Paris 1920]. Paul Rosenberg, Paris by 1922 [see Paris 1922]; sold to Frederick Clay Bartlett, Chicago [through Joseph Stransky of French Galleries, New York] by 1925; given to the Art Institute, 1926.


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Los Angeles, Jan 6 (IANS) Daft Punk band will play at the 56th Grammy Awards to be held here Jan 26.
The French duo — Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter — will hit the stage with rapper Pharrell Williams, and musicians Nile Rodgers and Stevie Wonder.
Williams and Rodgers appear in tracks of Daft Punk's latest album "Random Access Memories". It's still unknown what song the duo will perform with Wonder, reports aceshowbiz.com.
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DENVER — Dillon Gee didn't let one tough inning get him down.
Gee shook off the rough patch in an otherwise strong outing, Lucas Duda backed him with a homer and single to drive in four runs, and the Mets beat the Colorado Rockies 7-5 on Saturday night.
"You can't get caught up in the big inning here because they're going to happen," Mets manager Terry Collins said, referring to a three-run outburst against Gee in the fourth. "You've got to keep pitching. He just came back in the dugout and got ready for the next inning."
The Rockies' Michael Cuddyer said Gee (2-2) kept the Rockies hitters guessing, preventing them from putting consistent hitting strokes on the ball.
"He worked quick, threw strikes," Cuddyer said. "He mixed all of his pitches, changed speeds well, mixed his location well. He pitched well."
Gee, who turned 26 on Saturday, allowed four runs in seven innings. He struck out seven and walked two, and seemed to be at his best late in his outing, retiring nine of the last 10 batters he faced.
"You saw what kind of offensive club they have here," Gee said. "I knew I was going to have to be sharp, especially with the team they have and the way this park is. Three runs in an inning is never acceptable, but I was proud of the way I settled down after that and gave the team a chance to come back and win the game."
Ruben Tejada, Daniel Murphy and David Wright each added three hits and scored five times collectively, helping the Mets bounce back from Friday night's sloppy 18-9 loss to Colorado.
Frank Francisco gave up a two-out solo homer to Dexter Fowler and a triple to pinch-hitter Tyler Colvin before retiring pinch-hitter Jason Giambi on a sinking liner to center field that Kirk Nieuwenhuis caught on a dead run for his fifth save in as many chances.
Guillermo Moscoso (0-1), recalled from Triple-A Colorado Springs earlier in the day, took the loss in his Rockies debut, giving up six runs on nine hits in five innings. He got the start in place of Jeremy Guthrie, who was placed on the 15-day disabled list after spraining his right shoulder in a fall from his bicycle on Friday.
Moscoso was acquired in January as part of the trade that sent outfielder Seth Smith to the Oakland Athletics.
"Guillermo did a great job of getting ahead in counts, getting to two-strike counts, but they got some hits with two strikes off of him," Rockies manager Jim Tracy said. "He gave us a very competitive outing but it had a chance to be an outstanding outing if he gets those couple of innings down."
Trailing 4-3 going into the fifth, the Mets had four consecutive two-out hits, including Wright's RBI single and Duda's tiebreaking two-run single to go up 6-4. The Mets added a run in the ninth when pinch-hitter Mike Baxter doubled, went to third on a groundout and scored on reliever Edgmer Escalon's wild pitch.
Duda hit his fourth home run of the season, a two-run shot, off Moscoso in the second and Wright's run-scoring double in the third gave New York a 3-1 lead. But the Rockies regained the lead with a three-run fourth. Carlos Gonzales led off the inning with a bunt single, Troy Tulowittzki singled and Todd Helton followed with an RBI double. Michael Cuddyer had an RBI single and came home two outs later on a single by Moscoso, who delivered his first major-league hit and RBI.
The Mets got off to a shaky start when catcher Josh Thole's throwing error in the first inning opened the door to the Rockies' first run. New York committed six errors — one shy of the team high — in Friday night's 18-9 loss to Colorado.
Marco Scutaro singled to start the inning and then stole second base, advancing to third when Thole's throw sailed into center field. Scutaro scored an unearned run on Tulowitzki's fielder's choice.
Notes: Rockies' LHP Jamie Moyer (1-2), who became the oldest pitcher to earn a win in major-league history two weeks ago, will be on the mound for Sunday's finale. The Mets counter with Johan Santana (0-2), who has pitched well but will be looking for his first win of the season. ... Helton hit his 560th career double in the fourth, tying him with Eddie Murray and Jeff Kent for 22nd all-time. ... Nieuwenhuis, who attended Denver Christian High School, had his father and other members of his family on hand in seats behind the visitor's dugout.
Mets bounce back for victory
DENVER — Dillon Gee didn't let one tough inning get him down.


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HP Spectre x360 review: 13.3-inch convertible a solid machine if a little awkward to hold
With university starting back up next week, many students will be looking for a new laptop or tablet to help with their studies. And for those who can't decide which they prefer, the HP Spectre x360 convertible may be what you're looking for.
The convertible form factor has been around for awhile and it tries to offer the best of both worlds. As the name suggests, the HP Spectre x360's screen can pivot 360 degrees so it can fold behind the keyboard to mimic the look of a tablet but still having the power of a full computer, running on Windows 10. Or, if you want, you can flip it over part of the way, so you can stand it in a triangular shape on the table to watch movies and so on – which gives it a step up over two-in-one devices that detach from the keyboard.
I recently had the chance to test out the 13.3-inch model (there's also a 15.6-inch) and it's an impressive machine. It runs on a 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5-7200U dual-core processor, 8 GB of RAM and a 256 GB solid state hard drive so everything loads quickly and the response time is great. It uses a 1080p UWVA BrightView WLED-backlit touchscreen and has a thin bezel. So the display extends almost to the edge of the device and with the Intel HD Graphics 620 card, it offers a bright, vivid picture.
The extended screen also saves on size. The 13.3-inch model is 30.7 cm x 21.79 cm x 1.39 cm and weighs 1.32 kg — which isn't super-light, but the x360 is well-balanced, so it is easy to hold with one hand in either laptop or tablet form. And it's not uncomfortable to sit on your lap. Although, because it's such a compact device, it can get a little warm over time – especially at the back.
The sound on the machine is phenomenal. While audiophiles may still wish to use external speakers, the x360 comes with built-in quad speakers from Bang & Olufsen, which is known for its high-quality audio equipment. The sound is very clean and is great for watching movies.
I was also pleased with the keyboard. Despite being a smaller device, it uses the standard island-style keyboard with click-in keys. And my large hands didn't feel crowded while typing, which is often a problem for me on smaller laptops. The trackpad also is relatively responsive. To save space, the buttons are built into the pad, which isn't my favourite thing, but you can always get a mouse if it bothers you too much.
Admittedly, I would say the x360 works better as a laptop than a tablet. The touchscreen works well but, of course, using it all the time would get fingerprints all over – so the x360 comes with a stylus as well. Powered by a AAAA battery (not a typo), the stylus works quite well when it comes to making selections on the screen or typing on a virtual keyboard.
However, if you want to use it to write or draw, it seems to work best at a 90-degree angle to the screen. So if it's in laptop form, sitting on your lap or on a table, it's fine as you're likely holding your arm straight out, parallel to the floor to write on the screen. Alternatively, if the convertible is in tablet form, lying screen up on the table, it is also fine as your arm is likely at a 90-degree angle to the floor. But those are a little weird positions to write in.
Most of the time, you'd be holding the tablet in your hand and have the stylus in your other hand at more like a 45-degree angle. And the problem is, when you hold it that way, the stylus seems to leave little gaps in the lettering or lines. Probably, over time, you would figure out a way to do it efficiently but it's a little disappointing.
Also, as I mentioned above, you can easily hold it one hand, it does feel a little weird as the back of the device, in tablet form, is actually the keyboard. It turns off in that position but it's an odd sensation to be holding onto the keys.
The other drawback is the price. Two-in-one devices tend to be on the more expensive side, and the HP Spectre x360 is no exception. On HP's site, the 13.3-inch model starts at $1,529 but it's still an impressive machine if you have the money.


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Thomas Hull, Michael A. Jones, and Diana M. Thomas, Interviewing for a job in academia, Notices of the American Mathematical Society, November 1998, pages 1353-1357. Emphasizes the questions you should have ready answers to. http://www.ams.org/notices/199810/comm-hull.pdf
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Bonnie A. Nardi, Steve Whittaker, and Heinrich Schwarz, It's not what you know, it's who you know: Work in the information age, First Monday 5(5), 2001. Based on ethnographic studies of employees in high-tech industries, this article argues that the resources that are exchanged within professional networks are increasingly replacing traditional institutions. http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue5_5/nardi/
Adviser, Teacher, Role Model, Friend: On Being a Mentor to Students in Science and Engineering , National Academy Press, 1997. So you'll know what good advising is. http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/mentor/
The modern project of articulating guidelines for networking originates (more or less) with feminist authors circa 1980. Their books still hold some interest:
Carol Kleiman, Women's Networks: The Complete Guide to Getting a Better Job, Advancing Your Career, and Feeling Great as a Woman Through Networking , New York: Lippincott and Crowell, 1980. Aimed at women professionals and executives who wish to set up relatively formal networking organizations.
Betty Lehan Harragan, Games Mother Never Taught You: Corporate Gamesmanship for Women , New York: Rawson, 1977. Although not centrally concerned with networking, I mention this book because of its cultural influence as the first hard-hitting how-the-world-really-works book for professional women. Its ideology, which has shaped many feminist discussions of networking since then, reflects both the strengths and weaknesses of the feminism of that era. One of the weaknesses is its inattention to social class; it explains that men learn how the world works through playing football, even though this would predict that working-class men would be as successful in business as their wealthier brothers.
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MANCHESTER — A popular West Side restaurant was damaged by a stove fire Monday.
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Pelletier said the restaurant at 136 Kelley St. would likely be closed for a few days in order to clean up the damage and recharge the fire suppression system in the kitchen.
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The people of Balkh (known as Baktria to the Greeks) are a people shrouded in mystery, left out of historical documentation not much is known about these wild warriors. Related to the other Iranian tribes that settled in the Middle East, they were forced to maintain more of their steppe culture due to the harsh and more open terrain that they migrated to. They have recently lost much territory to the Medes who now hold hegemony over much of their previous lands. This renders the peoples of Mada (Media) and Balkh as rivals in the east. However Balkh also has to deal with the Indian power of the far east who may look toward the possessions of Balkh as a rich opportunity for conquest.
Balkh's military maintains a cavalry orientated army but they are still backed up by minor contingents of Sparabara, a practice inherited from their new territory and their rival neighbours. They are also superb Archers being able to draw on superb soldiers from Arachosia and Sogdiana. Their Baktrian horsearchers are strong and swift but are not practiced to the same level as the nomads and as such an early war with the Mazaka should be avoided.
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Gift from Billy and Elaine Williams Creates Williams Family Soccer and Olympic Sports Center
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WACO, Texas (Jan. 27, 2014) - Baylor University today announced a gift of $1.5 million from Billy and Elaine Williams of Naples, Fla., that will create the Williams Family Soccer and Olympic Sports Center, an on-campus, $3.3-million facility approved by Baylor's Board of Regents at its October 2013 meeting.
"Elaine and I are excited to provide the soccer team and other Olympic sports at Baylor with access to facilities dedicated to their use and designed to match their needs," said Billy Williams, BBA '63. "We support Marci and Paul Jobson and the fine record they have established since coming to coach Baylor's soccer team, and we believe it's important to position the program for even greater success with improved facilities."
To be located within the Julie and Jim Turner Riverfront Athletic Complex, near the entrance to the Betty Lou Mays Soccer Field, the 14,500-square-foot Williams Family Soccer and Olympic Sports Center will provide the women's soccer program and other student-athletes with a range of amenities. Construction is slated to begin this summer, with an anticipated completion in early 2015.
"The philanthropic spirit Billy and Elaine Williams have demonstrated in making this gift is truly remarkable, and it reflects the desire to be a difference-maker and leader that Billy has shown throughout his career," said Baylor President and Chancellor Ken Starr. "Their gift to the Williams Family Soccer and Olympic Sports Center comes at a particularly special time in Baylor athletics, with the University completing work on an unparalleled athletic complex on both sides of the Brazos River."
The Williams Family Soccer and Olympic Sports Center will feature a coaches suite and locker and training rooms dedicated to the soccer program, encompassing approximately 2,300 square feet and including 35 player lockers. The facility also will provide the soccer team and other sports housed in the Turner Complex with a 5,000-square-foot weight room and visiting team locker rooms, as well as public restrooms and areas for concessions and laundry.
"We are very excited about the future of Baylor Soccer under the Jobsons' leadership, and this state-of-the-art facility will afford the program first-class space and amenities. Moreover, the Olympic Sports Center will provide student-athletes across a variety of sports a conveniently located training facility," said Baylor Director of Athletics Ian McCaw. "We are indebted to Billy and Elaine Williams for their generosity, and on behalf of Baylor Nation and our student-athletes we offer our deep gratitude."
The Bears' head coach for six seasons, former U.S. National Team member Marci Jobson led the 2012 soccer team to a Big 12 championship and the deepest NCAA Tournament run in program history with a Sweet 16 appearance. Paul Jobson served as the program's associate head coach for five seasons before being named co-head coach prior to the 2013 season.
"All of us associated with the Baylor soccer program would like to thank the Williams family for their generous gift to make the dream of this facility a reality," said Marci Jobson. "We have been blessed with some of the best student-athletes around, and now we will be able to provide them with a first-class soccer facility. We are humbled by the Williams family, their commitment to Baylor and the common vision we share to strive for excellence."
As a Baylor student, Billy Williams lettered in football in 1962 on a John Bridgers-coached team that included star quarterback Don Trull, who was Williams's roommate. After graduating with a degree in finance, Williams joined the First National Bank of Fort Worth's executive training program and earned an MBA from TCU in 1965. He went on to a 26-year career at Owens Corning, working his way up from field salesman to executive vice president for the building materials division at the company's headquarters in Toledo, Ohio. In 1991, Williams and two associates purchased Liquid Container, a packaging company in Chicago. As its president for 19 years, he oversaw the company's expansion into a 14-plant, $400-million venture before he and his partners sold the company in 2011. He currently is an independent private investor.
Billy and Elaine Williams previously created two endowed scholarships at Baylor, the A.J. and Marie Williams Endowed Athletic Scholarship Fund in Football and the Bill and Elaine Williams Family Endowed Athletic Scholarship Fund. In 2012, Williams was named by the Baylor "B" Association to its Wall of Honor, which recognizes Baylor letterwinners and graduates whose meritorious accomplishments in public or private life following graduation have brought positive public recognition, credit and honor to Baylor and its athletic department.
"Baylor enabled me to get a first-rate education by providing me with an athletic scholarship, and I've never forgotten that," Williams said. "This gift from our family is simply an effort to show gratitude to Baylor University in recognition that the school gave me the start to any success that I've had."
Baylor University is a private Christian University and a nationally ranked research institution, characterized as having "high research activity" by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The University provides a vibrant campus community for approximately 15,000 students by blending interdisciplinary research with an international reputation for educational excellence and a faculty commitment to teaching and scholarship. Chartered in 1845 by the Republic of Texas through the efforts of Baptist pioneers, Baylor is the oldest continually operating University in Texas. Located in Waco, Baylor welcomes students from all 50 states and more than 80 countries to study a broad range of degrees among its 11 nationally recognized academic divisions. Baylor sponsors 19 varsity athletic teams and is a founding member of the Big 12 Conference.
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This is a costume that I have been wondering about for many years, but I had very little information concerning it. It has recently made news in Ukraine. The photo above was taken in 1977 in the village of Krupove near Dubrovytsia in Rivne Oblast, maybe 20 miles from the current Bielorussian border. Here is another photo of what I believe are the same two women.
At first glance, this costume does not look very interesting at all. Mostly plain white, although there are some unusual features in the construction. These include a band of woven ornament low on the sleeves, and similar bands on just the outer parts of the apron, both of which are quite outside the norm for Ukrainian costume. Here is a photo of the local folklore ensemble 'Berehynia' from the same village.
In written descriptions of the costume, the women were said to look like 'fairies' because of the extremely white, fine, gauzy weave of the linen. It is this exceptionally fine and open weave which was the particular pride of the women of this region. For a long time they rejected the influence of greater ornamentation of the costume because they preferred the quality of their own cloth. This cloth is known as 'serpanka' in Ukrainian.
Underscoring the lack of color in this costume, the artists T. Kosmina and Z. Vasina published this drawing of the wedding costume of this area in 1989, apparently relying on black and white photos, as they depicted the woven ornament as a couple of gray lines.
One must remember that this clothing was all made by hand, from growing a special form of flax, preparing it to separate the fibers, spinning an even fine thread by hand, and then weaving it with precision. Thus achieving such fine, open cloth was a great accomplishment of the textile arts. Indeed, after weaving, the cloth was not so transparant, but was rubbed with stones to achieve this effect. Today, because this is all done by machine, we don't pay much attention to it. Headcloths 'namitky' of this type of cloth were common in many places, especially Polissia and Bukovyna. This namitka is from Chernyhiw area.
Serpanka was first mentioned in written sources in 1565. This was used in various parts of Volyn', but in the mid 20th century, this was the only region in which the entire costume was sometimes made of serpanka, with the exception of footcloths and men's pants The serpanka chemise was, however worn over a plain white chemise of opaque cloth.
In the last few years an organization which calls itself 'Legends of Volyn'', founded by Volodymyr Dziobak in the city of Radyvyliw went to the villages around Dubrovytsia and learned how to make serpanka. At this time they no longer made it, but still remembered how. [When Lidia Orel visited the villages in the 1980's the work was still done, and the aprons, at least, were commonly worn]. Part of the problem is that it required special flax, which was no longer available in the area. Mr. Dziobak was able to obtain it from France, and his organization was able to reconstruct both the serpanka and the costume. With this accomplishment, they applied to Unesco to declare Volynian Serpanka a nonmaterial heritage of humanity. There is some controversy about this, the villages around Dubrovytsia claim that it should be called Polissian, and not Volynian.
Here is an example of this cloth.
One length of this is ready to be worn as a namitka. Another length is made into the chemise, the sleeves being made of the ends and thus showing the woven ornament low on the sleeves, which are only as wide as this cloth. Another length is made into the apron, of three widths of this cloth. The two woven bands on the lower edge of the outside two fields, and the center plain white. The skirt sometimes had the woven ornament in the back up by the waistband. Here are the costumes as reconstructed by this group, including one modern dress made of the same material.
This is Volodymr Dziobek, who led this project, and the girls who did the actual weaving.
Iryna Chuchman
Here are some more photographs of this cloth and costume.
Thank you for reading, I hope that you found this to be interesting and informative.
Roman K.
A video showing a presentation of this cloth and costume, including folk songs from this region.
A newsreel of this project from Ukraine
A Museum presentation of this costume and project.
Photography of this costume and other things.
A facebook page where you can order these weavings and costumes
Other source material:
Lidia Orel, 'Chariwne Vereteno', L'viw, 1990
Petro Odarchenko and Halyna Carynnyk, 'Ukrainian Folk Costumes', Toronto, 1992
T. V. Kosmina and Z. A. Vasina, 'Ukrajins'ke Vesil'ne Vbrannia', Kyjiw [Kiev], 1989
M. S. Bilal, H. H. Stel'mashchuk, 'Ukrajins'kyj Strij', L'viw, 2000


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Quinnipiac, Minnesota hope to right ship in NCAA
Michigan isn't playing. Neither is Boston University. And a small school from Connecticut, Quinnipiac, is the top seed in this year's NCAA hockey tournament, which gets under way Friday.
Welcome to college hockey, where tradition doesn't count for nearly as much as a good goalie.
Quinnipiac (27-7-5) comes into the tournament with perhaps the best in Eric Hartzell, a Hobey Baker finalist, who has an impressive 1.52 goals-against average this season. The Bobcats also have a No. 1 ranking for the seventh consecutive week, and the fewest losses in college hockey.
But they are far from the hottest — or most confident — team on the ice, after going just 4-3 in March and losing 4-0 to Brown in the ECAC semifinals last weekend. They rebounded with a 3-0 shutout of Yale in the consolation game, but still there are questions about the team's finish.
Quinnipiac faces red-hot Canisius (19-18-5) in the first round of the East Regional in Providence, R.I., Saturday. Those are two of 16 teams to qualify for the tourney. The weekend will produce four regional champions, and then the Frozen Four is April 11-13 in Pittsburgh.
"It's not at all like the basketball tournament," Quinnipiac coach Rand Pecknold said. "It's not like one vs. 64. One vs. 16 is a big difference and I think in the game of hockey, with the way goaltending is, anybody can beat anybody."
Canisius comes into the matchup with the NCAA's longest active winning streak, eight, including a 7-2 win over Mercyhurst to take the Atlantic Hockey title.
"We've been competitive with so many teams," said Golden Griffins goalie Tony Capobianco, who made 34 saves in the AHA final. "So many games could've gone the other way. We had a couple of close losses we could've won. I feel like the guys just started clicking at the right time."
Because Quinnipiac is not, Pecknold brought his players into the film room this week, where they watched games from earlier this season, when they played 21 straight without a loss. The idea, he said, was to show them what they did well then, what they aren't doing well now, and how they can regain that earlier form.
"We need to get back on track with our confidence and our level of play," he said, "so that we can win a game in the NCAA tournament."
Quinnipiac isn't the only team going into the tournament looking to regain some momentum. Minnesota, the top seed in the West, was beaten 2-0 to Colorado College in the WCHA tournament. The Gophers are looking for a second consecutive trip to the Frozen Four and their first national title since 2003.
St. Cloud State (WCHA), Miami (Ohio) (CCHA), and Niagara (AHA), like Quinnipiac, all won a conference regular-season title this season, but fell in league tournaments.
Notre Dame, the No. 1 seed in the Midwest, went through a month-long stretch when it was 2-7-1, but finished 7-0-2 in its last nine games and won the CCHA tourney title over Michigan.
Union, Wisconsin, and UMass Lowell, the top seed in the Northeast region, all come in riding six-game winning streaks. The River Hawks, out of Hockey East, are the only top seed to win both their regular season and conference tournament title.
"I think there's a time where you have to say, 'Why not Lowell'," River Hawks coach Norm Bazin said. "And I think that's this year."
Defending champion Boston College (22-11-4), another favorite out of Hockey East, has been playing the postseason without coach Jerry York, who is recovering from a detached retina. The Eagles hope to have York back behind the bench as they go for their fourth national title in six years.
They won't have to face cross-town rival Boston University this season. The Terriers, who lost to UMass Lowell in the Hockey East tournament final, lead a class of big names who didn't make the field. Michigan, which had been to 22 straight tournaments, is another.
"I think just about anybody in the field this year could win it," Minnesota coach Don Lucia told reporters. "College hockey has been kind of all over the map this year."
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