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Throughout his four years as a player and three years as the assistant coach of the Lynn Classical boys' basketball team, Jasper Grassa never won the Walter Boverini Tournament.
But after a narrow 49-44 victory over St. Mary's of Lynn on Classical's home court Friday, the first-year head coach held the championship trophy as he was flanked by the tournament's co-MVPs, brothers Edwin and Erick Solis.
Lynn Classical (5-0) mixed a 2-1-2 full-court press and a stifling 1-3-1 zone to open a 24-12 lead shortly before halftime.
But the defending Division 4 North champion Spartans (4-2) rallied back with a steady 17-4 run, taking a 29-28 lead on a putback from senior forward Stephen Fama (5 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists) late in the third quarter.
The teams would trade the lead five times and tie the contest thrice in a thrilling finish. Eventually a pair of free throws from Dyrrell Rucker and a steal by Jaylen Johnson (10 points, 4 steals) allowed the hosts to seal the win.
"After they let it slip away, they found their second wind and another burst of energy and we were able to pull it out," said Grassa, who took over for his father, Tom after his 31-year run as Classical coach.
"I think last year's [MIAA state] tournament run really helped this team mature. There was a lot of composure out there on the St. Mary's side as well, but we were able to match that."
Edwin Solis had 8 points with eight rebounds and his brother Erick scored 7 points with four rebounds and two assists.
Sophomore guard Josh Perez led St. Mary's with 14 points and junior forward Joseph Abate-Walsh added 13 points with nine rebounds.
Lynn English 85, Lynn Tech 27 — Freshman Ademide Badmus (13 points) and junior Alonzo Linton (12 points) were two of four Bulldogs to score in double figures for English (5-1) in the consolation game of the Boverini Tournament at Lynn Classical.
Central Catholic 69, Methuen 58— Senior Bret Edwards had 14 points and seven assists and junior Kevin Constant added 17 points to help the No. 2 Raiders (3-0) advance to the championship of the Commonwealth Motors Christmas Classic championship.
St. John's Prep 97, Lawrence 92 — Seniors Nate Hobbs (30 points) and Tommy O'Neil (26 points, 7 rebounds) helped the Eagles (3-1) advance to the championship of the Commonwealth Motors Christmas Classic.
Brockton 79, Cardinal Spellman 63 — Abu Kaba (23 points, 16 rebounds) paced the ninth-ranked Boxers (7-0) in the Muscato Tournament championship game.
Oliver Ames 76, South Boston 52 — Senior Jack Spillane scored 33 points and earned All-Tournament team honors as the Tigers won third place in the Muscato Tournament.
Andover 76, Londonderry (N.H.) 72 — Senior guard Cedric Gillette (29 points) made eight 3-pointers and junior gaurd Emmett Kim added 21 points for the Warriors in the consolation round of the Commonwealth Classic.
Apponequet 77, Fairhaven 64— Senior Andy Johnson poured in 25 points for the Lakers (4-0).
Attleboro 61, Bishop Feehan 48— Sophomore Bryant Ciccio racked up 15 points and dished out five assists to lead the Bombardiers (4-1). Junior Dom Victor added 12 points of his own and pulled down eight rebounds.
Billerica 62, Pinkerton (N.H.) 50— Sophomores Ryan Murphy (21 points, 13 rebounds) and Aiden Deady (14 points, 5 steals) helped the Warriors (2-1) advance to the championship of the IAABO Board 95 Tournament.
Coyle & Cassidy 64, Bellingham 51— Senior Calvin Karioki (15 points) and junior Chuma Oyigbo (14 points) led the Warriors (6-1) in the Hutchinson Memorial Tournament.
Foxborough 48, Shaley (Pa.) 37— Senior guard Joe Morrison scored 14 points as the Warriors (6-1) won the KSA Events Holiday Tournament in Orlando, Fla.
Pembroke 53, Southeastern 47 — Tyler Spencer netted 18 points as the the hosts captured the inaugural Titan Holiday Classic.
Plymouth North 63, Wareham 59 — Senior Donnie Cohoon led the way with 25 points and sophomore Jayquan Leonard finished with 17 points to lead the Eagles (4-3).
TechBoston 70, Bridgewater-Raynham 63 — The Bears (6-0) caused 24 turnovers and held the Trojans to 6-of-23 shooting from 3-point range, and Maurice Works scored 17 points en route to the Larry Fisher Holiday Tournament trophy. Trojans senior Doug Alves scored a game-high 32 points.
Wakefield 78, Chelsea 52 — Senior guard Andrew Miller scored 29 points to go along with five assists and three steals for the Warriors (2-3).
Woburn 68, Danvers 40 — Junior Ryan Ludwig connected from beyond the arc five times and finished with 18 points to power the Tanners (4-1).
Fitchburg 58, Leominster 56 — R.J. Clapper scored a game-high 18 points and Mendes Morrison (12 points) hit 6 of 9 free throw attempts in the fourth quarter to help the visiting Red Raiders (1-3) edge the Blue Devils (0-5). Brian Rodriguez (13 points), Moses Perez (12) and Givensky Pierre-Louis (10) led Leominster.
Maynard 54, Groton-Dunstable 50 — Corey Olivier (19 points), Chris Bastien (12 points, 9 rebounds) and Tommy Smith (10 points, 12 rebounds) helped the visiting Tigers (3-0) hold off the No. 7 Crusaders (4-2). Evan Cook led Groton-Dunstable with 17 points and five assists and teammate Chris Watt added 11 points and 11 rebounds.
Assabet 66, Monty Tech 48 — Daisjaughn Bass and Jeff Hunter both scored 16 points, Gerry McManus added 12 and Isaac Knight chipped in 11 to power the visiting Aztecs (5-0, 3-0 Colonial) past the Bulldogs (3-2, 1-1). Savon Hughes led Monty Tech with 11 points.
ConVal (NH) 60, Murdock 59 — L.J. Hicks (20 points) and Ross O'Toole (10 points) were named to the All-Tournament Team, but the visiting Blue Devils (3-3) fell to the Cougars in the Zero Gravity Holiday Tournament championship at Keene State. Nick Roy added 10 points for Murdock.
Grafton 64, David Prouty 30 — Kyle Sawtelle (20 points, 10 rebounds), Will Herndon (14 points) and Sean Tyldesley (5 points, 8 assists) paced the host Indians (3-1) past the Panthers (2-3). Alex Skov led David Prouty with eight points.
Tahanto 74, North Brookfield 28 — Hodrin Kamnang collected 14 points as the Stags (3-2) toppled the visiting Indians (0-5). Tyler Patchen had eight points for North Brookfield.
St. John's (Shrewsbury) 64, Shrewsbury 49 — Sean Burke scored 21 points and earned a spot on the All-Tournament team as the No. 3 Pioneers (4-4) defeated the No. 9 Colonials (2-3) in the Laska Holiday Tournament consolation game. Teammate Hunter Gorgas notched 15 points and 12 rebounds, while Ryan Hardenbrook gathered 12 points. As a team, St. John's went 14 of 15 from the free throw line. Phil Smyrnios led Shrewsbury with 12 points.
Uxbridge 66, Quaboag 33 — Scott Kaeller (20 points), Harrison Mansfield (12 points, 8 rebounds) and Jack Hughes (10 points) paced the host Spartans (3-2) past the Cougars (0-5). Joshua Wilcox added five points and six assists for Uxbridge.
Leicester 65, Millbury 56 — Kyle Enberg scored a game-high 22 points and Jack O'Neill (20 points) hit 10 of 12 free throws to help the visiting Wolverines (4-2) defeat the Woolies (1-3). Kyle Padeni netted 11 points for Leicester. Elijah Friedman led Millbury with 20 points and teammate William Nadeau chipped in 12.
Whittier 55, Oakmont 39 — Dylan Woods scored 10 points, but the host Spartans (1-4) fell to the Wildcats (6-0).
Hopedale 59, Wayland 50 — Dan Liberatore scored 12 points and Sam Morelli, Robbie Siefring and Isaac Moore all added 10 points to guide the Blue Raiders (1-3) past the visiting Warriors (1-4) in the Hutchinson Memorial Tournament consolation game.
Doherty 69, Wachusett 50 — Marty Silvera netted 23 points and Alex Momo tallied 22 paced the visiting No. 5 Highlanders (4-2) past the No. 4 Mountaineers (4-2) in the Laska Yuletide Invitational Tournament championship at Assumption. Sam Dion (18 points), Liam Griffin (12) and Joey Nuttall (10) led Wachusett.
Oxford 59, Southbridge 46 — Jared Perkins scored 17 points on five 3-pointers and Klaytin Silva added 15 to push the host Pirates (3-2) past the Pioneers (2-4). Macaddai Owusu netted 13 points for Oxford and teammate Alex Duval chipped in 11. Southbridge's Jared Figueroa scored 17 points and teammate Justin Reyes contributed 14.
Whitinsville Christian 64, Rockport 52 — Gabe Brookhouse accumulated 26 points to lift the Crusaders (4-1) in the Gloucester Holiday Tournament semifinals. Whitinsville Christian's Justin VanderBaan scored 15 points and Tyler Gorman had 10 points. The Crusaders face Gloucester in the final at 7 p.m. Saturday.
Blackstone-Millville 70, Blackstone Valley 57 — Nick Donahue and Justin Keyes both scored 19 points and Kyle Lubinsky recorded 16 points and 12 rebounds to lead the host Chargers (4-1) over the Beavers (1-4). Mike Marchand added 10 points for Blackstone-Millville. Valley Tech's Ryan Braun led all scorers with 26 points while hitting hit 12 of 14 free throw attempts and teammate Drew Galicki added 15 points.
Girls' basketball
St. Mary's 57, Lynn Classical 39 — Tourney MVP Olivia Nazaire had 15 points and 15 rebounds as the Spartans won their fourth straight Boverini Tournament championship. Gabby Torres scored 16 points.
Matignon 67, Ursuline 37— Junior twins Korine (20 points, 5 rebounds) and Katty Haidul (16 points, 10 rebounds) paced the Warriors. Sophomore Emma Found added 14 points in the home win.
Whitman-Hanson 66, SW Florida Christian Academy 48 — Junior Erin Leahy led the way with 19 points and eight rebounds for the visiting Panthers (6-0) in the semifinals of the Queen of Palms Tournament.
Greater New Bedford 62, Case 20 — Junior guard Jayda Fortin had 22 points for the Bears (1-2).
Wakefield 50, Marblehead 30 — Senior Allee Purcell (17 points, 8 rebounds) led the charge for the Warriors (4-0).
Archbishop Williams 61, Hingham 51 — Senior Asiah Dingle (19 points) and Meg Marcel (11 points) led the second-ranked Bishops (4-0) to the Hingham Holiday Classic title.
Swampscott 39, Lynn English 31 — Junior Nikki Rosa registered 20 points and 10 rebounds for the visiting Big Blue in the Boverini Tournament.
East Bridgewater 46, Pembroke 39— Junior Sydney Bradberry scored 23 points to give the Vikings the Abington Bank Holiday Classic title. Bradberry also earned Tournament MVP honors.
Abington 51, Bridgewater-Raynham 47 — Juniors Maureen Stanton (11 points, 4 assists) and Maddie O'Connell (12 points, 11 rebounds) paced the Green Wave to third place in the Abington Bank Holiday Classic.
Randolph 48, Holbrook 36 — Sophomore Kiva Quest returned from shoulder surgery and earned Randolph Tournament MVP for the Blue Devils (2-4).
Leominster 66, Fitchburg 29 — Rylee Skinner scored 18 points and Grace Adams chipped in 16 points as the Blue Devils (2-2) topped the visiting Red Raiders (0-3).
Oakmont 43, Tyngsborough 42 — Kylie Lison (15 points, 7 rebounds), Hannah Cravedi (9 points, 5 steals) and Leah Pelkey (6 points, 10 rebounds) helped the visiting Spartans (4-0) hold off the Tigers (3-2). Katherine Hurynowicz scored 13 points for Tyngsboro and teammate Amanda Leal added 12 points.
Tantasqua 55, Dracut 48 — Ainsley Way scored 15 of her 18 points in the second half and Lydia Boland scored 19 as the Warriors (3-2) rallied to defeat the visiting Middies (1-3).
Sutton 44, Notre Dame (Worcester) 29 — Natalie Fraioli scored 13 of her game-high 19 points in the first half and Lauren Arthaud added 11 as the host No. 7 Suzies (4-0) beat the No. 9 Rebels (1-3). Elizabeth Potvin led Notre Dame with 12 points.
Lunenburg 70, Hudson 30 — Sarah Blomgren notched 14 points and 16 rebounds to spark the host Blue Knights (4-2). Lunenburg's Sarah Morse (12 points, 9 rebounds), Elise Lilly (11 points) and Kelly Gearin (10 points) also made big contributions. Brianna Cabral scored 10 points for the Hawks (4-3).
Nashoba 60, St. Bernard's 37 — Abby McNulty (18 points), Julia Roth (13 points) and Lexi Richard (12 points) lifted the No. 5 Chieftains (4-0). Sabrina Patton scored 25 points for the Bernardians (2-4).
Shepherd Hill 46, Algonquin 36 — Molly Springer scored 17 points and Bailey Savage tacked on 12 points to propel the No. 2 Rams (6-0, 1-0 Mid-Wach A) at home. Lucy Gauvin, Emily Genga, Rachel McMenemy and Jamie Rosen all notched six points for the No. 8 Tomahawks (3-3, 1-1).
Quabbin 55, Bromfield 21 — Sydney St. Jean scored 16 points, Helena Shampine notched 12 points and Julia Hamel gathered 10 points to boost the Panthers (5-1). Callie Frackiewicz collected 10 points for the visiting Trojans (0-6).
Douglas 36, Bartlett 30 — Melina Schilling scored 14 points to lift the Tigers (3-3). Kyara Binienda had a game-high 17 points for the host Indians (1-5).
Maynard 60, Millis 59 — Hayley Malozzi scored 18 points, Ally Morgan gathered 16 points and Garvey Cummings brought down 15 boards to lift the host Tigers (3-2).
Fontbonne 58, North Middlesex 29 — Hadley Beauregard gathered 14 points, but the Patriots (2-4) fell to the visiting Ducks (5-0). Annabelle Larnard led Fontbonne with 27 points.
Holy Name 44, Acton-Boxborough 31 — Jaini Edmonds dumped in a game-best 18 points and dished out five assists, while teammates Logan Lornell had 11 points and Katherine Pingeton had eight rebounds and four assists to lead the third-ranked Naps (3-2) over the Colonials (2-3) in a semifinal of Acton-Boxboro Tournament. Holy Name will face Revere in a title game at 1 p.m. Saturday at A-B. The Colonials were led by Lori Keough's 18 points.
Northbridge 39, Auburn 26 — Maria Cray scored 13, while Jill Labrie scored nine points and Avery Senosk chipped in eight points to send the visiting Rams (4-1, 2-0 SWCL) past the Rockets (1-6, 1-2). Molly Cutting led Auburn with eight points, while Semran Sahota had 11 rebounds.
Milford 55, Hopedale 27 — Senior captain Kate Irwin scored 15 points and had five assists for the visiting Scarlet Hawks (3-2).
Boys' hockey
St. John's Prep 2, BC High 1 — Cam Ludwig recorded 36 saves for the host Eagles.
Dover-Sherborn 2, Medfield 2 — Seniors Cole Condon and Max Arnone scored and freshman Aidan Britt recorded 38 saves for the Raiders (2-2-1).
North Andover 4, Scituate 3 — Matt Lucy scored twice, including the decisive goal, in the second period for the Knights (2-1-1).
Fitchburg 4, Assabet 3 — Max Beaulac, Jake Leblanc, Anthony Lesperance and Andrew David Cormier scored, while Ben Tolman had two assists and Spencer McCrillis made 19 saves as the Red Raiders skated to a consolation win over the Aztecs in the Mark Bushnoe Tournament at Wallace Civic Center. Tolman was named to the All-Tournament team. Andrew Chaves scored twice for Assabet, while Jared Garcia added a goal and Robbie Starkey made 30 saves.
Lunenburg 6, Leominster 2 — Jacob Mauro (3 goals), Jared Simmons (2 goals) and Connor Vivano (1 goal, 3 assists) paced the host Blue Knights (5-1) past the Blue Devils (1-3-2) in the Mark Bushnoe Tournament championship. Brandon Melanson scored both goals for Leominster.
Girls' hockey
Algonquin 1, Medway 0 — Sophomore Amy MacGlashing scored an unassisted goal 3:12 into the third period and senior Angela Ferro made 14 saves as the host Tomahawks (4-2) edged the Mustangs (0-3-1).
Indoor track
Theo Burba remains on his quest to be the nation's fastest 600-meter runner. The Newton North junior won the 600 at the MSTCA Winter Speed Classic at the Reggie Lewis Center in 1 minute, 22.8 seconds.
Burba's goal is to have the No. 1 time in the country, a spot held for less than a week by Belmont's Calvin Perkins (1:21.4). Perkins was at Friday's meet, but did not participate in the 600.
"My game plan for the race was to go out strong through the 400, and hold on towards the end," Burba said. "I don't think I quite got [the fastest time] so I'm definitely disappointed there."
Lynnfield's Kate Mitchell won the girls' 600 in 1:36.23, beating Mary Corcoran of Brookline by more than five seconds (1:41.54).
Oakmont's John Caouette was the big winner, with first-place finishes in the 55 meters (6.43 seconds) and long jump (21 feet, 10 inches) and a second-place finish in the 300 (35.97).
Milford's Kerry O'Connor won the girls' 300 in 42.97, while Watertown's Mange Camara ran a 35.44 to win it on the boys' side. Pentucket's Jack Clohisy's 7.95 time in the 55 hurdles was good for first, as was Belmont's Anoush Krafian's 8.60 for the girls. Krafian won the long jump as well (17-5).
Josh Lee learned a lot from his George Bossi Lowell Holiday Tournament loss back in his freshman year, and the Burlington senior hasn't had to deal with that experience at the event since.
Taking the mat at Tsongas Center in Lowell Friday, Lee took home his third straight Lowell title, defeating Melrose's Sean Herbert at 138 pounds in a 5-4 decision. The win made Lee Burlington's first three-time Lowell Holiday champion.
"It feels great, it's an unbelievable feeling," Lee said. "Wish I could've done it four times, but after I lost freshman year, I got hungry. I wanted to keep coming, I won it my sophomore year and couldn't stop."
Lee didn't give up a point until his semifinals match with Timberlane's Robbie Pinault, recording two pins, a technical fall, and two wins by decision to roll to the finals.Globe correspondents Shawn McFarland and David Bumpus contributed to this report. For more highlights, go to bostonglobe.com/schools.


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Chemical producer DuPont and technology giant Microsoft also highlighted the strong greenback as a headwind for earnings, adding to commentary last week from fast-food chain McDonald's and consumer goods firm Kimberly-Clark.
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during the afternoon of January 23, 2015 ©Andrew Burton (Getty/AFP/File)
The meager results were the main catalyst of the stock market's sell-off Tuesday, which pared nearly 300 points from the Dow.
"What it says is US companies are not immune to global weakness," said Christine Short, senior vice president at Estimize, a financial tech company that collects earnings research.
Foreign exchange "is going to be a big impact," she added.
The dollar has been on a tear in the wake of mostly improving data on US jobs and economic growth. That has lifted expectations that the US Federal Reserve, which concludes a two-day policy meeting Wednesday, will raise interest rates before other major central banks.
A strong dollar has upside for US companies that import goods or raw materials from weak-currency economies and sell the goods in the US. Analysts have said some sectors could benefit from this differential, such as clothing retailers.
However many US multinationals face challenges due to a strong dollar, which last week hit an 11-year high against the euro, which itself has jumped against the battered Russian ruble.
The strong dollar can sting multinationals if they import goods or materials from the US or other strong-currency markets into a weak-currency state like Russia if prices to consumers are not adjusted.
Companies also suffer when overall earnings are transposed from weak currency markets like Russia back into dollars for reporting purposes.
In P&G's case, the grim commentary on foreign exchange also reflected a negative impact from Switzerland. P&G's European headquarters is Geneva, which means it also has exposure to the Swiss franc, which has risen sharply following an unexpected move by the Swiss central bank earlier this month to abandon the franc's cap against the euro.
P&G projected 2015 earnings would be hit by 12 percent, or at least $1.4 billion, due to currency effects.
"This is the most significant fiscal-year currency impact we have every incurred," P&G chief financial officer Jon Moeller said in a conference call with analysts.
Kimberly-Clark, another leading consumer products company, last week announced a $462 million charge in Venezuela stemming from the revaluation of its assets due to the plummeting value of bolivar.
Kimberly-Clark chief executive Tom Falk predicted a negative currency earnings hit of more than 15 percent in 2015.
At McDonald's, weak currencies in Russia and Ukraine battered earnings in 2014 and the company expects more of the same in 2015 in those countries and others.
The fast-food giant forecasts a full-year impact of 35-40 cents per share in 2015, said McDonald's chief financial officer Pete Bensen.
- Raising prices abroad -
To offset the impact of the strong dollar, US companies are seeking to raise prices in badly hit markets.
"Generally, the principle is that over time you recover the amount of the price effect," P&G's Moeller told reporters in a conference call.
That means if a good is in a market where the dollar has appreciated 20 percent, the price of the good to consumers will also increase by 20 percent, but the jump may not happen all once, Moeller said.
Other steps include boosting local sourcing of goods and materials in Russia, Venezuela and other hard-hit markets, he said.
However, company officials acknowledged that price increases are difficult in some cases, such as when the economy is weak, as with Eastern Europe.
"This is just a bit of unchartered territory," Kimberly-Clark's Falk said. "If the Russians and some of the other Eastern European economies declined by mid-single digits, which is what some of the forecasters say, we'll see how that plays out in terms of consumer purchasing power."
Many US multinationals face challenges due to a strong dollar, which last week hit an 11-year high against the euro, which itself has jumped against the battered Russian ruble ©Philippe Huguen (AFP/File)
Procter & Gamble corporate headquarters on July 15, 2008 in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio ©Scott Olson (Getty/AFP/File)
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How to Optimize Your Social Media to Drive Traffic to Your Blog
Today's episode is part 8 of the new 'Today, Not Someday' podcast series. The focus is actioning your 'someday' list, the things you've always wanted to do to improve your blog but have struggled to make happen. For details about how the series works, check out episode one here. I've included a full list of episodes below.
The focus of today's episode is about how to give your social media workflow a good going over to prepare you for the new year. I share tips about how to get bigger reach, more traffic, and higher engagement, and how to maximize productivity so that you save time.
In This Episode
You can listen to today's episode above or in iTunes or Stitcher (where we'd also LOVE to get your reviews on those platforms if you have a moment). In today's episode:
- Why optimizing your social media is so important for growing your blog
- 4 common social media mistakes
- Why I decided to make changes to my social media strategy
- 3 key questions to ask yourself to optimize your social media
- How to build a social media system that will save you time and increase engagement
- How Periscope can improve your social media engagement and make your work more fun
- Social media tools you can use to increase engagement, reach, and traffic and save you time
Further Reading and Resources for How to Optimize Your Social Media to Drive Traffic to Your Blog
Great tools to help you automate and manage your social media:
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Other episodes in the Today, Not Someday Series:
- Part 1: Introducing New 'Today, Not Someday' Series
- Part 2: Why You Should Create a Product to Sell On Your Blog (and Tips on How to Do It)
- Part 3: How to Increase the Subscriber Numbers to Your Email List
- Part 4: How to Get Readers Excited to Join and Stay on Your Email List
- Part 5: How to Use Autoresponders to Fast Track Engagement and Profit
- Part 6: How to Refresh the Design of Your Blog For Maximum Impact
- Part 7: How to Make Money as an Affiliate With a Best Seller List
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Husky Energy to Webcast Investor Day on December 5, 2011
CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Nov. 28, 2011) - Husky Energy Inc. (TSX:HSE) will hold an Investor Day on Monday, December 5, 2011 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Members of Husky's executive management team will provide an update on the Company's strategy, operations and growth plans to invited institutional investors and analysts.
To accommodate a broader audience, presentations will be webcast. Links to the audio webcast and presentations will be available on December 5 at www.huskyenergy.com.
Presentations begin at 9:00 a.m. (Eastern Time) on December 5. The webcast may be accessed approximately 10 minutes before the scheduled start time. A webcast archive and transcript will be available within 48 hours of the presentations.
Husky Energy is one of Canada's largest integrated energy companies. It is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and is publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol HSE and HSE.PR.A. More information is available at www.huskyenergy.com.


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Last weekend our coworker Eddie rode the Shenandoah Mountain 100 mountain bike race. When we first heard about his decision, we were a little envious and a little like "why would you do that?". But, Performance being a supportive work environment when it comes to doing cool stuff on bikes, we went with it and gave him plenty of (possibly unsolicited) advice.
Last week we profiled his race prep, and now that the race is all done and dusted it's time to check in with Eddie for a race recap.
Read more below to find out what worked for Eddie, what didn't work so well for Eddie, and what you need to know it you're thinking about doing an epic MTB race next year.
-HI Eddie. Can you tell us a little bit about how you felt going into the race?
Going into the race, I felt good. I had my bike dialed, I knew my fitness was good, and felt like I got a lot of good information about the course. Everything worked out perfectly, aside from a series of flat tires (3 within the first 40 miles). Other than that, I felt great for the whole race. My finishing time was just over 10 hours, which I was totally happy with.
-What was your favorite part?
Aside from crossing the finish line, I think the highlight of the race was how nice and helpful everyone was. I got three flat tires and guys racing would stop to give me a tube and let me use their hand pump (mine fell out somewhere) with no hesitation. That was awesome how people were willing to stop and help out, even in the middle of a race. Everyone cheered you on and really kept morale high. Also, my girlfriend was volunteering at aid station 3 and after 45 miles, the PB&J she handed me was maybe the best I've ever had.
–What was your least favorite part?
My least favorite part would be the first climb, the Briery Branch ascent. With so many people, your pace was pretty much determined by the person in front of you. I pretty much had to walk the whole thing because there was a line of people walking up the mountain and the pace was too slow to ride. It was frustrating, but the descent made it well worth it.
-What equipment choices worked well?
The biggest thing that worked for me was a last minute saddle swap before the race. I typically ride with a lightweight road saddle, but decided to trade it out in favor of a softer Fizik saddle which really made 10 hours on a bike much more comfortable. The e*Thirteen 40 tooth extended range cog (now available standard on some 2015 GT mountain bikes) was a life saver. I probably did 90% of all my climbing in that gear and was definitely happy to have had it, especially at about mile 90.
-What equipment would you change next year?
Next year I would definitely go with a bigger rear tire. This year I was running a Racing Ralph 2.25", but will definitely be running 2.35" tires front and rear next time. A bigger tire would help with traction on the climbs as well as some extra cushion on the descents. Also, while the 36 tooth chainring was manageable, I think a 34 or even a 32 would have made some of the singletrack climbing a bit easier.
-Would you do it again?
Absolutely! I have already started planning my set-up and strategy for next year.
-Any advice for someone thinking about doing it next year?
– Install new brake pads before the race. The descents are so long and fast that sometimes all you can do is hold the brakes and try to stay on the trail. Be ready for some fast descending. Everyone talks about the climbs, but the descents were just as tough.
– Don't try to win the race in the first 15 miles. Pacing is key and having some energy left for the final climbs makes the race much more enjoyable.
– Use the aid stations to your advantage. They were spaced 15-20 miles apart and had everything you needed; food, maintenance, enthusiasm. I had heard that they were well stocked, so I limited the amount of food I carried with me and still got everything I needed.


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A Poem0 comments Posted by LolaBaby at 5:03 PM
All in the golden afternoon
Full leisurely we glide;
For both our oars, with little skill,
By little arms are plied,
While little hands make vain pretence
Our wanderings to guide.
Ah, cruel Three! In such an hour
Beneath such dreamy weather,
To beg a tale of breath too weak
To stir the tiniest feather!
Yet what can one poor voice avail
Against three tongues together?
Imperious Prima flashes forth
Her edict to begin it
In gentler tone Secunda hopes
"There will be nonsense in it!"
While Tertia interrupts the tale
Not more than once a minute.
Anon, to sudden silence won,
In fancy they pursue
The dream-child moving through a land
Of wonders wild and new,
In friendly chat with bird or beast --
And half believe it true.
And ever, as the story drained
The wells of fancy dry,
And faintly strove that weary one
To put the subject by,
'The rest next time' -- 'It is next time!'
The happy voices cry.
Thus grew the tale of Wonderland:
Thus slowly, one by one,
Its quaint events were hammered out
And now the tale is done,
And home we steer, a merry crew,
Beneath the setting sun.
Alice! a childish story take,
And with a gentle hand
Lay it where Childhood's dreams are twined
In Memory's mystic band,
Like pilgrim's wither'd wreath of flowers
Plucked in a far-off land.
~~Lewis Carroll
Pierce That, Tattoo This0 comments Posted by LolaBaby at 5:41 PM
The other day, I was sitting in my favorite piercing place (waiting for my mom to get her nose ring tightened) when a girl walked in with her parents. She was there to get her belly button pierced. She was 14.
I'm used to seeing girls and boys of all ages with piercings and tattoos, but this particular girl looked absoluetly terrified. I couldn't understand, why did she looked so afraid if it was her idea to get it done?
Is it possible, that in the atmosphere we live in, we have conditioned our children to want piercings and tattoos before they're ready for them? I didn't get my first tattoo until I was 18, and even then I had been thinking about it for years and I paid for it myself. I even got consent from my mother.
I left before the girl got her piercing. I wonder if she went through with it.
Imagination Everywhere And Not A Book In Sight!0 comments Posted by LolaBaby at 4:29 PM
Reading and writing, two things I have always been naturally good at.
I've always seemed to have a book or a pen in hand and tons of imagination to spare, but lately my writing skills have been extremely lacking. I have so much going on in my brain, so many different ways to start a story, but when I put pen to paper (or my fingers to my keyboard as I'm doing now) my imagination falters and my writing comes out utter crap. It makes me sick.
I've been wanting to write a book for longest, but it has never seemed like the right time. I'm afraid that, if I keep putting it off, I'll never get one done. Some days I feel like I should just give up. No, I won't let myself do that.
I just need to find the perfect story. The perfect angle. The perfect....
I've got it!
Gotta go! Bye!
I write...1 comments Posted by LolaBaby at 12:58 AM
Why do I write?
Someone asked me this question. I, in all honesty, didn't know how to reply. No answer rolled off the tip of my tongue, no words tumbled neatly out of my mouth, and my brain drew a complete blank. Why do I write?
I thought about it for a long while.
I write for myself. I write to express how I feel about things, people, places, and events. I write to save my thoughts; to share my thoughts. I write for the love of language.
I write...
I write...
I write...
Finally the answer comes to me.
I write because that is who I am.
The Flash Back Continues...0 comments Posted by LolaBaby at 12:53 AM
I'm back! It's a new day and the flashbacks are still coming! Let's just jump right into the list...
Now where did I leave off? I was at N right?
105. Neverending Story
106. Oh Yeah! Cartoons
107. Outlaw Star
108. Parenthood
109. Pink Panther
110. Pinky and the Brain
111. Pippi Longstocking
112. Plucky Duck Show
113. Pokemon
114. Quack Pack
115. Reboot
116. Recess
117. Ren and Stimpy
118. Richie Rich
119. Rocko's Modern Life
120. Rolie Polie Olie
121. Rugrats
122. Rupert the Bear
123. S Club 7
124. Sabrina The Teenage Witch
125. Sabrina The Animated Series
126. Salute Your Shorts
127. School House Rock
128. Secret Squirrel
129. Sherlock Holms in the 22nd Century
130. Smart Guy
131. So Weird
132. Space Ghost Coast to Coast
133. Step By Step
134. Swat Kats
135. Tales From The Crypt
136. TaleSpin
137. Taz Mania
138. Tenchi Muyo
139. The Addams Family
140. The Amanda Show
141. The Angry Beavers
142. The Big Comfy Couch
143. The Cosby Show
144. The Disney Club
145. The Famous Jett Jackson
146. The Fresh Prince
147. The Jamie Fox Show
148. The Magic School Bus
149. THe Nanny
150. The New Addams Family
151. The New Smurfs
152. The New Snorks
153. The Powerpuff Girls
154. The Secret Life of Toys
155. The Smurfs
156. THe Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper
157. They Sylvester and Tweetie Mysteries
158. The What-A-Cartoon SHow
159. The Wild Thornberry's
160. Timone And Pumbaa
161. Tiny Toons
162. Toonami
163. Trigun
164. Twisted Tales of Felix The Cat
165. Ultimate Muscle
166. Vampire Princess Miyu
167. Wedding Peach
168. Weird Science
169. Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego
170. Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego
171. Where's Waldo
172. Whose Line is it Anyway
173. Wilds & Crazy Kids
174. Wild C.A.T.S
175. Wishbone
That's it! I'm done! 175 shows that I can't live with forgetting. I really miss being a kid in the 90's!
1990's Flash Back0 comments Posted by LolaBaby at 10:41 PM
I wasn't feeling too well this evening. My stomach hurt and I sort of felt like I was going to...well, you know. My boyfriend told me to lay down. I did, but after a while of trying to sleep (and not being able to) I decided to watch an old video of H.R. Pufnstuf on youtube. The show is actually from the Sixtys but it triggered flashbacks of Saturdays spent in front of the television watching cartoons and people in giant costumes.
They say everything lasts forever on the internet, so I decided to make this list. It's a list of the shows I watched as a kid. A list of the show's that I loved and that I miss. I never want to forget.
And just so I'm not playing favorites...I'm doing this in ABC order! Also, this could take a while...
Let us begin!
01. 101 Dalmatians: The Series
02. 2 Stupid Dogs
03. 7th Heaven
04. A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
05. Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
06. Action League NOW
07. Adventures for the Book of Virtues
08. Adventures of Raggedy Ann and Andy
09. Adventures of the Gummi Bears
11. All Dogs Go to Heaven
12. All That
13. Allegra's Window
14. Alphabet Castle
15. Alvin and the Chipmunks
16. Angela Anaconda
17. Animaniacs
18. Animorphs
19. Archie's Weird Mysteries
20. Are you Afraid of the Dark?
21. Arthur
22. As told by Ginger
23. Avengers
24. Babysitter's Club
25. Bananas in Pajamas
26. Beetlejuice
27. Bill Nye: The Science Guy
28. Bishojo Senshi Sailor Moon
29. Bobby's World
30. Boy Meets World
31. Bug Juice
32. Bugs & Daffy
33. Caitlin's Way
34. Camp Candy
35. Captain Planet
36. Cartoon All Stars to the Rescue
37. Casper and Friends
38. CatDog
39. Cave Kids with Pebbles and Bam-Bam
40. Chip 'N' Dale Rescue Rangers
41. Clarissa Explains it All
42. Clueless: The Series
43. Courage the Cowardly Dog
44. Daria
45. Darkwing Duck
46. Dexter's Laboratory
47. Digimon
48. Disney's Doug
49. Donald's Quack Attack
50. Double Dare
51. Duck Tales
52. Ed Edd n Eddy
53. Eek! the Cat
54. Eureeka's Castle
55. Fivel's American Tails
56. Freakazoid
57. Garfield and Friends
58. Gargoyles
59. George and Martha
60. Ghost Writer
61. Goof Troop
62. Goosebumps
63. Growing Pains
64. Gullah Gullah Island
65. Gumby
67. Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
68. Happily Ever After
69. Hey Arnold!
70. Home Improvement
71. Honey, I Shrank the Kids
72. Huxley Pig
73. I Am Weasel
74. Living Color
75. In The House
76. InuYasha
77. Johnny Bravo
78. Johnny Quest
79. Kablam
80. Kenan and Kell
81. Kids Say the Darndest Things
82. Kids WB
83. Lamb Chops Play Along
84. Legends of the Hidden Temple
85. Life with Louie
86. Living Single
87. Looney Tunes
88. Madeline
89. Malcome & Eddie
90. Married...With Children
91. Martin
92. Mega Babies
93. Men In Black
94. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
95. Moesha
96. Monster Rancher
97. Mother Goose and Grimm
98. Mr. Bean
99. MTV's Celebrity Death Match
100. Muppet Babies
(I said I was only going to go up to 100 tonight, but I want to add the rest of M first!)
101. Muppets Tonight
102. My Life As A Teenage Robot
103. My Little Pony Tales
104. My So-Called Life
Now I'm off to bed. I'm sure to dream of cartoons long past and happy childhood memories. Maybe tomorrow I'll get up and see if I can't find those My Little Pony figures that my mom stashed away!
In any case, I promise that tomorrow I will start on N - Z!
Good Night!
Drive In Movies0 comments Posted by LolaBaby at 3:15 AM
Every year my mother and I make a point to head out to the local drive-in. We get popcorn and pizza slices and, when we feel really sneaky, we'll buy candy at Rite Aid or Walgreens and sneak it in. We get there early and listen to music until the previews start to roll. We leave the windows down on open up the sun roof. We talk and laugh and joke and make fun of the people on the screen. All in all we have a brilliant time.
This evening, morning now, we went to the drive-in. It was a double feature, as usual, for $8-something. We went to see Toy Story 3 (they couldn't have taken any longer getting that one out...I was nine when the last one was out...now I'm 19!) and Grown Ups. On the screen behind us they played Eclipse (never have I seen so many teenage girls at the drive-in!) and Letters to Juliet.
I slept through Toy Story 3, having already seen it with one of my best friends, but my mom wanted to see it. Grown Ups was so funny! I'd go see that one again! ...Actually, I really might.
The real fun of the evening was that the lot to screen #2 (showing eclipse and juliet) was filled to the brim! I had figured that would happen. I had actually wanted to see Eclipse too. It played through and, on my walk to the concession stand, I heard that it was a good movie. Then everyone cleared out.
There were only about 8 cars left to watch Letters to Juliet...
Creative Writing #20 comments Posted by LolaBaby at 9:14 PM
Prompt: Electricity is a recent discovery. Think of 12 things to do when there is no power.
01. sleep
02. board games
03. indoor flashlight tag
04. tell spooky stories
05. light candles
06. read a book
07. write a story
08. listen to your battery powered mp3 player
09. talk on your cell phone until the battery dies
10. use your laptop until the battery dies
11. color, draw, cut, and collage something
12. write a list of things to do for when the power goes out again
Gettin' Down and Dirty...1 comments Posted by LolaBaby at 9:25 PM
When my neighbor Mrs. Daisy, also known as Mrs. Green Thumb, asked me to come out and help plant flowers I was absolutely thrilled. I had visions of digging in the dirt and getting close to my planet, but those visions were dashed by skinned knees, dirty palms, and a ruined pair of jean shorts. The flowers, however, looked very pretty after they had been planted. I guess pretty flowers makes up for ruined shorts and mosquito bites.
So, it all started off well enough. I got up early this morning and was waiting for Mrs. Daisy to call and let me know she was ready. She's up in years so I wasn't going to rush her. Besides, I wasn't exactly sure what I was getting in to. I had only planted a few flowers and veggies with my gran when I was little and I didn't remember it quite well.
When I finally did get the call I was in the middle of looking for cheap Cedar Point tickets (anyone got any?) so it took me a little longer than it should for me to get outside. Once I did, after about twenty minutes of searching, I realized I wouldn't be gardening alone. My god brother, who usually helps Mrs. D with her yard, was outside pulling weeds and talking with Mrs. D.
T, who works on our yard too, was quick to make jokes about me being outside to actually do some yard work. Before I knew it I was digging spaced out holes down along our fence. See, Mrs. D was giving me flowers to plant along the front of our fence and the side where our fence met her yard. It's a drive way actually, but there's a nice little strip of turned over dirt there thanks to T.
I was digging, watering, planting, covering and seriously sweating. I honestly didn't realize that T wasn't joking when he said he was sweating up a storm last time he weeded our yard.It was so hot, and I was so hot, that I sat down to work instead of standing or kneeling (which was hard to do any way because the concrete was digging into my knees), but little did I know that spraying a hose while sitting on the side walk was bound to get you a little wet. When I finally got up from the ground my shorts were soaked in water and I had dirt covering my bottom. Honestly, it looked horrid.
Once all the flowers were planted, which took me a good two hours, I came back in the cool confines of my home, stripped off my clothes and tossed them in the wash. I went upstairs, got in the shower, crawled in bed and drifted off.
In the morning I'll go down and check the flowers, but i think maybe that'll be all I do for the day...I'm so sore!
Creative Writing #11 comments Posted by LolaBaby at 9:03 AM
Prompt: Choose a poem you like. Take the last line of that poem and use it as the first line for a poem of your own.
In the empty moments
between the rising of the sun
and the falling of the moon
I think of days gone by
words whispered in the night
laughter and shared secrets
I think of pet names
Children's names
Family names
I think of times a part
of words said in anger
of words not spoken at all
I think of fairy-tales
and princes
and of happily ever afters
I think of cupcakes
and large kitchens
and cooking
I think of you
what you mean to me
what I mean to you
And when I think of you
happiness can find me
L-O-V-E Spells Love...0 comments Posted by LolaBaby at 8:19 AM
It's out there all around us. It's hiding in corners. It's between the pages of books. It's hidden in the depths of emails and phone calls. It is always there, lurking about, pulsing just beneath the surface, waiting for the moment when you let your guard down enough for it to pounce on you and drag you into its blissful embrace.
Now, I'm not saying that all love is blissful. Love hurts. It makes you cry. It makes you scream and shout. It makes you wish for things that will never happen. It isn't all sunshine and flowers and happy days. The bad ones come with good. And, in the end, we all must except that.
If you search the word "Love" on photobucket (as I did) you will find over three million pictures. Some of them are happy. Some of them are sad. Some of them are poetic. And a great many have nothing to do with love at all...at least not to the eyes of the world, but I'm sure to the posters they mean something special. The point, is that we all love.
It doesn't matter what your age is. Race has no meaning here. Gender does not define it. People cannot define it. Love will strike no matter what and there is rarely a way to be prepared. Not for lack of trying on most peoples parts. Love is just one of those things you can't escape.
It holds on to you. It rarely lets you go. And even if you find yourself falling out of love with one person, you're bound to turn around and fall in love with another.
I am in love with love.
I was raised on disney movies where everything turns out happily ever after. Where princes find their princesses. Where a kiss is the most magical thing in existence. Where good always wins. The bad guys always lose. And everyone is happier than when the movie began.
I find myself watching the male dreaded "chick flicks" at every chance I get. And, silly as it may be, the plot never changes. Boy meets Girl. Boy and Girl fall in love. Catastrophe happens. Boy and Girl break up. Boy and Girl think about break up. Boy and Girl get back together. Happily ever after.
Never changing, yet I can't stay away. Like I said, I love love.
Love may be painful, it may break hearts, it may even make you despair. What we need to remember is that love is only painful because we make so. Love only hurts because we cause it to. Love is made joyous by our willingness to love as we wish to be loved in return.
Love is wonderful.
Love is beautiful.
Love is painful.
Love is...
So, go out there and love like you want to be loved. Show the world that an open heart policy is better than a closed one. And if you break hearts, which most of us will, remind the heart broken that love will always be just around the corner, lurking and pulsing just beneath the surface.
All we have to do is find it.
Don't know where this is going...0 comments Posted by LolaBaby at 7:59 AM
But I hope it's going somewhere.
I started up this blog because I needed somewhere to just write about anything and everything. I wanted to write day and night about the silliest, weirdest, and most random things, but I think I'm ready to turn this into something else. I don't know what to call it. I don't know how often I'll update it. But I want this blog to be special. Not just to me, but to him. And to anyone who reads this...though I'm positively sure the only ones who will ever even see this are my mom and, well, him.
That is all.
Whoever invented the high road and decided how high it should be should get fired! -- sandra b.


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Did life on Earth come from space? The scientific evidence is mounting.
A new report suggests amino acids, the chemical building blocks necessary for life as we know it, may be scattered throughout the solar system, created when high-speed comets smacked into the icy moons of Jupiter and Saturn, and rocky planets like our very own Earth.
"Amino acids have very basic starting materials -- you need some kind of carbon source like methane or carbon dioxide, a nitrogen source like ammonia, and water ice," said Nir Goldman, a physical chemist at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California and a co-author of the study published Sunday in the journal Nature Geoscience. "Comets have all these things in abundance."
Since 2006, Goldman has been working on a theory known as shock synthesis. It predicts that when a comet slams into another rocky or icy body, the heat and pressure from the impact cause the chemical bonds in the comet's head to break apart while new bonds form.
"Amino acids are just one of the things that are formed, but they are almost guaranteed to form," he said.
Goldman tested his theory using elaborate computer models. Then a team of scientists put shock synthesis to test in the lab.
After meeting Goldman at a conference, Mark Price of the University of Kent in England offered to re-create the conditions of a comet impact in his lab. Price, who has one of the coolest jobs ever, works with a powerful gun more than 15-feet long that can shoot a projectile faster than 4 miles per second.
Price and his team created a block of ice with the same chemical composition observed in comets like Halley and Hale-Bopp. The scientists split each block of ice in two, then shot one half with a 2-mm round steel ball -- "basically a ball bearing," Price said.
Both samples were melted down, the water was allowed to evaporate, and then Zita Martins, a chemist at the Imperial College London, analyzed the remaining mixture for amino acids.
They did the experiment twice. Each time, Martins found amino acids in the sample that had been shot -- but no amino acids in the control sample.
"When we got the results, I was like, 'What do you mean it worked?'" said Price. "It wasn't that I disbelieved Nir Goldman's theory, but it raised some eyebrows in the lab. But we got repeatable results, and that's when we were finally convinced it was working."
In the paper, the scientists write that the results of their experiment present a significant step forward in our understanding of the origin of the building blocks of life and where we might find them.
"What is interesting about this work is that the amino acids could be synthesized regardless of the chemical conditions of the impact site," Goldman said. "In that sense, a comet could hit Earth, or a moon of Saturn or Jupiter and the same process would occur."
Martins puts it this way: "This study increases enormously the places where we might look for life."
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What do you use to mark on fabric?
I bought these water soluble markers that are supposed to last about 24 hours on the fabric. Didn't last 5 minutes. :( Not sure the brand, but I bought them at Joann's and they are pink and purple.
I also bought a silver fabric pencil, which works fine. Except, I've used up nearly half the pencil on just one block! Darn thing keeps breaking on me.
So I'm wondering, what can I use to mark the pattern on my blocks? Any suggestion for good markers/pencils?


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Litia and Ashleigh have brought us a podcast about another one of David Hill's fabulous books - Treasure Deep.
Glyn and Api are best mates, they always have been. That they come from different backgrounds, Api is Maori and Glyn is Pakeha, is something that neither has given a thought to, until now. But problems start to appear, and Colin the Cop doesn't help matters. The boys make a scary discovery in nearby sandhills, which turns their world upside down.


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Shandur polo festival – world's highest polo ground
Chitral (Sunday, July 08, 2012) – 3 day Shandur polo festival got underway Saturday at the world's highest polo ground sited about 12,200 feet above the sea level.
A large number of tourists including foreigners attended the inaugural ceremony. In the opening match of the festival, Ghizer district team from Gilgit-Baltistan defeated Laspur by 9-1 in a one-sided match.
It is expected that Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf would be the chief guest on the final day of the festival. Activists of the PPP in upper Chitral said that the prime minister would also announce the status of district for Mastuj subdivision.


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In the Gospel according to St. Mark we read:
Jesus said to his disciples: "Go into the whole world and proclaim the gospel to every creature. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved; whoever does not believe will be condemned."
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Jerry Seib: Rand Paul Runs Against Washington
Sen. Rand Paul (R., Ky.) made clear in his presidential campaign kickoff speech that he isn't running as a typical Republican candidate, instead embracing populist and libertarian themes. WSJ's Jerry Seib explains. Photo: AP
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... you know those us who follow politics of known for awhile that Rand Paul is can be a different kind of Republican presidential candidate ... well he announced his candidacy on Tuesday and sure enough the whole announcement ... told you that this is in fact a different tenor Republican candidate how successful or not we don't know obviously but is not to be the same ol' thing ... for starters in his announcement address super trader sells both as a kind of a libertarian that's obviously the reputation Rand Paul carries into the race but also the libertarian message had a very strong populist anti Washington message that was as tough on Republicans in Washington the facts come from Republicans in Washington ... than on a Democrat he might face the presidential campaign ... here's how people are ... often ... when Republicans of law and ... we've squandered our victory ... by becoming part of the Washington she ... that's not who I am ... the the the ... and then secondly he won additives waited for trade himself in his campaign is one that can appeal to ... a diverse group of voters nontraditional Republican voters is African American faces Hispanics ... lots of young voters ... in a message from Rand Paul that said I can reach up to these people I can broaden the base of the Republican party by doing that take all those things together and you get a sense of where Rand Paul thinks he fits into this Republican twenty sixteen race ... he's got a libertarian lane that he kind of owns ... us are brought out an appeal to the tea party base to the populist message ... anyone's Republicans to see him as somebody who can broadened the appeal of the party ... the on traditional Republican voters will work ... hard to know but it's certainly an interesting start ...


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Kurt Masur, the music director emeritus of the New York Philharmonic, who was credited with transforming the orchestra from a sullen, lackluster ensemble into one of luminous renown, died on Saturday December 19, 2015, in Greenwich, Conn. He was 88.
Masur was born in Brieg, Lower Silesia, Germany (now Brzeg in Poland) and studied piano, composition and conducting in Leipzig, Saxony. Masur was married three times. His first marriage ended in divorce. He and his second wife, Irmgard, had a daughter, Carolin. Irmgard Masur died in 1972 in a car accident in which Masur was severely injured. His marriage to his third wife, the former Tomoko Sakurai, produced a son, Ken-David, a classical singer and conductor


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The musicians themselves are fascinated by the dancing. "During rehearsal they would turn their chairs toward the stage and would want to watch what was going on," McIntyre says.
"There was this really beautiful exchange between artists," the choreographer adds, speaking of the project that launched in 2008 with the premiere of "Ma Maison," a dance commissioned by the New Orleans Ballet Association.
A companion piece called "The Sweeter End" debuted in February, and Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors will present both, with the musicians accompanying the dancers live. For their second work together, Preservation Hall director Ben Jaffe dug deep into the band's archives, hunting for new music. "They gave me access to their entire library, to choose what I wanted to work with," McIntyre says, still awe-struck at the memory.
"When you go into the Hall it feels like you're going to church," he adds. "There's something about the volume of the sound in that space that moves you in a spiritual way. You feel closer to God being in there."
A highlight of "The Sweeter End" is a 14-minute version of the blues ballad "St. James Infirmary," which begins in the style of a funeral dirge but segues into an upbeat dance tune inspired by the remixes of hip-hop DJ King Britt. According to McIntyre, the band is looking for ways to present its music in a fresh context—hence the collaboration with a dance company. "Ma Maison" also incorporates the gospel singing of Sister Gertrude Morgan and the rant of an itinerant preacher.
Although the musicians of Preservation Hall are accustomed to improvising, they met the dancers halfway. "Structurally, the music stays the same," says McIntyre.
The choreographer's own aesthetic is grounded in the vocabulary of classical ballet, but he describes his approach to choreography as "instinctive" and says he doesn't care whether his dances look traditional.
McIntyre, who spent many happy hours relaxing in New Orleans with his friends when he was still performing with the Houston Ballet, says that in "Ma Maison" he wanted to capture the special outlook of the city's inhabitants, who manage to combine the search for pleasure with a hovering awareness of their mortality. To quote from the lyrics of St. James Infirmary: "Put a jazz band on my hearse wagon/Raise hell as I roll along … Twelve men going to the graveyard/And 11 coming back."
"It's this understanding that we only have this moment," McIntyre says. "Death is lurking around the corner, so let's make the most of it."
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Hi beauties. This Saturday was a first for me as I was able to attend my first beauty blogger event hosted by the wonderful Aussie, not only was it my first opportunity to meet some amazing bloggers, it was also my first outing as an Aussie Angel. Aussie really spoilt us Angels for a pamper day down at the luxury spa at the Chancery Court Hotel. The whole event was to celebrate Aussie's best product '3 Minute Miracle'.
I arrived in London to meet up with the lovely Sarah from Oh SoGlamBlog and we made our way down to the Spa via one of the London buses (no underground for us angels). Upon arrival at the Hotel, I was just amazed by the actual building with its beautiful courtyard entrance; it looked just like a real life scale Victorian dolls house.
Sarah and I mingled with the other Aussie Angels at the spa entrance, where we were given our very own Aussie name tags and greeted with some cold melon soup in fancy shot glasses (it was a lot nicer than it sounds). The wonderful Aussie girls then took us to the changing rooms where there was a steam room, sauna and fancy showers that went hot and cold with pretty lights, it was like a lagoon in there. When all the Angels were in the changing room, we were given a little wicker basket which was filled with some 3MM, a fluffy Aussie Robe, some Aussie slippers and a bright purple shower cap for those of us wanting to use the relaxing facilities at the spa. We all hurried into our robes as there is no better way to start relaxing than getting comfortable and cozy.
The Angels were all split into groups, so we could take it in turns to get our massage or facial and while we waited we had the joy of waiting in the gorgeous relaxation room which was filled with fresh fruits, comfy loungers, magazines and well pampered Aussie Angels. We all helped ourselves to the top notch buffet which was filled with yummy food (all healthy of course) and had a good old chit chat while we waited. I got chatting to the lovely Lauren from ALaurentoHerself . We were also free to look around the spa; the whole place was like a secret paradise underground, with its candles and tea lights offering the only source of light, relaxing music, beautiful water features and of course lots of Aussie balloons. I can honestly say I have never felt so chilled out, I could have spent the whole weekend there.
When it came to my turn to have a relaxing massage, I felt so pampered. The whole day was a many firsts for me, as I had never been to spa before or never been treated to a professional massage. I honestly can't believe I've gone this long in my life without going to one. The massage was well and truly amazing and the lovely lady who did mine, really did a superb job at getting rid of all the tension and knots in my back.
Not only were us lucky Angels treated to a day of luxury, Aussie also had two professional stylists in to style our hair and make us all look that extra bit glamorous. Some of the hair styles they were creating on the girls were jaw dropping fabulous. There were plenty of up-do's going around with pretty braids entwined in them. All the girls looked absolutely stunning with their hair styled. I had my hair done by the lovely Eugene, who styled my hair down in loose curls that had huge amounts of volume and bounce. He gave me a few pointers and tips on who to achieve this look myself, so I will be sure to share my new found knowledge with you beauties in a future post.
So some of you maybe wondering why we all needed to look our best? Well there were more surprises as they day went on as Aussie had arranged for us to be their very own 'girls on film'. We were each individually taken one by one to do a filming session and answer some questions about what 3MM means to us and what we love about it. I was nervous about this as I don't do well on camera (this is the reason why I've stayed clear from You Tube) but once I had gotten into it, it was a lot of fun and the lady asking the questions made me feel very comfortable. Everyone videos are going to be edited together to make one big video, which will hopefully go up on the Boots and Aussie website... How exciting, I just hope that there are not too many cringeworthy moments.
Once all the filming was finished, it was time for Aussie to deliver the special announcement which they had been teasing us with all day. All the Angels were given some very cool sunglasses and were taken in to the male changing rooms (no need to worry, there were no naked men in there, we had the whole spa to ourselves of course!). I'm sure you all know by now about the secret announcement as the cat is well and truly out the bag, especially if you've seen my last blog post. But for those of you who don't know yet, Aussie have brought out a new range which is called the Miracle Shine Range. I won't go into too much detail about how much I am in love with this range as I've done a lot of rambling about it already (you can find my thoughts here) but to keep it short and sweet, I think its the best range in the whole Aussie collection by far, and it's now available to buy in stores across the UK. So we can all have gorgeous, shiny and yummy hair.
This is where the Aussie pamper day sadly came to an end, but it was such a relaxing but oh so fun day and I enjoyed every minute of it. All the angels left the spa feeling as though we were floating on a cloud and had our hands full with all the Aussie goodies in our little baskets. I kid you not, people around London must have thought we were carrying new born babies in those baskets as we all got some very dodgy looks!
So a huge thank you to Aussie for putting together an amazing day. I would love to know if any of you lovlies have gotten your hands on the new shine range yet, and to know your thoughts on it.
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Fighting HIV with antibodies is like battling a forest fire with garden hoses. They can slow the virus, but it vigorously copies itself, making mutant versions that dodge this critical immune response. Now, an experiment suggests that infusing mice with rare, unusually potent antibodies produced in laboratories and then combined into a cocktail might work as a treatment to supplement or even replace antiretroviral (ARV) drugs. It's a long way from mice to humans, and the cost of producing therapeutic antibodies may be prohibitive. But the concept intrigues many researchers.
The most powerful antibodies against HIV are isolated from untreated people who have failed to control their HIV infection for many years. These so-called broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) do little to help the people who produce them, but their existence indicates that mutations have created an increasingly diverse population of the virus, which in turn has pushed the immune system to evolve a response that is both more potent and works against more variants. Unfortunately, the virus readily mutates around each individual's bNAbs, too. But a team led by immunologist Michel Nussenzweig of the Rockefeller University in New York City has shown that it may be possible to outwit the virus by combining several bNAbs that target different parts of it.
As Nussenzweig and colleagues explain in a paper published online today in Nature, they tested bNAbs in a "humanized" mouse model. HIV cannot copy itself in mouse cells, so they purchased mice that had deliberately crippled immune systems and then rebuilt them with human stem cells. After infecting the mice with HIV, the group tested five different bNAbs recently isolated from humans and then artificially produced as monoclonals in laboratory cultures.
ARV cocktails are extremely effective at treating HIV-infected people, but the drugs have serious long-term toxicities and must be taken every day. Furthermore, several clinical studies have shown that even when ARVs fully suppress HIV for years, viral levels almost always skyrocket within weeks of stopping treatment. If bNAb therapy worked, it would have distinct advantages, Nussenzweig says. "These antibodies are a natural product from humans and shouldn't have many side effects, and they can be very long-lasting," he says. "Potentially, they could be used twice or three times a year."
When the researchers tested the bNAbs as monotherapies, HIV levels typically decreased but rebounded within 2 weeks of stopping the treatment, as the virus mutated to evade the given antibody. A cocktail of three bNAbs that glom onto HIV's surface protein at different locations fared only slightly better. But when investigators combined five different bNAbs (see graphic), the virus remained suppressed in seven of eight mice for 60 days.
The idea of bNAb therapy lost steam several years ago after two small-scale human studies failed. In the June 2005 issue of Nature Medicine, a group led by Alexandra Trkola of the University of Zurich in Switzerland described how it had scant success with a cocktail of three bNAbs given to 14 HIV-infected humans. But Trkola notes that the existing bNAbs then had much less punch than those available today. "The new potent monoclonal antibodies and the new humanized mouse models without a doubt open fantastic possibilities," she says.
Immunologist Dennis Burton, who specializes in bNAbs against HIV at the Scripps Research Institute in San Diego, California, says the "exciting" concept "still has a long way to go" before bNAb therapy proves its worth in HIV-infected humans. For one thing, HIV does not copy itself to particularly high levels in the humanized mouse, which means people infected for many years would have much more diverse swarms of virus that would be more difficult for bNAbs to thwart. These mice also do not have intact immune systems: Humans might develop antibodies to the monoclonals, rendering them ineffective. On a strictly practical front, monoclonals are expensive and difficult to produce in large quantities.
Nussenzweig realizes the challenges. "This doesn't mean this is going to work in people," he says. "I think what it means is it should be tested in people."


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Follow my quest to read every book from Time Magazine's 100 All Time Novels.
Monday, October 4, 2010
#19 - "Housekeeping" by Marilynne Robinson
My race to finish 25 books by mid November has made some progress, but will have to continue at a feverish pace to be successful. Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson, my 19th book, has helped my cause, thanks to it being a little on the short side, and for the most part is an easy read.
It's the story of two sisters, Ruth and Lucille, who are orphaned after their mother's suicide. They move around between different relatives, until they settle in with their estranged aunt, Sylvie. Or rather, she settles in with them. The two sisters begin to grow in different directions, as one becomes closer to their aunt and one drifts farther and farther away, eventually running away from home to stay with neighbors. Aunt Sylvie, who speaks mostly of bus and train stations from her drifting days, is a bit odd to say the least. She returns to town to take care of her nieces, having arrived from places unknown. While she had been married, nobody knows what happened to her husband, and Sylvie isn't really interested in telling anybody. Aunt Sylvie isn't big on disciplining the girls, and for the most part lets them do as they please. While at first both girls love it, this laissez-faire attitude to practically everything is what eventually drives Lucille to run away, but it is also what brings Ruth and Sylvie together.
Housekeeping reminds me of a couple other books on The List, The Sun Also Rises and Tropic of Cancer. Not because it's about sexually frustrated ex-pats, living in Paris, but because nothing really happens in the book. Housekeeping just seems to drift along, without any real plot twists or any pivotal events. The end of the book is merely a little later in time than the start. This isn't to say, however, that it is enjoyable to read this book. It flowed very well, and I found myself very interested, despite realizing early on that nothing would happen. I was still interested in reading it for its' style and I enjoyed the characters. I suppose this is a sign of a well-written book and one of the reasons it is on The List, and I need to get a little better and recognizing 'good writing' when I see it. I'm thinking 'writing quality' is what separates this book from say, a Clive Cussler novel. Sure, lots of things happen in Raise the Titanic!, but in terms of style, it's likely a little lacking, much like a good movie over, say, "Death Wish." So to summarize, not a lot happens in Housekeeping but I enjoyed it, and it isn't anything like "Death Wish." (I think that's inside cover material!)
You can read the original TIME magazine review from February 2nd, 1981, here.
Next up, will be my 20th book on the list, a milestone of sorts I suppose. Seeing as how there are a few books left on The List that I have already read, and there are some whose story I am very familiar with, I've decided to try and space those out a little, trying to read one every tenth book. So, my next read will be James Dickey's Deliverance. I've seen the movie several times, and even played the role of "Hillbilly Santa" in my Grade 8 Christmas Concert, in a skit entitled "A Christmas Deliverance." I'm not kidding, that actually happened. It was brilliant.
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from left. mohair-wool hat, hm. keys and earbuds.
handbag, Lancel. notebook, MoMA. Tic Tacs.
Rose hair elastic. Iphone. Raybans.
Watch, bijoux Terner. Card case. usb key.
Nikon L35AF, value village. Cosmetics case
with hello kitty button. Labello chapstick.
Wallet with bayonets, Surface to Air.
at any random time I may also have the following
inside this handbag: Asus epc. Two+books. many crumpled receipts
and movie tickets. mini bottle of San
Pellegrino. Eraser-less pencils. Kit Kat Bars.
Oh- and if i'm not wearing one, there is always a
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3 comments:
- angelica said...
WOW! i love to see what everyone else is carrying around in their bags. kiss
- 10 February, 2009
- magdalyn said...
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- 11 February, 2009
- Noah Ferguson said...
Rad post. Love 'personal effects.' Once did a photo series on the crap my friends kept in their apartments. Should have done hand-bags, it's more telling. I was inspired by a documentary of Karl Lagerfeld, who might have the best assortment of personal effects ever.
- 11 February, 2009
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The spinning frame was an invention developed during the 18th century British Industrial Revolution. It was later developed into the water frame (patented in 1768), and was used to increase production of textiles in factories.
Richard Arkwright employed John Kay to produce a new spinning-machine that Kay had worked on with (or possibly stolen from) another inventor called Thomas Highs [1]. With the help of other local craftsmen the team produced the spinning frame, which produced a stronger thread than the spinning jenny produced by James Hargreaves. The frame employed the draw rollers invented by Lewis Paul to stretch, or attenuate, the yarn.
A thick 'string' of cotton roving was passed between three sets of rollers, each set rotating faster than the previous one. In this way it was reduced in thickness and increased in length before a strengthening twist was added by a bobbin-and-flyer mechanism.
Too large to be operated by hand, the spinning frame needed a new source of power. Arkwright at first experimented with horses, but decided to employ the power of the water wheel, which gave the invention the name 'water frame'.


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Crime Crushing Canines
I took the photo on my way to work almost as a lark. Then I loaded Lucy and Bella into my car took them to work with me in a boring detective cubicle. They slept all day.
I showed the picture to my friend who works in the Public Affairs Unit for the department and he asked if he could post it on Facebook.
The rest is history.
Lucy and Bella are now asking me to separate out the red biscuits from the brown as part of their contract. I just knew this would happen…


text: Thuppakki is almost completed. Now actor Vijay is all set to start working on his next project with director AL Vijay, who has just completed his Thaandavam that is scheduled to release on 28th September. A L Vijay's film with Vijay is expected to be an action thriller and singer Vijay Yesudas, son of the legendary singer Yesudas, has been roped in as the antagonist.Now we hear that the team is trying to rope in a top Bollywood heroine to be the film's female lead. The word is that director AL Vijay is taking the help of his mentor, director Priyadharshan, who is very active in the north to do this.