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Infographic: 2012 in ReviewCarly Brantz
What an exceptional year it was for SendGrid. The infographic below highlights all of the most important milestones. When I started in July of 2010 as employee #36, I could have never imagined that in just a year and a half later, we would be a company of over 100 people, sending more than 7 billion emails in a single month with over 100,000 customers.
I'm extremely proud to be part of an organization that puts resources into growth, innovation and the happiness of our employees. It truly is a unique place to work with a focus on the 4H philosophy. Looking forward to another incredible year in 2013! Did I mention we are hiring?
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2012 in Review
- Announced partnership with Microsoft to support the Windows Azure development platform
- SendGrid raised $21 million from Bessemer, Foundry Group, Highway 12 Ventures, and others to fund rapid growth
- Milestone: 20 billion emails delivered to date
- Milestone: 3 Billion Emails delivered in one month
- Milestone: More than 40,000 customers
- SendGrid speaks, hacks, & parties at SXSW
- Launched monthly webcast series on email infrastructure, deliverability, and transactional email best practices
- SendGrid wins Red Herring North America 100 Award
- Announced new partnership with HP Cloud Services
- Milestone: 60,000 customers
- Milestone: 50 billion emails delivered to date
- First SendGrid Delivered event takes place in NYC
- SendGrid hacks at TechCrunch Disrupt
- SendGrid reaches 100 full time employees
- Improved Newsletter Application launched
- SendGrid Delivered arrives in San Francisco
- Milestone: 70 Billion emails delivered to date
- SendGrid partners with Twilio for Enterprise Messaging Platform
- SendGrid featured on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams
- Listed as a Whitehat Sender by Spamhaus
- Milestone: 7 billion emails delivered in 1 month
- Milestone: 100,000 customers
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LAS VEGAS – With five days in the books, all 22 teams have now played three games each and it's clear that players are starting to feel more comfortable with the action. Wednesday begins tournament play, with the top 10 teams receiving byes and the bottom 12 teams in action at Thomas & Mack and Cox Pavilion. Complete bracket information can be found here.
Non-rookie of the day: Thomas Robinson, Trail Blazers. Portland's offseason acquisition was a beast on the boards, finishing with 18 to go along with 12 points in the Blazers' 80-78 overtime loss to the Bulls. Robinson was active and looked more like the lottery pick than the player that's been dealt twice since being drafted by Sacramento at No. 5 in 2012.
Other notables: Marquis Teague, Bulls. Derrick Rose's backup had his best scoring game yet, finishing with 25 points on 7-for-14 shooting, hitting all three 3-point attempts. Jonas Valanciunas, Raptors. For the third straight game, the Lithuanian big man was dominant inside, scoring 18 points and grabbing eight rebounds in Toronto's 81-70 win over Sacramento. He did commit seven turnovers and had nine fouls (something that plagued him in his rookie season), but still looked like the best big man on the floor.
Rookie of the day: Ben McLemore, Kings. After two dismal shooting performances, the No. 7 pick's shots were falling Tuesday as he finished with 26 points on a more respectable 8-for-14 shooting, which included him going 3-for-6 from beyond the arc. McLemore's shot has looked good all week, but Tuesday he was more under control and it showed.
Other notables: Phoenix guard Archie Goodwin scored 22 points on 6-for-11 shooting in the Suns' 100-88 win over the Grizzlies. The No. 29 overall pick hit all three of his 3-pointers in his best game yet in Las Vegas. C.J. McCollum started slow, but came on late to score 27 points, including a game-tying 3-pointer to send the game into overtime, where the Blazers would eventually lose to the Bulls 80-78.
Coming up: Tuesday was the final day of preliminary play. Now, teams will be seeded and placed in brackets for the tournament format leading to the championship game on July 22. Six games will be played Wednesday, beginning at 6 p.m. ET, which is a departure from the typical 4 p.m. ET start of the day in Las Vegas. Check NBA.com/summerleague for complete seeding and bracket information for the rest of the tournament.

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Date Night: La Cabaña
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"You're not allowed to gallop through the town," according to a loose translation of a sign hanging in the dining area at La Cabaña. But the only things galloping around here are cars down Northern Boulevard. On another wall of this Argentine restaurant in Jackson Heights, someone has framed and posted newspaper clippings in Spanish and English about the 1982 Falklands War. There are flags and signs and even a detailed map, Argentina in pinks and yellows. It's a love letter to the United Provinces.
Pride bursts from the menu. The brick oven in the back, it said, had been specially imported from Argentina. Rather than try one of the many pizzas on offer, we went with the grissini ($6). The narrow bread sticks, showered with basil and Parmesan, formed a pretty lattice pattern. We dunked the bread sticks into the small vat of pesto, garlicky enough to keep vampires away.
Our second appetizer, a beef gaucho pie, came as part of a prix fixe available all weekend: an appetizer, a main course, and a glass of wine or a soda for $17.95. Here, "gaucho pie" is code for "empanada," a bubbly pastry exterior shielding moist beef interspersed with salty slivers of green olives. Like the United States, Argentina reveres its cowboys, generally known as gauchos, although the term may also refer to anyone who lives in the rural Pampas. Anyway, they make a fine pie.
When in an Argentine steakhouse . . . so we ordered skirt steak, which came with forgettable pork sausage and fries, part of the aforementioned prix fixe. The tenderness of the steak prompted much discussion of how much butter must have been used on the hand-sized slab before us. The steak had less mineral tang than we would have liked, but at this price you can't have everything.
We were both given steak knives, although we didn't really need one for our grilled snapper ($21). The whole fish had been sliced, stuffed with cubes of peppers, onions, and crab, then slapped on the grill. A rich sauce made the dish juicier, and tempered some of the fishiness. In our experience, conversation moves in inverse proportion to the amount of bones a dish has; as we ate this one, we didn't speak a word.
La Cabaña is remarkably consistent in its rustic patriotism. The one discordant note came in the form of many: the 1980s-era Top 40 on the radio. Wham! never helped anyone's digestion. Still, we found this restaurant a respite from the car shops, large grocery stores, and other signs of modernity in this particular part of Jackson Heights. La Cabaña is best for: a date with a cowboy, lonesome or otherwise.
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The Urban Peregrine – evolution in action!
By 1981 the peregrine had recovered to its pre-war populations of 725 breeding pairs, and by 1991 there were 1283 pairs recorded across the UK. Amongst this number of breeding pairs, for the first time, seven nest sites were found on man made structures. By 2002 this number was 66.
Peregrines have started to venture into cities and towns because there are plenty of tall buildings with suitable ledges to nest on and an abundant supply of their favourite food item, the feral/street pigeon.
They are also taking advantage of the artificial illumination at night in the city and have evolved a hunting strategy that sees them hunting well after dark.
The Hawk and Owl Trust has set up two Urban Peregrine Projects, one in Norwich and another in Bath which have captured the imagination of the public and the peregrines and their offspring have achieved virtual celebrity status.
In a partnership between the Hawk and Owl Trust and Norwich Cathedral, and with the invaluable help of volunteers from Norwich firefighters during their time off, in February 2011 the Trust installed a nesting platform after a pair of peregrines was observed around the city. The first chicks where successfully fledged in 2012 and a further two chicks fledged in 2013.
Peregrines were first observed regularly around Bath from around 2000. The Hawk and Owl Trust built a nest platform on the spire of one of the peregrine's preferred roost sites, St John's RC Church in South Parade in 2005 and the birds first bred successfully the following season. They have hatched young every season since.
The Urban Peregrine Projects at Norwich and Bath are one of the Trust's most popular attractions. We have a separate web site dedicated to them with news, photos and updates along with links to other urban peregrine sites around the country.
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Take Five! Free Jazz Concert
8th and F St., NW
Nothing dawns the weekend quite like a free jazz concert, and the Take Five! series is taking it to a whole new level. Enjoy performances from the Tony Martucci Quintet, and bask in the beauty of the climate-controlled (au revoir, winter coat!) Kogod courtyard. Got a group? There are board games to be had. Or, you know, just sit back and relax with drinks from the cash bar.
Deal nearby: Mehak Indian Cuisine
Friday, November 22, 8 p.m.
Beaujolais and Beyond Wine Harvest Celebration
4101 Reservoir Rd., NW
We're filled with joie de vivre, old sport. The Embassy of France is throwing a Roaring 20's-themed fête to in homage to the annual Beaujolais Nouveau harvest in France. Sip on free-flowing, young red wines and snack on French breads, cheeses, pâtés, pastries and small plates. Plus, attendees have the opportunity to win round-trip tickets to Paris from Air France. Can you say raison d'être?
Deal nearby: Panache Restaurant + Lounge
Saturday, November 23, 1:00 to 11:30 p.m.
H Street Movemberfest II
421 H Street NE
We're treating our Movember moustaches to one more trot around town and heading over to H Street NE for some sweet deals at over a dozen different venues. Sporting a bare upper-lip? Join in on the fun, too. Facial hair is not required (just encouraged) to enjoy the discounted food, drinks and shopping with ticket purchase. Attendees also have the a chance to win prizes in the online raffle from Metro Mutts, The Traveler Beer Company and Chinito's Burritos. Proceeds benefit the Prostate Cancer Foundation and LIVESTRONG.
Deal nearby: Las Placitas
Sunday, November 24, noon to 5 p.m.
Holiday Ceramics Sale
Torpedo Factory, 105 N. Union St., Alexandria, VA
It's Artfête weekend! Shop one-of-a-kind ceramics by
Deal nearby: Bilbo Baggins Global Restaurant + Pub


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From The Files Of March 30, 1989 '89 Spring is officially here and not just on the calendar. Temperatures have soared into the high 70s and 80s over Easter, and the unseasonably
warm weather has continued this week, sending sports enthusiasts to the golf links and tennis courts and farmers to the fields.
Timothy Noss of Tell Township, Huntingdon County, was recently named by the board of directors of the Fulton Conservation District as the new conservation district manager.
Daylight Saving Time begins on Sunday at 2:00 a.m.
Included among the thousands of youngsters who gathered on the south lawn of the White House on Monday for the Easter egg roll were Rachel, Kristin and Mandy Ott, daughters of Dr. and Mrs. Jeffery Ott of Greencastle. As well as collecting a souvenir wooden egg, the granddaughters of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ott also got to shake hands with President Bush.
Rumors regarding the possible sale of a large tract of land in Thompson Township and an inquiry by a Massachusetts firm about locating a hazardous waste dump in Fulton County have the county commissioners urging the adoption of zoning ordinances in the county. The firm of WRDC Inc. had phoned the commissioners to ask if there was interest in hosting a hazardous waste dump in the county. The commissioners flatly rejected any notion that the county would be interested in hosting such a dump site.
David Morrison of McConnellsburg was named the 1988 Sportsman of the Year at the Fulton County Ducks Unlimited fourth annual banquet at the American Legion on Saturday.
The promoter of Hagerstown Speedway, Frank Plessinger of McConnellsburg, was recently named Promoter of the Year for the Mideast Region by Racing Promotion Monthly.
Mr. and Mrs. Hayward McLaughlin of Fort Loudon were honored at a 50th wedding anniversary celebration on March 5 at the American Legion in McConnellsburg.
Births at the Medical Center: a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Elton Guyer of McConnellsburg on March 17; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. John Strub of Big Cove Tannery on March 20; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Wilson of Needmore on March 21.
Deaths: Raymond Souders, McConnellsburg; Rev. Clarence Bailey, Chambersburg; Millard Divelbliss, Hancock; Harry Glunt Sr., Rockhill Furnace; Wayne DeShong, Galesburg, Ill.
30 Years Ago
From The Files Of March 29, 1979 '79 In bicentennial 1976 the people of Fulton County saw the Fulton House, a tavern-hotel dating from 1793, dedicated to them. Since
then, interested citizens and groups in Fulton County have been actively involved in the renovation of the old tavern-hotel, which once sheltered such famous Americans as John and Abigail Adams, Zachary Taylor, William Henry Harrison, James Buchanan and Eleanor Roosevelt. Restoration of the original log structure, the kitchen, is a project of the Fulton County Historical Society, which has been in limbo for a few years. The remodeling committee had to find someone willing to provide 15 hand-hewn logs, someone not only willing to undertake the project, but someone who knew the art of hewing logs. The remodelling committee found an answer right in their own group, Harold N. Rotz. Rotz has had plenty of practice over the years. A broad axe and a long-handled axe are the only tools a man needed to build a house years ago, he claims. The Rotz home was originally built of hewn logs. Mr. Rotz guesses his home dates from the early 1800s, because it was built before the use of manufactured nails. It's an effort which should stand for at least another 200 years, according to Mr. Rotz. The present logs lasted that long and the new ones Mr. Rotz is hewing will also be treated with a clear substance similar to creosote, which should preserve the even longer.
JLG Industries announced that sometime this summer they will be moving the Sizzor lift production operations from the company's headquarters plant at Mc- Connellsburg to a new location in Bedford County.
Specials at the IGA: Chicken of the Sea tuna, 69 cents; bottom round roast, boneless, $1.89 lb.; whole ham, $1.79 lb.; navel oranges 8 for 89 cents; IGA evaporated milk, 3 for $1.
Births at the Medical Center: a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Orville Shaw of Crystal Spring on March 16; twin daughters to Mr. and Mrs. Norman Hunter of Berkeley Springs on March 17; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Milton Knepper of Hustontown on March 19; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Chester College of Wells Tannery on March 20; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. David Moore of Berkeley Springs on March 21; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Smith of Hagerstown on March 22; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Brambley of Breezewood on March 23.
A surprise party was held for Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Downes of Fort Littleton in honor of their 43rd wedding anniversary on March 17 at their home.
Deaths: Cecil Mellott, White Plains, N.Y.; Mrs. Lucinda Pyles, Neelyton; Effie C. Carbaugh, Lititz; Mrs. Laura Mellott, York.
40 Years Ago
From The Files Of April 10, 1969 '69The local teenage organization, TAB (Teenagers Against Boredom), will present its first dance of the spring season this Saturday
night in the McConnellsburg High School gym. This will be no ordinary dance - it's special. The proceeds are earmarked for the benefit of a local young man, Denny Cisney. Denny has made a remarkable comeback from a serious operation and this will be an opportunity for the teenagers of the county to demonstrate their support for his continued recovery by "Dancing for Denny."
Mrs. Marilyn Blevins, science instructor at the Mc- Connellsburg High School, is just one of several area teachers and social club members taking advantage of audio-visual aids provided by the American Cancer Society and the Fulton County Unit of the society.
Damage totalling $102,700 resulted from a fire of undetermined origin which started in a truck parked at the South Midway Service Station on the Pennsylvania Turnpike last Thursday. The fire damaged 10 other rigs in the jammed parking lot, but no injuries were reported.
Recent births at the Medical Center: a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Jamie Greathead, McConnellsburg, on April 3; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Barnett, Hopewell, on April 2; a son to Mr. and Mrs. William Kagerise, New Enterprise, on March 29; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. John Hann of McConnellsburg on March 29; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Seville of Mc- Connellsburg on March 31.
Specials at the IGA: premium saltine crackers, 35 cents; Oreos, 49 cents; Tablerite ice cream, 59 cents; oranges, 69 cents dozen.
Marriage licenses: Gerald L. Smith of McConnellsburg and Trudy Lee Keefer of Big Cove Tannery; Robert Lee Vores of McConnellsburg and Norma Carolyn Mellott of McConnellsburg; Charles E. Oswald of Bridgeport, Pa., and Bonny Lee Ramsey of Wells Tannery.
Men in Service: Sgt. Larry D. Brown, who is stationed in Germany, will celebrate his 23rd birthday on April 12.
Now playing at the Fulton Theatre: "Shalako" with Sean Connery and Brigitte Bardot in "Berserk."
Deaths: Mrs. Pauline D. Comerer, McConnellsburg; Richard A. McCulloh, Greencastle; Mrs. Maye Snyder, McConnellsburg; Mrs. Louise Varden, Mercersburg; Grace B. Wagner, Knobsville; Howard A. Clark, Warfordsburg; Mrs. Olive N. Swick, Ohio.
50 Years Ago
From The Files Of April 9, 1959 '59 David Snively Mellott, who has been a patient in Chambersburg Hospital for the past two weeks, underwent surgery on Wednesday for
a bladder condition.
Mrs. George Bard was admitted to Chambersburg Hospital on Sunday and underwent major surgery on Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Souders have moved to the Flood apartment on East Lincoln Way.
Miss Martha Lodge left on Wednesday to attend the International Auto Show in New York and to visit Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Schmidt in Glen Rock, N.J.
Mrs. Shirley Tedesco and son left on Monday for Pittsburgh en route to visit her husband, a sergeant stationed in Okinawa. Mrs. Tedesco is the former Shirley Taylor, daughter of Mrs. Lauren Taylor of McConnellsburg.
Mrs. Alice Spangler is now a patient at the Medical Center, recuperating from a fractured hip she received in a fall in Chambersburg several weeks ago.
Borough Council has decided to buy street signs for the town with the $800 set aside in the budget for that purpose. In other action, the councilmen sent a letter to the light company requesting them to install three new lights on South Second Street for those properties along Route 522 recently taken into the borough, as well as one light on the street where the factory is located.
The McConnellsburg Sportsmen's League Inc. has gone on record as being opposed to Bill 412, which would require the registering of all firearms.
Local firemen answered six calls during the past week, four for brush fires and two for chimney fires, one of the latter causing considerable damage to the home of Raymond Mellott at Needmore.
Vincent T. Sweigert has been named superintendent of Cowans Gap State Park. Mr. Sweigert, a Civil Service employee, comes from Mechanicsburg. He, his wife and five children will move into the superintendent's residence at the park within the next few days.
Robert James Fleming, 78, died Sunday morning at Fulton County Medical Center. He had been in failing health for about a month with heart trouble. R. Fleming had followed the blacksmith trade since early manhood but he was just as well known to Fulton Countians as the burgess of McConnellsburg, which office he had held for the past 20 years.
Sen. J. Irvin Whalley is seeking state appropriations totalling $235,540 for aid to hospitals in his district. Included in his bill is the Fulton County Medical Center, which would receive a total of $45,000.
Robert C. Snyder has been appointed to serve as tax collector for the borough of McConnellsburg.
An important and convenient service has been added to the facilities of The First National Bank of Mc- Connellsburg with the installation of "Day and Night Depository."
The "Music Masters" will provide music for dancing at the local American Legion home on Saturday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Johnson of Wells Tannery are the proud parents of a son born at Chambersburg hospital last week.
Marine Acting Cpl. Jim Chesnut, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Chesnut of McConnellsburg, is now serving with the Second Marine Division at Camp Lejeune, N.C. This division is a part of the Atlantic Fleet Marine Force.
A mugging and robbery of a Warfordsburg man was thwarted in Hagerstown last Saturday night when the man ran into a house, police reported. Two patrolmen were called to the home of Charles Smith, on Charles Street in Hagerstown, who told the police that a rock was hurled through his front window just as Charles Caldwell of Warfordsburg ran through the front door. Caldwell told Smith that two men were trying to rob him and requested Smith to call the police. Caldwell told the police that he was walking on Jonathan Street when two Negroes came up behind him and asked if he had any money. When he said he didn't, the two replied, "We'll see for ourselves." At that point, Caldwell started running up Charles Street and, seeing the light in the Smith residence, burst into the front room.
Births at the Medical Center: a son to Mr. and Mrs. Willis L. Sipes of McConnellsburg on March 30; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Sipes of McConnellsburg on March 31; a son to Mr. and Mrs. James Yingling of Three Springs on April 3; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Sharon Wilson of Shade Gap on April 3; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Snow of Fort Loudon on April 4; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Rhodes of Mercersburg on April 5.
Don Spidel of St. Thomas was admitted to the Medical Center last Tuesday for treatment of a fractured left foot, which he received in a 10-foot fall from a scaffold at Hustontown High School building, now under construction.
Deaths: Mr. C. Stull Baldwin of Burnt Cabins; Robert E. McKee, postmaster at Amaranth for many years.
60 Years Ago
From The Files Of April 14, 1949 '49 Births: a son to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Golden of Warfordsburg on April 1; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Barnett of Hustontown on April
Lewis W. Taylor and Doris R. Snyder were married April 8.
Harry Kay Doles Jr. and Ellen Dolores Booth were married on March 12.
Deaths: Grace Lamberson Eicher of Hustontown; Josephine Helen Bergstresser of Waterfall; Donald A. Palmer of Turtle Creek.
D.A. Washabaugh of town has purchased the Howard Wible farm, north of McConnellsburg.
Edward W. Carl Jr. and Lydia M. Truax were married on March 26.
70 Years Ago
From The Files Of April 13, 1939 '39 Three county men - James Herbert Christian of Webster Mills; Dale Thomas Black of Webster Mills; Dale Thomas Black of New Grenada
and Arthur Strait of Harrisonville - were assigned to Camp S70 at the Civilian Conservation Corps at Waynesboro on April 1.
Death: John Branche of McConnellsburg.
James Clark and Hazel Irene Gallaher were married on April 8.
Willard Shore and Thelma Woodall were married April 1.
A baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Wilson of Clear Ridge last Tuesday morning, making two boys for the couple.
Leon Stevens and Lois Fraker were wed last Wednesday.
Lloyd Bergstresser of Hustontown has been honored by Juniata College by being elected to the highest office the student body can confer, that of president of th Juniata College Senate. The newly elected president has been an outstanding campus personality since going to Juniata three years ago. He is active in baseball, football and basketball and is a member of the a cappella choir, the J Club and the band.
On March 22, members of the Warfordsburg Methodist Sunday School met at the home of Mrs. S.M. Andrews for a miscellaneous shower for Mr. and Mrs. Blair A. Gregory.
Glen Winters and Thelma Gordon were married March 26.
Mr. an Mrs. Melvin Deshong of Andover announce the birth of a son on March 16 at Everett Hospital.
Harry Grissinger Jr. has returned to his home here after an extended visit with relatives in Oklahoma and Colorado.
Mr. and Mrs. William Nace of Chestertown, Md., announce the birth of a son, William Dickson Nace.
Mrs. Alice Cooper and family have moved from the Rummell house to the Mrs. Minnie Richards house on South Second Street.
80 Years Ago
From The Files of April 11, 1929 '29 Deaths: Jacob Bishop of Bethel Township; Mrs. Alvin May
North of Mount Union; David Strait of Licking Creek Township; Abner Bishop of Bethel Township.
Sherd Ramsey has purchased the Mrs. Mary Ramsey place.
Clarence Hamil and Leota Divens were wed April 4.
The first annual scholastic and athletic meet of the county schools will be held in Mc- Connellsburg on April 20.
Roy Roderick and Thelma Barton were wed March 20.
Howard Ridenour and Rosalie Burton were married recently.
Born on April 8, a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Hewett of Big Cove Tannery.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Mellott of Pleasant Ridge are the proud parents of a new farmer.
Leonard Shelty of Mays Chapel has treated himself to a new 1929 buick.
Mumps, measles, whooping cough, scarlet rash and something that smells like sulphur have hit the valley around Saluvia.
Four-year contracts for mail routes out of New Grenada were awarded last week, as follows: Frank Thomas, to Wells Tannery; William Shaw, to Robertsdale and Alva Hershey, to Saluvia.
William C. Ritchey has moved from the Roswell Stains farm to a farm near Cassville.


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About RBC > Community & Sustainability > News >Keeping Lake Ontario swimmable, drinkable and fishable with an art auction
May 8 2013 - On May 23, Lake Ontario Waterkeeper (LOW) will host an array of notable artists at the second annual Waterkeeper Gala dinner. The event is presented by the RBC Blue Water Project and is hosted by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President of Waterkeeper Alliance and photographer Edward Burtynsky.
Kennedy and Burtynsky will be joined by Waterkeeper supporters from the worlds of art, sports, and the environment, including Giller Prize-winning author Joseph Boyden, musicians Gord Downie and Sarah Harmer and breakout novelist Tanis Rideout. The sold-out event will be emceed by on-air personality Terry O'Reilly.
"We are so proud to be presenting this second annual gala, with its dual focus on water and the arts," said Shari Austin, Vice President, Corporate Citizenship, RBC. "Lake Ontario Waterkeeper is one of our few two-time grant recipients under the RBC Blue Water Project, and one of our most valued partners not only because it protects this magnificent lake where we live, but also because it inspires organizations across North America through its leadership and innovation."
The 20 renowned artists who have donated their art to support the Waterkeeper initiative include: Michael Adamson, Edward Burtynsky, Laurie De Camillis, Barbara Cole, Barbara Davidson, David Grieve, Daniel Hughes, Stewart Jones, Nicole Katsuras, David Marshak, Kent Monkman, Charles Pachter, Andrew Peycha, James Prosek, Peter Rotter, Nicolas Ruel, Andrew Rucklidge, Joe Sampson, Ben Schumacher and Su Sheedy. To preview the art online or to register to bid by phone, visit the Lake Ontario Waterkeeper website. Details about the Toronto auction preview event will be announced in the coming weeks.
Launched in 2007, the RBC Blue Water Project is a 10-year global charitable commitment of $50 million to help provide access to drinkable, swimmable, fishable water, now and for future generations.


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Six to be inducted into Innovation Hall of Fame May 3
This year's six inductees into RIT's Innovation Hall of Fame are all pioneers and visionaries in their respective fields. The recipients—Paul Taylor, Bruce Smith, John Schott, Jackie Pancari, Lynn Fuller and Robert Fabbio—will be honored during a ceremony at 5:30 p.m. May 3 in Webb Auditorium, followed by a reception in University Gallery.
"Many people in the RIT community are unaware of the profound impact our stakeholders and friends have made in the innovation space," says Richard DeMartino, chair of the nomination committee of RIT's Innovation Hall of Fame. "This year's inductees are groundbreaking innovators in addressing societal needs in technology, education, business and the arts."
Paul Taylor, retired NTID faculty member. Taylor is a deaf pioneer who was instrumental in not only developing the TTY but, more importantly, in helping to create the first TTY network in the world in St. Louis during the mid- to late-1960s. He helped develop the first telephone relay service, which connected deaf people by telephone not only to other deaf people, but also to the hearing world. While at RIT/NTID, Taylor developed and marketed a device called C-Phone, which replaced the old Western Union teletypes with CRT units and was the forerunner of portable electronic TTYs.
Bruce Smith '86, '89, '95 (imaging science), director of RIT's Ph.D. program in microsystems engineering and professor of electrical engineering. Smith is a respected leader in the field of nanolithography through invention, innovation and the dissemination of enabling technological advances. Many of his contributions to the nanolithography field have become mainstream for commercial semiconductor device manufacturing. He holds 27 patents in the fields of optics, microelectronics and nanolithography. U.S. and European companies have licensed many of his inventions for commercial use.
John Schott, the Frederick and Anna Wiedman Professor in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science and one of the founders of the imaging science program. His research has focused on solving problems related to imaging science and remote sensing. Schott is part of the Landsat Science Team that provides scientific support to the Landsat 8 satellite. The U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with NASA appointed Schott. His history with the program goes back to 1981.
Jackie Pancari, world- renowned artist and pioneer of creative glassblowing techniques. Pancari has been a visiting artist at the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, Wash.; Seto City Museum in Japan; and RIT, to name a few. Her work has been exhibited around the world.
Lynn Fuller '70 (electrical engineering), RIT professor and founder of RIT's microelectronic engineering program. He has designed, fabricated and tested hundreds of different microchips at RIT. These chips range from totally microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) devices for drug delivery, MEMS pressure sensors, accelerometers, optical-pyrometers, CMOS integrated circuits for hearing aids and sophisticated CID imagers with over 35,000 transistors per chip.
Robert Fabbio '85 (MS, computer science) serial entrepreneur and CEO of WhiteGlove Health in Austin, Texas. His company has proven to lower healthcare costs, improve access to health care and provide a better experience. Fabbio founded Tivoli Systems, DAZEL Corp. and Ventix Systems.
To learn more about this year's inductees go to www.rit.edu/alumni/ihf/.


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Leonardo DiCaprio
Arguments for:
- Inception, Shutter Island... this has been a Major Year and he's already a Major Star. His professional track record is ridiculously impressive.
- Somehow, even after Titanic, people take him seriously now. Very seriously. He is as A as A List gets.
- I think he looks squidgy around the face. But Leo has always been considered a Good Looking Man. When he wants to be, he puts it on. And they will always remember Jack Dawson.
- Leo has been smart with his personal life. He is not a public relations liability. He manages to keep his sh-t tight. And his people don't sell him out.
- Leo is man-friendly. Your husband, your boyfriend, their friends, your male colleagues, they see Leo's movies, Leo doesn't make them feel like pussies, and Leo is more than just a dude who drives fast and shoots people.
- Here is an American star through and through. A child star no less. A global name who has the right reputation, the best connections, and is currently in his Prime. He's an outstanding choice to represent 25 years.
Arguments against:
- If Leo wants it, it is undoubtedly his. No question. He meets all the criteria. But does he want it? I don't think he wants it. He hasn't wanted it for a long time, especially not after Titanic. He actually doesn't want it very badly. He has always been private. He has also gone about his business, with his models, undercover, refusing to engage until he absolutely has to, and even then with a huge wall stacked with conditions. Why? Because he doesn't need it. Being the SMA does nothing for Leonardo DiCaprio. It's the opposite of Justin Timberlake. He already has everything. Why would he say yes to an interview for the Sexiest Man Alive, to an exclusive photo shoot, how would that service him? Would it get him a meeting with Martin Scorsese? Would it get him a reading with Christopher Nolan? Please. Done, and already done. There's nothing in it for him now, and hasn't been for years, to be named Sexiest Man Alive. If I'm him, I actually turn it down.
Odds: 8 to 1
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James W. Parker -- Western Landscapes
"Listen to the Land" is what Jim Parker tells viewers when asked how he gets his striking images of prairies, mountain ranges and abandoned architectural artifacts.
As the son of a Western historian, Jim grew up around ghost towns and old mines. His father gave him a camera early on and taught him the basics. Some of his earliest recollections are of road trips to find an old stagecoach trail or Indian petroglyphs scratched on a canyon wall. At the same time, he learned to love the backcountry of his native Black Hills of South Dakota. Hiking, climbing and backpacking in the mountains, or exploring the back roads of the Southwest, he looks for ways to visualize history and bring the story of the land to life.
After gaining a degree in Visual Communication, Jim spent years developing his design skills as an advertising creative director, but never stopped making photographs. His love for the outdoors is evident in his carefully composed images, and he says, "Years of reading the light and the weather tells me where to go and when to go. I tend to be an opportunist -- an explorer -- and that's a good thing. Coming into a new place for the first time gives you a fresh perspective that's totally different from shooting near home. It's knowing how to line up the shot and when to press the shutter that makes the difference, not the equipment."
Jim likes to joke about shooting his work with his iPhone, but after using a couple dozen different cameras over a 40-year period, it is evident that he has a finely tuned eye for the curve of the horizon, the texture of everyday objects and a reverence for wind, weather and geology. "I tend to shoot pictures of rocks," he says.
Many of his friends just call him Parker. When he left the corporate world to pursue his dream of being a full-time artist five years ago, he decided to make it easy for people to remember his name. So he put a little of his branding knowledge to work and named his company parkerparker :: design | photography." That way, people don't have to remember my first name or my last name – it's the same either way!" he jokes.
His sense of humor is evident in many of his captions. "Many of my pictures include abstract elements and the element of surprise. The best images tell a story, and I like to explain what I was thinking when I made the shot." He prints his own work in his studio, using Epson pigment-ink printers and fine art paper. He also makes large panoramic landscapes on canvas, some of which are over eight feet long! Every print is signed and numbered by Parker and mounted using archival methods under acid-free mat board. The canvases are wrapped on heavy-duty stretcher frames and are ready to hang.
"Field Day"
Digital photograph, Limited edition sepia pigment print on Epson Ultra Smooth Fine Art paper
20"x30", matted and framed to 28" x 38" with archival materials and UV glass
(Also available in smaller sizes)
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If state lawmakers decide to divest themselves of the state's school bus system, they must do so in a manner that doesn't place an unfunded mandate on school districts.
South Carolina is unlike other states in that the state owns and operates the school bus fleet. Gov. Nikki Haley and some lawmakers have been pushing to change that. They want to create a system that allows school districts to operate the buses on their own or hire private companies to operate their buses.
The state House was too divided on the issue to pass the proposal. Instead, lawmakers voted to form a study committee to look into the issue.
There is much room for improvement here.
The General Assembly rarely approves money to buy new school buses, so the average age of a bus in the fleet is about 14 years. The state often maximizes the money it does have by buying used buses from school operations in other states.
It is likely that there are efficiencies and improvements that privatization could bring to the school transportation system. Allowing districts control over their transportation systems might also allow them to better provide for their students' needs.
But there is danger in changing the system as well. Many school district officials are afraid of an unfunded mandate - something state government requires them to do but fails to pay for. That is a legitimate fear.
School officials know it is likely that lawmakers will turn over the bus system to them and initially turn over the money that ran that system. But will that state allotment keep up with inflation? ...
If bus service becomes a local issue, wealthier school districts will put more money into their systems than poorer districts. How long will it be before lawmakers are denouncing disparity in district bus systems and calling again for change?
Transportation is a critical element of our education system. South Carolina's children need safe and reliable buses to take them to school and back home. They don't need another political football tossed between Columbia and school districts.
As the study committee examines this issue, it should focus on enabling improvements, empowering school districts and avoiding saddling districts with a new financial burden they are ill-equipped to bear.
The S.C. Department of Public Safety calls them "Vulnerable Roadway Users." And they are being killed and injured at a higher rate while overall deaths on S.C. highways and roads shows a decline.
SCDPS is embarking on a needed campaign to reverse the trend. It's going to be tough: The economy has contributed to more pedestrians and cyclists.
"The term vulnerable roadway users means exactly that ... pedestrians and cyclists are vulnerable on the roadways," said SCDPS Director Leroy Smith. ...
Pedestrian deaths rose sharply in 2006 with 125 compared to 79 in 2003. While that number dropped below 100 in 2009 and 2010, deaths once again rose last year to 114. So far this year, the state is running about even with last year with 30 pedestrian deaths. ...
Several trends contribute to the statewide problem and accentuate ours locally, including a high rate of wrecks on secondary roads.
Officials emphasize that the primary factors in pedestrian collisions and deaths continue to be lack of visibility (pedestrians in dark clothing on poorly lit, rural roadways), and pedestrians illegally in the roadway.
Consider that the leading cause of pedestrian deaths over the past five years is a person or persons lying in or illegally being in the roadway. It is thus not surprising that law enforcement reports another trend over the period: More pedestrians are intoxicated.
Pedestrian responsibility is as much a key to saving lives as any single action. Beyond sobriety, pedestrians (and cyclists) should know the law and how to remain safe.
Troopers and local law enforcement recently began distributing reflective slap bands and educational cards to pedestrians they see walking in the roadway illegally. The program is called SEE (meaning stop, educate and enforce). The idea is to help pedestrians understand just how difficult it is for motorists to see them in the roadway if they are wearing dark clothing.
There is equally the problem of lack of knowledge by roadway users of laws regarding cyclists and pedestrians. ...
"For South Carolina roads to become safer, motorists and bicyclists must together understand their respective rights and responsibilities, and uphold these values," said Rachael Bronson, executive director of the Palmetto Cycling Coalition, which is partnering with SCDPS in the awareness effort. ...


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Porcello needs late push in AL Final Vote
DETROIT -- Rick Porcello is used to being the overlooked guy in the Tigers' star-studded rotation. To call the past two days in the All-Star Final Vote an adjustment for him would be an understatement.
Porcello's commute to Comerica Park includes an electronic billboard on the highway encouraging fans to vote for him -- preferably once they're off the highway, of course. His teammates are wearing T-shirts around the clubhouse saying "Porcello Has My Vote" while he wears his usual workout shirts. The giant scoreboard at Comerica Park has been showing Porcello's face at nearly every opportunity.
DETROIT -- Rick Porcello is used to being the overlooked guy in the Tigers' star-studded rotation. To call the past two days in the All-Star Final Vote an adjustment for him would be an understatement.
Porcello's commute to Comerica Park includes an electronic billboard on the highway encouraging fans to vote for him -- preferably once they're off the highway, of course. His teammates are wearing T-shirts around the clubhouse saying "Porcello Has My Vote" while he wears his usual workout shirts. The giant scoreboard at Comerica Park has been showing Porcello's face at nearly every opportunity.
In a city where Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer are household names, and even Anibal Sanchez is becoming familiar, it's Porcello's turn in the spotlight.
"It's definitely different," Porcello said Wednesday morning. "I'm not used to that kind of attention. I'm definitely flattered by it, for sure. It's pretty cool to see people that are supporting you. On a completely personal level, that's definitely very nice. I'm very thankful.
"It's kind of one of those things where you always are just so focused on playing. We know that the fans here are tremendous and they support everybody on this team and whatnot, but when you're in the middle of the season and you're concentrating on playing and stuff, you kind of maybe don't pay attention to it as much. And then something like this happens, and you're just completely taken aback by it and how much interest everybody has and how much everybody cares about it. It's definitely really cool."
Porcello did his part for the vote push with his wallet. For the final hours of the Final Vote today, Porcello is donating 21 cents for every Twitter vote he receives, up to $21,000, to the Boys and Girls Club of America. Any tweet that includes the #PickRick hashtag from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET today will count toward the vote and the donation.
So far, the support has Porcello in the middle of the pack in a stacked field of American League starting pitchers. He remains third out of five pitchers as of the latest update Wednesday morning, trailing White Sox ace Chris Sale and Angels youngster Garrett Richards.
"I'm proud to be a part of it regardless," said Porcello, who will have a chance to move into a tie for the AL wins lead when he starts Saturday night in Kansas City. "I think any one of the five guys that are in this Final Vote have a fantastic start to the season, have really good numbers. I don't think there's any one guy that you could say doesn't deserve to go.
"It's definitely nice to be a part of that group. It's been a fun couple days, and regardless of whether I make it or not, it's a couple of days that I'm not going to forget. It's a unique thing. I've never really been a part of something like this."
Immediately following the announcement of the AL and National League All-Star rosters on Sunday, fans began voting to select the final player for each league's 34-man roster via the 2014 All-Star Game MLB.com Final Vote Sponsored by Experian. Fans can cast their votes from a list of five players from each league until the winners are announced after the voting concludes today at 4 p.m. ET.
Fans can also cast votes on the mobile web at MLB.com/vote or via text message. To receive the Final Vote ballot, text the word "VOTE" to 89269. To vote for a specific player, fans can text their choice to 89269. For example: Text "A3" to vote for AL Player 3 or "N3" to vote for NL Player 3. Standard message and data rates may apply. Text "STOP" to end and "HELP" for information. Mobile voting in Canada also is available, and fans should text their choices to 101010.
For the third consecutive year, the All-Star Game MLB.com Final Vote will include social balloting participation, as Twitter support from the 10 candidates' fans over the last six hours of balloting will count toward their final vote totals. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET today, any tweet that includes a designated player hashtag will be tabulated as part of the official vote total used to determine the winners. Fans will be able to follow @MLB for the latest standings updates over the course of the entire four-day voting period.
The hashtags and text designations are as follows:
AL nominees
Dallas Keuchel: #VoteKeuchel (A1)
Corey Kluber: #VoteKluber (A2)
Rick Porcello: #PickRick (A3)
Garrett Richards: #VoteGRich (A4)
Chris Sale: #TargetSale (A5)
NL nominees
Casey McGehee: #VoteHitsMcGehee (N1)
Justin Morneau: #VoteMorneau (N2)
Anthony Rendon: #VoteRendon (N3)
Anthony Rizzo: #VoteRizzo (N4)
Justin Upton: #VoteJUp (N5)
The final phase of All-Star Game voting will again allow fans to help choose the Ted Williams All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award presented by Chevrolet. During the Midsummer Classic, fans will vote exclusively online at MLB.com and via Twitter in the 2014 All-Star Game MLB.com MVP Vote Sponsored by Pepsi, and their collective voice will represent 20 percent of the overall vote that determines the recipient of the Arch Ward Trophy.
MLB.TV Premium subscribers, for the first time, will be able to live stream the All-Star Game via MLB.TV through FOX's participating video providers. Access will be available across more than 400 platforms that support MLB.TV, including the award-winning MLB.com At Bat app. MLB.com will provide extensive online coverage of the All-Star Week festivities.
The 85th All-Star Game will be televised nationally by FOX, in Canada by Rogers Sportsnet and RDS, and worldwide by partners in more than 200 countries via MLB International's independent feed. ESPN Radio and ESPN Radio Deportes will provide national radio coverage of the All-Star Game. MLB Network and SiriusXM will also provide comprehensive All-Star Week coverage. For more information, please visit allstargame.com.
Jason Beck is a reporter for MLB.com. Read Beck's Blog and follow him on Twitter @beckjason.


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The council will meet at 5:30 p.m. at Stuttgart City Hall, located at 304 S. Maple St., for its regularly scheduled meeting.
Stuttgart Mayor Marianne Maynard will be applying for grant money to help with renovation construction of the Stuttgart Police Department, district court and 9-1-1 dispatch building if approved by the Stuttgart City Council tonight.
The council will meet at 5:30 p.m. at Stuttgart City Hall, located at 304 S. Maple St., for its regularly scheduled meeting.
Stuttgart meets the eligibility requirements to apply for the GIF Funded Community Enhancement Grant from the Arkansas Rural Development Commission. According to the proposed resolution, the city is requesting $150,000.
"It's been years since anything's been done," Stuttgart Police Department Assistant Chief Steven Bobo said. "There's a lot of wasted space that we are going to try to make use of."
The "wasted space" includes jail cells that only house inmates for hours at maximum until they are transported to the Arkansas County Detention Center in DeWitt.
The 514 S. Main St. building is the former Stuttgart City Hall that housed the mayor's office along with the police and fire departments. The location originally housed a one-story fire station built in 1915 with a second story added in 1929. The fire station was enlarged once again to join the then-new city hall in 1958.
Bobo said the section that housed the former fire department still has remnants from when horses were used to pull the fire trucks. He hopes to save some aspects of the building for its historical value. Both the police and district court personnel presently use it.
Maynard said the building is the only city building left to receive an upgrade.
Maynard said the city has $800,000 to work with. The funding is part of the $1,725,000 the police department received after Stuttgart voters approved an improvement bond in February 2012.
Other items on tonight's agenda include:
• The Board of Trustees of the Museum of the Arkansas Grand Prairie is seeking approval for new members. The new members needing council approval include Jim Craig for a one-year term, Butch Calhoun for a three-year term, Ty Davis for a three-year term and Tiffany Rogers for a two-year term. The remainder of the Board includes Lori Dabbs on a three-year term, Ray Sweetin on a one-year term, David Jessup on a one-year term, Garland Derden on a one-year term, Chuck Seidenschwarz on a three-year term and Kyle Stovesand on a two-year term.
• The Stuttgart Advertising and Promotion Commission is also asking for new members nominated to be approved to serve. A list of those nominated was not made available in the Stuttgart City Council agenda.


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Loving Life
Jack Gaskin 3/10/2012 4:53:28 AMAS GOOD AA A CANDID CAPTURE CAN GET
Jack #1448700
John Rivera 3/10/2012 5:59:06 AMA winner! Excellent! #10031638
Carol Quina 3/10/2012 7:46:55 AMSo cute! Love the smile!!! #10031732
Sharon King 3/10/2012 8:01:30 AMThank you! :) #10031751
David M. Montero 3/10/2012 9:16:29 AMImagining the things she'll grow up to be. A very endearing capture Sharon! (I hope it's a she or color me red!) #10031811
Sharon King 3/10/2012 9:19:04 AMA SHE she is! LOL Thanks Dave!
Lisa J. Boulden 3/23/2012 7:18:02 PMSharon, this is simply delightful!!!
Usman M. Bajwa 5/1/2012 9:55:33 PMW O W !!! What a smile. A surefire Winner, IMHO!
Stefania Barbier 5/2/2012 12:04:11 AMa beautiful finalist, congratulations!!! #10117396
Sharon King 5/2/2012 5:41:53 AMThank you! #10118061
Merna L. Nobile 5/4/2012 2:43:02 PMWell here we are, through thick and thin. It is a joy to be able to be supportive and to congratulate each other for another month of magnificent photographs during May, 2012. I send all of you my very best, Merna Nobile #10122992
Joannie Bertucci 5/4/2012 9:53:23 PMPRICELESS, no matter how you spell it Sharon! :-) Love this in b&w with the wonderful tones and contrasts! Congrats on your "darling" gold badge!
Now you've inspired me to work hard with my new subject...Noah, my new great-grand son! #10123598
Stefania Barbier 5/4/2012 10:49:29 PMcongratulations on your wonderful winner!!! #10123672
Lisa J. Boulden 5/5/2012 7:12:42 PMLove, love, LOVE this!
David M. Montero 5/11/2012 7:20:07 PMAh contentment. Congratulations on scoring gold with this very endearing capture Sharon! #10134381
Zsuzsanna M. Szugyi 6/18/2012 10:04:42 AMThis is the cutest baby foto I ever seen! Big Congratulation!! #10185231
Zsuzsanna M. Szugyi 6/18/2012 10:04:53 AMThis is the cutest baby foto I ever seen! Big Congratulation!! #10185232
Melissa Wynn 2/27/2013 10:36:17 AMThat is a precious photo! That baby is so darn cute!
Don't you just love newborn smiles?
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This is an archived article that was published on sltrib.com in 2013, and information in the article may be outdated. It is provided only for personal research purposes and may not be reprinted.
Conrad Tao will replace guest pianist Louis Lortie, who had to withdraw due to illness, at this weekend's Utah Symphony performances.
Tao will perform Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1, and just that one. (Lortie was to perform all three of Tchaikovsky's concerti.) The Utah Symphony and Music Director Thierry Fischer will conclude a two week Tchaikovsky celebration, April 19 and 20 at 8 p.m. in Abravanel Hall.
Tchaikovsky's "Sleeping Beauty Suite" and "Capriccio Italien" will replace Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerti Nos. 2 and 3 on the first half of the program.
The program will also include the originally planned performances of Arnold Schoenberg's imaginary film score, "Accompaniment to a Cinematographic Scene" and Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1. Louis Lortie's management released the following statement regarding his cancellation: "Unfortunately guest soloist Louis Lortie has come down with the flu and with great reluctance must cancel his appearance with the Utah Symphony this weekend."
I asumme that instead of Lortie, Tao will be the pianist to debut the USUO's new concert grand piano. Music Director Thierry Fischer, Principal Music Librarian Clovis Lark and special guest Larry Schoenberg, youngest son of composer Arnold Schoenberg, will present a free pre-concert chat each night, one hour prior to the start of the performance on the orchestra level of Abravanel Hall. Single tickets for the performances range from $18 to $53 for April 19 and 20 and can be purchased by calling 801-355-2787, in person at the Abravanel hall ticket office (123 W. South Temple) or by visiting http://www.utahsymphony.org.
Here is a USUO-supplied bio of Tao:
The only classical musician on Forbes' 2011 "30 Under 30" list of people changing the world, 18-year-old Chinese-American pianist Conrad Tao was found playing children's songs on the piano at 18 months of age. Born in Urbana, Illinois, he gave his first piano recital at age 4; four years later, he made his concerto debut performing Mozart's Piano Concerto in A Major, K. 414. In June of 2011, the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars and the Department of Education named Conrad a Presidential Scholar in the Arts, while the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts awarded him a YoungArts gold medal in music. Later that year, Conrad was named a Gilmore Young Artist, an honor awarded every two years highlighting the most promising American pianists of the new generation. In May of 2012, he was awarded the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant. Sporting a truly international career, Conrad has appeared as soloist in the United States with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Russian National Orchestra, and the Baltimore, Dallas, Detroit, and San Francisco Symphonies, among others. He has made multiple tours of Europe, giving solo recitals in Paris, London, Munich, Berlin, and Verbier, and performed with orchestras in Brazil, China, Hong Kong, Mexico, Moscow, and Singapore. Highlights of his 2012-2013 season include two more tours of Europe, including a concerto debut at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and a third reengagement at the Louvre in Paris, appearances at the Mostly Mozart and Aspen Music Festivals, debuts with the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Canada and a return to Asia with the Hong Kong Philharmonic, and performances of all five Beethoven piano concerti in the United States. Conrad currently attends the Columbia University/Juilliard School joint degree program and studies piano with Professors Yoheved Kaplinsky and Choong Mo Kang at Juilliard. He studies composition with Professor Christopher Theofanidis of Yale University, and studied violin with Ms. Catherine Cho for five years at Juilliard's Pre-College Division.


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|La Jolla, Calif.
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|La Jolla High School
Collegiate Bests
800m 2:11.50
1000m 2:50.00
1500m 4:21.98
Mile 4:45.04
3000m 9:34.85
5k (xc) 19:38
High School Bests
800m 2:12.34
Mile 4:59.14
3200m 10:59.80
2012 Cross Country Captain
2011-2012: In cross country, Academic All-Ivy...Placed 32nd out of 243 runners and third on the team at the NCAA Northeast Regional to help the team to sixth place overall, its best finish since 2005...Third on the team and 19th overall at Heps, where the Bulldogs were fourth...Fourth at the Princeton Invitational, where the Bulldogs went 1-2-3-4-5 to win...Competed at HYP…In indoor track, fourth in the one mile run at ECACs in 4:49.08…Fifth in the one mile run at Heps…In outdoor track, qualified to compete at the NCAA Regional in the 1,500-meter run after finishing in 4:23.65 at ECACs, good for sixth and All-East recognition…Third in the 3,000-meter run at Heps in 9:34.85…Won the 1,500-meter run and third in the 3,000-mter run at HYP…Placed 25th in the 1,500-meter run at NCAA Regionals to cap the season.
2010-2011: In outdoor track, USTFCCCA First-team All-Academic and All-East...Placed 14th in the 1500m at the NCAA First Round meet...Second at ECACs in the 1500m in collegiate-best 4:21.98, which is the second-fastest in school history...Fourth at Heps in the 1500m...Second at Heps in the 3000m...Member of the distance medley relay team that broke the school record and finished seventh at the Penn Relays (11:12.08)...Second in the 1500m at Harvard-Yale...Won the 3000m and the 1500m at the Princeton Sam Howell Invitational... In indoor track, first at indoor ECAC Championships in the mile... Top-10 school times in the mile and the 1000m...Personal best of 4:45.04 in the mile at HYP...Third at indoor Heps in the mile.
2009-2010: Consistently a member of the Bulldogs' top seven...First team finisher at Lock Haven Meet...Fourth team finisher at Heps...Third team finisher at NCAA Regionals... 12th at outdoors Heps in the 800m with a season best of 2:13.38.
High School: School record-holder in 1600m and 3200m…Cross country captain senior year…Two-time California state meet qualifier in track…San Diego Hall of Champions Female Student-Athlete of the Year…Union-Tribune All-Academic First Team for cross country, soccer, track…Earned 12 varsity letters…Captain of varsity soccer team junior and senior year…Offensive MVP for three years…Team won CIF Division III Championship…SoCal Regionals Runner-up.
Personal: Pierson College … Brother Murat Kayali '09 ran cross country and track for Bulldogs.


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For Sarah, design is all about contrasts. Nowhere is that better exemplified than in her unusual combinations of metals, which is a signature of hers. While expertly trained in goldsmithing, she has also delved into experimenting with other metals, settling upon oxidized cobalt chrome,a kind of steel that has a matte black appearance and is actually 60% lighter than gold. Sarah artfully juxtaposes her blackened cobalt chrome with 18k yellow, rose and white gold, adding in white and cognac diamonds, and sometimes pearls. She also has an obvious love of translating natural shapes and organic wonders into jewelry design.
Spring is here! Well the calendar says so anyways, and I can hardly...
Sarah Graham 18K Gold & Cobalt Chrome Link Bracelet
Sarah Graham 18K Gold, Cobalt Chrome & Diamond Earrings
Sarah Graham 18K Yellow Gold, Diamond Hoop Earrings
Sarah Graham 18K Gold & Cobalt Chrome Earrings
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Furrah Syed
Furrah Syeds abstracts are unique in that the viewer has more freedom than usual to view and interpret what he or she sees or feels. As Furrah does not want to disturb the composition on the canvas in any way, she signs only on the reverse of each canvas; this also allows all her pieces to be rotated and viewed in any of four orientations. Furthermore, her works are untitled so as to avoid placing any pre-conceived ideas that might hinder a free and individual experience of personally interpreting what the viewer chooses to visualise on the canvas. Furrahs abstract art can be experienced by both sight and touch as she is one of the few artists who actually encourage people to feel the surface of the canvas. Her works offer a collage of textures created using multiple layers of paint or mixed media such as sand, wax or papier-mâché. Capturing movement on a two dimensional medium is challenging. My aim is to create a flow of energy on the canvas which gains momentum as the viewer discovers the intricate colour combinations across the heavily textured canvas. The alteration of art by the changing lights of the day, even the different moods and interpretation of the viewer means that abstract art derives as much from the viewer as from the artist.


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by Tom Utescher
Back in January, Spring-Ford High School handed Mount St. Joseph Academy its first loss of the 2011-2012 basketball campaign, and in a PIAA state tournament game last Tuesday those same Lady Rams from Royersford were responsible for the Mount's final defeat of the season, topping the Magic 38-31 in a second-round game at Norristown High.
The top seed coming out of the Class AAAA pool in District 1, Spring-Ford snapped a 12-12 tie early in the third quarter, going ahead for good with a 10-0 surge. The Magic cut the lead to five points twice in the fourth quarter, and they trailed by six in the final minute. Completely in character, senior guard Bridget Higgins went down fighting, gutting out a game-high 14 points.
"After the game I told the girls how proud of them I was," said MSJ coach John Miller. "Both offensively and defensively, they did everything I asked them to do."
Seeded fifth among the nine District 1 teams that gained entry to the state tournament, Mount St. Joe finished the year with a 25-6 record. The Magic were regular-season champions in the Athletic Association of Catholic Academies, and in the finals of the AACA tournament they succumbed to Villa Maria, a team they had beaten in two previous meetings.
In the main draw of the District 1 tourney, the fifth-seeded Mounties rolled past number 28 Radnor and number 12 Central Bucks East, then were stopped at Downingtown West by the fourth-seeded Whippets. In the Magic's only district or state contest in which the higher seed did not prevail, they gave a sterling performance in a 19-point victory in a seeding game against Cheltenham High, originally the top pick for the district event.
Mount St. Joe then handled number seven Upper Darby to claim the District's fifth spot for States, and on March 9 the Magic won their PIAA opener, 43-34, over Reading's Wilson High School.
Late in the Wilson game the Magic's sixth man, junior point guard Kelsey Jones, had to leave the floor with an injury to the meniscus in her left knee. The only faintly positive aspect of the calamity is that she did not reinjure the ACL in the same joint, which she had torn in January of 2011.
Back in February of this year, the MSJ squad lost sophomore starting forward Carly Monzo, who suffered from stress fractures and might have returned had the Magic advanced deep into the state tourney.
Still, the Mount compensated well against a Spring-Ford club that came into Tuesday's tilt relatively healthy. There were no specific shortcomings due to the two holes in the line-up, as the Mounties handled the ball very well under the circumstances. Still, in a battle between defense-oriented teams, depth is an important consideration.
"We moved people around in practice and experimented because of our lack of depth with those injuries," Miller related. "We knew how well Spring-Ford double-teams the basketball, so we worked on things like spreading out and running our offense wide. That would make it more difficult for them to double-team us, and also make it easier for us to see the double-teams coming."
Initially, the two defenses were so effective that you had to wonder if the scoreboard wasn't going to succumb to a form of electronic atrophy, stuck at 5-5 almost 10 minutes into the game. After all, the Norristown facility had already presented problems, with the most heavily used route to the school closed by a bridge construction just half-a-mile short of the driveway, and with nets on the baskets that were reluctant to let the ball drop through.
Junior guard Brittany Moore, a starter but not one of Spring-Ford's high-profile players, snapped the 5-5 tie in the second quarter by lofting a three-pointer from the left wing and then banking in a shorter shot from the opposite side. Better-known guard Sammy Stipa, a sophomore, drove the lane and spun around a defender to score, making it 12-5 and forcing an MSJ time-out with 4:39 to go before halftime.
The Magic's own sophomore standout, guard Alex Louin, stole the ball and deposited a breakaway lay-up, then Higgins hit one of two free throws to make it 12-8. This was Spring-Ford's fourth team foul and MSJ fans felt there should've been more, as their guards appeared to be bumped repeatedly while handling the ball in the set offense. For the Magic, the laid-back officiating style was in stark contrast to the standard established in the Wilson game, when incidental touches sometimes drew whistles.
"The two games were refereed like polar opposites," Miller concurred. "Against Spring-Ford we only took five free throws the whole night [just one in the second half], and I thought it was a very physical game."
With six seconds left in the first half, Higgins put up a curious-looking one-hander reminiscent of a heave in the shot put circle, but the ball went in to make it a two-point game at the break, 12-10.
On the first possession of the third period, MSJ junior Meg Geatens (who had taken over Monzo's starting role a few weeks back) bagged a jumper from near the foul line to level the count at 12-all. In the second minute, though, the Magic's Louin committed her third personal foul, and Moore once more hit a tie-breaking trey for Spring-Ford.
Stipa stuck a "three" of her own, and then came a pivotal play involving post player Mariah Traywick, who was conservatively listed at six-feet- even on the Lady Rams' roster. A senior mainstay who has committed to Shippensburg University, Traywick had not scored since hitting the first field goal of the night, but with five minutes left in round three she drew a foul which was the fourth against the Mount's Louin, who left the court for the rest of the quarter.
Traywick tossed in both free throws, and the next time down the floor her front-court colleague Sarah Payonk scored to complete a 10-0 run that put the Lady Rams up, 22-12. Higgins halted the charge with a three-pointer, but Payonk, a junior, put in two more buckets for a 26-15 tally. In the final minute, though, a field goal by Geatens and a late drive by Higgins (who usually had to fight through double-teams) cut the margin down to seven points (26-19) for the start of the fourth quarter.
The final chapter began with one free throw by Traywick, then Mount senior Maddie Kohler canned her second three-pointer of the evening, getting the Magic back within five points. A successful Spring-Ford drive by Moore was matched by Louin, who followed in her own shot and caused a Lady Ram time-out, with 6:34 on the clock and the score 29-24. When play resumed, Spring-Ford levered the lead back to seven points on a Traywick lay-up.
When Louin left the floor for the last five minutes of the third round, more of the defensive burden in the paint had fallen on senior forward Cailin Schmeer. Her foul total rose as a result, and with 5:38 to go in the fourth period she committed her fifth violation. The victim, Payonk, made both the original lay-up and her free throw to push the lead to double figures.
"Helping as the off-ball guard, Alex was able to use her height [5'11"] on defense, so it hurt when we had to have her off the floor," Miller said. "I thought that Cailin, at 5'9", and Meg Geatens, at 5'7", did a great job against their players, who were significantly taller."
After Payonk's three-point play, MSJ's Higgins hit a short jumper from the lane, but next time down the Magic missed from the three-point arc, and at the four-minute mark Spring-Ford was up 34-26. Over the next few minutes the District 1 champs went to the foul line three times, but added just one point to their lead.
MSJ's Higgins penetrated for her final field goal of the night, but the Lady Rams got those points back on single free throws by Moore and Stipa, sending the game into the final minute with the tally 37-28. Louin was fouled on a play where she put back the rebound of her own shot, and she also sank a foul shot that was awarded her in that sequence.
Now down by six with 44 ticks on the clock, the Magic were unable to score again, and from the free throw line, Spring-Ford senior Jaida Burgess scored her only point of the evening to lock in the final score.
Louin was held below her scoring average, with seven points, but she clamped onto a game-high 12 rebounds, while Kohler and Geatens gave the Magic six and four points, respectively. Spring-Ford finished with 13 points from Moore, 11 from Payonk, seven from Traywick (11 rebounds), and six from Stipa.
As in any single-digit decision, the game might have turned out differently if the Magic had done a few things differently, but the Lady Rams had some coulda-shoulda's of their own. Partly because of the overall defensive pressure, neither team shot the ball well from the floor, and in the fourth quarter Spring-Ford missed seven free throws, including one that was the first shot in a one-and-one opportunity.
The 38 points produced by the Lady Rams was a season low.
"Before the game, I put up on the blackboard that if we held Spring-Ford under 40 points, we would win the game," Miller said. "We executed everything we had practiced, but we just were unable to put the ball in the basket – we only shot 23 percent from the floor."
Overall, Mount St. Joseph performed impressively this season after graduating two NCAA Division I recruits, Catholic Academies MVP Steph Smith (Loyola) and the Philadelphia Inquirer's Southeastern Pa. Player of the Year, Mary Jo Horgan (Lehigh).
Miller summed up, "To lose players like Mary Jo and Steph and still win 25 games – I think that's remarkable for this group."


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- Yield:serves 12
- Active time: 30 minutes
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- 8 eggs, separated
- 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons (8 ounces) granulated sugar, divided
- 1 1/2 cups (7 1/2 ounces) toasted blanched hazelnuts
- 1 tablespoon packed zest from 1 orange
- 12 tablespoons (6 ounces) unsalted butter, softened
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup (2 ounces) panko crumbs
- 6 ounces bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped
- 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons heavy cream
- 1/2 teaspoon instant espresso powder
Adjust oven rack to middle position and preheat oven to 350°F. Butter 9-inch springform pan. In food processor, pulse 1 cup sugar with hazelnuts until finely ground.
In large bowl, whisk yolks, hazelnut mixture, zest, butter, salt, and vanilla until combined; set aside.
Using mixer fitted with whip attachment, beat whites on medium-high speed to opaque. Slowly add remaining 2 tablespoons sugar and continue to beat to soft peaks. Fold meringue into hazelnut mixture, alternating with panko crumbs.
Pour into pan and bake until center is just set and toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean (see headnote), about 40 minutes. Let cake cool in pan for 15 minutes, then remove sides of pan and let cake cool completely before glazing.
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text: Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums :: View topic - my dream,, Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in my dream,, Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums Forum Index -> The Strange and Mysterious View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message ela2004Joined: 11 Jul 2004Posts: 303 Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 6:15 pm Post subject: my dream,, yoon ji yaeLast edited by ela2004 on Mon Jun 18, 2007 6:54 pm; edited 1 time in total Back to top ela2004Joined: 11 Jul 2004Posts: 303 Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 6:53 pm Post subject: my dream,,(yoon ji yae) My topic is dream! long time ago (maybe 2~3 years ago) i have been interesting dream. One day the six dragon go up the sky in my dream. I believe the dream and expected good thing is happended. ( good thing- next day i have bought the lotto. lotto is very famous lottery in my country// lotto rule is set six numbers and hit) But, nothing happen .. I have disappointed and forget it;; Later I have eaten dinner, menu is RA-MYEUON (RA-MYEUON is famous for korean noodle and has a lot of kind) I have eaten NUGURY, NUGURY is kind of RA-MYEUON. This R-M has plump noodle and only one dry tangle. But when I open a pack , after very laughing with my aunt. Because six dry tangle is in the pack. I dont forget it! Sometimes think about it I have been smiling. Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums Forum Index -> The Strange and Mysterious All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Student Forums----------------ComputersCurrent NewsCultureEnglish SchoolsFamilyFilm and CinemaFoodHealth and FitnessHelp CenterHobbiesHolidaysLearning EnglishLiteratureMaking FriendsMusicOpinionsPetsScienceSportsThe Strange and MysteriousTOEFL and Other English ExamsTravel You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum Dave's ESL Cafe is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Banner Advertising | Bookstore / Alta Books | FAQs | Articles | Interview with Dave Copyright © 2018 Dave's ESL Cafe | All Rights Reserved | Contact Dave's ESL Cafe | Site Map Teachers College, Columbia University: Train to Teach English Here or Abroad Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group


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Vagabond writer Craig Childs on 20,000 years of wanderlust
Savoonga is the place to be on the Fourth of July. The village is a cluster of roofs on the north side of St. Lawrence Island, a treeless hump of capes and dormant volcanoes rising out of the Bering Sea, battered by Arctic weather. The Native Yup'iks here celebrate the holiday with more gusto than people in most small Western towns. On that clear and sunny morning, folding chairs were placed in front of the two-story plywood town hall. People of all ages came out of their small, boxy government houses, some walking in family groups, others arriving on four-wheelers from the other side of the village. They greeted each other with a spritely, "Happy Fourth of the July!"
St. Lawrence Island is Alaskan, though far out of view of the American mainland and barely within sight of the mountainous Siberian coast. Villagers told me they celebrated the Fourth because it was better than being Russian. Savoonga holds foot races that day, and bike races, and hot dogs are served on paper plates with bags of Doritos and a little stack of cookies for dessert.
Out came the old, red fire truck, siren wailing in celebration. A PA system announced the raffle winners' numbers. I listened for my own, but it was hard to tell the difference between English and the Siberian Yup'ik tongue spoken on this island. Besides, I didn't want to hear my number called; I was a stranger in this subsistence village, and I dreaded the embarrassment of having to get up in front of everyone to claim a prize.
I was here for other reasons. I had come with questions about the Yup'ik sense of place. This sea-hunting culture has survived on these desolate sub-Arctic capes for 2,000 years, ever since its Siberian Eskimo ancestors first crossed the Bering Strait. Home freezers are stocked with walrus and seal. Even though they also rely on canned meat, deep-fried pork rinds and Pop Tarts from the cavernous village store, people still go out in small aluminum skiffs and harpoon the occasional whale by hand.
You don't come to visit empty-handed, according to scientists who'd worked here, so I'd brought gifts: fresh fruit, bags of vacuum-packed coffee, Celestial Seasonings blueberry tea as a special request. When I arrived by plane on their gravel strip several days earlier, handshakes welcomed me, and if I stayed in one place for too long, women brought me fresh baked bread or cookies wrapped in foil. Conversations flourished around kitchen tables and over hot coffee in front of woodstoves.
A vagabond myself, I had come to Savoonga hoping to learn what it means to belong to one spot on the map, to say that this place is your home and always has been. Many described how the island is changing. They spoke from a perspective of generations: Seasonal weather patterns shifting, new pelagic fish species and migratory birds appearing that are unlike anything ever seen in their history. They saw the world in longer timeframes than I was used to, and they were oddly unfazed by the idea of climate change, as if they already knew that the only thing one could do on an island this remote was adapt to whatever came next.
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That evening, I went to the high school gym and sat in packed bleachers while men on the floor struck walrus-gut drums. People left the bleachers and danced. They knew their places, every gesture, every footstep memorized. Toddlers came onto the floor and tried to imitate what they were seeing, while little boys stomped for their grandfathers, and little girls painted the air with their arms for their grandmothers.
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On October 8, 1962, the San Francisco Giants and the New York Yankees played Game 4 of the World Series at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees took a 2 games to 1 lead into the contest.
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The Giants opened the scoring in the second inning when catcher Tom Haller hit a two-run homer off of Ford. Haller had completed a strong season at the plate, but mostly against right-handed pitchers. Against lefties, he batted only .183. Yet, on this day, he delivered against one of the great southpaws of all time.
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Whitey Ford was next up, with the score tied and runners on first and third with two out. Yankee manager Ralph Houk decided to go for broke. He sent up Yogi Berra to bat for Ford. Berra would face his old battery mate Don Larsen, who had come on for Bolin.
Larsen walked Berra to load the bases. Then, he retired Tony Kubek on a ground ball to first base.
Ford had pitched well (two runs on five hits in six innings). Now it would be up to Jim Coates (7-6 4.42), a goat in Game 7 of the 1960 Series. Coates, though, pitched four innings of shut out relief in Game 4 the next year. All told, he was a veteran of 4 World Series games.
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First base was open, and Houk had Bridges walk Nieman intentionally. This set up the double play but brought Harvey Kuenn to the plate. Kuenn had hit .323 against left-handers during the regular season. But Bridges got Kuenn to pop up.
Now he just needed to retire Chuck Hiller, a left-handed hitter who had batted only .238 with one home run against lefty pitchers on the season. Confounding the percentages, Hiller lit up Bridges for a grand slam home run, the first ever by an National Leaguer in World Series play. Giants 6, Yankees 2.
The Giants added a run in the top of the ninth. Hiller again was responsible, this time via a two out single that drove in Matty Alou. Again, Bridges was the victim.
The Yankees rallied with two out in the bottom of the ninth against Billy O'Dell, who had come on for Larsen in the seventh inning. Consecutive singles by Kubek, Bobby Richardson, and Tresh made it 7-3 with two runners on for Mickey Mantle. However, Mantle could only manage a game ending grounder to shortstop. Mantle was now 2-15 for the Series.
Larsen picked up the win, though he had pitched only one-third of an inning. Larsen's victory came six years to the day after his perfect game against the Dodgers in the 1956 Series. On this day, he retired one and walked one.
The Series was tied at two games apiece, with Game 5 scheduled for the following day in New York. It would feature Jack Sanford against Ralph Terry, a rematch of Game 2, in which Sanford bested Terry 2-0.


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