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Club Industry East trade show takes New York by storm.
As the old song goes, New York is a "helluva town." And next month, New York will host one helluva show.
Once again, Club Industry East conference and trade show will return to the city that doesn't sleep. From Monday, June 18 to Wednesday, June 20, thousands of health and fitness professionals will flood the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, doing their best to help contribute to New York's insomnia.
But don't think that Club Industry East will be a bad influence on New York. In fact, it's quite the contrary. Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani has recognized the show by proclaiming June 18-25, 2001 as "Health and Fitness Club Week" in New York City.
Club Industry East will kick off that week by giving fitness professionals plenty to do. For starters, more than 75 percent of the nearly 100 education sessions have never been offered before in New York.
In addition, Club Industry East will offer "Focus on Firefighter Fitness," a special program sponsored by ACE, Life Fitness, Fire Chief magazine and Club Industry magazine. This program will include two free seminars on June 19: "The Fire Service Joint Labor/Management Wellness Fitness Initiative" and "Fitness in the Fire Station." "Focus on Firefighter Fitness" will also include demonstrations of the Candidate Physical Abilities Test (CPAT) for firefighters.
"Giving Members What They Want: Now and in the Future" is another exciting event taking place at Club Industry East on June 18. Moderated by Club Industry Editor-in-Chief Jerry Janda, this free panel discussion will feature fitness editors from leading consumer magazines: Lou Schuler, exercise and fitness editor, Men's Health; Lynya Floyd, fitness editor, Seventeen; John Hanc, fitness and exercise columnist, Newsday; and Shaun Dreisbach, associate editor, Self. You won't want to miss this lively session.
Out on the trade show floor, you can visit 300 booths and examine all the latest products and services. The exhibit hall's doors open on Monday, June 18 at 11:30 a.m.
While you are walking the floor, make sure you stop by the Club Studio in booth 455 during exhibit hall hours to check out and participate in demonstrations of the latest cutting-edge group fitness activities. And if you are interested in furthering your career, stop by the Career Connection during exhibit hall hours in booth 855.
Another area to visit during exhibit hall hours is the Internet Café. Come check your e-mail, and find out how you can design your own Internet Café. The Internet Café Group — Sportskill, SolRaC, Food Sciences Corp. and Gymproshop — offer the industry the ability to deliver technology, Internet communication and e-commerce to members and guests in a most unique fashion.
If you're a little tired and hungry from your first day in the exhibit hall, you don't have to go far for a little pick-me-up. Come by the opening night Welcome Reception in the exhibit hall (June 18, 5 to 6 p.m.) and enjoy an evening of food, drink and music. Meet and network with operators and exhibitors.
While we hope that you enjoy the reception, don't forget about the Early Morning Aerobics from 7-7:45 a.m. on Tuesday, June 19 and Wednesday, June 20 in the New York Marriott Marquis. And once you've recovered from the first aerobics session, come hear the keynote address, "Remaining Relevant," by former three-term mayor of New York, Edward I. Koch, June 19, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Whatever his role — author, national TV personality, or man on the street — Koch always shoots from the hip. Hearing him live will be an unforgettable experience.
As you can see, Club Industry East is jam-packed full of something for everyone. So jump right in and enjoy yourself!
Club Industry East
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, New York
SHOW DATES: June 18-20, 2001
Career Connection: June 18-20, booth 855, exhibit hall hours
Club Studio: June 18-20, booth 455, 45-minute group exercise sessions during exhibit hall hours
Internet Café: June 18-20, booth 231, exhibit hall hours
Welcome Reception:
Early Morning Aerobics:
Free Firefighter Fitness Seminars:
Keynote Address: June 19, 10:30-11:30 a.m., "Remaining Relevant" by former mayor of New York City, Edward I. Koch
Club Industry East Exhibitor Preview Industry-leading suppliers will unveil their newest innovations, as well as offer their proven product lines at Club Industry East next month in New York.
4 Your Health (Smart Snack)
Booth: 438
341 Attenborough Drive #204
Baltimore, MD 21237
Advantage Sport USA
Booth: 923
1 Tigan St.
Winooski, VT 05404
Agilent Technologies
Booth: 8425
3000 Minuteman Road
Andover, MA 01810
AGM Group
Booth: 125
1590 Oakland Road, Suite B103
San Jose, CA 95131
American Council on Exercise (ACE)
Booth: 345
5820 Oberlin Drive
San Diego, CA 92121-3787
American Fitness Professionals & Association
Booth: 913
P.O. Box 214
Ship Bottom, NJ 08008
American Phoenix Insurance Agency of Massachusetts
Booth: 232
1 Industrial Ave.,
Suite 1100
Lowell, MA 01851
American Sports & Fitness (Adirondak Rubber Products)
Booth: 919
8707 Higginsville Road
Durhamvile, NY 13054
Andrea Pugliese Insurance Services
Booth: 528
P.O. Box 720, 2258 Garden Ave.
Warrington, PA 18976
Company statement: Andrea Pugliese Insurance Services is a full-service agency specializing in the insurance needs of the health club industry. Andrea Pugliese has been providing club owners with comprehensive coverage at competitive rates since 1984.
Circle Reader Service No. 140
Apex Fitness
Booth: 428
123 Hoddencamp Road #204
Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
Aphelion Inc.
Booth: 536
1100 NASA Road #606
Houston, TX 77058
Company statement: Aphelion is reportedly the proven leader in the creation of innovative fitness management software and Internet application. Perhaps the reason Aphelion is so inventive is due to its brainpower: two Ph.D.s, seven master's degrees and two licensed professional engineers. In all, Aphelion has more than 50 full-time specialists striving to make the best management software in the world. Since 1987, Aphelion has had more industry firsts than any other software manufacturer, according to the company. And, officials add, you can count on Aphelion to continue to create new software and Internet applications to help run your clubs more efficiently in the future.
Circle Reader Service No. 141
Aqua Bike/Pool Bike Monte-Carlo
Booth: 641
25 Bd de Belgique
Monte Carlo, Monaco 98000
Aqua Massage International
Booth: 933
P.O. Box 808, Groton, CT 06340
Aspen Information Systems
Booth: 355
6607 Ampton Drive
Spring, TX 77379
Audio Visual Now
Booth: 649
502 Soquel Ave.
Santa Cruz, CA 95062
Automated Payment Services
Booth: 450
614 The Pavillion
Jenkintown, PA 19046
Body Bar Systems
Booth: 229
5045 Winship Court
Alpharetta, GA 30004
Body Cycle/Millennium Fitness International
Booth: 226
164 St. Louis
St. Eustache, Quebec, Canada J7R 1Y3
Body Invest
Booth: 544
P.O. Box 37
Alexandria, TN 37012
Body Time
Booth: 839
P.O. Box 9
Chester, NJ 07930
Booking Plus
Booth: 731
P.O. Box 64
Winchester, MA 01890
Brewer's Ledge Inc.
Booth: 106
34 Brookley Road
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Cardio Theater Inc.
Booth: 522
21420 D N.W. Nicholas Court, Suite 12
Hillsboro, OR 97124
CCS Fitness Inc.
Booth: 437
271 Thomas St.
Hurley, NY 12443
Centaur Floor Systems
Booth: 841
135 Chapala St.
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
CheckFree Corp.
Booth: 745
4411 E. Jones Bridge Road
Norcross, GA 30092
Classic Woodworking
Booth: 322
P.O. Box 1476
Tualatin, OR 97062
Club Industry Magazine
Booth: 317
One Plymouth Meeting, Suite 501
Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462
Club Marketing & Management Services/Kidsport International
Booth: 148
244 Kent Drive
Hewlett, NY 11557
Booth: 527
Six Penn Center W.
Pittsburgh, PA 15276
Computer Outfitters
Booth: 440
4613 N. University Drive #243
Coral Springs, FL 33065
Comtec Industries
Booth: 241
801 Corey St.
Moosic, PA 18507
Creative Agency Group/The Hartford Insurance Co.
Booth: 547
15 Creative Circle, Route 520 W.
Holmdel, NJ 07733
CSI Software
Booth: 646
3120 S.W. Freeway, Suite 300
Houston, TX 77098
Company statement: CSI Software provides software to manage members, employees, facilities and accounting for fitness clubs and other membership organizations. It has been the company's only business for the past 20 years. CSI's products are contemporary yet reliable, sophisticated yet user-friendly, comprehensive yet scalable. CSI helps you to operate one club, a regional group of clubs or a nationwide network.
Circle Reader Service No. 150
Booth: 647
1403 Trindle Road
Carlisle, PA 17013
Custom Design Systems
Booth: 836
200 Daniels Way, Suite 210
Freehold, NJ 07728
Company statement: Custom Design Systems was founded in 1989 on the innovative concept of video identification proofing for membership check-in. By using state-of-the-art technology, POWERManagement software, with its video check-in and other capabilities, became the leading club management software and set the industry standard, according to the company. Today, with cutting-edge technology, CDS is reportedly leading the fitness industry into the 21st century.
Circle Reader Service No. 142
Booth: 307
10 Trotter Drive, Medway, MA 02053
Cytech USA/Tomahawk
Booth: 831
#10 Smithridge Park
Reno, NV 89502
Discount Amenities
Booth: 749
P.O. Box 802402
Dallas, TX 75380
Booth: 844
715 Fountain Ave.
Lancaster, PA 17601
Dr. Smoothie Enterprises
Booth: 451
10532 Walker St., Unit D
Cypress, CA 90630
Dynamic Marketing
Booth: 548
40 Western Industry
Cranston, RI 02921
Equilibrium Pilates
Booth: 740
3 Summer Place
Cape Town, South Africa 08005
Europa Sports Products
Booth: 216
11401 H. Grandite St.
Charlotte, NC 28273
Extreme Blendz Juice Bar
Booth: 326
240 N. Jones, Suite F311
Las Vegas, NV 89107
Fabiano Designs International
Booth: 254
6 S. Fullerton Ave.
Montclair, NJ 07042
Booth: 124
1000 Sterling Road,
Box 720
Mount Marion, NY 12477
Fitness Management Magazine
Booth: 530
4160 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90010
Full Circle Padding
Booth: 454
253 Mansfield Ave.
Norton, MA 02766-1330
Booth: 738
6 Montgomery Village Ave.
Gaithersburg, MD 20879
Future Fitness International
Booth: 541
1965 S. Ocean Drive, Suite 7C
Hallendale, FL 33009
Get Physical Software
Booth: 911
15 E. Putnam Ave., Suite 376
Greenwich, CT 06830
GlobalFit Corporate Fitness & Wellness
Booth: 150
1201 Chestnut St., 6th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Graham Meus Architects
Booth: 441
6 Edgerly Place
Boston, MA 02116
Ground Zero Design Corp./Nordic Track
Booth: 707
2845 Janitell Road
Colorado Springs, CO 80906
Health & Fitness Business Magazine
Booth: 133
One Penn Plaza
New York, NY 10119
Health Oriented Technologies
Booth: 542
357 Whittington St.
Manchester, NH 03104
Ideal Products Inc.
Booth: 532
P.O. Box 4090
Ontario, CA 91761
Booth: 237
425 Lively Blvd.
Elk Grove Village, IL 60007
Booth: 651
263 Summer St.
Boston, MA 02210
International Fitness Club Network
Booth: 915
1515 Bank Boston Plaza
Providence, RI 02903
International Fitness Professionals Association
Booth: 140
905 E. MLK Jr.
Tarpon Springs, FL 34689
International Fitness Resources
Booth: 329
122 New South Road
Hicksville, NY 11801
International Sports Sciences Association
Booth: 324
1035 Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Internet Café Group
Booth: 215
23 Darley Drive
Hamden, CT 06518
Iron Grip Barbell Co.
Booth: 623
1567 Sundland Lane
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Company statement: With the introduction of its unique Iron Grip Olympic weight plate in 1993, Iron Grip established itself as an innovator in the free weight industry, report company officials. Since then, Iron Grip has strived to improve not only upon existing free-weight designs, but also on its construction, to bring its customers the most cutting-edge products built using the most advanced materials and design technology. Iron Grip's signature plate design features a unique 12-sided anti-roll shape. The company also offers a Group Strength line and the competitively priced IGX Strength line.
Circle Reader Service No. 144
Ivanko Barbell Co.
Booth: 429
P.O. Box 1470
San Pedro, CA 90733
Company statement: Ivanko Barbell Co. manufactures a large selection of plates, bars, collars and dumbbells. The philosophy at Ivanko has remained the same since its beginning: to design and produce quality products. Although the product line over the years has become the focal point, Ivanko's commitment to servicing its clients with courtesy and reliability reportedly exceeds the industry standards.
Circle Reader Service No. 145
K & K Insurance Group Inc.
Booth: 225
1712 Magnavox Way
Fort Wayne, IN 46804
L. Robert Kimball & Associates
Booth: 117
4400 Deer Path Road #105
Harrisburg, PA 17110
Landice Treadmills
Booth: 222
111 Canfield Ave.
Randolph, NJ 07869
Liberty Paper
Booth: 259
180 W. 52nd St.
Bayonne, NJ 07002
Life Fitness
Booth: 407
10601 W. Belmont Ave.
Franklin Park, IL 60131
Company statement: Life Fitness, a Brunswick company, is one of the industry's global leaders in designing and manufacturing a full line of reliable, high-quality fitness equipment for commercial and consumer use. Its cardiovascular and strength-training products, including the renowned Lifecycle exercise bike, are used in health, fitness and wellness facilities worldwide. The company is headquartered near Chicago and distributes its equipment in more than 120 countries.
Circle Reader Service No. 146
Life Measurement Instruments
Booth: 126
1850 Bates Ave.
Concord, CA 94520
Booth: 925
3333 Warrenville Road #200
Lisle, IL 60532
MCR Strength Inc.
Booth: 127
3004 S.E. 147th Court
Vancouver, WA 98683
MedX Corp.
Booth: 807
1401 N.E. 77th St.
Ocala, FL 34479
Mondo America Inc.
Booth: 351
2655 Francis-Hughes
Laval, Quebec, Canada H7L 3S8
National Association of Martial Arts
Booth: 540
5601 116th Ave. N.
Clearwater, FL 33760
National Council of Strength & Fitness
Booth: 349
1320 S. Dixie Highway #910
Coral Gables, FL 33146
National Federation of Professional Trainers
Booth: 122
P.O. Box 4579
Lafayette, IN 47903
National Sports Exchange
Booth: 909
4801 Hampden Lane
Bethesda, MD 20814
Newton Strength Systems
Booth: 537
1490 D Novel St.
Boucherville, Quebec, Canada J4B 5H1
NuStep Inc.
Booth: 339
5111 Venture Drive #1
Ann Arbor, MI 48108
Booth: 939
692 Winthrop Road
Teaneck, NJ 07666
Oscoda Plastics
Booth: 654
P.O. Box 189
Oscoda, MI 48750
Booth: 639
126 Graylock Ave.
Belleview, NJ 07109
Paradise Pops
Booth: 227
2140 Leurting Ave.
Bronx, NY 10461
Paramount Fitness Equipment
Booth: 107
6450 Bandini Blvd.
Commerce, CA 90040
Company statement: Paramount has been a leader in the design and manufacturing of commercial strength products since it was founded in 1954. Paramount offers more than 90 products, including the new advanced performance system of single stations introduced in 1989. Paramount reports that it offers a revolutionary concept in upper-body training: Advanced Rotary Technology. In addition to these products are innovative free-weight equipment, including Direct Power; a women's circuit (Paramount Lady); and light-institutional machines (the Fitness line).
Circle Reader Service No. 147
Pawling Corp.
Booth: 549
P.O. Box 200
Wassaic, NY 12592
Peak Body Systems
Booth: 330
5425 Airport Blvd. #103
Boulder, CO 80303
Peak Performance
Booth: 551
2285 116th Ave. N.E.,
Suite 101
Bellevue, WA 98004
Philadelphia Insurance Cos.
Booth: 746
One Bala Plaza,
Suite 100
Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004
Planet Protein
Booth: 555
6445 Glen Oaks Lane
Atlanta, GA 30328
PlateMate by Benoit Built Inc.
Booth: 947
12 Factory Cove Road
Boothbay Harbor, ME 04538
Polar Electro
Booth: 817
370 Crossways Park Drive
Woodbury, NY 11797
Power Systems
Booth: 354
P.O. Box 12620
Knoxville, TN 37912
Precise Fitness
Booth: 849
500 International Drive, Suite 300
Mt. Olive, NJ 07828
Promote It International
Booth: 123
2255 S. Wadsworth Blvd.,
Suite 205
Lakewood, CO 80227-3023
Quantum Fitness Corp.
Booth: 823
10245 West Airport
Stafford, TX 77477
RB Rubber Products
Booth: 118
904 East 10th Ave.
McMinnville, OR 97128
Shuttle Systems by Contemporary Designs
Booth: 907
10005 Mt. Baker Highway
P.O. Box 5089
Glacier, WA 98244
Sports & Fitness Insurance Corp.
Booth: 837
P.O. Box 1967
Madison, MS 39130
SPRI Products Inc.
Booth: 433
1026 Campus Drive
Mundelein, IL 60060
Booth: 328
2000 Hamilton St., Suite C200
Philadelphia, PA 19130
Company statement: StageStep specializes in flooring for the dynamic needs of the fitness market. StageStep provides tailored turnkey services — from specification and design to manufacture and installation. StageStep's mission is to help you protect your most important asset — your members. The company reportedly does this by providing you with your own personal account specialist who will attend to your individual needs, exceed all of your value expectations and provide you with your lowest total cost solutions.
Circle Reader Service No. 148
Steam Sauna
Booth: 444
240 Portage
Lewiston, NY 14092
Stott Equipment Sales Inc.
Booth: 723
2200 Yonge St., Suite 1402
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4S 2C6
Company statement: Stott Pilates Inc. was founded in 1987 by Moira Stott-Merrithew and business partner/husband Lindsay Merrithew, with a mission to promote the benefits of mind/body fitness worldwide. Stott Pilates, developed by master instructor Stott-Merrithew, is a contemporary approach to the original Pilates mind/body method of exercise. Stott Pilates Inc. is a subsidiary of Merrithew Corp. which provides Pilates education, videos and equipment to more than 40 countries.
Circle Reader Service No. 149
Streamline Fitness Equipment
Booth: 523
20 Progress St.
E. Stroudsberg, PA 18301
Strive Enterprises
Booth: 323
2403 B Washington Road
Canonsburg, PA 15317
Susan K. Bailey Advertising
Booth: 950
244 Ashley St.
P.O. Box 171
Foxboro, Ontario, Canada K0K 2B0
Booth: 655
235 Bear Hill Road
Waltham, MA 02451
Tri-Bar Gripping Systems
Booth: 848
1956 Williams St., Bldg. 8
San Leandro, CA 94577
True Fitness
Booth: 631
865 Hoff Road
O'Fallon, MO 63366
Twin Oaks Software Development
Booth: 231
1463 Wilbur Crossing
Berlin, CT 06037
Universal Nutrition
Booth: 937
3 Terminal Road
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Booth: 144
3190 E. Airport Loop
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Vita Mix
Booth: 236
8615 Usher Road
Cleveland, OH 44138
Water Rower Inc.
Booth: 951
30 Cutler St.
Warren, RI 02885
Woodway USA
Booth: 108
W229 N591 Foster Court
Waukesha, WI 53186
Booth: 131
2995 Longbeach Road
Oceanside, NY 11561
Worldwide Sport Nutritional Products
Booth: 737
10540 72nd St. N.
Largo, FL 33777
Exhibitor list current as of Monday, April 23


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They watched the Ravens' football playoffs together, muffling their whoopsin the hush of a hospital. Les Moore lay propped in bed in the critical carewing, more mindful of the TV than the IV in his arm. Beside him sat hisfather, Lenny, the Colts' Hall of Famer.
Finally, things appeared to be looking up. Baltimore led Oakland by seven... 10 ... 13 points. As the Ravens neared victory, Les looked more alert.Forgotten, for a moment, was his nine-year struggle with a chronic illness.Les sipped juice, ate mashed potatoes, urged the team on.
Then, the Ravens won.
"Man, we're going to the Super Bowl!" Les exclaimed, grasping his father'shand. "It's Baltimore and New York in the championship again."
That was the last time Lenny Moore would see a football game with his son.
Les died before dawn.
At 43, he had battled for nearly a decade against scleroderma, a rareautoimmune disease in which the body attacks itself. On his last night, aroomful of relatives gathered around him to watch the game.
"That Sunday was tonic for us all," Lenny said. "It was a happy, happymoment - one of the main remembrances of Les that we have."
The former Colt replays those last moments, when things looked hopeful, theRavens were destiny's team and even the nurses wore purple.
These are sobering times for Lenny Moore, 67, who tonight will officiate atthe 23rd annual Ed Block Courage Awards banquet at Martin's West. Moore ispresident of the Block Foundation, whose fete honors one player from each NFLteam who epitomizes a commitment to sportsmanship.
The foundation was named for a former Colts' trainer during Moore's yearswith the club. In 12 seasons with Baltimore, the elusive back scored 113touchdowns, gained more than 12,000 yards and led the Colts to NFL titles in1958 and 1959. He was Rookie of the Year, Comeback Player of the Year and ashoo-in for enshrinement in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1975.
But nothing that transpired during his playing days prepared Moore for thegrief he has endured of late.
Exactly five weeks after his son died, Lenny's ex-wife succumbed to astroke. Frances Moore was mother to four of Lenny's five children, includingLes, their first-born (Lenny has another son by a previous relationship).
Only days before her death, Frances recalled Les' infancy - and Lenny'sfirst glimpse of his son upon returning from a road trip in 1957.
"Lenny was afraid to hold him at the hospital. He kept saying, `I mightbreak him,' " she remembered. "I said, `Lenny, he's not porcelain.'
"Finally, he took this 7-pound bundle, tucked it into the crook of his armlike a football and started down the hall, like he was headed for the endzone. He was just so proud."
Lenny delighted in showing off Les to friends, said Jim Parker, the Hall ofFame lineman and Moore's roommate on the Colts. "I'd go by his home [in westBaltimore] and he'd be playing with Les in his crib, pinching his cheeks,"Parker said. "You couldn't leave until you told Lenny that the baby lookedjust like him."
Come the off-season, Lenny showed his toddler the town. They perused thestores on North Avenue and played in Druid Hill Park. Sometimes, Lenny tookhis son to the Colts' training camp in Westminster. "Spats" and his shadow,they called them.
When he was old enough, Les entered McDonogh School, in Owings Mills, wherehe stayed through seventh grade. He liked football, but loved ice hockey,skating for hours on a frozen pond in Dickeyville, near his home, or at theCivic Center following Baltimore Clippers games.
At Northwestern High, Les played football for the Wildcats, who wereMaryland Scholastic Association champions his junior year. Coach Jim Welschremembered him as "a good, hard-working kid," a special teams player who neversought special treatment.
"I never pushed Les to play," said Lenny, who attended many of his games."Did he feel pressure from his peers? Sure. They'd say, `Hey man, you gonnawear No. 24?' But he didn't.
"Les wanted to be his own man. He wasn't about coattails."
Lenny saved his son's old football shoes, which he keeps in a closet besidea battered cleat worn by former Colts star Gene "Big Daddy" Lipscomb, the hugedefensive lineman who died of a heroin overdose nearly 40 years ago.
Les himself used illegal drugs after high school during a difficultstretch. He overcame his addiction with help from his family and went on touse his experience to caution others.
Lenny, now a juvenile justice program specialist with the State Departmentof Education, takes pride in describing how Les once accompanied him toaddress troubled teens - and tried to turn young lives around.
"He spoke freely about what drugs he'd taken, what they tasted like andtheir chemical breakdowns," Lenny recounted. "He told them what it felt liketo get high, using street vernacular, and how `you'll never quite get to thatlittle light at the end of the tunnel - or back to where you were when youstarted [using].'
"He planted the seed, left nothing out. I was amazed at the depth of hisknowledge."
Les was working as a lathe operator in 1992 when he was diagnosed withscleroderma, a non-contagious disease that afflicts more than 300,000Americans. In its milder forms, the illness may cause a thickening of theskin, gnarled hands and rheumatic-like pain in joints and bones.
The disease targets women 3-to-1 over men. African-Americans areparticularly susceptible to the rarer, life-threatening form, in which thebody's defense system declares war on its vital organs, eroding the kidney,lungs and heart.
While there is no known cure, "the technology for substantial newtreatments is around the corner," said Dr. Fred Wigley, co-director of thejoint-ventured Johns Hopkins and University of Maryland Scleroderma Center. Hesaid those suffering from the most severe form can expect to live an averageof two to five years.
Les Moore lasted nine.
"He was such a strong-willed individual, he never totally let us in on howbad he was feeling," said Dr. Ray Flores, a specialist in rheumatologicdiseases who treated him at the University of Maryland Medical Center. "Wenever spoke of spiritual faith, but Les always believed things would workout."
In 1998, Les was able to accompany his dad to the Super Bowl in Miami for a40th anniversary gala of the 1958 championship game. Les hobnobbed withlegendary members of the Colts and New York Giants.
He soaked up stories, had a blast. "He was cool on the outside, but a kidon the inside," Lenny said.
But the disease progressed steadily until, last fall, Les needed an oxygenbackpack to attend the Ravens' home games. That hit Lenny hard. It wasdifficult for him to accept that his son was weaker than he.
"It bothered Lenny big-time," said Edith, his wife of 24 years. "Lennydidn't say so, but Les knew that it worried him, too."
To spare his dad, Les used oxygen discreetly.
The two spent countless hours in the club basement of Lenny's home inRandallstown, watching football and hockey games on TV, or listening to jazz.
That room seems terribly empty now, with Les gone.
"Have I cried? More than I care to tell you," Lenny said. "I've lostothers, but this I can't describe. This was my bone, my flesh."
Said his daughter, Carol Herron: "It's like someone reached in, yanked outhalf of Dad's heart and closed him back up again."
Besides relatives, in his time of grief, Lenny has been buoyed by supportfrom his football family - old and new, near and far.
When the Moores arrived for the viewing, they found John Unitas waiting topay his respects. For hours, the old Colts streamed into the mortuary onEdmondson Avenue: Jim Parker, Jim Mutscheller, Art Donovan ... Rick Volk, RoyHilton, Roy Jefferson ... Lydell Mitchell, Tom Matte, Stan White.
At the funeral service, the Ravens sent a huge spray of purple flowers. AndJoe Ehrmann, the Colt-turned-clergyman, touched everyone's hearts with animpromptu sermon.
"As Lenny's teammates, we went to honor the life of his son," Ehrmann said."We all have these little broken boys inside of us that need be held, andhugged and affirmed. That's the reality of every man in this country."
Today, nearly two months after Les' death, the cards and phone calls keepcoming from Lenny's colleagues. The Moores have heard from nearly every memberof the Pro Football Hall of Fame. On one desk is a note from Frank and KathieGifford; over there, a heartfelt letter from Bart Starr, the former Green Bayquarterback who himself lost a son 10 years ago.
There are cards from ex-players such as Howie Long and Joe Perry and Ollie Matson.
One call was from the wife of Lou "The Toe" Groza, Cleveland's place-kickerwho helped beat the Colts for the 1964 title. Lenny helped console her; shehad just lost Lou.
"I spoke at length with Raymond Berry [in Colorado]. He's a gem," Mooresaid. "And Gino [Marchetti] sent a beautiful verse and prayer."
The day after his son was buried, Lenny went to the Ravens' practice toshare thoughts with the players, as he had on past occasions. In a colddrizzle, the Ravens gathered around. Instead of talking football, Moore spokeof his son.
Jermaine Lewis, who had experienced grief over his stillborn son, gave hima hug. Others consoled him as best they could.
In turn, he thanked them for the reprieve the team had given Les, and him,that last night in the hospital. Les had seemed on the mend watching the game,and jubilant the Ravens were on their way to the Super Bowl. He had told hisdad:
"It doesn't get any better than this!"

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One of the most important things that software architects do is manage the complexity of their systems in order to mitigate release disruption while maintaining sufficient feature velocity. When we cannot reduce complexity, we try to hide or shift it. Software architects tend to manage that complexity with the time-honored strategies covered in this article.
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Electric car wins the first auto race in the United States
On September 7, 1896, an electric car built by the Riker Electric Motor Company wins the first auto race in the United States, at the Narragansett Trotting Park–a mile-long dirt oval at the state fairgrounds that was normally used for horse racing–in Cranston, Rhode Island. Automobile companies sponsored the race to show off their newfangled electric-, steam-, and gas-powered vehicles to an awestruck audience. The carmakers' gimmick worked: About 60,000 fairgoers attended the event, and many more people read about it in newspapers and magazines.
Seven cars entered the race. Along with the Riker Electric, there were five internal-combustion cars and one other battery-powered machine, this one built by the Electric Carriage and Wagon Company. The race began slowly ("Get a horse!" the spectators shouted as the automobiles wheezed at the starting line), but the Riker soon pulled ahead and won the race easily, finishing its five laps in about 15 minutes. The other electric car came in second, and a gas-powered Duryea took third.
Rhode Island is probably not the first place most people think of when they think of American automobile racing, but car racing in the Ocean State actually has a rich history. That Narragansett race was only the beginning: The Cranston track drew so many spectators that cities all over the state soon built dirt ovals of their own. For its part, the original raceway got so much use that its owners had to close it in 1914 for renovations. When it reopened the next year, it was like nothing any car-racing fan had ever seen. The new track was a paved, banked "Super Speedway" designed for 100-mile races.
On September 18, 1915, 50,000 people came to the first contest at the new park, where they watched the celebrity racer Eddie Rickenbacker coast to victory over a field of famous drivers in spectacular cars. Unfortunately for the Narragansett track's investors, however, Rhode Islanders' enthusiasm for car-racing waned as other kinds of mass entertainments grew more popular. The Cranston raceway closed for good in 1923.


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NZ Canberra road a first for Fulton
Property Here - Tuesday, April 02, 2013
Canberra's A$288 million ($358 million) Majura Parkway contract is one of the largest won by New Zealand's biggest road, contracting and land development business.
Fulton Hogan has contracts worth $3.7 billion, nearly four times Fletcher Construction's $1.1 billion workload but late last year it won the parkway, the company's first big construction project in the Australian Capital Territory and the largest construction project in the nation's capital.
The company is building an 11.5km dual carriageway to connect the Federal Highway to Monaro Highway and Peter Kessler, Fulton Hogan chief operating officer for construction in Australia, said at an official launch early this year that it was a big win for the company and its first project in the territory.
"Majura Parkway will connect the CBD with Canberra International Airport and the Majura Valley, creating improved traffic conditions for commuters and international freight," Kessler said when the first sod was turned at an event attended by Australian Federal Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Anthony Albanese, and ACT Chief Minister, Katy Gallagher.
The Federal Highway will be connected to the Monaro Highway to relieve traffic congestion and provide better access to the valley, enable faster movement of traffic from the north to the southside of Canberra, reduce commuters' fuel consumption and greenhouse gases.
Fulton Hogan won the job in September and has since established the main project office in the Majura Business Park. The new road is forecast to carry around 40,000 vehicles a day including up to 6000 trucks by 2030. The overall project is due for completion by mid-2016.
Nick Miller, Fulton Hogan Christchurch-based managing director, said three months ago that the company's $3.7 billion workload was fairly evenly divided between New Zealand and Australia.
The 2012 annual report was posted on the Companies Office website last month and a Fulton Hogan spokesman said that trend had continued as the business won more work.
Some of the pillars of the forward order book were mentioned in the company's half year guidance note on March 6, he said.
These included a pickup in the scale and pace of South Island projects including a steady share of the Stronger Christchurch Rebuild Team work now at full momentum and the upgrade of the Tekapo Canal.
The Fulton Hogan spokesman said the $39 million Dunedin roading contract announced by the Dunedin City Council in March was among the large number of sealing, asphalting and road construction and maintenance contracts which continue to be the backbone of the business in New Zealand.
Fulton Hogan says its principal activities are road construction and surfacing, quarrying, production of metal and specialist aggregates, highway maintenance for local and national governments here and in Australia, production of asphalt, bituminous products and emulsion, land development for residential sections, civil construction including rail and water services, airport runway construction and surfacing and facilities maintenance.
One of its largest residential subdivisions is Millwater near Silverdale, north of Auckland.
Fulton Hogan
*79 years construction experience
*Founded by Jules Fulton and Bob Hogan in Dunedin
*Employs more than 5500 people
*Canberra job one of its biggest
*A$288m Majura Parkway under way
[Source: Fulton Hogan]


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Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III did a little bit of everything on Sunday in a 31-6 win over the Eagles and he's been named the NFC offensive player of the week award for the second time.
Griffin is the first rookie quarterback since 1984 to win offensive player of the week honors twice in a season. He was previously honored for his work in the Week One victory over the Saints and was also named the league's offensive rookie of the month for September.
Griffin completed 14-of-15 passes for 200 yards against the Eagles. Four of those completions went for touchdowns and Griffin added 84 rushing yards as well as the Redskins overwhelmed the Eagles. Griffin has completed 67.1 percent of his passes on the year for 2,193 yards and 12 touchdowns and his 101 passer rating is good for fifth in the league among qualified quarterbacks.
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Area Description: Cimarron Hills WMA covers 3,770 acres in western Woods County, located four miles north of the junction of Highways 34 and US 64, and then four miles west on Major road. The area lies north of the city of Woodward, east of Buffalo, and west of Alva. Cimarron Hills WMA is primarily rolling sand hills overlooking the east side of the Cimarron River. Area is dominated by mixed-grass prairie vegetation and sand sagebrush and sand plum on the uplands and vegetated by tall grass prairie species in the river bottom along with cottonwood, hackberry, and western soapberry trees along West Anderson Creek. A limited amount of Cimarron River flood plain exists along the west boundary of the WMA, dominated by salt flats, interspersed with some salt cedar.
Driving Directions: From Buffalo: 19 miles east on U.S. Hwy 64, 6 miles north on State Hwy 34, 2½ miles west on Major Road.
Game Species of Interest:
- Quail: Bobwhite quail are present in moderate numbers.
- Deer: White-tailed deer are present in limited numbers, mule deer are rarely seen.
- Turkey: Rio Grande turkeys are present in fair numbers.
- Pheasant: Pheasants are extremely rare.
- Dove: Dove are present in fair numbers.
- Rabbit: Rabbits are present in fair numbers.
- Waterfowl: Duck and goose opportunities exist along the river.
- Furbearers: Coyote, bobcat and raccoon are present.
Non-Game Species of Interest: Cimarron Hills is host to a number of non-game species.
Such as: Lesser Prairie Chicken, Bell's Vireo, Eastern Collard Lizard, Texas Horned Lizard, Western Diamondback and Prairie Rattlesnakes, loggerhead shrike, western big-eared bat, Cassin Sparrow, Grasshopper Sparrow, Red Headed Woodpecker, red-tailed hawk, Snowy Plover, and Interior Least Tern.
Description of Fish and Wildlife Management Practices: Cimarron Hills management practices will include prescribed grazing by livestock, strip mowing, pasture aeration, prescribed burning, and selective removal of upland trees. These techniques will produce native wildlife foods that will include ragweed, croton, and sunflowers.
Fishing Opportunities: Limited along river. Fishing will be accessible by walk-in only.
Hunting Opportunities: All hunting activities will be by walk-in only. Consult regulations before entering the area.
Birding Opportunities: All activities will be by walk-in only, and will be restricted during hunting seasons and by on-going management practices. Consult regulations before entering the area.
Camping and User Facilities: The WMA has one primitive camping area, located to the northwest of the headquarters. Other accommodations can be found in Woodward, 35 miles south on Highway 34 or in Buffalo, 20 miles to the west on US Highway 64, or 38 miles east to Alva.
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One of my gifts for Christmas this year was The Intolerant Family Cookbook. It is a book written by my cousins, Ellen Fitzsimmons and her daughter, Molly Lepeska. No, it's not what you think. They're not a bunch of crazy, wide-eyed radicals. It is a book that features gluten-free, dairy-free, family-friendly food recipes. Several members of my family suffer from food intolerant conditions.
This book is for people with dietary restrictions who want to cook interesting, healthful food that is gluten-free and dairy-free with a reasonable amount of carbohydrates. One of the authors is gluten and dairy intolerant; the other has diabetes. Both are committed to healthy and tasty food that is easy to prepare at home that they never had when they discovered their conditions.
The cookbook includes anecdotes and stories about family, favorite recipes, and the journeys Ellen and Molly made to their changed world of food. The book allows families with food intolerances to celebrate their own everyday family traditions and create their own special holiday food memories.
The book's recipes are well written and easy to follow with a complete set of nutritionals at the end of each. The important thing is the food tastes great. You will find that the recipes encompass a complete world of food, from starters to party snacks, and soups, salads, main courses, veggies, breads (those hard to find recipes that are gluten-free) and even a large section of desserts.
In reviewing the latter, I noticed Chocolate Chip Cookies, Chocolate Pecan Cookies, the Best Chocolate Pudding and even a Chocolate Frosting. Each of these recipes could be enhanced with the addition of our Choclatique Semi-Sweet, Dark Chocolate Mini-Chips, Ebony Dark Chocolate Pastilles and our Natura (natural) Cocoa Powder. All of these baking ingredients are gluten- and dairy-free products.
Their readers could also benefit from our very special Pure Power Peanut Bar that is 100% gluten-free. Choclatique Pure Power is a delicious, high protein (9.5g) peanut bar that is chock-full of U.S.A. grown Virginia peanuts and all-natural ingredients that are commonly found in your own pantry. We have found that a 1.75 ounce bar is a great quick 210 calorie meal replacement or energy boost. We know what it means to live on a gluten-free diet and how Pure Power is the perfect snack solution for the gluten-free lifestyle. Pure Power is available in 2 flavors — Pure Power Original (with dark chocolate base) and Pure Power Fruit with blueberries, tart cherries and dark chocolate.
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Garage Center for Contemporary Culture presents Exhibition #5: the first and largest survey of contemporary, self-taught art in Russia today.
Exhibition #5 is the culmination of a summer-long journey in 2012, during which The Museum of Everything created a mobile gallery to search for new artists in Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Saint Petersburg and Moscow. Participants were documented, photographed and filmed as part of the project, with local exhibitions held in all of the cities visited.
Designed and curated by The Museum of Everything, the installation in Gorky Park features new and re-discovered artists, elderly, amateur and homeless artists, and artists with learning and physical disabilities.
Exhibition #5 will also feature historic self-taught artists, including Pavel Leonov and Alexander Lobanov. T
Short films of The Museum of Everything journey are available to see at www.musevery.ru. An illustrated catalogue of the project is available at the exhibition and features written texts by participants in the project, as well as essays by Leonid Tischkov, Jean-Hubert Martin with a foreword by Dasha Zhukova.
Monday – Thursday: 11:00 – 21:00(last admission 20:30)
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text: i bot/used commercial 75 ohm tv hdline conn's and found that they are not uoto the job....although they look good they are not designed to handle power......better/cheaper solution are the home brew jobs made using brass fittings for 1/2" copper tubing..... w7gg ---------- > From: firstname.lastname@example.com > To: firstname.lastname@example.com; email@example.com; email@example.com > Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] CATV Hardline connectors > Date: Tuesday, June 24, 1997 5:51 AM > > > > The most elegant method is to use CATV connectors slightly modified. > > I use CATV Pin connectors with "B-body", 50 ohm N connectors screwed on the > end. This is the real deal. This gives you the watertight O-ring seals > with no soldering except for the center pin of the N connector, which > solders easily onto the pin. However, this method will move you out of the > "free" zone. I'd recommend NOT using the CATV N connectors that are > available at substantially higher prices. These are 75 ohm connectors and > the female socket is much smaller than it's 50 ohm cousin. They are NOT > compatible and you'll break the female socket if you try and attach a 50 > ohm N male to it. Unless you are using them at UHF or higher, the > impedance bump will be unimportant, and in those cases you will probably > want to use the 1/4 wave matching stub type connector to match up with a 50 > ohm termination. > > My method requires real CATV Pin connectors, which will probably run you > anywhere from 7.50 each on up, unless you can find some surplus (I found > some at Dayton last year for 25 cents each for 3/4 inch line!). The B body > N connectors will probably run you 4 or 5 bucks a piece. Lastly you will > need a "coring tool" made for whatever size of cable you are working > with... These run anywhere from about $25 to $45 dollars per size. You > need these to easily and cleanly remove the dielectric from the end of the > cable, as the CATV connectors all slip inside the end and clamp onto both > conductors. > > If you want to save money, use this method outside and the old waterpipe > adapter type inside, where it cant get wet. > > BTW, if you have a long run and 2 short pieces of cable, you can buy > splices from the same suppliers. They arent cheap...generally about double > the price of a PIN connector, but it's very sexy, watertight, and > guaranteed impedance match. It would be the only way to go on UHF and up. > On the lower HF freqs you can get a way with a lot of melted dielectric or > exposed center conductor without much loss. A lot of guys will just expose > the 2 ends and strap them together the same direction, then use a small > jumper and hose clamps to tie the centers together. I certainly wouldnt > put this underground, but you could just cover it with a small plastic > container and tape. Kinda kludgy, but it works...for a while. > > BTW, I dont know of anyone making a .86 cable... Times made a .84 cable in > their TX10 series. It's real nice stuff with a much thicker shield than > most so it's hard to kink it, but the connectors are rare and therefor > pricey...probably close to double the normal ones ($15 to 25 each I'd > imagine). I've got a bunch of 1.16 TX10 that I'll be burying soon and > those things were about $25 > each for connectors and $45 for splices! They also were not a stock > item...it took weeks to get them. > > Flooded and/or armoured cables are real nice for burial. They can be run > up the tower (I did it), but be prepared for some seepage of the flooding > compound. It's sticky stuff! However, it cleans up very nicely with a > citrus-based cleaner and adds some protection if your jacket gets pierced > somehow... You'll probably have to go back every once in a while and clean > up the exposed ends at the connectors, but it's not bad. > > Overall CATV cable is a great deal for hams. You should be able to get it > for free if you haul it off...especially if you take the reel with you. > Most of the cable companies end up spending time ie. money taking apart the > reels to throw it all in a dumpster (which also costs a lot of money). If > you volunteer to haul some of it off, you're almost guaranteed to find as > much as you want. Initially, I would show up on site and take the reel > apart there, "throwing" the loose coil into the back of my van and leaving > the pieces of reel there, throwing what I could into the dumpster. After I > just about crippled myself from trying to load some armoured cable that > way, I bought a landscaping trailer for that and lots of other uses. It's > a 16 footer that'll hold 6 reels and up to 7000 lbs! Now I just roll it > up the tailgate and strap it in! I've got about 30 reels of cable at my > place now...some of them with as much as 1500 feet, most of it jacketed, > and all of it at least 3/4 inch. It's also a much safer way to handle the > cable, since it's a lot safer on the reel than off in a loose coil, and > it'll be a lot easier to uncoil it without risk of kinking, etc. > > Loss wise, this stuff is almost as good as equivalent sized 50 ohm > hardline. Losses are slightly higher due to the smaller center conductor > of 75 ohm cable, but it's minor. I've yet to use any impedance matching > transformers. In fact, in some situations it can actually help your > matching. > > Have fun! > > 73, Tyler K3MM > > > > > firstname.lastname@example.com on 06/23/97 11:46:44 PM > > To: firstname.lastname@example.com > cc: (bcc: Tyler G Stewart/BENN/CEC) > Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] CATV Hardline connectors > > > > > >Fellow tower talkians,this will be my first attempt at requesting info > >from Tower Talk.I hope someone can help me.I recently aquired a > >large amount of CATV hardline.I need to adapt the hardline to standard > >PL 259 fittings.I have seen articles about this but dont recall where.Has > >anyone fabricated any or are there any manufactured that dont cost a > >bankroll.I will thank you all in advance and look forward to seeing what > >all the answers to my question might bring me. > > > >73 de WT9Q--Bob > Well, I have seen and read about ever scheme there is to make connectors. > I > like the copper plumbing method the best. Using copper pipe fittings, one > can make about anything with a drill, a couple of bits, a file and a lot of > copper couplers. But... > > The most elligant (or maybe I should say crude) method was to just solder > and clamp pig tails to the cable and have a small amount of regular coax to > connect to the antenna or the rig. > I've also seen where guys have just bent the CATV hardline at 90 degress, > clamped them together...solder a wire across the center connectors and > placed a two liter plastic bottle over the whole she-bang. > Now all you VHFers and UHFers are going have a lot of comments about that, > but does it matter on HF? The guys seem to get out and they really don't > use a connector at all.... > > Crude, but I dare say it works! We even had to do that on the local VHF > repeater when lighting blew a hole through one of our quarter wave line > transformers. We just soldered and clamped on some more coax. The SWR was > 1.3 to one and we ran that for three months. Worked fine. I don't thing > there would be a problem at HF at all. Oh yes....weather proof the hell > out > of it with coax-seal, tape, plastic, what have you. > Lee > email@example.com > > -- > FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html > Submissions: firstname.lastname@example.com > Administrative requests: email@example.com > Problems: email@example.com > Search: http://www.contesting.com/km9p/search.htm > > > > > > > -- > FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html > Submissions: firstname.lastname@example.com > Administrative requests: email@example.com > Problems: email@example.com > Search: http://www.contesting.com/km9p/search.htm -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: email@example.com Administrative requests: email@example.com Problems: firstname.lastname@example.com Search: http://www.contesting.com/km9p/search.htm


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Erie, Pa. - Necessity, it is said, is the mother of invention,
but for a group of 12 occupational therapists who traveled to
Ecuador on an Alternative Break Service Trip this spring, Lynne
Oberle, was certainly the godmother.
Oberle, an instructor in Gannon University's occupational
therapy (OT) program, took a group of nine students and
professional occupational therapist from Erie's Shriner's Hospital
to the South American nation for an educational experience that was
literally hands-on.
"New federal guidelines and privacy rules built into the Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) meant that my
fourth-year senior students could no longer directly work with
pediatric patients," Oberle says. "They were limited to observing,
an that wasn't meeting their needs."
Service learning is one of the foundations of a Gannon
education, but so is global citizenship. Undaunted, Oberle explored
opportunities for her students to do some good where they were most
needed, a quest that started two years ago and took her group 3000
miles from Erie to a place called Camp Hope.
"It's an orphanage where children go for the day, and many of
them had disabilities," Oberle said. Under her guidance, the
students did wheelchair evaluations and fittings, feeding
evaluations and even taught the staff new methods to feed the
children safely.
"We revised their program and taught new techniques," She added.
One of those techniques transformed the camp's sensory depravation
room into a sensory integration room.
It was a project that was tailor-made for Allison Blakely, who
transferred to Gannon from the Kent State University after first
attending the Cleveland Institute of Art.
"This is a space to help children cope with things they easily
get overwhelmed by - the sun, noise, anything," she said of the
room. "I was sort of the art director of the project, so I painted
a mural. I wanted cool colors, navy blue, with constellations on
one wall. On the other wall, there were waves and dolphins, and we
put in a blue light that calmed it more. We used found objects from
around the orphanage, and we did this within 36 hours, start to
At the end of the day, Oberle would review with her students the
methods and practices that they had used. "Every night from 8 p.m.
until ten, we'd sit on the verandah and have classroom time,
discussing different evals that we used-- muscle tone, feeding
protocols-anything pertinent to the students in what they saw and
did that day. That was amazing to see how my students could process
all this information and the hands-on techniques they'd been
taught. It was taking book knowledge and putting it into
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The Houma Police Department credits the city's declining crime rate to the growing number of local Neighborhood Watch programs.
The Houma Police Department credits the city's declining crime rate to the growing number of local Neighborhood Watch programs.
In just two years, the number of Neighborhood Watch groups in Houma has grown from two to 27, and more are coming, said Houma Police Sgt. Lee Lyons, who has been the Houma Police Neighborhood Watch liaison for three years.
Because of these groups, more people have been calling in to report crimes in their neighborhoods, which has led to more arrests, said Lyons and Houma Police Chief Todd Duplantis. Reported crime in Terrebonne rose by 1.3 percent in 2012 compared to 2011, but rapes, burglaries and robberies declined, according to crime statistics from the Terrebonne Sheriff's Office and the Houma Police Department.
As a result, Terrebonne government is planning to purchase more video surveillance cameras and increased lighting for Neighborhood Watch communities.
Already, grant money has paid for 16 cameras that watch captains can use to identify suspects.
Mary Lynn Stewart, Wright Avenue Neighborhood Watch block captain, has four video cameras she uses to monitor and record street activity from the comfort of her home.
In September, those cameras helped Houma Police arrest three men who were driving around shooting out car windows on Wright Avenue.
Four months later, Wright Avenue residents whose vehicles were damaged started getting restitution payments from the culprits.
"These cameras have already paid off," Stewart said. "We've already proved what these cameras can do."
Stewart said what's most endearing about Neighborhood Watch groups is the relationships that are made between neighbors and police officers.
"My philosophy is that we're trying to bring back that old sitting-on-your-front-porch mentality," she said. "It's about getting out there and introducing yourself to your neighbors and letting them know that you're here if they need you."
Watch groups go beyond crime, Stewart said. They are also about educating the public.
Guest speakers such as parish council members and department officials come to speak at these meetings to educate people about what's going on in the parish. When residents have questions, they help address their concerns, Stewart said.
At Neighborhood Watch meetings, Lyons shares the latest neighborhood crime statistics and listens to residents. He points them in the right direction to help them solve their issues and forwards the information he gathers to fellow officers and parish officials.
Mary Aucoin, a Roberta Grove Neighborhood Watch member, said crime in her neighborhood has dropped significantly since their group started four years ago.
"We were having a rash of people stealing lawn mowers and anything they could get their hands on," she said.
Now they have video-surveillance cameras that monitor the neighborhood, and those crimes have been stymied.
Aucoin shares Stewart's sentiments that Neighborhood Watch gives residents the opportunity to build bonds with their council members and the police.
"They educate us on some of the problems they have, and they let us know what they're trying to accomplish," she said. "It connects citizens on a positive basis, and that causes your general population to want to be more cooperative. Police need that feedback."
Diane Baker, a Pitre Street Neighborhood Watch member, said it's nice to see police officers present and welcoming their concerns.
"It gives me a sense of security," she said. "I feel real good when I go to these meetings and realize there are other people who care about their neighbors."
Lyons said not only are Neighborhood Watch groups growing, but they're evolving.
"We are starting a block captain meeting where leaders of each group will meet once a month starting May 16 where they will be getting additional training on what police need to help solve a crime," he said.
Block captains will learn how to report to Houma Police's new reverse-911 alert system via the Department of Homeland Security.
Lyons said the system will automatically call block captains once Homeland Security has the information and will notify people in the system when crime occurs in their area.
Watch groups pretty much cover the city limits of Houma, Lyons said, but more are always needed. Lyons said he'd like to organize a group in the area surrounding Palm Avenue and New Orleans Boulevard.
All it takes to start a Neighborhood Watch group is some concerned residents who are willing to cooperate with police and can meet monthly or quarterly. No registration fees apply, just time and effort.
Groups can meet anywhere. However, Lyons said it's better if groups meet in their respective neighborhoods so criminals take notice. But some groups meet at restaurants and three meet at the police department.
The Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office doesn't have an active Neighborhood Watch program for parish residents. But Sheriff Jerry Larpenter wants to get a program going as soon as his department can beef up its staff. In the meantime, residents looking to form a group can call Maj. Mike Dean at 876-2500. City residents can call Lyons at 873-6371.


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Wildfire death toll rises to 41 after firefighter dies in water truck rollover crash
A contract firefighter was killed when he lost control of his water-tender truck on a steep California roadway and rolled the vehicle off the road, officials said.
The driver, who was not identified, lost control around 7 a.m. he was heading downhill near Highway 29 north of Yountville, said Chief David Shew, a spokesman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
Shew described Oakville Grade as one of the steepest roads in Napa County.
Investigators are looking into what caused the driver to lose control.
The driver operated the water truck and was independently contracted to help fight the Nuns Fire. The crash happened near the fire's northern edge.
The fatal crash upped the death toll from the wildfires burning in the state to 41. Most of the victims were in Sonoma and Napa counties.


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The hearing before Middlebury's Development Review Board on Monday night concerning the proposed Fenn Gravel Pit off Route 116 in Middlebury fits the mold to the letter: it was tedious, contentious and frustrating for the public. Unfortunately, that's the process (the applicant must present their plans in full at the initial hearing, which seldom leaves adequate time for questions) and there are few, if any, shortcuts to that first step.
Knowing that, the public's next move is to employ patience and persistence as they press to get answers to their questions and reasonable extensions of time to adequately prepare responses at forthcoming hearings.
Of the requests the public made at Monday's meeting, an extension of the time allotted to adequately prepare a rebuttal seems fully justified. At issue is the claim that neighbors and other opponents had only been given the latest revised proposal a couple of weeks ago, while the advocates had been granted more than nine months to work on their "revised" plan.
On complex issues in which both sides are arguing details provided through expert testimony, it is unreasonable to expect opponents to effectively counter that testimony in short order. If the proponents took nine months to revise their proposal, the four months or so the opponents requested seems modest, practical and a sincere effort to respond intelligently without causing undue delay.
In the prelude to debate on this proposal, a few issues deserve particular note:
• First, the pit is located within a Forest-Conservation District, which requires a conditional use permit. By definition that means not all projects are worthy of a permit, but that proposals that meet certain criteria have a good chance of approval if there are no mitigating circumstances.
• Secondly, an access road to the proposed pit would bisect a Medium-Density Residential zone in order to reach Route 116. On its very face, the road intrudes into a residential area in ways that zoning is supposed to prevent. Town zoning, at its core, is meant to protect an individual's investment in property from being devalued by inappropriate development in adjoining or neighboring lots. One likely battle, if this permit goes forward, will be proving or disproving that the access road is a violation of existing zoning. In initial testimony the applicant tried to suggest such a ruling would make a mockery of Middlebury's zoning laws, but exactly the opposite is true. The clear intent of the provision is to allow residential neighborhoods to develop without fear that an industrial activity will locate near them by virtue of a connecting road splitting the heart of the neighborhood in order to reach an appropriate egress.
A third issue is that the exit and entrance onto Route 116 for trucks carrying the gravel is near a blind curve that would create hazardous driving conditions on a well-traveled highway. From a traffic safety perspective, that's a huge hurdle to overcome.
On the big-picture issues, the applicant's task was akin to putting lipstick on a pig. The applicant hired experts to testify for more than two hours Monday night that if extraordinary measures were taken, the noise, traffic and dust pollution might be held to just under the maximum acceptable levels. To do that the applicant would have to build berms to shield neighbors from the noise, keep the site "as vegetated as possible" (and when is the last time anyone saw a vegetated gravel pit?), and keep one area of the pit screened for the gravel crushing process.
All are measures to mitigate the obvious: Active gravel pits create noise, traffic and dust, and they produce all three in quantities that are often annoying to neighbors. The question facing the DRB is whether those increased levels are beyond the comfort zone for neighbors, and whether adding more noise, pollution and traffic to this particular area makes sense.
On the surface it doesn't, but that's what hearings are all about. The DRB was right not to dismiss the applicant's permit without review, but now that the details are on the table the board must soon decide whether to reject it with a cursory review of the obvious or set a stage that will inevitably lead to a long and protracted battle between developer and neighborhood.


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Police Have Suspect, DNA Proof in Brutal Death of Mother, 10-Year-Old Daughter
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Las Vegas, Nevada – The end came viciously for a mother and her young daughter.
And it came, Las Vegas police say, at the hands of Bryan Devonte Clay Jr., who broke into their home at about 2 a.m. last week, tormented a family, sexually assaulted the mother and her daughter, 10, and then bludgeoned them to death with a hammer.
The father lay in critical condition in the blood-splattered house for more than 24 hours with his two terrified sons, ages 9 and 4, unsure what to do.
But the boys knew their dad, Arturo Martinez, an illegal Mexican immigrant who worked as an electrician by day and coached boxing to teens in the evening, always stressed how important school is, their aunt told The Associated Press on Monday.
"The first thing he always tells kids is that he will teach them, but they have to do well in school," Gaudia Martinez said.
So the next morning, April 16, the fourth-grader walked four blocks to his elementary school and told a trusted teacher that his mom and sister were dead at home. School officials called police.
"He also reported his father had two holes in his head, was acting strange and there was blood all over the home," Las Vegas police said in a chillingly detailed arrest report made public Monday.
Neither the boys nor Arturo Martinez, 39, who remained Monday in a medically induced coma at a Las Vegas hospital, could tell investigators what happened. He is said to have severe head injuries. Rumors swirled for several days as police backtracked from initial assurances that they didn't think an intruder was involved.
Police now say the keys to solving the intense 11-day investigation were a DNA match to evidence of the sex assault on 38-year-old Ignacia Yadira Martinez, a bloody thumbprint from the house, and a baseball cap and cellphone records pointing to the 22-year-old man now facing charges that could get him the death penalty.
Clay was arrested Friday morning on a warrant in an unrelated case, then linked to the slayings after jailers obtained a warrant and a DNA sample. He was booked late Friday in the slayings and sex assaults.
Las Vegas Police Lt. Ray Steiber, who characterized the slayings as "savage" and "heinous," said investigators don't know why Clay, who had no connection to the family, allegedly picked the Martinez home. Steiber said the intruder apparently entered through an unlocked front or back door.
But "the physical evidence, including DNA, makes us confident we have the right person and he is the only person involved in these crimes," Steiber said.
Clay was being held Monday at the Clark County jail without bail pending an initial court appearance Wednesday on charges including murder, kidnapping, assault with a deadly weapon and sex assault with a minor under 14. He did not yet have an attorney.
The two boys were placed in protective custody with the Clark County Department of Family Services.
Child forensic counselors have spoken with the boys, but Nichols said police haven't questioned the children directly about what happened in the house.
"We're not going to push them," the police lieutenant said. "You can only imagine what they saw."
Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson said Monday that the case was getting "the highest degree of attention" from prosecutors. A decision whether to seek the death penalty won't be made for several weeks.
A public defender may be named to represent Clay, said Daren Richards, an administrator in the Clark County public defender's office.
Clay also faces a court appearance Tuesday on the original warrant accusing him of failing to appear April 3 on a felony summons in a child abuse case involving a teenage girlfriend, police and court officials said. Justice of the Peace Melissa Saragosa also has scheduled a hearing for Clay on yet another pending felony case accusing him of robbery and domestic battery.
Clay told Las Vegas police that he partied heavily with alcohol, Ecstasy and PCP, and didn't remember the home invasion, sex attacks and hammer slayings of the mother of three known as "Yady" and her 10-year-old daughter, Karla Edith Martinez, and the near-fatal bludgeoning of Arturo Martinez.
"He did not deny being involved," police said in their report, "only ... (that) he did not remember what happened."
Police added that Clay told detectives they should "kill him now instead of taking him to jail."
Authorities allege that after leaving his brother's home less than a half-mile from the Martinez home, Clay followed a 50-year-old woman on a nearby neighborhood street and tried to rape her before she clobbered him with a rock.
The woman managed to call 911 before the attacker escaped with her cellphone. Officers who found the woman about 2 a.m. April 15 also found a baseball cap that Clay later acknowledged was his, according to the police report.
Investigators think the home invasion attacks occurred between about 2 a.m. April 15, when several calls were placed with the phone taken from the 50-year-old woman, and just after 4 a.m., when there was a final call, Steiber said.
The calls were to acquaintances of Clay, including a 17-year-old girl and two people who Clay later told detectives would be "the first people he would call if he was in trouble or scared." Clay denied making the calls.
The crucial break came when a DNA sample collected from Clay following his arrest on the child abuse charge matched evidence from the attempted rape and the attacks at the Martinez home, Steiber said.
Clay's DNA was also was found on blood spots on the woman's jacket, Steiber said. Tests are still being conducted on a T-shirt and jacket that a neighbor found wadded up on the rear tire of his pickup truck. The neighbor told police he thought the clothes belonged to Martinez so he tossed them into the bed of Arturo Martinez' pickup.
Police have a claw hammer believed to be the murder weapon, Steiber said. He wouldn't say where it was found.
Steiber said Clay had only traffic offenses before his arrest Friday morning at his mother's home in northeast Las Vegas on a warrant charging him with felony child abuse in a separate case involving a teenage girlfriend. He had not been formally charged.
Gaudia Martinez said she has visited her brother in the hospital, but he hasn't been able to communicate.
"The boys are OK. Thank God, physically OK," their aunt said.
This story is based on a reporting by The Associated Press.
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All of the Netherworld's greatest nightmares have gathered to discuss the business of the day. What do they talk about when they talk about work?
This piece comes from Vitaly S. Alexius' surreal webcomic Romantically Apocalyptic, and is titled simply "Roundtable Office Meeting," via reddit. It's a perfectly gruesome image to inspire your Halloween stories. See what story you can come up with based on this illustration and post it in the comments.


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Weekly Prayer Meeting is the designated time our church comes together to pray. Each week, prayer requests are sent to our church office, and a running list is maintained. Each Wednesday, the list is printed and given to church members to pray collectively and individually.


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A.) REAR WHEEL REMOVAL- PAGE 14-16 Triumph Motorcycle Service Manual 1.) Support motorcycle on center stand or center lift so rear wheel is suspended and there is clearance for removal. Use tie downs. 2.) If both wheels are raised chock the front wheel to prevent any weight shift when rear wheel is removed. 3.) Remove chain guard. 4.) Remove caliper and support so there is no strain on the brake line. 5.) Remove both silencers from exhaust headers. 6.) Remove axle nut and washer—support or chock rear wheel—and slide out axle. 7.) Disengage chain from sprocket and hang over swing—use soft cloth to protect swing arm from scratches that will occur if you do not cover. 8.) Lower wheel to the ground and collect spacer and caliper support arm and all fasteners for re-assembly. B.) REMOVE SEAT PAGE 15-9 Triumph Motorcycle Service Manual 1.) Remove the 12 mm bolt from rear seat section—if you have a pillion pad remove it first by removing the 8 mm bolt, slide forward and lift free of seat catch. Take a position where you can see what you are doing or you will scratch your painted surface. 2.) Lift seat from the rear and slide backwards to disengage tongue– collect all fasteners for re-assembly. C.) REMOVE REAR MUD GUARD PAGE 15-14 Triumph Motorcycle Service Manual 1.) Disconnect battery and remove from motorcycle. 2.) Disconnect electrical connectors on the underside of the mudguard. 3.) Support fender from beneath and remove the 4 side allen head mount bolts and 2 12mm hex head top front mount bolts– collect all fasteners for re-assembly. D.) REMOVE FUEL TANK PAGE 9-11 Triumph Motorcycle Service Manual 1.) Turn off fuel tap. 2.) Remove fuel line at the tap connection. 3.) Remove the 12mm rear tank-mounting bolt. 4.) With assistance from another set of hands support tank at the rear and lift so that the breather line is visible on the right side of the underside of tank—remove and plug line. 5.) With tank raised and supported at the rear slide backwards— disengaging it from the front mounting rubbers—set tank aside in a safe place to prevent any damage to the painted surface. E.) REMOVE SIDE COVERS PAGE 15-10 and 9-15 Triumph Motorcycle Service Manual 1.) Loosen and remove left side cover screws on the air filter facade— lift slightly to disengage top mounts and remove—set aside in a safe place to prevent damage to painted surface. 2.) On right side cover simply and gently pull bayonet fittings from rubber slip mounts. 3.) Secure these rubber mounts and remove for later re-assembly with the Bonneville Performance brackets.


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I'm curious to know how people use Bricklink/PaB when they are building MOCs. So I just wanted to know what people have ordered recently.
My current MOC:
Light Bluish Gray Brick, Arch 1 x 6 x 2 (x80)
Light Bluish Gray Brick, Arch 1 x 8 x 2 (x80)
Light Bluish Gray Hinge Plate 1 x 4 Swivel Top / Base Complete Assembly (x100)
Light Bluish Gray Hinge Plate 1 x 2 Locking with 2 Fingers on Side (x250)
Light Bluish Gray Tile 1 x 2 with Groove (x500)
- I bought more Arches than I needed just to meet the minimum order for that store. But now I've got arches!
- 100 of the 1x4 hinge might not be enough, but I stopped before the order exceeded $20.
- I really didn't need 250 of the other hinge, but they were pretty cheap, so I just grabbed $10 worth.
- At first I bought 250 1x2 tiles. That wasn't enough so I went back for more.


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SPL: Celtic 3 St Johnstone 0
Anthony Stokes' hat-trick gave Celtic a 3-0 home win over St Johnstone as they moved 21 points clear at the Scottish Premiership summit.
The former Hibernian striker was the star of the show as he put the visitors to the sword on Sunday, opening the scoring after 15 minutes before two goals in three second-half minutes completed Neil Lennon's 150th victory as Celtic manager.
St Johnstone failed to register a single shot on target as Celtic goalkeeper Fraser Forster recorded his 12th consecutive league clean sheet, equalling a 43-year-old Scottish top-flight record.
Stokes got the first when he latched onto Leigh Griffiths' flick and fired home from the edge of the box.
St Johnstone could not get a foothold in the game and it was no surprise when the Republic of Ireland international put the hosts 2-0 up after 64 minutes, controlling Scott Brown's scooped cross and rifling past Alan Mannus from eight yards out.
And Stokes completed the third hat-trick of his Celtic career two minutes later he as he cut in from the left and hit a right-footed effort that beat Mannus at his near post.
The result sees Celtic extend their seemingly unassailable lead over Aberdeen at the top of the table, while St Johnstone remain in sixth, one point ahead of Hibernian.


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Yes, but sometimes that is all you have to say. Sometimes the babies are screaming and the dinner is burning and you've still managed to somehow post a MOC and someone says some comments about it and you really just want to say "thanks" to let them know that you read the comment and are appreciative of any compliments that may have been received. Sometimes you just want to say "thanks" to further the spirit of friendship that in turn leads to further intelligent discussion. Sometimes you want to say "thanks" but don't have that much more to add at the time. Should you then not be able to say "thanks" because you've nothing further to add at that time?
Politeness and friendly comments and chit chat are part of the glue that holds commuinities together. A community is built from a network of relationships, and every time someone says "thank you" to someone else, it further strengthens that relationship, which in turn strengthens the community, which in turn promotes further discussion, much of which will be intelligent. To say that one cannot make short comments, such as "thank you' or "I really love this" or "me too", means that a lot of posters will not post so much, which will weaken the community, and thereby limit the amount of intelligent discussion that can take place. If you alienate your users by making them feel stupid for only having a "thank you" to say at a certain time, you're going to find yourself in a place with fewer and fewer active posters, which will in turn lead to less and less intelligent discussion (since that seems to be the only goal of this site). I really don't think this is a good thing.
Gotta run -- the babies are screaming -- it happens sometimes.


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A Leap of Faith
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Premiere of full-length program by Christopher Pilafian
A LEAP OF FAITH set for Mid-January
(Santa Barbara, CA 12.12.12) Finding the physics between the four dancers has been the guiding focus of Santa Barbara Dance Theater's new artistic director, Christopher Pilafian, since he took over the much-admired company last year. Now the public will have a chance to see what's been developing on the UC Santa Barbara campus where the contemporary dance company is in residence at the highly praised Theater and Dance Department. A Leap of Faith will have its premiere January 16 - 20 at the Hatlen Theater – only five performances – Wednesday through Saturday at 8 pm and 2pm on Sunday. Featuring Kyle Castillo, Monica Ford, Tracy R. Kofford and Christina Sanchez, the four dancers have been likened to a string quartet, but in their own métier, because their movements blend together so seamlessly.
Moments of wonder and possibility will be seen in beautifully poignant solos, amazing duets, breath-taking trios and energetic quartets where the dancers explore the relationships of space, time and how humans connect. Pilafian has the company playfully interacting one moment and other times demonstrably pointed and challenging. Music tempos and moods vary throughout using original and classical pieces. Commenting on the partnering quality the dancers have achieved, Pilafian said, "It's very rare for dancers to become as fluid together as these four have in so short a time. Their fluidity is a product of time spent working closely in the studio month after month, getting to know each other's rhythms, temperaments and movement signatures." He continued "I have been blessed with strong dancers who have been able to respond to my ideas and bring their own kinetic signatures into the process." Pilafian likes to "tune into the stories the dancers carry in their bodies, and then expand upon them. What you will see in A Leap of Faith is the conversation – a dance script – that we developed while working together this past year." He continued, "SBDT provides an invaluable opportunity for dance majors to experience working in a professional contemporary dance company after graduation. I'm grateful to the University for maintaining belief in and support of the company." In fact some of the strongest company members through the years have been alumni who, like Kofford or Teresa Chapman, have danced professionally elsewhere (San Francisco or New York City) and then returned to SBDT as seasoned professionals. This resident dance company is establishing a great legacy.
Three of the four company members – Ford, Castillo & Kofford – graduated from UCSB. Both Ford & Kofford were in the company when it was directed by Jerry Pearson. The fourth member, Sanchez, moved to Santa Barbara to start a family with her husband Eric (they have two girls ages 4 & 8). She danced for many years with the internationally known and acclaimed Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater as well as Complexions Contemporary Ballet. The latter company's dancers are widely recognized as being very strong technically and in performance, with gorgeous lines – Sanchez's long lines are especially featured in her solo and are astoundingly beautiful. After Kofford's years with SBDT, he moved to New York to work with Jennifer Muller/The Works, (where Pilafian was a company member before he arrived at UCSB in 1990). Kofford returned to the South Coast recently and has been named Director of Dance at Santa Barbara City College. Together Christina and Tracy bring mature artistry while Ford and Castillo, in their 20s, bring a unique, fresh intensity to the stage. Castillo graduated as a Global Studies & Spanish major, although he trained as a dancer; he was not in the dance program – but you wouldn't know it. Ford, began dancing at three years old, was with SBDT from 2009 -11. She received awards in dance and choreography throughout her college years graduating with a BFA in Dance from UCSB. Together, these four are stunning to watch.
The design team for A Leap of Faith includes: Choreographer & Artistic Director Christopher Pilafian, Lighting Designer Michael Klaers; Music Supervisor William Pasley; Costume Designer Anaya Cullen.
Santa Barbara Dance Theater & UC Santa Barbara Department of Theater and Dance present A Leap of Faith January 16 to 20, 2013. Show times are Wed – Sat @ 8 p.m.; Sunday @ 2 p.m. at the newly refurbished Hatlen Theater on the campus of UC Santa Barbara. Located on Ocean Road, park in Lot 22 and follow the signs to the Hatlen. For information, call the box office at (805) 893-7721. Tickets are $19 general; $13 student/senior, UCSB staff & faculty. Tickets can be ordered online now at: https://www.vendini.com/ticket-software.html?t=tix&w=e57be196cb4285daded2d28aa7053b76.
The Hatlen Theater is wheelchair accessible and has the Assistive Listening System in place for patrons who are hard of hearing. Please call in advance to make arrangements (805) 893-3022
WHO: Santa Barbara Dance Theater & UC Santa Barbara Department of Theater and Dance present
WHAT: A Leap of Faith
Choreography by SBDT Artistic Director, Christopher Pilafian, Lighting Design by Michael Klaers; Music Supervision by William Pasley; Costume Design by Anaya Cullen, Dancers: Kyle Castillo, Monica Ford, Tracy R. Kofford, and Christina Sanchez
WHEN: Wednesday through Sunday January 16 – 20, 2013 Wed – Sat @ 8 p.m.; Sunday @ 2 p.m.
WHERE: Hatlen Theater (UCSB Campus), Ocean Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 (Park in lot 22)
TICKETS: $19 general; $13 student/senior, UCSB staff & faculty
INFO: (805) 893-7221 Use this link to order your tickets now: https://www.vendini.com/ticketsoftware.html?t=tix&w=e57be196cb4285daded2d28aa7053b76
ABOUT: Premiere of the new SBDT under the direction of Christopher Pilafian, whose vision is vibrantly on display in a series of beautifully poignant solos, amazing duets, breath-taking trios and lively quartets where the dancers explore the relationships of space, time and how humans connect.
The Hatlen Theater is wheelchair accessible and has the Assistive Listening System in place for patrons who are hard of hearing. Please call in advance to make arrangements (805) 893-3022


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Existing Universities and institutions wanting to become universties in Odisha; Sri Sri Ravishankar to visit Odisha regarding Sri Sri University
The 30.5 lakh sq feet is equivalent to 2,83,355.4066 sq meters and is equivalent to 70.0158 acres. As a comparison:
- IIT Bhubaneswar: Will have 2, 21,000 m2 (63000 m2 for academic complex and 1, 58,000 m2 for residential complex) in phase 1.
- NISER Bhubaneswar: 64,923 sq mts for academic complex, 1,06,913 sq mts for residential township and 2,000 sq mts for sports and aquatic complex.
November 20th, 2011