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What I'll Remember About the 2011 Season
Casey Stengel once said, "Most games are lost, not won." And let's be honest the Detroit Tigers did not win Game Five of the American League Division Series – the Yankees lost it. The Bronx Bombers dropped the decisive game of the ALDS 3-2, forcing them to an early postseason exit.
It marked the first time the Yanks have been knocked out in the first round since 2007, when they were bumped at the hands of the Cleveland Indians.
And with their loss, they collectively became the second person (if you will) to break my heart this year. That's no lie. More on that later in this entry.
In the bottom of the fourth the Yanks had the bases loaded with one out and failed to score a run. Russell Martin popped out to first base for the second out, and Brett Gardner – who had been raking this entire series – popped the ball up in foul territory behind third, and it landed in the waiting glove of Don Kelly.
Then in the seventh with one out, the Yanks put the ducks on the pond again. Alex Rodriguez struck out swinging, but Mark Teixeira drew a walk forcing home a run to make the game 3-2. But Nick Swisher came up to the plate and murdered the rally with a K.
The Yankees received their first run on a solo home run off the bat of Robinson Cano in the fifth, his second of the ALDS – his first being a Game One grand slam. Derek Jeter nearly clubbed what would have been a go-ahead, two-run home run in the eighth.
With Gardner on first, the Captain launched a ball deep to the right field warning track, but it slowly lost wind and fell short of a potential game-winning round-tripper.
What can you say? It just wasn't meant to be this year.
The Tigers – not the Yankees – will now advance to the American League Championship Series to face the Texas Rangers. A rematch of last year's ALCS was just not in the cards.
The postseason magic was not there; the aura was absent. But there are a lot of memories and thoughts I am going to take away from this year. Here are a few things I'll never forget about the 2011 baseball season:
Opening Day
There is nothing like the thrill of Opening Day. Spring is in the air, you get the sense of new life, and warm, happy feelings envelope you. Baseball is back and the Yankees did what they couldn't do in the ALDS: they beat the Tigers.
Curtis Granderson punished his former team with a tie-breaking home run in the seventh inning, and threw in some defensive, game-saving web gems, leading the way to a 6-3 Yankee win over Detroit.
The Bronx Broskis started their year with a clean win over the Tigers. I think I speak for most Yankee fans when I say I wish they could have finished off Detroit in the ALDS the way they did on Opening Day.
May 12 vs. the Kansas City Royals
The Yanks hosted the Royals on May 12, and it was my first trip to the big ballpark in the Bronx this year. Just as Opening Day has a certain, special appeal to it, going out to your first game of the season is always fun.
The game turned into a stinker in a hurry, as the Royals put up six runs in the second inning. The Yanks wound up losing 11-5, really only receiving offense from Cano and Rodriguez, who both went yard.
What I remember isn't so much the game action, but the people (and more particularly a person) I was with at that game. I am not the type of writer who would bury anyone I personally know in this or any other blog or column, but let's just say (using no names) I was with the other person who broke my heart this year.
If she is reading this, I don't know about you, but I had a blast at that game; the time of my life, and I was very happy and blessed to have spent that time with you. Thanks again for the chili dog you bought me, too. I still think it was the best chili dog I ever had. 🙂
This game was the only time I can ever recall seeing the Yankees lose, but still being happy at the end of the night. In fact, I was probably the happiest person at the Stadium that night, and I can only hope she shared my happiness at the game.
I wouldn't have traded the feeling I had for anything, not even a Yankee win.
June 15 vs. the Texas Rangers
On my birthday the Yankees met up with the Rangers – the same team that eliminated them from the ALCS in 2010. I once again went out to the Stadium, and wanted so badly for the Yanks to exact a little bit of revenge on Texas – and boy did they ever.
The Bombers squadoosh'd the Rangers 12-4, playing long ball to an eight-run victory.
Teixeira crushed two homers in the game, and Cano and Ramiro Pena also went deep. But the most special home run the Yankees hit probably came off the bat of Eduardo Nunez – it was his 24th birthday too!
A group of people, who I believe was Nunez's family, were sitting in front of me, going absolutely crazy after his home run.
They held up signs that read, "Happy Birthday Eduardo!" and they were all wearing "Nunez 12" tee-shirts. Plus, they all bore a striking resemblance to him – so I'm convinced to this day it was the Nunez family in the row of seats in front of me that night.
A home run must have been a nice birthday present for Nunez. And a convincing, vengeful Yankee win was a nice gift for me.
Derek Jeter Leaves the Yard for 3,000th Hit
In what was probably the biggest story of the summer, the Yankee Captain, sitting on 2,999 career hits, smacked a home run on July 9, becoming the first player to ever record his 3,000th hit wearing pinstripes.
It was a moment for the ages.
All the Yankees came out of the dugout and congratulated Jeter, hugging him and giving him his legendary credit. The only picture I take away from that moment was Jorge Posada, his teammate since 1995, embracing him in celebration right after he crossed home plate.
If you were to ask Jeter, I'm sure he would say he was happy to have reached his milestone – but even happier the Yankees won the game. The Captain has always put the good of the team above himself and the Bombers topped the Tampa Bay Rays on July 9, 5-4.
Robinson Cano Wins the Home Run Derby
The prelude to the All-Star Game is the Home Run Derby. Certain clubs show off their most powerful sluggers, and Cano participated in this year's home run contest in Arizona. To everyone's surprise, the studly second baseman won it.
Now, I have to ask, what's better than having a Yankee win the Home Run Derby?
How about a Yankee beating a Red Sox player to win the Home Run Derby!
Because that is exactly what happened.
Cano outdueled Boston first baseman Adrian Gonzalez 12-11 in the final round, becoming only the third Yankee (Tino Martinez, 1997, and Jason Giambi, 2002) to take home the Home Run Derby crown.
August 23 vs. the Oakland Athletics
This would mark my third and final trip to the Bronx this summer, a game against the A's. My good friend and fellow die-hard Yankee fan Micheal Robinson was in New York, visiting from Atlanta.
He got incredible seats right behind the wall in left field, and although the Yankees once again lost, they nearly capped an unreal comeback late in the game.
Down 6-0 entering the bottom of the eighth, the Yanks plated three runs on a three-run Swisher home run to cut the lead in half. In the bottom of the ninth Posada clobbered a solo home run, and the Yanks later loaded the bases.
We thought we were in for an improbable comeback.
With the bases chucked and two outs, Cano drew a walk, cutting the lead down to 6-5. Then Swisher came up again and clubbed a towering drive to deep left-center field. On the edge of our seats, Micheal and I slowly stood up watching the ball fly, ready for a whipped cream pie celebration…
Only for the ball to slowly die on the warning track for the final out. Yanks lose, 6-5.
Nonetheless, we enjoyed the game. It was a great night with a great friend. My record in attendance at 2011 Yankee games ended at 1-2.
Mariano Rivera Becomes Baseball's All-Time Saves Leader
On Sept. 19 at Yankee Stadium Mariano Rivera recorded his 602nd career save, passing Trevor Hoffman on the all-time saves list. Rivera, who has been lights-out at the end of each Yankee game for the better part of the past 15 years, only solidified what we have known all along:
That he is the greatest closer in the history of baseball.
In typical Rivera fashion, he mowed down the Minnesota Twins 1-2-3 in the ninth inning, wrapping up a 6-4 Yankee win. When he was finished closing the game, he humbly put his head down, and shook his catcher's hand.
But after that show of sportsmanship Rivera (of course) realized what he had done and acknowledged the love and support he received from his home crowd. Posada even pushed him back out to the mound where he was cheered overwhelmingly.
Again, in typical Rivera fashion he thanked God, his family, the Yankees, and the fans.
It was just another wonderful moment in 2011 – and in Yankee history.
Boston Losing Out of the Postseason
I know I've told this story more than once, but for one last time, I'll tell it again.
All the way back in January I was with a few friends down at a New York City bar watching the Jets' AFC Title game vs. the Steelers. Although it was a football game, me and each of my friends were wearing Yankee apparel.
In walks a drunken Red Sox fan, wearing a 2004 Championship shirt. And he began to taunt us.
"Are you guys ready for Michael Kay this year? Swisher on the track, at the wall, looking up, SEE YA! Another home run for Carl Crawford and the Red Sox lead, 7-3!"
We just laughed it off and walked away. On the way home from the bar we made fun of him for not even teasing us the right way.
"Hey, at least he gave the Yankees three runs in his little fantasy game," we snickered. "If he were smart, or maybe sober, he would have made it 15-0 in favor of the Red Sox."
Boston failing to make the postseason – when practically everyone on this planet had them picked to win the World Series – in my eyes, was just epic; one of the worst, if not the worst collapses I have ever seen.
I would have loved to see that guy's face when Tampa Bay battled back from nine games behind the Wild Card standings – and when Baltimore crushed Boston's hopes at a postseason run on the last day of the regular season.
I will never forget how that Red Sox fan basically had his team in the World Series before the season even began and they didn't even make the playoffs, going 6-20 in the month of September.
The Boston collapse proved two things to me:
1) You can never speak too soon, and
2) You can't win games on paper. The Red Sox may have had the best-looking team on a lineup card, but if the best-looking team folds like an accordion when it matters, it doesn't guarantee you anything.
Well, Yankee fans. It was one helluva season; one I'll probably never forget. It is unfortunate the Yanks could not create the magic for us and bring home Championship No. 28.
I'd like to thank everyone for sticking it out this season and reading Yankee Yapping. I promise to write as much as I can during the off-season while the MLB hot stove cooks, boils, bakes, burns, or does whatever it does.
Hopefully I'll be blogging about Ivan Nova winning the American League Rookie of the Year Award, and either Granderson or Cano winning the AL MVP.
Until then, I'll say the same thing I did when the Yanks got booted in last year's ALCS:
Keep your heads up, Yankee fans.
And just remember: we still own 27 World Titles, and we're still the best team in the world.


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What's so special about The Peninsula Chicago's Spa? Just about everything. But let's narrow it down to a top five list, in honor of the hotel's five star rating:
- The Rare Air Up There. The 15,000-square-foot Peninsula Spa is located on the top floors of the five-star Peninsula Chicago, 108 E. Superior St. Floor-to-ceiling windows flood the space with natural light and offer spectacular views of Chicago's Magnificent Mile. Stay for a spa service, a half-day spa experience, or a full-day spa journey which includes complimentary use of the spa, steam room, relaxation area, fitness facilities, swimming pool, and a Naturally Peninsula spa cuisine lunch complete with signature tea ceremony.
- From Europe with Love. The Spa is the only place in Chicago to experience the CACI Ultimate machine, popular in Europe and normally found in medical spas. The computer-aided CACI facial treatment system combines the effects of crystal-free micro-dermabrasion, firming micro-current, lymphatic drainage, LED light therapy and an advanced collagen-based hydrating mask. Results? Firm and tone skin, fine lines and wrinkles appear smoothed, and tired skin appears rejuvenated. This non-invasive, pain-free treatment lifts and firms sagging skin and restores immediate radiance.
- ESPA's Lore. The Peninsula Chicago Spa (along with Peninsula Spas in Bangkok, Beijing, Hong Kong, New York, Shanghai and Tokyo) have partnered to perfection with Britain-based luxury spa company ESPA. The ESPA product line is both effective and therapeutic, with all products 99 percent free from synthetic color, fragrance and parabens. ESPA's founder Susan Harmsworth has even been honored by the Queen of England – a sentiment seconded by anyone who has been on the receiving end of an ESPA-developed massage technique or luxurious ESPA product. No wonder ESPA has won 125 awards in the last few years – starting from the ground up with even their factory grounds getting the nod from the eco-org Soil Association. It bears repeating that ESPA products are free from a laundry list of nasties including synthetic color, fragrance and parabens, phthalates, DEA, TEA, mineral oil, SLS & SLES, silicone, propylene glycol and petrolatum.
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During a recent visit in milder-weathered times, ESPA founder and beauty globetrotter Susan Harmsworth stopped by the Spa for her visit to Chicago in five years. She was quick to dispatch some convention-defying advice, including not to start using products too young – it speeds up the aging process. She also insists that only 2 percent of us need a dermatologist – instead we can rectify many self-induced predicaments by getting more sleep, drinking less caffeine, and spending less time under the all-hours electronic glow of TV and email screens.
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LETRA [Intro: DJ Khaled] I am the streets, the future I introduce you to Ace Hood, Meek Millz Big Sean, Wale, Vado, this the future They getting money, they making hit records, they hustling [Verse 1: Ace Hood] Okay now Khaled told me kill em, he just told me kill em Hundred for the Beamer, kudos for the dealer Murder bet I wrote her, kudos to the killer Chevy sitting crooked, teeth on Reggie Miller I'm a motherfucking beast see me in your sleep Nightmare on any street Swear I will murk any beat Spread this to the industry, lyrics like the chopper piece Flow right through your fitted T, pull this loot with chemistry Hottest nigga around, they saying greatness is my tendency No such thing as sympathy, more money my remedy Pockets on Heavy D, bitch I'm hot, third degree Whip I drive, owned by me Wrists and neck, anti-freeze Can it be, I'm who you dying to be Last of a dying breed Talking Siamese Twin pistol shooter nigga like a 7B Big dog, get it you still on your pedigree Yeah, fly nigga with some stupid swag Dead faces keep my money in a body bag And the G-U-T-T-A, hops in the whip and I gotta get paid F*** them bitches, ain't trying to get laid Walk in my house you can meet my maid Any given day you can push that Lac Push that Benz on, push that 'Lade, hop to the whip No top on mine, niggas gonna hate, man f*** them guys Real nigga shit, don't tell no lie Private plane, my seat recline Top ten charts, where I reside Got me a house, about to sign We the motherfucking best, word to my Mama Ride Presidential got me feeling like Obama Cause all I want is change and my niggas they wanted the same I wanted the money and never the fame I turned into something they never became Through all that rain, I kept my flame And I kept burning and it's my turn and Real nigga my hood confirm it Now it's 6 2's on closed curtains And that Maybach, let me take em way back When I was starving now it's payback Nigga where that cake at Murder all your artists And I can feel that love, I can feel that hate When I got that drum, I just feel so safe I put it to your mug, and it ain't gonna wait When that thing gon fly Got a little kick, but it ain't no tire Niggas talk murder, but they ain't gon ride Now we going hard like I ain't gonna die Meek Mill Do it, okay, okay Smoke until I ain't got no lungs Got her going down, no teeth I call it speaking tongues Do it, do it Now you speaking my language When they twist and talk with they fingers Man but this ain't no sign language Just fresh out of the ashes it's a Detroit fuc*** classic from when MM got the masses Trick Trick got them passes Bitch I'm from the Motor, Motor Yeah that motor be the fastest Bitch, they call it Motor City Cause you're most likely to crash F*** it, good thing I got a chauffeur Going broke, no sir Bitch I'm the rap game stylist cause I gave the rap game style bitch But I overshine ain't no niggas over Sean Told em it's five quarters so I guess we going overtime Till we're Dumb high, dumb high Westside, bitch I run mine I'm rolling around in my old school, I feel like the alumni Fuc*** hoes, no strings attached So don't ask me why they strung out I'm like Jordan to you niggas I might even stick my tongue out She wiggled and wobble/bobbled Then landed on my throttle Bitch, I might make you my baby And even buy you a bottle Your niggas don't ask how the top feel When you keep em right beside you My pockets got paper on paper This shit just look like a novel Hundred thousand worth of ice on me now But it don't feel half as good as grandma saying she's proud Forever dedicated, Maybach poetic genius Some think they close to seeing me Tell em they close to Stevie You poser niggas apose be here We don't believe ya. Y'all run them ?
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The California division of OSHA has fined the gay porn studio Treasure Island Media for workplace practices that exposed employees to potentially infectious agents such as semen. The company is appealing the fines, which total over $21,000 for three separate citations. Lyla Katz reports at Xbiz:
"On Nov. 5, 2009, Treasure Island Media had failed to write or otherwise establish, implement and maintain an effective exposure control plan," the 23-page investigation report said. "Employees were exposed to semen and other potentially infectious materials, due to work activities during filming and set cleaning." The second serious citation said, "Treasure Island Media does not observe universal precautions during the production of their films. They have not instituted engineering and work practices controls to eliminate or minimize contact with blood and semen, including, but not limited to, the use of barrier protection such as condoms."
Treasure Island Media's general manager Matt Mason told XBIZ that the company has cooperated with the Cal/OSHA investigation and administrative process. "We have appealed the citations and participated in the informal conference process and expect to take the matter to a hearing in 2011 with an administrative law judge," Mason said. Treasure Island Media has recently signed HIV-positive performer James Roscoe and has been promoting scenes with other HIV-positive performers.
A spokesman for CAL/OSHA said the fines did not arise from the studio's practice of employing HIV-positive performers. "Anybody may be infected, therefore you have to treat everybody's blood and other potential infectious materials [such as semen] as though it can be infectious."


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|Editor Frank Scott (FS) from DesignPRWire has interviewed designer Ying Hern Pow (YP) for A' Design Awards and Competition. You can access the full profile of Ying Hern Pow by clicking here. Access more information about the award winning design Conceptum Works: Neue Klasse here.
|Interview with Ying Hern Pow at Friday 8th of March 2013
FS: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?
YP: This project revolves around one and only one main purpose: can a car's cabin be meaningful? Roy M. Goodman, famous New York City mayor once said "Remember that happiness is a way of travel - not a destination." And it is this very phrase that this project was inspired by and the purpose of the design can almost be felt throughout the entire concept ideation process.
FS: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?
YP: My main focus in designing this work has been on the idea of an exciting Multi-purpose Vehicle (MPVs). MPVs are usually bought by family men, not usually by desire, but more by requirement. Buyers of MPVs value the space and utility qualities, to ferry their wife and kids and whatever else they bring along with them for a journey, school, work alike. As a result, MPVs are generally designed to be spacious and biased towards comfort, and not so much towards driving enjoyment. After all, when you have your kids in tow, the last thing you want to do is to throw your ride into corners vigorously. The bi-products of MPVs, unfortunately, are usually their overtly bulky body style and dull image. So I want to change all of these while giving the said MPV a very sociable cabin.
FS: What are your future plans for this award winning design?
YP: Possibly to exchange contact with relevant automotive industries for me to work for them after my impending graduation.
FS: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?
YP: 8 months. And 2 days.
FS: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?
YP: As a keen driver, I have always dreaded the days that I would eventually drive one of these functional cars, out of necessity rather than desirability. This motivated me to work on such project instead of what most young aspiring design students would do – supercars, sports cars, etc. It was a tough decision, having to select the scope of research to work on.
FS: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?
YP: I intend to sell my idea to any interested companies, if they are willing to buy, that is.
FS: What made you design this particular type of work?
YP: Cars are not just tools bringing people from point A to point B. Passengers constantly seek greater comfort and luxury from the very transportation they are commuting in. Furthermore, during the course of travel, social hierarchy issue exists within the cabin, particularly in the MPV (Multi-purpose Vehicle) segment.
FS: Who is the target customer for his design?
YP: Family guy, young ones.
FS: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?
YP: So what makes the Neue Klasse different to everyone else's? For starters, the Neue Klasse redefines a new market segmentation that shares the same functionality as luxury MPVs, the same stance as a stationwagon, similar wheelbase as a luxury stretch and the same price point of a luxury sedan. The Neue Klasse is the epitome of a luxury MPV of a new era that typical Asian families would love to drive: spacious and luxurious cabin, sociable cabin layout, sustainable and good image for the driver. The differences between the Neue Klasse and its close competitors in terms of car length, wheelbase & price: cheaper than the most spacious luxobarge; better looking as an MPV What makes the Neue Klasse even more special is its groundbreaking drive train system that utilises a combination of Lithium Sulphur batteries and a range extender powered by biofuel (renewable energy such as oil palm, corn husks, etc). Lithium Sulphur (Li-S) battery is a fairly new source of energy. A research team from the University of Waterloo has synthesized a prototype of a lithium-sulphur rechargeable battery that, thanks to its peculiar nanoscale structure, can store three to five times the power of a conventional lithium-ion battery in the same volume while being significantly lighter and potentially cheaper to manufacture.
FS: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?
YP: As the name suggests, "Neue Klasse" defines a new class segment in the automotive industry: Longer wheelbase than a luxury sedan, as wide as an MPV, and features a new sociable interior.
FS: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?
YP: Mostly digital for the design: Rhinoceros, Photoshop and After Effects. For physical model, CNC-ed chemical woods and 3D printed parts.
FS: What is the most unique aspect of your design?
YP: The Neue Klasse Concept is characterized by distinctive and radical proportions that mix elements of an estate with those of a coupé/shooting brake. The body features a proportionate stance – with a height of less than 1.6 meters – and generous length and width – 5.14 and 2 meters respectively. The concept has a very long wheelbase, 3.9 meters long to be exact, and to balance the proportion and minimise the horizontality of the car, big wheels like Rolls Royce Phantom's have been fitted on the car, together with thick A-pillar in silver satin that creates a more vertical visual flow to the side profile. The flowing, dynamic profile is defined by the hood and by the sweeping, accelerating curve that gives form to the windscreen and roofline silhouette, ending with a long, well integrated rear claddings, which reinforces the fastback effect. The side profile has an imposing 'D' bulge that defines the character of the car, this 'D' design cue can be felt in the interior of the car too. A unique triangular rear side skirt adds dynamism and the sculpted looks to the car, complemented by a chrome side fender located by the front wheels. The styling was repeatedly hampered by Rhino's inability to sculpt more sophisticated form and surfaces. The repercussion was a good two months gone for trial and errors to achieve the desired looks and styling. Color choice was deemed to be challenging because it is crucial in getting the right feel. Gun metal grey is the mainstay of the color scheme as I believe that this color is what makes a car look futuristic and bring out its metallic surfaces.
FS: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?
YP: I worked alone.
FS: What is the role of technology in this particular design?
YP: What makes the Neue Klasse special is its groundbreaking drive train system that utilises a combination of Lithium Sulphur batteries and a range extender powered by biofuel (renewable energy such as oil palm, corn husks, etc). Lithium Sulphur (Li-S) battery is a fairly new source of energy. A research team from the University of Waterloo has synthesized a prototype of a lithium-sulphur rechargeable battery that, thanks to its peculiar nanoscale structure, can store three to five times the power of a conventional lithium-ion battery in the same volume while being significantly lighter and potentially cheaper to manufacture.
FS: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?
YP: Designing a car is not an easy task, nor is it meant to be a one-man show. In the car design industry, it is always the case where there is an exterior designer, interior designer and material designer for the design side, while more engineers from the mechanical engineering side. In my case however, I had to make do with a one-man team while tackling the main objectives of the project. Many of the design aspects were touch-and-go while the important bits were more focused and elaborately engineered. I have managed to complete a car design project despite all these issues, which is incredible considering the project was done without prior training or education in car design. There are, however, several setbacks in the project that could have jeopardized the progress of the work: Bad time management, persistent software bugs that led to flaws in CAD, and more. These were eventually resolved without incurring serious issues. However, more daunting aspects of the project came in hard at the start of the second semester as interior packaging has stumbled upon a blocking stone: The dimensions of the car did not tally with the requirement of the interior packaging. It was a slow and painful process whereby each of the prevailing issues was overcome with great deal of effort, one at a time. The bottom line is, always give margin for errors, in this case, more time, to undo the unexpected mistakes. This will serve as a close reminder to whatever I do in my future endeavors.
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Lane Departure Warning (LDWS)
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The Lane Departure Warning System (LDWS) is intended to prevent inadvertent lane changes and roadway departure accidents by alerting the driver if a crossing of the lane markings at either side is imminent.
LDWS is based on machine vision technology. A camera behind the windscreen is used to track the vehicle's position relatively to the lane markings. If the vehicle is about to leave its lane at the right-hand or left-hand side, the radio is muted and a distinctive rumble strip sound is given from a speaker at the corresponding side to alert the driver to steer away from that side. Nuisance warnings are prevented by system logic to recognize intentional lane changes.


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Off the Air With Jeremy: Boston Marathon Tragedy
I'm sitting here watching the coverage of the Boston Marathon explosions with such a heavy heart. It seems it's almost the norm now when you turn on the TV -- we see so many people hurt, killed or shocked by these terrorizing acts.
Why can't we take all of these crazy people and lock them up? Why can't we all be more diligent about our surroundings? Has this world we live in now been made so politically correct that if we see someone who looks like they're making a bomb in front of our eyes, we have to ignore them because we don't want to hurt their feelings? Do people not understand that every time something like this happens, families are hurt and changed forever?
The problem is not the guns, the gun powder, the knives, the razor blades, etc. -- it's the crazy people who will do and use whatever they can to inflict harm on whomever they can because they're crazy. If we want to point fingers and blame something or someone, we need to look in the mirror.
Look at some of the people who have caused major harm in the past. Are you going to tell me we didn't know they were crazy? No, not all of these people can be identified by looks alone, but also by actions. You can't judge a book by its cover -- but if you're around every time that book opens a little and you can see its contents, don't ignore it.
I can guarantee you that someone saw something that was out of place in Boston, but didn't say anything. We have to start talking about this and prevent this from happening to us.
I'm in constant prayer today for all of those affected by this horrible tragedy.
Jeremy Robinson is the host of Taste of Country Nights, a syndicated radio show that airs on 41 stations across the United States on weeknights. Radio has been his life since the age of nine, when he "hosted" a show out of his bedroom. After almost 16 years on the air, country music isn't just his job — it's also his passion.


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Barbara Kingsolver's ('77) Flight Behavior "A Brilliant Melding of Science and Emotion"
December 6, 2012
"Kingsolver's newest novel highlights what she does best: a brilliant melding of science and emotion," notes the Daily News Journal of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Michelle Palmer lists the new book by Barbara Kingsolver, Flight Behavior, among "Titles to give and receive."
"It's the most wonderful time of the year, and with the holidays right around the corner, why not make a book or two part of your gift-giving this year?," Palmer asks. "Check out the books below, sure to please anyone on your list."
Read more at the newspaper's website.
A 1977 graduate of DePauw University, where she majored in zoology (biological sciences), Barbara Kingsolver's first novel, The Bean Trees, was published by HarperCollins in 1988. She received the National Humanities Medal in 2000. Her last book, The Lacuna, received the UK's Orange Prize and the Library of Virginia's 13th Annual Library of Virginia Literary Award for fiction. Her other books include Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life; Prodigal Summer; and The Poisonwood Bible, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and won South Africa's National Book Award.
The New York Times recently deemed Flight Behavior "marvelous," while USA Today called the book "a terrifically entertaining read about a spirited young woman you'll miss the minute you reach the last page." Details can be found in this summary.Back


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Half a Home
In the centre of the town of Deir az-Zour, the "Holy Church of the Armenian Martyrs" with its massive sandstone façade is a memorial to the massacre of the Armenians. It was built with private money, although it is under the protection of the Syrian state. There are glass cabinets with bones and skulls, and labelled containers with Turkish earth from the Armenians' homeland.
Deir az-Zour on the Euphrates was the endpoint of the Armenians' death march. Unknown numbers of people died in the Syrian desert, although many women and children were rescued by Bedouin.
In a school in Aleppo, the doors of the schoolrooms are open, children's voices can be heard in the corridor, from one direction there's a choir singing in Armenian, from the other a choir singing in Arabic. The school in the prosperous Azizaya quarter, which takes children of primary and secondary age, is one of sixteen Armenian schools in Aleppo.
The 1,400 children speak Armenian in the breaks, as they do at home. The classes follow the state curriculum and are mostly held in Arabic. Armenian is only taught in additional classes, but most Armenian parents still prefer to send their children to an Armenian school.
Aleppo: the Armenian centre in Syria
Aleppo is the capital of the Syrian Armenians. Forty thousand of the 80,000 who live in Syria live here. It is a small part of the Syrian mosaic of religious and ethnic groups, but its history makes it special. It is a history which unites the community towards the outside world; inside the community however they have their own mosaic, both in religion and politics.
Seven of the sixteen Armenian schools in Aleppo are Armenian-Orthodox, four are Armenian-Protestant, three are Armenian-Catholic, two, say insiders, are funded indirectly by political parties. The nationalist Tashnak party is influential in the Orthodox schools.
According to Syrian criteria, the Armenians are well integrated. Others who prefer to see integration as assimilation might say that the Armenians have a perfect parallel society.
The 26-year-old art teacher Maggie Zobian embodies many of these contradictions. She's a good-looking, self-confident woman who speaks five languages, including the Turkish her great-grandmother spoke. Her Arabic sounds so Syrian that she performs from time to time in Arabic television series. Maggie Zobian uses the same form of words to describe herself as many young Armenians: We are the fourth or fifth generation "since".
She is proud that the Armenians have become an important part of Syrian society, and she expresses her patriotism by saying: "We defend Syria as if we were Syrians – for example, when someone abroad says that it's not safe here."
There's no doubt in her mind that she will marry another Armenian. "I can't imagine anything else," she says. "My children should be Armenians." If she meets Armenians from France, she sees them as French. "They've lost their Armenian-ness, because they don't practice it as a living culture."
She does not feel upset that the Syrian government avoids the use of the term "genocide" out of diplomatic consideration for Turkish feelings: "What the government does is enough for us," she says. "We can talk Armenian on the streets."
The significance of the homeland
A few houses further along is the club of the Armenian youth movement. Opposite is an elegant hairdresser owned by an Armenian, all around there are doctors plaques with Armenian names. All the same, the secretary of the youth club uses the term "diaspora".
Some twenty young people are attending a leadership workshop for the Armenian scouts. They are fashionably dressed and have stylish haircuts. One participant answers a question as to the particular Armenian leadership virtues: "We have to educate the children not to forget their home towns. That's important because we are so far away from home."
The president of the Armenian protestants, Haroutine Selimian, has little patience with such slogans. He is now middle-aged, and his parents and grandparents always used to say, "We're going back to our historic home", they never referred to it as "Turkey", it was always the "historic home"! "This diaspora psychology has marginalised us," he says. "Spiritually, we've lost two generations as a result."
The temptation of foreign lands
Selimian seems more like a manager than a cleric. He heads the supervisory board of the Aleppo College, an Armenian-owned girls' school. Most of the pupils are Muslims whose parents like the fact that, unlike other private schools, the Aleppo College is not coeducational, and their girls do not have to sit with boys.
According to the law, non-Armenians may not learn the Armenian language at school – to prevent Christian missionary activity. Outside school however, Muslims can take private lessons in Armenian.
"That's the unique Syrian model," says Selimian. "It maintains the peace between the religions." He is only worried about the number of talented young Armenians going to Europe or Beirut to study. "I want to keep them in Syria," he says. "I want to set up an Armenian university here in Aleppo." So far that is just a dream – and another variety of Armenian integration.
Charlotte Wiedemann
© Qantara.de 2007
Translated from the German by Michael Lawton
The Armenian Genocide
The Search for Truth and the Historical Context
Questions about the young Turkish Republic and the Armenians are still causing waves ninety years later. Now historians who are trying to reconstruct the historical context are increasingly being paid heed. Jürgen Gottschlich reports
Turkey and Armenia
"This Is None of Europe's Business"
The Armenian Genocide has increasingly become a factor in Turkey's EU accession talks. In Turkey, even high-ranking officials say the EU position is a typical attack of Western arrogance on Turkish national pride and honour. Dorian Jones reports
The Kurds of Syria
An Insecure Stone in the Syrian Mosaic
The various ethnic and religious groups in Syria live relatively peacefully together. But many Kurdish Syrians find themselves stateless in their own country. Manuela Römer reports that they do not feel part of the so-called "Syrian mosaic"


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The Woman in Black
Time Out says
This pitch black staging of Susan Hill's thriller is irresistibly eerie
It's been decades since this skillful adaptation of Susan Hill's 1983 Gothic horror story first started setting West End audience a-shiver. 'The Woman in Black' remains perennially popular – particularly, it seems, with generally hard-to-please teenagers – which is testament to its rough-theatre appeal and the extraordinary and enduring potency, not of guts, gore or special effects, but of simple suggestion.
Ageing Arthur Kipps is haunted by sinister events that befell him 30 years earlier. In an effort to exorcise his demons, he hires an actor to help him tell his story for an invited audience.
As they rehearse, though, their staging itself becomes prey to supernatural visitations from the titular hatchet-faced, whip-thin, funereally garbed woman. Stephen Mallatratt's dramatisation and a deft production by Robin Herford exploit the peculiarly spooky atmosphere of an empty theatre, making us, as an audience, feel almost like spectral voyeurs. And the chills are irresistibly effective: swirling fog, a creaking rocking chair, a locked door, a pale visage looming out of the gloom.
Only occasionally does the staging show its age. The projected image of the gaunt, sinister house of Kipps' tormented memory looks hopelessly cheap and crude, and a graveyard conjured with dust sheets struggles to convince, even within the low-tech aesthetic parameters of the piece.
Yet the shrieks and gasps that greet the performance demonstrate that, even in the twenty-first century, this doughty little drama still casts its delicious spell of malevolence and menace.
This review is from 2004. The cast of 'The Woman in Black' now includes Stuart Fox (Mr Kipps) and Joseph Chance (The Actor).
How to get cheap tickets: The Fortune Theatre does not offer day seats. Special reductions are available for parties of eight or more.
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Adapted from Susan Hill's novel, The Woman In Black is a classic high octane Victorian ghost story. An ageing man, Arthur Kipps, employs an actor to look into unfolding sinister events 30 years previously around Eel Marsh House. Now in its 28th year, The Woman In Black continues to enthrall international audiences with twists, turns, and unexpected developments, leaving audiences on the edge of their seats.
Still one of my favourite plays in London, nothing compares to The Woman in Black. It had me on the edge of my seat and I think I might have screamed once or twice? I wasn't a fan of the Daniel Radcliffe film but the play is a must-see! Go and watch it – you won't regret it.
As a fan of the book and the movie I expected a lot from that play and was not disappointed at all. It was a lot more intelligent than I thought it will be first, but lot less scary... It was a excellent experience though. The theatre is very nice, and special effects were awesome ! I'm a huge Daniel Radcliffe fan but those actors were really great too ( except the Woman in Black who was not scary at all. Come on guys, it looks like nothing !! )
It was something different than I was expecting. The Woman in Black is not as scary as the marketing of the play suggests. Yes, you had several scenes that might have made you jump in your seat, but nothing close to what the reviews lead you to imagine.
However, they play is definitely enjoyable. The actors did a really good job with the limited resources that they have on stage and the occasional humor is quite entertaining. I would definitely recommend it as a play, but not really as a horror play.
Quite disappointing. I found myself wondering at times if this was a play or a somewhat enhanced recital of highlights from Susan Hill's book. So many opportunities for fun, spectacle and thrills just not bothered with. OK, you don't want a dog on stage, but could we not have a few barks, whines, clatter of paws on cobbles? And more imaginative lighting and sound to give us the marshes - dry smoke just doesn't cut it I'm afraid. And why just two actors (plus The Woman)? And the wrapping device, OK, not bad - but I wanted to get out there and give them some energetic ideas. Shame.
Stunning!truly recommended
Great show! Worth it. The suspense is chilling.
I loved this show. The suspense and chills it generates with such a small cast and minimal props is brilliant. It will make you jump and when you leave it is still on your mind expecting something creepy to happen! The sound of the rocking chair and chilling scream stays with you. I would see this again I enjoyed it that much. Much better than the film version in my opinon
Really enjoyed this show! The acting was great and I loved how atmospheric it was even with the use of simple effects and limited props. If you're a fan of traditional ghost stories you'll love it. Perfect entertainment for a crisp winters night!
First part is fairly dull and not scared. Second half jumpy more than scarey I would say. The acting was excellent. Film is much more frightening. A good piece of theatre though
The Woman in Black is a great bet for anyone who enjoys a traditional ghost story, with plenty of moments to make you jump. I took my mum, who hadn't seen it before, and she loved it. While it wasn't quite as scary the second time around for me (the production frequently uses the element of surprise), it was still a hugely enjoyable and atmospheric watch. The story starts off slowly, but gradually ratchets up the tension until the audience is on the edge of hysterics. Note that it is faithful to Susan Hill's book and not to the much-altered Hammer film version. Spooky fun.
if you are going to see this play then I suggest you get seats in the stalls so you can be scared that little bit more. This production brings back the classic ghost story that I am sure we have all been told. Great effects adding to a more eerie feel that will have you twitching in your chair........just don't eat a curry before hand ;-)
A fantastic play that I would thouroughly recommend to anyone. Great story with a few laughs and plenty of moments that make you jump! Acting was fantastic and the clever use of stage and props, combined with use of sound effects made it a very enjoyable experience. One of the best plays I've seen.
Overall a good play. Acting was great, and the script has enough laughs and scares to keep you interested. A bit slow to start though and you do have to immerse yourself in it to truly enjoy yourself.
One of the best plays I've seen. It's live storytelling with great use of the props and space, you get sucked right into the midst of it. It started out a little slow but picks up quick, keeps you laughing and jumping, and then you don't want it to end! Tip: try and go on the weekend to avoid screaming school kids!
An amazing performance! Performed to the best of its ability by the two actors. A great day out with the family, i would highly recommend this performance! I've seen the performance 2 times now, the second time was even scarier than the first! An excellent use of sound and light effects, the theatre really makes the performance come to life.
What a show!! Amazing, loved every minute!! Acting was brilliant
very well scripted and well played. The actors engulf you in a story that's gripping and dramatic.
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This is not even for teenagers, it's for kids. Good acting and they do have some authentic scary moments but utterly poor flat story, nothing to take away
I've seen this play 7 times. It is always fantastic and very scary. Just a great night out!
Went to see The Woman in Black today with two friends because we heard and read great reviews about it..it was terrible!!!! so boring!!! do not listen to the reviews...People are paid to write these good things!!!! it was a big waste of time and money...do not bother going!!!!!
Very disappointing!
Excellent. Not much else to say; it's chilling, emotional and overall a terrifying night out.
Well guys I thought the story was amazing considering it's a Gothic Horror for a LIVE audience, but unfortunately it was a little too narrated for me. I wanted to see the events happen more.
Caught the matinée performance on Tuesday the 31st of May. Fantastic performance from Antony Eden (a bit sexy) and Patrick Drury (accents were superb). I got far too into it and was rather unsettled the rest of the day, great show.
Disappointing. Great acting and effective staging but was expecting it to be a lot more scary and "spine-chilling" as other reviews had commented. I think we saw the actual 'woman in black' maybe 2 or 3 times throughout the entire performance!
What a massive let down!! my friend recommended this show to me as he said that it was the scariest thing he has seen. Little did I know he was 15 at the time he saw it. Great actors and slightly entertaining but if your looking to be scared and are not a 15 year old schoolgirl like most of those who sat beside and in front of me then go to the London Dungeons!!!!


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DENVER — Over the course of his career, Phil Downing has made winning championships appear as simple as lacing up his wrestling shoes. But the Broomfield junior promises his latest campaign has been one of his most difficult.
The Eagles' 145-pound two –time champion is aiming to pin down an unprecedented milestone for his team — three straight titles. And sitting on the cusp of making history has a way of even making the most seasoned athletes fight the jitters.
Frayed nerves, however, were less than evident in Downing's opening match of the Class 4A state tournament on Thursday night at the Pepsi Center. The junior was the picture of efficiency in his match against Nick Rocha, pinning the Pueblo Centennial wrestler in less than a minute.
"It's very important to get every match over as fast as I can," said Downing, whose fall came in 56 seconds. "That way I can focus on my main goal of winning my championship."
Downing's individual state championship was not the only thing weighing on the wrestler's mind. The Eagles entered as the favorite to win the state team title. And with six wrestlers alive in the championship brackets after the first day, the team's coach is optimistic about where Broomfield stands.
The only surprise loss, from coach Joe Pereira's perspective, was D.J. Zissimos. But even with the 195-pounder falling after a late takedown, the coach believes there are still plenty of points to be earned in the front and back sides of the 4A brackets.
"We wrestled well and did what we needed to do today," said Pereira, whose team sits fourth in the team standings after the first day.
Preston McQuade had his work cut out entering Wednesday's Class 5A state meet. And while he put up a fight, the Monarch wrestler could not find his way out of the opening round.
The Coyotes' 120-pounder was pinned in the opening period of his match against Mitch Finesilver. But a win against the Cherry Creek wrestler would have taken all McQuade had and more. The Bruins' junior was a state finalist a year ago and is a favorite to contend for the title this season.
McQuade starts his quest for a consolation place today, facing Lakewood's Isaac Dinette.
Theo Colucci rode the razor's edge into his first state qualification. But the Boulder 220-pounder could not find a way to parlay his run of tight wins in regionals to one at the Pepsi Center.
The senior fell in Thursday's opening round of the Class 5A state tournament after Jakob Buys pinned him in the first round. After falling to the Ralston Valley wrestler in 25 seconds, Colucci has to regroup to face Regis' Nick Elgin in Friday's first round of the consolation brackets.
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DENVER — First-round results Thursday from the Colorado Class 5A state high school wrestling tournament held at Pepsi Center.
Team Scores — Pomona 22.5; Greeley West 19.5; Fossil Ridge 19; Ponderosa 18.5; Pine Creek 17; Arvada West 13.5; Chaparral 13.5; Rocky Mountain 13; Grandview 12; Ralston Valley 12; Fruita Monument 11.5; Coronado 10.5; Doherty 10; Cherry Creek 9.5; Eaglecrest 9; Horizon 9; Legacy 9; Cherokee Trail 8; Grand Junction 7.5; Central (G.J.) 7; Fountain-Ft. Carson 7; Prairie View 7; Bear Creek 6.5; Douglas County 6; Lakewood 6; Regis Jesuit 6; ThunderRidge 5.5; Arapahoe 4; Brighton 4; Columbine 4; Gateway 4; Northglenn 4; Overland 4; Smoky Hill 4; Castle View 2; Chatfield 2; Denver East 2; Ft. Collins 2; Loveland 2; Poudre 2.
106 pounds — Trent Watson, Coronado maj. dec. Caleb Strahan, Legend, 11-2; Ryan Deakin, Legacy dec. Rocky Nava, Northglenn, 8-2; Anthony Cortez, Horizon maj. dec. Cian Apple, Ralston Valley, 15-3; Matthew Rayas, Fossil Ridge dec. Tyrell Williams, Pine Creek, 6-4 OT; Tomas Gutierrez, Pomona pinned Manny Lopez, Rocky Mountain, 4:37; Frank Martinez, Chaparral dec. Bradley Colebank, Mountain Vista, 6-0; Cody Lacy, Grand Junction tech. fall Gabe Sandoval, Arvada West, 15-0; Anthony Garza, Greeley West tech. fall Jacob Espinosa, Abraham Lincoln, 17-1.
113 pounds — Kyndall Rutz, ThunderRidge tech. fall Jonathan Garcia, Doherty, 20-4; Isaac Arellano, Ralston Valley maj. dec. Travis Torres, Pomona, 12-4; Maurisio Garcia, Northglenn pinned Matt Finesilver, Cherry Creek, :47; Xavier Cardenas, Grandview pinned Sergio Marquez, Gateway, 4:57; Kade Snider, Ponderosa tech. fall Logan Newman, Rocky Mountain, 19-1; JT Stancil, Chaparral tech. fall Austin Harp, Lakewood, 15-0; Jess Hankin, Coronado dec. Timmy Romero, Mountain Range, 4-3; Dylan West, Greeley West dec. Donovan Cogil, Legacy, 5-1.
120 pounds — Adrian Cordova, Coronado dec. Dominic Alvarez, Ft. Collins, 6-3; Joshua Rosales, Pomona maj. dec. Kyler Schmidt, Rocky Mountain, 11-3; Josh Redman, Regis Jesuit dec. Eric Yamaguchi, Brighton, 9-7 OT; Jerry Trujillo, Arvada West dec. Santos Valtierra, Westminster, 7-2; Adrian Delacruz, Greeley West maj. dec. Josiah Vigil, Adams City, 18-5; Ian Konrad, Fruita Monument dec. Zach Martinez, Mountain Range, 8-6; Keaton Reed, Chaparral pinned Isaac Dinette, Lakewood, 2:09; Mitch Finesilver, Cherry Creek pinned Preston McQuade, Monarch, 1:10.
126 pounds — Emilio Martinez, Greeley West pinned Matt Bishop, Fruita Monument, 1:54; Nathan Gonzales, Doherty dec. Zachary Moye, Ponderosa, 6-4; Lucas Vagher, Pomona dec. Riley Thomas, Ft. Collins, 8-5; Devan Cruz, Coronado tech. fall Raymond Baca, Brighton, 16-0; Payton Tawater, Arvada West tech. fall Donovan Ronan, Regis Jesuit, 16-1; Jacob Rubalcaba, Central (G.J.) maj. dec. Lucas Rivas, ThunderRidge, 14-3; Danny Murphy, Rocky Mountain dec. Payton Killion, Fossil Ridge, 11-4; Zach Finesilver, Cherry Creek tech. fall Chase Frye, Pine Creek, 17-0.
132 pounds — Raymond Robledo, Pomona tech. fall Clayton Muller, Fruita Monument, 19-4; Shederick Boyd, Greeley West maj. dec. Jaime Cardenas, Grandview, 10-2; Ben Drysdale, Rocky Mountain dec. Downey Wood, Fountain-Ft. Carson, 7-5; Devon Zavala, Denver East dec. Jared Todd, Heritage, 9-2; Bennie Pachello, Arvada West pinned Bruno Nicoletti, Cherokee Trail, 3:55; Trevor Brown, Fossil Ridge pinned Jake Dugan, Eaglecrest, 1:17; Jake Thayer, Chatfield dec. Ben Trygstad, Chaparral, 5-2; PT Garcia, Bear Creek tech. fall Andrew Pellow, Palmer, 15-0.
138 pounds — Geordan Martinez, Pine Creek pinned Mitch Wilson, Arapahoe, 2:57; Luis Bejarano, Prairie View maj. dec. Nate Carlson, Standley Lake, 10-2; Joshua Butler, Gateway dec. Shane Ricks, Greeley West, 10-3; Thaddeus Hayes, Doherty dec. Hayden Jones, Douglas County, 13-12; Roman Ortiz, Rocky Mountain dec. Louis Guillen, Grand Junction, 3-2; Brighton Moye, Ponderosa dec. Taylor Bergquist, Arvada West, 6-4 OT; Austin Marvel, Pomona dec. George Truong, Palmer, 5-3; Taylor Killion, Fossil Ridge pinned Dustin Sanchez, Central (G.J.), 1:25.
145 pounds — Jacob Trujillo, Grand Junction pinned Jozef McClure, Adams City, 4:43; Gabe Marquez, Poudre dec. Ryan Pellow, Palmer, 5-1; Danny Clark, Rocky Mountain maj. dec. Patrick Romero, Mountain Range, 13-2; Deyaun Trueblood, Gateway dec. Torry Williams, Ponderosa, 7-6; Alec Wyatt, Prairie View pinned Rashawn Benford, Fountain-Ft. Carson, 2:05; Matthew Seifert, Pomona dec. Aaron Trygstad, Chaparral, 11-8; Isaac Rodriguez, Fruita Monument tech. fall Joey Laratta, Arapahoe, 17-1; Derrik Ortiz, Pine Creek maj. dec. Logan Trzeciak, Greeley West, 9-1.
152 pounds — Randy Boerner, Mountain Range tech. fall Taylor Ziolkowski, Poudre, 15-0; Ethan Wright, Pomona dec. Karl Breidenbach, Columbine, 10-4; Mason Harms, Cherry Creek dec. Kaden Fife, Fruita Monument, 9-5; Harley Korte, Cherry Creek pinned Peter Enockson, Lakewood, 3:58; Austin Gonzales, Horizon dec. Jake Tarr, Chaparral, 9-5; Alex Smith, Pine Creek dec. Kolton Maybury, Central (G.J.), 9-4; Brandon Dunnum, Ft. Collins dec. Michael Fanning, Rocky Mountain, 9-2; Kelton Good, Ponderosa maj. dec. Elliott Smith, Fossil Ridge, 15-4.
160 pounds — Archie Colgan, Pomona pinned Emery Lee, Poudre, 3:42; Jordan Brown, Grandview pinned Khyre Burns, Denver East, 3:44; TJ Campbell, Pine Creek dec. Grady Pina, Coronado, 9-6; Kaleb Geiger, Castle View dec. Konnor Schmidt, Rocky Mountain, 7-0; Brandon Supernaw, Doherty pinned Max Lavigne, ThunderRidge, 2:44; Tanner Olson, Ponderosa maj. dec. Dalton Wadkins, Brighton, 15-4; Connor Casady, Legacy pinned Jalen Reyes, Cherry Creek, 4:39; Austin Lindsay, Fossil Ridge pinned Joel Geers, Mountain Range, 5:16.
170 pounds — Jacob Seely, Fruita Monument dec. Alex Klaer, Rocky Mountain, 8-3; David Chitwood, Horizon pinned Colton Fries, Legend, 5:25; Adin Puris, Eaglecrest dec. Nate Lightfield, Fountain-Ft. Carson, 14-8; Dalton Riba, Fossil Ridge dec. Diego Rogel, Cherry Creek, 9-3; Tony Silva-Bussey, Arvada West pinned Hudsen Marker, Castle View, 5:33; Steve Ullman, Ralston Valley maj. dec. Richard Cote, Coronado, 13-4; Caleb Hendricks, Central (G.J.) pinned Gabe Grimaldo, Westminster, 5:43; Dylan Gabel, Ponderosa maj. dec. Riley McConnell, Ft. Collins, 13-0.
182 pounds — Corry Williams, Ponderosa pinned Matt King, Grand Junction, 2:43; Geoffrey Curtis, Pine Creek dec. Trent Rogers, Cherry Creek, 9-3; Dalton Weis, Loveland dec. Cody Driver, Fountain-Ft. Carson, 6-1; Trevon Beauford, Eaglecrest maj. dec. Ty Taylor, Fruita Monument, 12-4; Ricky Mahan, Doherty dec. Alex Munoz, Prairie View, 15-8; Jack Lindsay, Douglas County pinned Javier Alonzo, Overland, 3:11; Jaylen Mosqueira, Arapahoe pinned Matthew Young, Fossil Ridge, :47; Joel Hernandez, Brighton pinned Jacob Bancroft, Mountain Vista, 3:55.
195 pounds — Payton Tapia, Fossil Ridge maj. dec. Harley Minjarez, Prairie View, 13-0; Matt List, Pine Creek inj. def. JD Rosales, Abraham Lincoln, 5:11; Joey Garcia, Lakewood maj. dec. York Douglass, Ponderosa, 10-2; Matthew Stanley, ThunderRidge dec. Luiz Perez, Rocky Mountain, 8-7; Grant Neal, Regis Jesuit pinned Clark Jones, Rampart, :59; Corky Phillips, Bear Creek maj. dec. Jonny Pauli, Grand Junction, 16-7; Rocky Michaelson, Ralston Valley dec. Sam Smith, Coronado, 3-1; Tracy Hancock, Fountain-Ft. Carson maj. dec. Zach Waanders, Arapahoe. 10-2.
220 pounds — Amer Tipura, Overland pinned Martin Paredes, Central (G.J.), 2:32; Dexter Bess, Smoky Hill pinned Brendon Frazier, Rock Canyon, 1:07; Jacob Schoenberger, Fountain-Ft. Carson pinned Nick Elgin, Regis Jesuit, 3:35; Jakob Buys, Ralston Valley pinned Theo Colucci, Boulder, :25; Nick Debruyn, Lakewood maj. dec. Isaac Prudhome, Arapahoe, 11-3; Colt Chatfield, Fruita Monument pinned Dan Macoubrie, Rocky Mountain, 2:43; Brian Mayberry, Columbine pinned Jerell Nettles, Montbello, 5:51; Skyler McWee, Legacy maj. dec. Kody Kleman, Mountain Range, 10-0.
285 pounds — Austin Waterman, Greeley West pinned Joe Hunt, Coronado, :38; Josh Vigil-Harrison, Grandview pinned Joe Hunsaker, Castle View, 1:22; Jamin Smith, Douglas County dec. Dorean Gonzales, Lakewood, 2-0; Dane Drimmer, Chaparral pinned Sam Jackson, Brighton, 1:58; Mike Howshar, Eaglecrest pinned Tevin Jones, Fountain-Ft.-Carson, 1:54; Garrett Zimmerman, Cherokee Trail pinned Anthony Childs, Overland, 3:50; Tony Martinez, Rocky Mountain pinned Blake Jacobs, ThunderRidge, 3:18; Jorge Rodriguez, Mountain Range pinned Mitch Chism, Pomona, 1:45.
DENVER — First-round results Thursday from the Colorado Class 4A state high school wrestling tournament held at Pepsi Center.
Team Scores — Windsor 34; Discovery Canyon 25; Thompson Valley 24; Broomfield 17; Roosevelt 16; Pueblo Central 15; Pueblo Centennial 14; Berthoud 10; Mesa Ridge 10; Montezuma-Cortez 10; Air Academy 8; Eagle Valley 8; Erie 8; Golden 8; Montrose 8; Niwot 8; Falcon 7.5; Palmer Ridge 7.5; Durango 6; Elizabeth 6; Mead 6; Valor Christian 6; Ft. Morgan 5.5; Arvada 4; Canon City 4; Cheyenne Mountain 4; Greeley Central 4; Longmont 4; Pueblo County 4; Weld Central 4; Palisade 3.5; Vista Ridge 3.5; Mullen 3; Northridge 3; Pueblo East 3; Sand Creek 3; Conifer 2; Evergreen 2; Frederick 2; Lewis-Palmer 2; Pueblo West 2; Rifle 2; Summit 2; Thomas Jefferson 2; Woodland Park 2.
106 pounds — Dalton Robertson, Weld Central dec. Junior Casillas, Vista Peak, 8-4; Procopio Valdez, Mesa Ridge dec. Tyler Erzen, Elizabeth, 4-3; Michael Ramirez, Pueblo South maj. dec. Vincent Hoffman, Mullen, 15-5; Vladyslav Kazakov, Thompson Valley pinned Anthony Nieto, Erie, 1:46; Sam Turner, Discovery Canyon tech. fall Adam Lee, Denver West, 16-0; Josh Villa, Windsor pinned Terrell Banuelos, Montrose, 2:46; Clay Robinson, Niwot pinned Randen Espinoza, Palisade, 1:20; Darek Huff, Broomfield pinned Abraam Arreguin-Almanz, Mitchell, 2:52.
113 pounds — Drew Romero, Broomfield dec. Emmanuel Sandoval, Montrose, 10-4; Sage Budd, Mead dec. Davis Baxter, Pueblo South, 7-2; Jesse Ortiz, Frederick dec. Caleb McElfresh, Mitchell, 8-2; Collin Williams, Thompson Valley pinned Jeremiah Gonzales, Pueblo Central, 1:02; Brandon Gonzalez, Mesa Ridge dec. Brandon Rivas, Greeley Central, 9-4; Rylen Thalhammer, Palmer Ridge pinned Matthew Lavengood, Durango, 3:58; Austin Veen, Valor Christian dec. David Brown, Delta, 4-2; Joel Salomon, Windsor pinned Brad Kadlubowski, Lewis-Palmer, 3:47.
120 pounds — AJ Rees, Discovery Canyon pinned Darian Manzanares, Pueblo Centennial, 1:33; Tylar Francis, Roosevelt pinned Dylan Alvarez, Broomfield, 3:34; Juan Lopez, Northridge maj. dec. Donald Sisneros, Mullen, 16-2; Nick Wittrock, Summit dec. Leon Sanchez, Mesa Ridge, 5-3; Gavril Houston, Elizabeth dec. Domnick Archuleta, Greeley Central, 5-3; Marcus Martinez, Pueblo South dec. Oscar Ruelas, Rifle, 4-2; Aaron Carrera, Pueblo East maj. dec. Levi Gross, Montezuma-Cortez, 9-1; Jonathan Lewis, Windsor maj. dec. Zion Rivera, Thomas Jefferson, 9-1.
126 pounds — Bobby Amond, Cheyenne Mountain pinned Jeriah Garcia, Denver South, 1:05; Ben Hewson, Thompson Valley pinned Matteo Ambriz, Windsor, 2:57; Jimmy Fate, Berthoud pinned Shane Anderson, Delta, 2:55; Layth Dieyleh, Thomas Jefferson dec. Trenton Fair, Pueblo East, 15-9; Dalton Hannigan, Palisade tech. fall Eloy Valdez, Longmont, 16-0; Jacob Kay, Evergreen dec. Tyler Hanenberg, Air Academy, 6-0; Brandon Aragon, Pueblo Central dec. Keaton Regenor, Discovery Canyon, 2-1; Ian Wingstrom, Ft. Morgan tech. fall Isaac Rider, Rifle, 18-3.
132 pounds — Tanner Williams, Thompson Valley pinned Nate Butler, Air Academy, 5:47; Alex Kingsley, Berthoud pinned Kenny Ojeda, Thomas Jefferson, 2:54; Joey Lambert, Niwot pinned Tristen Wolf, Conifer, 4:40; Isaac Naro, Pueblo South dec. James Engle, Pueblo Centennial, 7-0; Sonny Espinoza, Pueblo Central pinned Conor Lococo, Windsor, 2:00; Steve Turner, Discovery Canyon pinned Coy Zang, Rifle, 2:30; Travis Myers, Pueblo West dec. Justin Ray, Palisade, 4-3; Brandon Wetsch, Erie pinned Michael Brierton, Palmer Ridge, 1:28.
138 pounds — Ryan Daves, Montezuma-Cortez pinned Matt McFadden, Cheyenne Mountain, 1:33; Jacob Gerken, Ft. Morgan dec. Tyler Thalhammer, Palmer Ridge, 5-1; Hunter Shively, Conifer dec. Eric Palomino, Northridge, 3-1; Dallas Rohrig, Rifle dec. Erik Romero, Pueblo West, 8-6 OT; Joseph Sisneros, Mullen maj. dec. Matt Combs, Mountain View, 11-3; Parker Simington, Thompson Valley dec. Jayme Wilson, Widefield, 7-3; Matt Sandoval, Montrose dec. Nathaniel Rykerd, Lewis-Palmer, 4-3; Jace Lopez, Roosevelt pinned Noel Estrada, Thomas Jefferson, 1:10.
145 pounds — Phil Downing, Broomfield pinned Nick Rocha, Pueblo Centennial, :56; Austin Zuniga, Pueblo South dec. Paris Salas, Golden, 6-0; Dominique Hughes, Mesa Ridge pinned William Schell, Erie, 2:17; Dylan Burgett, Elizabeth pinned Trevor Garcia, Palisade, 3:34; Chad Ellis, Berthoud dec. Austin Sethman, Air Academy, 6-2; Kennan Wyatt, Pueblo Central maj. dec. Zach Chavez, Thompson Valley, 10-0; Erik Guy, Palmer Ridge, tech. fall Justice Ramos, Montezuma-Cortez, 15-0; Tyler Oberg, Discovery Canyon dec. Paul Robeson, Greeley Central, 7-2.
152 pounds — Kennan Willits, Pueblo County pinned Jeremiah Clymer, Mountain View, 3:06; Caleb Miranda, Pueblo Centennial pinned Joe Johnson, Thomas Jefferson, 5:09; Nick Tarpley, Durango dec. Jarod Albo, Broomfield, 3-2; Kennen Lanteri, Windsor maj. dec. Jeremy Jaquess, Sand Creek, 11-3; John Holst, Valor Christian dec. Hunter Brasfield, Delta, 11-4; Jeff Burbach, Discovery Canyon pinned Devin Rothrock, Golden, 4:41; Mark Espinoza, Pueblo South dec. Drake Greeott, Longmont, 15-9; Cody Soulka, Falcon pinned John Leonard, Elizabeth, :50.
160 pounds — Francisco Marquez, Thompson Valley pinned Connor Orban, Broomfield, 3:34; Spencer Urban, Roosevelt pinned Ricky Ray, Discovery Canyon, 4:53; Ladd Bunker, Erie pinned Mitchel Chavez, Pueblo South, :57; Kyle Soulka, Falcon tech. fall Adam Bryan, Palmer Ridge, 16-1; Thomas Chisholm, Woodland Park dec. Ivan Wolf, Longmont, 4-3; Marcus Velasquez, Montrose pinned Kevin Paredes, Elizabeth, 2:47; Seager Oliver, Montezuma-Cortez pinned Johnny Ray Vallejo, Pueblo Central, 2:34; Vinny Gonzales, Windsor dec. Caleb Smith, Pueblo West, 12-6.
170 pounds — Adrian Mack, Discovery Canyon pinned Brad Blackstock, Golden, :52; Chandler Montes, Pueblo Central dec. Cole Nielsen, Eagle Valley, 8-1; Chaz Polson, Valor Christian dec. Justin Barron, Falcon, 13-8; Joseph Keller, Windsor pinned Sheldon Berg, Mesa Ridge, 1:49; Josh McLaughlin, Thompson Valley dec. Michael Ibarra, Mullen, 7-1; Caleb Cuneio, Air Academy pinned Fernando Ramos Vega, Longmont, 5:43; Joseph Glenn, Lewis-Palmer dec. Gabe Alvarado, Mead, 6-3; Zach Stodden, Broomfield maj. dec. Justin Barham, Glenwood Springs, 15-3.
182 pounds — Kyle Couch, Mead pinned Jake Beighey, Green Mountain, :35; Ty LaFramboise, Eagle Valley dec. Tony Molinaro, Pueblo County, 10-4 3OT; Tremell Stanley, Mesa Ridge dec. Alfredo Rosales, Delta, 10-5; Josh Semmler, Roosevelt pinned Dillon Tussey, Conifer, 2:42; Jacob Hawthorne, Vista Ridge tech. fall Braxton Stewart, Palisade, 15-0; Ian Cheatum, Golden pinned Martin Gonzalez, Thomas Jefferson, 2:42; Cosme Martinez, Windsor pinned Luke McAnich, Broomfield, 4:30; Trenton Gustafson, Montezuma-Cortez dec. Anthony Abbott, Canon City, 11-5.
195 pounds — Garet Krohn, Arvada pinned Toby McBride, Ft. Morgan, 3:09; Ben Self, Air Academy dec. Patton Graff, Thompson Valley, 5-2; Joey Sanchez, Eagle Valley dec. James Garrett, Mesa Ridge, 6-1; Jaime Ramos Vega, Longmont pinned Rhett Hanson, Mullen, 1:43; John Lieder, Pueblo Centennial pinned Devon Strover, Harrison, 5:34; Logan Longworth, Weld Central dec. Pheonix Versey, Palmer Ridge, 8-3; Brandon Brauser, Windsor dec. Demetrius Zissimos, Broomfield, 8-7; David Traynor, Discovery Canyon tech. fall Kyle Collins, Delta, 17-2.
220 pounds — Andy Armstrong, Eagle Valley pinned Mason Barber, Mountain View, 1:04; Hunter Reinert, Pueblo South pinned Victor Garcia, John F. Kennedy, :21; Connor Eakes, Broomfield dec. DJ Wolski, Vista Ridge, 7-2; Jacob Winter, Windsor pinned Nate Smith, Falcon, 4:56; Garrett Benell, Canon City pinned Brock Howes, Arvada, :55; Damian Garcia, Pueblo Centennial pinned Noah Lennox, Golden, 5:53; Daniel Gustavson, Durango pinned Jorge Cortez, Mead, 1:55; Evan Lancelot, Pueblo Central pinned Kenny Hardwick, Pueblo County, 4:50.
285 pounds — Dakota Gulley, Golden pinned TreVaughn Hawkins, Denver South, 1:00; Demitrius Miller, Pueblo Centennial dec. Jacob Robles, Pueblo East, 8-7; Tuli Laulu, Sand Creek maj. dec. Marcus Garcia, Delta, 8-0; Austin Harris, Broomfield dec. Chris Palacios, Longmont, 4-1 OT; Jesus Casillas, Montrose dec. Billy Dabney, Cheyenne Mountain, 1-0; Robert Bishop-Cotner, Windsor pinned Tyler Bender, Wheat Ridge, 1:12; Jorge Guerra-Munoz, Greeley Central pinned Zach Rios, Mullen, 5:42; Justin Petrash, Air Academy dec. Matt Isaacs, Thompson Valley, 9-3.


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Here's a trailer for one of my
new videos.
I cannot play this ringtone, it is scratched.
New Headcast Video Coming Soon
Here's a trailer for one of my
Rescued from Norway
You may have read in the news that the Norwegians recently attempted to trap me by paying the Icelanders to burn parts of their country in order to spread a cloud of airborne debris across Europe, thus closing all the airports. It took me a while to get to the bottom of it, but eventually I worked out that the main aim was to keep me in Norway and prevent me from travelling back to Britain. The love they have for me is deep, true and lingering, but it is sometimes expressed in typically obsessive Scandinavian style.
My brilliant assistant Garry managed to foil this cunning plot by hiring a crack team of taxi drivers to drive me to Belgium. To keep us entertained, we took with us a a jazz quartet, and together we travelled in a vintage 1961 Bedford Coach which included a sauna and sushi bar. From Brussels I was able to catch a train through the Eurotunnel, and was thus returned to the welcoming bosom of my servants. I thanked them for their efforts with my traditional gifts of brown cheese and rotting fish.
So the Norwegians relented, but before they allowed me to leave Norway, they demanded that I make an appearance on the TV programme Skavlan. At least, I think Skavlan is the name of the programme, it could equally be the name of the channel, a day of the week or yet another Elk-based dish.
The bit with me in it starts at about 37 minutes and is conducted in English. For those of you who are in the 99.99% of people who don't understand the Norwegian language and who might panic when they try to read the subtitles, no those are not Ikea instructions. Ikea is a Swedish company.
Update: several kind people have pointed out that the subtitles are Swedish, and that they are in fact a guide to furniture assembly.
Here are the famous and fabulous Spud books by South African writer John Van De Ruit, which inspired the film in which Jack Cheese is playing "The Guv".
Idiots of Ants Interview
Check out their website http://idiotsofants.com
John's Birthday
Wishing you a very happy 70th Birthday, John! Love from The Minions.
Click here to see your Twitter birthday wishes from Twitter followers.
Chicken Names
Sadly Rocky and Camilla have disappeared. They may have run away. Garry is licking his lips suspiciously but I think that is just to cheer me up.
Thinking of names, we'll need at least one.
Or another name?
Please leave a comment.
Birthday Suicide Poll
Some of you have been enjoying banter with me on Twitter.
Never one to be overly concerned about convention or even taste, I recently mentioned that I was considering ending it all on my upcoming birthday, which caused a little concern.
This gave us the idea of running a poll – how would you like me to end it all? NB: results are advisory, not binding.
Thanks for the Twits
Thank you for the kind messages regarding the recent eye operation.
New Headcast
My video download website Headcast has had a makeover and is wearing a beautiful new suit, as well as two new videos. We launched it quietly earlier on this week for fans and friends, who gave us some great feedback via our survey, and helped us improve the site before we opened the doors to the rabid hordes.
Thanks for that, everyone, it really helped us to help you, as the saying goes.
The most popular response to the question asking what alternative career I should take up was Tour Guide, which just pipped Priest / Guru.
Alright then, everyone gather round, the coach is leaving in five minutes.
The John Cleese Nigerian Lottery
I'm very pleased to see that the truly excellent value John Cleese (that's me) Nigerian Lottery is open for business.


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Hewlett Packard has used its HP Software Universe event held in the Spanish city of Barcelona this week to introduce what it claims is the first unified system to accelerate ALM (application lifecycle management) and services across heterogeneous environments.
HP Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) 11 will attempt to unite and automate the activities needed to achieve the required "modernization" of applications — a process that the company says will need to encompass functions from requirements management to quality assurance, performance, and release.
A recent Forrester Consulting study commissioned by HP shows that 69 percent of IT decision-makers have earmarked a quarter of their annual IT budgets for application modernization. Putting some flesh on an arguably otherwise quite "wooly" or indistinct term, HP says that "application modernization" using the HP ALM 11 role-based system is the means that organizations should be using to gain control over complex processes and support the transformation of their apps portfolio for today's accelerated high-volume transactions and HPC environments.
The company says that HP ALM 11 integrates with major development tools, automates workflow processes within and across applications teams, and enforces best practice application lifecycle processes such as:
- Project planning and tracking processes — to establish release criteria and manages milestones throughout the app development process based on real-time visibility into release progress and readiness.
- Three-way traceability between requirements, development, and quality artifacts for team-wide analysis and execution of application changes.
- Flexible methodology support to optimize delivery approach by project type — waterfall, custom, Agile etc.
- Lower enterprise risk from application failures due to functional, performance, and security defects in composite and rich internet applications.
"Organizations rely on applications to perform business-critical functions. Outdated tools, complex methodologies, and ever-progressing new technology make it difficult for IT to deliver effective applications," said Bill Veghte, executive vice president, Software and Solutions, HP. "HP's new solutions enable clients to accelerate the delivery of applications, lower application costs, and achieve business alignment without sacrificing quality."


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Hey my mom lives in Alaska and apparently they don't appreciate Legos up there. She was able to find about 100 of the Kingdoms "Target Practice" set up there on clearance. I told her I thought there might be some friends of mine who might be interested in buying a few from her for a few bucks each so she's going to get them for me. Please PM me if you are interested and tell me how many you want! This is such a great deal, I had her get 40 copies of it just for me!
I looked it up and this set is averaging over $5 on bricklink and you can't get it for less than $3 on there. I'm thinking $2.50-$3.00 to make it worth her time to drive 20 miles to Target and mail them all out. PM fast! I don't think these will last for long!


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President Obama Tuesday said a report showing growth in the U.S. manufacturing sector proves that the nation is on its way to economic stabilization after a devastating recession.
The Institute for Supply Management said Tuesday in a report that the U.S. manufacturing sector grew for the first time in 18 months, since January 2008. The report also showed that new orders from customers jumped to the highest level since late 2004.
"It is a sign that we're on the path to economic recovery. There is no doubt that we have a long way to go," Obama said.
U.S. & World
Obama said his plan to reform the economy has worked, as proven by the report.
Read more: The Associated Press


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The Republican Liberty Caucus is the oldest continuously operating Republican liberty organization and has been "the Conscience of the Republican Party" since its inception in 1991. The following RLC speakers are available to speak on a variety of topics.
RLC National Chair Matt Nye (FL)
Matt Nye is an innovative entrepreneur and political activist with more than 25 years of diversified experience in technology, telecommunications, finance, marketing and communications. Nye currently works as a Regional Director for Verteks Consulting, a leading provider of voice and data networks for enterprise and government clients in Florida.
In addition to his work at Verteks Consulting, Nye has taken on a number of leadership roles in local and national political organizations. He is the Founder and Immediate Past Chair of the Republican Liberty Caucus of Central East Florida (RLC), the Organizer of the Brevard Tea Parties, the Immediate Past Chair and current Treasurer of the RLC of Florida and the Chairman of the national Republican Liberty Caucus organization.
As the Organizer of the Brevard Tea Party Nye is a frequently sought expert for local media on subjects like taxes, regulation, waste, fraud, abuse and transparency. In his capacity as National Chairman of the RLC he is frequently interviewed on issues pertaining to national party politics and the role the liberty movement plays in today's political landscape.
RLC National Secretary John Dennis (CA)
RLC National At Large Board Member Saul Anuzis (MI)


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 37 diseños de 5 diseñadores freelance.
Project Nur
Project Nur (PN) is a student-led initiative of the American Islamic
Congress, created after 9/11 to challenge increasingly negative
perceptions of Muslims. As a non-religious and human rights based
organization, PN seeks to create a civic identity grounded in
pluralism and progressive thinking for interested Muslim and
non-Muslim students. Additionally, we hope to establish a sense of
community for students of all backgrounds, inclusive of those who have
previously felt alienated or uncomfortable voicing themselves. PN's multicultural and multifaith community is firmly
committed to the advancement of civil rights, promoting social justice
and civic engagement. With the
belief that responsible leadership is the remedy for the pressing
challenges facing the American-Muslim community, PN leaders
promote nonviolence, equality, and free expression.
Past campus events and activities have included
addressing pressing issues and concerns in the Muslim world, hosting
speakers to discuss matters that range from honor killings to the
Iranian election crisis, fundraisers to build and support schools in
Afghanistan, as well as interfaith events.
PN provides students with
an open, accepting space where they can learn about Muslim identity,
confront often controversial issues faced by Muslim communities around
the world, and spread awareness through events, service, and activism.
18-22 year olds. Young, hip activist college students. Not your typical American-Muslim kid.
We want a fresh, young, hip brochure. I cannot stress this enough. We want the brochure to reach out to college students and it must scream vogue and make a difference in the world at the same time. Our current brochure is tri-folded, but I encourage you to think beyond the box and make it look as modern as possible. I have included our logo, our official language needed to be put into the brochure in the document "BrochureIdeas", our current brochure and samples of brochures that I love and would like this brochure to look like. Our organization photos are also listed at http://picasaweb.google.com/1092623…1202152021. Please feel free to use any photo from there for the brochure. One thing that must be there is our logo and the wordings Project Nur, a student-led initiative of the American Islamic Congress.