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From the era of snub-nosed cars and dirt roads, of cyclists wearing goggles over their eyes to keep out the ubiquitous dust from the roads, and racers wrapping a spare tire over their shoulders and across their backs in a figure-eight, a lone U.S. rider enjoyed success as a professional on the roads of Europe. Joseph Magnani of Illinois raced professionally from 1935 to 1948 on French and Italian teams. He was so ahead of his time that few in his homeland knew of him. In the 1947 world championship professional road race in Reims, northeast of Paris and famed for its champagne vineyards, Magnani finished seventh. He raced 171 miles through torrid heat that forced most of the starters, including legendary Fausto Coppi, to abandon. When results reached the United States where his performance should have been celebrated, however, Magnani's name only piqued confusion.
"If anyone knows who he is or where he came from to represent America, we would like to hear about it," wrote Otto Eisele, secretary of the Amateur Bicycle League of America (predecessor to the U.S. Cycling Federation and USA Cycling, Inc.), in American Bicyclist, then the only national cycling publication.
Ironically, some of Magnani's triumphs had been reported previously in the magazine during the 1930s. His victory in the 1935 Marseille-Nice road race classic had astonished everyone when it catapulted him to world-class stature. He won other races and performed well in one-day classics such as Milan-San Remo. In the post-World War II years, however, the earlier reporting was forgotten and confidence in American cycling sagged so badly that a U.S. rider holding his own against the Europeans apparently seemed to stretch credibility.
In mid-1948, Magnani returned to America with his French wife and their son to visit Chicago relatives and was recruited by the Schwinn Bicycle Company in Chicago to ride the American indoor winter six-day circuit. After a crash that October during the Buffalo six-day forced his retirement from cycling, he promptly went to work for Schwinn and settled in Chicago. From late 1948 until illness overcame him in the early 1970s, Magnani assembled all of the Schwinn Paramount track and road racing bicycles. In his free time, he coached Chicago riders, including son Rudy, a medalist in the Illinois district championships.
Eisele's question about who Joseph Magnani was and how he came to represent America at the 1947 worlds remained unanswered even after Magnani died in 1975 at age 63, a year before Eisele himself died at 74. Only Magnani's immediate family, some Schwinn colleagues, and a few friends knew about his participation in major European national tours and one-day classics. Word-of-mouth rippled through the Chicago-area cycling community about a local rider who had competed successfully on the roads of Europe. Word-of-mouth gave way to stubborn rumors that turned into the mystique of a Schwinn employee as the first U.S. rider in the Tour de France--cycling's equivalent to Elvis sightings.
Later, in 1976, Mike Neel of Berkeley, California, rode on the Italian professional team Magniflex and finished 10th at the worlds pro road race in Ostuni, Italy. His performance at the time represented a major advancement for American cycling. Magnani's previous seventh place had been forgotten by a new generation that reported Neel had achieved the highest-ever placing at the world's by an American.
How could the one American, Joseph Magnani, whose professional career spanned 14 years, even enduring imprisonment during World War II as an American captured in German-occupied France, in the pro peloton with legends such as Coppi and Coppi's rival Gino Bartali go completely overlooked in his homeland?
"My father lost a whole box containing newspaper and magazine clippings, team jerseys, racer-leader jerseys, and photos of his career," explained his son Rudy, born in France while his father raced there and now living in Chicago. "Everything my parents and my father's sister had saved from his years of riding was in a box that got lost on its way from Nice, France, to Chicago. That box just disappeared. And my father had a quiet, self-effacing personality. He didn't draw a lot of attention to himself."
In international cycling, Magnani--routinely referred to in French accounts as l'Americain--earned a reputation as one of his generation's strongest riders. His reputation has proved durable. Several photos of Magnani in his prime years recently turned up neatly framed and mounted on walls of a Washington, D.C., restaurant. One photo shows spectators cheering Magnani as he crosses the finish line triumphantly in the 1934 Grand Prix Urago in Nice. Another catches him peeling off after his turn leading the breakaway during a stage of the 1938 Paris-Nice, on his way to finishing ninth overall. In another photo, he stands with the bicycle manufacturer Giuseppe Olmo and Olmo team riders and support crew at the start of the 1946 Giro d'Italia.
"Joe Magnani and Jean Veneziano, who went on to become assistant director sportif of the Ford Team with Jacques Anquetil, raced professionally together on the Urago team," said Pierre Mattia, an Italian native and co-owner of Coppi's Vigorelli restaurant in Washington where the photos are displayed. "Jeannot, Jean's nickname, saved everything from his racing days. That includes a lot of information on Joe Magnani."
When Mattia prepared to open the second of two Washington restaurants named after Fausto Coppi, the Italian cycling icon called Il Championissimo (champion of champions) for his breadth of achievements that included setting the world hour record on the Vigorelli Velodrome in Milan, Mattia journeyed in the summer of 1996 to Bordighehra, on the Italian Riviera bordering France, to visit Veneziano. "Jeannot gave me this treasure trove of photos," Mattia gestured with a wave of the hand that swept the walls of Coppi's Vigorelli restaurant adorned with many dramatic black-and-white photos of European racers. "He gave me the photos because he loves the sport. This is a way to contribute to cycling being better known in the United States."
Now finally Eisele's question can be answered about who Joseph Magnani was and how he came to represent the United States years long ago at the 1947 world championships.
Joseph Magnani (pronounced Mahn-yan-ee) was born in 1912 to an Italian-immigrant family in LaSalle, Ill., a coal-mining town in the middle of Illinois. He grew up in Mount Clare, between the state capital in Springfield and St. Louis, according to his youngest brother, Father Rudolph Magnani, a Catholic priest in Bethesda, Maryland.
In 1928, sixteen-year-old Joseph Magnani, the second in a family of eight, and his elder sister, Angelina, were sent to live with relatives in southeastern France. "His father had fallen on hard times in the mines," explained his widow, Mimi, of Chicago. "Joe and his sister were sent to France to make the family smaller."
They lived on a farm in Cap d'Ail, a small tourist town near Nice on the French Riviera within sight of the purple Alps bordering Italy. "Joe and his sister lived across the street from my family," said Mimi. "He delivered coal and wood to residents in the area."
He also joined the local amateur team, Club Cyclo-Tourists, sponsored by Urago Cycles, a family-owned bicycle manufacturer in Nice. Francois Urago was one of France's top racers and gave Urago Cycles a publicity boost when he won the 1930 national motorpace championship. By 1934 Magnani, 22, started adding to the company's publicity. He won the Grand Prix Urago against a field of 85 starters. Finishing fifteenth was his Italian friend Fermo Camellini, destined to win Paris-Nice and stages of the Tour de France.
Magnani stood 5 feet 11 inches. The French press described him as thin and strong. Photos show him looking trim, with his dark hair parted in the middle and combed back in the day's fashion.
Two dozen French bicycle manufacturers such as Urago, Peugeot, Terrot, and Automoto each supported a trade team to help promote their products. Several hundred aspiring riders competed for berths on the teams. "Getting a contract to race for one of the pro teams was tough," said his wife.
Since Magnani had experienced hardships brought on by his family's poverty in Illinois and had discovered road races in France to match his talents and temperament, he took cycling seriously. In the off season, he chopped wood to strengthen his upper body. He told an interviewer that he prepared for the new racing season by training 2,500 miles. This preparation and his will to succeed propelled him to consistent top place victories that enhanced his popularity as a rider on the French Riviera. The area featured high-quality racing, and the hilly region developed many national-level climbers, including Magnani, considered tall for a climber.
In 1935 Urago Cycles offered Magnani a coveted pro contract. As an American expatriate, he was required to obtain a license from the American governing body, the National Cycling Association, based in New Jersey. Magnani wrote to the NCA and received back his license, issued by America's long-standing national sprint champion Frank Kramer. America had several sprinters who went to compete in Europe, but Magnani became the only American racing on Europe's roads.
One of the 1935 season's classics was the Marseille-Nice road race. Dating back to 1897, previous champions had included Gustave Ganay, a favorite of Ernest Hemingway, and world champion Alfredo Binda. During the 1935 Marseille-Nice event, Magnani executed a bold break to win in the final kilometers after seven hours of racing. His victory earned him a place in the pro peloton--as well as glory with his name and nationality, USA, still listed in VeloPlus, the European cycling record book (Marseille-Nice was discontinued after 1959).
"There wasn't much money in the 1930s," observed his wife. "The Depression was on. What kept him racing was that he was making a pretty good living."
Making a good living meant racing even in horrendous weather, such as his 1938 victory in the 149-mile Marseilles-Toulon road race during a torrential rain storm--only four of the 80 starters finished. He also competed in the one-day classic, Milan-San Remo for the second time and finished a respectable 29th. That summer Magnani won the two-day Circuit of Lourdes, a strenuous event that crossed some of the highest peaks of the Pyrenees Mountains. Although he specialized in road races, he set a new hour record for the Nice Velodrome when he pedaled 42 kilometers (26.25 miles).
Magnani's performances generated attention in the French press. France's sports daily L'Auto (renamed l'Equipe) published a feature about the American riding Europe's road races, and the feature was cited in American Bicyclist. French journalist Jose Meiffret exclaimed to readers, "Attention! Follow this man! Urago has on its hands a rider of great quality."
At the top of bicycle racing then, as now, loomed the three-week Tour de France. Unlike today's format with trade teams composed of international riders, the Tour in Magnani's era involved national teams. That format excluded Magnani, the lone U.S. road rider (several other U.S. riders competed in Europe, but chiefly on the tracks). Magnani's performances, however, earned him consideration to ride the Tour de France on an international composite team, recalled Al Stiller of Boulder, Colo., who worked at Schwinn with Magnani. "But a Canadian who came up with more money bumped him off the team," Stiller said.
For the 1939 season, Magnani left Urago to join another French pro squad, Terrot. In the spring, he won the first stage of the 11-stage Tour of Southeast France that covered 1,250 miles. That put him in the race leader's blue jersey. He also scored a third place in the third stage. But after the first week he lost the lead and finished seventh overall. At age 27, he had only begun to reach the top of his game. Then Germany invaded Poland. War erupted, and the world championships scheduled that year in Italy were canceled.
Magnani moved to the Italian team, Martini, where he joined his friend Camellini for the 1940 season. In the spring, German tanks and troops blitzed across northern France and captured Paris. German troops seized the Union Cycliste Internationale headquarters in Paris and moved the sport's governing body to Berlin. Although the war escalated and the German army occupied the northern half of France, bicycle racing continued in southern France to offer at least an outward appearance of routine life. Magnani won the opening stage of the 1940 Grand Prix de la Cote d'Azur. He and Camellini posed with Magnani's fiance, Mimi, for a celebratory photo.
From the left: Joseph Magnani (matini jersey) poses with Fermo Camellini (Uraho) and his fiance Mimi.
Joseph and Mimi, a petite dark-haired woman, married at the end of the racing season in October 1941. Magnani had enjoyed a good season on France Sport team. He had won a stage of the Circuit du Mont Ventoux, and finished 10th in the Grand Prix des Nations time trial.
War hostilities intensified globally. On December 7, 1941, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor; the U.S. Congress promptly declared war. Magnani had signed to race the 1942 season on France-Sport, a big professional team with greater resources at his disposal than ever before. His team mates included Rene Vietto and Dante Gianello, two of the period's biggest names. Despite wartime hardships, Magnani traveled with his teammates to races in the southern half of France. As an American in France during German occupation, however, Magnani became a marked man. After U.S. and English troops landed in North Africa in November 1942 to fight the German troops, German troops in northern France moved into southern France.
"In February 1943, the Germans arrested Joe because he was an American," Mimi said. "They put him in a concentration camp in the north of France."
"Joe was practically starved in the concentration camp," said Father Rudolph Magnani. "Our family sent him care packages with food, but we had no way of knowing how much got through to him. His weight dropped from 170 pounds to 98 pounds."
After U.S. and British troops launched the Normandy invasion on France's northwest coast in June 1944 and weeks later liberated Paris, Magnani and others were set free. Magnani joined his wife after more than two years of incarceration. When their son was born in July 1945, they named him after Joseph's youngest brother, Rudolph.
In the post-war years, the UCI relocated to permanent headquarters in Geneva, events that had been suspended for several years started again, and Magnani joined others who resumed their cycling careers. By 1946, Giuseppe Olmo--a gold medalist at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, former world hour record holder, and Giro d'Italia stage winner--had retired from racing to found a company to manufacture bicycles in his name. Olmo hired Magnani and Camellini to ride for him.
Italy's three-week national tour, the Giro d'Italia, had been suspended for six years, making the 1946 Giro the battleground for all of the Italian teams. Olmo picked Magnani to ride on the Olmo squadron in the Giro, thus adding that prestigious stage race to a long list of firsts that he scored for U.S. racers on Europe's roads. Much of the Italian public was divided in support of Fausto Coppi or his rival, Gino Bartali, a devout Catholic nicknamed "the Pious," while other pros such as Camellini and Fiorenzo Magni fought for attention.
The 1946 Olmo team for the Giro. Magnani is the third Olmo rider from the right.
According to Veneziano, Magnani rode support for Camellini, who wore the race leader's pink jersey during the second week. Then Magnani fell heavily in a crash. "He banged up his knee and couldn't race because of infection, so he came back home to recover," said his wife. Camellini couldn't defend the leader's jersey as Coppi and Bartali dueled, with Bartali ultimately triumphing.
During the 1947 season, Magnani scored ten top-ten results, including a second place in the final stage of the Tour of Normandy. At the Tour of Switzerland, he finished ninth in the time trial stage that Coppi won, and seventeenth overall in the event that Bartali won.
Late in the summer during a heat wave, Magnani, 35, entered the world championship road race in Reims, over a hilly course designed for Grand Prix car racing. Among the field of 31 starters were Coppi, Albert Sercu (father of 1964 Olympic gold medalist and six-day racing legend Patrick Sercu), Italy's classics winner Fiorenzo Magni, and Holland's star Theo Middelkamp.
"The amateur race was held in the morning when the weather wasn't bad, but by the time the pros started after noon, it was really hot," recollected Al Stiller, who represented the United States at the world championship track events on the Parc des Princes outdoor track in Paris. "The temperature hit 100 degrees Fahrenheit, with humidity to match. The heat knocked Coppi out."
Only seven riders finished, the fewest ever in a worlds road race. Middelkamp won, in seven and a half hours of racing, with Sercu in second. Magnani held on to finish seventh--the best U.S. performance at the worlds for 33 years.
For the 1948 season, Magnani rode for L'A.S. Monaco team, a small team sponsored by the Mediterranean principality, and started talking about retiring. "In July 1948, we came to the United States on a vacation trip," said Mimi. "Joe hadn't been back to visit his family since he had left so many years before."
"When he came back," said Father Rudolph Magnani, "I was an adult, 18, seeing him for the first time. I was really thrilled. I wore my best shirt."
After the Magnani family reunion, Joseph Magnani presented a letter of recommendation from Urago Cycles to the Schwinn Company, Mimi said. Of the half-dozen bicycle manufacturers in the United States, only Schwinn supported professional and amateur racing. Professional racing in America was limited to winter indoor six-day races, in which teams of two riders each alternated riding so that one cyclist competed while his partner ate or took a nap during the event of six days and nights straight. Schwinn hired Magnani to ride the winter indoor circuit.
The 1948 winter circuit started with the 12th international six-day, October 5 to 11, in Buffalo's Memorial Auditorium. Fifteen two-rider teams entered the event around the new portable Masonite track, 10 laps to the mile. Riders included Hugo Koblet, the Swiss rider who would win the 1951 Tour de France, paired with compatriot Walter Diggelman. Magnani teamed with Bill Johan, one of Chicago's hot young riders in his first six-day.
"Joe was really out of his element," said Bill Jacoby, a Chicago native who paired with Alf Letourner of France to finish fifth. "That track was a far cry from the roads of Europe which Joe rode so well."
Crashes day and night reduced the field to just six teams. Among the casualties were Magnani, Johan, and Koblet.
The vacation to Chicago turned into a permanent move as Schwinn hired Magnani to work full-time. With about 1,000 registered amateur racers nationwide, American bicycle manufacturers concentrated on the juvenile market. Schwinn also relied on the juvenile market, but deployed some of the profits to promote bicycle racing. Schwinn was the only U.S. bicycle manufacturer to make a racing frame, hand-made with Reynolds steel, called Paramount.
"Joe worked for me in the Paramount room, a large warehouse space with a high ceiling off the assembly line,' said Stiller, an engineer who had competed in the 1948 London Olympics. "Joe and two or three other guys assembled Paramount track bikes and tandems. In the early 1950s, we started building Paramount road bikes, and Joe assembled all of them."
"Joe Magnani was a remarkable technician," observed Richard Schwinn, a fourth-generation bicycle manufacturer and former company vice-president who saw Magnani in action on the job.
With all of his training and racing experience, Magnani shared his expertise with local riders. Fritz Masanek, now living in Aurora, Illinois, said Magnani prevailed upon his Urago Cycles connections to arrange for a shipment of complimentary Urago road bicycles, equipped with eight-speed derailleurs--rarities in America, still holding to the tradition of one-speed fixed gears from the salad days of track racing. Magnani also helped Masanek prepare for long European-style road races in eastern Canada that contrasted to the U.S. racing diet of criteriums, most often limited to 50 miles.
"We rode together on the weekends, and he gave me many pointers," Masanek said. "He had a lot of endurance. A couple of times in training with several of the best Chicago-area riders, Joe would shift into a big gear and just drop everybody."
Magnani's coaching helped Masanek win the 1949 Winnipeg-Kenora race of 150 miles. "I wore my Urago jersey and pedaled my Urago bike," Masanek said.
In one-hour team races that enjoyed popularity at the Brown Deer Park track in Milwaukee and Washington Park track in Kenosha, Masanek and Stiller competed together while Magnani coached from the sidelines. 'Joe helped us as much as he could with tactics we might use, how we looked," Masanek said. "He gave us water."
For Masanek, training and racing focused on the 1951 Pan American trials in St. Louis to determine team selection for the First Pan American Games, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Masanek finished second in the road trails, although the sport's governing body could afford to send only one road rider to Buenos Aires. He subsequently spent a year and a half competing in European-styled events in Mexico where he won 18 races. "I rode for AutoMoto, a French bicycle company that had a subsidiary plant in Mexico City," Masanek said. "Three French riders were on the team, and they all knew Joe Magnani pretty well from his racing in France."
When Rudy Magnani came of age in the early 1960s, his father coached him. "He always came out training with me," Rudy said. "We did a lot of traveling--Tuesdays we were on the track in Kenosha, Thursdays in Northbrook, and Sundays at Brown Deer Track. We didn't get home till after 11 P.M. And Dad always got up at 5:30 the next morning to get to work."
Results show that Rudy Magnani won a silver medal in the 1965 Illinois district sprint championship, and a bronze in the 10-mile. "That was my last year of racing. That fall I quit cycling to enroll in the Art Institute and the University of Chicago. I probably disappointed him when I decided to go on to art. But if he was disappointed, he didn't express it. Winning wasn't everything with my Dad. His philosophy was to enjoy the sport."
The younger Magnani went into advertising, and his company worked on the Schwinn Company account. Richard Schwinn, a company vice-president, dined frequently in the Magnani household. "Mama Magnani is a wonderful cook," Schwinn said, cheerfully patting his comfortable belly. "She cooks wonderfully rich French food in the provencal style." He laughed indulgently. "That woman doesn't know the word hungry."
In the early 1970s, despite his athletic talent, Joseph Magnani was overtaken by a debilitating neural affliction. "My dad had always been active, quite vigorous in fact, and not being able to get around because of illness depressed him," his son said. Magnani died November 30, 1975.
"U.S. cycling started coming back around in the 1980s," remarked Rudy Magnani. In 1980 at the worlds pro road race in Salanches, France, Jonathan Boyer of California finished fifth, improving upon Magnani's place at the worlds. "My dad never saw any of the professional movement. He would have had a lot to talk about with today's pro riders here in America."
Joseph Magnani, an American pioneer in road racing, left a legacy. Today his son's company, Magnani & Associates in Chicago, consults on advertising for Richard Schwinn, now vice-president of Waterford Precision Cycles. Magnani & Associates also does marketing and advertising for Mongoose Bicycles. That legacy is well represented today. Thousands of Schwinn Paramounts he put together are still ridden--many prized by collectors. Joseph Magnani continues riding, forever in his prime on the roads of France and Italy, as captured in photographs prominently displayed at Coppi's Vigorelli restaurant.
Highlights of Joseph Magnani"s professional career. Compiled by the editors of Coups de Pedals 67, published in the July-August 1998 issue.


TORONTO, Ont. – An Ontario couple is trying to put the brakes on a proposed wind farm project until the health effects of turbines can be studied, and they're turning to the courts for help.
Shawn and Trisha Drennan's farm north of Goderich sits in the proposed Kingsbridge II wind farm and one turbine will be about 600 metres from their house. Twelve more turbines would be within the surrounding two kilometres.
My name is Joe Yunk; I currently reside at the address of N2630 Townhall Rd in Kewaunee County. My prior address was North 7905 County Trunk P, Algoma, Wisconsin which was in the Wisconsin Public Service (WPS) wind farm by Rio Creek, Wisconsin. I moved from the Algoma address to my current address on or about October 2009 to get away from the effects of the WPS wind farm.
A state of emergency will not be called in Kincardine to assist residents who have reported suffering health impacts from nearby wind energy developments.
Sales records show that Cape Vincent has had a steeper decline in residential property sales than its neighbors and real estate professionals are starting to blame proposed wind power developments.
You Paved Paradise, Put up a Parking Lot!
Editor's note: The following testimony was submitted by Mrs. Elisabeth Jonkman, Netherlands, to the Australian Federal Senate this month, as the Senate considers legislation designed to address Wind Turbine Syndrome (a term the Senate does not use, by the way).
I would like to inform you what happened to my life after I started hearing and feeling low frequency noise. . . .
Please see the list of letters of affected and concerned, with scientific and medical submissions to the Senate of Australia here: Mr. Walker is but ONE concerned individual.
Read submission from Mr. Walker.
Read letters submitted to the Parliament of Australia.
A well-known Dover farmer-politician claims the proliferation of industrial wind turbines in his area has cost him the potential sale of his home.
Rex Crawford, former Dover reeve and Liberal MP, added his voice Thursday to a growing chorus of politicians and citizens demanding a moratorium on wind turbine construction.


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GUSTAS, GIEDRIUS
BEARD, TANOKA
#6 Center United States of America 1971 Height: 2.06
BERIC, MIROSLAV
LAVRINOVIC, DARJUS
#8 Center Lithuania 1979 Height: 2.12
SALENGA, DAINIUS
#9 Forward Lithuania 1977 Height: 1.97
TIMINSKAS, MINDAUGAS
SABONIS, ARVYDAS
COTA, ED
JAVTOKAS, ARTURAS
SERAPINAS, SIMONAS
BAGATSKIS, AINARS
#16 Guard Latvia 1967 Height: 1.97
SIREIKA, ANTANAS
1 W vs Panathinaikos 80 - 74
3 W vs Skipper Bologna 87 - 77
4 W at Unicaja 72 - 74
5 L vs Maccabi Elite 87 - 91
6 W vs KRKA Novo Mesto 98 - 75
7 L at CSKA Moscow 90 - 81
8 L at Panathinaikos 91 - 80
9 L vs Montepaschi Siena 73 - 75
10 L at Skipper Bologna 117 - 107
11 W vs Unicaja 89 - 81
12 L at Maccabi Elite 92 - 83
13 W at KRKA Novo Mesto 65 - 72
14 L vs CSKA Moscow 75 - 78
1 W at Ulker 73 - 85
2 W vs Maccabi Elite 78 - 70
3 L at Pamesa Valencia 85 - 76
4 W vs Ulker 95 - 72
5 L vs Pamesa Valencia 87 - 100
6 L at Maccabi Elite 107 - 99
Total Record 9 wins, 11 losses
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BAGATSKIS, AINARS 12 9 287:45 114 9/26 23/57 27/30 6 25 31 9 7 11 1 35 24 84
BEARD, TANOKA 20 10 519:00 291 110/191 0/5 71/102 73 79 152 13 22 39 16 13 62 84 347
BERIC, MIROSLAV 9 5 212:45 88 17/29 13/31 15/24 1 11 12 15 3 21 2 21 24 59
COTA, ED 20 19 725:30 268 78/152 20/43 52/69 26 47 73 113 32 56 2 4 52 62 324
GUSTAS, GIEDRIUS 19 1 283:15 132 24/58 22/50 18/21 6 5 11 19 11 12 1 3 46 20 68
JANKUNAS, PAULIUS 16 5 218:15 74 30/56 0/1 14/22 22 24 46 10 8 8 4 5 30 18 82
JAVTOKAS, ARTURAS 13 7 148:15 47 16/36 15/17 9 18 27 6 3 11 34 17 33
LAVRINOVIC, DARJUS 2 1 35:00 23 7/11 1/3 6/6 1 4 5 2 1 3 6 5 25
LEPINAITIS, ANDRIUS 1 0 4:15 2 1/1 0/1 1 1 1
SABONIS, ARVYDAS 18 14 508:30 300 92/150 15/41 71/102 43 150 193 43 18 36 29 3 46 90 473
SALENGA, DAINIUS 20 16 549:15 158 41/71 16/72 28/39 15 33 48 40 20 24 3 6 41 51 152
SERAPINAS, SIMONAS 4 1 29:15 5 2/4 0/2 1/2 1 1 2 1 1 2 1
TIMINSKAS, MINDAUGAS 20 12 504:00 160 39/72 14/41 40/56 34 69 103 42 22 35 6 8 69 63 208
Average 201:15 83.1 54.4% 35.8% 72.9% 12.2 23.7 35.9 15.6 9.75 12.9 3.2 2.29 22.3 23.05 95.8
BAGATSKIS, AINARS 12 9 23:58 9.5 34.6% 40.4% 90% 0.5 2.1 2.6 0.8 0.6 0.9 0.1 2.9 2 7
BEARD, TANOKA 20 10 25:57 14.6 57.6% 69.6% 3.6 4 7.6 0.7 1.1 2 0.8 0.7 3.1 4.2 17.4
BERIC, MIROSLAV 9 5 23:38 9.8 58.6% 41.9% 62.5% 0.1 1.2 1.3 1.7 0.3 2.3 0.2 2.3 2.7 6.6
COTA, ED 20 19 36:16 13.4 51.3% 46.5% 75.4% 1.3 2.4 3.6 5.7 1.6 2.8 0.1 0.2 2.6 3.1 16.2
GUSTAS, GIEDRIUS 19 1 14:54 6.9 41.4% 44% 85.7% 0.3 0.3 0.6 1 0.6 0.6 0.1 0.2 2.4 1.1 3.6
JANKUNAS, PAULIUS 16 5 13:38 4.6 53.6% 63.6% 1.4 1.5 2.9 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.3 1.9 1.1 5.1
JAVTOKAS, ARTURAS 13 7 11:24 3.6 44.4% 88.2% 0.7 1.4 2.1 0.5 0.2 0.8 2.6 1.3 2.5
LAVRINOVIC, DARJUS 2 1 17:30 11.5 63.6% 33.3% 100% 0.5 2 2.5 1 0.5 1.5 3 2.5 12.5
LEPINAITIS, ANDRIUS 1 0 4:15 2 100% 1 1 1
SABONIS, ARVYDAS 18 14 28:15 16.7 61.3% 36.6% 69.6% 2.4 8.3 10.7 2.4 1 2 1.6 0.2 2.6 5 26.3
SALENGA, DAINIUS 20 16 27:27 7.9 57.7% 22.2% 71.8% 0.8 1.6 2.4 2 1 1.2 0.2 0.3 2 2.5 7.6
SERAPINAS, SIMONAS 4 1 7:18 1.3 50% 50% 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.3
TIMINSKAS, MINDAUGAS 20 12 25:12 8 54.2% 34.1% 71.4% 1.7 3.5 5.2 2.1 1.1 1.8 0.3 0.4 3.5 3.1 10.4
BAGATSKIS, AINARS 6 4 121:15 47 4/10 9/25 12/12 3 9 12 5 3 2 17 8 34
BEARD, TANOKA 6 1 163:30 83 30/51 0/1 23/35 22 26 48 6 6 10 4 6 22 27 102
COTA, ED 6 6 223:30 80 21/46 7/13 17/20 5 12 17 34 11 18 2 14 22 96
GUSTAS, GIEDRIUS 6 0 127:45 55 10/29 9/26 8/11 5 2 7 10 7 4 1 21 11 25
JANKUNAS, PAULIUS 2 0 11:45 6 3/6 3 1 4 1 2 3 1
JAVTOKAS, ARTURAS 5 3 57:15 20 7/16 6/7 3 6 9 5 4 13 7 14
LAVRINOVIC, DARJUS 1 1 19:15 17 5/7 1/1 4/4 3 3 1 3 2 4 24
SABONIS, ARVYDAS 6 5 175:00 109 29/52 10/18 21/32 15 54 69 17 6 14 7 2 21 27 156
SALENGA, DAINIUS 6 5 144:00 44 16/27 2/17 6/8 7 13 20 12 7 7 2 9 15 56
SERAPINAS, SIMONAS 2 1 25:45 5 2/4 0/2 1/2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 -1
TIMINSKAS, MINDAUGAS 6 4 151:45 52 10/22 6/17 14/20 10 12 22 16 10 9 2 17 18 61
Totals 1225:00 520 138/271 44/120 112/152 76 140 216 106 66 71 16 16 142 142 588
Average 204:10 86.66 50.9% 36.7% 73.7% 12.66 23.33 36 17.66 11 11.83 2.66 2.66 23.66 23.66 98
BAGATSKIS, AINARS 6 4 20:12 7.8 40% 36% 100% 0.5 1.5 2 0.8 0.5 0.3 2.8 1.3 5.7
BEARD, TANOKA 6 1 27:15 13.8 58.8% 65.7% 3.7 4.3 8 1 1 1.7 0.7 1 3.7 4.5 17
COTA, ED 6 6 37:15 13.3 45.7% 53.8% 85% 0.8 2 2.8 5.7 1.8 3 0.3 2.3 3.7 16
GUSTAS, GIEDRIUS 6 0 21:17 9.2 34.5% 34.6% 72.7% 0.8 0.3 1.2 1.7 1.2 0.7 0.2 3.5 1.8 4.2
JANKUNAS, PAULIUS 2 0 5:52 3 50% 1.5 0.5 2 0.5 1 1.5 0.5
JAVTOKAS, ARTURAS 5 3 11:27 4 43.8% 85.7% 0.6 1.2 1.8 1 0.8 2.6 1.4 2.8
LAVRINOVIC, DARJUS 1 1 19:15 17 71.4% 100% 100% 3 3 1 3 2 4 24
SABONIS, ARVYDAS 6 5 29:10 18.2 55.8% 55.6% 65.6% 2.5 9 11.5 2.8 1 2.3 1.2 0.3 3.5 4.5 26
SALENGA, DAINIUS 6 5 24:00 7.3 59.3% 11.8% 75% 1.2 2.2 3.3 2 1.2 1.2 0.3 1.5 2.5 9.3
SERAPINAS, SIMONAS 2 1 12:52 2.5 50% 50% 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 0.5 -0.5
TIMINSKAS, MINDAUGAS 6 4 25:17 8.7 45.5% 35.3% 70% 1.7 2 3.7 2.7 1.7 1.5 0.3 2.8 3 10.2
BAGATSKIS, AINARS 6 5 166:30 67 5/16 14/32 15/18 3 16 19 4 4 9 1 18 16 50
BEARD, TANOKA 14 9 355:30 208 80/140 0/4 48/67 51 53 104 7 16 29 12 7 40 57 245
COTA, ED 14 13 502:00 188 57/106 13/30 35/49 21 35 56 79 21 38 2 2 38 40 228
GUSTAS, GIEDRIUS 13 1 155:30 77 14/29 13/24 10/10 1 3 4 9 4 8 1 2 25 9 43
JAVTOKAS, ARTURAS 8 4 91:00 27 9/20 9/10 6 12 18 1 3 7 21 10 19
LAVRINOVIC, DARJUS 1 0 15:45 6 2/4 0/2 2/2 1 1 2 1 1 4 1 1
SABONIS, ARVYDAS 12 9 333:30 191 63/98 5/23 50/70 28 96 124 26 12 22 22 1 25 63 317
SALENGA, DAINIUS 14 11 405:15 114 25/44 14/55 22/31 8 20 28 28 13 17 1 6 32 36 96
SERAPINAS, SIMONAS 2 0 3:30 1 1
TIMINSKAS, MINDAUGAS 14 8 352:15 108 29/50 8/24 26/36 24 57 81 26 12 26 6 6 52 45 147
Totals 2800:00 1142 328/586 80/226 246/339 168 334 502 206 129 187 48 30 304 319 1328
Average 200:00 81.57 56% 35.4% 72.6% 12 23.85 35.85 14.71 9.21 13.35 3.42 2.14 21.71 22.78 94.85
BAGATSKIS, AINARS 6 5 27:45 11.2 31.3% 43.8% 83.3% 0.5 2.7 3.2 0.7 0.7 1.5 0.2 3 2.7 8.3
BEARD, TANOKA 14 9 25:23 14.9 57.1% 71.6% 3.6 3.8 7.4 0.5 1.1 2.1 0.9 0.5 2.9 4.1 17.5
COTA, ED 14 13 35:51 13.4 53.8% 43.3% 71.4% 1.5 2.5 4 5.6 1.5 2.7 0.1 0.1 2.7 2.9 16.3
GUSTAS, GIEDRIUS 13 1 11:57 5.9 48.3% 54.2% 100% 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.7 0.3 0.6 0.1 0.2 1.9 0.7 3.3
JANKUNAS, PAULIUS 14 5 14:45 4.9 54% 63.6% 1.4 1.6 3 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.2 1.9 1.3 5.8
JAVTOKAS, ARTURAS 8 4 11:22 3.4 45% 90% 0.8 1.5 2.3 0.1 0.4 0.9 2.6 1.3 2.4
LAVRINOVIC, DARJUS 1 0 15:45 6 50% 100% 1 1 2 1 1 4 1 1
SABONIS, ARVYDAS 12 9 27:47 15.9 64.3% 21.7% 71.4% 2.3 8 10.3 2.2 1 1.8 1.8 0.1 2.1 5.3 26.4
SALENGA, DAINIUS 14 11 28:56 8.1 56.8% 25.5% 71% 0.6 1.4 2 2 0.9 1.2 0.1 0.4 2.3 2.6 6.9
SERAPINAS, SIMONAS 2 0 1:45 0.5 0.5
TIMINSKAS, MINDAUGAS 14 8 25:09 7.7 58% 33.3% 72.2% 1.7 4.1 5.8 1.9 0.9 1.9 0.4 0.4 3.7 3.2 10.5
5 GUSTAS, GIEDRIUS G 1.90
6 BEARD, TANOKA C 2.06
7 BERIC, MIROSLAV G 2.00
8 LAVRINOVIC, DARJUS C 2.12
9 SALENGA, DAINIUS F 1.97
10 TIMINSKAS, MINDAUGAS F 2.00
11 SABONIS, ARVYDAS C 2.20
12 COTA, ED G 1.86
14 JAVTOKAS, ARTURAS F 2.06
15 SERAPINAS, SIMONAS F 1.97
16 BAGATSKIS, AINARS G 1.97
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In addition, transportation of grain cargoes in grain carriers belonging to the inventory rolling stock from the Ilyichevsk station to the address of the Transbalkerterminal company is prohibited.
"We had little confidence in obtaining a loan from the government. Our goal was to attract the attention of the authorities to the problems of the transport sector"


Home > Beauty > It Removes The Spots From Your Face In Just 3 Nights!
The sun may represent a big problem for our skin especially on the face, because if it's exposed to sunlight for a long time, it can lead to the appearance of spots in many cases.
However, there is a wide variety of products that promise to remove spots, and although some may be effective, it is important to know that the chemical in this type of product only cause serious damage to our health. Therefore, in this article we will show you some of the many masks made from potato which will help you fight the completely unpleasant spots from your face.
What do you need in order to remove the spots from your face?
Preparation: You must blend the potato and then add the lemon juice and mix until it is all integrated.
How to use: Apply this home remedy with gentle circular movements, let it stay for 20 minutes and wash your face with water.
Preparation: Put the onion and the potato in a blender and mix to obtain a homogeneous mixture.
How to use: Apply it only in the affected areas of your face, let it stay for 15 minutes and wash your face with water.
Preparation: Put the potato and carrot in a blender and blend until it becomes smooth.
How to use: Apply it all over your face with gentle movements, let it stay for 20 minutes and wash it with plenty of water.


CWB Chicago: Oops! So Far This Month, North Side Police District Has Had 3 People Shot — Plus Another 3 Who Shot Themselves!
Oops! So Far This Month, North Side Police District Has Had 3 People Shot — Plus Another 3 Who Shot Themselves!
Hey, if you all could stop shooting yourselves, that would be great.
Over the past 12 days, Chicago cops have handled three cases of accidental self-inflicted gunshot wounds in the 19th (Town Hall) District. Town Hall covers the area from Fullerton to Lawrence and the river to Lake Michigan.
Statistically, the district has had as many people shoot themselves in April as were shot by others.
The streak's first "selfie" as our friends at Hey Jackass call 'em came on April 8th.
That's when a 22-year-old known gang member arrived at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center via Uber to seek treatment for a gunshot wound to his groin. The man told police that he was walking in the 900 block of West Sheridan around 9 p.m. when someone in a passing vehicle opened fire on him. There were no reports of shots fired in the area where the man claims to have been injured. While the case is still classified as a shooting, detectives have concluded the gangbanger actually shot himself in the junk.
Around 4:15 p.m. on Saturday, a 50-year-old Lincoln Park man shot himself in the foot (literally) in the 2600 block of North Bosworth. He was treated for his injuries at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center and has been released.
Just after 12:30 a.m. on Thursday, a 39-year-old man was handling a pistol in the 3600 block of North Claremont when he accidentally pulled the trigger, striking himself in the left ankle, police said. He, too, was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center for treatment.
Neither the Bosworth nor the Claremont "victims" have been charged with any crimes.


Thanks for the Shadowrun game Grant! I am starting to think my character is a bit too honest though haha.
Though, playing against type can be fun, one of the most memorable Shadowrun characters I've had in my games was a fighter-type who refused to get implants. That said, you can't be evangelical about it, another character I remember (for OOC reasons) was a Shaman who was super-moral in the manner of a stereotypical paladin, and would get in an OOC tizz if the rest of us didn't go along with it.
Our 4 protagonists were widely separated by space and time. Malcolm played the genocidal son of the ship's captain 10 years before we landed on the planet; Paul was the military guy at the centre of a coup the day after the colonists landed; James and I were descendants of the human settlers, at least a generation afterwards, dealing with the effects of our first contact.
Spreading out the timeframes like that felt very literary. T'was cool.
My favourite part of Shock is designing the 'attributes' that you'll all use to resolve conflicts. These are four qualities that you think will define all of the protagonists' stories. In our game, we had Obsession vs. Understanding, and Change vs. Stasis.
In all, I wish we'd had more time to play - to flesh out the characters and the world, and the scenes. Cutting straight to the conflict was good & meant we got through the story. I reckon I would have enjoyed an extra hour and a half to give us time to really savour what we'd created.
It was a really fun game, but yes, I would have liked more time in order that we could have really fleshed out the characters and situations a bit more.
That being said, it was great to meet more people from the Wellington games scene and I'm looking forward to the next WARGS meeting.
Oh, and I'll hopefully get some AP on the game written up over the next few days.
FYI, I've posted some AP about the Shock: game on Story Games. You can read all about it here.


South Hadley has a long history associated with libraries, beginning in 1802 with "Ye Social Library of So. Hadley." In 1897 the town established a free public library with depositories located at the Center Village and South Hadley Falls.
Permanent buildings were constructed in the two villages at the turn of the 20th-century. A private library foundation, the Gaylord Memorial Library Association, was established in 1902 to receive a bequest from William H. Gaylord. That original building still stands at "the Center Village" and operates as an branch of the South Hadley Public Library.
In 1906, Andrew Carnegie donated $10,000 for the town to construct a public library building in "the Falls" section of town. A Colonial Revival, red brick building was designed by resident William Skinner and the firm of Putnam & Cox. The building is located on a small point of land at a five-way intersection. The original building was expanded in 1974 with a single-level addition of 5,100 square feet. Because of financial constraints, the original design of this addition was curtailed to meet the projected 10-year needs of the town.
In 1902, the Gaylord Memorial Library Association established an independent public library at "the Center Village" and that library operated as a charitable nonprofit organization separate from the town. The two libraries operated together as the South Hadley Library System from 1968 to 1995 before separating again.
In 2011, the Town of South Hadley received a $4,841,312 grant from the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners to offset the cost of constructing a new municipal public library. An abandoned industrial site in South Hadley Falls was redeveloped into a new community cornerstone, showcasing modern library services alongside the historic South Hadley Canal. Through dedicated fundraising and the support of the Town of South Hadley, the $10.1 million project held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on September 13, 2014.
In 2017, the Selectboard, Boards of Library Trustees for both South Hadley Public and Gaylord, and Town Meeting voted to integrate library services under the direction of the Town of South Hadley's publicly elected Library Trustees. Today, the South Hadley Public Library operates as the main library of a two-library system, with Gaylord Memorial Library operating as a branch library.


Mario Prencipe was born in Sesto San Giovanni ( Milan) in 1965, where he graduated from Arts High School in 1983. For decades he has led a wandering artist's lifestyle, during which he has held exhibitions at the institutional level at the National Museum of Nicaragua, the National Gallery of Costa Rica in San José, at the Miraflores Museum of Art and Archeology in the city of Guatemala and the Museum of Fine Arts of Komsomolsk-na Amur in Russia. He is represented by the Shen Chang Art Institution in Hangzhou, China.
2016 - West Lake International Art Fair, Hangzhou, China.
- West Lake International Art fair, Hangzhou, China.
2012 - Shenzhen International Art Fair, Shenzhen, China.
- Yiwu International Art festival, Yiwu, China.
- Art Expo Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Museum of Fine Arts, Komsomolsk na Amur,Russia.


Thank you Jussi and everyone.
Wow I was realy lucky, thanks Jussi!
I was bummed about not winning cars, then got the vinyls I wanted, and now this. I'm glad I stuck around for the whole series.
Looking forward to the next major event!


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We spend so many of our days simply thinking- about our next work project, what's for dinner, or that argument with our spouse yesterday. The thoughts keep coming and eventually, it all builds up to make us feel like we are going to pop like a balloon. When we can learn to let go of our thoughts and know they do not control us, we can open ourselves to a whole new world of possibilities while gaining a sense of inner peace to guide us through our lives.
Meditation is an ancient practice that has been used throughout many cultures. In the yogic tradition, the practice of moving through the physical postures was thought to prepare the body to sit for long periods of time in meditation. However, today, meditation and yoga are accessible to anyone at any time.
Every meditation practitioner must start somewhere, but in the beginning, it may seem overwhelming to start something seemingly so simple. With all of the different methods to choose from, sifting through them can be a lot of work. Here are some meditation techniques for beginners to help get you started on your meditation journey.
The beginner's mind is free and curious- you, too, can use meditation to cultivate a beginner's mind all the time.
Meditation is one of the best natural ways to alleviate anxiety and stress while improving concentration. This means a regular meditation practice can improve your quality of life! Additionally, meditation affects the physical body in a positive manner as well.
When one meditates, it is not about simply drowning out the outside world or even tuning out your thoughts. To think that your thoughts are going to stop right away the moment you sit down to meditate is simply a fallacy. The truth is that meditation is a practice to get to know yourself and your mind better.
When your thoughts arise during meditation, you can begin to notice your tendencies to be distracted or things you may constantly tell yourself that are simply not true. It brings you into the present moment, which at times can be scary- but only through facing our fears can we rise like the phoenix out of the ashes.
Meditation directly affects the parasympathetic nervous, which is the "rest and digest" part of the central nervous system. All too often, we are operating on the opposite system- the sympathetic nervous system. The SNS is known as the "fight or flight" system.
When the SNS is in control, certain body functions shut down so that only what is necessary to survive is on. The heart rate is elevated, which can cause feelings of anxiety and create poor decision-making.
When the PNS is activated, however, the heart rate slows down and allows the body to react in a calm manner to stress. It also helps the body heal from injuries, which is why getting a good night's sleep is so important.
The first thing you need to do is prepare your space for meditation. Find a quiet area in your home or park where you won't be disturbed.
Schedule your meditation at the same time each day. Morning is best.
Turn your phone off or put it in airplane mode. Many meditations close the eyes, but some also keep the eyes open so that is up to you.
Decide how long you want to meditate for.
In the beginning, you may want to set the amount of time you meditate for. If you would like to meditate for a specific amount of time, choose a soft bell sound on your timer to keep the mood light.
If you have a busy schedule, using meditation techniques for stress will be helpful and all you need is a short amount of time in the beginning. Start with 5 or 10 minutes and gradually build yourself up to longer periods of time. Once you become comfortable meditating, you may not even need or want to use the timer.
5. Accept yourself as you are.
Develop an attitude of love for yourself, no matter what thoughts or challenges arise.
There are various ways to sit when learning meditation techniques for beginners.
It is recommended to sit on a cushion on the floor, as it will be more comfortable for an extended period of time. It also allows the hips to be elevated so the spine can lengthen.
Cross the legs comfortably or stack one leg on top of the other.
Another method is to try kneeling on the knees and sitting on the heels. This is not recommended if you have knee issues.
If you are unable to sit on the floor, you can also try sitting on a chair or bench. Keep your feet on the floor and the spine straight and tall.
This is an easy meditation for beginners to start with. The goal of this type of meditation technique is not to stop the mind, but rather to notice what is happening in your mind or body in a mindful way. A common starting point is the breath. Notice it's quality and length. Let this be the focus of your mind. Release any judgments about whether anything is good or bad. Just simply observe.
Participating in a guided meditation is also a great meditation technique for beginners. You may find a guided meditation online, or take part in a class where someone else is leading you. In this method, you will be guided step-by-step through a meditation by a teacher.
When someone else is guiding you, you may find it easier to relinquish control over what you are doing and follow the flow of the meditation for efficiently. Many meditations are passed down from teacher to student and this is a great way to become truly active in your quest to learn meditation techniques. Classes are also great ways to meet fellow meditators, form a community, and feel supported in your meditation goals.
Learning about the chakras is a great way to use visualization during meditation. The chakras are a great meditation technique for stress, anxiety, and learning more about ourselves. Chakras are energy vortexes that run along the spine.
Each chakra corresponds to a different body part and thus has different color and meaning associations.
When performing a chakra meditation, you can visualize each area as a glowing orb in the associated color. You can go through all 7 or choose to focus on just 1 if something needs extra attention in your life.
Mantra meditation is a great tool to focus the mind by using a sound or a chanted syllable. It doesn't have to be audible but can be repeated inside the mind. Mantras are traditionally repeated 108 times, which is a sacred number in certain Eastern traditions. To count this number of repetitions, mala beads can be used. Mala beads are strings of 108 beads. You can hold them in your hand and move your finger along the beads to ensure you have completed your meditation.
There is a myriad of other forms of meditation to try from Zazen to Transcendental Meditation. You can always experiment with several forms of meditation to see which one suits your lifestyle the best. You may even enjoy a variety of them and prefer different meditation techniques for beginners on different days, depending on your mood or what you hope to accomplish.


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Q: How to get Spring MVC output using XStream to convert JSON to XML I have a web application using Spring MVC (3.0.5) that outputs JSON using the HttpMessageConverter when the application/json is passed in Accept header. I want to output XML using XStream, but instead of the underlying Java object, I want to use the JSON representation that I've already customized.
My spring configuration looks like
<bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.annotation.AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter">
  <property name="messageConverters">
    <list>
      <bean class="org.springframework.http.converter.ByteArrayHttpMessageConverter" />
      <bean class="org.springframework.http.converter.StringHttpMessageConverter" />
      <bean class="org.springframework.http.converter.FormHttpMessageConverter" />
      <bean class="org.springframework.http.converter.xml.SourceHttpMessageConverter" />
      <bean class="org.springframework.http.converter.json.MappingJacksonHttpMessageConverter" />
    </list>
  </property>
</bean>

I can add another XStreamMashaller and get the XML output from the Java Object, but that's a different representation and I don't want to make the effort in syncing the two representations. I want to use the JSON representation to be converted to XML using something like Jettison. Can somebody guide me to a link or some example code on how this can be achieved?

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If only Queen Amidala of Naboo had paid her taxes to the Trade Federation, instead of spending her entire planetary budget on insanely elaborate coiffures and costumes, none of these "Star Wars" would have happened. Senator Palpatine's schemes to play the rebels against the Galactic Republic, and seize power as the Emperor, would never have come to fruition, Anakin Skywalker would have remained an annoyingly "special" droid repairer on the tediously dry lackwater planet Tatooine, and would never have developed his psychotic penchant for killing women and children.
On the Forest Moon of Endor, Ewoks, clearly the results of a cloning experiment by the Kamino on Yorkshire Terriers gone badly awry, having evolved with the ability to use primitive spears, wooden traps, a taste for manflesh would never have captured and prepared to feast on our heroes, Leia, Luke, Han and Chewie. Something about C3P0's festive metal hide left them awestruck. Perhaps a deep genetic memory that invoked a fear of vacuum cleaners. Having been convinced by the erstwhile shiny yellow god that our scrappy adventurers had too many midi-chlorians to make good eating, (seriously do not allow your potential dinner to swim in public swimming pools) they then decapitated numerous unsuspecting Imperial troops, turning their helmets into congas, undoubtedly after scooping out the tasty morsels within, most likely sautéed with a banana and nut sauce.
Yub Nub indeed. That's a loose English translation of the original Ewok Celebration song from the end of Return Of The Jedi. This was edited in favour of the instrumental Victory Celebration in later release versions. I suspect because the actual translation involves boiled marrow and fried liver, and celebrating the gravy. Maybe with fava beans.
Fortunately JJ Abrams for Star Wars: The Force Awakens returned to a rollicking matinee adventure, less of the wild west Colonial era narratives of the noble frontiersman and the noble savage, but still with Fascist British military types, and also a giant Gollum-like evil hologram, and a nasty self-indulgent Lithuanian emo. I assume he's Lithuanian because he is so Vilnius. The Brits seem to have become very successful in a galaxy far far away, but mostly display a definite tendency towards evil Fascist jackbootery. Meanwhile our new heroes, Rey, Finn, BB8, are all just gorgeously feisty.
So many other familiar furry faces and tentacles. I can only thank JJ for not including Ewoks, as cannibals make dubious allies. Hopefully they will remain on The Moon of Endor, where I suspect for the good of the galaxy they have been given some chew toys, deloused and neutered. Hero X-Wing pilot Wedge was last seen dancing with Ewoks. With no appearance in The Force Awakens, I expect he ended up in the pot. I'm still a bit worried for the London Symphonic string section, who may still be trapped in that tree house.


Say goodbye to boring ski suits! We've teamed up with Dinoski to offer you the chance to win a Dinoski suit of your choice! Winners will be chosen on 9th November and suits will be posted in time to make your ski holiday extra Roarsome.
No doubt about it, your child will love their new ski suit and you'll spot them easily on the piste. The idea came from the guys at DinoSki thinking that the kids' skiwear market was boring. Everything looked the same and dull, which isn't the brightest idea as one of the most important things for parents it to always be able to spot their kids on the slopes. That's where DinoSki come in… Find out more about their story here.
Click the link below and you will be sent to our Facebook page, where you can enter your name and email address. Following that you will be entered into the prize draw. The closing date is 09/11/18 and then the winner will be picked and announced on 16/11/18!
The closing date for entries is 12:00 midnight GMT on the 9 November 2018. Entries received after this time will not be counted.
To enter the competition, you must fill in your details on the Ski-Lifts Facebook page, which will give 1 entry.
The winner will be chosen at random from all entries and the winner will be announced on the Ski-Lifts Facebook page at 13:00 GMT on the 16 November 2018.
The winner will receive their choice of Panda Optics Sunglasses.
No responsibility is taken for entries that are lost, delayed, misdirected or incomplete or cannot be delivered or entered for any technical or other reason.
Ski-Lifts reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, this competition with or without prior notice due to reasons outside its control (including, without limitation, in the case of anticipated, suspected or actual fraud).
Ski-Lifts shall not be liable for any failure to comply with its obligations where the failure is caused by something outside its reasonable control.
Only one entry person is allowed.
Entrants must be based in the UK or have a UK address to mail to prize to.
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The Last Toll for Bealls: Iconic Lubbock Department Store Set to Close Its Doors This Month
Bealls in Lubbock, Texas (Jan Miller, Townsquare Media Lubbock)
It's very sad to see that these are the last days of the iconic Bealls Department Store in Lubbock. They told us they are closing their doors on August 29th, 2020.
There is an upside for folks in Lubbock, though. There are huge savings now happening at the stores, with 70-90 percent percent off and "nothing held back," according to the stores' signage.
Jan M., Townsquare Media Lubbock
The news of Bealls' closing first came last fall. We had anticipated a new store to open in its place, a transition by their parent company, Stage Stores. We reported that a Gordmans store would open. But after following up this month, we were told by Bealls that they are closing for good.
Stage Stores announced bankruptcy due to the ongoing COVID-19 economic crisis in May, according to national sources. Stage Stores also owns Palais, Royal, Goody's, Peebles, and Gordmans, in addition to Bealls. They were seeking a buyer, but with no one stepping up, they will be closing all of their stores for good.
The very first Bealls store opened almost 100 years ago. Archie and Robbie Beall opened the store in 1923 in Henderson, Texas. Expansion took them to seven stores by the 1930s. They continued to expand and merged with Stage Stores (then known as Specialty Retailers) in the 1990s.
There are more than 700 stores across the country under the Stage Stores name who will now be closing their doors. Bealls Department Store has two iconic Lubbock locations: 2705 50th Street in the Caprock Center, and 6002 Slide Road in the South Plains Mall. We're very sad to lose these two Lubbock retail giants.
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Earlier this month, KXNG Crooked relaunched his famous Hip Hop Weekly series with the tracks 96 GS and Halfway Me. Now, after much anticipation, the third installment has been made available to the masses for streaming.
On Week 3, KXNG Crooked tackles a re-imagined version of Jay Z and Just Blaze's legendary Dynasty Intro on the track Pistol Grip. It is safe to say that Crook completely blacked out on this one as he dismantled the Dizz produced instrumental. Let's face it, you already know why you are here. Do yourself a favor and press play now!
KXNG Crooked's new Weeklys series is now available to be streamed online each and every Friday. Fans are encouraged to follow the Boss on Spotify to ensure that you do not miss a single week going forward.
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Q: The appropriate way to securely use flash in webpage I will start with an intro to prevent you making specific questions.
Introduction
I have no idea about flash programing. What i do know, is that when i browse a page that contains a flash object, i can somehow save it in my computer. I just want to know (before i start learning flash coding) if I will be able to do what i want to.
The problem:
I want to create some web flash content(let's say a game or a presentation), which will be visible only to users who have logged in in my webpage. My idea is to use for example php and mysql to create the login page, save user in SESSION and embed the flash objects in my pages. Pages won't be visible when user is not logged in.
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*Is something like this secure? ie, can someone download the presentation and have access to it offline or send it to his friend?

*Can a flash object connect somehow to database and retrieve data? ie, saving the presentation in mysql

*Do you have any other suggestions except from the above (php+mysql+flash)?

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Is something like this secure? ie, can someone download the
  presentation and have access to it offline or send it to his friend?

It should be ok, since if user cannot navigate to the page where the .swf is embedded he obviously won`t be able to download it. And even if someone downloads the .swf and runs it  locally, you could check session ID, generated by your backend which should be passed to the .swf by its wrapper page when the user logs in and runs you app in the browser.

Can a flash object connect somehow to database and retrieve data? ie,
  saving the presentation in mysql

Not directly and it won`t be a good idea for security reasons. The common practice is to write some services on the backed and use them to transfer data between database and the client.

Do you have any other suggestions except from the above
  (php+mysql+flash)?

If you feel comfortable with PHP and MySQL then there is no reason to switch to something else. And for PHP, I`d recommend using AMFPHP to write your services as it is allows you to make use of binary AMF format for serializing your data and therefore decrease service call duration.


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"The Carmichael Show" Has Been Canceled After Jerrod Carmichael Announced He's Leaving
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After three seasons, NBC's The Carmichael Show, a comedy built around Jerrod Carmichael, has been canceled after the stand-up comedian announced he's leaving.
"For three seasons (okay 2.5), I got to make a show that I love with my friends. It's something I've wanted to do since I was 13. Now, I'm excited to go make other things that I love. Thank you to every person who worked on or watched The Carmichael Show," he said in a statement to Deadline.
In light of Carmichael's exit, NBC and 20th Century Fox, which produces the show, have confirmed it's been canceled. "We are enormously proud of The Carmichael Show and Jerrod's talent and vision to do a classic family sitcom that also taps into issues and relevant stories from the real world," Bob Greenblatt, chairman of NBC Entertainment, and Jennifer Salke, president of NBC Entertainment, said in a joint statement. "We thank and salute the cast, crew, and producers — and especially Jerrod — for three critically-acclaimed seasons."
20th Century Fox TV presidents Jonnie Davis and Howard Kurtzman said in a joint statement: "The Carmichael Show was such a wonderful show that we choose to focus today not on its loss but on the three incredible seasons we had the pleasure to produce. We are thankful to the brilliant Jerrod Carmichael and his talented cast, and to showrunner Danielle Sanchez-Witzel, our fantastic writers and devoted production team. It's a rarity that a comedy series tackles the social and political issues of the day in such a clever and hilariously funny way. This show was special, and we will miss it."
The news comes weeks after Carmichael took NBC to task for pulling an episode about a mass shooting that was set to air the same day as the Alexandria shooting. "I understand a corporation making that decision, but really, to me, what it says is that you don't think America is smart enough to handle real dialogue and something that reflects real family conversations and something that feels honest and true and still respects the victims," he said on Netflix's Chelsea. "To pull that is just criminal. It seems to do a disservice to the viewer, it does a disservice to you, it does a disservice to all of us."
Season 3 of The Carmichael Show is currently airing on NBC and the series finale is set to air in August.
Jarett Wieselman is a senior entertainment editor for BuzzFeed News and is based in Los Angeles. Wieselman writes about and reports on the television industry.
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Whispers from the Dead by Karen Ann Hopkins Cover Reveal and Giveaway!
Welcome to the cover reveal for Whispers from the Dead by Karen Ann Hopkins. Before we get to the cover, check out the blurb below.
Some Amish communities aren't so cozy.
Whispers From The Dead is the powerful and thrilling sequel to Lamb to the Slaughter, in the Amish mystery series, Serenity's Plain Secrets.
Sheriff Serenity Adams and Daniel Bachman are once again partnered up in a criminal investigation, when they travel to a northern Amish settlement that has been riddled by arsons for the past two decades. Serenity quickly discovers that there is much more going on than just barns being set on fire in the touristy community, and that the new group of Amish has their own secrets to hide. She begins to unravel an extensive criminal underworld that threatens to destroy everything that the simple people of Poplar Springs hold dear and once again puts her own life in jeopardy.
And even though Serenity tries desperately to avoid it, things begin heating up between her and Daniel, making her wonder if true love and happiness are really within her grasp.
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Rowan's voice suddenly trailed off and I turned in the direction of his stare.
A newer model, solid black Dodge Charger pulled into the driveway and parked beside us. The spattering of dusty white film over the car didn't fool me. It was a very nice sports car and not the type of ride you would see out in the country. It was much more similar to a vehicle that drug dealers in Indy drove.
But it wasn't the car that caught the breath in my throat. It was the inhabitants. They were the same two men that I had seen with the group of Amish boys in the lot behind the store. Once again, something needled me to attention and I waited for an explanation from Rowan.
"Hey, bro, haven't seen you in a while," The chameleon said.
I shot a look at Rowan wondering at the newcomer's use of the word bro when he quickly said, "Serenity, this is my brother, Asher."
Things were getting stickier by the minute.
Asher dipped his head in greeting, but he didn't bother to remove his shades. I never liked talking to people with sunglasses on. It put me at a disadvantage when I couldn't read their eyes. That's why I rarely had mine off when I was outdoors in the daytime. But all the same, I still got the definite feeling that Asher was gaging my reaction to news of his relationship with Rowan. Now that I was up close to him, I could see the family resemblance, physically. Both men had the same striking high cheek bones, but where Rowan was more reserved, Asher appeared to be extremely outgoing.
Asher continued to stare at me while he asked Rowan, "Have you been holding out on me? Are you dating this pretty English woman?"
Interestingly, the fact that Asher didn't know about me the way everyone else in the community did, signaled that there might be a rift of some kind between the brothers.
Rowan didn't beat around the bush when he said, "This is Serenity Adams. She's the sheriff in Blood Rock."
"What would the sheriff from Blood Rock be doing in our neck of the woods?" Asher asked. His tone was amicable, almost teasing, but I wasn't fooled. When Asher and the man seated beside him heard the word sheriff they had both straightened in in their seats. It was if I had just turned into a grizzly bear before their very eyes. They were suddenly extremely alert, poised for action. I'd seen this kind of reaction from plenty of people before, and it always meant they were guilty of something.
Not giving Rowan a chance to answer, I said, "I'm doing a private investigation of the recent barn burnings and the death of the woman in this particular barn." I lifted my chin toward the wreckage, but I didn't take my eyes off the men as I gaged their reactions to what I'd said.
Asher's companion's eyes widened considerably before he quickly looked away. Asher remained staring back at me, seemingly weighing my words before carefully saying, "Do you have any ideas who might be our pyromaniac?"
It was a reasonable question, but something in Asher's tone and the tilt of his head put me on edge. I also made a mental note that he had referred to the problem as our, which struck me as odd since he obviously had left the Amish community to become English.
With a quick glance, I saw that Rowan was waiting for my answer as well. "I just got here today, but hopefully some leads will pop up soon," I said.
Asher seemed to breathe a little easier with my answer and I decided to see how much about himself he was willing to share. "When did you leave the Amish, Asher?"
Asher leaned back and smiled broadly with the look of a man who got asked that particular question a lot. "I was about eighteen when I cut out. The Amish lifestyle didn't suit me very well," he turned to Rowan and quickly added, "If you need anything, bro, give me a call. Don't be such a stranger."
Rowan nodded his head stiffly and then Asher said to me, "Have a nice day,
Sheriff."
Asher's words were like rotten potatoes dripping with honey. I squinted at the sports car in annoyance as it backed out onto the roadway and drove away.
Rowan wasted no time clucking to his horse and snapping the reins. As we began building speed, he glanced over and said, "What did you think about my brother?"
"You want my honest opinion?"
"Of course," he said firmly.
"He's a jerk, but a charismatic one." As an afterthought, I added, "I can see why he didn't fit in with your people."
The farms were once again whizzing by and the breeze was getting colder by the minute. The late afternoon sun had dipped low in the sky, and all the snow that had melted earlier in the day was beginning to refreeze, causing the landscape to glisten delightfully. I zipped up my jacket against the chill, and had the fleeting thought of how strange it was that here I was riding around in a buggy in northern Indiana with an Amish man who I barely knew. God definitely had a wicked sense of humor when it came to me, I thought.
"You are a very astute person. Asher was always rebellious, but he hid it well from our parents when we were teenagers. He was always breaking the rules…but he never did get caught."
"So what finally forced him out?"
Rowan took a deep breath and his mouth quivered slightly. I suddenly became hyper aware, recognizing the imminent signs of a person about to betray a secret. I had discovered through my relationship with Daniel that both the Amish, and ex-Amish people, didn't like discussing their pasts. Then it suddenly occurred to me as if a blinding flash of lightening had stuck the ground beside me, that the fire of nineteen ninety-seven would have happened about the same time that Rowan and Asher were teenagers themselves.
Was it just a coincidence that Asher showed up at the crime scene today, or was there a more sinister reason for his visit to the community? I really didn't believe in coincidences and I already knew that it was very common for perpetrators to return to the scenes of their crimes. Maybe I was getting way too far ahead of myself, but I had the instant impression that Asher and his friend were not law abiding citizens. And I trusted my instincts. They had served me well thus far.
The surrendering look on Rowan's face was fleeting. It was replaced by the expression of stubbornness that I had unfortunately discovered was all too common among the Amish people. "Our ways just didn't suit him, just like he said."
I leaned back and mentally slapped myself for thinking this case would be that easy. "You guys aren't that friendly anymore, I take it?"
"No. He chose to walk on a very different path than me and I couldn't have him influencing my children."
I got it. I had a sensible sister who was similar to me in everything from politics to basic values, but not everyone was that lucky. Shunning aside, it would be impossible for Rowan to keep up a relationship with a badass brother like Asher.
The horse slowed to a walk just before we turned up Rowan's driveway. I experienced a bubble of happiness for a moment at the prospect of a hot shower before I remembered that the simple luxury probably wasn't an option.
"Uh, does your family ever take showers?"
About Book 1 Lamb To The Slaughter
Lamb to the Slaughter is a story about the intertwining lives of three unlikely people in an Indiana Amish Community and the devastating results when a rebellious teenage girl is found shot to death in a corn field during the harvest.
Serenity Adams is the newly elected young sheriff in the country town of Blood Rock and besides dealing with the threatening behavior of her predecessor, she now has a dead Amish girl on her plate. At first glance, the case seems obvious. The poor girl was probably accidently shot during hunting season, but when the elders of the Amish community and even the girl's parents react with uncaring subdued behavior, Serenity becomes suspicious. As she delves deeper into the secretive community that she grew up beside, she discovers a gruesome crime from the past that may very well be related to the Amish girl's shooting.
Serenity enlists the help of the handsome bad-boy building contractor, Daniel Bachman, who left the Amish when he was nineteen and has his own dark reasons to help the spunky sheriff solve the crime that the family and friends who shunned him are trying desperately to cover up. Serenity's persistence leads her to a stunning discovery that not only threatens to destroy her blossoming romance with Daniel, but may even take her life in the end.
A native of New York State, Karen Ann Hopkins now lives with her family on a farm in northern Kentucky, where her neighbors in all directions are members of a strict Amish community. Her unique perspective became the inspiration for the story of star-crossed lovers Rose and Noah. When she's not homeschooling her kids, giving riding lessons or tending to a menagerie of horses, goats, peacocks, chickens, ducks, rabbits, dogs and cats, she is dreaming up her next romantic novel.
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Amy C 4 December 2014 at 11:41
I think the cover looks great! I have not had the pleasure of reading her books yet.
Natalie @ Book Lovers Life 4 December 2014 at 16:24
The cover is awesome :)
Joseph Hawkshaw 4 December 2014 at 20:59
The cover looks amazing you did a great job.
It is really good ;)


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Witold Nazarewicz (2013)
For outstanding scientific leadership in nuclear physics and foundational work in developing and applying nuclear density functional theory to atomic nuclei
Anthony Mezzacappa (2005)
For research in the fields of astrophysics and supernova science.
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For pioneering research in disturbance and landscape ecology and in modeling of land-use change with its implications for global changes, which have influenced environmental decision making on a worldwide scale.
Stan A David (1991)
For significant advancement of welding science and technology through original and definitive research, particularly for contributions to understanding the solidification behavior of the weld pool, phase stability microstructure-property correlations in welds, and continued leadership and outstanding service to the national and international welding research community.
William L Russell (1976)
For original studies of the genetic effects of radiation in mammals. A world authority on mammalian mutagenesis, he and co-workers provided the experimental basis for estimating the genetic hazards of radiation to man and for the corresponding recommendations of national and international standards bodies


Tessella and Syngenta are pleased to announce that CAKEv3.2 is now available for download from the Tessella website. We would like to thank Ian Hardy of Battelle and Simon Ford of JSC International for their support during development and also all those who have reported bugs in sufficient detail for us to reproduce them.
• Study files that dated from version 2.2 or earlier and were opened in version 3.0 or newer could end up misbehaving with the IORE model until the file was saved and re-loaded (specifically, the IORE model was internally stuck on a parent-only topology and with default display names for compartments). This has been fixed.
• Implicit formation fractions (expressing formation from compartments without a sink to their final metabolite) are now explicitly stated in fit reports.
• The mathematical model used for DFOP metabolites in versions 3.0 and 3.1 did not match that prescribed by FOCUS guidelines. This has been corrected.
• NAFTA Process fit sequences no longer use SFO fitted parameters as the basis for initial values for the DFOP and IORE stages. The IORE N value is still estimated automatically based on results from the SFO and/or DFOP stages where possible.
• The process for recommending/highlighting a representative half-life on the NAFTA Process spreadsheet has been updated to match the latest guidelines.
• DFOP models will now always report k1 as the faster rate by convention, transforming parameters after the optimisation process if required.
• Fitted values for unfixed metabolite initial concentrations are now used as initial values in subsequent steps, in common with other fitted parameters.
• Changing the Graphs for each Compartment drop-down or the Generate Advanced Reports check box on the Current Fit tab will now reload any active report with the chosen option.
• Initial values for metabolite initial concentrations are now stated in fit reports.
• It is no longer possible to use the Generate Advanced NAFTA Spreadsheet option while fits are running.
• Fixed a case where it was possible to crash the option when pasting data on the data tab in a very particular way.
• Data tab names can no longer be duplicated by double-clicking on a tab to rename it.
• Hockey stick fits and plots are now more accurate where breakpoints and/or time ranges are small.
Just for information really, but we are planning an update to CAKE in the near future as we have identified some issues with the application that we want to fix. Some of these are usability issues whilst others are to improve the fitting results with edge effects on some outlying datasets.
If you set up A1, B1 and C1 and enter data. If you change the names of the compartments, then data disappears from the data grid. Renaming the compartment back to the default seems to restore the data.
If you set the names up first and then add the data, the parent seems to be OK, but when you add metabolite data, all the other metabolites at the same time point get the same data.


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Rumors Flying About Mayor Villaraigosa's Possible Romance With A Mexican Actress
By Emma G. Gallegos
Jessi Maldonado, Chris Tucker, John Legend, Kate Del Castillo, Mayor Villaraigosa and Quincy Jones at the Getty House for a pre-Grammy party (Photo by morenatequilera via Instagram)
Another day, another rumor about Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa being romantically involved with a beautiful, high-profile woman. This time the rumors involved Mexican actress Kate Del Castillo.
The pair have been seen together at a few events and parties over recent weeks, which sparked the rumors, according to the Huffington Post.
Villaraigosa didn't respond to the website's questions, but del Castillo's manager told the Huffington Post that Villaraigosa has been friends with her father Eric del Castillo for many years, and that it wasn't unusual for the pair to socialize.
Del Castillo didn't quite deny the rumors, but said: "He practices Spanish with me." Which, of course, totally sounds like innuendo!
We're trying not to overthink it, but the Huffington Post report is sort of confusing. Del Castillo went out of her way to respond to the rumors but then didn't actually respond to them except to kind of laugh at them: "Del Castillo is currently working on location in Miami, but despite being busy at work, she wanted to respond to rumors and although she did not confirm nor deny it, she certainly had a laugh."
The website Tweetwood has some of the tweets that del Castillo sent out that mention Villaraigosa, dating back to 4 months ago. Most of them are retweets from Villaraigosa about this past election season. One tweet from the account for a movie about gender and race politics the Men's Central Jail praises del Castillo for appearing with Villaraigosa at the Creative Artists Agency for a screening of the film.
Since his divorce (or, uh, even before), Villaraigosa has been linked with Telemundo reporter Mirthala Salinas and later KTLA's Lu Parker. The pair split up in May 2012.


Destinations Wine, castles and chocolate in Slovenia!
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By U.S. Army veteran Nikki Ackerman in an effort to have an outlet for her own work. She soon discovered that there was a need to help other aspiring screenwriters in her area, or those that had a story but didn't know how to tell it.
Nikki didn't always dream of opening her own business. However, she's always had a knack for helping others. Evident in her resume. While in Landshtul, Germany awaiting an outpatient procedure, she made up her mind it was time to get on with her education. Despite being a lifelong University of Florida fan, and due to family commitments, she ended up at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR). That's where she discovered screenwriting, thanks to Dr. Dave Jauss, one of her many mentors. After receiving her BA in English with an emphasis in Creative Writing and a minor in Film Studies, Nikki decided if she was going to do to grad school it was now or never. Enrolling that very summer at Full Sail University, she pushed through a few rough patches and eventually earned her MFA in Creative Writing.
Before she received her degree, she was off to New York City with Dr. J. Mark Giese, another mentor from UALR. There, Nikki pitched her thesis project "Tales from the Sandbox" to a panel in hopes of scoring a meeting with the head of development at A&E Networks. A&E had partnered with CINE to present a pitch fest in hopes of finding new scripted content. (Ever hear of the documentary "Love, Gilda"? Nikki's pitch lost to Lisa and her pitch, which was okay with her.) She had such a good experience with the CINE/A&E pitch fest that Nikki entered again then next year! This time the travel involved was just down to Austin, TX, home of the Austin Film Festival. Again, she came home disappointed they didn't select her script (this time a sci-fi drama), but she left even more confident in her abilities to tell a story.
Nikki decided that she could still write and help polish other people's scripts and that it's how Kitiara Blue Media, LLC came to be!
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