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Battle of top runners in New Mexico Bowl
Sports | December 14, 2012
JOE SANTORO
For the Nevada Appeal
Stefphon Jefferson admits he has heard of Arizona Wildcats running back Ka'Deem Carey.
But that's about all he'll admit.
"I really don't know that much about him," the Nevada Wolf Pack running back said.
Don't let Jefferson fool you. He knows almost as much about Carey as he does himself. Carey, after all, is all he's heard about ever since the Wolf Pack found out it was going to meet the Wildcats in the New Mexico Bowl on Saturday (10 a.m., ESPN) at the University of New Mexico's University Stadium.
"I do know we're similar," Jefferson said. "We have similar size, similar numbers."
"They are very similar," Wolf Pack head coach Chris Ault said. "They are about the same size and they have similar running styles."
"They are guys that are physical between the tackles," Arizona head coach Rich Rodriguez said. "And they're about the same size. So there are some similarities."
The similarities far out-number the differences.
Both of them will wear No. 25 on Saturday. Both have scored 20 or more touchdowns this year and both have rushed for over 1,700 yards. Both have already won numerous All-American honors in the last week or so. Both have nine 100-yard games on their resume this year. Both rushed for just over 400 yards last year and both are in their first seasons as a starter this year. And both of their teams have 7-5 records.
About the only thing that separates them, if you can believe the rosters, is that Jefferson is an inch taller at 5-foot-11 and 13 pounds heaver at 210 pounds.
"I'd say that Ka'Deem is a little bit faster," Ault said. "Not quicker, but just a little bit faster."
"I don't know about that," Jefferson said. "I'm pretty fast."
See, he does know a little bit about the Arizona running back.
And Carey knows a thing or two about Jefferson.
"Obviously, he's a good back," Carey told goazcats.com recently. "I'm excited to see him. It's going to be showtime between me and him."
About the only thing that separates the two backs is their current standing in the NCAA rushing statistics. Carey is the top rusher in the nation at 146.42 yards a game (1,757 total yards) and Jefferson is No. 2 at 141.92 yards (1,703 total yards).
The Jefferson-Carey showdown is the first in NCAA bowl history since 1970 (statistics before 1970 are unavailable) that matches the top two rushers in the nation. And while there is no guarantee that Carey and Jefferson will each finish in the top two — seven other runners are within a reasonable striking distance of the top spot — there is no doubt that the New Mexico Bowl features one of the top running back duels in college football bowl history.
"There's the game and then there's me versus him," Carey told goazcats.com.
Jefferson, though, doesn't want to hear that he needs to out-rush Carey by at least 55 yards to have a shot at winning the nation's rushing title.
"I don't look at stats," he said. "I'm not too worried about stats. I'm worried about getting the win."
Jefferson, who scored a NCAA-recors seven touchdowns against Hawaii this season, will likely own all of the top single-season rushing statistics in the Wolf Pack record book by the time the New Mexico Bowl comes to a close. He has already established the single-season records for touchdowns scored (23) and rushing touchdowns (22). And he is also just 30 yards away from breaking Chance Kretschmer's 2001 record of 1,732 yards.
And, oh yeah, he'd like nothing better than to finish the season as the top runner in the nation, the first Pack back to do so since Kretschmer 11 years ago.
"I remember when I was in high school, I was among the top runners in the state of California," said Jefferson, who ran for 2,862 yards and 34 touchdowns as a senior at El Diamante High in Visalia, Calif, in 2008. "And that was just the state of California. This is the whole nation. That would be an amazing accomplishment."
Jefferson has surpassed even his own expectations this year.
"It's all very humbling," the 21-year-old (Carey is 20) said. "It's even more amazing to think where I was last year at this time."
Last year at bowl time Jefferson was the Pack back in waiting. Lampford Mark was the No. 1 back and he ran for a Wolf Pack bowl-record 183 yards in a 24-17 loss to Southern Mississippi in the Hawaii Bowl.
"I was not the favorite last year," Jefferson said.
A year ago Jefferson wondered if he'd ever get a chance to become the Pack's top back.
"Last year that was kind of my thought process," he said. "But in the off-season I just worked hard and wanted to prove people wrong and prove that I was a good back."
Jefferson is hoping to become the fifth Pack player in history to run for 100 or more yards in a bowl after Mark, B.J. Mitchell (178 yards against Central Florida in 2005), Robert Hubbard (126 against Central Florida) and Vai Taua (101 against Maryland in 2008).
"I always knew that hard work pays off and that's what has happened this year," Jefferson said.
Carey erupted late in the year to take over the nation's top rushing spot. The Tucson native has rushed for 759 yards and seven touchdowns in his last three games against Colorado, Utah and Arizona State. Against Colorado he set a Pac-12 rushing record with 366 yards and also scored five touchdowns.
"I've got to run angry," he said. "You've got to turn into a creature out there. I feel like I just turn into The Hulk or something. I drink a little 5-Hour Energy and it's just 'Aaah.' The team just waits for that in the locker room and that brings some energy before we go out there."
Despite all the Jefferson-Carey hype, the New Mexico Bowl is more than just a match-up of the top two backs in the nation. It's also a contest between two of the best offenses in the country. It is just one of four bowls this year that pit two teams ranked in the top 20 in the nation in scoring. Arizona is 17th in the country at 37.3 points a game and the Pack is 20th at 37.0.
The Wolf Pack is seventh in the country in rushing at 260 yards a game and Arizona is 15th at 230.4. Both teams can also throw the ball well with Arizona at 29th in the nation at 291.4 yards a game and the Pack 53rd at 242.8 yards a game.
"If you stack the box to stop the run they'll just spread you out and throw it," Pack linebacker Albert Rosette said. "They have one of the more dynamic offense in the country."
Arizona quarterback Matt Scott has passed for 3,238 yards and 24 touchdowns. His favorite targets are Austin Hill (73 catches, 1,189 yards, nine touchdowns) and Dan Buckner (59, 741, 5). The Wildcats are seventh overall in the nation in total offense at 521.8 yards a game and the Pack is 11th at 502.8.
"It's definitely going to be a challenge," Rosette said. "But it's a chance for our defense to stand up and show what we can do."
Defense has been a concern for both the Wildcats and Wolf Pack this year. Arizona is 116th (out of 120 teams) in the nation, allowing 485.7 yards a game and the Wolf Pack is 87th after allowing 431.2 yards a game. Both teams struggle against the run with Arizona giving up 190 yards a game (88th in the nation) and the Pack allowing 213 yards a game (111th).
"After the Boise game (a 27-21 loss on Dec. 1) we just want to go out with a win," Rosette said. "You never want to go out with a loss."
The last time the Wolf Pack played in the New Mexico Bowl — a 23-0 loss to New Mexico in 2007 — it failed to score a point for the first time in 27 seasons and 330 games.
Sudfeld is the only current member of the Wolf Pack who was also a member of the program in 2007.
"That was my first bowl game," said Sudfeld, who red-shirted in 2007 but dressed for the bowl. "I had a lot of fun until the game started."
Sudfeld said the Arizona game is important for him to erase some painful memories for the Boise game just two weeks ago. His fumble in the end zone in the second half might have cost the Pack the victory.
"I'm just happy I'm getting another chance," Sudfeld said. "That was a tough time for me. It was devastating. I couldn't believe it happened. I felt awful."
Over the last 23 seasons, starting with 1990, the Wolf Pack has only sent its seniors out with a victory four times (1996, 2001, 2005 and 2010).
"We just want to go out and give our seniors a memory," Pack quarterback Cody Fajardo said. "I want to send our seniors out with a win and that will make my season."
This is the fourth time in the last five years that the Wolf Pack will play a 7-5 team in its bowl game. The other 7-5 opponents were Maryland in the 2008 Humanitarian Bowl, SMU in the 2009 Hawaii Bowl, and Boston College in the 2010 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl. The Pack beat Boston College and lost to Maryland and SMU.
Both Arizona and the Wolf Pack, which haven't met since 1941, have struggled in bowl games. The Pack is 4-8 in bowl games and Arizona is 6-9-1. Arizona is the first Pac-12 opponent for the Pack in a bowl game.
"We're excited," Sudfeld said. "The energy level is real high."
The Wolf Pack, which beat California 31-24 to open the season, is hoping to beat two Pac-12 teams in one season for the first time in school history. They beat Oregon and Arizona State in 1947 but Arizona State didn't join the Pacific Coast Conference until 1978. This is also just the seventh time in Wolf Pack history, and the first time since 2003, that the Pack has played at least two Pac-12 teams in the same season.
"We want to end our season the same way we started our season, with a win over a Pac-12 team," Jefferson said
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Change Your Actions, Change Your Mood - Wanda Davis, M.Sc., B.Sc., B.Ed.
While we wish we could be happy, joyful, and enthusiastic about life all the time, inevitably at times we are going to encounter challenges, stresses, conflicts or health issues that put us in a slump.
During those times that you find yourself in a temporary negative mood and you need a little boost, you can shift your biochemistry through your thoughts and behaviors.
Here are 10 ways to deal with negative emotions, thoughts, and behaviors when you want or need to be more positive. Taking any of these steps can shift your outlook.
Give yourself a time period to "wallow" in your emotion – but try to keep it short, less than a ½ day.
Call an emotionally intelligent friend and ask to talk. Many times we can talk our way out of negative thoughts.
Get up and move. Take a walk, force yourself to exercise – if only for 5 minutes, dance, do some sit-up, or take your dog for a walk.
Make a list of the things in life you are grateful for.
Write or draw picture of your feelings – even if you're not a writer or an artist. Try doodling and see what emerges.
Think of something to look forward to — if you don't have anything, then get out your calendar and plan something.
Immerse yourself into something that distract you – a good book, movie or magazine. A craft project.
Smile at yourself in the mirror – even if you don't feel like it.
Reach out to someone who appreciates your attention – even a phone call will do.
During the next few days, be aware of how your emotions, thoughts, and behaviors relate to each other. And if you want to change your mood, try the tips above and watch the magic happen.


Elizabeth "Liz" Lindamood Bowers of Severn, MD passed away Friday, April 5, 2019. Liz was born on August 15, 1936 in Washington, D.C. and was the daughter of the late William and Georga Lindamood.
Liz was preceded in death by her husband of 43 years David L. Bowers.
Liz is survived by one son, Andy Bowers; one daughter Sara Thomas and her husband Gary; five grandchildren, Adam Bowers and his wife Morgan, Nikki Bowers, Rachel Brewer and her husband Travis, Jessica Thomas and Matthew Thomas and two great grandchildren, Melody and Peyton.
The family will receive friends on Sunday, April 14, 2019 from 2:00pm to 4:00pm and 6:00pm to 8:00pm at Donaldson Funeral Home & Crematory, P.A. 1411 Annapolis Road Odenton, MD 21113. A visitation will be held on Monday, April 15, 2019 from 10:00am to 11:00am at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church 7607 Sandy Spring Road Laurel, MD 20707 where a funeral service will begin at 11:00am. Interment services will follow at 2:30pm at Maryland Veterans Cemetery Crownsville, MD.


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This webpage serves as a complement to Plüss and De Liddo (2018), Democratic Replay: Enhancing TV Election Debates with Interactive Visualisations, in Proceedings of the 51st Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-51).
After publication of the paper, we will present here the results of the User Experience Questionnaire for the entire set of visualisations evaluated in the study, analogous and in addition to those reported in the paper.
Interested readers can contact the authors via email at b.pluss@dundee.ac.uk. We will send out notifications once this page is updated.


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Black Muslim Bakery Associate Has Until 5 Today To Prove Himself To BART
by Bay City News | November 11, 2009 8:11 pm	| in News | 0
Previously: Questions Raised After BART Board Awards Contract To Man Who Called Them "servants of the devil"
BART officials are waiting to see if a longtime associate of the troubled Your Black Muslim Bakery in Oakland can produce documents to prove that he is qualified to receive a lighting improvement contract for more than half a million dollars.
Nedir Bey, 38, has until 5 p.m. Thursday to provide license, bond and insurance documents for his firm, Solar Eclipse Group, to perform $562,129 worth of work at the North Berkeley station.
BART also has an option to have Solar Eclipse to do another $438,000 worth of work at the station.
Bey still hasn't produced the proper documentation, even though BART directors voted unanimously three weeks ago to have him participate in lighting work that also includes the 12th Street/Oakland City Center station.
His checkered past includes pleading no contest to a felony false-imprisonment charge after a 1994 incident in which he and other bakery associates were charged with torturing and robbing a man with whom they had a real estate dispute. He was sentenced to six months of home detention.
Bey ran for an Oakland City Council seat in 2002 but finished fourth in the primary election, getting only 2.1 percent of the vote.
He still owes the city of Oakland $1.1 million because he never repaid a 1996 "economic revitalization loan" that was supposed to train welfare recipients to be home health aides.
Bey formerly was a member of Your Black Muslim Bakery, which went bankrupt two years ago.
The organization's leader, Yusuf Bey IV, is awaiting trial on three counts of murder for the deaths of journalist Chauncey Bailey and two other men in the summer of 2007. He's also awaiting trial on charges that he and several associates kidnapped and tortured two women in Oakland in May 2007 in an attempt to get money from them.
At the BART board's Oct. 22 meeting, staff members recommended that the entire contract for lighting improvement projects at the 12th Street Oakland City Center and North Berkeley stations be awarded to LINC Lighting & Electrical Group of San Jose.
LINC submitted the lowest bid for the project and was the only one of the three bidders whose bid was lower than the amount that was estimated by a BART engineer.
But BART directors disregarded the staff's report and voted to award part of the contract to Solar Eclipse.
BART Director Bob Franklin said today that Solar Eclipse submitted the lowest estimate in the original bidding for the lighting improvement project and an error by the transit agency's staff prevented the company from providing a revised bid based on updated bidding specifications.
Franklin said Solar Eclipse is a qualified applicant in a joint venture project to do the lighting work.
He said it's "not atypical" for BART directors to award a contract to a company before it produces all the documentation required for a project.
Franklin said the contract for Solar Eclipse will be declared "null and void" if it doesn't produce the required documentation.
At a BART board meeting on Jan. 8, the day after violent protests over the shooting death of Oscar Grant III at the hands of a BART police officer rocked downtown Oakland and 120 people were arrested, Bey accused the transit agency's directors of being "servants of the devil" and said he thinks the protesters were justified.
Bey said, "If they (the protesters) want to riot and tear things up, God bless them. I love what the people did last night."
Asked why BART's board approved the contract for Solar Eclipse despite Bey's background, Franklin said, "his background doesn't preclude him from changing light fixtures."
Franklin said the main question for the BART board is whether Solar Eclipse is financially responsible and can post the required bond.
"We're a public agency and it's a public bidding process," Franklin said.
Bey hasn't been available for comment since his firm was awarded the contract.
Solar Eclipse isn't listed in the phone book or in directory assistance and a search on Google didn't turn up a Web site for the company.


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10 Lesser Known Family-Friendly Ski Areas in North America
by Rich Stoner / November 5, 2019
Skiing with your buddies is always a blast. A weekend-long expedition of sick lines, craft beer and an overindulgence of calorie-laden foods. But a buddies trip can be unrealistic to pull off on a regular basis, especially when you have a growing family. As a married working father of three little girls, I did what any ski bum dreaming father would do: I created a ski-loving family and haven't looked back.
Skiing and riding together has become our passion. Something that we look forward to; enjoying the experience together and making memories that will last a lifetime. But there is one small caveat: not all ski resorts are created equal in the family-friendly department.
That's fine; everyone has their niche but it becomes a challenge when choosing a desirable family ski location. Keystone, Northstar, Smuggler's Notch, Beaver Creek all come to mind, which are the usual suspects, so to speak. Family-friendly and great, by all means, but not necessarily attainable for all.
Lift ticket prices, ski school costs and, most importantly, finding a resort where everyone feels comfortable all play a major role when it comes to making the right choice for your next family ski trip. That can require some out-of-the-box thinking and the potential for choosing a destination that does not appear on every list out there. Think of smaller, lesser known ski areas like the following that have been in the business of serving families for years and are sure to deliver the family oriented experience that you are looking for. Read on to learn more about 10 family-friendly ski areas in North America.
June Mountain – June Lake, Ca
Speaking to the world-renowned Gabe Taylor, you could just feel his energy for June Mountain. Here is a guy that has snowboarded all over the world telling me that his best day on the mountain last winter was at June. Why? Because he was able to share that experience with his kids. June is about that experience from start to finish. Before you even begin, the stage is set on your drive up. The view of the majestic mountains hits you smack in the face at a turn in the road known as Oh Ridge. A view that is only amplified when you arrive by the sight of the lakes as you ride the two-person chair to the top. There, your children – who ski free under the age of 12 – are treated like family by a top-notch ski school and lifties who are some of the nicest people out there. They'll point you in the right direction as you and your family head up to take advantage of the multitude of groomers that are cruisably wide and totally safe due to their lack of crowds.
Tubing at Liberty Mountain
Liberty Mountain Resort – Carroll Valley, PA
Anywhere between one-and-a-half to two-and-a-half hours from major metro areas such as Philadelphia, Baltimore and DC, Liberty is the first choice for families in those areas. Their Children's Learning Center has smaller, dedicated class sizes and will have your kids up on skis or a board in no time. Then in the off hours, take your pick from a host of activities for all. Ice skate in the middle of the village, send it down their 17 lane snow tubing area with its own dedicated base lodge and then finish up the evening with a delicious meal at the Eagle & Owl.
On top of that, they recently built a brand new $24M hotel in the base area, called Liberty Hotel. It doesn't get much better.
Monarch Mountain
Monarch Mountain – Chaffee County, Co
Monarch is a hidden gem for families in a state that is filled with some of our country's top ski resorts. What will strike you right off the bat is how family-oriented the staff is to each other. This behavior is infectious and extends to their guests who are greeted in the parking lot situated a mere steps from the bottom of the mountain. That type of access is crucial to gear lugging parents looking to get their kids to Monarch's top-notch ski school. They will have them on the mountain in no time where the smaller crowds and shorter lift lines make for a safe, stress free environment. Monarch is also not bereft of snow receiving 350" annually which when combined with the area's affordability makes this a must stop for ski and snowboard loving families.
Ski Tavern
Sky Tavern Ski Area – Reno, NV
Sky Tavern is as unique as they come and totally dedicated to teaching families how to ski. So much so that they refer to themselves as a training area that happens to be a ski resort. Since 1948 this non-profit club has taught over 100,000 kids to ski and snowboard, including several Olympians. By enlisting the help of 500 certified volunteer ski instructors annually, they are able to keep ski school costs for the season lower than you would pay for a lift ticket at other resorts. But there are actually only a few days the public can buy a day ticket. Most of the time it is limited to season memberships which is why they are really good at converting non-skiers into the next generation of skiers and riders.
Cannon Mountain – Grafton County, NH
Cannon flies under the radar when it comes to family-friendly ski areas, which is a shame since they have one of the largest dedicated learning areas for a mountain their size in the east. At Cannon, it's all about the Tuckerbrook Learning Area. Whereas many other mountains have easier terrain near the bottom of the mountain for beginners, it is often a cross section for other skiers and riders to get somewhere else. Tuckerbrook has access to the main base but is a completely separate area with 14 trails and glades all served by three lifts. This ultimately allows newcomers to learn on gradual terrain with people of their own ability and since it all funnels down to one main lift, it is nearly impossible to get lost.
Snowshoe Mountain
Snowshoe Mountain – Snowshoe, WV
Many people don't think of the Mid-Atlantic as a prime destination for skiing and riding but if you are thinking family-friendly then you should start. Their ski school is excellent, utilizing an innovative terrain-based learning process that will quickly have your children on the mountain. Once there, they can take advantage of a wide variety of terrain that has a little something for every ability level. When it's time to après ski, the mountain's "upside down" layout is what it's all about. Already being at the summit, you will have unparalleled views over "Almost Heaven" while shopping, dining and playing around in the Big Top, their indoor family fun center. Ultimately, this all makes Snowshoe a magical setting for a family getaway.
Cash Mintz skiing in Sun Valley Date: March 2019 Photo Credit: Courtesy Sun Valley Resort Photographer: © Grant Gunderson Photo Caption: Winter campaign shoot with Grant Gunderson and Super Top Secret.
Dollar Mountain – Sun Valley, Idaho
Part of the larger Sun Valley and just a short walk away from away from the famous Sun Valley Lodge sits Dollar Mountain. There, you will find one of the finest family-friendly teaching mountains our country has to offer. Always fun and festive your day begins with Sunny the Bear greeting kids as they show up for their lessons. This warm welcome jumpstarts the day for families participating in what has long been considered one of the industry' finest ski schools. Utilizing their Terrain-that-Teaches method, you and your children will be cruising Dollar's gentle wider trails or perhaps even some of neighboring Baldy's steeper terrain in no time. When the lifts stop spinning, the fun does not end. There is always something to do at Sun Valley. Watch movies, bowl and/or ice skate in the Sun Valley village, then hop in a horse drawn sleigh and huddle as a family under the blankets while sipping hot chocolate en route to a delicious dinner at the Train Creek Cabin.
Bolton Valley – Richmond, VT
The family-friendly atmosphere begins with the fact that Bolton Valley is primarily family owned. The DesLauriers built the resort back in 1963 and are now on their fourth generation of siblings being raised there. "It's an understatement to say that we're committed to making the place family-friendly," says part owner Adam DesLaurier. Bolton delivers on this promise in a number of ways. First, they have a long tradition of working with after-school groups in the region and bringing them up to ski at night. This includes lessons, rentals and sharply discounted lift tickets which is a major contributor to Bolton running about 2,500 children through their mountain per season. They also work with the local elementary school in order to provide their students with an opportunity to ski there a few days a year along with having season long ski and ride programs for all kids ages 3-17. After hours, their on-site Sports Facility is a popular attraction for families to hangout, enjoy hot chocolate and fries or have their birthday party. It just doesn't get more family-friendly than that.
Photoshoot with Amanda Doyle and her two girls for Brighton Resort story in Ski Utah magazine.
Brighton Resort – Brighton, Utah
In a skiing state like Utah, where a large majority of resorts are within a 45 minute drive of Salt Lake City, Brighton is at the top of the list of where kids go to learn. It starts with their laid back vibe and "everyone is welcome" attitude. This attracts families from the SLC and beyond who visit to take advantage of Brighton's learning friendly terrain. It also helps that up to two kids 10 and under ski free with every paying adult, virtually guaranteeing that you won't have to break the bank to get your kids up on skis. With a large variety of terrain, from groomers to steeps, the whole family will most certainly enjoy themselves at Brighton, enjoyment that does not have to stop when the sun goes down. With over 200 acres of lighted runs, Brighton offers the largest amount of night-skiing terrain in all of Utah ultimately giving you and your family even more time together on the slopes.
Mount Peter
Mount Peter – Orange County, NY
Owned by the same family for the last 45 years, Mount Peter is the go-to family-friendly mountain in the New York Metropolitan area. Many of their employees have been there equally as long and provide a personal touch that is very rarely seen at other resorts. They are known for starting every day having a coffee at their favorite table in the lodge with whoever happens to be sitting there. The family vibe is in the atmosphere and it carries through to the learning experience at the mountain. With two dedicated learning areas and free beginner lessons every weekend and holiday their focus is on teaching families the correct way to ski. Moms and dads looking to learn right along side their children can do so in their newly created family lessons. For parents who can already ski, there is also the option of enrolling the kids in Mount Peter's long standing Kids Camp. Either way, the folks at Mount Peter are determined to create generations of happy skiers and ultimately live by the adage, A family that skis together stays together.
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6 responses to "10 Lesser Known Family-Friendly Ski Areas in North America"
Kenneth D Roth says:
Pico, Killington VTK
Joel Broudy says:
Ski Discovery. Philipsburg Montana.Great Skiing. Fantastic Scenery.
Patricia Polan says:
Jiminy Peak in Hancock, MA.
Powered by the wind and a solar field, Jiminy has dedicated instructors who love children in the Kids Rule program. For never-ever skiers or riders over the age of 6, the GET program is the best deal—rentals, lift ticket & lessons $99 ($89 online).
John Jaeger says:
Nice to see Mt. Peter get noticed. They were our competition (Sterling Forest – now closed) for many years. Our last mountain owner, Jim Metzelli, was a former ski instructor from Mt. Peter and many of Sterling Forest's Ski Patroller's came from Mt. Peter. Mt. Peter continues to host our annual National Ski Patrol refreshers. Each year we see ongoing improvements in the facilities. It is tough for small family owned ski resorts to remain open. I believe Mt. Peter will continue because of it's family ownership and personal investment in it's success.
Paul Shalon says:
Mt. Ashland, OR is awesome for families. kids 6 and under ski free and for adults you can get a chairlift ticket for the beginner chair for $10. I take my two boys skiing and the day only costs us $10. I outfiitted the family with season passes this year. for one adult and two kids it cost just over $500 for 3 passes. what a deal. the people there are great with kids and the instructors are amazing. My boys (6yrs and 8yrs) skiid 13 days last year and cant wait to use thier passes for this season. we wouldn't have had a season like that at any other mountain due to lift ticket prices these days. Mt. Ashland is a good mountain too. I grew up skiing Kirkwood and around lake Tahoe, and I'm never bored at Mt Ashland….
Jim O'Neill says:
A great addition to this list would be Berkshire East in Charlemont, MA. Affordable, great ski school/racing program, miles of beginner friendly terrain and a cozy, family friendly lodge. It's not a big mountain but the snowmaking and grooming is excellent and there's plenty of challenging terrain for advanced skiers and riders.
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Philip Swenk Markley (* 2. Juli 1789 bei Norristown, Pennsylvania; † 12. September 1834 ebenda) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker. Zwischen 1823 und 1827 vertrat er den Bundesstaat Pennsylvania im US-Repräsentantenhaus.

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Philip Markley erhielt eine akademische Ausbildung. Nach einem anschließenden Jurastudium und seiner 1810 erfolgten Zulassung als Rechtsanwalt begann er in Norristown in diesem Beruf zu arbeiten. In den Jahren 1819 und 1820 war er stellvertretender Staatsanwalt. Politisch schloss er sich der Demokratisch-Republikanischen Partei an. Zwischen 1820 und 1823 saß er im Senat von Pennsylvania. Anfang der 1820er Jahre schloss er sich der Bewegung um den späteren Präsidenten Andrew Jackson an.

Bei den Kongresswahlen des Jahres 1822 wurde Markley im fünften Wahlbezirk von Pennsylvania in das US-Repräsentantenhaus in Washington, D.C. gewählt, wo er am 4. März 1823 die Nachfolge von James McSherry antrat. Nach einer Wiederwahl konnte er bis zum 3. März 1827 zwei Legislaturperioden im Kongress absolvieren. Zum Zeitpunkt seiner Wiederwahl hatte er sich von Jackson losgesagt und sich Präsident John Quincy Adams angeschlossen. Seit 1825 war die Arbeit des Kongresses zunehmend von den Spannungen zwischen der Jackson-Fraktion und den Adams-Anhängern belastet. Im Jahr 1826 wurde Markley nicht wiedergewählt.

Nach dem Ende seiner Zeit im US-Repräsentantenhaus praktizierte er wieder als Anwalt. Später war er bei der Hafenverwaltung von Philadelphia als Naval Officer tätig. Im Jahr 1829 bekleidete er das Amt des Attorney General von Pennsylvania. Philip Markley starb am 12. September 1834 in Norristown, wo er auch beigesetzt wurde.

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Uriah (b. 1781) was married to Elizabeth "Betsey" Doud (born 17921 and 11 years his junior) in Connecticut sometime c. 1808 to 1810.2 At this time, the Doud and Edgecomb families began the move to the western frontier. Uriah Edgecomb is listed in the 1810 census for Canton, Connecticut3 with a female the appropriate age to be Betsy and one child under 10 (presumably their eldest son, Uriah). We find Uriah selling land in Canton, Conn. in March of 18114 , and purchasing land in August in Preston, Chenango County, New York the same year5. This land was described as "part of lot number 42 to 43 in Township number fourteen".
Uriah. b. in Conn. before 1810. According to his brother Marquis, he lived to adulthood9, but little else is known about him.
Amy. 13 Sep 1827 in OH - 11 Dec 1850 in Allen Co., OH, m. J. P. Cowan16.
Mary Ann (also known as Anna). 14 Jan 1830 in OH - 13 Apr 1893, m. 24 Dec 1850 in Allen Co., OH, Elisha C. Pangle.
We don't know why the urge to move on was so strong - whether the soil in northeast Ohio was too poor or if Uriah just had itchy feet, but by 1832 the family was ready to move on again to Allen County in Northwestern Ohio. We also don't know why they chose to go there in particular, since Uriah and his family seem to have been the first of many Trumbull County folks to go there. In any case, Allen County was a wilderness at the time they moved.
Although much of the rest of Ohio had been settled by whites much earlier, the northwest quarter of the state had been set aside in the Treaty of Greenville of 1795 as a "permanent" reserve for the Indians. It was not until 1817, when the white population of Ohio became overcome with greed for this Indian land, that they pushed the Indians onto three small reservations of twenty-five, ten, and forty square miles respectively in the Treaties of Maumee and St. Mary's. Although this act theoretically opened up the area to settlers, the settlement actually proceeded rather slowly. One reason for this was that much of the area around Allen County consisted of two great wetlands: the Great Black Swamp and the Hog Creek and Sciota Marshes. The soggy soil made farming impossible in many places and malaria (known at that time as "ague" and which was thought at the time to be caused by the vapors of the marsh) made life difficult there. The first white settlers in Allen County came in 1824 and started the Sugar Creek settlement in Bath Township on higher ground between the two swamps. To give an idea of how dense the wilderness was at that time, a second family lived at the Hog Creek settlement within a few miles of the Sugar Creek settlement for a year before the two parties became aware of each other's existence!
On 12 Jul 1832, Uriah bought eighty acres of land located near the banks of the Sugar Creek in Bath Township22. This land was an original grant from the State of Ohio and was a part of several tracts of land given by the federal government to the State of Ohio. The proceeds from the sale of the land were intended to be used to finance the building of the Miami-Erie Canal, which passed through the western part of Allen County and was a major factor in the development of the area after it opened in 1844. On those 80 acres the family made their home. An Indian cemetery was located in the northwest corner of their farm and this may explain why they frequently saw the Shawnee Indians passing by on their way from the nearby Hog Creek reservation (now Shawnee Township).
But the Indians were not to remain for long. Despite promises that the reservations were theirs forever, they were persuaded to sell them and relocate to Kansas. In the fall of 1832, "many surrendered themselves to despair, and plunged into a course of dissipation; others, with more regard to the legends of the tribe, collected their trophies, articles of the chase, domestic utensils, and even leveled the mounds of the burial grounds of the tribe. This accomplished, the sub-agents, Robb and Workman, gave the order to proceed on that long Western journey, and 700 members of the Shawnee family, with half that number of Senecas, moved toward the west...".23 Their wooded hunting grounds and sacred burial grounds were transformed into corn fields and their memory would only be evoked when some later resident plowed up one of their relics years later.
In about 1834, Betsey's sister Chloe and her husband, George Olmstead followed the Edgecombs from Trumbull County to Allen County.24 This was the beginning of a tide of Trumbull County folks who were among the first white settlers of the northwest corner of Bath Township. Included in this group was Uriah's nephew, Phineas Spencer Edgecomb (b. 5 Sep 1795, son of Uriah's brother, John) who lived out the rest of his life there. Uriah's older sons, Ezra and Lansil, bought land near his farm in 1833, and Robert did the same in 1835. The children of Uriah and Betsey began families of their own. For supplies and news, the families traveled to the log cabin village of Lima (now a city of 40 000), founded only a few years earlier in 1831. On 4 Apr 1835, Uriah and Elizabeth Edgecomb took out a mortgage on their farm for $250 with the Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Co.25 In the record of this transaction, Elizabeth signed with "her X mark", indicating that she was illiterate.
Tragedy struck the Edgecomb family when Betsey died on 11 Jan 1838. She was laid to rest in a small cemetery on a hilltop just north of their farm on what is now Wolfe Road. Other family members were later buried there, including Uriah, Ezra, Amy, and Phineas. The weathered tombstones of these and other Trumbull County emigrants can still be seen there today. Another cemetery in the nearby village of Beaverdam contains the graves of Walter, Marquis, and Sarah, as well as Betsey Edgecomb's sister Chloe (Olmstead) Mowen.
In 1845, Uriah bought the southeast quarter of section 11 (shown as the Hiram Prottsman farm on the 1880 map)27. He lived there with his youngest son Marquis28 until 1857, when they moved just west of Beaverdam29. Both Uriah and Marquis bought land there in the late 1850's. In the 1860 census, Uriah was listed living by himself in Richland Twp. in a separate household from Marquis.30 Uriah died on 22 Jul 186131, at Marquis' home.
2. In 1808 Betsy would have been 16, so it is unlikely that she would have married before then. Based on the birth dates of their children, their first child could not have been born after 1810. Census records also indicate that he was born in 1810 or earlier.
3. United States Census, 1810, Canton, Hartford Co., Connecticut, p. 691.
8. Letter from Inez Eagleton to Kathryn Snyder Geiser, 12 Jan 1979.
10a. United States Census, 1850, Pigeon Twp., Vandenburgh Co., IN, p. 406.; United States Census, 1870, Indiana, Johnson, Gibson Co., IN, p. 439.
11. This birth date agrees with that given by his son in "History of the Edgecomb Family back as far as the 7th generation" [pg. 2] [handwritten original pg. 1 pg. 2 pg. 3] by Lansil Edgecomb (b. 1869), Pennville, IN 16 Sep 1938.
14. Birth date given in History of Allen, p.761.
17. Tombstone inscription, old Beaverdam Cemetery, Richland Twp., Allen Co., OH "Sarah wife of Lewis Bassitt died Jan 28, 1891 aged 59 y 4 m 8 d". Dates agree with those from family Bible of Philo Bassett & papers, entries from 1875-1917, in possession of James H. Bassett. Monument inscription poem poem enhanced "Mother thou hast from us flown To the -- forever. -- --- --- ---- anthem"
23. History of Allen County, Ohio. Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1885, p. 206.
24. Diary of Davis R. Doud, Gardner, Illinois, 1902. It may also have been that they came at the same time as Uriah and Betsey as suggested in Diary of Davis R. Doud, 31 Dec 1902, quoted in a letter from Inez L. Eagleton to Steve Bassett (Baskauf), 9 Sep 1981.
25. Mortgages of Allen Co., OH, Book B, p. 42.
26. Letter Eagleton Sep 1981 p.2 (see also pg 1) reports that Davis R. Doud, son of Alvah Doud and nephew of Betsey Edgecomb noted in his journal that he visited his first cousin Robert Edgecomb. Frank P. Edgecomb also mentioned in his reminiscences, 1944 Oct 29, recorded at Allen Co, OH Museum that "When I was a small boy a man named Doud came from Trumbull County and visited four or five days. He asked my father if he recalled some one back in Connecticut. He was related to some of the Edgecomb family."
27. Deed: William and Rosetta Richardson to Uriah Edgecomb, Allen Co., OH Recorders office, Book L, p. 334. 6 Jan 1845.
29. History of Allen County, Ohio. Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1885, p. 579.
30. United States Census, 1860, Ohio, Allen County, Richland Township, p. 423, household 540.


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Evidence that we have lived before.
Scientific Proof of Reincarnation
Dr. Helen Wambach was a skeptic about reincarnation and actually began a scientific study to debunk it. But the results of her 10-year research into past lives shocked her and forced her to conclude, "I don't believe in reincarnation -- I know it!"
Dr. Ian Stevenson is a Professor of Psychiatry and has documented hundreds of cases of verified reincarnations. He has concluded that many physical and psychological anomalies can be traced back to former lives. Examples and descriptions of his important work are given including India's best known case of reincarnation -- little Shanti Devi, who suddenly remembered her former life in a neighboring village. To everyone's surprise, her former husband and family were still alive and the young child was eventually reunited with them. Her descriptions of everything were totally accurate and well documented.
Last we cover the work of Dr. Roger Woolgey who is best known for his association of psychological complexes and phobias with past life traumas. His therapeutic methods are explained.
Convincing Cases of Past Lives
We review two of the most conclusive cases in Western culture. The first is of a little boy who suddenly remembers his past life as a WWII pilot. His father becomes worried about his son's sanity and researches the boy's unbelievable claims. He finally finds the pilot, his fellow soldiers and the circumstances of his untimely death -- just as his son described them.
Next we look at a police Captain in the Indianapolis Homicide Division who reluctantly undergoes a hypnotic past-life regression. What he witnesses shocks him and he becomes obsessed to solve the case of his own past existence as an artist. His exceptionally well documented investigation leaves no doubt that reincarnation is very real.
What Did Jesus Say?
We explore the Judaic belief in reincarnation with Rabbi Yonassan Gershom, a Hasidic Jew who has worked with many reincarnated Holocaust victims. Rabbi Gershom describes his work, his proof and the theological theories behind reincarnation in Judaism. Since Jesus was born and lived as a practicing Jew, these concepts would have been known and accepted by both He and His followers. So what did Jesus say about this subject? And why did the Christian Church eventually outlaw this belief?
Tibetan Buddhism: Rebirth v Reincarnation
Hardly any group has studied and perfected reincarnation techniques more than the Tibetan Buddhists. Buddha sought a way to escape the misery of life. His methods evolved into a systematic awakening of our real consciousness that has been successfully practiced for centuries. The mystery of bebirth and reincarnation was also uncovered. Their methods of meditation are reviewed, explained in plain talk and some important Tantric lessons are provided to enhance your rebirth.
Hinduism: The Source of Knowledge
Hinduism is the oldest and most intellectual religion in human history. Great minds contemplated ideas about God, the soul and human existence long before there was a written language to record such things. As such, the religion was mainly an oral tradition. There is no known founder. Yet the ideas about reincarnation, the laws of karma and the abstract nature of the Creator remain the ultimate revelation and source of almost all other faiths. We explore Hinduism, the Bhagavad-gita and Krishna Consciousness in this summary.
ENLIGHTENMNT
"Seeing the light" refers to the personal experience that is reported when one remembers their true identity as something "other than this body." There are many methods that have been used to achieve this goal. Meditation and good living are important but some ancient cults also used a technique that involved fire or reflected light.
The method, called "phosphenes" is explored and a possible explanation of how it works is given for consideration. We'd really like your feedback on this.
Can We Recall FUTURE Lives?
This is a "true" story of a hypnosis session where an obese patient was receiving therapy for overeating. The hypnotist attempted to suggest that the patient remember how it felt to be thin and began a typical regression procedure. Not being careful on the selection of words, the therapist regressed the patient back to a time "when you were light". This reference to light apparently brought the patient back to a time between incarnations -- only the subsequent life that was recalled was not in the past... This amazing transcript is reproduced, word for word, and describes a life in the future. What do humans look like? How do we live? What mysteries have we solved? Although we cannot vouch for its authenticity, it is certainly a thought provoking and interesting read.
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Game II: The Works of Gayle Wells Mandle and Julia Mandle
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Leila Heller is pleased to present, Game II, an exhibition featuring collaborative and individual works of mother-daughter artists Gayle Wells Mandle and Julia Mandle, on view at Leila Heller Gallery, located at 568 West 25th Street, from January 17 through February 16, 2013.
In Game II, Gayle Wells Mandle and Julia Mandle use images – not of ladders but of chairs and a teeter-totter – to depict humanity's eternal struggle against imbalanced societies that deny their citizens equal opportunity. Inspired by current events in the Middle East and the United States – where the Occupy movement and subsequent 2012 presidential election brought issues of economic inequity to the forefront – the Mandles express their ideas through a combination of media, styles and objects that infuse their art with topical meaning and depth.
The exhibition stems from a warm partnership that they refer to as "mother daughter gasoline" dedicated to making art that speaks for a majority of the world's people who aspire to greater security, opportunity and justice in the world. Through their work, Gayle and Julia Mandle, attempt to effect change by challenging people of all backgrounds to think more openly and inclusively about the world around them.
As Roger Mandle, Ph D., former President of the Rhode Island School of Design and director of the Qatar Museums Authority (QMA), explains in the exhibition catalogue, "It is important to understand their work as part of a larger effort by 21st century artists to create a new, more inclusive "public art" that builds on the legacy of their predecessors – from Goya and Manet to Picasso and Rauschenberg. By using their own techniques and technologies as tools to express concerns about social, political and environmental issues, my wife and daughter are attempting to extend viewers' sights past the work seen in the gallery and outward towards the larger world."
Over the past decade, the work of Gayle and Julia Mandle has become increasingly more message-driven. Timely references to global events now inform everything they make, from performances to paintings, embroidery to large and small-scale sculpture, drawings to photographs. While each artist has grown in her own way, their close relationship has enabled them to learn from and inspire each other.
In 2011, Gayle and Julia showed together in an exhibition called Game, creating work that was both complementary in nature yet distinctly different in approach. Hypermarket, Gayle's series of 38 paintings – exhibited as a large composite on a single wall – focused on the expat community living in the Persian Gulf region, whereas Julia's work, Lamiya's Last Game, centered on the tragedy of children killed or maimed playing with cluster bombs in Iraq and other war-ravaged countries.
In this new exhibition both artists draw strong inspiration from the 2012 Arab Spring uprisings, creating work that expresses their respect and concern for the pro-democratic individuals who took to the streets. As a result, Game II portrays the uneven playing field in which oppressed people struggle for equal rights.
The central installation in the exhibition, Study for a Monument, and the paintings, sculpture, photographs and embroideries that surround it, could spill into the streets as a cry for justice for those who have given so much for freedom and civil rights. The burned chairs in the piece provide metaphorical references to the many individuals who sacrificed their lives to help others. The stacked chairs weighing down the giant teeter-totter and thrusting an empty throne into the air suggests our eternal struggle for fairness, parity and respect for all. One can imagine this monument cast in bronze, standing 50 feet high in the center of Tahrir Square, for example, or in other places where disenfranchised citizens have stood up against tyranny.
About Gayle Wells Mandle
Gayle Wells Mandle remains influenced by the disparity between the haves and the have-nots in society. In Washington, DC in the late 1980's she witnessed the growing homeless population, especially in juxtaposition with the limousine-driven legislators. Mandle's Homeless Series developed into a solo exhibition at the Addison/Ripley Gallery. Wanting to delve more into socio-political painting, she earned her MFA in 1997 at RISD, commencing many solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States. She continues to catalogue decisions based on power and persuasion, and her work has been particularly focused on the Iraq War. After moving to Doha, Qatar in 2008, Mandle curated an exhibition and symposium in 2010 for Leila Heller Gallery called "BEYOND THE WAR". The purpose was to highlight the artwork of 7 important Iraqi artists now forced to live in the diaspora. One of the underlying themes of this exhibition was that the language of art has the ability to unite people of different cultural backgrounds, while the language of war only divides mankind.
About Julia Mandle
A recipient of a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Performance Art, Julia Mandle has received numerous awards throughout her career including her earliest grant from Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art, and later from The Foundation for Contemporary Art, New York State Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts. She was also awarded artist's residencies at Guapamacataro, Michoacan, Mexico; Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, New York; Baryshnikov Arts Center, New York, New York; and at Weir Farm Trust, Wilton, CT. Julia has lectured on her art and interdisciplinary approach at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Parsons School of Design, Amherst College, and Pratt Institute, and has served on the new genre panel for the Rhode Island Arts Council and the architecture jury at Columbia University. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts at Williams College and a Master of Arts at the Gallatin School of New York University.
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Trump feels shutdown pressure from economists, Nancy Pelosi
A portion of a letter sent to President Donald Trump from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019 in Washington. Pelosi has asked President Trump to postpone his State of the Union address to the nation, set for Jan. 29, until the government reopens. (AP Photo/Wayne Partlow)
Published January 16, 2019 at 1:38 PM
Shutdown pressure on President Donald Trump mounted Wednesday as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called on him to delay his State of the Union address and his own economists acknowledged the prolonged standoff was having a greater economic drag than previously thought.
In a letter to Trump, Pelosi cited security concerns, noting that both Secret Service and the Department of Homeland Security are affected by the partial government shutdown, now it its fourth week. She added that unless the government reopens this week, they should find another date or Trump should deliver the address in writing.
The White House did not immediately respond to the high-stakes move on the 26th day of the shutdown, as Trump and Democrats are at an impasse over Trump's demands for $5.7 billion to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Democrats say they will discuss border security once the government has reopened, but Pelosi is refusing money for the wall they view as ineffective and immoral.
With no breakthrough in sight, the White House planned further meetings with rank-and-file lawmakers Wednesday, though few saw those sessions as likely to budge either side. Administration officials sought to project confidence, even as Trump's economists indicated the shutdown was having a greater impact than previously predicted.
In a call with reporters, White House Council of Economic Advisers chairman Kevin Hassett said Tuesday the shutdown is slowing economic growth more than predicted.
An economic shift could rattle Trump, who has tied his political fortunes to the stock market and has repeatedly stressed economic gains as evidence that his tax-cut package and deregulation efforts are succeeding. Economic optimism had already cooled somewhat as Trump's trade fight with China shook the markets.
Hassett said on the call that the White House is doubling its estimate of the strain on the economy of the shutdown, and now calculates that it is slowing growth by about 0.1 percentage points a week.
With the shutdown in its fourth week, that suggests the economy has lost nearly a half-percentage point of growth so far, though some of that occurred at the end of last year and some in the first quarter this year. Hassett said the economy should get a boost when the government re-opens.
Previous White House estimates of the economic impact did not fully take into account the impact on people who work for private companies that contract with the government to provide services, Hassett said.
While the hit to the overall economy so far remains slight, economists foresee real damage if the shutdown drags into February or beyond.
Roughly a million government employees and contractors aren't being paid. Travel plans are compromised by shuttered federal parks and airport delays. Some Americans trying to start small businesses face delays in obtaining the required tax identification number from the IRS.
White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters that the economy remained strong.
"I know there has been some impact, but at the same time we're focused on the long term economic principles the president has laid out," she said.
The House and Senate have announced they will cancel an upcoming recess week if the shutdown continued, which seemed likely.
The president, on a conference call with supporters Tuesday, showed no signs of backing down.
"We're going to stay out for a long time, if we have to," Trump said. He also suggested the partial shutdown, which has clogged airport security lines and shuttered federal agencies, was going smoothly.
"People are very impressed with how well government is working with the circumstances that we're under," Trump said.
Behind the scenes, though, the administration — and its allies on Capitol Hill — are warily eyeing the next payday, hoping to reach a resolution before next week's Tuesday deadline, when they'll need to prepare the next round of paychecks for workers who have been seeing zeros on their pay slips.
"There is definitely a sense that there is a deadline approaching, which would be next Tuesday, to make sure that we're able to solve this problem," said Mercedes Schlapp, a White House spokeswoman.
Trump, who a week ago seemed intent on declaring a national emergency in order to build the wall, has turned his attention back to Congress as polling shows he is taking much of the blame for the standoff.
On Tuesday, the White House had invited rank-and-file lawmakers to lunch with Trump at the White House as part of a strategy to build support from centrist Democrats and newly elected freshmen, including those from areas where the president is popular with voters. But none of the House Democrats took Trump up on the offer.
Trump ended up lunching with a handful of lesser-known House Republicans.
Trump urged his supporters to call the offices of Democratic lawmakers to press them to support the wall to reopen the government
Republicans complain that Democrats are the ones who are refusing to budge, and they say it's up to Pelosi to bring Trump a new offer.
Some lawmakers are reluctant to return home for next week's planned recess — some were planning their first town halls of the new year — as the standoff deepens. JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon told reporters Tuesday that he expects U.S. economic growth to slow to nothing this quarter if the government shutdown continues.
"I hope it doesn't go to the end of the week," said Sen. John Thune of South Dakota, the No. 2 Senate Republican. "I'd like to see us have a breakthrough here."
But hopes of side deals being cut by the White House seemed unlikely, as did the prospect of groups of senators meeting privately to forge a compromise.
Said Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., "The shutdown will eventually take us to a place where the average American is angry at and sick of all of us."
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Natcho Aguirre, Santa Clara, México, é uma foto em preto e branco tirada por Henri Cartier-Bresson em 1934, numa viagem ao México.

A imagem parece encenada, mas seu contexto e significado permanecem inexplicados. Retrata à esquerda um homem anônimo, com o rosto recortado e apenas parcialmente visível, expondo o peito nu coberto pelos braços cruzados, com as mãos em punhos cerrados, enquanto as calças estão parcialmente abertas. O homem parece estar se contorcendo de agonia ou êxtase, em uma pose um tanto parecida com a de Cristo, como se estivesse protegendo ou perfurando seus seios. É visível à sua direita uma estante com dois grupos de sapatos.

A composição enigmática e erótica, com a justaposição de elementos aparentemente não relacionados, demonstra a influência do Surrealismo e da noção de "beleza convulsiva", exposta por André Breton, na obra do artista, assim como o amor de Cartier-Bresson pelas formas geométricas.

Existem cópias desta foto em várias coleções públicas, incluindo a Fundação Henri Cartier-Bresson, em Paris, o Metropolitan Museum of Art, em Nova York, e a National Gallery of Australia, em Canberra.

Fotografias a preto e branco
1934 na arte
Fotografias de Henri Cartier-Bresson
Fotografias de 1934


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Watch now: First trailer for Brie Larson's 'Captain Marvel'
Marvel Studios(WASHINGTON D.C.) — This morning, Oscar winner Brie Larson made an appearance on Good Morning America from the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., to reveal the first trailer for Marvel Studios' first female-fronted superhero movie, Captain Marvel.
The Room star told Good Morning America's Chief Meteorologist Ginger Zee that she still hasn't come to grips with the fact that she's playing a superhero — let alone one of the most powerful in the Marvel Universe.
Set in the 1990s — as evidenced by the fact that her character, Carol Danvers, is introduced in the trailer by falling from space right into a Blockbuster video store — the movie will show how the Air Force fighter pilot became an intergalactic warrior, then humanity's only hope against a menace that traps our planet in an intergalactic war.
"So you're not from around here," Fury understates. "It's hard to explain," Danvers notes, expressing she can't fully remember her past.
While light on details, the peek teased a digitally de-aged versions of Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, as well as fan favorite, Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. star Clark Gregg, back on the big screen for the first time since his character was killed off in 2012's The Avengers.
The peek also shows Jude Law, playing a pivotal — yet still unconfirmed — role, as well as Lee Pace, reprising his character Ronan The Accuser, who met his end at the climax of in 2014's Guardians of the Galaxy.
The film also stars Rogue One: A Star Wars Story baddie Ben Mendelsohn, Annette Bening, Gemma Chan, Mckenna Grace, and another Guardians alum, Djimon Hounsou. The Marvel Studios movie, which will open March 8, 2019, was directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck.
Marvel is owned by Disney, the parent company of ABC News.


Ep 92: See photos of Vivica A. Fox and Fredrik Eklund in the Bravo Clubhouse with Andy Cohen!
After Show: Why Doesn't Fredrik Want Bethenny's Eggs?
A caller asks #MDLNY's Fredrik Eklund why he didn't accept #RHONY star Bethenny Frankel's offer to provide her eggs for his future baby.
Would Vivica Get Back Together with 50 Cent?
A WWHL caller asks actress Vivica A. Fox if there is any chance that she and rapper 50 Cent will ever rekindle their romance.
Actress Vivica A. Fox talks about why she was surprised to hear that she is banned from appearing on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" and tells her side of the story.
Actress Vivica A. Fox tells Andy Cohen which products or ventures by Bravolebrities she'd invest in. Brandi Glanville is a yes while Kenya Moore, not so much.


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Q: Ruby on rails. Ransack search on money-rails Monetize attribute I am having problems searching a money-rails/Monetized attribute using ransack. I am only able to search in cents. I have a model (gig) with a money attribute salary. I can create this model no problem with:
 <%= form.input :salary %>

Which saves the value in a salary_cents column as expected as in my gig model I have:
monetize :salary_cents

I can then show the salary in the view with:
<%= @gig.salary %>

The problem I am having is with searching this field with ransack. The salary attribute is null, and the salary_cents attribute is populated as it should be, but this means I can only search in cents.
For the search I am using:
<%= f.search_field :salary_cents_gteq %>
<%= f.search_field :salary_cents_lteq %>

but to search $30, I would have to input 3000. Is there any way of manipulating the inputted data, multiplying by 100,  before sending the search request?  Are there any easier ways that I am missing?
I have searched this and cannot find any information on searching Money fields with ransack.
Thanks in advance.

A: Ransack's custom predicates saves the day!
# config/initializers/ransack.rb
Ransack.configure do |config|

    config.add_predicate 'gteq_euros',
        arel_predicate: 'gteq',
        formatter: proc { |v| v * 100 },
        validator: proc { |v| v.present? }

    config.add_predicate 'lteq_euros',
        arel_predicate: 'lteq',
        formatter: proc { |v| v * 100 },
        validator: proc { |v| v.present? }
end

once you restart your rails application you could ransack by dollars / euros as you wanted:
<%= f.search_field :salary_cents_gteq_euros %>
<%= f.search_field :salary_cents_lteq_euros %>

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The benefits of cryptocurrency
Peter St. Onge is a Senior Fellow at the MEI, an independent think tank that stimulates public policy debate and reforms based on sound economics and entrepreneurship. He was assistant professor at Taiwan's Feng Chia University, has served as a fellow at the Mises Institute, and was general partner of a private equity fund in Washington, D.C.
There are some 200 currencies in the world, with some fairly common problems, says Peter St. Onge in this informative interview. For one thing, inflation is more or less built in—slow in some places, like Britain or the US, and famously rapid in others, like Venezuela or Zimbabwe. The 2008 financial crisis, moreover, was partly caused by central banks encouraging reckless speculation by essentially covering bets.
In many ways, the characteristics of cryptocurrencies are superior to traditional paper currencies. There is no built-in inflation, and no central issuer to slide $2 billion to its buddies in a pinch. The financial sector, according to St. Onge, would like to use them, but governments have not really decided how to treat them. "A lot of the big players—banks, insurance companies—don't want to get involved with blockchain or cryptocurrency in general because they're concerned that down the line, the regulators might make up new laws, and then they'll run afoul of those."
Another of the positive features of cryptocurrencies is the security of the blockchain technology upon which they are based. While related businesses based on traditional databases, like cryptocurrency exchanges, can (and have) been hacked, blockchain itself is much harder to hack. This is because once a transaction has been recorded, it cannot be altered without the consensus of the network majority. Hackers cannot just break in, change numbers, and slip out—the entire community of miners has to ratify the change.
The same built-in consensus requirement means that the hard limit of 21 million bitcoins, once reached, will very likely be final. "It would be as if every time the central bank wanted to increase the amount of money out there—to pour water in the wine of all Canadians' bank accounts—they had to take a vote." When the people actually do have a say in the matter, they will very likely say "no thanks" to inflation.
Peter St. Onge


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Former Isles voices all over Stanley Cup coverage
Steve Mears, Joe Micheletti and Deb Placey all part of NHL Network coverage, as are former Islander players Kevin Weekes and Doug Weight.
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=632787
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Kabanov #1 Star in Memorial Cup win
Isles prospect Kirill Kabanov was named the game's #1 star as Shawinigan stayed alive in the Memorial Cup:
http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/jrhockey-buzzing-the-net/2012-mastercard-memorial-cup-three-stars-kirill-kabanov-014843140.html
Shawinigan plays in the semi-finals tonight, with the winner advancing to Sunday's final. (Tonight's game will be shown in the US only on tape -- at 3pm Saturday)
Might be some other series still being played Friday and Sunday :) In fact, I'll guarantee ... a game tonight.
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Parenteau
PA Parenteau was a guest on L'antichambre (a French-language sports talk show) on RDS yesterday.
On the show's twitter feed last night (@antichambre ) , PA is quoted as saying that "there's not a huge difference in the numbers" but they're still "fairly far apart". He added that he would be "nervous" if it reached July.
I had a bilingual friend in Montreal translate it for me to make sure that I wasn't changing the meaning.
If you understand French, you can enjoy the complete interview here: http://ac.rds.ca/
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Isles fans have such fond memories of Mike Milbury passing on Zach Parise in the 2003 Entry Draft to select Robert Nilsson. (To be fair the Rangers had a shot too, and they selected Hugh Jessiman, who was even worse.)
Said Milbury early in the 2005-06 season (in a NY Times story by Jason Diamos), as both players were debuting in the NHL: "''It was a controversial pick,'' Milbury acknowledged recently regarding his selection of Nilsson. ''A lot of people were saying we should have picked Parise. But Nilsson's upside is so substantial, we thought it was worth the risk.''
Even Parise was surprised at the time: "''We thought for sure that I would be going to the Islanders, and we were expecting it,'' the younger Parise said. ''But that's not the way it worked out. And I think it worked out a little better for me. There's no question.''
So, fast forward to spring, 2012. Parise's Devils and the Rangers are in the Conference Finals with one guaranteed a chance at the Stanley Cup Final.
What could be worse from an Islander fan perspective? Oh, this.
http://www.newsday.com/sports/columnists/arthur-staple/is-devils-parise-in-rangers-future-1.3724873
The Blood Rule
Blood – A player who is bleeding or who has visible blood on his
equipment or body shall be ruled off the ice at the next stoppage of
play. Such player shall not be permitted to return to play until the
bleeding has been stopped and the cut or abrasion covered (if
necessary). It is required that any affected equipment and/or uniform
be properly decontaminated or exchanged.
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Bergevin joins the club
Former Islander Marc Bergevin will be introduced at 2pm today as the new General Manager of the Montreal Canadiens.
He becomes the sixth former Islander to currently serve as an NHL GM:
Scott Howson, Columbus: 18 games with Isles
Steve Tambellini, Edmonton: 107 games with Isles
Don Maloney, Phoenix: 91 games with Isles
Marc Bergevin, Montreal: 76 games with Isles
Garth Snow, Islanders: 127 games with Isles
Darcy Regier, Buffalo: 11 games with Isles
A 7th GM, Winnipeg's Kevin Chevaldayoff, was drafted by the Islanders but never appeared in the NHL due to injury.
Okposo scores winner, adds assist in USA Exhibition win
from usahockey <<The U.S. Men's National Team defeated Sweden 3-2 on Tuesday in its only tuneup game before the 2012 IIHF Men's World Championship, held in Helsinki, Finland, and Stockholm, Sweden. Team USA opens play against France at 5:15 a.m. EDT on Friday.>>
Kyle Okposo scored the winning goal (which made it 3-0 US) after assisting on a Jim Slater goal earlier in the contest. Okposo had 24 goals for the Isles this past season; only two Team USA teammates (Bobby Ryan and Max Pacioretty) had more
All Team USA games in the tourney will be shown on NBCSN; all but two of the games will be shown live (ironically the two not shown live are the game against Canada and the Gold Medal Game).
TV schedule from USAHockey:
Team USA 2012 IIHF World Men's Championship Schedule
May 4 - 20 • Helsinki, Finland & Stockholm, Sweden
Date Opponent Location Time (EDT)
Fri., May 4 France Helsinki 5:15 a.m. NBC Sports Network (Live)
Sat., May 5 Canada Helsinki 12:00 p.m. NBC Sports Network
(Delay/10:30 p.m. ET)
Mon., May 7 Slovakia Helsinki 1:15 p.m. NBC Sports Network (Live)
Thurs., May 10 Belarus Helsinki 9:15 a.m. NBC Sports Network (Live)
Fri., May 11 Kazakhstan Helsinki 9:15 a.m. NBC Sports Network (Live)
Sun., May 13 Finland Helsinki 9:15 a.m. NBC Sports Network (Live)
Tues., May 15 Switzerland Helsinki 1:15 p.m. NBC Sports Network (Live)
Thurs., May 17 Quarterfinals Helsinki TBD NBC Sports Network (Live)
Sat., May 19 Semifinals Helsinki TBD NBC Sports Network (TBD)
Sun., May 20 Bronze-Medal Game Helsinki 9:00 a.m. NBC Sports Network (Live)
Gold-Medal Game Helsinki 1:30 p.m. NBC Sports Network (Delay/9 p.m. ET)
Okposo scores winner, adds assist in USA Exhibitio...


Every year approximately during august, I used to make rounds of a small park approximately 2Km from my house. I was waiting for the banjaras or lambadas, as we called them. These were people of a nomadic tribe. They would sell custard apple very similar to how it is portrayed in the picture above. It was always worth waiting, as the same fruit in the regular local market would have cost more than double their price and when you count the haggling you could do with them, the cost benefit was even more stark.
I learned about that time that custard people was not a fruit grown as crops and these banjaras would go into the forest and get it from there. It was also around that time when I was regularly going around trips of about 100 Km from Hyderabad. I used to see that there were rows of these bullock carts of lambadas carrying custard apple which were being taken to the city. These lambadas would come to the city for 2-3 days selling the fruit and then moving on to their next location.
An activity which they have probably been doing since centuries. It was only yesterday that I learnt they were part of the "criminal tribes" of the colonial British empire. However this was not my first interaction with these "type" of tribes. Many tribes which refused to bow to the British authority or were nomadic and thus were considered "uncivilized", were entered into a list and notified in 1871 as "criminal tribes". The corrupt police started using this as an excuse and started pushing more and more unsolved crimes on to them. This created a social stigma for these tribes. Upon attaining Independence, this act was withdrawn and these tribes were "denotified". Unfortunately the attitudes persisted.
My first interaction with these tribes was during my college days, when one of my professors showed us a street play. It was played by members of these tribes which tried to show police brutality towards them. The reality and the stigma attached to these tribes sunk into me, two months later when the lead artist of the troupe was arrested!!
I am sorry to inform that I have no idea of what happened next. All I know was, that professor worked hard for his release, though I seem to remember a faint rumor of the lead artiste dying within 2 months from this incident.
There are 7 nationally recognised political parties in India. The following table gives their names, popular acronyms and symbols.
*except in Assam and Sikkim, where BSP candidates have to choose from free symbols. Elephant symbol belongs to Asom Gana Parishad in those states.
Also see: Recognition of a political party by the election commission.


When do we need to add new Message processor, Message router, or Cassandra database node to our existing setup? And what is the maximum no. of MP, routers, cassandra database nodes that can be added to the existing apigee edge On premises setup.
I am not sure of the exact details, did you try the Apigee documentation?


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SanDiegoVille: Busalacchi's A Modo Mio Bids Farewell To San Diego's Hillcrest Neighborhood.
Busalacchi's A Modo Mio Bids Farewell To San Diego's Hillcrest Neighborhood.
Longtime San Diego restaurant Busalacchi's A Modo Mio will close for business on Tuesday, May 31, ending a more than three decade run in Hillcrest for the family-based Busalacchi Restaurant group.
First started as Busalacchi's on Fifth in 1986 a few buildings south, the Hillcrest restaurant launched an empire for Joe Busalacchi and family, who now own numerous eateries in San Diego's Little Italy. Busalacchi's A Modo Mio opened at 3707 5th Avenue in 2011, serving a menu of traditional Italian fare. Busalacchi Restaurants is closing A Modo Mio to focus on their other restaurants. The company recently rebranded its Po Pazzo restaurant into Sicilian-style eatery Barbusa and are currently renovating Trattoria Fantastica and Cafe Zucchero, which should both reopen this summer.
There is no word yet on who will be taking over the 4,500 square-foot space, but we'll be sure to let it be known when we learn more. The Busalacchi's released the below statement on social media about the closure of A Modo Mio.


CRYSTAL VOYAGER is written and narrated by the eccentric American surfer and filmmaker George Greenough, who pioneered the earliest surf film footage shot from the water.
YBCA Programs in 17–18 are made possible in part by: The James Irvine Foundation.
Additional Funding for YBCA Programs 17–18: National Endowment for the Arts, Abundance Foundation, Grosvenor, and Members of Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.