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Mason, Flyers shut out Senatorsby Sean Farrell
OTTAWA -- The Philadelphia Flyers played their most complete game of the season to help Steve Mason record his first shutout in 20 months.
Mason made 24 saves for his first shutout with Philadelphia, and Jakub Voracek scored twice in the second period in a 5-0 win against the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday.
It was the 20th shutout of Mason's career and his first in 20 games with the Flyers, who acquired him from the Columbus Blue Jackets in a trade in April.
"There are nights when goaltenders earn a shutout and they do a lot of the work, but tonight was a complete team effort," Mason said. "The guys really worked hard for this win."
Brayden Schenn and Vincent Lecavalier each had a goal and an assist in the third period, and Matt Read scored in the first for the Flyers, who have won two in a row for the second time this season.
"The way we're playing, we're playing as a team, we're following the way we should be playing and we're working hard," said Philadelphia captain Claude Giroux, who assisted on both of Jakub Voracek's second-period goals. "Obviously, when you've got Steve Mason behind us, too, it's easy to play with confidence."
Giroux, who scored his first goal of the season Saturday in a 4-2 win against the Edmonton Oilers, recorded his 300th career point on his linemate's first of the game 28 seconds into the second period. He also assisted on Voracek's second goal of the game, which came on the power play at 10:33 of the second to put the Flyers ahead 3-0.
Philadelphia scored more than two goals for the second game in a row, but only the third time in 17 games this season.
"You get two goals, you know, a quick one to start off the second period, and then to be able to get that elusive third one was definitely big," Mason said.
Craig Anderson stopped 26 shots in his first game since Nov. 3, when he was injured in a goalmouth collision with Dallas Stars rookie Valeri Nichushkin.
"My job is to give the team a chance to win," Anderson said. "It's black and white; there's no gray area there. My job is to give the team an opportunity to win at the end of the night, regardless of what happens during the game, so for me, I've got to look myself in the mirror and say that I've got to be better."
Anderson got the start even though backup goalie Robin Lehner was named the NHL's First Star of the Week on Monday. Lehner led Ottawa to three straight wins while Anderson was sidelined because of a sore neck, posting a 1.33 goals-against average and .958 save percentage.
"I think there are only 20 guys in Philadelphia that are happy with their game tonight, so I don't think there's anyone on our team that should be happy with their game, and Craig's no different than the rest of us," Senators coach Paul MacLean said. "I don't think any of us are happy with how we played. Twenty guys went out there; 20 guys didn't get the job done."
Mason had not blanked an opponent since Mar. 1, 2012, when he made 33 saves for Columbus in a 2-0 win against the Colorado Avalanche.
Ottawa almost ended Mason's shutout bid in the third period but had a goal waved off moments after Schenn scored Philadelphia's fifth goal on a power play at 13:32.
Chris Neil's deflection of Joe Corvo's point shot was disallowed at 14:19 because the Senators right wing made contact with the puck above the level of the crossbar, a ruling that was confirmed by video review.
"My glove was above the crossbar and just even his reaction, I think he knew it right away too," Mason said.
Steve Downie returned to the Flyers' lineup after missing four games because of a concussion. He assisted on Read's goal, his fourth of the season, on a wraparound shot that beat Anderson inside the left post at 16:24 of the first.
Anderson sprawled to make a left-pad save moments later on Voracek's backhand shot on a partial breakaway.
Scott Hartnell got his first assist in 39 games on Voracek's goal early in the second. Hartnell passed behind the net to Voracek, who came out front to stuff the puck inside the right post.
Anderson robbed Giroux of a goal with a spectacular save in the closing seconds of the middle period. The Ottawa goaltender lunged to his right to make a backhand save on Giroux's shot from the left side, stopping the puck in midair with the paddle of his stick.
"I was really shocked, and a little [upset], too, but you've just got to go with it," Giroux said. "Obviously, if it would have been for a big goal, it would have been frustrating, but he made a nice save. There was nothing I could do."
Lecavalier made it 4-0 with his seventh goal at 7:57 of the third.
Senators defenseman Chris Phillips missed the game because of an undisclosed injury.


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Monday, May 23, 2011
Hooray for TV
(CHICAGO, IL – May 23, 2011) At the end of the NBC network portion of this weekend's Preakness Stakes programming, sportscaster Bob Costas provided a near-teary salute to Dick Ebersol, the frequently-feted executive who recently announced that he's retiring next month after three decades of being at the epicenter of sport's biggest telecasts.
It's undetermined how much Ebersol, a short-timer, had to do with producing Saturday's show. But if it was a lot, he'll be missed. For those who enjoyed the Triple Crown's second jewel while prone on the couch, you viewed an Eclipse Award-winning production on your Sony. Fingers crossed that the broadcasters fare as well when the Belmont Stakes is contested with flimsier storylines.
While not flawless – the coverage ran on a half-hour too long, failed to televise the sport's number one turf horse even though Paddy O'Prado won the Dixie Stakes during the telecast's timeframe, and had technical problems that obliterated trainer Graham Motion's humorous remarks in a pre-race interview with Kenny Rice – NBC Sports portrayed horse racing as a game that's enjoyed on many levels.
The two hour show captivated viewers with stretches of human drama, teased them with controversial interviews and provided them with insights that people in the Pimlico grandstand did not benefit from despite being on site.
Human Interest Segments. The assortment of stories involving Preakness participants made watching the race almost secondary. Costas pressed Barry Irwin on the controversial statements he made in the post-Derby interviews and Irwin's natural garrulity surfaced. He admitted regret for his ill-conceived timing when speaking out against horse racing's problems, and then called for the FBI to investigate the misuse of drugs on the animals. Once a maverick, always a maverick. But Irwin, who was prepared for his inquisition this time, was terrific.
A feature on jockey Robby Albarado was not limited to his bad luck in losing the mount on Animal Kingdom. The segment excelled when it moved on to a discussion of the felony charges of domestic abuse and wanton endangerment that resulted in the jockey's ultimate plea to accept rehab. It ended with Albarado professing he's prepared to make changes in his behavior.
The most emotional piece, however, was about Noah Grove, the brave 12-year-old son of Norman Asbjornson's trainer Chris Grove. Noah's osteosarcoma led to having his leg amputated a few years back. His mom cried as she told NBC Sports that his last words before surgery were a plea to leave the leg on. The network presented uplifting footage of Noah free of the cancer but having to deal with a prosthetic.
Expert Insight. Experienced horse racing fans are able to catch the subtle developments before, during and after a horse race that explain the outcome. But the casual fan sees a field of animals load into a gate, run the course and finish a race not really knowing what happened. TV viewers have the action explained to them.
Nobody on TV provides better analysis than Gary Stevens. The former champion jockey was noteworthy Saturday for explaining that winning jockey Jesus Castanon slowed the pace down after taking the lead on the backstretch. He noted that Animal Kingdom didn't break well, was too far back and that Castanon went through five sets of goggles compared to none in the Derby. But where Stevens really stood out was when he crouched like a rider must on a sway-backed mount and explained why this odd conformation put a jock at a big disadvantage.
Excuse Donna Barton Brothers for being wrong when she said that Shackleford's high-keyed behavior and subsequent washiness would compromise the winner's chances. Moreover, she said Mr. Commons and King Congie were runners with the look and demeanor of horses that would run well. But she was spot-on at other times, including her prompting of Castanon to translate what the Mexican-born rider said in Spanish to his mother as he dedicated the victory to his recently-deceased father. Brothers's questions might originate with people in a booth delivering them in her ear through an embedded listening device, but they were asked at the right time with feigned spontaneity.
Give credit to those guys in the booth also for keying on the loser. Immediately after he dismounted the runner-up, Velazquez explained that Animal Kingdom was hit in the chest with the kickback when running closer to horses in front when he took to the dirt in the Derby. This time around, further back of the pack, the colt was hit in the face, and it bothered him.
Tom Hammond wears well on the eyes despite a vintage haircut. Versus anchors Randy Moss (he noted that Shackleford changed leads late in the stretch in his post-race analysis) and Laffit Pincay III handle set-up and mop-up like able custodians.
Beautiful Images. As for how everything looked, fans in want of a new screensaver need search no further than NBC's overhead shot of the Preakness field strung out on the backstretch. With the sun at the cameraman's back, the long shadows of the horses in motion created an ethereal image, as if swans in flight were cast in the glow of a sunset.
Close-ups of Costas, surrounded by infield gardens, made Pimlico appear to be Eden. Pans of Chesapeake Bay made Baltimore look as if it was Barcelona. Another shot stopped hearts; it was of Motion consoling his son after the results were official. And, best of all, NBC Sports ran numerous commercials that advertised upcoming telecasts from Saratoga Racecourse and the Breeders' Cup. What more could you ask for?
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'Swift-Boating' of Obama fails
Obama should have been destroyed by now. That was the plan.
He was going to be "Swift Boated" in this election, just like John Kerry was in 2004.
Story Continued Below
It would be about Benghazi, where on Sept. 11 of this year, U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were killed. This would be the spear point that would fatally wound the Obama campaign.
It would be a classic smear: The Obama administration had delivered a "stand down" order to potential rescuers, and so the four Americans had died.
Why would any agency or anybody in the administration do such a thing? It didn't matter. Wingnuts can always find motives. There are still people who say Bill Clinton murdered Vince Foster. Whole books have been written about that one.
There are legitimate questions to be answered about what happened at Benghazi. There always are questions after such tragedies. Warnings were ignored by the George W. Bush administration before the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, after all. Were warnings ignored in Libya? Hindsight will probably find some.
But Ambassador Stevens would hardly have ventured to Benghazi with inadequate protection if he thought there were legitimate warnings not to do so.
So a different narrative, a different point of attack, would have to be found for Benghazi. On Oct. 26, Fox News reported that urgent requests for military backup during the attacks in Benghazi "was denied by officials in the CIA chain of command - - who also told the CIA operators twice to 'stand down' rather than help the ambassador's team when shots were heard at approximately 9:40 p.m. in Benghazi on Sept. 11."
The CIA and State Department denied it, but "stand down" would become the rallying cry for the far right.
It not only appears everywhere on social media, but on Friday Obama was on his way to a rally at the Franklin County Fairgrounds in Hilliard, Ohio, when, according to the White House press pool report, it "passed small groups of onlookers, including a slightly larger cluster holding signs related to Benghazi such as: 'We won't stand down … Benghazi' and 'What are you hiding?' "
But Benghazi has proven to be not dynamite, but a firecracker. The October surprise has not turned into a bombshell. Instead, it has bombed.
Romney might have made it an issue, but he blew two chances. In the second presidential debate, Romney delivered a muddled attack as to whether the administration had called the killings a terrorist act quickly enough. Then Romney finally managed to remember his talking point.


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Having traded Anquan Boldin to the San Francisco 49ers, the Ravens must now replace his production. Third-year wide receiver Torrey Smith must adapt to higher expectations and heightened attention from opponents, and Jacoby Jones will have to replicate the big plays he made in 2012. A youngster such as Tandon Doss will have to step up. Still, the Ravens could look to add a veteran wide-out for insurance. No, Greg Jennings won't fit their tight budget, but Robinson, who has had concussion concerns but also has size and ability, might.
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Roy Hunter wrote:Yes, but not the sort of argument that convinces my wife. Fuck rationality, I need spousal approval ratings these days.PKMKII wrote:That's an argument for not taking it easy.The Dalek helmet was my 10 year-old nephew's. He got it for his 7th birthday. It has long since gone the way of all toys. Maybe I'll have to buy one on eBay...PKMKII wrote:And that's an argument for wearing the dalek helmet while you do so.
The Highland Park is lovely. I swapped a few PMs with Black Bart (I'm sure he won't mind me mentioning this) about a choice of whisky for Monkey, and I talked him into getting a Highland Park. It would seem I talked myself into it too. I hope he is as happy with my choice as I am...
I've only just spotted this thread...congrats, what a great subject. I still haven't got round to trying Highland Park but I will.
There is a Welsh Whisky of some merit now. I passed the Penderyn distillery quite recently. They are calling it a tourist attraction but it is only a shed! it seems rather expensive to me.


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Hello again everyone,
For those of you that were interested or recently started The Greatest Show on Earth, by Richard Dawkins, I figured we would start a discussion on it. Any one that wants to join in and start the read is more than welcome, as well as those who have already read it. (I'm sure Nelson will have some insight for us!)
Let me know what you think! Thanks everyone!
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Hello Everyone!
After a long and busy holiday I finally managed to start the preface and chapter one discussion. It will be open for the next week and we can get started posting on it right away. I'm looking forward to all the responses. Here is the link to the first discussion page
"The Greatest Show on Earth" - Discussion 1
Thank you to everyone that participated in the Preface and Chapter One discussion board. I think for next Sunday we can try to get chapters two and three in. I hope this isn't too fast for everyone. If you haven't finished the preface and chapter one that's fine. I will still be responding to that discussion board and you can catch up with us at your own pace.
I look forward to the next discussion with you all.
Happy reading!
Hello again everyone,
I guess we had a little falling off, but feel free to jump right back in. I didn't post the link to the second discussion like I did with the first, so I guess better late than never. Here it is.
Looking forward to hearing some responses. The chapter three discussion will be up sometime Sunday night or Monday morning! Thanks again for the responses.
Just wanted to stop by and let everyone know that the next discussion for the book is up!
Check it out here - "The Greatest Show on Earth" Discussion 3
so, Chapter 4: Silence and Slow Time.
One of the most striking tidbits in this chapter comes near the end when Dawkins points out that "some 40% of the American population, and a somewhat smaller percentage of the British population, claim to believe that the Earth, far from being measured in billions of years, is less than 10,000 years. Lamentably, in America and over much of the Islamic world, some of these history-deniers wield power over schools and their syllabuses." That is truly grotesque, that the numbers are that high, I mean I can't stand the idea of ANYONE believing that crap, but 40%...
It's so hard to understand that mindset. I mean when I read this chapter and Dawkins clearly details how dating works: tree rings (dendrochronology), radioactive clocks (half-life), and the various layers that fossils are found in and how they correspond to certain time periods (Cambrian, Ordovician, Devonian, etc.); and how all these methods can be used to date fossils and rocks and the age of the earth: it just all seems to make perfect sense. 1+1=2. And yet, so many people just completely reject all this evidence to instead "uphold the origin myth of a particular set of Bronze Age desert tribesman." Sigh...
Allow me to post a sidebar. Candidly, I haven't read the book yet. I agree with you..."It's so hard to understand that mindset." My situation was somewhat unique. I studied the Bible under a non-denomination preacher/teacher in Houston. He was degreed in Hebrew, Koine Greek and Aramaic from the University of Arizona, a pre-dispensationalist, Church Age proponent, etc. He actually did teach that the earth was millions and millions of years old, distinguishing what he called a complete global ice age between Gen. 1:1 and 1:2.
The church had untold thousands of adherents across the U.S., Canada, Europe and Asia including a VP of the US. He was so articulate and scholarly that we all 'accepted' this view. He published dozens of tracts and tapes and CD's. He refused to be televised or appeal to one's wallet. The man truly believed what he preached. But, later in my life, I woke up, grew up, studied and focused and came to believe that even a more rational form of religion was still untrue and based on mythology.
The point is, is that I can, in a way, understand the epistemology and ontological structure of their belief system...it's wrong, but I do to a degree comprehend it. Of course, I now know that 'faith', 'religion', a somewhat patriotic belief structure exists very, very deeply in this nation and it makes me sad. Irrationality usually trumps reason.


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There are a lot of "rules" in the stock market that don't seem to die because more often than not, they work.
Take for instance the S&P 5-day rule, which comes from the Stock Market Almanac. According to the rule, the S&P 500 ends the year positive if it ends the first five trading days of the year positive.
It has worked between 80 to 90 percent of the time.
And it worked last year.
And according to Art Cashin, UBS Financial Services Director of Floor Operations, traders are chatting about it again.
From this morning's Cashin's Comments:
What Does Wednesday's Rally Indicate? - Lots of folks tried to extrapolate Wednesday's rally to indicator status. As Steven Russolillo of the WSJ notes, the predictability provided by the action of the first trading day of the year is about the same as a coin flip - it's right 50% of the time.
The first five days of trading, however, have a more discernible record. According to the very helpful Traders Almanac, the last 39 times the market rose in the first five days, it closed up on the year 33 times (84.69%). So stay tuned.


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The Pitt men's basketball team will be participating for the first time ever in the 2014 EA Sports Maui Invitational this November 24-26. Potential opponents for the Panthers include: Arizona, Missouri, and Purdue.
For fans looking to travel to the tournament, Pitt Athletics has partnered with the Alumni Association and Prime Sports to offer travel package options. Those packages include a 5-night stay at the oceanfront Sheraton Maui Resort and Spa, tickets to all Pitt games, shuttle service and more. Please note a travel package must be purchased in order to secure tickets to the games. Fans will also be responsible for their own flights. The package is a land package only.
Packages are currently available exclusively for Panther Club members on a first-come, first serve basis until January 31; however all interested fans are encouraged to inquire about more information and to get their names added to the list. Orders will be confirmed based on order date. Visit Pitt Panthers Sports Travel or call 1-888-697-8550 to reserve your spot today!


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Good Posture for a Healthy Back
What is Good Posture?
The general concept of posture refers to "the carriage of the body as a whole, the attitude of the body, or the position of the arms and legs". It is the position in which you hold your body upright against gravity while standing, sitting or lying down. Good posture is the position which is attained when the joints are not bent or twisted and the spine is aligned. Maintaining good posture involves training your body to move and function where the least strain is placed on bones, joints and soft tissues.
What can Good Posture do for you?
- Optimize breathing and circulation
- Maintain the bones and joints in the correct alignment so that muscles are being used properly and efficiently
- Help reduce or prevent the abnormal wearing of joint surfaces that could result in degenerative diseases, such as arthritis
- Decrease the stress on the soft tissues, such as ligaments, muscles, tendons and discs
- Prevent the spine from becoming fixed in abnormal positions
- Prevent fatigue because muscles are being used more efficiently, allowing the body to use less energy
- Prevent postural strain or overuse problems
- Prevent neck or back pain
- Prevent muscle fatigue
- Contributes to a healthy image or appearance
How do I know if I am sitting correctly?
Complete a posture checklist and see how you "measure up".
Here are some helpful hints:
- Keep your back straight, maintain all 3 natural curves in your spine
- Distribute your weight evenly on both hips
- Keep your head and neck aligned over your shoulders
- Sit back in your chair; your back should be supported by the seat back
- Adjust your chair height so that your hips are slightly higher than your knees
- Be sure your feet are supported by the floor or a footrest
- Avoid sitting for long periods of time; get up from your chair at least once every hour
- Do not twist or bend your back from a seated position
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What's Hot and What's Not - Asia Pacific Real Estate
31 January 2017
Asia Pacific is seeing a new wave of liquidity driven by institutional capital and sovereign wealth funds and augmented by cash from private sources, either domestic developers (in particular from China, Korea and Japan) or corporate and high-net-worth players, according to latest data shared by international real estate adviser, Savills.
Sydney Office Rents Rising, Incentives Falling Across the Board
27 January 2017
Australia's leading office market, Sydney CBD, has experienced a significant rise in net effective rents across both prime and secondary buildings.
Savills Leasing Secures Top Talent
27 January 2017
Savills New South Wales Office Leasing team has appointed highly regarded Ash Sharma to the position of Director Office Leasing.
Transport Infrastructure Key to Successful Cities
18 January 2017
Australian cities which provide the most efficient transport and social infrastructure will place themselves in the best positon to maintain liveability.
North Americans Take $1 Billion in Oz Retail Stock
18 January 2017
North American investors have splashed out nearly $1 billion on Australian retail assets, closely followed by Asian buyers with $800 million.
Foreigners Dominate With 39.5% of $26.9bn Spend
16 January 2017
Australia's commercial property investment market continues to power ahead with another $26.9 billion spent in the 12 months to December.
Savills: What do more strictly enforced capital controls mean for overseas property investment?
13 January 2017
Savills report on HCMC real estate market Q4/2016
12 January 2017
In 2016, GDP growth achieved 6.2% with the real estate industry expanding 4% to a 5-year high.
Savills Vietnam report on Hanoi real estate market Q4/2016
11 January 2017
In 2016, GDP growth achieved 6.2% with the real estate industry expanding 4% to a 5-year high.
Key Contacts
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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has made over one million observations during its more than two decades in orbit. New images are published nearly every week, but hidden in Hubble's huge data archives are some truly breathtaking images that have never been seen. They're called Hubble's Hidden Treasures, and you can now help to bring them to light.
Between now and May 31, 2012, the European Space Agency (ESA), NASA's partner in the Hubble mission, invites you to explore Hubble's vast science archive to dig out the best unseen Hubble images. Find a great dataset in the Hubble Legacy Archive (HLA) at http://hla.stsci.edu, adjust the contrast and colors using the simple online tools, and submit to the Hubble's Hidden Treasures Contest Flickr group.
For an extra challenge, try using the same software that astronomical imaging professionals use to process Hubble images. Just download the data from the HLA at http://hla.stsci.edu/, process using powerful open-source software such as ESA/ESO/NASA FITS Liberator, or Photoshop and GIMP, and make a beautiful image for the Hubble's Hidden Treasures Image Processing Contest Flickr group.
For more information about the competition, visit the Hubble's Hidden Treasures webpage at http://www.spacetelescope.org/hiddentreasures.
The HLA is designed to optimize science from the Hubble Space Telescope by providing online enhanced Hubble science products and advanced browsing capabilities. The HLA is a joint project of the Space Telescope Science Institute, the Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility, and the Canadian Astronomy Data Center.
For additional information, contact:
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Sometimes this season I try to imagine myself watching Mad Men as some people I know are doing it, without having seen seasons 1-3. This week's episode, "The Good News," might be among the less comprehensible in the whole series, but there would certainly be funny and poignant moments. Don's man-date with Lane has its outrageous bit of comedy. Joan's firing of Lane's secretary for failing to take responsibility for the flowers fuckup is deliciously dramatic. I would gladly watch Don Draper drive a red convertible along the Pacific coast for an hour or two each week. The scene in which Greg stitches up Joan's finger while telling his hillbilly joke is one of the most arresting in the episode whether or not you know the backstory of these two, though it packs much more of an emotional wallop if you know [SPOILER ALERT!] that (1) he raped her, and (2) he has no brains in his fingers, which has led to (3): he joins the army and is soon shipping off to Vietnam, where he will die.
I said as the scene ended, "I really don't want to like that guy" and well, that scene made me LOVE him, which is just wrong. Of course I don't know that he's going to die. The M.D.s are less likely to die in a war than the G.I.s, but given that these scenes were paired with the ones of Dick finding out about Anna's terminal illness, death is a theme.
This show makes me want to fish for thematic parallels and obscure allusions, and bear with me. One of the movies Don and Lane consider seeing on New Year's Eve is The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (IMO, the greatest film ever made) and in that movie, the protagonist played by Catherine Deneuve becomes pregnant with a child just before her lover departs for the war. When he returns he finds her having set up a family in his absence with another man. In "The Good News" Joan is looking to get pregnant at the same time that her husband is shipping off to Vietnam. Uh huh. Another thing this episode makes me think about is harm to people's legs and feet. First in Season 3 Guy McKendrick is run over by the John Deere driven by Lois, his career ending in that awful bloody moment; then the Ad Age reporter sent to interview Don in "Public Relations" is missing a leg (lost in the war, of course, the same one in which Dick became Don), and now Anna Draper, who already limped from polio, has her leg in a walking cast. I'll get back to you about the ultimate significance of the deep symbolic meanings involved here but they sure suggest mortality and pain.
We learn a lot in this episode, which I found to be among the most amusing, surreal, and inconsequential of the series so far. Joan has had two abortions, one of them performed under questionable and undoubtedly dangerous circumstances. This threatens her ability to have a child with Greg, though the gyno (he calls her Jojo and she calls him Walter -- interesting!) seems confident enough.
I would predict that Joan can't have kids, though perhaps an even better storyline for her would follow the Umbrellas situation -- pregnant with an absent husband, or maybe Greg returns from the war with a bum foot? Let's keep going: Anna Draper is dying and everyone is keeping it a secret from her. This is one of the show's "period" ironies -- in those days, that's how things were done. Can you believe that? As well, Lane, like Don, is divorced. (Remember the scene in "Love Among the Ruins" when the Pryces an Drapers go out for dinner together?) The students at Berkeley are staging sit-ins. A whore cost $25 in mid-1960s NYC. Don Draper will indeed put the moves on every young, attractive woman he comes across. And so on.
If you haven't watched every episode leading up to this one, you don't know that scenes in an OBGYN office are always important.
Peggy goes to Joan's doctor -- the same one we see in this episode -- for birth control in "Smoke Get in Your Eyes" only to meet with his paternalism and disapproval. ("Even in our modern times, easy women don't find husbands," he admonishes.) Betty sees hers in season 2 to find out about her surprise pregnancy with baby Gene. Now here we are back with Jojo's Walter. This is so obviously a "setting things up" episode that Joan's fertility is undoubtedly in play as S4 progresses, as is Anna Draper's mortality. I can't help but anticipate a connection between them.
But what seems most in play is the underlying identity of Don Draper as Dick Whitman. If Anna Draper dies, so does the experience Don/Dick has of being a true, authentic self, a pre-Don Draper innocent. We know that the season's theme is supposed to be "Who is Don Draper?" This episode pushes us to consider the possibility that Don is no longer the assumed identity of Dick, that enough time and experience has passed that the identity of Don supersedes that of Dick. When Don signs her wall "Dick + Anna '64" it makes it seem as if Don is performing an earlier, more youthful identity rather than, as earlier in the series, as if Don is Dick's performance.
The larger significance of these observations for my ongoing MM blogging project is to see the dense interconnection of themes and motifs, along with the backstory and our memories of characters' journeys, as essentially legitimating of shows like this one. A network serial would most often belabor the backstory with expository recapping dialogue. Characters would remind one another of their situations. For instance, Joan and Greg's exquisite home surgery scene would find more obvious ways of reminding us that Greg's career as a surgeon had seemed so promising, only to fall apart when he was denied the chief residency. Anna and Dick's moments together would find more obvious ways of reminding us of that earlier episode, "The Mountain King," when Don first pays her a visit and remembers the earlier time when they were together. The subtlety of this episode's allusions and cues to memory works in a different register of audience address than the typical mass television fare, rewarding and flattering the completist audience for Quality TV (and especially the people like me who have seen every episode at least twice) and basically showing a lack of interest in pleasing the casual viewer who, presumably, is necessary for guaranteeing the networks their larger audiences. But who knows, maybe those casual viewers -- you know who you are -- get their own kinds of pleasure from watching casually, which I only wish I knew about. I find the show to be a kind of reverse guilty pleasure at this point, pushing me to invest in its symbols and references, its dense thematic interconnection of episodes. I almost wish I could watch it in a state of innocence, just to find out what will happen next.
PS I never thought Don was really going to make it to Acapulco in this episode, and I'm still not sure why they decided to call this one "The Good News."
(updated to add a title to the post)
3 comments:
- nick said...
Why it's "The Good News": because, as Lane said, though the financials are precarious -- it's been a very good year.
- michael z newman said...
There's also the bit with Anna's niece, the story about her friend who found Jesus and said, "have you heard the good news?" -- but I can't see how these inconsequential lines should be important enough to be made the title, and anyhow this episode is really about bad news...but I'll keep mulling it over.
- amanda said...
Nice recap. I too loved the scene in which Greg gives Joan stitches. I'm intrigued by this relationship because it seems so wrong. Even before the rape, I felt like Greg was wrong for Joan--she's hot pink and he's beige. But this scene offered a peak at what Joan sees in this turd--we get to see him acting like a good doctor and we get to hear him tell one of my favorite jokes of all time (and he did it pretty well too).
I also enjoyed the rapport between Joan and her surprisingly liberal OBGYN. I like how you contrasted their relationship with the other OBGYN scenes.
And yes, I foresee trouble for Joan--either infertility or the death of Greg.


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PHOENIX Two players can't win an NCAA title by themselves, even if they're Darren Collison and Kevin Love.
The slick junior point guard and gifted freshman center accounted for 40 of UCLA's 51 points in the Bruins' 51-49 second-round squeaker over Texas A&M.
But it was an aberration, the two players say, and the wealth will be shared against Western Kentucky in the West region semifinals on Thursday.
"We can spread it around," Love said. "Josh (Shipp) will start knocking down shots. He has been shooting the ball all week. Luc's ankle is back to 100 percent. And Russell (Westbrook) has been shooting the ball well in practice."
Luc Richard Mbah a Moute is especially important to the Bruins, coach Ben Howland said at Wednesday's news conference. The big forward missed two games with a sprained left ankle before returning against Texas A&M.
"We know at this point, without Luc playing major minutes, it is going to be very rough for us to advance," Howland said. "He has been a three-year starter. He is an integral part of what we do at both ends of the floor. I expect him to play, hoping that he doesn't get in any kind of foul trouble, at least 30 minutes tomorrow."
Mbah a Moute had two points, eight rebounds, and six turnovers in what he acknowledged was a rusty 32 minutes against the Aggies. He underwent an MRI as a precaution on Monday but said he was ready to go against the Hilltoppers.
"As far as the pain, my ankle the pain is less," Mbah a Moute said. "I don't feel much pain, and the swelling went down. If I have to give a percentage, I would say 90, 95 percent hopefully tomorrow."
Shipp, meanwhile, is recovering from strep throat and trying to find his outside shot. In his last three games, Shipp went 5-for-21, 0-for-10 on 3-pointers. Westbrook hasn't fared much better, going 8-for-29, 2-for-8 on 3s, in the last three victories.
Still, the Bruins have won 12 in a row, even though five of their last eight have been by three points or less and another was in overtime.
"This team has been through a lot of close games, not only late this season, but the last three years," Howland said. "We've won more than we lost in close games. And I think that's the sign of a good team and a good program."
So it's safe to assume the Bruins (33-3) will not take anything for granted against No. 12 seed Western Kentucky (29-6), though no 12th-seeded team has beaten a No. 1.
"No matter what the seedings are," Collison said, "we have to play against a team that will give it their best shot."
The Hilltoppers, winners of eight in a row, advanced to Phoenix with a 101-99 overtime upset of Drake, followed by a 72-63 win against a San Diego team that had knocked off No. 4 seed Connecticut.
While the elite programs, such as UCLA, often lose top players to the NBA after one or two seasons, Western Kentucky starts three senior guards Courtney Lee, Tyrone Brazelton and Ty Rogers.
"I don't think there is any question it would be hard for us to be here without the senior leadership that we have," coach Darrin Horn said, "and the fact that those guys have been in the program for a long time, believe in what we're doing and believe in each other, probably more importantly."
Western Kentucky hasn't been this deep in the NCAA tournament since 1993, when Horn was a sophomore guard on the team and his assistant, Cypheus Bunton, was a junior forward. That team, seeded seventh, lost to No. 3 seed Florida State in overtime. Horn scored 17 in that contest.
So the coach knows what the players are feeling.
"We try to help them understand that this is a great experience. That it is hard to describe unless you've actually done it, and it will stick with you for the rest of your life," Horn said.
Howland said he was impressed with Western Kentucky when he studied film Tuesday night of the Hilltoppers' 88-82 loss to Tennessee in December.
"I mean, Tennessee is a team that obviously has been there all year, and has been ranked No. 1," Howland said. "They (the Hilltoppers) are right there. It is a one point game with two minutes to go. That game could have gone either way. ... So they're a team, as is any team that's left in the tournament right now, that can beat anybody."
The question is, can anybody beat a UCLA team that seems to get all the breaks at the end of close games. Referee's calls or non-calls have loomed large in several of the Bruins' wins.
The Texas A&M game was the most recent example. A photograph clearly showed that Shipp fouled the Aggies' Donald Sloan on what would have been a game-tying basket in the closing seconds.
"It is interesting that there seems like there's been an idea that there's some kind of conspiracy theory that's helping UCLA with the officials," Howland said. "I hope that's true, but I assure you it's not."


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Earlier this week, the Jets joined the Giants, matching their in-stadium neighbor's $500,000 to the relief effort in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.
The Jets posted an item on their website regarding the donation, but they chose not to send out a press release.
The funds contributed by the Jets were divided among the Mayor's Fund for NYC Hurricane Relief, the Hurricane Sandy New Jersey Relief Fund, and the Nassau and Suffolk County branches of the Salvation Army.
"Our hearts go out to all of those affected by Hurricane Sandy," Jets owner Woody Johnson said. "The Jets hope that these donations will make a difference in the lives of those people. We will continue to find ways to assist those in need and encourage our fans to find ways to help with these efforts."
The Jets also plan to honor those affected by the storm at the Thanksgiving night game against the Patriots. One hundred first responders will hold a field-sized American flag during the playing of the National Anthem, and they will form the tunnel through which Jets players pass during introductions. The Jets also will have a moment of silence before the opening kickoff to honor those affected by the storm.
The hurricane relief effort highlights the tensions between public charity and private contributions. The Eagles, for example, have made a donation, supported telethons, taped PSAs with key players, and assisted with clothing drives and food banks — without any overt effort to publicize their actions. Though press releases could inspire others to be involved, some prefer discretion.
We'll keeping our eyes and ears for proof of efforts by teams other than the Jets, Giants, Eagles, Dolphins, Vikings, and Colts. Though any of the other 26 who have contributed may have opted against fanfare, they deserve credit.


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Enterprises are moving data in-house as they adapt to big data demands, a joint Oracle and Quocirca report has indicated, reversing a trend towards looking to third party providers for short term capacity support.
The third Oracle Next Generation Data Center Index Cycle report, surveying 952 organisations across EMEA and Asia Pacific, has shown that many enterprises are investing in data centre infrastructure within their own property, bucking the trend of a similar report released last year.
The latest Index Cycle report shows that the amount of respondents using only in-house data centres has risen to 65 percent, up from 45 percent this time last year. The number with a single in-house data centre facility rose from 26 percent to 41 percent, while those with multiple internal data centres grew from 19 percent to 25 percent.
Meanwhile the number of respondents with a mix of external and internal facilities was down, falling from 56 percent to 34 percent.
The movement of data in-house reverses a trend highlighted in last year's report, which found that enterprises were looking to external data centres in order to deal with the explosion of big data, leading to 'panic-buying of capacity' from external providers.
While the amount of data enterprises are dealing with is continuing to increase, the strategies used to deal with the issue are changing, suggested John Abel, Engineered Systems Product Leader EMEA Hardware at Oracle.
"Last year what we saw is that people were starting to expand external facility," said Abel told Computerworld UK. "We put this down to cloud computing [at the time], but actually we see people are now going back to their own facilities."
There are a number of reasons for this shift, Abel said. One is the "re-using of assets", with organisations keen to invest in their own capability by injecting capital into IT. Another is increased coordination between business and IT within an organisation, with greater awareness by of data usage among C-level staff.
Abel also pointed to shifting attitudes towards the use cloud as a possible driving factor in bringing data in-house. Following the mainstream acceptance of the cloud, many organisations are now bringing certain applications back into internal data centres as a private cloud rather than external deployments, or are looking towards hybrid clouds.
"Last year cloud computing was being explored by the businesses, and they were doing develop and test piloting. But the private and hybrid clouds have now come to maturity," he said.
"They are utilising these different platforms for different business functions. Because they are doing this they are taking those savings and opex reductions and actually investing that back into their own landscape."
While there may be no single driving factor for enterprises switching preferrence to internal data centres, what is clear is that the amount of data that organisations are dealing with is showing no signs of abating, with more respondents highlighting the need to make investments in data centre capacity.
The number of organisations indicating that they will need a new data centre in the next 12 months grew from 22 percent to 26 percent. On the other hand the number which say they have no need to increased capacity has fallen over the period, from 17 percent two years ago to 7 percent this year.


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For the three of you who don't have ereaders yet, SHAKEN, the seventh Jack Daniels thriller, is available in print today.
Amazon.com is currently pricing it at a paltry $7.75.
It's also available in various audio formats.
Those just tuning in might not know that SHAKEN's journey to publication has been a long, strange one.
I'll recap.
Though my previous six Jack Daniels novels are still in print and earning money, my publisher, Hyperion, decided that they didn't want to make any more money and didn't pick up the seventh book.
My agent shopped it around to three or four other publishers. No one bit. I went on to write some other books, got a little bit of traction with ebook sales, and then got an offer for SHAKEN from a major publisher.
I passed on the offer. I figured I'd release SHAKEN on my own.
Then AmazonEncore came into the picture. We struck a deal for them to publish SHAKEN in ebook, print, and audio formats. Encore had more marketing muscle than I did, and the ability to get books into bookstores was alluring.
The ebook version was released in October for $2.99, and I've been pleased with the sales.
Preorders for the print version of SHAKEN have been strong. If will be interesting to see how the book does. Especially since STIRRED, the final Jack Daniels book, will be coming out later this year.
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When Bryan Bantry built a theater two decades ago at Goose Creek, his compound in Wainscott, his was one of the few on the South Fork at the time. He thinks he remembers that Ronald Perelman, Barry Sonnenfeld, and Ronald Lauder each had one, with Mr. Lauder's being in a barn. In that pre-digital age, he had to source his equipment from Germany and prints had to be delivered. Times have certainly changed.
"Now in your high-end market [a home theater] is almost a given," said Gene Stilwell, managing director of Town and Country Real Estate. "Buyers now expect it's part of the package." He describes the high-end at $5 million and above. "It's a selling point in the high-end rental too," said Nanette Hansen of Sotheby's. "People want to have a movie night and have their friends over."
"They're over the top as far as what they're doing," said Mr. Stilwell, mentioning one where a night sky appears on the ceiling replete with assorted twinkling heavenly bodies. "You can even adjust how many shooting stars." He was referring to the fiber-optic ceiling tiles that can be installed by the several home theater companies doing a thriving business on the South Fork.
When it comes to tricking out these babies "the sky's the limit," said Zac Allentuck, proprietor of Hamptons Technology Group, an East Hampton company that has installed "basic to elaborate" media rooms.
Indeed, Crescendo Designs in Southampton, which employs an in-house team of 24, has installed home theaters in these parts at far above $1 million. "I don't believe we've hit the $2 million mark yet," said Michael Brody, who co-founded the company with his brother, Chris Brody, but they've gotten close to it. Spending that kind of moolah is "really for the ultimate enthusiast" — not necessarily a media maven, but rather "someone who cares about the experience overall," he said.
The ultimate Hamptons home theater owner desires the most luxurious reclining seats, swathed in supple leather, and sporting heated cup holders, pilasters to emulate the architectural details of a traditional cinema, velvet-covered acoustic panels (for enhancing sound), motorized curtains, sophisticated lighting, and, of course, the best audio and video equipment money can buy, not to mention a service that provides access to films before they're released to the general public. Popcorn machine optional.
Home theaters combine the latest in electronics and interior design. While some installers, such as Crescendo, do both, others specialize. Both Hamptons Technology Group and Home Technology Experts, a Southampton company, focus on audiovisuals. And both report that $600,000 is about what it has cost their most-demanding Hamptons customers for all the bells and whistles. As an example, one of Hampton Technology Group's clients has a theater with a 135-inch projection screen, 12-foot ceilings, and 7.1 surround sound, meaning seven speakers and one subwoofer placed front, sides, and back.
As technology progresses and TVs become bigger, projection screens are losing some ground to TVs. Everyone is buzzing about the latest TV technology, 4K or Ultra HD. "The resolution is so high that when you look up close you don't actually see pixels," according to Robert Gulli, the lead technician at Hamptons Technology Group. "You can't decipher [the image] from reality." The technology has advanced to make the dots smaller and to blend them together so that "there's no space between them" and you lose that "mesh effect," he said. "Everybody wants the latest and greatest."
In January LG debuted a 105-inch curved HD TV using 4K technology. At a comparable size to a typical home theater projection screen, what makes it revolutionary is that it does not require a dark room, unlike projection screens whose images are destroyed by ambient light. It also imparts a Cinemascope experience. The price tag for it is $70,000. While the cost is obviously high, there is a strong demand for it, according to Mr. Allentuck. "We live in a great market. Our business has been relatively unaffected by the ups and downs of the economy."
It's not as if Hamptonites aren't already used to paying that kind of price. "There are digital projectors that cost $175,000," said Alex Karoussos, owner of Home Technology Experts. "A pair of fully digitally designed Meridian front speakers can cost $125,000," and are so powerful "you can almost feel the sound and emotion."
Some pretty nifty accessories have also found their way into South Fork home theaters, according to Mr. Karoussos. Kaleidescape, which starts at $3,500, is a server that digitally stores and organizes all your movies. "It also bypasses credits and immediately starts the movie," he said. He has also installed PRIMA Cinema Players, which, at $35,000, allow users to be the first on their block to view first-run movies. There's an additional $500 rental fee if the film is still being shown in theaters.
The evolution of home theaters continues apace. It was the advent of flat screen TVs that spurred the transition to home theaters in the Hamptons circa 2002, according to Michael Brody. The thinking was: "If I have a large TV on the wall, now I want surround sound, then I want a larger experience for projectors."
It seems that home theaters as we know them may have hit their peak. These days "they are getting away from the movie theater look and getting moved out of basements," according to Ms. Hansen. "There's a push to having them in a very high-end family room rather than a cavernous hole." These new theaters look more like "a cocktail lounge in Tribeca," she said. She has observed new home theaters decked out with "tasteful sofas and Berber carpets."
These hybrid multipurpose rooms have been on the upswing since 2011, according to Michael Brody. Sandy Gallin, a former producer whose Further Lane, East Hampton, property is on the market, has such a room. His theater boasts rows of sofas and ottomans, as opposed to seats, and a large antique cabinet lined with glass jars filled with candy and nuts, according to Linda Haugevik, his listing agent.
What's next? According to Chris Brody: your own private outdoor theater. A new TV on the market called C Seed unfolds from underground and raises about 15 feet to transform into a screen that is bigger than an S.U.V. "It's like having a drive-in in your backyard."


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BONE UP: The ribeye is as tender as they come at Forbes Mill Steakhouse in Los Gatos.
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Forbes Mill has established itself as destination dining with its remarkable steak and service
By Stett Holbrook
WHEN Metro first checked in with Forbes Mill back in 2003 shortly after it opened, former restaurant critic Christina Waters pronounced it "a big, burly brasserie equipped with style as well as substance" and "big on concept and big on delivery." I think it made a big impression.
Five years hence, I decided to see how the place was holding up. If you want the short version, just read the next 13 words: it's holding up quite well and still does things in a big way.
Now for the long version.
Stepping into Forbes Mill during one of those searing hot days last week felt like entering a cave, cool and dark. It took several minutes for my eyes to adjust to the dim, amber light, but the effect was transformative. I cooled down and shifted into mellow. And I got to thinking: what's with steakhouses and dim lighting? It seems like most favor a heavy hand on the dimmer switch. Maybe they really are trying to conjure a cavelike experience and tap into the meat-eating Cro-Magnon that lurks within.
For this is a place to eat meat. I confess that after a few bites I tend to get bored with steak, but the 14-ounce grilled ribeye ($36), pepper crusted and cooked just as pink as I asked for it, was as tender and juicy as they come. I liked the simplicity of the snappy green beans and baby carrots served on the side, too.
For a real meat treat though, head on over to the braised short ribs ($25), a lowly cut of meat that's slow-cooked into luxurious cubes of boneless deliciousness. The outside of the meat is beautifully caramelized with great coarse texture and suffused with an Asian pear-ginger-soy glaze. The supremely creamy mashed potatoes and spare steamed broccoli complete the plate.
As good as the beef dishes were, I found the restaurant's seafood dishes more memorable. Due to population declines, local king salmon is sadly unavailable this year, but Forbes Mill's Loch Duart farmed salmon ($26) is a great stand-in. Most farmed salmon is nasty stuff, but this brand of Scotland farmed fish wins high praise for its flavor and the environmentally sound methods used to produce it. I'm a huge fan of local salmon, but I've got to say the pan-seared salmon here was a good as anything I've had out of the Pacific.
I also loved the Dungeness crab–encrusted grouper ($26), a snowy white, rich fish served with a sweetish tomato sauce.
From the appetizer menu, the springy and juicy day boat scallops ($13) were so good I'd like to see them served as an entree. The ginger-spiked tomato chutney served on top set off the briny sweet scallops perfectly and the glutinous black "forbidden rice" and basil curry sauce provided complementary bass notes.
One of the surprises from the list of starters was the red onion and green apple soup du jour ($6). I didn't know what to expect from the unlikely combination, but the cream-based bisque did a great job of imitating cream of tomato soup. The acidity of the apples paired with the silken, earthy quality of the onions really came together.
Less good was the heavy-handed and sweet spinach salad ($9) heaped with strawberries, Humboldt Fog cheese, almonds and an ocean of balsamic vinaigrette. The beet salad ($9) suffered from the opposite problem. The bland red beets needed a splash of champagne vinegar or salt or something to liven them up. The roots shared the plate with an indifferent pile of fresh greens tossed in an unremarkable vinaigrette.
For a real steakhouse classic, go for the wedge salad ($8), an angular chunk of iceberg lettuce lavished with a Point Reyes blue cheese dressing, crispy pancetta and cherry tomatoes.
Even though many customers shuffle in wearing saggy shorts and flip-flops, the restaurant's sharply dressed servers don't let the slobs drag down their service. They are uniformly professional and well versed in the menu. Top-notch service is a rarity in these parts no matter how fancy the restaurant, so the pros at Forbes Mill really stand out. I never saw a sommelier, but the waiters were more than capable of making nuanced recommendations from the expansive wine list.
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The desserts are adequate, but the selection offers the same lineup of yawns you'll find at virtually every restaurant. Crème brûlée? Check. Apple pie? Check. Molten chocolate cake? Present. I tried the coffee-flavored crème brûlée ($7) and chocolate cake lava cake ($7) and they were fine, but nothing special. It seems like restaurants have decided that diners don't want anything different for dessert. Or maybe it's just too expensive to hire pastry chefs to create something original.
Still, at 5 years old and counting, Forbes Mill has established itself as one of Los Gatos' destination restaurants.
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Schoolyard Puck
This website should be a walk in the park for any experienced designer.
Schoolyard Puck is a website where not-so-professional hockey players go to get hockey tips, equipment advice, and read the experiences of others who are in a similar situation.
The absolute biggest way Schoolyard Puck differs from other instructional hockey websites or magazines is this: It asserts that hockey skills can be developed outside of formal ice rinks. There seems to be a misconception in the hockey community that in order to play hockey (and become better at it) a player needs expensive ice time, brand new gear, and professional coaching. Hockey doesn't just happen on the ice and it isn't just a game for Canadians. It can be played by anyone on the pond or the street, on rollerblades or shoes. Any time of year. For free.
If Schoolyard Puck could promise its readers anything it would be: You don't have to be rich to play hockey and get better at it.
If Schoolyard Puck was an actual person it would be Benny "The Jet" Rodriguez from the movie The Sandlot. While Benny is no pro, he certainly knows his game. He's good, but not arrogant about it. He will lend you equipment and teach you how to be better. His ability to acknowledge his own shortcomings is what drives him to be excellent. He loves the game and doesn't play for the fancy uniforms or fan recognition.
The primary audience is mostly made up of men 18-30. The type of person willing to play hockey is usually someone who takes risks and doesn't mind getting physical. Players wear brands such as: Bauer, CCM, Mission, and Easton. They drink Gatorade and listen to AC/DC and Metallica. They stay up late. They get in fights, but when it's all over they shake hands and say good game. They follow the NHL. They are always trying to improve and they hate losing.
Follow the wire frame (see attachment).
If you really feel the need to stray from it, that's fine, but please use it as a foundation. It should be viewable on a 1024 x 768 monitor.
The current site can be found at http://www.schoolyardpuck.com There you can see the type of content this blog provides, along with some of the pictures used. It's a generic template and it must go! It does not reflect the quality and magnitude of the articles. There isn't much about the design I want to keep. It's time for something new and fresh.
Sites I like the look 'n feel of:
* http://www.uspondhockey.com
* generationchurch.org
* http://www.touchgrind.com - mostly for the cool header
Sites that have good content organization:
* ca.gawker.com
* http://www.howtogeek.com
Use the (attached) logo as a guide for color palette. Orange represents a classic street hockey ball and the gray/silver represents the chassis of inline skates or the blades on ice skates. The font used in the logo is called Onani. I am not dead set on that font so if you see one that works better, go for it!
You can use stock images or Flickr, just site the source so I know where to buy them. I will likely use images from the photographer found on this page: http://www.rinkshots.com/eic
Like a hockey team, the website should look professional with matching colors. It should be well organized and clean. It should also be a little gritty, explosive, and exciting.
The ultimate goal of the redesign is to lower the bounce rate by organizing the content better. If visitors can easily sort through the articles, they will be able to find more information that will be useful to them.
One last piece of advice: do not use ice as a background texture. It's been done too many times.


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WR Tavon Austin leads NFL draft's do-it-all guys
Maybe Tavon Austin is too small at 5-foot-8½ and 174 pounds to do only one thing in the NFL.
But fill his to-do list, pile the duties high, and Austin is big enough to be the best multitasker on this year's draft board, a projected top-10 pick because he brings so much to the football party beyond what the measuring tape says.
"A lot of teams are looking for a guy who can do multiple things on the football field," said Austin, a West Virginia product. "I think I'm that guy."
A lot of teams are looking for that guy, but the list is short for those considered do-it-all talents. They are the R guys -- runners, receivers and returners -- and the good ones are a fundamental problem for defensive coordinators.
Two players are considered the benchmark -- Seahawks newcomer Percy Harvin and the Packers' Randall Cobb. Harvin has four 60-catch seasons in his NFL career, has averaged 6.4 yards per carry as a runner and has returned five kickoffs for touchdowns.
Cobb, who played quarterback and wide receiver at Kentucky, caught 80 passes in 2012 -- his second year in the NFL -- to go with a kickoff return for a touchdown and two career punt returns for touchdowns.
"The more weapons you have on offense, the harder they are to defend," said New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick.
Austin is hard to defend. Some scouts believe the team that drafts him will have to be careful not to exhaust him, because he can do so many things.
The exclamation point: West Virginia's 50-49 loss to Oklahoma last season. Austin finished with 572 all-purpose yards, a total that included a West Virginia-record 344 yards rushing on only 21 carries. Austin gained 395 all-purpose yards in the second half. "It kind of reminded me of my high school days," he said. "That was the first game I played running back that whole year."
Austin's combination of blazing speed (a 4.28 time in the 40-yard dash at the scouting combine), awareness and fast-twitch elusiveness has NFL offensive coordinators drawing up possibilities for him.
Tennessee wide receiver Cordarrelle Patterson caught 46 passes in 2012, his only year with the Volunteers. He turned one of his four punt returns into a touchdown and returned a kickoff for a touchdown. As a junior college player in 2011, Patterson averaged 48.2 yards on 10 kickoff returns and 11.8 yards per carry as a runner to go with 61 receptions.
"The things I did in college, I expect to come in as a rookie and be a good rookie and be a Pro Bowler," Patterson said.
Texas wide receiver Marquise Goodwin finished 10th in the long jump at the London Olympics last summer. He was a seven-time track All-American and played in 50 games for the Longhorns. Considered the fastest player in this draft, he had four 26-catch seasons at Texas and was the team's primary kickoff returner much of that time.
Denard Robinson, who starred at Michigan as a quarterback, is trying to enter the NFL as a runner, receiver and returner. Robinson holds the NCAA career rushing record for quarterbacks and showed teams at his pro-day workout that he has potential as a punt returner.
"I want to be that multi-purpose guy," Robinson said. "I want a team to think the same thing. I just feel like the more you can do, it gives you a better chance of them asking you to do something."


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An exciting event on the KPWT 2009 schedule began today with registration. 50 international riders made the trip North to Dunkerque in France and registered for their respective disciplines.
Dunes de Flandre boasts 700 hectares of dunes and is blessed with a 15km beach of fine sand and great conditions for kitesurfing. Rotonde du Kursaal, the first European Kite Park, will host the KPWT team and its riders for the week ahead.
Local rider Antoine Auriol (FRA, KITELOOSE) registered today and has only fond memories of Dunkerque after coming second in the national competition for Windsurfing when he first started his love affair with wind many years ago!
Jesse Richman (HAW, CABRINHA, OVERALL TITLE 2008), Leander Vyvey (BEL, JN, FREESTYLE VICE-CHAMPION 2008) and Peter Tyushkevic (RUS, FLEXIFOIL), were also amongst the internationals that came to compete for the title and overall points on offer!
Gisela Pulido (SPA, AIRUSH, 5X WORLD CHAMPION) performed really well in Germany and Spain, taking the overall freestyle title and sitting nicely on the top of the freestyle rankings.
She will face fierce competition from Ainhoa Garcia (SPA, AIRUSH, FREESTYLE VICE CHAMPION 2008), Hannah Whitely (UK, JN) and Ania Grzelinska (POL, NORTH, OVERALL TITLE 2008) who are all looking really good this year! The level of women riding is at a high standard and we all look forward to seeing how they do in France.
The opening ceremony was held this evening at 18h00 in front of the Rotonde du Kursaal and all the riders, local organizers and the KPWT team attended, to celebrate kitesurfing in Dunkerque!
Thank you again to all the sponsors and the city of Dunkerque for hosting the French leg of the KPWT 2009! A special thanks to Christophe Hugoo and the Dunkerque Flysurfing Club for all their hard work in organizing this fantastic event.


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Administrative workers and cinema staff at Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in New York are trying to unionize, Artforum reports. "We are here because we believe in BAM's mission," the new union's Twitter account posted last month. "Through unionization, we raise our morale, pride, and job satisfaction. Our union will make BAM stronger, more democratic, and more sustainable. BAM is a cultural institution that stands for freedom of expression, innovation, and open dialogue. However, as administrative staff, we need a truly powerful voice of our own in our workplace." Read More »
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And yes, we even found time to shoot Lili La Scala in a mundane location!
Home soon, and then on to the next thing. Speaking of which..
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Data Mining and Statistics for Decision Making
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This book looks at both classical and recent techniques of data mining, such as clustering, discriminant analysis, logistic regression, generalized linear models, regularized regression, PLS regression, decision trees, neural networks, support vector machines, Vapnik theory, naive Bayesian classifier, ensemble learning and detection of association rules. They are discussed along with illustrative examples throughout the book to explain the theory of these methods, as well as their strengths and limitations.
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- Looks at a range of tools and applications, such as association rules, web mining and text mining, with a special focus on credit scoring.
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Table of ContentsPreface.
Foreword from the French language edition.
List of trademarks.
1. Oveview of data mining.
1.1 What is data mining?
1.2 What is data mining used for?
1.3 Data mining and statistics.
1.4 Data mining and information technology.
1.5 Data mining and protection of persona; data.
1.6 Implementation of data mining.
2. The development of a data mining study.
2.1 Defining the aims.
2.2 Listing the existing data.
2.3 Collecting the data.
2.4 Exploring and preparing the data.
2.5 Population segmentation.
2.6 Drawing up and validating predictive models.
2.7 Synthesizing predictive models of different segments.
2.8 Iteration of the preceding steps.
2.9 Deploying the models.
2.10 Training the model users.
2.11 Monitoring the models.
2.12 Enriching the models.
2.13 Remarks.
2.14 Life cycle of a model.
2.15 Costs of a pilot project.
3. Data Exploration and preparation.
3.1 The different types of data.
3.2 Examining the distribution of variables.
3.3 Detection of rare or missing values.
3.4 Detection of aberrant values.
3.5 Detection of extreme values.
3.6 Tests of normality.
3.7 Homoscedasticity and heteroscedasticity.
3.8 Detection of the most discriminating variables.
3.9 Transformation of variables.
3.10 Choosing ranges of values of binned variables.
3.11 Creating new variables.
3.12 Detecting interactions.
3.13 Automatic variable selection.
3.14 Detection of collinearity.
3.15 Sampling.
4. Using commercial data.
4.1 Data used in commercial applications.
4.2 Special data.
4.3 Data used by business sector.
5. Statistical and data mining software.
5.1 Types of data mining and statistical software.
5.2 Essential characteristics of the software.
5.3 The main software packages.
5.4 Comparison of R, SAS and IBM SPSS.
5.5 How to reduce processing time.
6. An outline of data mining methods.
6.1 Classification of the methods.
6.2 Comparison of the methods.
7. Factor analysis.
7.1 Principal component analysis.
7.2 Variants of principal component analysis.
7.3 Correspondence analysis.
7.4 Multiple correspondence analysis.
8. Neural networks.
8.1 General information on neural networks.
8.2 Structure of a neural network.
8.3 Choosing the learning sample.
8.4 Some empirical rules for network design.
8.5 Data normalization.
8.6 Learning algorithms.
8.7 The main neural networks.
9. Cluster analysis.
9.1 Definition of clustering.
9.2 Applications of clustering.
9.3 Complexity of clustering.
9.4 Clustering structures.
9.5 Some methodological considerations.
9.6 Comparison of factor analysis and clustering.
9.7 Within-cluster and between-cluster sum of squares.
9.8 Measurements of clustering quality.
9.9 Partitioning methods.
9.10 Agglomerative hierarchical clustering.
9.11 Hybrid clustering methods.
9.12 Neural clustering.
9.13 Clustering by similarity aggregation.
9.14 Clustering of numeric variables.
9.15 Overview of clustering methods.
10. Association analysis.
10.1 Principles.
10.2 Using taxonomy.
10.3 Using supplementary variables.
10.4 Applications.
10.5 Example of use.
11. Classification and prediction methods.
11.1 Introduction.
11.2 Inductive and transductive methods.
11.3 Overview of classification and prediction methods.
11.4 Classification by decision tree.
11.5 Prediction by decision tree.
11.6 Classification by discriminant analysis.
11.7 Prediction by linear regression.
11.8 Classification by logistic regression.
11.9 Developments in logistic regression.
11.10 Bayesian methods.
11.11 Classification and prediction by neural networks.
11.12 Classification by support vector machines.
11.13 Prediction by genetic algorithms.
11.14 Improving the performance of a predictive model.
11.15 Bootstrapping and ensemble methods.
11.16 Using classification and prediction methods.
12. An application of data mining: scoring.
12.1 The different types of score.
12.2 Using propensity scores and risk scores.
12.3 Methodology.
12.4 Implementing a strategic score.
12.5 Implementing an operational score.
12.6 Scoring solutions used in a business.
12.7 An example of credit scoring (data preparation).
12.8 An example of credit scoring (modeling by logistic regression).
12.9 An example of credit scoring (modeling by DISQUAL discriminant analysis).
12.10 A brief history of credit scoring.
13. Factors for success in a data mining project.
13.1 The subject.
13.2 The people.
13.3 The data.
13.4 The IT systems.
13.5 The business culture.
13.6 Data mining: eight common misconceptions.
13.7 Return on investment.
14. Text mining.
14.1 Definition of text mining.
14.2 Text sources used.
14.3 Using text mining.
14.4 Information retrieval.
14.5 Information extraction.
14.6 Multi-type data mining.
15. Web mining.
15.1 The aims of web mining.
15.2 Global analyses.
15.3 Individual analyses.
15.4 Personal analysis.
Appendix A. Elements of statistics.
Appendix B. Further reading.
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New York County - Manhattan
Biography of Justice Charles E. Ramos
Hon. Charles E. Ramos. A graduate of New York University and Fordham Law School, Justice Charles E. Ramos was in private practice before becoming a Judge of the Civil Court of the City of New York in 1983. From 1988 through 1993, Justice Ramos served as an Acting Supreme Court Justice and Presiding Judge of the Civil Court in New York County. Justice Ramos was elected to the Supreme Court in 1993. He has served as a Commercial Division Justice in New York County since 1996 and is presently the Senior Justice of the Commercial Division.
As a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York Justice Ramos has served on its Committee on Professional Discipline; the Committee to Report on Proposals for Revisions of ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct (Ethics 2000); the Committee on Professional and Judicial Ethics; its Nominating Committee and the Executive Committee.
As a member of the New York State Bar Association he has served as Chair of the Judicial Section and as a member of the House of Delegates.
Justice Ramos is a Founding Member of the Association of Judges of Hispanic Heritage and has been presiding Member of the New York State Council of Judicial Associations. He has lectured for the Practical Legal Education Program, the New York State Courts Judicial Seminar, the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, the New York State Bar Association, Hispanic National Bar Association, New York County Lawyers Association, Puerto Rican Bar Association, the American Judicature Society, and the Fund for Modern Courts. He was a member of the New York City Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution and acts as a Sponsor/resource for the Board of Education's City-As-School Program.
As Supervising Judge, he established the first Anti Bias Committee for the Civil Court.
He also serves as a Member, Board of Directors, Judges and Lawyers Breast Cancer Alert.
His recent Awards include the Fuld Award from the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section, of the New York State Bar Association and was named as one of the 500 leading judges in America." Lawdragon Magazine.