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I'll bet you didn't know that area high school graduates Nicholas Bell, Kevin Campbell and Matt Newman of Unatego; Bryan Bordinger and Cody Losie of Oneonta; Taylor Sohns and Jeremiah Warren of Delhi; Justin Plows of Unadilla Valley; and Will Neale of Walton were teammates of a guy playing in this year's Super Bowl.
At least, I think they were.
The year was 2005 and it was the Ernie Davis Classic – an annual football All-Star game for Section Four seniors.
Baltimore Ravens defensive tackle Arthur Jones – a Union-Endicott graduate – played in the Ernie Davis game that season, as did the aforementioned players.
I'm fairly certain all of them played on the East team, but I can find no mention of that game anywhere online. And, of course, if it's not online, it simply cannot be found.
It's possible the local boys played against Jones, who went on to play for Syracuse before going in the fourth round of the 2010 draft.
Now for the some things that have been bothering me:
… I couldn't care less about player safety in the NFL. If players are worried about the long-term risks of their profession, then they shouldn't be playing. I'm tired of guys being flagged 15 yards for playing football. So the league needs to put an end to this safety stuff. If not, I'm certain it will lose at least one fan.
… I'm upset Phil Mickelson had to issue a fake apology for complaining about his taxes. I about blew a gasket when I discovered the feds whacked $20 from my paycheck when the payroll tax extension ended in January. Mickelson is losing millions. If it's true that he's paying 62 percent of his earnings in taxes, he has every right to whine.
… I'd like to start a campaign to keep Joe Torre, Tony La Russa and Bobby Cox out of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Rumor has it that they'll be on the veterans committee ballot this year. If Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire can't get into the Hall because they abused drugs, then the managers who said nothing while their players were cheating also should be left out. Their silence means they condoned it or didn't know about it, which seems unlikely. Either way, I say they're out.
If it seems like I'm avoiding the Super Bowl, it's because I am.
As a Steelers fan, I don't like the Ravens. As a Steelers fan, I don't want to see the 49ers tie our record for Super Bowl victories.
But I'm told I have to make a pick.
Prediction: Ravens 31, 49ers 20
Justin Vernold
Copy Editor
My below-the-radar Super Bowl story is Ravens left tackle Bryant McKinnie, a supremely gifted ex-University of Miami All-American and Minnesota Vikings Pro Bowler who could have gone down as his generation's greatest lineman had he applied himself.
After eating his way off Minnesota's roster in 2010, the 6-foot-8, 360-pounder got one last chance to salvage his career from Ravens coach John Harbaugh and worked himself into the best shape of his career. After sitting out all 16 regular-season games, McKinnie's been an upgrade over steady veteran Michael Oher, who has shifted to his more natural right tackle spot, allowing rookie brawler Kelechi Osemele to shift inside to the less-demanding left guard spot.
In three postseason games with McKinnie starting, Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco has been sacked four times. It's no coincidence that Flacco, a stationary pocket passer, has thrived (eight touchdowns, zero interceptions) with such solid protection. Can McKinnie stop 49ers All Pro linebacker Aldon Smith (33.5 sacks in 32 career games)? Probably. Smith hasn't had a sack in five games, and McKinnie held up fine against Indianapolis' Dwight Freeney and Denver's Von Miller and Elvis Dumervil.
Flacco might never be a Hall of Famer, but in his fifth season, he finally seems comfortable reading NFL defenses and is starting to show off his abundant arm talent. Flacco outplayed Andrew Luck, Peyton Manning and Tom Brady over the last three games, and seems good enough to win a Super Bowl with.
Second-year 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick also has plenty of talent, but he doesn't have much experience, and I'd like to see him do it a few more times before I go predicting Super Bowl wins for him. That's not to say Kaepernick can't do it, but I'm a little hesitant to bet on a quarterback who was winless in two games against the hapless St. Louis Rams this year.
Prediction: Ravens 27, 49ers 24
Mike Neagle
Former Sports Writer
Finally … Mike Neagle has come back to Oneonta!
Twelve years ago, when I was last a regular contributor to this newspaper, The Rock was the top wrestler, "The Simpsons" were a network TV staple, and the Baltimore Ravens were in the Super Bowl.
Today, The Rock is the WWE Champion, "The Simpsons" are still a pillar of Sunday night television, and the Baltimore Ravens are in the Super Bowl.
Seems as if some things never change. But these Ravens are a different bunch than the 2000 version that decimated my Giants, who were a Ron Dixon kickoff return away from an ignominious shutout.
For one, they have a more-than-competent quarterback in Joe Flacco, the AFC's Eli Manning – i.e., a streaky QB who has a knack for getting it done in the playoffs, especially on the road. The current team's defense is not nearly as stout as it was 12 years ago. The 2000 Ravens were first in the league in points allowed and second in yards; the 2012 version was 12th and 17th, respectively, in the regular season. Quite pedestrian.
But I'll leave all the statistical analysis to the professionals. Since the Giants aren't involved this year, I really don't care either way. It's just a matter of who I least want to see win. This is where it gets tricky.
In one corner, the 49ers are led by coach Jim Harbaugh, king of the sideline tantrum (did you SEE him during the NFC Championship game?). There's also wide receiver Randy "Straight Cash, Homey" Moss, a notorious malcontent who has taken more plays off than a Broadway understudy. Factor in all the Niners' bandwagon fans emerging from a nearly two-decade slumber and there's not a lot for the uninvested observer to root for here.
In the other corner: Ray Lewis, master of the cry-face and deflector of all questions about PEDs and murder. "That's the trick of the devil," Lewis said in dismissing such questions. Know what else is a trick of the devil? Cheating and murder.
Lewis is reason enough for me to root for two ex-Giants – Mario Manningham and Brandon Jacobs – to win another ring in San Francisco. Too bad neither will play on Sunday. Just like the rest of the 2012 Giants.
Prediction: 49ers 31, Ravens 21
Greg Klein
Cooperstown Crier
I grew up in Maryland. Otsego County is the only place I have lived where I have to add, "No, the state of Maryland." I have a lot of friends who migrated to Baltimore, and who became Ravens fans when the team moved from Cleveland. I am picking with my heart because I like when my friends are happy … as long as my friends aren't Yankees fans. Or Alabama fans. My cheering for other people's teams has limits.
I like San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick. I am amazed at what he has accomplished in his second season, taking over as a starter midway through the year. But I think his inexperience is going to hurt his team in the Super Bowl. I wouldn't be surprised to see him leave the game either from injury or a big deficit.
San Francisco made a nice comeback against Atlanta, but I think the Ravens are tougher than the Falcons. The 49ers have a lot of offensive weapons. But Ravens defensive coordinator Dean Pees has come up big in this year's playoffs by defying big quarterbacks. I know Andrew Luck, Peyton Manning and Tom Brady are dropback passers, and Kaepernick is a good runner and a good passer, but I believe Pees will come up with a scheme to shut Kaepernick down, too.
Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco gets a lot of criticism, but he has won a lot of big games now. He would have been in the Super Bowl last year if Lee Evans hadn't dropped that pass. He has played in a lot more big games than Kaepernick, who will be starting his third playoff game. I think Flacco will win his Super Bowl much like his predecessor Trent Dilfer won his for the Ravens in 2001: Don't make mistakes, let the defense do its job, make one or two big plays.
If that happens, you also can bet on Ray Lewis for a second MVP.
The other thing about the 49ers is, if I am wrong and it is a close game, no one believes David Akers is going to win a Super Bowl for the 49ers by making a big field goal. So I like the Ravens in a close game, too.
But I don't think it will be close. We've been on a pretty good run of good Super Bowls, but I think this one is more like the 1990s.
Prediction: Ravens 37, 49ers 17
Dave Coury
Sports Clerk
For years I have been making Super Bowl prognostications by playing a relatively unknown board game called Pizza Box Football against my brother Ben. Over the years, our predictions have been surprisingly accurate. This year, with a Thursday deadline and my brother and I unable to get together for our annual game until Super Bowl weekend, I was at a loss to find a new way to choose between two balanced teams.
The Ravens have had a magical run to the Super Bowl. They started the playoffs by dominating a young Colts team at home. They then went on the road and won back-to-back games as 9 1/2-point underdogs. In the AFC Championship game, they rallied from a six-point halftime deficit, outscoring New England by 21 points and shutting out Tom Brady and the NFL's top-ranked offense in the second half.
In the NFC, the story of the year has been talented, young quarterbacks running modern, run-and-gun offenses that have befuddled one defensive coordinator after another. Washington's Robert Griffin III and Seattle's Russell Wilson were brilliant, leading their respective teams to playoff berths, but neither has shone as brightly as San Francisco's Colin Kaepernick, who took over the job as starting quarterback for the Niners after Alex Smith suffered a concussion in a week 10 tie versus the St. Louis Rams.
Since taking over for Smith, Kaepernick has led San Fran to a 7-2 record that includes two playoff victories. At home in a divisional playoff game against Green Bay, Kaepernick ran for ran for 181 yards and two touchdowns, throwing for two more scores. A week later, Kaepernick and the Niners overcame a 17-point deficit to take down the top-seeded Falcons in Atlanta.
Throughout most of Super Bowl week, I have been leaning toward picking the Ravens, mostly because I have trouble believing that Kaepernick, in his second year out of Nevada and in his 10th career NFL start, can continue playing Hall-of-Fame caliber football. However, as stories started emerging from New Orleans about Baltimore practices being disrupted due to weather and construction at their Tulane University practice facility, and Ravens players started having to answer questions about their emotional leader, Ray Lewis' alleged use of liquefied deer antlers, I started leaning more toward the 49ers.
As I sat squarely on the fence teetering each way from moment to moment, I got a phone call from friend and co-worker Eric Scheer, who told me he had been attacked by a large black bird while breaking down athletic equipment in a local gymnasium.
Aha! It's an omen!
I understand a that bird trapped inside is a fairly common occurrence during an upstate New York winter, certainly more common than an infestation of pickaxe wielding gold-miners, but I am quite sure this was a sign.
The Baltimore Ravens will win Super Bowl XLVII and they will do it the old-fashioned way, on the ground. Overlooked by the talented, young Kaepernick and the somewhat elite Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco is that this game features two of the best running backs in the NFL. The Niners' Frank Gore and Baltimore's Ray Rice will be heavily utilized in their respective gameplans. With both teams touting stout defenses and marquee backfields, I expect scoring to be down from other playoff games this season. I think we are in for a good, old-fashioned slugfest, and the team that can capitalize on one key mistake will earn the win.
Predictions: Ravens 24, 49ers 17; Ray Rice wins the MVP; and heads on the opening coin toss.
Bob Goble
Sports Clerk
Well it's that time of the year again – another late-night email from Sports Editor Dean Russin (3 a.m.) requesting our Super Bowl predictions.
You may recall (or maybe you don't) that I wondered aloud who is up at 3 a.m. sending off emails, let alone actually working. Well, I have known Dean long enough to know that this is his "me" time (he mentioned this last year) and this is the time of day he works best, so it is not a surprise any longer.
This year, I will not even mention the fact that Dean will invoke his professional right as Sports Editor to "blow up" my prediction, because that's a given and, if I have to be honest, it probably will need to happen. Unfortunately, that is still my mug shot.
Just so you understand, I am 1-0 with my predictions, so I am feeling real good about this one as I look to extend my winning streak. Granted, it was my son, Jordan, who actually made my prediction last year, so I guess he is 1-0 and I am just riding on his shirt tails. I am sure some of you are saying, "Be a man and pick the game yourself." That's fair, but why be a man and be wrong when I can lean on a 9-year-old and probably get it right again this year? Plus if it is wrong, it's because I listened to a 9-year-old.
We .. or rather Jordan … is picking the Ravens. As soon as Ray Lewis announced his retirement as the end of the season, and Jordan's Cowboys (never said he knew everything) fell out of the playoff race, Jordan has liked and wanted the Ravens to win the Super Bowl. Let's just say he is sentimental like his dad.
You know it would be a neat story. The Ravens are playing with a lot of emotion right now and their defense is healthy for the first time all year (can't argue with that now, can you?). Also, Joe Flacco has come into his own during the playoffs and the offense is playing very well right now.
Prediction: Ravens 31, 49ers 24
Eric Deemer
Sports Clerk
Once again we approach the Super Bowl, a day of good football, beer advertisements and over a billion chicken wings served. I'm not sure what concerns me more, though - the outcome or the estimated seven million people expected to play hooky the next day. Maybe it correlates to the 325 million gallons of beer predicted to be consumed, but who really cares anyway? The economy will take its annual dose of steroids as consumers quickly empty their wallets in preparation for the big day.
Unfortunately, I will be missing the game this year racing around delivering pizza after pizza to hungry football fanatics who, hopefully, won't forget to tip.
But enough about me, let's talk about the game. The past years, I'd ask myself, "Are the Patriots going to win again, or will something interesting actually happen this year?"
I can only imagine the pressure on Jim and John Harbaugh, and what a win will mean for both of them and their families. The real weapon to utilize in this huge game is the will to win, and I haven't seen a team play with as much heart than when I watched the Ravens beat down on the Pats for the AFC title.
If you ask me, any team that can crush the Patriots like Baltimore did in the AFC title game is capable of a Super Bowl victory. The hype around Ray Lewis stepping down after a glorious 17-year career is one more reason the Ravens will be motivated to win it all. Baltimore is riding too much momentum right now, and I don't see 49ers QB Colin Kaepernick coping with the Ravens experienced and perseverant defense.
In order to shed more light on this subject, I turned to my longtime friend and experienced pizza maker Dan Marino. I asked him what he felt was important about this Super Bowl, and he brilliantly responded: "You know Eric, that's a good question. With a game like this, I tend to think less about the hype and more about the will to win. After Ray Lewis' retirement and these illegal substance claims against him, I feel as though Baltimore's locker room will remain unified around Ray Lewis. I'll look for the Ravens to play a little bit harder and pick up a close win over San Francisco."
So if all goes well for Baltimore, I think Kaepernick will crumble against a tough and spirited Baltimore team that knows how to execute at the finish.
Prediction: Ravens 28, 49ers 23
Hannah Walsh
Sports Clerk
I'll be brief.
Predicting the winner of Super Bowl XLVII is pretty tough because both teams are great this year. This is definitely one of the better matchups in recent years.
Both teams are pretty evenly matched with good defenses and solid, young quarterbacks. I've decided it has to be the Ravens, though. Just a gut feeling.
Prediction: Ravens 20, 49ers 17
Dean Russin
Sports Editor
I don't usually read anyone's Super Bowl predictions before I write mine, but I need material because it's getting late. If I don't buzz Goble awake with a 3 a.m. email, he won't have anything to write about next year.
So far, The Daily Star sports department has been relatively predictable with its predictions.
As usual, Centorani localized his story by making some incredibly obscure link to a player nobody's heard about, then talked about golf, baseball and government spending. The only thing he left out was a reference to Ronald Reagan or JFK (which I edited out; you're welcome).
Neagle, who is a diaper-changing machine these days, gave cheap pops to The Rock and the WWE … which he pretty much did in every article he ever wrote for us around the turn of the century. I think he actually Sharpies a raised eyebrow onto his baby girl's forehead before putting her down for naps with the People's Elbow.
Klein, who we traded to the Cooperstown Crier for a washing machine and future draft picks, opened with a geography lesson and later stated "no one believes David Akers is going to win a Super Bowl for the 49ers by making a big field goal." I know Greg's a hard worker, but it's hard to believe he asked everybody in the world and they all got back to him by Thursday.
Coury bet the house on a random bird attack, which I assume is the same system he uses to determine who goes first in the Punt, Pass and Kick qualifier at Neahwa Park. I was going to write that's how he comes up with the "pecking order," but that's just silly.
Goble relied on a 9-year-old. I assume that's the same person who dresses him in the morning. That would explain the Transformers T-shirt and shorts combo he wore to work the other day.
As for the newcomers, it's obvious Vernold has way too much time on his hands, Deemer's already been brainwashed by Centorani, and Walsh isn't about to let stats get in the way of a good prediction.
It's also obvious nobody knows what he or she is talking about except Neagle, and that just scares me.
Ravens this, Ray Lewis that. Blah, blah, blah.
Have you seen Colin Kaepernick play football? It's like he's throwing magnets at robots, and those men of metal include Randy Moss, Michael Crabtree and Vernon Davis. All of those guys have had 900-plus-yard seasons at some point in their careers, and they're all on the same team.
Frank Gore's sixth 1,000-yard rushing season means he's kind of good at running back, too.
And I think the Niners have way more tattoos, so duh? That means they're way tougher than the Ravens.
David Akers' mom and I believe he can kick a big field goal in the Super Bowl, too. He won't have to, though, because it'll be all Niners on Sunday.
In short, nobody believes there's room for fluff about taxes, family, pizza or random acts of bird violence in a Super Bowl prediction. I know because I asked Greg, and he asked everybody again.
Hey Goble and the rest of you "sports" people, wake up!
Prediction: 49ers 35, Ravens 17


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Colonial Park, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia
Colonial Park, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia
1 negative : safety film ; 8 x 10 in.
- Title from photographer's inventory.
- Monuments (stone) and brick vaults in Colonial Park, formerly South Broad Street Cemetery.
- Early nineteenth century work.
- Corresponding reference print in LOT 11835-26.
- Forms part of: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South (Library of Congress).
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By JOE MAHONEY
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---- — All the hype that preceded the arrival of Hurricane Sandy succeeded in getting people on edge — but in the end the storm didn't carry the wallop for this region that had been anticipated by some forecasters, officials said Tuesday.
"People were rightfully a little nervous before this storm, but thankfully this one didn't get us and everyone is in good shape," said Kevin Piccoli, chairman of Rebuild Prattsville, a group that is dedicated to rejuvenating the Greene County community that was ravaged by Hurricane Irene 14 months ago.
Sandy certainly inconvenienced hundreds of local residents. Some 1,400 NYSEG customers in Delaware County and another 700 in Otsego County remained without power Tuesday night, officials said.
In Delaware County, the town of Hancock had 438 homes still without power and another 333 were in Middletown. In the town of Tompkins, 99 households had no power.
In Otsego County, power was out for 468 households in the town of Otsego and another 83 in Middlefield. Another 35 homes in the town of Springfield were without power.
Statewide, more than 110,000 NYSEG customers remained without power — most of them downstate or in the Catskills, officials said.
Otsego Electric Cooperative told customers on its web site that it was optimistic it could restore power to some 80 households that were blacked out by the storm. The utility asked that any outages be reported to its call center at 866-591-3192.
"Trees are the leading cause of power interruptions year after year, and this time it was no different," NYSEG spokesman Clay Ellis told The Daily Star.
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Andy's own passion for gaming helped to sweeten the deal, as he went about his own interpretation of the game's principal character. "I had a lot of fun digging myself into Dante's psyche in order to create music to match the battle scenes," he explained, describing the project as a kind of extension from his smash 2010 album Making Monsters (the follow-up to which will be released sometime this year), while standing up as an imposing monster of its own. Compiled from a total of 27 score cues written exclusively for DmC and re-edited into 13 album tracks, No Redemption brings more diverse ingredients to the potent Combichrist cocktail, swapping out their thunderous aggro-tech with a much heavier emphasis on guitar-driven industrial metal.
While more traditional scoring elements like sampled choirs, large-scale percussion and orchestra occasionally expand the soundscape – especially in the breakneck wall-of-sound production of the title track featured above – most of these cuts are still adamantly riff-centric, with a gritty, coarse edge and hardcore-style vocals. The cyberpunk "Zombie Fistfight" is a gut-kick worthy of its title, and while it's one of the most memorable cuts on the album, it's painfully short at less than two minutes. The anthemic "Feed the Fire" is another strong entry, combining aggro-tech synths more familiar to the band's fans with solid melodic metal dynamics and a blend of spoken and harsh vocals, while "Empty" serves up a unique hybrid of electro doom and a blood-curdling vocal line.
There's also an old-school industrial metal vibe to many of these tracks; "Clouds of War," "How Old is Your Soul?" and "Buried Alive" all manage to balance the minimalist electronics with shuddering slabs of guitar reminiscent of '90s-era Ministry, and there's a distinct Rob Zombie-style dance metal groove driving "Gimme Deathrace." Even components of thrash have their moment in the spotlight in "Falling Apart," a brief but blistering piece that is sure to have gamers' pulses racing. "Pull the Pin" closes the album on a doomy note, and also sports the biggest stacks of drop-tuned riffage, making for a suitably dramatic finale.
While No Redemption is a completely different beast than Combichrist fans may expect, and may not pack as many club-friendly cuts, it has a distinctive hardcore edge that compliments DmC's nihilistic, ultra-violent game action, and the metal-centric approach provides a muscular counterbalance to Noisia's more abstract electronics. It also serves well as a stand-alone side project for the band, and some of the more aggressive cuts here might fit well into the band's live set. In addition to the tracks covered above, the European edition of the soundtrack includes a second disc containing additional Combichrist singles from the band's back catalog – including the hits "Get Your Body Beat," "Sent to Destroy" and "Throat Full of Glass" – all of which make appearances in the game. It's available in limited quantity from Combichrist.com.


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Bringing You The Bull And Bear Case From The Markets Desk
Investors freaked out after McDonald's posted its first monthly sales decline in more than nine years on Thursday, selling amid heavy volume and sending the stock down 2%. The reaction was exaggerated, though. Despite increased competition and an ugly global economic environment, McDonald's remains best in class according to Morningstar analyst RJ Hottovy, who added the decline is essentially a consequence of a shorter reporting period this October.
With the global economy stuck in neutral, the U.S. barely moving, Europe in recession, and China slowing down, it should only be natural that global fast food giant McDonald's is facing contracting sales. The company has done so well over the years, though, that October's 1.8% decline in monthly sales is the first in more than nine years.
The global decline was the first since March 2003, which new CEO Don Thompson blamed on the "pervasive challenges of today's global marketplace [and] current business headwinds;" Wall Street expected sales to contract 1.2%.
According to Hottovy, the decline is a consequence of "temporary rather than structural" trends and, really, shouldn't be a decline at all. The Morningstar analyst noted that the reporting period for October included one fewer Saturday, which accounts for approximately 200 basis points in global comparable sales, meaning they should've actually grown 0.2%.
McDonald's does face significant competitive activity, as they acknowledged on Thursday's release. "Burger King, Wendy's, and Yum Brands are all taking pages from McDonald's playbook" to try to gain market share, explained Hottovy, "and for years McDonald's has out-comped them, so a convergence is only natural," he added.
Indeed, competitors are attacking on all fronts. Beyond the traditional fast food chains, companies like Chipotle and Panera Breads are upping the ante, while McDonald's expansion into coffee beverages pits them against the likes of Starbucks and Dunkin' Brand too.
The analyst isn't worried. He expects fourth quarter sales to remain "flattish" in the U.S. and slightly down in Europe, but forecasts a rebound in 2013. "McDonald's has a strategic advantage in retaining traffic, they have size and scale for selling products at competitive prices, a cohesive franchise system, and marketing scale," said Hottovy.
While lower sales will hit the bottom line, Morningstar's analyst believes the company is "better shielded than competitors from margin compression." They are also investing heavily and, in many cases, offer lower value, lower margin, products.
McDonald's is a good long-term bet for Hottovy, but he's bullish on Starbucks in the near-term. Their diversification into the single-serve area, recently releasing single-cup brewer Verismo while they continue to juice K-cups, will boost their bottom line. At the same time, interesting growth opportunities in Asia should keep revenue growing.
So don't worry about McDonald's, Hottovy says; it will be Ronald McDonald that has the last laugh.
The reason Mickey d's is hurting is that due to the poor economy and the loss of consumer buying power , the price of their fast food is now considered expensive.
Pretty sad , eh? Even fast food too expensive now?
The Stock Market has been crashing since Obama was re-elected because they expected a Romney win, which would have provided a better prognosis for our economy.
So now the retirement accounts of old people will go down.
This means they have to stay in the work force longer which means there are fewer jobs for the younger people.
If you are young and voted Obama, congratulations! – you just voted yourself out of a job.
But remember , take a cue from your president, it's not your fault , it's all Bush's fault.
Contrary to popular opinion, the earth did not implode upon Obamas re-election. There isn't very much difference between the left & the rights anymore. You know what? I want you to get out a notepad, & jot down the things that matter most to you. Politics should be somewhere below your life & loved ones. Pay attention to those things that matter more for just a little while.
Private property rights, natural rights as are in our U.S. Constitutions Bill of rights, & natures god is on the rise. After you take a break from politics, take a look at the birth of America. & see he being re-born in the same infinite truths. We are going home. Worry not, the American Spirit can never die. But you need to step away, sometimes. Take time for more important things right now. This battle will be here when you get back.
Lies. I'm a hamburger fanatic and I can honestly say McDonald's taste absolutely horrible, and I always feel ill after eating it. I finally just recently stopped going there. There is no comparison – Five Guys is the #1 best tasting hamburger chain, Wendy's is good too, and Jack n the Box has really improved recently. I honestly can't believe people would continue eating McDonald's considering how much better tasing their competitors are.
Hmm. Don't ever pass up getting your cholesterol checked.
Holy cow Five Guys is good though. We just recently got one here on the west coast. I'm not sure if I had lived before.
I think it's just the power of the golden arches. People stay with what they know. & the golden arches are a huge draw, no matter what's inside.
& seriously, cholesterol. You gotta keep it low so you can eat Five Guys after sixty. : )~
Mr. Fontevecchia, I think investors are acting appropriately in that I suspect they measured the McDonald's event in the larger context of the economy versus the rest of McDonald's 'class'. And that is because of the election injected a great deal of FUD (Fear Uncertainty Doubt) into the economy.
I agree that technially, McDonald's is not in as bad a shape as the sell-off might otherwise indicate. However, I think the response to McDonald's sales decline reflects more of a shock to the human psyche than a technical shock.
Thank you Agustino. That's good news. I wasn't really freaking myself, but it's good information. & I'll pass it around.


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His debut on the podium in 1962 was uniquely sudden: the conductor of the Saint Cecilia Orchestra in Rome canceled due to illness and his replacement was struck by an automobile, leaving only Bonynge to take the podium. He began, still without formal training, to conduct Sutherland's performances, beginning with Gounod's Faust in Vancouver and Bellini's La Sonnambula in San Francisco, both in 1963. After his Covent Garden debut in 1964 with a performance of Bellini's I Puritani, Bonynge and his wife returned to Australia the next year. There he assumed the position of music director of the Sutherland-Williamson International Grand Opera Company.
In 1966, Bonynge had his Metropolitan Opera debut with Sutherland performing the title role in Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor. As his reputation and career blossomed, the conductor enjoyed continued success when he was named artistic director of the Vancouver Opera, a position he held from 1974-1978. Concurrently, Bonynge acted as music director of the Australian Opera from 1975-1986. In 1977, he was awarded the Commander of the British Empire. In 1983 he was given the same honor in his native Australia, and in 1989 the French government gave him the rank of Commandeur de l'Ordre National de Mérite.
Bonynge championed a revival of the vocal ornamentation that had been customary during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. This period was dear to Bonynge, who has carefully studied the operas of Bellini as well as French opera of the period, and has composed cadenzas used by many singers (including Sutherland). One of the world's premiere opera conductors, Bonynge has directed the masterpieces of the genre at the leading opera houses worldwide. His list of recorded operas is no less impressive and includes many works (including a number of nineteenth century ballet scores) previously not familiar to opera connoisseurs, such as those by Delibes, Graun, and Massenet. Most of these recordings feature Sutherland.
At Joan Sutherland's last performances, Bonynge conducted in front of audiences in the United States, Great Britain, and Australia. After she had left the stage for the last time, Bonynge continued his acclaimed career without pause. He remains one of opera's most important figures and is an important supporter of Australian singers and of the young artists' program at the Australian Opera, established during his tenure as music director. Richard Bonynge, with unquestionable devotion, gives his full attention to the world of opera. Bonynge has said, "I did not choose music, music chose me." One might observe, then, that opera chose a tireless and devoted champion. Read less
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President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez addresses the 64th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez took a decidedly different tone in this year's address to the U.N., praising President Barack Obama for replacing the "smell of sulfur" with the "smell of hope."
"It doesn't smell of sulfur here anymore," Chavez said during the U.N. General Assembly Thursday -- a clear reference to the speech he gave three years earlier, in which he referred to former President George W. Bush as the devil. "It smells of something else. It smells of hope."
During Chavez's speech, he spoke of revolution in South America and plugged Oliver Stone's documentary, which depicts his life. He also made political jokes, including one in which he said he wouldn't speak as long as Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi, who gave a long, rambling speech the day before.
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Red Bank Regional's varsity hockey team has tipped the balance of wins this season in its favor with a victory Saturday over Manalapan.
Goals by Bucs Joe DelSordo, Andrei Rjedkin and Keith Guzman gave the team its 3-1 win, according to hockey mom Lana Rjedkin who shared photos from the game with Patch.
The team, which has 11 seniors and three sets of brothers playing, now stands 3-3 overall and 1-1 in the Shore Conference B North division for the season.
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They say that the computer of the future will be a good memory system that just happens to have a CPU attached. As high performance microprocessor systems take over as the high performance computing engines, the problem of a cache-based memory system that uses DRAM for main memory must be solved. There are many architecture and technology efforts underway to transform workstation and personal computer memories to be as capable as supercomputer memories.
As CPU speed increases faster than memory speed, you will need the techniques in this book. Also, as you move into multiple processors, memory problems don't get better; usually they get worse. With many hungry processors always ready for more data, a memory subsystem can become extremely strained.
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Don't just read about D&D's latest news and announcements -- listen to them as well! And where better to find inside information than from the very halls of Wizards of the Coast? Presenting Episode 18: You May Already Be Playing 4th Edition!
In this episode, we look at how certain elements of 3.5 rulebooks functioned as precursors to 4th Edition mechanics.
In other words, interested in playtesting 4th Edition? Then you might try incorporating the following elements into your current 3.5 campaigns. We even go a step further, explaining—if you're so inclined—how you can make these elements even more 4E-like, to get an even better grasp of 4th Edition mechanics.
This week, three members of R&D braved our podcast studio: Rich Baker, Chris Perkins and Andy Collins. First up, Rich Baker, one of the designers of Tome of Battle: The Book of Nine Swords.
What elements of Book of Nine Swords are most 4E-like?
Definitely the per-encounter powers. And as Rich further explains, the swordsage as a model is closer than the warblade, insofar as the path that per-encounter powers took toward 4th Edition.
How would Bo9S be made even more 4E-like?
By removing some of the recharge elements. Random card draws, etc., and especially recharge mechanics that vary by class (crusader, we're looking at you) should be simplified, and recharges more universally applied. Add to that clearer role protection, so that each class is given an even more distinct assignment; for example, making sure they strongly fit the striker, defender, or other party role they're assigned.
Bottom line…
Get used to the Bo9S per-encounters as a resource, but don't get attached to the specific recharge mechanics.
What elements of the Star Wars Saga Edition are most 4E-like?
When Star Wars Saga released, there was much speculation that the mechanics would feature strongly in 4th Edition. Indeed several do, as Chris explains, such as:
How would Star Wars Saga be made even more 4E-like?
Although the two systems both do what they're intended, at a stretch there's still design space within feats, powers and character builds in 4E that might be well explored in future Star Wars Saga material.
What elements of Complete Mage are most 4E-like?
Definitely the reserve feats—powers that a wizard or sorcerer can use all day long, and keep up with the rest of his adventuring friends without forcing them to stop.
How would Complete Mage be made even more 4E-like?
The reserve feats, basic in their function, should be made a bit more exciting—but not necessarily more complex since, as a design philosophy, things you do constantly need to be simpler than things you do less often.
Bottom line...
Get used to the pacing that reserve feats provide spellcasters.
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From Openwaterpediawaterman from Long Beach, California. He was a world-class swimmer for UCLA specializing in butterfly and the individual medley. He enjoys water athletics including water polo, swimming, paddle boarding, body surfing, surfing and lifeguarding, and has traveled the world to enjoy water sports.
Mitchell was part of the Long Beach Swim Focus Catalina Relay in October 2011 that set the overall Catalina Channel record of 6 hours 53 minutes 4 seconds, and completed the Big Richard in 7 hours 56 minutes.
Mitchell also serves as an announcer at many marine events throughout California including the Swim Across America event and the USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships in Long Beach.
Event Organizer
He created the Big Richard, the world's longest and toughest ocean biathlon marathon (7 miles ocean swimming + 20 miles soft sand beach run), as well as a popular 3-part DVD series of swimming songs, chants, cheers and tunes including the hit singles Lactic Acid and Streamline.
The Big Richard
The brutal coastal biathlon is held in Southern California from the Wedge in Newport Beach to the Queen Mary in Long Beach in September. The Big Richard, named after legendary Coach "Big" Richard Ghettwood Youth Sports Foundation of Long Beach, California, consists of 20 miles (32 km) total of soft sand running along the beaches of Newport Beach, Huntington Beach, Bolsa Chica, and Sunset Beach interspersed between a total of 7 miles (11.2 km) of roughwater ocean swimming through massive surf breaks and around 5 piers, 8 rock jetties, 3 rivers, 2 inlets and one big boat along the coasts of Newport Beach, Huntington Beach, Bolsa Chica, Sunset Beach, Seal Beach and Long Beach.
The 22 September 2012 event was sponsored by the Big Red Bus and was inspired by The Mega and culminates at the Queen Mary during the 2012 Global Open Water Swimming Conference.
Mitchell completed the Big Richard together with Jon McMullen and Peter Joseph in 7 hours 56 minutes on 22 September 2012.
External links
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- No Guts, No Glory With The Big Richard
- Swimmer Singing Streamline
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Ada —
The 180 seventh-graders inside Ada Junior High auditorium Tuesday had a touch of apathy on their faces.
After all, they'd just eaten.
Getting out of class for a while was nice, but at what price, they wondered, as they filed into their seats?
Ada optometrist Dr. John Garber woke them up.
He offered them a trip to London, England. Just give him straight A's for the next four years and it's a done deal.
Nobody sleeps through a Garber presentation.
He offered them the deal of a lifetime.
They would fly across a huge pond — the Atlantic Ocean. They would see the sights, hear historic yarns, and, yes, walk on foreign soil.
Garber told them "this was the only class" he intended to make this deal with, giving the students instant hallway bragging rights.
No other class in Ada, or America, has this opportunity, the kids were told.
"Only you!" Garber said.
He asked if any of them had ever been told they were special.
Most raised their hands. Garber was about to give them a chance to prove it. All they have to do to earn the London trip is commit to making straights A's for the next four years in the Ada school system.
You could read, "Four years is a long time," on some young faces, "but maybe."
Garber explained his own motivation for dangling this diamond in front of them.
He told them the story about his late wife, Alice Garber, who had taught school for many years inside those same walls.
He told them how much she loved the kids at Ada Junior High.
He wanted to help them remember her by forming this club in her honor: Mrs. A. Garber's Straight A Club.
This man standing before them was trying to clear a path for their future by improving classroom performance.
The straight A's will count toward the goal beginning with the fall semester of their eighth grade year and continuing until spring break of their junior year in high school.
By then, he figures they will know why it's important to make good grades.
He told them of the doors that would be opening for them, the college scholarships, the high quality jobs.
Most of these kids don't drink and smoke, and Garber told them he never had, either.
By his own math, he said he had saved himself $150,000 by not imbibing and not puffing.
Not only that, he was putting $40,000 of those savings into a special bank account, so the kids could all go to London for six days in 2018.
Not only can they go, those who qualify will be allowed to select two teachers to accompany them on the journey.
Garber and his wife, Mary, who is vice president of finance at Mercy Hospital Ada, will be right there in London with them.
In fact, Garber said he plans to lead them on a fast-paced tour of all things British.
Mary Garber promised he will wear them out with his crowded itinerary as they walk the streets of London. They will ride double-decker red buses, see castles, etc.
Naturally, every kid in the building wants to qualify for the trip.
There are caveats.
The classes have to be advanced classes when possible.
Garber admitted to the kids the classes would be more difficult, but he promised they'd learn a lot more, too.
A few kids grimaced.
If a student falters by a letter grade in an advanced class, that's OK because a B is as good as an A in a regular class, Garber told them.
If, by chance, a student falters in normal subjects and has up to two B's, he or she still might have a chance to win a hat lottery. If he, or she, is very lucky, he or she might still get a seat on the plane.
The safest way to assure a London trip, of course, is to make straight A's.
"The potential rewards of straight A's in regard to college scholarships, self-determination and quality of employment opportunities are the primary goals, that in reality supersede the excitement of the London trip," Garber said in a prepared statement.
"The trip is solely an incentive; however, it introduces the teenagers to foreign travel, culture, currency, history, museums, castles, geography, and economics; and hopefully lets them see the benefits of hard work and academic success."
For those who aren't used to having such high expectations dangled in front of them, Garber told them a story about his early academic career.
"You're looking at what was once a first-class slacker," he told the students. "When I was your age, I was making C's and D's. And that's the truth."
With no alternative to escape boredom, he began to focus on his studies. Suddenly, he had a report card worth showing — three A's and three B's.
His dad was so proud, or relieved, he paid his son $1 per A.
Garber was hooked on learning and the rewards that come with good grades.
When he asked the students how many thought they could make straight As for the next four years, about two-thirds raised their hands.
The safest way to make this happen, he told the students, was to just make straight A's the rest of the way.
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In my recent post Corporate Culture: Whose Job Is It?, I talked about how CEOs are ultimately responsible for building corporate culture. This post resonated with many readers, and I received a lot of interesting feedback on it. One person suggested that the responsibility for culture falls on everyone, not only those in formal leadership positions. I agree with that and believe we need to encourage leadership at all levels of every organization. But those at the top must demonstrate responsibility for corporate culture to provide an example.
One of my main points in the culture post was that in today's business world there is too much management and not enough leadership. A lot of people ask me to explain the difference between the two, which I do in the video below. Both are important, but in a world that's changing faster and faster, great leadership is especially important. And if organizations don't recognize that, they risk falling into a complacent mentality and achieving only incremental improvements at best.
John Kotter is the chief innovation officer at Kotter International, a firm that helps leaders accelerate strategy implementation in their organizations. He is also the Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership, Emeritus, at Harvard Business School.
Dr. Kotter, thanks for the video articulating leadership vs. management behaviors. I think some people want to frame your message as a choice between Managers vs. Leaders which, unless I missed something, isn't what I hear you saying.
Unfortunately, it also draws the focus away from the more productive conversation of what does the new "leadership skill set" look like and how do we cultivate it in current executive leadership.
I've found the most success with empowerment from the top of an organization. The corporation was structured to give employees ownership of various brands within the business. This lead to a pride by everyone working on each business even if they were not the manager.
Everyone owned a specific aspect of the business – creative, marketing, purchasing, etc. – and it worked really well.
Everyone was personally vested in the success of their business.
The expression of Leadership implies mutual trust, i.e. trust of the leader in the group he has to lead, and trust of the group in their leader. But trust can be ephemeral and thus can be leadership.
Trust is basically linked to confidence or belief in some essential qualities of the other which bring credential to his/her promises or ability to deliver something desired and hoped for. These essential qualities are projections of our own desired qualities and abilities. This is why leaders are idealized and sometime treated as idols as long as they perform as expected. But circumstances do change; and once successful leaders can suddenly become ineffective in coping with abrupt radical change that triggers unforeseen challenges. Since Leadership exists only through the judgment and approval of the people led, once these people have lost faith in their leader's ability to triumph, Leadership vanishes. It was there, it existed as a quality, and now it's gone.
This leads to the necessity for a leader to exhibit a high degree of awareness of the forces shaping his/her environment. The higher the degree of awareness – both personal and corporate through market intelligence – the higher the ability to "feel" and understand the forces that shape our world. Therefore, to be complete, a leader must master "feeling", or the power of empathy. A stronger level of empathy means an increased level of sensitivity to signals changing and, thus, a stronger ability to anticipate and ride change. But such awareness will serve no purpose unless the organization being led has transformational intelligence in its genes. That requires that its DNA be built around constant teaching and learning, and around interactions based on trust and creativity among the various components of its ecosystem. It is certainly the responsibility of the leader to ensure that his/her organization has the capability to transform itself. Otherwise, his/her leadership will perish.
i like this topic "The Perils of Confusing Management and Leadership" because sometime i also quite confuse about management and leadership. as a leader i think need to learn how to manage time, resource and people. izit any difference between management and leadership. thanks for your sharing.
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There are plenty of sources out there where anybody interested can keep track of where things stand in the negotiations between the NHL and NHLPA, so I havent felt the need to spell out the particulars here.
But lets just say its more complicated than what share of hockey-related revenue (however it gets defined) goes to the guys lacing up the skates. The NHLPA sees increased revenue sharing as key to the survival of all 30 teams (and, by extension, all 700 NHL jobs) while the league once again sees more player give-backs as the answer. Resolve those vastly different world views and everything else will fall into place, but thats a tall order.
I dont consider myself an alarmist, but when asked, I tell people I think its highly unlikely theres an agreement in place by Sept. 15 and almost equally unlikely all 82 regular-season games will be played in 2012-13.
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Olympic Pools: Where Are They Now? (Part Two)
July 24, 2012
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PHOENIX, Arizona, July 24. IN today's installment looking at previous venues for swimming at the Olympic Games, we look at the history of the pools hosting the 1932, 1948, 1952 and 1956 editions.
The first part of this series examined the early pools built for the Olympics, starting in 1908 in London and continuing through to the 1932 Games in Los Angeles. Those Games, the second time the Olympics were held in the United States, marked the beginning of a trend of keeping the existing venues intact for future use.
Click here to read Part One.
Pools also were getting deeper. At the
1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany
, the main competition pool varied in depth from 2 meters (6.5 feet) to 2.3 meters (7.5 feet). Records indicate the water temperature was a very chilly 68 degrees Fahrenheit (in line with FINA's guidelines), with the water constantly pumped in from a plant miles away.
The facility was created from natural limestone, with the pools decorated with porcelain tiles. Reports also indicate that the Berlin venue had room for 20,000 spectators, which would stand as the largest capacity for a single swimming-specific venue at the Olympics, tied with the venue for the 1960 Olympics. And as you can see, front-row spectators were so close to the action they were probably splashed! (Photo courtesy IOC)
The pool still exists in Berlin, and not much has changed in 76 years.
(Photo courtesy Wikipedia)
1948 Olympics, London
The aftermath of World War II had an effect on the venues used for the 1948 Games. No new buildings were constructed, as the country was still rebuilding from the war. Swimming events were held at the Empire Pool, which was the site of the 1934 Empire Games, the name previously given to what is now known as the Commonwealth Games.
The pool was never meant to be a permanent or main fixture in the Empire Pool and Sports Arena. Designer Arthur Elvin designed the facility to host numerous sporting events, as well as non-sport acts. The Empire Pool was also the first indoor Olympic pool, almost a necessity in the unsure climate of London in the summer.
This photo was taken at the 1934 Empire Games, but very few, if any, changes were made to the facility for the 1948 Olympics. (Photo courtesy Action Images)
The pool no longer exists, but the building that housed it has become one of the most famous entertainment venues in the United Kingdom: Wembley Arena. The venue now hosts a variety of events, including music concerts featuring some of history's most famous acts. At the 2012 Olympics, badminton and rhythmic gymnastics events will be staged in Wembley Arena.
1952 Olympics, Helsinki
Not many pools in the world have as interesting story to tell as the one used for the 1952 Games. Helsinki had been awarded the Olympic Games for 1940, but World War II canceled those Olympics. With an empty tank not in use, Finland decided to use the pool to store herring and root vegetables to send to troops.
Equipment to heat the pool to the then-required 71 degrees Fahrenheit also was affected by the war. The heating system that was to be used for the pool was damaged in transport during the war years, and a new system was rushed to Helsinki in time to keep the water at 75 degrees Fahrenheit, a relatively warm temperature considering the air temperature hovered around 68 degrees in the daytime.
As you can see in the above photo, spectators were closer than ever to the competition, sitting mere feet from the pool's edge.
Today, the pool has had very few upgrades, though a multipurpose gym and additional wading pools have been constructed since 1952. The pool is now a recreational hub in the summer months, and since it is outdoors, too cold for use any other time of the year.
(Photo courtesy Wikipedia)
1956 Olympics, Melbourne, Australia
It should come as no surprise that Australia went all-out in constructing a sparkling new swimming venue, as the country has always embraced swimming as one of their natural sports. However, an interesting aspect of the pool was its depth. The starting end measured 6.5 feet, but the depth of the turning end was only 3.5 feet.
This photo was taken during a water polo match in the Melbourne Swimming/Diving Stadium. (Photo courtesy IOC)
So much has happened to the facility that housed the swimming events at the 1956 Olympics. After Dawn Fraser and others claimed Olympic glory, the pool and many venues around it were re-purposed for sport and entertainment events. The facility still houses a pool, one that's about 25 meters long. Interestingly, the seating used in 1956 appears intact on either side of a fitness center that lies on top of the place where the competition pool existed.
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A stone's throw from the site of the swimming events of the 1956 Olympics is the Rod Laver Arena, where the 2007 FINA world championships took place.
Up next: A look at pools in Rome, Tokyo, Mexico City, Munich and Montreal.
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TRAVERSE CITY -- The date and site of the Traverse City Wolves first playoff game in the North American Football League have changed.
The Wolves (7-3) will now have a bye this weekend and will face London on Saturday, Oct. 10 at Thirlby Field. Originally, that game was scheduled for Oct. 3 at Traverse City Central.
Game time is 7 p.m. The teams split a pair of games during the regular season.
London is 6-3.
Traverse City is a No. 3 seed, London a No. 4 seed.
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The Brag Basket is our tradition of sharing. The basket is always free and open all weekend, this one April 13-15, 2012. Have some good news this week? Put it in the Brag Basket.
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Tiny baskets, photo (cc) by Stephanie Kilgast on Flickr
Don't hold back because of that word, "brag." When you hold back, you hide your good news and accomplishments that might inspire others. Even though I call this the Brag Basket, it's not really about bragging. It's about sharing.
What can you do in the Brag Basket?
- introduce yourself
- share some great news from this week
- congratulate a friend
- laugh about something wonderful that you tried that failed
- applaud for each other
Speak up and add yourself or another deserving soul in the comments. It lets you meet each other a bit. Reading each others' stories brings us a bit closer to being a community.
How does it work? You write a comment on this post. We all cheer, and everyone feels great.
This is not an ad. (I delete the ads.) It's a conversation with friends. So jump in. And remember to cheer for each other.
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