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Real Steel gets a little too sappy, is just a little too corny, and has way too much of the dreaded precocious kid element in it which wastes the intriguing set-up. In the near future humans have been replaced in the ring by robot boxers which, when you consider the sport's brutality, isn't such a bad idea. Washed up ex-fighter Charlie (Jackman) is a small fish in a big pond in the robot boxing world, carting around his late model robot and stopping in small towns to take on all sorts of opponents (including a bull). He's irresponsible, runs out on all his debts, and is so hard up for cash that when he finds out his ex-girlfriend has died leaving him with custody of the son (played by Dakota Goyo) he never visited, he's willing to sell away his parental rights for $100,000 to his ex's rich sister's husband without her knowing. He's a cad, a low-life, a real loser, but because Jackman's playing him, we cut him a little slack and are supposed to laugh off his rascally ways.
Agreeing to keep the kid, Max, for the summer - for $50,000 - so that the boy's aunt and uncle can go on vacation, Charlie winds up saddled with a youngster who's 11 going on 30. He's more intelligent than his dad, has better powers of deductive reasoning, and although he's only been around the world of running robot boxing for a day, he's ready to enter the big leagues. Because, you know, he's one of those movie kids who's got life all figured out and will have no problem explaining it to the adults in order to move the film's plot forward.
After salvaging a rusted, old school robot from a junkyard, Max and Charlie get back out on the road, leaving behind Charlie's best friend in the world (actually, his only friend in the world), Bailey Tallet (played by Evangeline Lilly). Bailey inherited the gym where Charlie used to train as a young whippersnapper, and the affection she feels for her deceased dad's favorite student hasn't waned - despite the fact she's nearly going bankrupt and Charlie refuses to pay his bill. But Bailey's not in this story to actually be a strong female character; she's involved only to repair the relationship between father and son while helping the audience see that Charlie hasn't always been such a bad guy.
And as the father and son travel around the boxing circuit meeting colorful human and metal characters, the gap between them begins to close, thanks to the bond formed by training their robot boxer together. Oh, and Max even gets to teach his robot some hip-hop dance moves which, after the first little musical number, become extremely annoying to watch.
The Bottom Line
Director Shawn Levy (the Night at the Museum films) has a good eye for what works in an action film, and Real Steel's CGI boxing scenes are quite entertaining. However, when the story concentrates on the humans interacting, Real Steel loses its rhythm.
There's an uncomfortable amount of forced sentimentality wedged into the father and son bonding angle, and the dialogue overall feels sanitized for family audiences - which is understandable, though regrettable, in that the family audience is the intended target for Real Steel. Because this is as squeaky clean as a boxing film can be and because the outcome can be predicted from minute one, there's a flatness to the production that made me actually tune out off and on, fully paying attention only when the focus returned to the action in the ring. And I have to point out this is unusual as I'm neither a boxing fan nor am I particularly into robots. The human characters just weren't as compelling as the robot boxers.
The cast, led by Hugh Jackman, are all fine, and the CG action is seamlessly integrated into the film. But Real Steel just doesn't score a knock-out. It's the undercard you're forced to sit through in order to get to the real main event, which, in this case, just never materializes.
Real Steel was directed by Shawn Levy and is rated PG-13 for some violence, intense action and brief language.
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Democratic politicians, consultants, and poll respondents all want Hillary to run for president in 2016.
Hillary Clinton's future is causing a new round of buzz in Washington and in Democratic circles around the country as she approaches the end of her term as secretary of state.
Clinton says she will step down early next year but remains a popular political figure at home and abroad. Clinton says she isn't running for president in 2016. But some of her friends and former advisers tell me that this disavowal is an indication of her temporary weariness after two difficult decades in public life at the highest levels than a declaration of her presidential intentions. She needs time to rest and ruminate, her friends and advisers say.
Sixty percent of Americans have a favorable impression of Clinton and only 35 percent have an unfavorable view of her, according to the latest Politico/George Washington University Battleground Poll. President Obama's favorable rating is 52 percent while 45 percent of Americans have an unfavorable impression of him. Obama is prohibited by the Constitution from serving a third term.
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Clinton associates say she remains committed, above all, to improving the lives of women and children — longtime objectives from the start of her public career. And she would love to break the glass ceiling that has kept women from serving as president of the United States.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich told NBC's Meet the Press that it would be "virtually impossible" for anyone to defeat Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016 if she sought it. Gingrich also said Sunday that former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush could be the Republican nominee if he seeks the presidency, which could set up a family rematch of the 1992 election in which Bill Clinton defeated incumbent George H.W. Bush. Jeb Bush is George H.W. Bush's son and the brother of former President George W. Bush.
The New York Times carried a Page One article Sunday headlined, "Clinton's Countless Choices Hinge on One: 2016." The Times says Clinton plans to leave the State Department shortly after President Obama is inaugurated for a second term in January, then spend several months considering what to do next. The Washington Post featured Clinton prominently in a Sunday opinion article about the experiences of women serving as secretary of state, titled, "Feeling Typecast, Madam Secretary?"
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And James Carville, former political adviser to Bill Clinton, said on ABC's This Week that while he doesn't know what Hillary Clinton will do, "I do know this: The Democrats want her to run. And I don't just mean a lot of Democrats. I mean a whole lot of Democrats — like 90 percent."
Clinton has served not only as secretary of state but as U.S. senator from New York and first lady, when she was a prominent adviser to her husband. She entered the 2008 presidential campaign as the favorite for the Democratic nomination but lost to Obama. However, Clinton retains a loyal following around the country, and would be a formidable candidate if she ran again.
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The death of Jean Chambers, struck by an S.U.V. on the Upper West Side this month, was the fourth pedestrian fatality in the neighborhood this year.
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Last Ball Rumbles Down a Village Bowling Alley
Monday was the final night for the Bowlmor Lanes, which opened in 1938 and was one of the longest continuously running bowling alleys on the East Coast.
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In Rematch, Rangel Holds Lead in a Tight House Primary Race
Representative Charles B. Rangel, seeking a 23rd term, held a slim lead in a fierce battle early Wednesday with State Senator Adriano D. Espaillat in their primary election contest.
June 25, 2014, Wednesday
Gold Touches Up Sullied Band Shell in Central Park
The words of dedication on the Naumburg Bandshell were regilded for the start of this year's orchestral music series.
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Pastor New to Harlem Takes Rangel On
The Rev. Michael A. Walrond Jr.'s candidacy has raised questions about his aims in the race to unseat Representative Charles B. Rangel.
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The six-year project included moving and restoring the fountain; a new mini-playground; and replacing the chess area, asphalt mounds and benches with black-and-white tabletops, chairs and greenery.
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Despite assurances that the 70-foot poles will resist storms better and increase power transmission, many people are outraged.
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Queens Community Mourns 4 Friends Killed in Crash
The deaths of the young people, who were passengers in a car that plunged off a dead-end road and into a creek, seemed to touch everyone in a pocket of East Elmhurst.
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HOUSTON—A southeast Houston neighborhood has been dealing with high water for most of the day Wednesday, but it's not a new problem and residents said they're sick and tired of the flooding.
Cars and trucks could be seen driving through the high waters on Theta and Gilpen streets. At one point it was pretty scary. Winds blew so hard that you could see the telephone poles moving around and, despite the high waters and wind, drivers put their cars to the test.
Some homeowners said they were annoyed by that because the area is known to flood and cars get stuck all the time.
"It's always flooding. It's a nice neighborhood. It's always flooding. We don't want the same problem," said Dennis Mojardin, who lives nearby. "(We don't want) cars getting stuck in the middle of the road."
As of 4 p.m. there hadn't been any major issues.
Just last year a car got stuck and the driver was rescued. He didn't have any where to go so he ended up staying at a house with some Good Samaritans.


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Golf Author, Alex Davidson, today releases a new interview on the return of Tiger Woods to golf. In his interview, Mr. Davidson discusses Woods performance in his first game since undergoing surgery for a pinched nerve in his back and looks at what golfers can learn from how Woods played over the weekend - the interview is available in full at http://www.UltimateGolfAdvantage.com/interview-alex-davidson-talks-tiger-woods-return/
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Golf Author, Alex Davidson, today releases a new interview on the return of Tiger Woods to golf. In his interview, Mr. Davidson discusses Woods performance in his first game since undergoing surgery for a pinched nerve in his back and looks at what golfers can learn from how Woods played over the weekend - the interview is available in full at http://www.UltimateGolfAdvantage.com/interview-alex-davidson-talks-tiger-woods-return/
In a new interview released today, Alex Davidson, founder of Ultimate Golf Advantage and author of Think to Win: Mastering the Mental Side of Golf, discusses Tiger Woods much-anticipated return to the sport after a substantial 3-month break following back surgery. Mr Davidsons new interview comes following what proved to be a difficult game for Woods as the full extent of the damage sustained by his injury became increasingly obvious.
Mr. Davidson explained that this new interview offers an in-depth analysis of Woods performance and his wider influence on the sport as well as key takeaways from the weekends action. Mr. Davidson commented:
At UGA, we make it our primary focus to provide valuable advice around the latest news in the industry. He added, Whether there are highs or lows, we always look for a lesson in the players performances that can be of use to our readers and golf enthusiasts everywhere.
Examining Woods unsteady performance at Quicken Loans National, Mr. Davidson discusses the stark contrast to the form we are used to from the former World No. 1 and talks about the extent of his physical disadvantage, noting that this weekend was simply a reminder of the damage done, as Woods flopped - not even making the cut at the end of the second day.
However, Mr. Davidson also provides actionable advice to golfers and key takeaways from Woods performance, despite his disappointing ranking. Mr. Davidson commented:
Despite not making the cut, [Woods] remained positive throughout, merely assessing his performance and noting areas for improvementMaking a conscientious effort to use these moments to analyze your mistakes is an excellent opportunity to really improve your performance.
In his new interview, Mr. Davidson also discusses the influence that Woods has on the game and attributes the lagging interest in the sport partly to the recent negative media attention that Tiger Woods received surrounding his personal life. However, Mr. Davidson believes that Woods will continue to create interest in the sport. He commented:
Whatever the ultimate reason for Woods influence on the game - all eyes will no doubt continue to remain fixed on the player as his recovery progressesitll be interesting to see whether Woods has been able to use those lessons learnt from his first tournament back.
Alex Davidsons latest interview is available now at the UGA website, at http://www.UltimateGolfAdvantage.com/interview-alex-davidson-talks-tiger-woods-return/
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Two years ago, my husband and I purchased a home for $217,000. My husband works in construction and is paid a salary plus a bonus, but the new-home-building industry in our area has hit an all-time low, and he has not received any bonus pay in at least six months. Also, part of his wages are garnished to pay child support fees. We are now unable to make our monthly mortgage payments, but the option to sell the house for something smaller is no longer possible. Our $217,000 home is now valued at $165,000. Our savings are depleted, and we have lowered all the other expenses that we can, but we still cannot pay our home loan on time this month. What options do we have besides foreclosure?
That's a tough situation, but you may be able to avoid foreclosure yet. The first step is to call your lender. Lenders don't want to see customers fail to make payments and lose their houses, either. Your lender will most likely work with you to get you back on track.
According to Pam Hamrick, vice president of LendingTree Loans, one option is forbearance, where borrowers temporarily make reduced payments or none at all. To qualify for this option, borrowers usually need to show that they are experiencing a temporary problem and that a tax refund, future bonus, or other form of income will let them catch up. Also, interest may still accumulate, so you may have to make bigger payments down the road.
Another option is to ask the lender to modify the terms of the loan so the payments are more affordable, Hamrick says. For example, you may be able to extend the term of the loan so monthly payments are lower.
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Rylie McCracken, center, was the winner of the McAlester Lions Clubs Peace Poster Contest. She is congratulated by Lions President Neal Wood, left and Melissa Hoover, of Parker Intermediate Center. Thirty entries qualified for local judging in November and McCracken's entry went on to district competition. The theme was "Our World, Our Future," and one international winner will be announced Feb. 1. This was the first time in decades the local club has participated in the international contest, distributing 250 sheets of poster paper to local students ages 11-13, with the assistance of Briggs Printing.


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ALEDO – The Alzheimer's Caregiver Support Group at Aledo United Methodist Church is a place that caregivers can come to learn about the disease of Alzheimer's and learn how to better cope with the challenges that face their loved love. For many, Alzheimer's care includes not only challenges but also many rich rewards.
When the time comes that the patient can no longer live outside a facility, the family must face the decision of moving their loved one to a nursing home or memory care assisted living facility. This is very expensive and medicare does not pay for this care. If a person does not have long term care insurance and are not wealthy, then they must turn to Medicaid for support.
At noon on July 11th, the Alzheimer's Caregiver Support Group in Aledo will host Jim Audet, a senior medicaid counselor, who will discuss what to expect from Medicaid, how to plan for Medicaid care, and how to apply and qualify for Medicaid.
Audet is a member of the Law Offices of Michele Audet P.C. in Weatherford, which is dedicated to assisting individuals and families throughout Texas secure financial aid for nursing home expenses or long term care needs. This seminar will help to educate families on how to qualify for financial assistance through Medicaid and in doing so, strive to explore and utilize any and all legal means of protecting both hard earned income and assets from unnecessary spend-down.
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Room Partent Mtg. 9/26 (2:15)
Parent Volunteer Mtg. 10/3 (2:15)
Make up Picture Day 10/4
Book Fair 10/7-11
Conference Week 10/14-18 (No school Mon. & Min. Day 12:00 dismissal)
Pumpkin Patch 10/24
Halloween Party 10/31
Room Parent Mtg. TBA (2:00 Family Feast Planning)
Veterans Day 11/11 (No School)
Thanksgiving Feast 11/26 (9:00 set up/10:45 exchange beads/11:00 All Families invited to eat)
Thanksgiving Break 11/27 - 29 (No School)
Room Parent Mtg. TBA (2:00 Holiday Party Planning)
Winter Sing 12/17
Holiday Party 12/19
Winter Break 12/20-1/6
Red Book Bags Begin Go home Monday- Return on Friday
MLK 1/20 (No School)
100th Day 2/4 (Homework Due)
Valentines Day Cards Due 2/14
Nursery Rhyme Play 3/6 (6p Drop Off/6:30p Show)
Game Night 3/26 (6pm.)
Saint Patrick's Day Traps Due 3/13
Conference Week 3/15-3/21 (No School Mon. Min. Day 12:00)
April Spring Break 4/14-18
Farm Field Trip 5/ (13?) TBA
Farm Homework Due 5/19
Open House 5/21 (6:30 pm.)
Cake Decorating Contest 5/30
International Festival 5/31
Promotion Ceremony 6/10 (11:00 with a 12:10 dismissal)
Field Day/Last Day of School 6/12 (11:00 with a 12:10 dismissal)
Walking Field Trips Dates Vary throughout the year
Important Schedules to Know
Friday Folders: Due Mondays (All Year)
Library Books: Due Mondays (All Year)
Calendar Journal: 1st Semester -Due Last Friday of every Month
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I was talking about your comment about Irina never upping the ante when her competitors skate great and listing 2001 Worlds as an example. I wasn't talking about whether Irina actually executed her planned content well.
I was talking about your comment about Irina never upping the ante when her competitors skate great and listing 2001 Worlds as an example. I wasn't talking about whether Irina actually executed her planned content well.
"Corporation, n. An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility." - Ambrose Bierce
Fair enough. OK I give her the 2001 Worlds in that regard, but most other times she wimps out when a competitor goes big, like she did at the 2000 Worlds and 2002 Olympics, and then doesnt even go clean on top of that. I would say 2006 Olympics but none of her competitors even went big there, and she just chose to wimp out and then fall on top of that anyway.
The 2002 and 2006 Olympics were amongst the most pathetic chokes ever by a legendary skater. A skater who at her best can do 7 triples with 2 different 3-3s skating last and only needing to go clean with 5 triples and no 3-3s to win, and couldnt even manage that. She just wasnt a strong competitor under pressure. People assume she is since she was more consistent in that era of headcases than anyone not named Kwan, Lipinski, Hughes, and Chen and didnt have the meltdowns Suguri, Butyrskaya, Cohen, Gusmeroli, Liashenko, Nikodinov, Voltchkova, Robinson, Arakawa, and other top skaters of that era were famous for, but that doesnt mean she was truly tough and a clutch competitor.
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That's one thing I never understood about Arakawa's performance. I knew Arakawa felt she could play it safe due to Cohen's performance, but Irina was coming up and she was capable of hitting it out of the ballpark. Unless Arakawa and Morosov knew something about the way Irina had been practicing (and if Irina wasn't hitting her routines consistently). I always wondered who would have won had Arakawa and Slutskaya performed similar jump content. I preferred Arakawa, but the judges may have given it to Slutskaya.
"Corporation, n. An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility." - Ambrose Bierce
I think that Shizuka probably felt Irina would bomb. She had been skating very badly in practices in Turin from all reports. Some observers said they were surprised she made it through the long program as well as she did, which means she must have been having some scary bad practices at that event, and been struggling with the altitude perhaps.
Kwan was never a contender for the 2006 Olympics. I was actually relieved when she WD rather than having to witness a dissapointing finish for her. Had she somewhat gotten through a somewhat clean competition she probably would have been 4th or 5th alongside Suguri, but had she not been able to manage that (quite likely given her health, struggles with COP, not competed all season) it could have been something ugly.
The real dissapointment along with Slutskaya and Cohen's falls, Shizuka's conservative vs her dynamite practices performance, and the overall blah event, is Asada not getting to skate in 2006 due to the stupid age rule. I am a Kim uber who generally roots against Mao over the years, but she really did deserve the Olympic Gold that year, and it is a shame in hindsight as that was clearly her best chance. She never had a hope vs Kim in 2010, and probably not vs Kim or Koster this time around.
Olympics isn't a party for kids. 15 and a half is young enough if you ask me. And while some skaters might have to experience Mao's misfortune, it's not that older skaters don't suffer from the fact Olympics take place every four years. If they peak somewhere inbetween, they may be past their best times come the next Olympics too.
And even if Mao was in that 10% of 15 year olds who already skate with maturity, it's better to keep the rule as it is because of the remaining 90%.
Just since 2002.
2002 Olympics
Pairs- Elena & Anton won with a mistake so going clean they would for sure. Canada would still cry for gold medal probably though. Silver for crybaby Canadians. Bronze for Chinese.
Ladies- Slutskaya wins easily if all skate cleanly. Silver is toss up between Cohen and Kwan. Cohen with triple lutz-triple toe wins silver over clean Kwan with no triple-triple, but Kwaw with the triple toe-triple toe wins silver if all are clean.
Men- Plushenko wins if both he and Yagudin are clean. Stojko wins bronze if all are clean.
Pairs- same podium as it was in exact same order if all are clean. Maybe Petrova & Tikhonov get a medal but I don't think so if the Zhangs and Shen & Zhao were totally clean.
Men- same podium as it was again.
Ladies- Slutskaya wins if all are clean. She won bronze with 4 mistakes. Arakawa is silver if all are clean, especialy if she includes a 3-3. Cohen is bronze if all are clean.
Pairs- same podium in same order if all are clean.
Men- Lambiel or Takahashi for gold, not sure which. Bronze to Abbott, Chan, Joubert or anyone but Lysacek or Plushenko if all are clean.
Ladies- same podium in same order if all clean.
Apart from ladies in 2002 and 2006, and mens in 2010 the mistakes really did not affect the podiums any. Other contenders did not capatilize on those who made mistakes by making them themselves.
Had Harding skated her best in Albertville though she would have won over Yamaguchi and Ito with how they skated, regardless if she wouldnt have had they gone clean. Even Kerrigan might have won in Albertville skating cleanly with how everyone skated (although that is much less sure).
After 2014 Olympics I would say:
1992: gold- Yamaguchi, silver- Ito, bronze- Harding
1994: gold- Sato, silver- Bonaly, bronze- Kerrigan, Josee, or Baiul
1998: gold- Lipinski, silver- Kwan, bronze- Butyrskaya
2002: gold- Slutskaya, silver- Cohen, bronze- Kwan
2006: gold- Slutskaya, silver- Cohen, bronze- Kostner
2010: gold- Kim, silver- Asada, bronze- Rochette
2014: gold- Lipnitskaya, silver- Sotnikova, bronze- Gold (Leonova had she competed), 4th- Kim, 5th- Asada, 6th- Kostner
Pairs 2006: gold- Totmianina & Marinin, silver- Zhangs (silver or gold if they skate clean with quad throw, only bronze skating cleanly without it), bronze- Shen & Zhao
Pairs 2010: gold- Savchenko & Szolkowy, silver- Shen & Zao or Kavaguti & Smirnov (they had highest base value in LP planned by 4 points didnt they)
Pairs 2014: gold- Voloszhar & Trankov, silver- Savchenko & Szolkowy, bronze- Duhamel & Radford
Mens 2014: gold- Hanyu, silver- Fernandez or Chan
Mens 2010: gold- Lambiel, Takahashi, or Abbott, silver- Takahashi, Abbott, or Lysacek, bronze- Abbott, Lysacek, or Chan
Would be the results of each Olympics had all skated cleanly.
I think it is easy to say Yuna is the best Ladies skater in the world but much harder to justify the scoring system which does not really consider who is the best overall skater but only who scored the most points.
To quote Scott Hamilton (who was trying hard to make sense of the results) "Adelina was like a cash register racking up points."
The COP is a truly puzzling way to judge a beautiful sport like figure skating.
Gold as the decoy of the Russian plot would also have beaten clean Kim, clean Kostner, and clean Asada for sure.
Gold- Miskutienok & Dmitriev
Silver- Brasseur & Eisler
Bronze- Kovarikova & Novotny
Just as it was
Gold- Berezhnaya & Sikhardlize
Silver- Eltsova & Bushkov
Bronze- Woetzel & Steuer or Ina & Dungen
Just as was
Just as was
Gold- Savchenko & Szolkowy
Silver- Shen & Zhao
Bronze- Kavaguti & Smirnov
Gold- Volosozhar & Trankov
Silver- Savchenko & Szolkowy
Bronze- Stolbova & Klimov
Gold- Petrenko
Silver- Browing
Bronze- Barna
Gold- Petrenko
Silver- Browning
Bronze- Stojko (only if he includes quad triple, otherwise Boitano or Urmanov)
Gold- Stojko (again only if he does quad triple)
Silver- Kulik
Bronze- Eldredge
Gold- Plushenko
Silver- Yagudin
Bronze- Honda
as was
Gold- Lambiel
Silver- Takahashi
Bronze- Abbott
Gold- Hanyu
Silver- Fernandez
Bronze- Chan
2006 Olympics
Gold- Navka & Kostomarov
Silver- Denkova & Stayviski
Bronze- Dubreuil & Lauzon
other Olympics all as was
Gold- Ito
Silver- Yamaguchi
Bronze- Harding
Gold- Sato
Silver- Bonaly
Bronze- Chouinard
Gold- Lipinski
Silver- Kwan
Bronze- Butyrskaya
Gold- Slutskaya
Silver- Cohen (with triple lutz-triple toe)
Bronze- Kwan (maybe beating Cohen for silver if she does triple toe-triple toe)
Gold- Arakawa
Silver- Slutskaya
Bronze- Cohen
as was
as was
As I understand this scenario includes those who had huge potential but never skated cleanly. If Emanuel Sandhu by some miracle had skated two perfect programs in 2006, could he have ended up on the podium?


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Although the motel remains unnamed, Laurel County Sheriff's officials investigated the complaint where it was believed that some drug activity was taking place.
Deputies Mikey Ashurst and Tyler Morris went to the motel and observed a man walking out of the room in question. The man, according to the press release from the sheriff's office, appeared to be under the influence of drugs. Michael Sproles, 34, of London, was charged with public intoxication of controlled substances.
The continuing investigation revealed two other persons inside the room, apparently listening to a police scanner, as well as some burned spoons and clear baggies.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – It was a scary morning for elementary school kids and their parents after a strange man managed to walk to the school cafeteria, prompting a lockdown.
Sasha Davy just wanted to hug her daughter.
"I'm so happy she's okay. This is my baby," she said, after picking her up from Statesville Elementary School off of Milhaven Lane.
Second grader Ashlyn had a pretty good understanding of what happened at her school.
"We had a lockdown in the lunchroom and we had to get under the tables," she told us.
Police say a man walked into the school around 11 a.m. and a staffer realized immediately he didn't belong. Within a minute, the school was on lockdown and the police were on scene.
Ashlyn said, "When we are in the cafeteria we should get down under the tables and get down like a turtle in a shell."
Lt. Steve Hunber with Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said the man appeared to have mental issues. Officers found him there in the lunchroom. It is unclear why he went into the school
"The first officers went straight to the cafeteria. That's what we're trained to do. Go straight to the threat," Hunber said.
Police took the man into custody quickly, but parents want to know how he made it that far in the first place.
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---- — HAVERHILL — Haverhill votes are in.
Here is a quick break down:
14th Essex state representative: Methuen's Diana DiZoglio tops Incumbent Democrat David Torrisi by a vote of 107 to 39
1st Essex Senate, Democrat: Haverhill's Tim Coco finished first with 1,734 votes. Former Methuen Mayor Bill Manzi came in second with 697 votes. Newburyport City Councilor Kathleen O'Connor Ives finished third with 511 votes.
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It's not easy being Superman.
It only earns about $160 a month for Avelino Chavez, who dresses up daily as the caped hero.
But oh, the adventures!
The 52-year-old Chavez can't fly but does seem to be everywhere in Lima: at political rallies and speeches, at a wedding shoot for Peru's famed opera tenor Juan Diego Florez, hawking tours and flights on behalf of a travel agency in the central Plaza de Armas.
"Hola Superman!" people shout to him.
"Hola, Superamigo!" he'll shout back.
Chavez became a superhero 15 years ago after a failed go at bullfighting and jobs as a craftsman, laboratory worker and brothel security guard.
"I lost my job but realized that I could be Superman. I went to the store and bought a blue shirt and a cousin of mine who is a seamstress sewed the cape, the boots, the belt and the red tights," he told The Associated Press.
He hasn't lacked for work since.
One political party even asked him to run for Congress a decade ago. He agreed, but didn't win the seat.
Chavez says he tries to "maintain order in the city." In 2002, he says, he recovered a purse stolen from a woman by a thief.
"My Kryptonite is my security," he says, referring to the fictional element that is a weakness of the comic book character whose identity he's fused with his own.
As a younger man, Chavez said he sometimes dressed as Carlos Gardel, the Argentine crooner whose tangos "cut to the soul" or wore a beret that made him feel like the revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara.
But Superman proved the ticket to steady work.
Single and childless, Chavez lives in a rented apartment in a poor neighborhood in Lima's center.
He says he doesn't have a girlfriend.
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Started all 55 games in the outfield … Tallied a .212 batting average with 31 hits … Notched 11 RBI, which includes a season-best two-RBI game against Samford Feb. 25 … Registered eight two-hit games and a 13-game reached-base streak … Finished 2-for-2 on stolen base attempts.
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Played four years of varsity softball at Clermont Northeastern High School … Also lettered twice in volleyball … Hit .494 her freshman year and over .500 her sophomore, junior and senior seasons … Holds the CNHS records for hits and runs scored … Totaled .504 batting average with 46 hits, 116 RBI and 10 doubles her senior season … Named First Team all-Southern Buckeye Conference and First team all-Dayton Metro District all four years of high school … Voted best offensive player freshman, sophomore and junior … Named MVP senior season … 2012 Clermont Journal Athlete of the Year and two-time Cincinnati Enquirer All Star … Ranked 15th in hits (181) and 14th for most runs scored (158) in Ohio.
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Whether weekend practices or the fourth quarter of a blowout, it's all a chance to get better. The same applies to losses, including Monday's season-opener with Bridgeport where turnovers and constant fouling got in the way of a possible upset victory.
"You have to learn to make adjustments," Fairmont Senior coach Corey Hines said.
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While Fairmont Senior (1-1 overall, 1-1 in the Big 10) got off to a fast start in its debut on Monday, leading last year's state finalists at the half and hanging around well after the break, they took things to another level against the Mountaineers.
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A Police Officer noticing a brand new BMW racing along at nearly 80 mph on Congers Road turned on his lights and pulled the driver over. Approaching the car, he noticed that there were five teenage girls in the car; the passenger in the front and the three in the back were all wide-eyed and white as ghosts.
The driver, obviously confused, said: "Like, Officer, I don't understand, I was doing, like, exactly the speed limit! What, like, is the problem?"
The officer replied: "Don't you know that you were speeding? You should know that when you don't observe the speed limit you are a danger to other drivers."
"I know what the speed limit is. I was doing, like, eighty miles an hour, like, over there as it says on that sign!", the teenage driver replied huffingly. "Are you giving me, like, a ticket? Is this, like, a joke? I'm telling my parents because, like, they pay your salary!"
The officer explained to her that "80" is the route number for Congers Road, not the speed limit, and then he asked if the other occupants of the car were ok as they all seemed to be trembling and hadn't uttered so much as a single peep. "This is not the end of the world", he said to them, "I'm just giving your friend a speeding ticket and a warning to all of you to slow down".
"Oh, they'll be all right in, like, a minute, officer", said the teenage driver, "before we turned on to Congers Road we, like, just came down 304".
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'Monty Python's Flying Circus'
The driver's parents do indeed pay for the policeman's salary. Lets go back to 2008 and an article in the NY Times entitled 'Crime May Not Pay, but in this Town (Clarkstown), Fighting It Sure Does' where we read:
In 2008, Chief Noonan made $332,529.88. He was not even the highest paid: one of his two captains earned $335,676, while working two days a week because of a disability and spending three days a week undergoing physical therapy. The other captain earned $311,369. The 50 highest-earning Clarkstown employees were all members of the Police Department, with those 50 earning roughly $10 million, or about $200,000 each on average. Supervisor Gromack called the police salaries "obscene".
The article continued: By comparison, the New York City police commissioner, Raymond W. Kelly, makes $189,700, and average annual pay for city police officers ranges from $43,062 for a cadet entering the academy to $90,829 for an officer with five and a half years on the job, including overtime and other earnings, according to Paul J. Browne, the department's chief spokesman. In New York City, salaries for captains start at $108,342, and grow after four years to $135,524. Many Clarkstown officers "augment" their salaries by collecting hundreds of hours of overtime a year — in some cases earned in previous years — and extra earnings for unused holiday, vacation, personal and sick time. "He ( Noonan) may well be the highest-paid chief in the country, surpassing even L.A., New York, Chicago, Dallas, Denver and Detroit," said Chief Jack L. Rinchich, president of the National Association of Chiefs of Police. "Those salaries are astounding — I've never heard anything in that range. It's a heck of a package. I mean, we have a chief in West Virginia making $7 an hour."
Clarkstown's supervisor, Alexander Gromack, always looking on the sunny side of the street, called the department "proficient", and said that "Clarkstown's Police Department is covering the entire Town on its own and so is doing the job of two or more departments".
The Superisor may be walking on the sunny side of the street but I'm completely in the dark as to what he meant by that statement! .......
Still, he said, police compensation accounts for 25 percent of the Town's budget, and puts an undue strain on a budget that he struggles to keep balanced. "I have the highest regard for the job they are doing," Mr. Gromack said. "We have to protect the people of Clarkstown, but we also have to protect their pocketbooks."
Perhaps predictably, Mr. Gromack blamed the situation on previous administrations, which he said allowed salaries and benefits to balloon with every contract negotiation. During his four years in office, he said, he has been working to limit overtime and scale back some perks. "I inherited these obscene salaries, and I've been attempting to turn them around and bring some reality and sanity to the salary structure of our police," Mr. Gromack said.
Consider this, Clarkstown police Captain Thomas Purtill's payout was nearly $543,415 before his retirement which made him by far the highest-paid public employee in New York that year. He has the highest Rockland pension at $162,614. Second is his former chief, William Sherwood, whose pension is $162,037.
Let's wind forward to 2011 where we find that the joke continues unchecked ......
The present Police Chief, Michael Sullivan, is getting by on $260,000 managing a police force of about 160. Compare this with NYPD Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly whose present salary is $212,947. Kelly oversees the largest urban police department in the world with roughly 40,000 police officers under his command, a force about one half the size of the TOTAL population of Clarkstown. Simply stated, Sullivan earns 22% more managing a force 0.4% the size of that managed by Kelly. Or consider this comparison: New York's governor, Cuomo, ranks 2nd highest paid among all U.S. governors' salaries. Cuomo earns $179,000. Sullivan earns 45% more than NY State's governor.
And it's the same story all down the police ranks .........
In 2009, the Clarkstown Police Department employed the first, second and fourth highest paid county and municipal employees in the State of New York, having the highest average salary statewide of any town. The mean compensation was $148,000 and mean salary was $115,000 more than double the average annual wage ($51,410) of police officers in the USA.
Meanwhile to support this profligate joke on its citizens, Clarkstown has now made it into the Top Five rank of most taxed counties in the USA. The following is a list of the highest median property taxes (along with its median home values) in the top 5 counties nationwide, according to the Tax Foundation's rankings.
1. Nassau County, N.Y.: $8,478; $494,000
2. Westchester County, N.Y.: $8,474; $562,700
3. Hunterdon County, N.J.: $8,413; $453,100
4. Bergen County, N.J.: $8,269; $486,200
5. Rockland County, N.Y.: $8,084; $482,300
(Source: "Group Ranks Nassau No. 1 in Property Taxes," Newsday April 26, 2011)
Rockland County is 5th in median property taxes paid on homes and also 6th in taxes as a percent of income but you don't hear the Town Board trumpeting that laughable fact. These are numbers that Supervisor Gromack and the present Town Board can no longer blame on their predecessors - this is occurring on their watch. Take, for example, the latest contract negotiations with the Police Benevolent Association which were recently concluded on their watch. The Clarkstown police were awarded 3.4% raises by a State arbitration panel retroactive for 2009 and 2010 even as it conceded that the police officers were among the highest paid in the nation.
That's no joke, or maybe it is? Can you believe that Clarkstown's police salaries are being discussed as far away as North Dakota! In N.D. people think these salaries are a REALLY BIG joke! Me, I just think it is laughable that North Dakota finds our 'jokes' humorous ..........
According to the Journal News: The Clarkstown Police Benevolent Association, comprising approximately 160 members, asked for a 5.5 percent increase for the period. "It wasn't what we would have written," Clarkstown Supervisor Alex Gromack said. "We were hoping for a lower number." During the arbitration hearings, the town discussed decreased revenue, tax challenges, attempts to consolidate departments and reduce employees, and local opposition to salary increases saying that the average salary of a police officer was $142,000. But the PBA representative countered that the town was healthy, had a high bond rating, and had the 'wherewithal' to pay for the increase from the Town's reserve and fund balance.
Wait a minute! Didn't Councilman Borelli say the Town had of debt?
"By every indication, Clarkstown police officers are among the highest paid in the nation," the panel said. "When one calculates the daily rate of pay for Clarkstown police officers, including the various time-off and leave provisions, these numbers become appreciable." The panel said, however, that it found it very difficult to deny the raises "when the record documents that the town possesses the ability to fund the increases awarded herein."
Yes, indeed, Supervisor that Triple A bond rating with all the things that with it and the PBA is certainly happy to quote him that the Town does indeed have the 'wherewithal' to pay. The 'wherewithal' being of course the Town's ability to increase its debt for future payment by the citizens of Clarkstown by using that Triple A bond rating to pay for past years' police salaries with revenue from future years' tax receipts.
is alive and well!
Here is how the joke continues - the Town and the Police Department now have to negotiate a new contract for 2012!
This 'joke' is in danger of becoming 'farce'!
Which makes me wonder why, as a contract expires, those who hold the contract do not exercise their option to not renew it. In the Corporate world one is offered pink slips and out-placement counseling when one's services can no longer be afforded.
One might expect therefore that Clarkstown's police representatives would take note of this possibility and offer Clarkstown's taxpayers a 'break' in their 2012 contract negotiations. The PBA does NOT hold all of the cards even if the only thing the Town Board seems to be capable and willing of bringing to the negotiations is 'hope'.
Hopefulness with the Town Board is verging on becoming a bad habit!
The Town might begin these contract negotiations with the issuance of pink slips to 10% of the members of the Police department. Those whose services can no longer be afforded may need time to prepare their resumes for re-employment in, perhaps, New York City at more reasonable salary and benefit levels. After all if the Town Board can issue a pink slip to one of its ending her contract to perform tax certiorari matters, the Board members must know in which drawer the Town's pink slips are kept.
Given the PBA holds as its negotiating position that .......
"Greed, for lack of a better word, is good"
as Gordon Gekko put it in the movie 'Wall Street', Mr Gromack, as the chief 'officer' of the Town might hold to the position .......
"This is not the end of the world, I'm just giving some of your friends pink slips with a warning to all of you to slow down".
Otherwise, Supervisor Gromack, the taxpayers of Clarkstown will be giving you and your fellow Board members well-deserved pink slips and one-way tickets to speed out of Clarkstown.


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Methuen — Rose J. (DiGloria) Hebsch, 92, of Methuen passed away Thursday, February 21, 2013 at the Methuen Healthcare Center. She was born in Methuen and was the daughter of the late Vincenzo and Rosaria (Aletta) DiGloria.
Mrs. Hebsch was raised and educated in Methuen. She retired in 1982 from Majestic Shoe Shop in Lawrence where she had worked as a dye operator and trimmer for 25 years.
She was a parishioner of St. Lucy's Church, Methuen and enjoyed singing in the church choir. She was an avid Red Sox fan and enjoyed sewing.
Mrs. Hebsch was predeceased by her beloved husband, Robert A. Hebsch and her siblings, Joseph, James, Philip and Sam DiGloria, Lena, Schembri and Jennie Thomas.
She is survived by her brothers, John DiGloria and Rocco DiGloria and his wife Jean all of Methuen and her sisters, Josephine Benanti, Jean Rizzo and Connie Trovato and her husband Sam all of Methuen. Rose will be sadly missed by all of her nieces and nephews.
ARRANGEMENTS: By the request of the family visiting hours and funeral services will be private. Interment will be in the Immaculate Conception Cemetery, Lawrence. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made in her memory to a charity of one's choice. Arrangements are by the Cataudella Funeral Home 126 Pleasant Valley St. Methuen. For directions and online condolences please visit www.cataudellafh.com.


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The biggest-selling debut album of the Eighties and the biggest hard-rock game-changer since Led Zeppelin IV, Appetite features a lot more than the yowl of Indiana-bred W. Axl Rose. Guitarist Slash gave the band blues emotion and punk energy, while the rhythm section brought the funk on hits such as "Welcome to the Jungle." When all the elements came together, as in the final two minutes of "Paradise City," G N' R left all other Eighties metal bands in the dust, and they knew it too. "A lot of rock bands are too fucking wimpy to have any sentiment or any emotion," Rose said. "Unless they're in pain."
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From OpenwaterpediaJC MalickInternational Ice Swimming Association and works for Endless Pools.
Early on, until the age of 12, JC was advised by his parents that he was not able to take showers indoors and had to bathe in the Mullica River in Sweetwater, New Jersey (south central New Jersey) along with a bar of ivory soap and a bottle of Pert (both of which would float). This early indoctrination into water, although at first murky and iron clad, led to a passionate pursuit of swimming open water and being immersed whenever possible.
After selling their home in Sweetwater, Malick's family purchased a house in Avalon, New Jersey (along the coast of the Jersey shore) and currently reside there bay side. JC is able to jump off the family's back dock and train in a true "endless pool" with saltwater and marine life.
Aside from training in the back bays and Atlantic Ocean, JC works for Aston, Pennsylvania's Endless Pools that makes the 'treadmill for swimmers' that produces a counter current to which athletes can swim against. Of working at Endless Pools, Malick stated, "It's a great training aide and mimics open water swimming in the best freshwater, chlorinated way! Best of all, no flipturns required! I hope to introduce the product to the open water world as it is a phenomenal training tool to have in one's arsenal!"
He is also the founder and race director of C3, the Cape Circumnavigation Challenge, a 15.1-mile (24.3 km) marathon swim around Cape May, New Jersey.
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- Seven Mile Island Swim (Avalon/Stone Harbor, New Jersey) May 22,2011- 22 miles - 11:00:00
- Rose Pitonof Centennial Swim (Manhattan-Coney Island, New York, U.S.A.) August 13,2011- 17.5 miles - 6:24:53
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