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Richlands got two goals each from senior Cassidy Richardson and freshman Nadia Ashiq on Tuesday at Ernie Hicks Stadium, and the Lady Blues shut out Tazewell 6-0 in girls soccer.
Lexie Warner and Makenley Davis also netted goals for Richlands, and Nikki Sparks earned the shutout in goal.
The many seniors on the Richlands squad were honored on senior night.
Richlands (9-1-1) hosts Abingdon on Thursday. The two teams are tied for first in the Southwest District.
Boys Soccer
Richlands 3, Tazewell 1
RICHLANDS, Va. — Logan Forrest scored two goals to lead Richlands to a Southwest District win over the Bulldogs at Ernie Hicks Stadium.
Austin Lankford added a goal for Richlands, while Zack Franklin was the Blue Tornado in goal.
Richlands (6-5) will visit Marion on Tuesday to complete the regular season.
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Tazewell 6, Richlands 3
TAZEWELL, Va. — The Tazewell Bulldogs boys tennis team claimed a Southwest District victory over the Richlands Blue Tornado at Lincolnshire Park. Tazewell returns to the courts Friday at Marion.
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For those who like to look at the bright side of things, McClatchy isn't shutting down The Miami Herald, Sacramento Bee or Anchorage Daily News. But the staff cuts are deep and undoubtedly will hurt the quality and depth of coverage at some of those newspapers. How couldn't they? After all, they come on top of two other major rounds of layoffs at McClatchy.
The move isn't really a surprise, given that McClatchy said back in early February that it had to come up with a plan to cuts more costs given the deterioration of the industry. Still, it seems job cuts at the company come as frequently as seasons change.
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Marine studies at NCEAS address fundamental questions about ecological and evolutionary processes, and provide valuable insights to marine resource management and conservation professionals. The capacity enabled by NCEAS' model of synthesis and collaboration has resulted in influential research of global scale and significance(1,2). However, NCEAS marine projects span diverse topic areas and scope. In all, NCEAS projects directed at marine systems have produced hundreds of publications and presentations that contribute to the body of marine research.
From the coast to the deep sea
NCEAS research spans the coastal zones to the deep oceans. Near the shoreline, a large number of studies focus on the ecology of rich coastal marine habitats – estuaries(3), seagrass beds(4,5), and coral reefs(6) – which provide important services, such as shoreline protection, water filtration, and key habitat for many economically and culturally important organisms.
Marine population and community dynamics also have a prominent place in NCEAS research, and studies have focused on marine species that span diverse trophic levels in marine food webs(7-10), from the smallest organisms(11) up to whales(12). NCEAS scientists have also examined the complexities of recruitment that affect populations and communities(13), from propagule distribution models(14), to assessments of nursery habitats(15) and connections between nurseries and adult habitat(16).
Human impacts on the marine environment have inspired many NCEAS projects(17). For example, researchers have assessed the vulnerability of marine systems to excess nutrients from fertilizers(18). A number of studies have focused on the effects of fishing, or overfishing, on marine food webs(19,20) and ecosystems using contemporary as well as historical and fossil records(21,22). NCEAS researchers also have re-examined the most common means of assessing the health of marine fisheries(23), and analyzed non-fishing declines in fish stocks(24). Complementing the fisheries science research, NCEAS scientists have even analyzed the global dynamics and governance of seafood production and consumption(25).
With the increasing emphasis on ecosystem-based marine management around the world, NCEAS marine studies continue to inform marine spatial planning(26). In particular, NCEAS scientists have incorporated science in envisioning the design and implementation of marine reserves, in order to evaluate strategies to maximize effectiveness for conservation and for fisheries management(27-30). At the same time, human dependence on marine resources and marine ecosystem services have inspired NCEAS working group collaborations that incorporate sociopolitical and economic factors, which influence the success of marine management initiatives(31-33).
The deep sea is the area of the ocean where no light penetrates. Once thought to be devoid of life, these ecosystems are surprisingly diverse, and NCEAS researchers have synthesized historical and emerging perspectives on these environments(34,35). The ocean floor also holds vast records of past evolutionary patterns and ecological dynamics in the form of fossils. By synthesizing available data from marine fossil records, NCEAS researchers have found evidence for environmental controls on evolutionary rates(36) and intriguing patterns in the emergence of dominant and widespread biota following mass extinctions(37).Marine species of concern
NCEAS has hosted many projects that examine the status of specific marine organisms of concern, including seabirds, marine mammals, and whales. The NCEAS research model brings together diverse researchers equipped with different data sources and perspectives, to examine threats to and recovery potential for marine species of management and conservation interest. For example, a life history study of Spectacled Eiders found that the significant threat of climate change may limit, or ultimately invalidate, the effectiveness of spatial marine reserves intended to protect the species(38). In another study, sophisticated population modeling of sea otters(39) compared likely results for several proposed management actions. Also, a retrospective analysis by NCEAS researchers found that the removal of the North Pacific gray whale from the Endangered Species list, following its successful reestablishment, required a surprisingly modest economic investment from a managing agency(40).
Many marine studies at NCEAS have incorporated climate change scenarios and the dynamics of disease, and are discussed further in NCEAS research sections on ecological effects of climate change and ecology of disease.
Databases related to marine studies can be accessed through the NCEAS Data Registry and Repository. For example:
- Mapping human threats to marine systems
- Global compilation of molecular evolution data for planktonic foraminifera
- Symmetrical web of Carpinteria Salt Marsh
- Marine disease and temperature
- Meta-analysis of marine nutrient-enrichment experiments
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- J.E. Duffy, Marine Ecology-Progress Series 311, 233 (2006).
- A.R. Hughes et al., Frontiers in Ecology 7, 242 (2009).
- J.M. Pandolfi et al., Science 301, 955 (2003).
- S.L. Williams & J.E. Smith, Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics 38, 327 (2007).
- K.D. Lafferty, Ecological Applications 14(5), 1566 (2004).
- F. Juanes, Canadian Journal of Aquatic Sciences 60, 594 (2003).
- S.R. Floeter et al., Journal of Animal Ecology 76 105 (2007).
- V.H. Smith et al., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102(12), 4393 (2005).
- L. Morrissette et al., Marine Ecology Progress Series 404, (2010)
- K.A. Selkoe et al., Ecology 87(12), 3082 (2006)
- A.L. Shanks et al., Ecological Applications 13(1), S159 (2003).
- T.J. Minello et al., Marine Ecology Progress Series 246, 36 (2003).
- B.M. Gillanders et al., Marine Ecology Progress Series 247, 81 (2003).
- B. Worm et al., Science 314, 787 (2006).
- J. K. Craig et al., Marine Ecology-Progress Series 294, 79 (2005).
- J. Bascompte et al., Procedings of the National Academies of Sciences 102(15), 5443 (2005).
- D.E. Schindler et al., Ecological Applications 12, 735 (2002).
- T.E. Essington et al., Procedings of the National Academies of Sciences 103, 3171 (2006).
- J.B.C. Jackson et al., Science 293, 629 (2001).
- T.A. Branch, Nature 468, 341 (2010).
- R. Mac Nally et al., Ecological Applications 20(5), 1417 (2010).
- M.D. Smith et al., Science 327, 784 (2010).
- L. Crowder et al., Marine Policy 32, 772 (2008).
- M.L. Baskett et al., Biological Conservation 137, 163 (2007).
- A. Hastings et al., Ecological Applications S13, 4 (2003).
- F. Micheli et al., Ecological Applications 14(6), 1709 (2004).
- S. Hansson et al., Ambio 36, 365 (2007).
- P.J. Christie et al., Coastal Management 37(3-4), 374 (2009).
- E.B. Barbier et al., Science 319, 321 (2008).
- C. Wilcox & J.C. Donlan, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 5, 325 (2007).
- R.J. Etter et al., Deep-Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers 46, 1095 (1999).
- L.A. Levin et al., Annual Review Of Ecology And Systematics 32, 51 (2001).
- A.P. Allen et al., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103, 9130 (2006).
- A.I. Miller et al., Science 302, 1030 (2003).
- J.R. Lovvorn et al., Ecological Applications 19, 1596 (2009).
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Last month, longtime Stark County Common Pleas Judge Lee Sinclair went on a hiking trip with his wife in the Oregon wilderness and decided it was time to retire from a job he loves.
"I realized I could still do 45 miles on a trail," Sinclair said Thursday in a Beacon Journal interview, "so maybe it was time to go and do some more trails."
His 61st birthday is this weekend.
After serving 18 years on the bench, Sinclair said he made his decision to retire soon after a trip last month with his wife to the Rogue Wilderness trails along the Rogue River — and its whitewater beauty — in southwestern Oregon.
Zane Grey, the famous Western adventure novelist, wrote many of his books in a cabin still standing on the river banks.
The allure of those rugged hiking trails, Sinclair said, clinched his decision.
"My wife and I did a lot of talking about it while we were gone, and I came back from that and thought it was the right time and right place to do it," Sinclair said.
"It's one of the last, true American wilderness areas in the Lower 48. It was an amazing place. It was really pretty and really desolate," he said.
His retirement is effective Dec. 31, but Sinclair said he plans to continue hearing cases on assignment by the Ohio Supreme Court. He said he also plans to teach next year at the University of Mount Union in Alliance.
Sinclair is one of the most honored and scholarly jurists in the state.
As a three-term chairman of the Ohio Judicial College Board of Trustees, he is the lead faculty member for the board's judicial teaching course, "Handling a Capital Case."
It is required instruction for all Ohio judges handling death penalty cases.
Sinclair has written extensively on the judge's role in such cases, authoring a major section of the treatise, Presiding Over A Capital Case — the nation's leading textbook on death penalty litigation.
He also is a longtime faculty member of the National Judicial College at the University of Nevada and recently was elected as a member of the National Judicial College Faculty Council.
Sinclair said he has been privileged to do what he described as his "dream job."
"Being on the judiciary allows you to do a couple of things. First, it allows you to do what's right on cases, to protect people that need to be protected.
"It also allows you," Sinclair said, "to make the community safer when you handle criminal cases and you put some of these really bad people that we deal with off the street for a long time.
"It allows you to protect consumers that have been mishandled by somebody who has more money and is a little more powerful — but not legally right. Just the whole concept of the Rule of Law and the American justice system being, without a doubt, the best in the world," he said.
Sinclair wanted to be a judge since childhood.
His father had a dry-cleaning business in Canton and would do a lot of work for the courthouse judges.
"He would take me downtown — I was just a little guy— we would go to lunch together, and he would always like to go over to the courthouse to say hello to the judges he knew," Sinclair said.
Strong impressions of the job, he said, came from a kindly judge who would allow him to sit at his desk on the bench and from the mere sight of a judge striding into the courtroom in a long, black robe.
"For a little kid," Sinclair said, "it was just so impressive, and my Dad and my Mom both were so much into the fact: 'You need to strive to do something good, to serve your community and be successful in your own right.'
"A lot of that," he said, "was beat into me when I was a little kid."
To this day, if Sinclair sees a child in the courtroom, he said he will call the child up to the bench to sit in his chair before he leaves.
"That meant so much to me," he said, "that I figure if it makes a difference with only one kid in the hundreds I've done that with over the years, good for me."
Sinclair and his wife, Janet, have four grown daughters and four grandchildren.
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The state Department of Insurance has approved the rate hikes proposed by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina for 2013 individual health insurance plans that are being extended next year.
The health plans had been slated for elimination under the Affordable Care Act, the nations health care law, but Blue Cross officials said earlier this month the company would offer the plans next year. President Barack Obama urged insurers to extend the individual plans for one year amid a public outcry over forced cancellations and steep price increases for replacement plans.
After an expedited review, the N.C. Department of Insurance approved an average increase for Blue Advantage plans of 16.4 percent; for Blue Value, 22 percent; and for Blue Options HSA, 23.6 percent.
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The extension applies only to Blue Cross customers on individual plans who were enrolled on or before Oct. 1. Those who signed up after will lose their plans at the end of this year. Legislation before Congress would allow all Americans to buy the 2013 plans, not just those who enrolled by the Oct. 1 deadline.
Blue Cross had mailed out more than 151,000 plan cancellations, affecting more than 230,000 customers on those individual policies. The letters listed 2014 premiums under new individual plans that comply with the Affordable Care Act. Some customers saw rate decreases, but many were shaken by increases that doubled and tripled their costs.
Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin has said that more than 473,000 people in North Carolina were affected by the cancellations of insurance plans that dont meet the minimum standards of the new federal health law. So far only Blue Cross has agreed to extend those plans next year.
The 2014 plans are generally more expensive because they offer more benefits and because next year insurers will not be allowed to turn away applicants with pre-existing conditions.
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Fracking: Does it Help or Hurt President Obama's Re-election Chances?
The role of oil and gas development and the boom associated with hydraulic fracturing could give President Obama a boost in at least one swing state, Ohio.
Bloomberg News reports this week on what's seen in some corners as an "election year irony," that of a President who was elected in 2008 on a pro-green energy platform, but who is now getting a boost in some parts of the country where the economy is booming because of a sharp rise in oil and gas drilling.
A booming economy due to fracking is certainly the case in one corner of our swing state, Colorado. Though whether it's giving Mr. Obama a boost in the polls here, as it has in Ohio, is far less certain. No recent polls have addressed this issue specifically in Colorado, where unlike Ohio, the state unemployment rate has hovered close to the national average.
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Both regions of the state lean Republican, but on a campaign swing through Denver earlier this year, the President seemed to be looking for votes in any and all corners of this important battleground state.
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Last month in a speech in New Mexico, former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney outlined his domestic energy agenda, part of which seemed to be modeled on Colorado's state rule regulating fracking and the mandatory public disclosure of fluids used in the process, with a few exemptions.
"In North Dakota, it takes ten days to get a permit for a new well, in Colorado, it takes 27 days," the Republican said. "That's to get on state land or private land, but do you know how long it takes the federal government to get your permit on federal land? On average, 307 days."
A key pillar of the Romney Campaign strategy has been to portray the Obama Administration as stifling drilling on western public lands, including Colorado.
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On March 26, 2009, the Office of Information Policy (OIP), Department of Justice, will host a governmentwide training conference to discuss President Obama's and Attorney General Holder's Memoranda which establish a new era of open government.
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No pre-registration is required. However, you must present your Government ID to attend the training. Questions regarding the conference may be directed to OIP's Training Officer, Bertina Adams Cleveland, at (202) 514-1010. (posted 3/20/2009)
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Teen charged after 'Drivin drunk' online post
Jan 4, 2013
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ASTORIA — Jacob Cox-Brown might want to adjust his Facebook privacy settings.
Police in the coastal city of Astoria, Ore., arrested the teenager after he allegedly confessed via Facebook that he had been driving drunk on New Year's Eve and hit someone's car.
Deputy Chief Brad Johnston said Thursday that officers were investigating a hit and run involving a sideswiped car that sustained significant damage — a second car was also hit — when two Facebook friends of Cox-Brown contacted authorities, reporting a Facebook post in which the 18-year-old wrote: "Drivin drunk ... classsic ;) but to whoever's vehicle i hit i am sorry. :P"
One of his friends sent a Facebook message to an Astoria police officer; the other called the station, Johnston said. Officers went to Cox-Brown's house and found a vehicle that matched the damage done to the two vehicles. Police also connected pieces from the crash scene to the vehicle registered to Cox-Brown.
"He denied it initially, and it wasn't until he was confronted with overwhelming evidence that he finally admitted to it," Johnston said.
Cox-Brown, who has more than 650 Facebook friends, did not immediately respond to a Facebook message seeking comment. He does not have a phone number listed in his name.
Cox-Brown was charged with failure to perform the duties of a driver. He was booked into the Clastsop County Jail and released on his own recognizance. He avoided a charge of drunken driving because he was interviewed hours after the incident and the Facebook post is not sufficient evidence that he was intoxicated.
"We can't just convict somebody based on the fact that they said they were drunk," Johnston said.
Johnston said the department is fairly active in social media and it has been useful in several cases. He added that the takeaway from this case is not that people should be careful about what they post on Facebook: "No, the message is stop and contact people when you run into their cars."
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The U.S. was the most successful nation at the ten Summer Olympic Games held between 1896-1936, finishing at the top of the medal standings on seven occasions.
The Summer Games held before World War I were hampered by haphazard organization, poor facilities, myriad changes in the sports contested and their rules, as well as hardships endured by many athletes due to the transportation available a century ago.
With the resumption of the Summer Games following World War I in 1920, the aforementioned problems were gradually improved upon, resulting in more countries participating and better competition overall. Also, the opportunites for women to compete improved-slowly, but surely-through the 1920s and '30s.
The following list includes brief profiles of ten great American Olympians of the era:
Babe Didrikson: An incredible all-around athlete who was a pioneer in women's sports, Didrikson won three track and field medals at the 1932 Olympics, with two golds. Among her other accomplishments in sports was a tremendous career in professional golf.
Ray Ewry: An oft-overlooked Olympic star, Ewry was simply the greatest competitor in jumping events a century ago, and remains to this day one of the most decorated Olympians. He was the winner of a combined 10 gold medals at the three Olympics spanning 1900-08. Put simply, Ewry was every bit as dominant in his events as modern-day greats like Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt have been in theirs.
Duke Kahanamoku: The Hawaiian legend excelled at many water sports, including surfing and swimming. At three Olympics encompassing a dozen years from 1912 to 1924, Kahanamoku had five podium finishes in freestyle swimming events, including three golds.
Alvin Kraenzlein: Kraenzlein was a track star for the U.S. at the 1900 Olympics in Paris. He was victorious in the now-discontinued 60 meters and 200-meter hurdles, as well as the 110-meter hurdles and the long jump. His long jump title, however, has always been controversial.
Jesse Owens: Even casual sports fans are aware of the achievements of Jesse Owens in 1936 at the Berlin Olympics. Owens rocketed down the track to record titles in the 100 and 200 meters, led the U.S. to the 4x100 meter relay gold, and capped off a remarkable Games with gold in the long jump.
Dorothy Poynton: Poynton had a long, illustrious Olympic career in diving. Competing at three straight Summer Games from 1928 to 1936, she captured consecutive 10-meter platform golds in '32 and '36, among her four total medals.
Betty Robinson: Robinson was America's star on the track in women's sprint events from the late 1920s through the 1936 Olympics. Although life-threatening injuries from an accident forced her to miss the 1932 Olympics, she still earned three medals, with two golds.
Jim Thorpe: A star in baseball and football, Thorpe also ranks as one of the top Olympians for the U.S. by virtue of gold-medal performances in the decathlon and pentathlon in 1912. An excellent biography of his life can be found at this site.
Eddie Tolan: Several years prior to the exploits of Jesse Owens in Berlin, Tolan was the best for the U.S. on the track in the 100 and 200 meters. He won gold in both events at the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles.
Johnny Weissmuller: Weissmuller was the top Olympic performer in freestyle swimming in the 1920s, as he earned five gold medals between the 1924 and 1928 Olympics. He parlayed his success in the swimming pool into a lucrative career on the Hollywood silver screen for decades.
Patrick Hattman covered the London Games for the Yahoo! Contributor Network. He is already looking forward to the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia.
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Very simple like the recipe says, but I could have saved time peeling the pears and just used canned pears. It's not going to be that recipe that makes everyone say "WOW! How did you do this?"
The first time I made this it was good---didn't look that nice as the chocolate was rather 'gloppy' on the pears, but my family of men didn't notice. However, the second time...well... WHAT HAPPENED? I don't know. The chocolate didn't stick to the pears at all... it was a mess. (Very sad...) I won't venture into this territory again.
I made this for my parents when they visited me recently. I used semi-sweet chocolate chips instead of squares, but next time I think I'll try milk chocolate instead of semi-sweet. My parents loved it, but I thought it was just okay.
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Museums wager Impressionist art on their Super Bowl teams
In a friendly but also serious wager, the Milwaukee Art Museum and the Carnegie Museum of Art are each putting an Impressionist work of art on the line for their favored Super Bowl team.
How lovely would it be not only to see the Packers win but also to have a nice little Renoir to gloat over, sent by the losing Pittsburgh-based museum to MAM.
"I'm confident that we will be enjoying the Renoir from the Carnegie Museum of Art very soon," said MAM director Daniel T. Keegan in a statement that barely concealed his ardor for the dappled painting of lounging, fleshy females. "I look forward to displaying it where the public can enjoy it and be reminded of the superiority of the Green Bay Packers."
Keegan, incidentally, is a Green Bay native.
Of course, should the Packers lose to the Steelers, MAM will have to pack up one of its very best artworks, "Boating on the Yerres" by Gustav Caillebotte, and send it off to the Carnegie. It is one of the finest examples of Impressionism in the permanent collection at MAM, a museum that is not rich on Impressionists in the first place.
(A footnote: The Caillebotte was a gift of the Milwaukee Journal to the museum in 1965.)
It's important to note that the museums are betting a temporary loan. Still, the institutions are betting one of their most treasured works. Even a temporary parting is going to hurt. (Though one of the Carnegie's Van Goghs would have been a real bet.)
The museums were egged on by art critic Tyler Green, whose Modern Art Notes blog is published by ArtInfo.com.
This is the second year in a row that Green has prompted a bet. At this time last year, before the New Orleans Saints defeated the Indianapolis Colts in the Super Bowl, Green instigated a bet between the Indianapolis Museum of Art and the New Orleans Museum of Art.
There was a bit of trash talking between the museums, in fact. Not this year, it would seem.
"In Pittsburgh, we believe trash talk is bad form," said Lynn Zelavansky, the Carnegie's director in a statement. "We let the excellence of our football team, and our collection, speak for itself."
Last year, the Indianapolis museum wagered a painting by British romantic landscape artist J.M.W. Turner, while the New Orleans bet a work by Baroque painter Claude Lorrain.
When the Saints won, Indy sent its lovely Turner, with its dramatic and stirred-up sky, to New Orleans. It hung in the Louisiana museum's galleries for three months.
The big game will be played at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 6 in Arlington, Texas, just ouside Dallas. Dates for the art loan are still being worked out.
Images from top: "Bathers with Crab" by Pierre-Auguste Renoir from the collection of the Carnegie Museum of Art; "Boating on the Yerres" by Gustav Caillebotte, from the Milwaukee Art Museum collection.
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Doesn't Green Bay have an art museum to make this "wager" with or are they not willing to give up one of their paint by numbers the locals treasure so much?
Seems like we get a much better deal! Go Pack!
perhaps we can trade WWWMILTOWN for a pittsburgh moronic poster.
"Doesn't Green Bay have an art museum to make this "wager" with or are they not willing to give up one of their paint by numbers the locals treasure so much?"
Wow you're an idiot. It's bad enough when we have to deal with arrogant people from Chicago who trash-talk Milwaukee, and then you pull this garbage? Unbelievable.
Please advise- Do you ever have anything to say that isn't arrogant and condescending? Get over yourself. Better yet, get out and associate with a few people who aren't exactly like you and maybe you'll gain a different perspective.
"Don't Feed the Troll."
"Even a temporary parting is going to hurt."
The Carnegie will be OK minus one painting for a few months. I was there last July; it's a fabulous collection. What I liked best was that it was arranged chronologically--you can see the death of Western civilization when you walk into the 1970s room and it's full of meticulously arranged garbage (literally--assemblages of garbage) where the earlier rooms had paintings.
We should have included that orange metal crappy sculpture at the east end of Wisconsin Ave.
Let's do the same with baseball and basketball if we ever field a winning team in
those sports.
The Caillebotte is the best "impressionist" painting we have, and it's by a third-
string painter, but we have plenty of other genres to swap.
lol... Congrats to Dan Keegan and Lynn Zelavansky for taking up the
challenge, and to Tyler Green and ML for egging them on! Sports
Illustrated has branded this throw down as "the best Super Bowl bet".
It'll be sweet to enjoy the Renoir at MAM after the Pack prevails, thanks


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The group numbers were mostly superb. I didn't think the final number was tight, and it seemed a bit scattered. The opening was both bizarre and exquisite, and I could have watched Joannie Rochette with her umbrella glide/glide/glide step off the ice, glide/glide/glide, etc. all night long.
Unless I was miraculously comatose just for the exact length of Duhamel and Radford's intro/solo program/transition, we only got them in the opening and closing numbers.
On the on-ice corner monitors, there was a series of slides that said, "Sochi 2014, Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir/Patrick Chan" and then "2014 Stars on Ice/Kurt Browning" so they seem to be optimistic for a show next year. If they can't draw in crowds post-Sochi, there's no hope.
I didn't see the Victoria show; I can't describe what they did differently, except that I doubt it was part of the standard show when Patrick Chan was doused with a bucket of water (I think by Browning) as he, Browning, Buttle, and Virtue and Moir were waiting to start the first act closer. (When Jeff Buttle gave his World Vision speech, he started by saying that this was the last show of the season, which Patrick knows more than anyone, and then faux-sneeringly called Chan "rookie.") In the group number with umbrellas, did water always squirt out of them? Did rain always pour on Kurt Browning at the end of "Singing in the Rain"?
I thought the quality of the programs was so uniformly good, the only distinctions I can make were likes. Ashley Wagner's two programs were clearly designed to keep her sharp, with intricate and difficult entrances into jumps, like a spread eagle into a triple on the reverse curve in her first number. I preferred her second program to "Sweet Dreams", which she skated like a fireball of energy. If she can skate with that brutal confidence during the season, she will have nothing to worry about. The Kerrs programs were a contrast, but how do they manage to be 2000x hotter than Virtue and Moir, who started their "Stay" number with Virtue in a pink negligee dress by (carefully) rolling over each other and ended "Carmen" with Virtue's orgasm? Some of the things in "Carmen" that looked contrived to me on TV in the competitive version, like the modern dance segment, were really strong live, and the lifts were (The main part they dropped for CSOI was the "Flower Song" section.) Sawyer is such a pro as a performer. The caterpillar suit at the start of "O Fortuna" had the four-year-old behind me squealing with delight, and the butterfly wings showed off Sawyer's signature moves brilliantly.
I loved both of Buttle's and Rochette's programs, but I have a soft spot for Rochette's second, "That Man," which was so light, precise, and cheeky without any winks. She is such a delight to watch. I thought the Van Cliburn/Dave Brubeck tribute with the two of them was moving. Both of Browning's programs showed him at his signature best, with intricate footwork and his trademark timing. As Rochette said at the end of the show, it was such a privilege to see him do "Singing in the Rain" live, at the end of which nearly the entire arena was up on its feet. (She also said it great to see him do the program live, since the broadcast was 20 years ago, at which he looked mock hurt, and then she said to him something like "I was alive then" to make him feel better.)
Chan is starting to get the hang of this, but I didn't much like "Mannish Boy": for me, he's not a very convincing ass-shaker. He doesn't need to: he more than held his own in the group numbers with Buttle, Kerr, Browning, Sawyer, and Moir just by dancing -- if he can transfer some of that to his competitive FS this season, it would be grand -- and he's plenty panties-worthy without it. I loved the high five between Browning and Chan in the finale when four of the them did simultaneous 2A's and nailed the landings. As the skaters spread out to interact with the fans in on-ice seats, Chan was very cute with the two little girls from whom Scott Moir stole some pop corn earlier: I think they eyed him suspiciously, thinking he was going to steal more food from them. Moir was very gracious to the fans in our corner of the rink. Browning thanked the crowd for coming as he skated by.
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More evidence that players are now (but not previously) aware and concerned of the long-term risks of concussions. foxsports.com/nfl/laces-out/…
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BEVERLY — Constance M. (Dowd) Duke, 87, beloved wife of the late Walter E. Duke, with whom she had shared 52 years of marriage, passed away Friday, February 8 at Beverly Hospital surrounded by her loving family. Born in Lowell, she is the daughter of the late Francis J. and Mary I. (Gurnon) Dowd.
Connie grew up in Chelsea and Everett and was a graduate of Chelsea High School. For many years, she worked in food services at Beverly Hospital. Connie loved to read and had a wonderful sense of humor. She was funny, spunky and had a terrific happy go lucky way about her. She was a parishioner at St. John the Evangelist Church for over 50 years. Connie most of all enjoyed being with her family. Her family would like to thank the staff in the critical care unit at Beverly Hospital for all their wonderful care and compassion.
She is survived by her four children: Elizabeth Cooper and her husband Curtis of Raleigh, NC, William Duke and his wife Deborah of Wappingers Falls, NY, Stephen Duke Sr. and his wife Elaine of Beverly and Susan Gallagher and her husband Talmadge of Beverly; seven grandchildren: Leigh Tremblay and her husband Erik, Jennifer Cooper, Kristen Duke, Derek Duke and his fiancée Lisa Kochilaris, Stephen Duke Jr. and his wife Erica, Rebecca and Harrison Gallagher; two great grandchildren: Stephen Duke III and Cameron Tremblay; sister-in-law: Doris Sullivan of FL; many nieces, nephews and also extended family in many states and her beloved cat Katie.
ARRANGEMENTS: A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at Saint John the Evangelist Church, 111 New Balch Street, Beverly on Thursday at 10:00 A.M. Relatives and friends are invited to attend. Visiting hours will be held at the Campbell-Lee, Moody Russell Funeral Home, 525 Cabot Street, Beverly on Wednesday from 4 to 8 P.M. Burial will be in North Beverly Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, Memorial Donations may be made in Connie's Memory to the Trask Adult Day Care Center, 79 Central St., Peabody, MA 01960. Information, directions, condolences at www.campbellfuneral.com.


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Got a quick question for you NNBS (or any body style really) guys running 6" lift kits and 35's....
Can you clear 7'0? I know all lift kits are different, but I'm thinking now (for those of you following my other posts) I will just save my pennies and upgrade my 4" BDS suspension lift to 6" instead of the 1.5" BL (who knows, may even add that later on).
I already understand that I should not be worried about where I can and cannot park with a big truck, but I was just wondering if you all had any experience parking these beasts in parking garages (most by me are 7'0), etc. I'm cutting it pretty close with my 4" lift and 33's.
Thanks in advance fellas!
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I had an 05' 2500HD 4x4 that had a Pro Comp 6" suspension lift, and 35" tires. I only tryed to get into one parking garage, and the attendant turned me around and would not allow me in. I also had a rollbar on it too, with 6" lights.2004 Chevy Colorado
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I can't speak for NNBS, but with my NBS, a 6" lift, and 34.3" tires I can squeak into 7'0 garages but would not make it into one that is 6'9".
My OEM satellite antenna clears ... so clearance lights probably would, too. I've got 2ish inches left over to spare. However, a roll bar with lights would not make it. And if the NNBS trucks sit taller than my NBS it's going to be really tight.
Getting into the garage is one thing. Parking in those tiny-arse spots is another. My truck is always too long for just one spot ... and while it'll fit, width-wise, if I have a car on either site of me there's no getting in or out of my truck. I look for a spot on the end of a row, as a result...
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Right, the long box probably doesn't help you too much. I have the same problem with mine with cars next to me..I try to find an end spot as well. That's good to know that a big truck like yours can make it. The NBS trucks sit higher stock than the NNBS? I guess I wasn't aware of that. I always thought the NNBS trucks sat pretty low to the ground....
After doing some research it looks like I will have about an inch to spare....do you think that is sufficient? Looking at only 1" on a ruler is pretty spooky.
Also checked out some of the ford forums on a similar topic..the current f-150's sit higher than our current trucks, and after doing some checking someone with a 6" fabtech and 35" toyo's fits into a 7'0 garage.
It's just that every truck is different, I'd hate to go forward with this project and not be able to fit..
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It's even spookier looking at it in the garage with concrete beams that close to your truck's roof. Trust me on this. 7'0" garages creep me out.
Where are you measuring the inch from? The tip top of your clearance lights? The tip top of any roof mounted antennae? Also, if your tires are not currently brand spanking new, are you accounting for the height of them when they are?
That is a close call. I have done upgrade construction on a parking garage the said 7' max but there was a couple of support beams that hung around a inch or two lower. Definitely scraped the roof of the work truck.
I always thought NNBS sat higher than NBS but idk. I just know a Ford Bronco with 4" and 33's is about 4" from a 7' deck2002 Chevy Silverado & 1995 Ford Bronco
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I measured from the tip top of the clearance lights @SurrealOne .
Good call about the tires, I did not even think about that.
RIght now I'm a little over 4" from the ceiling in my garage which is 7'0
I did some really rough measurements few nights ago..this weekend I plan on doing thorough ones.
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something else to think about is lights, i garage i parked in last thursday said 7'0, but my radio antenna was catching light fixtures.... also pipe brackets and so on. i wouldn't lift more if i was you.....
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That's really interesting...I've never hit any lights/pipes with mine.
I wanted a 6" lift from the get go...but didn't have the gears to push 35's - what I should have done was just buy a 6" kit (they were the same darn price) and ran 33's until I re-geared. I guess you live and learn...
If I can clear 7'0 I'm gonna go up..to me there's just something about a 6" lift and 35's....
I contacted BDS to see if they could provide me with some specs -- should make it a little easier to do the math (I hope)
Thanks for the input though Alex, I appreciate it!
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The website isn't the most organized, but they are much cheaper than Rainbo and will match prices!
Reasonable shipping rate, also.
Just thought to add that I'd rank their customer service/ communication at about a 2.5- 3 out of 5. I've ordered from them twice. The first order shipped promptly, whereas the second order took over a week to ship.
If you order an item and they run out before they ship, they don't notify you beforehand-- they just don't ship it. With the first order it wasn't a major issue, with the second order the items were prizes for 2 skaters. I just happen to call to check the status of my order and was told that they no longer had the ordered items in stock. I was able to switch to a comparable product, but had I not called, my package would have been shipped without the items.
Refunds take up to one month to process. This is not listed on the site, this is what I was told when I inquired about an item that I returned to them at the end of January that hasn't been processed yet.
This is just a brief assessment of my personal experiences with this particular vendor.
I've ordered from other places, but won't review them now. It seems like ice skating sites either have "low" prices and spotty customer service or great customer service and astronomical prices.
What are your experiences with buying figure skating gear?
I don't have a lot of purchase history, but I've had good experiences with http://www.icessorizeunlimited.com/ They have a really nice selection of dresses. It's also worth trying some of the dancewear websites. Mainstreet dancewear has some skating items, and so does Dancewear solutions. (The dance sites have TONS of tights.)
Are these all that are available re: the big skating e-commerce websites? Any other favorites?
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I did the interview for this video with Barney. Couldn't have been nicer or more cooperative. It was also when he seemed like he knew how to hit.
And.....when is Lake going to follow Olt to Iowa? He has been going south for a while with his plate appearances.
Barney is actually a shortstop, and I think he'll find a team that will put him there.
But I won't miss his gum-chewing.
Over is last 30 games (108 ABs), Almora has a 380/404/611 line. Yes, only 5 walks, but also only 13 Ks. It just looks like he adjusted to the league and now needs a challeng.e
So what are the dominoes here with Olt and Soler going to AAA and only Wada, a pitcher, coming up? I assume someone has to be released or demoted to AA?
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According to Baseball Reference, this is Almora's age 20 season.
took long enough to get olt back down to iowa (if they weren't going to play him more often in the bigs).
hopefully he can find a high-use regular role...even if it means some OF/1st/DH. he's not gold glove D at 3rd, but his D isn't what's holding him back.
Olt headed to Iowa too. End of the Lars Anderson era?
AA is home to a lot of 23-25 year olds.
The Iowa OF has been Szczur (.246), Jackson (.217) and Kalish (.208). With the Solar promotion, it will be interesting to see who loses at bats. The end of the BJax era or Kalish?
It will be interesting to see if Almora's hitting changes out of the FSL which is notoriously tough on hitters. Also it will be interesting to see if he needs to make an adjustment to AA pitching. Relative to normal age for AA, how young is he for that league?
Soler has been playing like a man among boys across the board and needs to get on the fast track, so that promotion makes immediate sense. But I'm a little surprised by the Almora promotion. He's been hot lately, but his BB% remains frighteningly low and has been pretty much throughout his pro career.
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Fair enough, maybe she's just a very shy person who finds the performative aspect difficult. Or maybe she gets nervous and 'freezes' in that regard.
Anyone remember when Fumie Suguri and Shizuka Arakawa first entered seniors? They could not be more stone-faced.
Suguri ended up becoming one of the most expressive and musical skaters (though declined in recent years), and Arakawa really opened up in terms of projection.
On an unrelated note, I think Chengjiang Li was totally hosed in his competitive days.
He had the most spectacular 4T and 4S (with correct entries) and was years ahead of his compatriots Guo and Zhang in terms of presentation. He seems to have a good rapport with his skaters and I hope he does well coaching.
Each of these quads would be at least +2 GOE in my book.
Kexin 'looked' she was not enjoying skating because she is shy to express her personality on ice. Besides, I think she's been struggling in these two seasons. Reading the posts above she's had conflicts with Mingzhu Li. And also she had difficulties to maintain quality of her jumps because of her puberty and disease. She focused on her technical elements and it made her face blank. I kind of hope she'll stick around at least one more season. Her situation will be changed since Li's gone. It can go either way, better or worse. Well, one can only hope...
Shy or not, she has a long way to go to command reasonable PCS.
Whilst you're less likely to see a Chinese skater showing the 'charismatic showman' kind of performance, the Chinese Pairs and Chen Lu have proven that you can develop a different kind of performance ability, one that is softer and more romantic, yet still quite elegant and refined.
The problem with Zhang Kexin is that she hasn't really been going anywhere in that regard. I guess that between puberty and the difficult relationship with her coach, the conditions weren't exactly optimal. So maybe I shouldn't be writing her off just yet.
(Btw, Nichol wanted Li Zijun to 'flirt with the boys' in her tango SP as well so I guess it's something she's particularly keen on but I really don't think that it's a good idea for those skaters.)
It is pretty common knowledge that Chinese culture is collectivist and it has been widely described in scientific literature.
The Basics: http://psychology.wikia.com/wiki/Col...alist_cultures
The Numbers: http://geert-hofstede.com/china.html (China's Individualism score of 20 places it in the lowest band.)
It's also pretty common knowledge that humility is seen as a very important value in Chinese culture.
An example: http://www.ipedr.com/vol29/24-CEBMM2012-Q00050.pdf
It goes on, giving more referenced examples.Traditional Chinese culture places great importance on humility and arguably amongst the world civilizations the Chinese were the first to promote humility. In one of the most ancient Chinese texts Classic of History, the Book of History reports [4], put complacency and humility at the level of heaven.
So next time perhaps spend 5 minutes on Google before attempting to mock someone.
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Lately, however, I feel that this part of their performances has been getting lost and they haven't been living up to the promise they've initially shown. I hope they can get their mojo back because they definitely have the capability to be great performers.
I agree that Chinese society is more about collectivism and humility--that said, I don't necessarily agree that humility affects performance. For instace, many Chinese students I know are rather humble about their Math achievements but that does not affect how they perform Math. I know skating is a sport and is different; I do think some of the acting/sexy posing/etc may be a little uncomfortable for some, though I do think Chinese have no trouble with moving with elegance and performing with confidence (like Chinese gymnasts, for instance).
I guess, what I'm saying is, humility does not necessarily translate into "inwardness", for lack of a better expression.
eta: I do think it's possible that modesty is an issue, though I really haven't studied this enough to say that with certainty
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Success in academia is quite different from projecting on stage or in an arena. Many Chinese ballerinas I've seen are technically wonderful, but have needed to be coaxed out of their shells over time, and I've learned to be patient.
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Perhaps what we are discussing is being uninhibited, which to me isn't necessarily an issue of humility.
Perhaps this is an issue of modesty though.
I don't think so - there are a ton of Chinese gymnasts who have/had a ton of performance ability, so I don't see why the figure skaters won't be able to do it.
And Pang and Tong + Shen and Zhao had amazing performance ability as well
To be fair, the S&Z and P&T of late 1990s and early 2000s were quite different from those from 2003-4ish onwards. Pairs was China's #1 priority and these pairs only got to improve because they had decent results from late 1990s onwards and therefore resources to justify hiring external advisors. With Han Yan's success, I think men will be #2 ahead of ladies now.
In the recent 20 years when Chinese skating became more popular / competitive, we have seen about 1 or 2 skaters out there who can naturally perform. I guess in a weaker nation, the more important factor is getting the jumps done because that's how you make it out of Nationals. This was almost the exclusive focus at the expense of spins, stroking and of course, musicality, finesse and choreography.
To me Kexing's shyness is more individual matter than cultural. She seems to be on the shy side even off ice. On the other hand, Zijun or Yan are not. Especially Yan on weibo is very entertaining. I think in more desirable situations she could have been more expressive. Wish she'll know she has international fans including me. But if she feels happy to retire, I never blame her. I just wish her the best.


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"Best known for their fresh, high quality coffee, Coffee Studio features a highly trained staff that...
JavaHutt offers the finest Arabica beans from around the world. The coffee beans are roasted loca...
(American, Breakfast, Café, Vegetarian Menu)
California-style café with sit-down dining in an eclectic, casual enviroment. Featuring homem...
(Café, Italian, Pizza, Vegetarian Menu, Salads, Soup)
Venti, or as they call it, "America's Only Authentic Sliceria"® boasts a savory pizza crust made wit...