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The Plus 15 or +15 Skyway network in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, is the world's most extensive pedestrian skywalk system, with a total length of 18 kilometres (11 miles) and 62 bridges.[1] The system is so named because the skywalks are approximately 15 feet (approximately 4.5 metres) above street level. (Some Plus 15 skywalks are multi-level, with higher levels being referred to as +30s and +45s.)
The system was conceived and designed by architect Harold Hanen, who worked for the Calgary Planning Department from 1966 to 1969. This development earned him the 1970 Vincent Massey Award for Merit in Urban Planning.
Opening in 1970, the +15 network has expanded to include 59 enclosed bridges connecting dozens of downtown Calgary buildings. The central core of the system is a series of enclosed shopping centres, and the city's flagship department stores.
New developments were required to connect to the walkway system; in exchange for this, they were offered more floorspace (the "bonus density"). When not physically able to connect to nearby buildings, developers contribute to the "Plus 15 Fund", managed by the city, used to finance other missing connections.[2]
Although there are currently[when?] no plans to remove bridges or to discontinue building new ones, the system has been subject to criticism in recent years. It has been identified with a decline in street life in the Downtown Commercial Core.[3] Street life is instead concentrated on streets (such as Stephen Avenue) or in neighbourhoods where there are no bridges (such as Eau Claire and the Beltline). No conclusive evidence exists that similar cities without skywalk systems have greater downtown street life.
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In recent years, the city has begun to re-evaluate the system.[3] Part of the goal of these studies was to find ways of addressing the problem of decreased daytime street life on some downtown streets. The possibility of limiting expansion has been raised to encourage more pedestrian street traffic. The +15 system bridges are integral with the buildings they serve. City planning by-laws presently confer tax credits to developers and building owners who connect new buildings to the existing system. This may change in the future, however, if the city begins to consider relaxing these bylaws. Presently, however, businesses and general public make extensive use of the +15 system—a system that has served to enhance the flow of human traffic. The +15 system has and will likely continue to provide both economic and climatic benefits now and in the future.
The +15 in popular culture[edit]
The Plus 15 is one of the central plot elements in the film waydowntown (2000), directed by Gary Burns.
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- ^ [1] City of Calgary - Calgary's +15 Skywalk
- ^ City of Calgary - Plus 15 System
- ^ a b "+15 User Survey", a City of Calgary study published in 1998
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April 20, 2009
Ron Howard Fights Back
Producer responds to Catholic League's William Donohue re: 'Angels & Demons'
No longer. In a measured but strongly-worded op-ed today in The Huffington Post, A&D director Ron Howard responds by saying that Donohue should essentially zip it till he sees the movie.
Howard writes that Donohue "is on a mission . . . to paint me and the movie I directed, Angels & Demons, as anti-Catholic . . .
"Let me be clear," Howard continues. "Neither I nor Angels & Demons are anti-Catholic. And let me be a little controversial: I believe Catholics, including most in the hierarchy of the Church, will enjoy the movie for what it is: an exciting mystery, set in the awe-inspiring beauty of Rome. After all, in Angels & Demons, Professor Robert Langdon teams up with the Catholic Church to thwart a vicious attack against the Vatican. What, exactly, is anti-Catholic about that?"
Donohue has written a booklet, Angels & Demons: More Demonic Than Angelic (available for a $5 donation to the Catholic League), which he said that A&D "details the myths, lies and smears that are made against the Catholic Church [in A&D]. It also provides evidence of the anti-Catholic animus harbored by those associated with the film.
"Author Dan Brown and director Ron Howard are . . . obsessed with Catholicism. It is not enough to criticize it - they are hell bent on demonizing it. It is not enough to drag out dirty laundry - they invent it. And the fact that they pay absolutely no price for their propaganda shows beyond dispute that anti-Catholicism is the one bigotry Hollywood likes."
"Mr. Donohue's booklet accuses us of lying when our movie trailer says the Catholic Church ordered a brutal massacre to silence the Illuminati centuries ago," Howard writes. "It would be a lie if we had ever suggested our movie is anything other than a work of fiction (if it were a documentary, our talk of massacres would have referenced the Inquisition or the Crusades). And if fictional movies could never take liberties with reality, then there would have been no Ben-Hur, no Barabbas, The Robe, Gone With The Wind, or Titanic. Not to mention Splash!
"I guess Mr. Donohue and I do have one thing in common: we both like to create fictional tales, as he has done with his silly and mean-spirited work of propaganda. "
Howard concludes with these words: "I know faith is believing without seeing (and a boycott would be disbelieving without seeing). But I don't expect William Donohue to have faith in me, so I encourage him to see Angels & Demons for himself. Then he will finally witness, and perhaps believe, that what I say is true."
I appreciate ChristianityToday's efforts to quote Mr. Howard well as I think he has exemplified more integrity of the two in this conflict. I work in the film industry AND am a Christian, and appreciate Hollywood not being painted into the evil one in this instance. I think Mr. Howard's article in the Huffington Post was upstanding, honest, and exuded tact and respect, while still standing strong against an ill-informed attacker. Thanks, ChristianityToday for showing the Christian community to be something more than slanderers.
Of course, not having seen the movie, I cannot criticize it. However, if Mr. Howard and Mr. Brown, in any manner hold angst, anger or disrespect within them against the Roman Catholic Church which includes hundreds of millions of people all over the world then they are not honorable men but rather they are, by their own words, deceitful men. If this is so then each of them should be labeled as such by the entire Christian community, regardless of denomination. If today, they attack the Roman Catholic Church then tomorrow it will be the Protestant and other Christian denominations. Bottom line fellow believers-this would constitute a direct attack on Jesus Christ Himself.
So when is Ron Howard going to do a movie on the book "The Satanic Verses"?
I guess we'll all have to wait for hell to freeze over before Hollywood makes a movie critical of Islam.
Christianity is an easy target.
Just went to the Huffington Post and read Mr. Howards writings. But it's not what he said that troubled me on the site. It's that there are 6 pages of comments regarding his writings. A huge majority of the comments were supportive of him and his past controversial movies. As of right now there are only 4 comments on Christianity Todays web-site. The Huffington Post, is a mostly non-believer liberal site and my concern is--why aren't our fellow believers posting their thoughts/opinions here? I fear that there are times when we Christians are a bit too relaxed and/or unwilling to stand up and be counted.
Maybe Mr. Donahue has never met anyone who is anti-Catholic. I am anti-Catholic. I think Christianity hurts everyone who comes in contact with it. The idea that God is going to condemn all those who reject Christ by confining their resurrected bodies in a fiery pit of eternal torment created to punish the angels who rebelled against God... teaching this nonsense as "belief" produces children who can't separate reality from fiction, and the result is Mr. Donahue. Stop the nonsense of christianity now. Please.
Bill, I'm the Bill from Denver. I say this as having the same names might confuse others. I respect your opinion about the Roman Catholic Church and you are quite clear that it's not just the Catholic Church but Christianity as a whole you object to. We all have free will and can choose to receive God's Grace of faith or reject it. After all, love requires freedom of choice. The fact that you reject Jesus Christ is, as I say, your choice and I respect that. However, there are many others who are "undecided" about this question. Since there is no proof, the necessity for "faith" is obvious. Therefor, one might consider as they ponder the question "what do they desire to be true?" To those in this category I can only say since one cannot "prove" that Jesus is who he says he is or not, one should not "sit in the middle" too long. Why? Because there is truth to the saying "no decision IS a decision".
I will not comment on the outcome of Angels and Demons, since some have not read the book or seen the movie. Suffice it to say, the book, itself, was very critical of the Catholic Church and of the papacy. Even Ron Howard's comment that, if he had been interested in history, he would not have made up a massacre by the church, he would have just used the Crusades, makes his viewpoint fairly clear (Christianity Today actually had a good article on the Crusades some time ago and the reality is much more complex than the stereotype). Dan Brown's books were both highly offensive. I do not think Christians or Catholics should go around looking for opportunities to play the victim, but I do tire of the disingenuosness of people who write vile things and then say, "Hey...it's a just a work of fiction".
The interesting question for Mr. Howard might be "Why did you choose to direct these two film adaptations of Dan Brown's books?" I would assume with the success of Mr. Howard that he has the ability to choose from a vast assortment of possible scripts. Most directors and producers talk about the reasons behind their creative decisions. Why did Mr. Howard sign to direct this prequel to a movie that did only respectably well at the box office considering substantial advertising by the studio and with the star power of Tom Hanks (and the added marketing bump it got from the controversy surrounding it). Does his artistic expressive side lean toward controversy? Does he feel the need to rail against icons of the establishment? Does he have an ax to grind against Catholicism and/or Christianity? I have read The Davinci Code, but not Angels and Demons, so I will comment only on the former. The Davinci Code was an adequate read. While Mr. Howard categorizes it as fiction and attempts to place it in context with other period piece fictional works, it is a very different piece due to the intent of Dan Brown. Dan Brown did not write a piece in historical context. He wrote a piece in a historical context that he twisted with misinformation or out and out lies. This was never stated to be an "alternative history" where the Axis won WW II, or Martin Luther King was elected president. Dan Brown presented lies and fabrications as the undergirding truths of his worlds. Would Mr. Howard be just as ready to direct a period history piece in which Martin Luther King was maligned by misrepresenting the facts of his life or movement? Would he readily direct a movie veiling Andy Griffith in layer after layer of questionable stories from disreputable sources? It might be interesting to hear why Mr. Howard chose this course with this subject matter.
Hi Bill my sincere apologies for how Christianity has and still does hurt so many who come into contact with it, church and religion along with it. The story goes however that God became a man himself Jesus, and went to the fiery hell and paid the price of ransom for all mankind who accept his invitation to really get to know him and his way of life, he personally wants to know and interact with you.
Please dont put him in the same lot as church, christianity, religion, He is still trying to work with the rest of us in that lot.I am sorry for God that we smear His wonderful name, He is the awesome God, love Himself. I am looking forward to Dan Browns stories being in the movies. All Donoghues add to the publicity.
Mark Clark: The Da Vinci Code did better than "respectable" -- at the time of its release, it was the 21st-highest-grossing film of all time worldwide. Since then, it has been nudged down to #27, but it is still ahead of such much-hyped films as The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (#28), The Matrix Reloaded (#29) and The Passion of the Christ (#41).
As for why Howard would tackle these projects... well, ever since he won his Oscar for A Beautiful Mind, all of his other films (The Missing, Cinderella Man, Frost/Nixon) have been box-office disappointments if not outright flops. Guaranteed money-makers like the Dan Brown books are keeping his career alive. (A bit of an exaggeration, perhaps, but still...)
I think it rather obvious that what Mr. Howard does, he does for the money. He simply doesn't care if he slanders Catholics. If he could make a lot of money making a movie offending Jews, he would. But I don't think he would like to work in Saudi Arabia.
Donhue doesn't want us to know that the illuminati and the Catholic-Freemason are one and the same. Just look at the founding of the Bildebergers.
They are going to release nano-insects with the release of the movie. We are going to start itching alot, and these insects have 666 written on them. Dang sneeky satanists.
I think I shall get around to missing Angels and Demons, but not for religious reasons -- simply because I think Ron Howard is a bad director. I have seen only a couple of his films I could bear. Most of them are awful, and quite a few of them are offensive (Splash, Parenthood, etc.) and celebrate juvinile sexual humor and content that is tasteless and unfunny.
If Ron Howard had never portrayed Opie Taylor in The Andy Griffith Show and Richie Cunningham in Happy Days, he would not be a director today - he's simply not talented in that respect.
Thanks for the warning Itchy Scratchy. I'm only going to see Star Trek in a theater where Angels & Demons is not showing, or at least wearing insect repellent. Live long and prosper, brother.
As as secular humanist, who engages from to time in the critique of religion, I can say that there is a lot of bigotry regarding Catholicism: people are openly, venomously anti-Catholic and they don't realize itOr against Christianity.(Yes, seculars can be bigoted too). I think an enlighting read would be The New Anti-Cahtolicism:the Last Acceptable Prejudice, as it show how anti-Catholicism and anti-Semitism are similar.
I read The DVC, saw the movie, read A&D, and of course could not comment on the upcoming movie, but I can say those were anti-Catholic, using shoddy scholarship and fantasy posted as facts, going along discredited facts from
XVIIIc scholarship, and XIXc. obscurantism.Quite like the Protocols of Elders of Sion for XXIc.for me.
And I am also, like another poster said, tired of some people hiding behind the notion "it is the fiction only".
Movie is an extremely powerful medium, even if is only fiction.
Take a look at another blockbuster of old, Birth of a Nation.The way the makers portrayed the Africa Americans was a fiction, but did great service for KuKluxKlan. And some people say they were not hating Blacks, even admired them to some extend.There is some thing like intelectual responsibility for material presented.
And by the way: I met wonderful people among Christians, among them Catholics.Saying that religion corrupts anyone who comes in contact with,let face it, is bigotry. But is easy to condemn what we don't understand, seems like Catholics are the new heretics.
Check out this interview with Ron Howard
It's great.
Let me start by saying that I am a Christian - one who loves and follows Jesus Christ. I believe that this alone insists that I am AGAINST the Catholic church. Any religion that puts a man into the position of the ruler of the most wealthiest city on the planet... and then expects people to bow to him and kiss his ring??? My knee will bow for only ONE ruler... and it will certainly NOT be the Pope.
I can't comment on the movie - I haven't seen it. BUT I do agree that there is way too much secrecy within the Catholic religion... secrecy coupled with the power that the Catholic religion has been allowed to have leads to scandals and corruption.
Movies like this will not turn people away from Christ. "Christians" turn people away from Christ. Christians who believe that they are better than others and that look down their noses to those who are still being deceived by the world. Unbelievers are not the enemy!!! They are loved by God and need to be loved by us... not condemned.
Jesus Christ did not die for a religion - he died for a relationship. It's time for Christians to begin showing THAT!
Ron Howard leads a very respectable, family-oriented life; this is something that cannot be said for the majority of Hollywood (and even many common folks who claim to be Christians). He has been married to his high school sweetheart for decades; raised children who, now adults, have not been involved in any known scandals; and has avoided sexualized roles throughout his acting career. While I intend no disrespect to Catholics (I am Protestant, but have several dear friends and family members who practice Catholicism), I do feel that Christians might be better off SUPPORTING this rare Hollywood man who actually seems to SHARE out lifestyle values.
Just a suggestion! God bless all!


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Borderites drop a close one
Blaine dropped its first league match of the season last week on the road against undefeated Nooksack 35-32 in an overtime game that had everything but a Borderite victory at the end.
the beginning it wasn't close at all. Nooksack's
defense held Blaine to three points in the first quarter,
but the maturing Borderite offense eventually resurrected
itself to outscore the Pioneers 22-14 in the second half
and nearly take the win on Joey Paciorek's clutch
bucket with four seconds left. Blaine fans roared their
approval as the team gathered around head coach Dan Rucker
during the final time out to be told how to play the
last four ticks of the clock. Blaine's first league
win and Nooksack's first defeat seemed assured.
Two big factors came into play in the closing seconds that favored Nooksack. The Pioneers are used to the heat. They came into the Blaine contest having won their season's first two games by one point each in overtime, one of them against AAA Lynden. The second factor is Bill Kelly, acknowledged dean of Whatcom County basketball coaches, one-time Blaine girl's coach and as crafty a tactician as you're likely to find this side of the Pentagon.
"(Pioneer head coach Bill) Kelly's been around so long," said Blaine head coach Dan Rucker, "there's a rumor that his first two point guards were Lewis and Clark."
Kelly's experience paid
off this time in a big way. During the timeout
huddle he assigned senior Pioneer guard Dan Lambert
to take the ball out of bounds and throw it in
to senior forward Kyle Mitchell, Nooksack's
top scorer that night, and then taught them a set
"We were looking for their in-bounds pass to be high," said Rucker, "so we put Hondo (6'6" Ryan Goodwin) on Lambert."
Lambert got the ball out of bounds to resume play under the Blaine basket and began looking for an opening to pass the ball to Mitchell. When he suddenly scampered to his left he drew Goodwin along with him and into a pick set by Mitchell that Goodwin neither expected nor saw. The referee whistled Goodwin for the foul, giving Nooksack a chance to win it at the free-throw line.
Pandemonium ensued as the noise level in the gym went from jet engine interior to H bomb. Goodwin looked back nonplussed at the Blaine bench with Mitchell still wrapped around his legs. Lambert looked at Kelly like a kid catching his first fish, as if to say "It worked!" The ref, his face the shade of an overheated radish, walked over to the scorer's bench and said "That's on two-zero (Goodwin), two shots."
Blaine partisans booed and Nooksack Valley cheered the call loudly enough to start avalanches on Mt. Baker from the lonely little gym sitting way out in the middle of the Sumas Prairie.
Mitchell threw up a brick on his first shot but sank the second to tie the game at 30. Blaine, still with four seconds left, ran a screaming fast break to a sobered but determined Goodwin whose lay-up arced just over the basket as regulation play ended.
In the overtime the teams traded baskets but then with the score tied at 32, Mitchell charged into a stationary Goodwin in the paint, his histrionic lay-up almost going through the basket backwards as both players toppled to the floor.
The ref, who'd earlier cautioned Nooksack teacher Tim Scott on moving his head inappropriately while sitting at the scorer's bench running the game clock, again whistled the foul on Goodwin even though this time Goodwin was the one who got run over.
That put the sure-handed Mitchell back on the freethrow line and Goodwin, with five fouls, out of the game. Mitchell sank them both and with another call going against Blaine, the Pioneers ended up with a three-point win.
games can seem to be decided by blown calls, but true
or not that's useless hindsight. Nooksack actually
committed more fouls than Blaine
but shot 68 per cent as opposed to Blaine's 48
percent from the line. Blaine also had 21 turnovers,
many of them unforced, against Nooksack's
15. It was Blaine's 10 for
27 shooting (37 percent) from the
field, led by Joey Paciorek's
18 points, that kept them in the
game against Nooksack's low
11 for 51 (21 percent) field goal
"I told my kids at practice," Kelly said later, "that we can run a play like that (out of bounds play) against a talented player like Goodwin only once." As if to remove any doubt about his opinion of the opposing center's ability, Kelly added that his offense was keyed to Goodwin all night. "We needed to handle both Goodwin and Paciorek, so we focused on Goodwin and were able to keep him to four points," Kelly said, "but still almost lost it in the end."
The last time these two teams met Nooksack lost it in overtime at last spring's district tournament in Mount Vernon. Blaine went to state, eventually finishing fifth, while the Pioneers went home.
The Borderites emerged from the contest 1-3 but with a lot to be proud of, having put together two of the best quarters of basketball they've played so far this year after a sub-par offensive output in the first half, when they trailed 16-8.
"I'm really pleased with that," Rucker said later, "and people are stepping up. What we need to work on is putting four quarters together, that and keeping our turnovers in check."
Blaine next plays today against Squalicum before heading to the Key Arena in Seattle Friday, December 17 to play Port Townsend. Both games are double-headers involving both the boys and girls varsity teams.
Wrestlers seek and find glory
Blaine's wrestlers have arrived. In this the fifth year of the annual multi-team tournament Battle at the Border, Blaine ended its perennial doormat status in convincing fashion as it finished seventh out of 24 schools.
Four Blaine wrestlers medaled, including Nick Jordan, fourth place at 145 pounds, Blayne Brandenburger, third at 189, and two heavyweights, Corey Smith and Frank Neroni, second and third respectively.
"We had good production from top to bottom, which is why we ended up so well in the standings," said coach Craig Foster, who also directed the event. "It's a huge jump for us, since in the past we've struggled to get into the top 20," he continued, "but we're getting more solid across all the weights."
The young team has only one senior, Matt Determan (160) who posted a 1-2 record for the tournament. New wrestler Jason Parker (103) went 2-2, losing his opener but pinning his second and third opponents before getting eliminated by Sedro Woolley's Trevor Eaton. Ryan Pate, Blaine's other 103-pounder, went 0-2.
Mike Broyan at 112 was 2-2 before falling to Issaquah's Tyler Bodick. Jesse Kilthau, who went down to 119 for the tournament, was 2-2, losing to Cascade Everett's Kiel Bates. Sam Abrams at 125 won three before being eliminated by Sedro Woolley's Randy Nerston.
John Brady went 1-2 in the 130 pound class, and Derik Stremler (135) was 3-1 before running into the eventual fifth-place finisher, Everett's Michael Irwin. Calvin Moore (140) went 2-2 and Marty Malabicki (160) was 1-2. Shane Hicks went 2-2 at 171 pounds, and Garrett Barrow (189) and Cody Dobbs (215) were both 0-2.
It's as tough a tournament as can be found in high school wrestling. At one point during the finals Saturday night, three of the four wrestlers on the floor were reigning state champs and the fourth one was a fourth-place finisher.
Both Brandenburger and the two heavyweights ran into some top flight competition, Brandenburger losing only one match but that one to former Georgia state champion Dominique Small. Corey Smith steamrollered his way through the heavyweight class before meeting Steilacoom's Alex King, a former fourth place finisher at state, in the finals. And Frank Neroni wrestled seven matches, finishing 6-1 to take third place.
"Blayne's a real leader and a real leader on the team," Foster said, pleased with the work his boys have been doing.
Sedro Woolley won the over-all title with 306.5 points, more than twice as many as the two second place teams, Oak Harbor and Cascade, who tied at 155. It's also the first time that Heritage high school hasn't won. Among county schools, Mt. Baker edged Blaine for sixth with 130.5 points to Blaine's 113.5.


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Looking to hunker down with a great DIY project this winter? There's no better time. We were awestruck by some of these hand painted recycled children's dressers.
Each dresser completely changes the room they are in. They represent everything from an injection of color or theme to on-trend patterns. One woman used a mobile as inspiration, another her son's love of cars. One is wallpapered! Whether it's as simple as changing the knobs to a complete unrecognizable overhaul, there's a lot of love evident in these dresser makeovers.
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Great inspiration for DIY! I am in love with that first photo - esp the color combo with the brass hardware.
Just did a salvage with my cousin! These are great for adding some pattern and excitement to the rooms too.
The Union Jack dresser is stunning! I'm a bit obsessed with dressers and their endless rehab possibilities. I recently took a curbside find and turned it into a buffet for my plates, coffee cups and other pretty things: http://everyday-pretty.com/2011/10/20/curbside-beauty/
I wish I need 10,000 dressers. That's the only way I could feed my obsession. I recently redid a dresser similar to #9. It was a lot of fun! We chose to leave the bottom drawers the same and only embellish the top three. It turned out well. (Although the photos aren't Apartment Therapy quailty). I love a good mid century dresser!!
Here's mine: http://mommyscigar.com/2012/01/04/mid-century-christmas-le-finished/
Beautiful! Maybe if I get rid of the boyfriend and all his clobber I'll have room for some of these beauties. Lovely.
Oh, yes, the union jack dresser is gorgeous as well as the turquoise dresser.
These turned out better than I would have expected from your average AT DIY post. I like most of them, but in particular 3. Seaworthy Before and After, Musings stands out as being exceptionally good - original, and the wood grain enhances the stencil and adds depth to the areas where it is exposed. Well done.
I love the union jack dresser... that's amazing!
Wow! What a fun surprise to be browsing a favorite blog and see our "Driving Dresser" featured. Thanks! It made my day.
I am loving these colors! Can I throw some into the mix? My mom made these and I just love how they turned out:
These are great! And it gives me some ideas for painting my grandmother's old princess desk.


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A recent ESPN.com article on the top five rivalries in the SEC has generated quite a bit of conversation among fans.
Topped by Alabama-LSU, the list (which focused on the rivalries considered hottest right now) also included Georgia-Florida, the Iron Bowl between Bama and Auburn, Georgia-South Carolina, and the Egg Bowl match of Ole Miss and Mississippi State.
Notably, Georgia-Auburn, the game widely known as the Deep South's Oldest Rivalry, didn't make the cut.
Now, knowing how devoted ESPN is to being trendy (they listed Alabama-Texas A&M as a rising rivalry on the basis of, what, one year?), I imagine the fact that Georgia has dominated its series over Auburn recently (the Cam Newton blip being the exception) is probably one reason that much-heralded series didn't make the list. Neither did Alabama-Tennessee, which also has become one-sided.
But the Georgia-Auburn series still has all the intrinsic elements that make a traditional rivalry: history, proximity of the schools and fan bases and, overall, it's been an incredibly even series, even if the Dogs have won most of the past few games.
But for younger fans, in whose lifetimes the Gators have always been a major power, the Georgia-Auburn rivalry has been eclipsed by the Georgia-Florida game in Jacksonville. And, with Georgia once again becoming competitive in that series, now having won two in a row and shifting the can-we-break-the-losing-streak conversation to Gainesville, that rivalry is hotter than ever.
Georgia-Florida is definitely the Dogs' top rivalry now, but historically it once was rivaled, so to speak, by Georgia-Clemson. Unfortunately, those two schools have only met twice a decade in recent years, but there's still a lot of rivalry elements there. There's even been a book written about it ("Fighting Like Cats and Dogs" by Kyle King — more to come on that).
And then, of course, there's the annual grudge match with in-state rival Georgia Tech. That game may have lost some of its luster in recent decades as the Jackets have become less competitive, but if you go by the level of hatred generated by a series, it's still a healthy rivalry. Someone said a rivalry game isn't necessarily the one you most want to win, it's the one you least want to lose. And that definitely is how the Bulldog Nation views the Tech game.
But Georgia-South Carolina? Seeing that on the ESPN list, one of the sports guys at work asked me if I considered that to be a major rivalry, and I had to say no.
It's a big game, no doubt about it — just as important as the Florida game.
And since Steve Spurrier has been in Columbia, the series has developed a bit of the hatred element that a good rivalry needs.
But there's little history there — probably because the Gamecocks couldn't make up their minds for years what conference they were going to be in, or whether they were even going to be in a conference.
And that series also lacks the sort of fan passion that elevates a game to rivalry status. A loss to a rival hurts all year long, but with Georgia having managed to win the SEC East the past two years despite losing to the Gamecocks, that isn't really the case with this series.
True, the closer you live to South Carolina, the more the series is likely to approach rivalry status. In Augusta, for instance, they hold an annual Border Bash charity gathering the Friday before the game, featuring the two schools' cheerleaders as well as mascots Cocky and Hairy Dawg. (The 20th anniversary bash is set for Sept. 6 at the Augusta Common.)
Someone else asserted that South Carolina fans consider the series with Georgia more of a rivalry than Georgia fans do, but when I checked with a Gamecock pal, he nixed that idea. It's a big, big game, he agreed, but South Carolina's only true rivalry game is with Clemson, he said. That's the one that's talked about all year.
Really, Georgia-South Carolina has pretty much taken the place that Georgia-Tennessee occupied back in the 1990s, when that series approached but never quite reached rivalry status. The two schools didn't have much tradition or history between them — sort of like Georgia and Alabama — but the hatred level was growing when Phil Fulmer was riding high. If the Vols had remained good, that game might have become a rivalry, but it never really achieved that status.
Same goes for Georgia-South Carolina. The Gamecocks have won three in a row and Spurrier certainly is a favorite villain among Georgia fans. The proximity factor noted by the Border Bash tag is there, too. If the game remains competitive and important to the Dogs' SEC chances each year, it one day may indeed become a rivalry.
But for now it's simply the toughest game the Dogs will play this season.
At least, that's how I view it. How about you? What do you think makes a rivalry? And do you consider Georgia-South Carolina to be one?
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August 17th, 2013
10:29 am
Yes, its a rivalry as it contains everything necessary to get the teams and fanbases riled up.
August 17th, 2013
10:38 am
The history is definitely not there. And until the last few years, I always just viewed that game as the SEC opener, a close one but usually a sure win. It's almost like we took them for granted. Must win this year. Period.
August 17th, 2013
11:03 am
Way back when, it seemed that we played Clemson, South Carolina, Florida, Auburn, and Georgia Tech every year. All of those games had a "rivalry" atmosphere then. I was always proud of the fact that we played more rivalry games every year than any other team. What I considered a rivalry game was one that was played every year, and that the outcome often was not what the "rankings" would not have predicted. It seemed that even when the favored team one, the score was closer than it should have been, or the favorite had to come from behind.
August 17th, 2013
11:04 am
We're working with two different definitions of "rivalry" here. The traditional rivalry is the one that your Grandpa can tell you stories about. In that category, Auburn vs. Georgia or Alabama vs. Tennessee would be the standouts.
The "rivalry" that ESPN was writing about is the game that, in recent years, fans most fear will result in a loss for their home team. In that case, you'd list Georgia vs. South Carolina and Alabama vs. LSU as standouts.
August 17th, 2013
11:09 am
BTW: As for tradition, kudos to Florida and Georgia for retaining the neutral field rivalry game. If you ever give that up, then the game will never be the same again. It loses some of it's flavor when it becomes a Home & Home game.
August 17th, 2013
11:12 am
should have been "favored team won one"
August 17th, 2013
11:18 am
I live in Augusta. You can bet it is a rivalry here. Plenty of SC fans that live in Georgia with plenty of Dawg fans living in Carolina. Bragging rights all year here.
August 17th, 2013
11:21 am
Is SC-UGA a rivalry? No, at least not yet. I like PigIron's description: a game your Grandpa can tell you about, and the South Carolina game is not there yet.
August 17th, 2013
11:28 am
Pigiron hit the nail on the head as did you Bill with your story. Georgia-Florida remains the biggest and Georgia-Georgia Tech close second for the reasons you mentioned. Just can't bare to lose that one. Georgia-South Carolina has the feel, but only because "The Evil One" is there. Georgia-Auburn remains the key each year to the dogs chances for a East crown if we beat Florida so the importance can not be diminished.
August 17th, 2013
11:30 am
Cuz which one hurts worse? A loss to SC or to Tech? Or even Florida?
August 17th, 2013
11:51 am
Rivalries evolve as fans evolve, coaches come and go, teams go through ups and downs, mind sets change w/the times. Tech was GA's rivalry game back when. it slowly began to slide as Tech slid off the grid as a national contender. it hasn't been very competitive in the last 10 w/a few exceptions when they drubbed us w/the triple option a few tears ago. Since then and the arrival of Spurrier at SC, who killed us when he coached at FL, now has a run of three in a row, its become a game you cannot look past anymore and evolved into a rivalry. Will likely stay that way until he retires or circumstance where GA gets back on track in win column. AU game has lost some of its luster as a rivalry w/the struggles they're going through but that'll change if Malzonne turns things around. Rivalries sort of come and go but never completely die. They sort of simmer like volcanoes until something brings them back to life.
August 17th, 2013
11:55 am
Love him or hate him, Spurrier is a great CFB coach. He has always prepared for UGA doubly hard and his seasons reflect it. They looked their best against UGA for the past few years, but they couldn't keep the momentum going. Probably because if you sink everything into one opponent you sap the team and staff. Last year, when they were trying so hard to run up the score on us late, I saw one of their assistants (after a good play), a big guy, who looked like they had just won the BCS game. His enthusiasm seemed out of place in light of the score and the clock, so SOS obviously breeds it deep into his staff. Georgia, on the other hand, has played very poorly against SC lately, and last year we looked like we didn't bother to notice who was on the schedule that week. We appeared flat and content. In fact, for the last few years, we have generally started weak and gotten much stronger as the year progressed. I am not sure why we start cold, but it isn't going to work this year. They are going to have to get ready early. BTW, if you read their blogs, UGA is the big game of the season for our feathered friends. They have been looking ahead to the Dawgs all summer. Go Dawgs.
August 17th, 2013
12:03 pm
Bill, I agree and disagree with you…. here goes
If I were to rank where south Carolina falls on our list of "rivalry" games,I would say #5 – Tech, Florida, Auburn, Tenn. then South Carolina. So I think we "kinda" agree here (although you put them above Tenn. – I am thinking more of the bigger picture instead of just since Spurrier has been there).
I disagree with you regarding how South Carolina fans feel about UGA and whether we are one of their top rivals. I had the miserable assignment of living in Cola for a little while (couldn't wait to get out of that dump… why anyone would want to live there or go to school there is beyond me). I agree that Clemson is their #1 but we are a close #2, I think their fans talked more hatred towards UGA than Clemson. I just think they are irrelevant and not worth thinking about any more than any other SEC game.
August 17th, 2013
12:09 pm
Historically, AU and UGA is a huge rivalry, and that will probably cycle back around if Auburn stabilizes. South Carolina / UGA has become a bigger rivalry because Spurrier took over, and he hates UGA. Spurrier aside, the game has always been kind of a nasty slugfest, excepting a few seasons when one team was clearly dominate. It goes without saying that everyone seems to have forgotten how big the Clemson/UGA rivalry was.
I won't be surprised if UGA goes 0-2. I won't be surprised if UGA goes 2-0. Either way, from everything I read, this seems like a bunch of dawgs. It is going to be exciting.
I hope that the UGA fans will provide south Carolina the most hostile environment they will play in all season. I hope that they'll make the famous Auburn blackout seem like spelling bee.
August 17th, 2013
12:15 pm
Don't mean to double dip, but a Red Tide friend of mine went to the SC/UGA game last year. He said that he'd never seen anything like SC fanbase that night. He even said that included Bama games, and that's a heck of a thing for a Bama fan to suggest anything may have been slightly better, bigger, louder than anything having to do with Bama.
So that's the charge, Dawg fans: Make it louder!
August 17th, 2013
12:26 pm
Ten years ago I don't think I hated anyone as much as I hated Tennessee. Their fans did not take losing to us very well. They were like Tech fans, with less teeth. Nowadays I have a hard time remembering their coach's name and that they even have a football team.
August 17th, 2013
12:34 pm
UGA vs Auburn will be a rivalry until it ends. The history is what keeps it alive in the down years. There have been periods where Auburn owned us for a few years and vice versa. The Spurrier years are the only reason UF VS UGA is a top rivalry now. He didn't just win…he GLOATED about it. He rubbed our faces in it. So we hate him for that. The importance of the game really jacked up the intensity of the rivalry. Those are real rivalries.
UGA vs SC is getting there. The importance of the game and the institutional dislike of Spurrier have elevated it to "rivalry in waiting" status. The history is not there yet. If Spurrier sticks around a few more years and they keep being challengers it will have enough history to become a top rivalry. The personalities alone will elevate it.
Now if Spurrier retires and the Chickens fade it will quickly become secondary, just another divison game that must be won. The Auburn rivalry would take more than a few down years to kill. That is a rivalry.
August 17th, 2013
1:45 pm
Yeah the chickens are our 2nd rivalry! Beware of clowney
Beware of clowney
August 17th, 2013
2:07 pm
One of the problem's that Georgia has had is to realize that Spurrier brought his hatred for Georgia with him from Florida and to him it is one of the most important games every year. Georgia has always taken the South Carolina game for granted until now after being embarrassed 3 year's in a row. I hope that mind set is different from now on or at least until Spurrier retires.
August 17th, 2013
2:20 pm
1. No GT + Auburn is not a rivalry, we beat them every year.
2. Florida is not a rivalry, we beat them every year now.
3. South Carolina isn't a rivalry, they beat us every year now.
Good rivalries are teams who you beat about 50% of the time, presently, recently, in last 2 years.
Maybe Alabama is our only true rivalry.
August 17th, 2013
2:52 pm
just because uscjr gets a couple lucky breaks doesnt mean its a rivalry. im usually about as nervus for them as north texas
south carolina? please.
August 17th, 2013
3:01 pm
The rivalry is with Steve Spurrier, not South Carolina. It is a big game, but not a rivalry. I agree with others, if Spurrier stays at SC and continues to build them into a SEC Champion contender for the next 10 years or so, then it may become a rivalry.
I still consider Clemson a major rival because, year and year out, we compete for the same players in the state of Georgia. They get their fair share. While SC poses some recruiting battles, for the most part, we win most of the battles in state.
Auburn, to me, is still a bigger game than SC simply because we go head to head in recruiting battles in state.
UGA Rivals
2. Auburn
3. Clemson (Whenever we play them.)
August 17th, 2013
3:12 pm
Clemson 45 UGA 21
Sad but true
August 17th, 2013
3:16 pm
So let's count the rivals:
3. Auburn
4. Tenn
5. GTech
Now in 2013 we can add- 6. Clemson
That's half of our schedule that circles the DATE with us. Most CFB teams have 2 rivals at MOST.
Just Sayin……12-1 SEC Champions
August 17th, 2013
3:44 pm
To the poster that said UF only became a rivalry after Spurrier arrived, I have to correct you. GA/UF was a rivalry long before Spurrier arrived. In the 60's UGA kept the Evil Genius from an SEC title. In the 70's the UGA/UF game was the most anticipated game on the schedule on a yearly basis. That continued through the 80's. I know, I was there. During the late 70's through the 80's UGA's top rivalries were 1) UF 2) Clemson or AU take your pick 4) UT. USCe has always been more of a rivalry for them than us.
August 17th, 2013
4:12 pm
Have to agree. FL was a rival before Spurrier arrived. It was just just that Dickey, Pell, and Hall couldn't get it done even when they were spying on UGA's practices and buying players. LOL
August 17th, 2013
4:37 pm
What made the game so anticipated was that even though UGA usually found a way to win, UF was always super talented and everyone always feared they were getting ready to roll us, making the inevitable win all the sweeter. Spurrier came in and changed all of that.
August 17th, 2013
4:41 pm
I have to agree with you Bill, South Carolina is toughest foe we will face this season until we meet Alabama once again in the SECCG. South Carolina isn't close in the w/l column, and while I detest Spurrier, you got to hand it to the 'Ol ball coach……….until he retires, they will be a tough cookie year in and year out. I do cringe at the prospect of losing to the BEES though………….I hate to lose, but to them?now?…………I remember the old days of Clemson being a "big un" for us………..which will be the case in two weeks…………….But fear-not Bulldog nation……………Clemson won't be able to keep up with us past mid-way through the third quarter…………Looks like an exciting year brewing for our DAWGS………….as long as we stay away from the Brown dye #3……………..RED
August 17th, 2013
5:04 pm
So here is my take. Ga/Fla is THE rivalry game. If we played Clemson regularly it would #2 hands down but Ga/GT is currently #2. Ga/Auburn is #3 just based on the tradition and length it has been played. But SC and Spurrier could eclipse this game if Auburn does not get back to revelency in the SEC real soon. I think the fact that Ala/Tenn and Ga/Auburn are not rated as rivalry games by ESPN is that ESPN has a vested interest in the SEC going to 9 conference games. Because of the impending SEC network they want more content and really think the traditional rivalry games are getting in the way of that so they don't rate them as rivalries.Consider the source of the rankings.
August 17th, 2013
5:05 pm
Brown dye….sounds like a man who knows from experience
August 17th, 2013
5:07 pm
I wonder who will be starting in our secondary on opening day?? Connor or Blake sailors…Marc Deas and Devin bowman…gee we are going to fail
August 17th, 2013
5:15 pm
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Richt can't beat Spurrier
You know that's true
August 17th, 2013
5:33 pm
2 thumbs up for that post Burma shave! Make these kool – aid drinkers wake up! And realize that Todd gump is not the answer
August 17th, 2013
5:34 pm
If you want to get your hand or thumb broke…..show up for a UGA practice
August 17th, 2013
6:07 pm
I wouldn't be crowning Bama West champion just yet. Although if you listen to the trolls on these boards we should just cancel the season and mail them the crystal. Bama is going to get beat. Not if, when
August 17th, 2013
6:36 pm
Ar dawg
Yeah I think we should crown Clemson….taj Boyd is the best qb in the nation….even better than johnny football. He gone show all y'all up.. UGA is in trouble
August 17th, 2013
6:37 pm
I wonder if Marc whick has a twuck….want u back up on did den
August 17th, 2013
6:42 pm
Chavis couldn't stop Clemson….what makes Todd gump thinks he can
August 17th, 2013
6:59 pm
Piglron, I still consider your team, Auburn, as a rivalry.
August 17th, 2013
7:02 pm
So Boyd is going to show "all ya"ll'? I think you meant "us" didn't you?
August 17th, 2013
8:30 pm
BS35 (aka Milk Dud) – "So Boyd going to show all ya'll?" That's called a Freudian slip.
You are a Trojan Horse …… NO one here believes you are a Dawg fan so give it up.
August 17th, 2013
8:45 pm
Who's going to start at safety you ask? That's what Dabo wants to know.
Sammy shy's from contact – Trey Matthew is going to knock him in to next month.
August 17th, 2013
9:16 pm
UGA SC's second biggest rivalry, coming in a very close second to Clemson.
Georgia's biggest rivalry games are: #1 Florida. #2 Georgia Tech. #3 Auburn.
For UGA, South Carolina is just another Eastern opponent. For SC, bating Georgia is validation.
August 17th, 2013
9:19 pm
I am really interested to see if we'll see more out of the fullbacks this season.
August 17th, 2013
9:22 pm
Bulldawg35, you're a true blue DAWG fan, aren't you??
August 17th, 2013
9:31 pm
ARdawg……..Point taken, I guess I'm just going along with the crowd in believing Alabama will take the West. I haven't taken a look at their schedule lately, but it seems I remember it not being too daunting………..but you're right, and that is exactly what I love about college football, if not for a Cody fingernail, the Vols would have beaten them a couple years ago, we were 5 yds short, and who can forget La. Monroe?………….Let's just hope " 'Ol Lady Luck " will be with us this season and we get to see a changing of the guard in the SECW…………RED
August 17th, 2013
9:36 pm
Yep, bubba4dawgs…………You noticed Georgia Tech is using "Blue" in their uniforms more and more too, didn't you ?
August 17th, 2013
9:45 pm
Watchmacallit…………I agree with your post completely, especially the last point………by the way, isn't watchmacallit a candy bar?………..be careful some on this site are "hooked" on the brown dye #3 that is in milkduds……………I think it's a gateway drug……can ya dig it?…………better take a look at that wrapper carefully…………..RED
August 17th, 2013
10:11 pm
ALB-Dawg I wonder the same, however I've sort of picked up on the drift that Quayvon Hicks has had a solid camp, and having followed Richt through the years, if he has a stud at fullback, he's going to use him. Hicks seems to be the real deal 6ft 2in 260 lbs and nasty……….I'll guarantee you one thing, we'll need him in three weeks when Clowney comes to town……….Regards, RED
August 17th, 2013
10:53 pm
Both Clemson and South Carolina will whup up on UGA this year.
Buh bye, Richt!


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The one I'm playing.
All six of them! Your wishes come true when you get to be this old.
I started playing because of Ed Sullivan February 9th 1964. So now if you do all the math you have figured out how old I am.
Hey I'm Billy. I have 6. Takamine, Martin D35, Taylor T-5, 12 string Breedlove, Alvarez and a 1969 Gold Top. Have a hard time picking my favorite. Playing them is what I love most. Especially with other folks!
Does your work week sometimes just dump all over you? Do you sometimes feel like punching your computer in the "face"? Did life just pee in your corn flakes? If so, come on down and let it loose. Playing guitar is as good as you thought it was and even better when you share it with other folks and these folks are good at sharing!
Hey Bill,
I appear to have a mild case of carpal tunnel. I'd like to see how it affects your guitar playing if you have that caral thingy severed. Wish you luck with it, sir.
Hey Billy, Can't figure out how to reply. Putting something here seams to be the only way to reply, but I don't see the thread. Gigs at Aqua Sol starting in Oct change to once a month, third Saturday of the month 7 to 11. If your still good for Feb I'll write you in.
Hi Bill, I live in Lewes.
Bill, what is your playing schedule for the rest of August & Sept? My son just informed us he wants to go to the beach before he enters college on 8/27 & Lester is trying to organize a group of us to come down in Sept. Can't come down without attending your OM!! Will see you on Sat. but look forward to your reply.
I usually arrive on the beach Fri night. Sorry to miss your open mic but will track it in case I get down a day early. Good luck with the Gig
I'll call in the morning and talk you through it.
Hey Bill, great job with the BGG, it's an inspiration. You're welcome anytime here in Portland, it'd be great to jam someday!
Hey Bill, send me your email address so I can get you a list.
Looking for to seeing you again and at least having a beer. Not ready to jam yet. Need a few more weeks but it's coming all back to me. I'm working on an acoustic version of Creams White Room. But I think I need some input on the intro and the bridge since it's acoustic not electric. I'm was think about going Fidays open mic just to check it out. Whens the next time you ear going. Love to buy you a beer!!!! LOL!!!
Purging,huh? Didn't know you had that illness. lol
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Toronto City Council voted in favour of expanding BMO Field on Thursday.
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Currently boasting a capacity of 21,566 for soccer games, the proposed expansion would give the venue the ability to host up to 40,000 for special events.
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The federal and Ontario governments have expressed interest in matching the City's investment in order to provide a total public sector contribution of $30 million, with Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment footing the remaining $90 million of the total estimated renovation cost.
MLSE has also agreed to modify the terms of the deal to provide additional revenue to the City of Toronto. The City Finance staff forecasted in a circulated report that "the proposed $10 million investment will be fully recovered from incremental revenues generated during the term of the extended agreement with MLSE."
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A new study says health plans on the individual market in 2013 were of higher quality than those now on ObamaCare exchanges.
While there is no need for such action yet, many companies are reportedly preparing for taxes on carbon pollution.
The insurance company with the lowest rates and the most customers in Minnesota's health exchange has announced it is pulling out of the government healthcare plan and will not return next year.
It's a workplace issue that you may not know or even care about, but one organization says that should change.
According to the president of a non-profit that works to make American manufacturing and "Made in America" top-of-mind concerns for voters and national leaders, things could certainly be better for America's manufacturing sector.
Talk about raising the minimum wage for fast food workers continues following another around of demonstrations and strikes.
Michigan and Indiana are the latest states to pass right-to-work laws, but the question remains as to whether other states will follow suit.
With Congress back at work this month, many organizations are hoping to see an increase in the minimum wage – but others aren't in favor of that idea.
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From 2020 drivers of all but the most efficient diesel cars and older petrol cars will be charged an additional £10 a day to use the London roads they already pay road tax and a 'congestion charge' to travel on. Boris Johnson is bringing in the new levy in response to EU pressure to further reduce emissions. The unelected EU commission launched legal proceedings against Britain in February.
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A Decorah family is facing an uncertain future after a fire at the Cho Sun Mongolian Grill Buffet.
"This is where I was raised a lot ... since my parents worked here about every day," said Jee Lee, the son of the restaurant's owners.
For Lee, Cho Sun holds a lot of childhood memories. So when his family arrived on scene around one a.m Wednesday, what they found was especially painful.
"We saw a lot of smoke," Lee said. "We could see it from the highway as we were driving up."
Jee's parents, Nika and Hyang Lee, have operated the restaurant for more than 30 years, since they came over from Korea.
Lee said his family felt like watching the restaurant burn was like watching those years go up in smoke.
"That's exactly what my mom was most upset about," he said. "She wasn't afraid of the building burning down, but it's just the memories that she had raising her kids here, working here."
Lee said they renovated the building a few years back, so the fire was surprising.
"The fire was in the kitchen," Decorah Fire Chief Mike Ashbacher said. "I think we had some fire extension at some point in the area below."
Crews had the fire out in a few hours, but the damage was extensive. Ashbacher said cocommercialires like this come with unique challenges.
"Bigger gas lines ... bigger power lines coming into the building, things such as that," he said.
Now, stepping through the charred remains of the business, the family is left wondering -- what's next?
"It was a large source of our income," Lee said. "We don't know what to do right now. We want to get it rebuilt, but we're just kind of afraid where we'll get the money from now."
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. ŌĆō The daffodil is the first flower of spring, letting us know that life re-emerges after very harsh treatment through the dead of winter.
Such evident symbolism has been the decades-old landmark of the American Cancer SocietyŌĆÖs Daffodil Days, which recruit volunteers now through March when these flowers spring to life.
A school bus carrying 25 children and a passenger vehicle collided in North Kingstown this afternoon.
There was a report of one injury in the accident and the children themselves were transferred to another bus.
Pick up a copy of this week's Standard Times for more details.
SOUTH KINGSTOWN ŌĆō The Department of Education is upping its standards again for graduating students to receive a high school diploma, placing more emphasis on NECAP scores while developing differential diplomas. With the Rhode Island Education Commissioner Deborah Gist coming to the South Kingstown High School Wednesday, Jan. 19 to hold a public hearing on changes to the graduation requirements for the classes of 2012 and beyond, the townŌĆÖs school committee focused on these changes at Tuesday nightŌĆÖs meeting.
Trees lay dormant in winter. Giving Trees do not.
Though Christmas has come and gone, the employees of Arkwright Advanced Coatings, Inc. come to their cafeteria, pour their coffee, heat their soup and discuss how to improve what they want to give to local families in need.
Coventry High School will be holding itŌĆÖs first ever Community Night for incoming freshman this Wednesday.
Lynn Burke, Assistant Principal for Student Services, is calling it a vehicle for communicating with the eighth grade students who will be starting high school this fall.
The School Building Committee, by less than a clear consensus Tuesday night, recommended that the School Committee spend $4 million in school bond funding on comprehensive roof, floor and ventilation repairs at Meadowbrook Farms Elementary School.
NORTH KINGSTOWN ŌĆō Rhode Island Education Commissioner Deborah Gist will be holding a community forum in North Kingstown tomorrow night as part of her CommissionerŌĆÖs 2010-2011 Listening and Learning Tour.
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CHARLESTOWN ŌĆō The Charlestown Police Department was recently chosen, along with Bristol and Smithfield, to attend a workshop to learn an approach to policing that is said to reduce the crime rate in town.
KINGSTON ŌĆō For 25 years the University of Rhode Island has been honoring Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a full week of events devoted to King's message of peace and equality. To commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day this year, URI is having a week of service challenge in which students are asked to do 2,011 total hours of community service in one week.
NARRAGANSETTŌĆōOn Dec. 29 the Narragansett Times reported on the town's current water status and the recent legislation that places regulations on water use in order to conserve the state's water supplies ("Lower water rates bring new efforts for conservation"). Currently, the town's citizens have the second lowest water rates in the state. Senator Susan Sosnowski was asked about these rates, the developments in the state government regarding water, and the impact of the legislation on the state in the future.


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7 massive problems with our health care system
A $21,000 bill for heartburn? Health care is bankrupting the country, and there's little we can do about it. Here's what caused this crisis.
The prices we pay for health care are outrageous, and for those without health insurance, the costs are out of control. Consider the Connecticut woman who went to the hospital last year for chest pains only to find out it was a bad case of heartburn. She didn't have insurance, and Time reports that she got a bill for $21,000 -- $1,000 for the ambulance ride, $3,000 for doctors and $17,000 for a three-hour -- yes, three-hour -- hospital stay.
Her bill included charges for three protein-related blood tests at $199.50 each. Medicare would have paid $13.94 for each test at the same hospital, Time reports.
America spends 20% of its gross domestic product on health care. That's by far the most of any other country in the world.
How did things get this way? Why does medical help cost so much? Here are seven ways the system went off the rails:
1. No consistent pricing. Every hospital has an internal price list called a chargemaster, and none of those are consistent with each other, Brill reports. The prices keep going up almost automatically, a hospital executive tells the magazine.
2. Hospitals are consolidating. They're also buying doctors' offices, which means they can have more leverage over pricing.
3. They use the expensive technology first. That heartburn patient received an $8,000 CT scan first instead of a regular stress test that the hospital bills at $1,200. Did the doctors need to go straight for the pricey stress test? By the way, the cardiologist reading that test charged $600 just to do that.
4. They test too much. Doctors in the U.S. run far more tests on patients than in other countries. One doctor describes it as "giving out CT scans like candy" in the emergency room.
5. They're scared of lawsuits. No one complains when a test ends up solving a mystery illness or improving medical care. But boy, doctors will hear about it if they pass on a test that could have helped. So doctors overtest to guard against potential lawsuits. "We can't be sued for doing too much," one doctor told the magazine.
6. We let it happen. As Brill noted when he went on The Daily Show this week, patients generally green-light the tests without knowing the costs and accept all of this because they have little choice. "You're an involuntary entrant into the marketplace," he told host Jon Stewart. "There is no marketplace in the most important sense of the definition, which is, does the buyer have any power at all?"
7. Congress is weak. The pharmaceutical and health care industries have spent $5.36 billion since 1998 on lobbying Congress, Brill reports. There's no better way to force the government to buckle under your will.
The 36-page Time magazine piece is one of the most important articles to come out in years. It's well worth a read.
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A major reason health costs in America are so high, is the high cost of malpractice insurance. To safeguard themselves and keep their premiums as low as possible, doctors and hospitals have been forced to run all the tests and procedures on patients to avoid being sued. When Congress or the courts or whoever is in charge puts a reasonable cap on damage awards, then you may start to see the costs go down, but it is doubtful. Of course they will charge everyone else $200 for a test medicare pays only 14. The real cost/value is probably somewhere in the middle, but they have to makeup for the underpayments they receive from the 900 gorilla...government.
This is also a major reason you skiers have to pay so much for your lift tickets these days.
Even the most ignorant and freeloaders are starting to understand the implications of Obamacare. Higher costs, reduced access, less treatment and the ones who thouht it would all be free are realizing illegals ar crowding them out of the emergency room.
The uneducated are also starting to wise up on how the current admin does math- most of them can add and subract at that level.
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I love autumn for many reasons. The leaves are turning, the air is crisp, and many of my favorite fruits and vegetables are in season. One of my favorite fall fruits is the fig. Figs are delicious, and they also have a rich Biblical history. They are one of the "Seven Species" of Israel referred to in Deuteronomy. Going back even further to the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve covered their nudity with fig leaves.
As my regular readers know, I traveled to Israel this summer. On this trip I was very fortunate to meet with Biblical food expert Dr. Tova Dickstein, who helped me to better understand the foods that were enjoyed in Israel at the time of the Bible. Lately I've been challenging myself to combine ingredients that were eaten by the ancient Israelites into new dishes we can enjoy today. I love experimenting and combining ancient ingredients to create new flavors; it gives me a feeling of connection to our Biblical ancestors.
This tasty appetizer is the result of my experimentation with Biblical cuisine. The recipe combines a few ancient ingredients into a sweet and savory treat. In Biblical times, goat cheese was made from the milk of goats that roamed the Judean hills. Salt was harvested from the ocean and the Dead Sea. Walnuts are referenced repeatedly in the Talmud, and of course Israel is known as the "Land of Milk and Honey." Put all of these ingredients together and you get one delicious treat!
I have to warn you, these are kind of addicting. I served these for a dairy dinner gathering recently and they were a big hit. They're also vegetarian and gluten free. Enjoy!
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12 purple/black figs (large ones work best)
3 oz. soft goat cheese
¼ cup chopped walnuts
¼ tsp sea salt
¼ cup honey
You will also need: Coffee/spice grinder or food processor, aluminum foil, cup with spout or small bottle for drizzling honey.
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Start with one fig. Slice the stem tip off of the fig to create a flat surface.
Stick a sharp steak knife into the center of the flat surface till it is ¾ of the way inside the fig. Twirl the steak knife clockwise and counter-clockwise to hollow out the center of the fig, pulling out the fig flesh and seeds that stick to the knife.
The top of the fig should look like the top of an olive. Repeat for the remaining figs.
Place goat cheese into a small plastic bag (or, if you have a pastry bag, you can use that). Warm the goat cheese by massaging it in your hands for about a minute. If it's a cold day you may need to warm your hands under hot water before doing this. You want to make sure the cheese is soft and squeezable.
Push the cheese to a bottom corner of the bag. Cut the very tip of that corner off the bag with a pair of scissors. Squeeze the cheese through the hole in the corner. Pipe about a teaspoon of cheese into the center of each fig.
Cover a small cookie sheet with foil. Place the stuffed figs onto the sheet, evenly spaced.
Take the chopped walnuts and pulse them in a spice/coffee grinder or food processor till they become a coarse powder, or "meal." Don't over-process or you'll wind up with almond butter!
Spread the walnut meal into the base of a small skillet. Toast the meal over medium heat for 3-5 minutes, stirring constantly, till the powder becomes fragrant and lightly browned. It will burn if you're not careful, so keep an eye on this until it's done.
Immediately pour the toasted walnut powder into a small bowl and mix in ¼ tsp sea salt, stir till well blended. Set aside.
Warm up the honey in a small saucepan over medium heat till it becomes soft and fluid. This should only take about a minute. Pour the honey into a small cup with spout or bottle. Drizzle the honey evenly over the top of the stuffed figs.
Sprinkle the salted walnut meal evenly across the top of the figs. Some of the meal will stick to the honey, some will fall onto the tray. Just make sure that all exposed areas of honey are evenly coated with walnut meal.
Place the tray on the middle rack of the oven. Cook for 10-12 minutes till the figs and cheese are heated through. Don't over-bake them; the fig flesh is delicate and will fall apart if you let it bake too long.
Serve figs warm as an appetizer to a dairy meal. They will be bursting with juice, so make sure you have napkins on hand. Enjoy!


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PHOENIX (AP) - State health regulators have issued their first approval for a medical marijuana dispensary, but a lawyer for the operator says the facility won't open right away.
Director of Health Services Will Humble says a dispensary applicant in Glendale received the approval late Thursday after passing an inspection without any major deficiencies.
The medical marijuana law doesn't permit the state to identify the location, but attorney Ryan Hurley represents the operator.
Hurley says Arizona Organix still has some work to do and doesn't plan to open its dispensary before Thanksgiving.
Once it opens, it means that medical marijuana card holders living within 25 miles of the facility will no longer be able to grow their own marijuana.
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