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I bought these shoes specifically for a month-long vacation across Europe, Asia and the states... The vacay included a TON of walking/sightseeing, and for 30 days these kept my feet really happy! I was very pleasantly surprised.. I anticipated them to wear down on me for the first 2 weeks, but they were great. I normally wear a size 7 shoe, but I purchased these in an 8. The inside-arch lining within the shoes bothered me at first (I have flat feet), but as soon as I put on a shoe sockliner I didn't notice it anymore. Plus, as the days went on the lining flattened out anyway. The shoes are very easy to clean (mid vacay I even handwashed them in my hotel bathroom sink) but for obvious reasons can't be tossed into the dryer. I loved these shoes so much and got so many compliments on them, I even wore them often through the summer.
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I've just got back home after my trip to Townsville (see June Diary entry), and I am very pleased with how the competition went. I was just 1cm off my season's best which I was very happy with. It was also a great opportunity to throw in conditions similar to what I'll face in Osaka. It was warmer in Townsville.
I have 2 weeks now before I leave home again to attend the Training Camp in Cairns organized by Athletics NZ. There seems like a thousand things that I need to take care of before I leave… I just hope I can get everything done in time!
My coach and I are currently working on confirming my entry into the Linz EAA Permit Meeting (11 September) and several German Meetings so that I can compete in the World Athletics Final in Stuttgart in September. I'll be going directly from the World Championships to Europe, which unfortunately means that I'll be away from home again for quite a while!
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The World Championships are only a month away. I'm very excited!
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noun \ˈsü-zə-ˌfōn, -sə-\Definition of SOUSAPHONE
: a large circular tuba that has a flared adjustable bell — compare helicon
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John Philip Sousa
First Known Use: 1925
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noun (Concise Encyclopedia)Spiral circular bass or contrabass tuba. Traditionally made of brass, it is now often made of fibreglass for lightness. The helicon was probably first developed in Russia but was perfected in Vienna in 1849 by Ignaz Stowasser, who manufactured it in various sizes. John Philip Sousa designed a removable and rotatable bell for the instrument in 1892, giving the new design his own name. Designed for portability, the instruments have become standard in marching bands.
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I just washed a new cotton/linen tea towel and it has a strange hessian-like oily smell. I haven't bought anything made of linen in ages and I've been trying to remember if new linen ever smelled like that. Is it normal, and if so is there any way I can hasten the removal of the smell?
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I remember when my kids were little, I washed everything before they put on clothes. Now I'm not so hyper-vigilant, but I do notice funny odors in linens, towels, clothes, evereything you buy. Just normal use and washing will eventually lift the smell. |
What is a "hessian-like smell". Linen, even new linen smells like the detergent it's been washed in. Linda c |
Sorry, I think hessian is similar or the same as what you call burlap? |
Because linen is also an organic fiber it will have a similar smell to what you describe. That's not exactly a bad thing. I wouldn't worry, it will work out and start smelling like everything else in short order. |
I wash everything that's washable before I use it. Never used to but now so many things are imported with chemicals sprayed with crap to kill bugs, etc., and so many things have the manufacturers' DNA on them -- just wash it before you use it. I once worked for a fabric store chain -- we received bolts of fabric from India that felt oily and smelled so rancid that it was pulled and returned. My advice -- wash it and if you still question whether or not you want to use it -- TAKE IT BACK. |
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The relief wells being drilled to intercept the gushing Macondo well are expected to be the real way to fix the problem. Dates of July and now August have been given as estimated times for their completion, but confusingly, BP and the Deepwater Horizon Unified Command are not using the same language to describe the progress.
BP said on Monday the first Gulf relief well is at 15,936 feet, and Deepwater Horizon command said on Tuesday that it's at 10,677 feet. Reports that the well was within a mere 200 feet of its target didn't help.
So how much further until the relief well is completed? Someone asked Thad Allen yesterday, and this is what they were told:
Q: Hello, Admiral. Thanks for taking my question. You keep saying that the driller ship three is down to about 10,000 feet and it's closing in on for an intercept. But BP said early on that the well had been drilled down to 18,000 feet. Does it not have to go down all the way to 18,000 feet to do the intercept?
ADMIRAL ALLEN: It does not. I believe they're going to try and intercept somewhere around between 16,700 and 17,000 feet. We will confirm that for you and put out a statement tomorrow. They don't have to go clear to the reservoir, which is at 18,000 feet, and what they're going to do is they're going to close in and very slowly close to that point where they will then drill through the wellbore casing, and if they need to, drill through the pipe itself. But you are right; they'll be slightly above the level of the reservoir.
Was that responsive?
Er, not really. In fact, this and some of the other questions around containment show that the communications to the public about exactly what's going on are not being handled very clearly between BP and JIC, despite all the tweeting, videos, and fancy share buttons.
What we managed to ascertain on Tuesday, which Allen apparently did not, was that two different types of numbers are being thrown around. The 10,667 feet Allen is referring to is the depth from the ocean floor. The 15,936 feet BP is talking about is the *total* depth — that is, they are including the water depth of close to 5,000 feet.
So, as of Monday morning UK time, the first relief well had reached approximately 16,000 feet of a total depth (including water) of its total target depth of 18,000 feet.
However the total depth required is actually more than 18,000 feet, because the well will then begin to drill at an angle, as BP spokesman Robert Wine told us by email:
The relief wells are coming in from the side, starting about half a mile away on the seabed. They drill down and then turn towards the leaking well closer to the reservoir level. So their overall length will be longer than 18,000ft.
[This incidentally also explains the '200 feet' story; that was an estimate of the horizontal distance from the well bore itself, rather than the distance from actually intercepting the well.]
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Wine also explained the process that will be under way soon:
The first well from the DD3 [Development Driller III, the first relief well-drilling rig to commence work in early May] is 200ft laterally (sideways) from the well. It will "range in" using electro-magentic sensors – detects the presence of the steel casing – drill a bit closer, sense, drill, sense, etc getting closer each time. The intention is to draw close to the leaking well, and run alongside for a length. This will give best chance of 'flooding' the surrounding stratum, the annulus and the well bore with mud, then cementing it.
He added that the drilling progress will slow down as it nears the target depth, because of this need for more frequent calibration.
The other question that seems to be constantly confused is when BP actually expects to kill the well (in a process similar to the 'top kill' – that is pumping drilling mud into the well), as opposed to just intercepting it.
August, says Wine, is indeed when the kill itself is expected to take place.
As we've written before, reaching the precise target with a relief well can be very tricky; but BP is clearly confident that it will achieve success if it's giving a timeframe for completing both the interception and the kill.
Related links:
Relief wells: Getting the interception right - FT Energy Source
'There could be something in the wellbore that can be problematic' - FT Energy Source


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I'm looking for a custom size mattress for an antique bed. Of course we would like to try it for comfort so buying at a local store is a definite plus.
The only brands that I can find locally in the NYC-LI area that will supply a custom size are King Koil and Corsicana. They will make up a 42" King Koil for the price of a Queen size, which seems reasonable. The Corsicanas go for about 25% more, and there is a Corsicana line (Ascot) with pocketed coils. But net reviews of these brands are very spotty. Any comments on these brands, or good choices within? Is there any other brand with national distribution that will make up a custom mattress? Thanks. |
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Document Type Doctoral Thesis Author Wei, Donghui firstname.lastname@example.com URN etd-06102010-192922 Document Title Development of performance functions for economic performance assessment of process control systems Degree PhD Department Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering Supervisor
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Date 2010-04-16 Availability unrestricted Abstract Economic performance assessment (EPA) of control systems is receiving increasing attention in both academia and industry. It addresses the estimation of the potential benefits resulting from control upgrade projects and monitoring and improvement of economic performance of the control system.Economic performance of control systems can often be related to crucial controlled variables dynamically and when controlled variables move away from an optimal operating point either more profit will be made or more cost will be incurred. This relation can be modelled by performance functions (PFs). When the multivariate nature of a process's economic model is not considered, PFs of different controlled variables are referred to as individual performance functions. Otherwise, PFs of dependent controlled variables are referred to as joint performance functions.
PFs play an important role in the latest techniques of EPA. There appears, however, to be no systematic method for developing PFs. The lack of such a method restrains further research into EPA, as without well-established PFs an EPA cannot be conducted smoothly and therefore cannot effectively support decision-making for management. The development of PFs is a bottleneck in the further research into EPA. Furthermore, the multivariate nature of processes has not been taken into account sufficiently as far as the relevant literature is concerned, which hampers the accuracy of PFs and accordingly the accuracy of economic assessment results.
The contributions of this thesis lie in the following aspects:
• A methodology for developing PFs is proposed, based on the PF development for an electric arc furnace, a grinding mill circuit and a stage of a bleach plant.
• A comprehensive case study of an EPA of three controllers of a grinding mill circuit is conducted using a newly published framework to show the significance of PFs and how to perform an EPA systematically.
• The current practice and guidelines on the control and functional/economic performance assessment of grinding mill circuits are captured using a survey study.
The multivariate nature of an electric arc furnace's economic model is investigated and joint performance functions are built based on individual performance functions. A multivariate economic assessment is conducted that shows how joint performance functions can help to provide a more accurate estimate of the economic performance of a controlled process.
A web-based survey study on grinding mill circuits in mineral processing industries is conducted. One of its objectives is to obtain general PFs of grinding circuits. The survey results provide instructive insight into the PFs of grinding circuits. Furthermore, an in-depth literature review is conducted and the relationship between the product's particle size distribution of grinding mill circuits and mineral recovery in downstream flotation circuits is revealed. The PFs of a grinding mill circuit being considered are formed, based on the survey results and literature study. An investigation into the PF development of a stage of a bleach plant is performed and crucial ideas used for their development are abstracted.
A methodology for developing PFs for the EPA of control systems is then proposed by synthesising the methods used in the PF development described above. This methodology mainly includes the following stages:
Stage 1: Determine information required for PF development.
• Process operation and control understanding.
• Process economics understanding.
Stage 2: Gain required information on PF development.
• PF-related information elicitation using survey research.
• PF-related information available in the literature, including textbooks, journal papers, conference papers.
• PF-related information from plant tests.
Stage 3: Obtain suitable performance measures.
Stage 4: Make suitable assumptions.
Stage 5: Determine PFs.
Stage 6: Develop Joint PFs.
An economic assessment of three controllers (a nonlinear model predictive controller, a decentralized controller and three single-loop proportional-integral-derivative controllers) of the considered grinding mill circuit is conducted, using an EPA framework published recently to show the central role of PFs in the EPA and how to perform an EPA systematically. The circuit's PFs, developed as described above, are used for the assessment. The EPA also shows that the improvement in the economic performance with the nonlinear model predictive controller mainly results from the improvement of the operating point and the controlled variables' variation reduction only contributes a small part to the overall improvement, due to the characteristic of the PF of the circuit's product particle size distribution.
In addition, a web-based survey study is conducted and the current practice and guidelines on the control and functional/economic performance assessment of grinding mill circuits are captured. The questionnaire used for the study includes five segments. The first part identifies the respondents and the second part is intended to obtain background information on the milling circuits. The third part concerns the choice of key process variables and their economic impact. Part four involves the control of milling circuits and control loop performance and part five covers economic issues.
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If your under 18, you have to be accompaied with someone 21 or older. Sorry!
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"The new guidelines, allowing entry only to people ages 21 or older, go into effect for the BET SoundStage Club, 8TRAX, Mannequins Dance Palace, Rock 'n' Roll Beach Club and Motion. Younger people still will be welcome at two clubs that have broader entertainment, the Adventurers Club and the Comedy Warehouse, though an adult must accompany anyone under age 18. All ages still are welcome at the Raglan Road Irish Pub and Restaurant." (Source: Orlando Sentinel, 01/01/07)
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its understood that this is a "family" thread however im curious about how IDs are validated when buying a ticket? is your license looked at briefly and then you are given your ticket or do they have a scanning process to detect fakes??
in other words. how easy is it to use a good fake id?
They used to use a biometrics scan for annual passes and the like
yeah I wouldnt buy an annual pass, id buy one for that night at the ticket booth, do they scan govt issued ID cards? If i had an ID that was fake do they just look at it and give me my wristband?
They check ID at the entrance to every club. So if you have a fake ID, the more clubs you visit, the more likely it is that you'll be caught.
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It's really interesting to see how similar the intentions of all artists can be. And the main goal of artists, no matter from which walk of life they come from, is to create things.
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Has Unforgiveness Outwitted You? Part 2 of 2
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Satan outwits me when I use "excuses" for my unforgiveness:
- Why forgive her? She'll only do it again!
- Why forgive him? He doesn't care how much I've been hurt!
- Why forgive her? I know she'll hurt me again!
- Why forgive him? He'll never say he's sorry!
- Why forgive her? She knows better than to do such a thing!
Then my wonderful heavenly Mate reminds me that unforgiveness hurts me more than it does the one I am not forgiving. When I am unforgiving, I don't even want to pray for the capacity to love this person; I'd rather ignore her. Wow, talk about being outwitted with such unloving reasoning! I have defended my unforgiveness, but I have never won in the "courts of truth." in fact, I was found guilty one day when I read Paul's strong warning to the immature saints of Corinth. Paul understood satan's greatest device-to keep the forgiven ones from forgiving. Satan wants us to live in the condition he lives in daily-"unforgiven and unforgiving." For me to believe it is acceptable to be unforgiving when I have been so forgiven, this is the ultimate outwitting. "I am most like Jesus, not when I am perfect, but when I am forgiving."
And what I have forgiven- if there was anything to forgive- I have forgiven in the sight of Christ for your sake, in order that Satan might not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes
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My washer and dryer was just hooked up in the second floor master bathroom closet this weekend, and every time I wash a load, the washing machine gurgles when it drains. These are fairly new Electrolux machines (they're about two years old). When they were on the first floor, the washer never made noise like this. The workers said that this happens and that there's nothing they can do about it. I refuse to believe that there is no solution to this problem. Have you ever experienced this issue? Thank you for your time. |
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I believe that is a drain vent stack issue, or perhaps a somewhat clogged drain that is burping air when too much water is directed at it under at the pressure of the drain pump. That may be benign, if annoying, or it may presage more serious drain back flow probs. A plumber might be your best bet to diagnose this. If it will make you feel better: in my fairly primitive plumbing system (and it is an old grandfathered-in almost no vent, marginal septic capacity system) when I drain the second load on the wash day it makes a certain sink in an upstairs bathroom to gurgle and burp. The first load is fine, the second causes the problem. It worried me for a while, but it is a long-standing problem that doesn't appear to cause anything other than noise. The machines, BTW are two stories down in the basement, and other sinks in between don't belch. I've never figured it out, but as long as it works, I am content. HTH, |
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Tomoko Sugawara was born in Tokyo, Japan, and began playing the Irish harp at age twelve. Beginning in 1991 she also played reconstructions of the kugo. The kugo is a very ancient harp, with its origins found in Mesopotamia. Her repertory is ancient as well as contemporary and draws from Asia and the West. In addition to the kugo, she is practiced in the concert harp and the lever harp. Sugawara has given numerous solo recitals in major international venues, such as the World Harp Congress (in Prague 1999, Amsterdam 2008 and Vancouver 2011), Columbia University, and Harvard University. In September she will give a kugo recital in Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia.
August Denhard received his Bachelor's Degree in Music Education from Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, Maryland; his Master's Degree from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois; and Doctor of Music Degree from Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. Mr. Denhard is a three-time recipient of the Artist Support Grant from Jack Straw Productions in Seattle and has released two CDs, Cusp of the Baroque for solo lute, and A Meeting Place: Medieval and Renaissance Music for Lute and Ud on the Sono Luminus label. He has appeared in ensembles that specialize in early music such as Baroque Northwest and Chicago Music of Baroque. Currently, he is working on his third CD with Eric Mentzel.


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We report new results using the LLNL COMET laser to evaluate the effectiveness of different target architectures to improve the output and characteristics of the transient x‐ray laser scheme. Surprising observations were found when the laser line focus irradiating a single slab Cr or Fe target was divided into two or three distinct plasma column sections with millimeter scale gaps between each plasma. The Ne‐like 3p 1S0 → 3s 1P1 28.5 nm and 25.5 nm x‐ray laser lines, for Cr and Fe, respectively, were improved in beam divergence, by 2 – 3 times, and peak intensity, by up to one order of magnitude, when compared with a single plasma column of the same length or longer. This was contrary to expectations since these large‐scale inhomogeneities introduced along the plasma, as well as attenuation from the cold plasma at the end of each section, would be detrimental to the x‐ray propagation and amplification. Instead an injector‐amplifier (IA) type process appears to be at work where the plasma gaps may be beneficially modifying the ray propagation and coupling through the high Ne‐like ion gain regions. We present results showing the output of the amplifier stage with increasing length for the IA targets together with beam deflection and divergence measurements.
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As can happen in the first couple years under a new coach (see Washington), Arizona has had a lot of player movement this offseason, as detailed in this story from the school paper, the Daily Wildcat:
Niya Butts has been recruiting heavily since the loss of three former freshmen players. Since Amani Butler, Jhakia McDonald and Malia Nahinu decided to leave the program in early April, the Arizona women's head coach has been searching for player to bulk up their roster.
The Arizona women's basketball team has made the fifth and sixth addition to its roster for the 2009-2010 season. Shanita Arnold, a point guard transfer from Arkansas, and junior college transfer Soana Lucet are the newest Wildcats to join the program. Click here for the compete story.
Obviously Oregon has a new coach, too, and has lost sophomore post Ellie Manou. When Manou left, Paul Westhead said he'd offered her about a month to decide whether she'll return. Next week, it will be a month since Manou left.


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POLICE arrested three alleged members of a robbery group in Barangay Bankal, Lapu-Lapu City yesterday morning.
Nelson, Harold and Eldie were caught by operatives of the Provincial Intelligence Branch, led by Senior Insp. Mark Sucalit.
Their arrest came after a suspected drug pusher was caught in a buy-bust in Bogo City last Wednesday.
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Cebu Provincial Police Office Acting Director Patrocinio Comendador asked reporters to withhold the family names of the suspects, who are in their mid-20s, because they are still conducting follow-up operations.
He said he received reports the suspects, who hail from Zamboanga del Sur, belong to an Ozamiz robbery group.
They are also not discounting the possibility the three men are guns-for-hire, he said.
Comendador said they caught the suspects after they served an arrest warrant against their companion, who has a murder case.
Two .45 pistols with 12 bullets, a .38 revolver with five bullets, a hand grenade, four sachets of shabu and drug paraphernalia were allegedly recovered from them.
Nelson denied they are robbers and paid killers. He said he and his cou-sin Harold are jeep-ney conductors.
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"Binuang na nga esturya (The accusations are not true)," he said.
Eldie, for his part, said he has been a construction worker for four years.
Nelson said the .45 pistol was given to them by a friend. However, he denied they owned the other guns, grenade and the sachets of shabu.
Comendador said they are coordinating with the Mandaue City Police Office because the suspects might be involved in the death of businessman Antonio Ouano. He said the group's hideout is in northern Cebu.
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JERUSALEM (AP) -- Archaeologists digging in northern Israel have discovered evidence of a 3,000-year-old beekeeping industry, including remnants of ancient honeycombs, beeswax and what they believe are the oldest intact beehives ever found.
art.ancient.beehives.jpg One of the ancient beehives found at Tel Rehov in Israel. The findings in the ruins of the city of Rehov this summer include 30 intact hives dating to around 900 B.C., archaeologist Amihai Mazar of Jerusalem's Hebrew University told The Associated Press. He said it offers unique evidence that an advanced honey industry existed in the Holy Land at the time of the Bible. Beekeeping was widely practiced in the ancient world, where honey was used for medicinal and religious purposes as well as for food, and beeswax was used to make molds for metal and to create surfaces to write on. While bees and beekeeping are depicted in ancient artwork, nothing similar to the Rehov hives has been found before, Mazar said. The beehives, made of straw and unbaked clay, have a hole at one end to allow the bees in and out and a lid on the other end to allow beekeepers access to the honeycombs inside. They were found in orderly rows, three high, in a room that could have accommodated around 100 hives, Mazar said. The Bible repeatedly refers to Israel as a "land of milk and honey," but that's believed to refer to honey made from dates and figs -- there is no mention of honeybee cultivation. But the new find shows that the Holy Land was home to a highly developed beekeeping industry nearly 3,000 years ago. "You can tell that this was an organized industry, part of an organized economy, in an ultra-organized city," Mazar said. At the time the beehives were in use, Mazar believes Rehov had around 2,000 residents, a mix of Israelites, Canaanites and others. Ezra Marcus, an expert on the ancient Mediterranean world at Haifa University, said Tuesday the finding was a unique glimpse into ancient beekeeping. Marcus was not involved in the Rehov excavation. "We have seen depictions of beekeeping in texts and ancient art from the Near East, but this is the first time we've been able to actually feel and see the industry," Marcus said. The finding is especially unique, Marcus said, because of its location in the middle of a thriving city -- a strange place for thousands of bees. This might have been because the city's ruler wanted the industry under his control, Marcus said, or because the beekeeping industry was linked to residents' religious practices, as might be indicated by an altar decorated with fertility figurines that archaeologists found alongside the hives. |
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I saw the article in our local newspaper and cut it out. It was very interesting and the whole subject would make a great documentary. |
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Chris Wagner
1991-05-27 |
Eligible for draft:
2009 |
Right |
2010 |
6-0 |
5th round (122nd overall), 2010 |
200 lbs. |
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Probability of Success
2008-09: Chris Wagner skated in 38 games for the South Shore Kings (EJHL) and scored 20 goals with 14 assists. Wagner was third on the Kings with 72 PMs.
2009-10: Wagner was the leading scorer for the South Shore Kings in his second EJHL season. He posted 34 goals and 49 assists in 44 games for the Southern Division champions. Wagner had 19 points in nine playoff appearances. Wagner committed to playing college hockey at Colgate in 2010-11.
2010-11: Wagner skated in 41 of 42 games for Colgate as a freshman. The Raiders were one of the worst teams in college hockey for much of the season, entering February with three wins, but won 8 of their last 13 games and reached the ECAC Hockey semifinals. Wagner scored 9 goals with 10 assists and was -12 with 26 PMs.
2011-12: Wagner combined with Stars' prospect Austin Smith to give Colgate one of the most dangerous scoring tandems in college hockey. The sophomore scored 17 goals with a team-leading 34 assists and was plus-20 with 69 penalty minutes (also a team high) in 38 games. Colgate finished fourth in ECAC Hockey after a four-game slide late in the season but rebounded to reach the semifinals of the league tournament. Wagner signed a three-year entry-level contract with Anaheim in April 2012 – foregoing his final two years of college hockey.
2012-13: Wagner played for Anaheim affiliate Norfolk in his first pro season. Placed in more of a middle line, two-way role for the Admirals rather than seeing the prime ice time he saw at Colgate, he scored 8 goals with 13 assists in 70 games and was +5 with 65 penalty minutes. Norfolk was fifth in the East Division; two points out of an AHL playoff spot.
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Wagner was a major bright spot for the Ducks among their NCAA prospects before moving into the AHL. The versatile forward has developed into an excellent faceoff man and otherwise learned the finer points of the center position, particularly on the defensive end. Offensively, he had a breakout year in 2011-12 with Colgate University in which he surpassed the previous season's totals about halfway through the campaign. He does not shy away from physical play despite his modest frame. He has continued to bring the same level of intensity and determination to the AHL and had, by all accounts, a very respectable rookie campaign for Norfolk.
Wagner has quietly emerged as a nice little late-round sleeper taken 122nd overall. That sort of timely, linear development is always an encouraging sign. Wagner may develop into a scorer but his multi-dimensional game may give him an opportunity to make his mark with another specialty at the next level. His first year in Norfolk was a positive sign as he carried forth the same defensive specialty at the AHL that he did at the NCAA. He will probably continue to be seasoned in the AHL for now but Wagner has a skill set that would be useful as a defensive and penalty kill specialist in the NHL in the future.


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Review: La Régalade Saint-Honoré
La Régalade is one of this city's most beloved classic bistros. Founded by Yves Camdeborde in 1992, it was left in the hands of Bruno Doucet, a chef who (high praise) didn't ruin it. I visited this bastion of bistronomy last year, loved my meal, but never returned. I suppose that distance trumped delicious. How excited was I, then, to learn that Doucet was opening a new location in central Paris? Daniel Rose filled me in about this when I ran into him yesterday at Spring Boutique (I am addicted, of all things, to their spelt). After chiding me for not being up on the news, Rose suggested we try to book a dinner right away. Right away turned out to be the very same (opening) night.
I hesitated for a split second before accepting, not wanting to criticize a place before the paint on the walls was dry. But I was hungry and up for some fun after a solid week of website construction. So off we went, a motley crew of seven, into the brand new restaurant around the corner. If it sucked, I would remain silent.
Thank goodness it was delicious. From the first moment, when a communal crock of poultry terrine landed on the table, to the very last bite of strawberry dessert, I was happy. Bruno Doucet continues to score with classic dishes based on bright ingredients and sharp technique. Portions are generous, to the point of being painful, and the wine list is stocked with affordable gems like a 2007 Pinot Gris from Ostertag for €40.
The three-course menu at €33 is one of the best dining values in town. As at the original location (and other restaurants like Chez Michel) a few special dishes are available each night for a supplemental charge. Of course we had to try the bright green asparagus with langoustines (+8€), which was better, according to three diners at our table, than they'd had last week at Frédéric Simonin.
I ordered the morels (+6€), which arrived in the shape of a small mountain. I've never seen such a generous serving. After eating my fill, I passed them around the table three times and then still had to struggle to finish.
Another winning dish was my poitrine de cochon fermier moelleuse de chez Eric Ospital, la couenne croustillante. In other words, farm-raised pork belly from Eric Ospital (he who puts the song in my croquettes), with a creamy interior and crispy skin. It was exactly as advertised, and the very best belly I've ever eaten.
My favorite dessert belonged to Barbra – a Breton sablé with creamy marscapone and bright red Gariguettes. If the strawberry shortcake in Kansas had been this good, I might still be wearing ruby slippers today.
A modest complaint: this freshly-painted beige dining room lacks the soul of its southern counterpart. However, given the choice between an ugly room and a long metro ride, I will take the beige every time. It does seem better suited – given the sparse decor and widely spaced seats, to the Saint-Honore clientèle. It's hard to imagine Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, the noted designer who was sitting nearby, hanging out in that bustling bistro down south.
Open questions: Being more of a glutton than a reporter, I'm not yet sure whether the southern location will remain open, where Doucet will do most of his cooking, or how they plan to maintain these modest prices with a monthly rent that's rumored to be around €10,000. For the moment, all I can tell you is to GO.
La Régalade Saint-Honoré
123 rue Saint-Honoré, 75001
Tel: 01 42 21 92 40
Closed Saturday & Sunday
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Ffromsaopaulo says:
Hope they will be opened until my trip in October!
Milt Gersh says:
Hi, The restaurant's food sounds delicious, but you overpaid for the vin. I've been in the wine business for 30 yrs. so you'll just have to trust me on this. The pinot gris is a fine wine from the alsace area, but its not consididered anything special. At 40 euros it was way over priced. I know osterdag and they make nice wines. A pinot gris , that a restaurant pays is under 10 Euros. Even if you went to Bon Marche at the epiciere you would be hard put to find a pinot gris over 10 Euros. It seems that restaurants here are doing the same as in the states , marking up their prices 3 to 4 times. It's time that customers let the restaurant people know that when they overprice their wines, customers should stay away from those outrageous prices. Thanks. Milt Gersh
Meg says:
Hi Milt,
You're absolutely right. I was sitting next to a wine buyer that night and he also said it was 4x higher than the retail price. To be honest, though, I don't expect restaurants to sell their wine at retail cost any more than I expect a cup of coffee to cost ten cents. If jacking the wine is one of the ways that Doucet is managing to offer his 33 euro menu while paying outrageous rent on the rue Saint-Honoré, I can live with it.
Having said that, I really appreciate places like le Verre Volé and les Papilles where you can select an outstanding bottle and pay only retail prices plus corkage.
parisbreakfasts says:
Those langoustin and dessert would do me nicely
Looks VERY miam-miam! -
Amy says:
Love your blog, Meg! I used to read your old one and have always enjoyed your writing style. I can't wait to start reading/eating my way through your reviews
Amy says:
Sold! I'm even feeling a bit smug that this is within walking distance of both my apartment and office – the neighborhood is getting dangerously delicious.
MIke says:
Your post and pics drew us here and we were thrilled by everybite. 33 euros? What an amazing deal. Reminded me a lot of places like Chez Panisse, Olivetto, and the like in the bay area. Straightforward amazing ingredients, perfectly prepared. And that terrine! I almost never eat terrines, pates, fois, etc and we loved this one.
Thanks for the tip!
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Nancy Hoca says:
Note to Milt Gersh: I just came across your comment of five months ago. Being married to an Alsatian, I just want to say that the name of the people who produced the pinot gris is Domaine Ostertag, not Osterdag. They are Alsatians, not Dutch.
Katherine Sullivan says:
On your recommendation we tried La Regelade. It was wonderful-I loved the pate, asparagus appetizer and duck. My 5 dining companions were similarly impressed. The wait staff was especially charming and helpful. Can't wait to return.
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New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is seeking information from exchanges and alternative trading platforms about their relationships with high-frequency trading firms, as part of its probe into allegedly unfair trading practices on Wall Street, sources have previously told Reuters. Broker-run trading systems known as dark pools, where participants are anonymous and trading information is hidden until after the trades are completed, are a key focus, said Chad Johnson, head of the agency's Investor Protection Bureau. "We remain highly interested in this area," he said at a conference held by Sandler O'Neill and Partners.
Wall Street Adjusts to the New Trading Normal (WSJ)
Trading volume on the major U.S. exchanges last month tumbled to its lowest level for May since the financial crisis. A daily average of 5.7 billion shares changed hands, the least for the month since 2007, according to Credit Suisse Trading Strategy. The slowdown in trading comes as investors see little reason to make big changes to their portfolios amid an expanding but unspectacular U.S. economy, lackluster first-quarter earnings reports, and above-average stock valuations as a share of projected company earnings.
Exclusive: Deutsche Bank cap hike delay due to court bottleneck – sources (Reuters)
Deutsche Bank's plans for an 8 billion euro ($11 billion) capital hike came to an abrupt halt on Wednesday when a procedural bottleneck in a German court forced Germany's flagship lender to delay the issue by several days. The bank's biggest investor, Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabor Al-Thani of Qatar, has made his first contribution to the capital hike, paying 1.75 billion euros for 60 million shares, but a Frankfurt court has taken longer than expected to enter the purchase into the shareholder registry, three market sources told Reuters. Until that paper jam is cleared, the second part of the capital hike plan – a 6.3 billion euros rights issue – cannot proceed, putting the whole 8 billion euro exercise on hold but not threatening it in any way, the sources said.
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Citigroup doesn't have to worry about being forced to admit wrongdoing in a three-year-old regulatory settlement after a federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled it didn't matter. The Securities and Exchange Commission has wide latitude to settle cases and allow defendants to sidestep the issue of guilt, the appeals court ruled. "Trials are primarily about the truth," the court ruled in a much-anticipated 28-page ruling. "Consent decrees are primarily about pragmatism." The appeals court ruling overturns a decision by trial court judge Jed Rakoff — who refused to rubber-stamp Citi's $285 million settlement with the SEC because, without addressing guilt, he couldn't know if the penalty fit the crime. The appeal court ordered the case back to Rakoff — who is now expected to approve the settlement.
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Taking up a recent offer for a summer internship at David Einhorn's Greenlight Capital, television legend Philbin revealed what his day was like Tuesday on CNBC's "Fast Money." "Yes, so I went up to the David Einhorn offices, met everybody," he said. "Happens to be a very nice guy. We had a long, long talk. And I tell you how it ended: They thought I was the best summer intern they ever had." Last week, Einhorn said on air that he had been impressed by one of Philbin's winning stock picks and offered the former TV show host an internship. Known as "the hardest working man in show business," Philbin said that his duties at the firm consisted of doing legwork on three companies. "I suggested to David that we call Micron Tech, MolyCorp, Lululemon, and we had some very interesting conversations with the Micron Tech people," he said. "And incidentally, I don't think it's going to bounce down much anymore. I think it's on its way to at least $30. I think it almost touched $29 today." […] Einhorn had been rumored to be short LULU, although his most recent 13F filing does not show a position. Philbin said that they had called three different Lululemon locations—"and not one of them answered!" "I'm still in the stock, but I'm very disappointed that they didn't take the calls when we made them, for crying out loud," he added.
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A Phoenix woman says she has received an "intimidating, threatening, and defaming" letter ordering her to stop performing cartwheels at local government meetings. The letter to Dianne Barker from the Maricopa Association of Governments planning agency states that she has "from time to time suggested that MAG cannot prevent you from performing cartwheels during your comments. That position is incorrect." Barker says she performs gymnastics to highlight the benefits of walking and using public transit, but officials say the cartwheels are disruptive and could result in injury to Barker or other people.
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Bess to Shaz: No more Grindr at meetings
An Amazune? Can't wait….
Interns are supposed to schlep lunch orders around, enter data into excel and bind pitch books at the last minute. Regis doesn't sound like he had an intern job.
Seems like the SFO has enough libor, forex and commodities traders to go after to restore their reputation. What are they worried about?
We are not guilty. We are just paying $285mm to admit we are pragmatic.
Does Regis have his Series 7? Is he allowed to make price recommendations?
Pretty clear that just writing that guy's name on all the requisite docs is the real bottleneck
anybody else think Regis would do a phenomenal "einhorn is finkle! finkle is einhorn!" scene?
Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabor Al-Thani, but my friends call me Mike
The Weasel Pig is here ….. he walks among us……please be careful
Barker says she performs gymnastics to highlight the benefits of walking and using public transit. On her Facebook page, she lists among her hobbies "attending town council meetings while rolling hard on Molly"