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In my experience, most restaurants play the wrong sort of music. While a lot of thought may have been given to the menu, the wine list, and the service, none whatsoever has been given to the music.
Are restaurateurs missing a big trick?
First, what is the function of music in a restaurant? There are several possible functions: in particular, to accompany and enhance the food; to create ambiance and atmosphere; to influence menu choices; and, by making people eat faster, to increase table turnover.
It stands to reason that different types of restaurant should play different kinds of music, or perhaps even none at all.
Finer restaurants ought to play discrete instrumental music that accompanies and enhances the food, rather than distracts from it or from the diners' conversations. Indeed, there is mounting evidence that music strongly influences our perception of food and wine. For example, according to research from the Crossmodal Research Laboratory at the University of Oxford, people associate higher notes, flutes, and tinkling piano with sweetness; and deeper, more resonant notes with bitterness. Still, some of the finest restaurants do not play any music at all, reasoning—in my opinion, correctly—that, when the food is truly great, any extraneous stimulus can only detract from it. The music does an injustice to the food, and the food to the music.
At the other end of the scale, a restaurant that places profit above dining experience often plays loud music with a fast tempo that subconsciously puts diners under pressure to eat more quickly, even if that means that they are less able to enjoy their meal. But caveat emptor: such music also suppresses appetite, leading to less food and, in particular, less drink being consumed. Appetite is in part a function of the parasympathetic nervous system. Loud, fast music activates the sympathetic nervous system (the 'fight-or-flight' response), which opposes the parasympathetic system and thereby diminishes appetite. That, in a nutshell, is why you don't suddenly feel a tinge of hunger while being chased up a tree by a lion.
Music can detract not only from the food and wine, but also from conversations, mood, thoughts, and emotions. This is what most often ruins the dining experience for me. I usually go out as much for the food and wine as for the conversation, and often enjoy lengthy, involved, and intimate conversations. Any music that is so loud as to oblige me to strain my voice kills such conversations. Moreover, music with lyrics attached imposes the singer's thoughts and emotions upon diners. These thoughts and emotions are often banal or incongruous, and prevent me from feeling or evolving my own. Why in heaven's name should I care about the love life of some forlorn stranger? It is very telling, I think, that, in general, we do not play music when eating at home.
On the other hand, there are some people who have nothing or little to say to each other. For such people, the music can, at least to some extent, carpet over the silence and relieve the pressure of having to make conversation. Ideally, a restaurant with any sort of culinary pretensions ought to have a silent area or room, and, whenever possible, give diners the choice between silence and discrete instrumental music.
Lastly, restaurateurs need to be aware that the perceived volume of the music varies according to the number of people and amount of background noise in the restaurant, and that both can change significantly in the course of an evening. With only few diners to absorb and drown it, the music comes across as louder, and so the volume needs to be turned down.
Neel Burton is author of the new Concise Guide to Wine and Blind Tasting and other books.


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Today's Special
"Today's Special" introduces young viewers to a world previously only imagined - a big store's children's department at night - and encourages them to take part in the many adventures of its inhabitants. Jeff, a store window mannequin, becomes a real person when his friends pronounce a special set of magic words while he's wearing his magic hat. He learns about the many things human beings take for granted - shoes, fruit, camping, family, music - with the help of Jodie the display designer, Sam the puppet security guard, Muffy the mouse who speaks in rhyme, and the television audience, who guide him in setting up displays correctly. Sam works a computer that speaks directly to viewers, challenging them to solve the picture puzzles and mime games that appear on screen. Each program's theme includes new songs and dances, along with games, stories, rhymes, and surprise appearances by performers such as Oscar Peterson, Karen Kain, and the Canadian Brass.
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February 14, 1989
When the friends learn that their store will be torn down because no one can find the plaque that proves it to be a historic site, they pack their things and prepare to leave. Sam, Muffy, and Jodie reminisce about the highlights of their days together, and recall Karen Kain's visit and performance of the Swamp Dance.
September 20, 1988
When Jeff's friends discover that he never sleeps, they promptly get him a pair of pyjamas and a bed and instruct him on the art of falling asleep. The computer describes the ways different animals sleep, and Sam and Jodie visit radio host Bill McVean on a night shift
June 15, 1988
Jeff's attempts to perfect a juggling act inspire his friends to organize a circus in the store with Sam as the ringmaster, Muffy as the magician, and Jodie and Jeff as clowns. Today's special guest is pianist Oscar Peterson, and there's also a circus story.

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DMC doesn't seem to support function-level try blocks, as ISO-C++ says (try to compile code below). I tried with BCC 5.5.1 (which makes a big fuss with its "full" <g> ANSI compliance), and it's not supported, either. It works fine with GCC 2.95.2 or later... For the curious: BCC says "Test::Test() declared outside its class". Oh well... :) Laurentiu //------------------------------------------------- class Thrower { public: Thrower() throw(int); }; Thrower::Thrower() throw(int) { throw 1; } class Test { public: Test() throw (int); private: Thrower t; }; Test::Test() throw(int) try :t() { } catch(int x) { throw x+1; } Mar 17 2002
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In the first two games this season, the second quarter was a great time for opponents to make up ground against Missouri.
Arkansas State and Troy combined to outscore Missouri 27-14 in the second with the Tigers giving up the lead against Troy that they would not get back. The Trojans scored 17 of their 24 points in the second quarter on Sept. 9 in the Tigers only loss of the season.
Missouri solved that problem Saturday, scoring 28 points on 167 yards of offense in the second quarter. The Tigers allowed Ball State one first down, a feat they repeated in the third.
The Tigers started the second with good field position after tailback Marcus Woods had a 30-yard run on the second to last play of the quarter that looked like a sure touchdown before a diving Justin Beriault, the Cardinals safety, tripped him on the three-yard line.
"My legs got a little bit tired on that," Woods said. "I have to pick my knees up a little bit more and run that out and I'll be fine."
Tailback Damien Nash benefited from Woods' run with a two-yard touchdown on the first play of the second quarter, making it 10-0.
Missouri put together its longest scoring drive of the game with a 91-yard effort on its next possession. Quarterback Brad Smith capped the drive with a three-yard touchdown run that worked because of a stiff arm to the helmet of cornerback Randall Means.
"(The stiff arm) works pretty good when you need a little separation," Smith said.
After punting on their next possession, the Tigers scored two touchdowns within 17 seconds to finish the scoring in the second.
Nash got his second touchdown on a passing play in which he came out of the backfield on the left side while Smith rolled to his right with every Cardinals defender pursuing.
"I wasn't very surprised (to be that open)," Nash said. "We ran the fakes where they can just flow to the ball and they flowed to the ball and we threw it back."
Things got worse for the Cardinals on the first play from scrimmage after Nash's touchdown when quarterback Joey Lynch fumbled the snap, which was then kicked to the right side of the field where Tiger cornerback Marcus King fell on it.
Missouri then had its second straight one-play drive, with Smith throwing a pass to Sean Coffey who caught the ball over his shoulder.
Ball State punter Reggie Hodges was the lone standout for the Cardinals, kicking them out of their own territory many times and sending Missouri punt returner Thomson Omboga running backward to receive his punts.Hodges kicked the ball 10 times, averaging 50.9 yards and kicking his longest 65 yards. Ball State's coverage could not keep up with the long kicks, though, and Omboga finished with 127 yards on 6 returns with a long of 49 yards.
Wide receiver William Franklin, a true freshman, played the most he has this season.Franklin caught a 35-yard completion for a first down and scored the first touchdown of his career on a 41-yard touchdown pass.


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"Romola" by George Eliot. Published by Merrill and Baker, New York, circa 1895.
Lovely gilt lettering on cover and spine. Rough cut page edges.
Book has very slight edgewear, binding is tight. Decorations on cover and spine are bright and vibrant. No soil.
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Duration: 1hr 15min
Genevieve, a New York intellectual, moves to the country with her self-involved journalist boyfriend, Sebastian, while he works on his latest project about sustainable farming. Bored and neglected, Genevieve turns to Robin, a working class local, for companionship. When Sebastian forms a bond of his own with Robin, Genevieve finds herself overpowered by jealousy and insecurity. Tensions mount between the two women and soon reality and jealousy fantasy become inseparable in this haunting meditation on jealousy and the ways women mistreat and manipulate one another.
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He's had a few MMA fights and is thus far unbeaten. Maybe it's his voction, but if he gets hit with so much of a love tap with one of those 5 oz wicket keepers gloves, then i'm afraid it's goodnight nurse and probably for a long time too.
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Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch reports the Blue Jackets declined an offer from Carolina to acquire defenseman Tomas Kaberle and a second-round pick in exchange for disgruntled center Derick Brassard.
Why deny the deal, you ask?
"Kaberle's play has dropped in recent seasons," Portzline wrote. "And he's got two more years at $1 million more than Brassard.
"Simply put: [Jackets GM Scott] Howson thinks he can do better."
Or, Howson just doesn't want Kaberle.
It's too bad the deal didn't go down, as it'd be a great disaster-for-disaster swap — kinda like trading New Coke for Crystal Pepsi. But knowing Columbus balked gives you an idea of Kaberle's current market value.
(Translation: It ain't much.)
Ten months ago, Kaberle's acquisition price was Joe Colborne, a first-round pick and a second-round pick (because Boston won the Cup.) Five months ago, he signed a three-year, $12.75-million deal with the 'Canes. Now he's being turned down for a guy that's been a healthy scratch seven times (with No. 8 coming tonight) and a second-round pick. At this point it wouldn't surprise me if Kaberle gets traded for future considerations, or a bag of day-old bagels.
That said, this isn't all Kaberle's fault — some of this falls at the feet of 'Canes GM Jim Rutherford. Generally speaking, the best way to shop a guy isn't to go on XM Radio and publicly blast him.
- govtminion - Dec 6, 2011 at 5:34 PM
"Nah, we have enough guys around here not earning their massive paychecks. Thanks though."
- danphipps01 - Dec 7, 2011 at 12:47 AM
He's 33, wildly overrated and overpaid. They should be calling Glen Sather about him. I'm sure they'd fare better.
- gbiscottagecheesefatties - Dec 6, 2011 at 6:36 PM
I don't think the draft pick is far off what Brassard's value but who would take Kaberle as bait ??? You couldn't dumb Kaberle and a 2nd for nothing in return, who wants the contract
- gbiscottagecheesefatties - Dec 6, 2011 at 6:37 PM
dump **** dump Kaberle
- pftbillsfan - Dec 6, 2011 at 8:28 PM
That may be the best comparison to a trade ever crystal pepsi for new coke. That's fine journalism and I actually can't wait for an opportunity to use that in conversation and claim it as my own wit.
- boston25rocketman - Dec 7, 2011 at 12:18 AM
I'll bet Carolina is looking at the NBA's amnesty rule with jealous eyes.


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In Reply to: vegan meal plan posted by eatwell on July 23, 2010 at 8:54 pm:
Congratulations on your new lifestyle. The simplest way to ensure you get all the necessary nutrients is to rely on the four food groups. Not the official ones, obviously, but these: grains, legumes, fruits, vegetables. (Vegetables being any plant-based food that is not a grain, legume or fruit, especially leafy greens and other veggies with lots of colour.) If you eat regularly from all four groups, then the only thing you might need to supplement would be vitamin B12. Vitamin B12 can be obtained from nutritional yeast, or in pill form.


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Police to grill Mumbai model Hisar, August 27 According to highly placed sources, it had been found that Sonia, who was remanded in police custody till September 2 late last night, chatted online with Rajiv frequently. A police party is likely to be sent to Mumbai to interrogate him. The police has seized Sonias computer to look for possible evidence linking him with the case. The sources said a numbers of fingerprints had been lifted from the rooms in which the bodies of members of the Punia family were found. The steel bar used in the crime was found to have been washed after the crime. Fortunately, however, many fingerprints still remained on it. Likewise, the police has found fingerprints of more than two persons on a mineral water bottle and a soft drink bottle found in Sonias Tata Sumo in which she had brought her younger sister Priyanka from her hostel here to the farmhouse. Despite extensive efforts the police has not yet been able to trace Sonias husband, Sanjeev, who was last seen with her. Sonia has been claiming that he did not accompany her to the farmhouse. Instead, he left for Faridabad from here itself. However, he did not reach Faridabad. He was neither found at his ancestral village in Uttar Pradesh nor his home at Saharanpur. He too is under suspicion as he has not visited Sonia since the murders took place. Manager of the farmhouse Ajit Singh, on whose complaint the police registered the case, has also made startling revelations. He has reportedly stated that when Sonia left the farmhouse around 4.45 am for a brief period after the murders, he heard three doors of the vehicle open and then shut. However, when she returned after half an hour he only heard one door open and shut. This strengthens suspicions that Sonia dropped her accomplices at a nearby crossing. Sonia continues to deny this. Sonia is also reported to have levelled allegations of adultery against her mother and stepfather. She alleged that none of them ended their liaisons even after she caught them red-handed in compromising positions and asked them to behave in future. The sources said Sonia had an unhappy childhood and suffered from hypertension. She had sought treatment at many places. The police is also investigating why her mother Krishna gave her revolver to Sonia. The revolver was found at the farmhouse after the murders but it had no cartridges. Sonia always carried this revolver with her. Sonia has claimed in her statement that the arguments between her mother and father often led to firing. She said there were still marks of bullets in the kitchen and a room. Meanwhile, senior police officials continue to grill her after securing her remand from a local court last night. The police expect to determine the truth once the forensic reports were received from Madhuban. It might take another two to three days to verify Sonias story. |
YC men to attend Bhajans rally Fatehabad, August 27 Mr Sandhu said the Faridabad rally was a very important event for Congress workers of the state and all Youth Congress workers would participate in the rally. The former Chief Minister, it may be recalled, had announced this rally without consultations with the permission of the state unit of the Congress and the faction of the party owing its allegiance to the HPCC chief, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, had distanced itself from the preparation of the rally. Mr Sandhu said the Youth Congress had also decided to launch an agitation in the state from September 1 against the state governments action of implicating the leaders of Opposition in false criminal cases. He said these agitations would be launched at district as well as subdivision level. The youth leader came down heavily on the INLD government in Haryana and said that the Om Prakash Chautala government had failed to fulfil promises it made to the people before coming to power. He said the Chief Minister had promised to provide more jobs to the unemployed youth but after coming to power he had been snatching jobs of many government employees. He said the INLD government claimed to be champion of farmers cause but after coming to power it had failed to provide sufficient power and irrigation water to the farmers. The YC leader alleged that Mr Chautalas meddling with the politics of UP had brought misery to the formers of Haryana. While crops coming from western UP were purchased by the procurement agencies on top priority, those of the Haryana farmers were left to rot in the grain markets. He castigated the Chief Minister for ignoring the interests of the farmers of Haryana due to his friendship with the Punjab Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal. He said it was ironical that despite the family ties between Mr Badal and Mr Chautala, the important bi-lateral issues like the SYL were hanging fire. Mr Sandhu also criticised the government for not holding elections for the student unions in the state. |
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on acquisition of hotel Gurgaon, August 27 The Chairman of the Samraath Prithviraj Chauhan Foundation,
Capt. Vikram Singh, disclosed that Dr Chauhan has decided to support the movement for bringing the mortal remains of Prithviraj Chauhan and for governmental acquisition of the Nimrana Fort Palace Hotel, which was associated with the last descendants of the emperor. The delegation will call on Mr Vajpayee after Dr Chohans visit to Nimrana on August 30. Dr Chohan will meet the wife of the late Maharaja Rajender Singh, the last descendant of the emperor. He will also visit the fort of Maharaja Rajender Singh. The date for the proposed meeting of the delegation with Mr Vajpayee is yet to be decided. This will be Dr Chohans first public involvement after his return to the country from the United Kingdom. According to the office-bearers of the foundation, Maharaja Rajender Singh had sold the fort to a consortium of business houses, including a native of France, in the nineties with the understanding that it will be converted into a museum to keep intact its national importance. But the buyers breached the agreement and converted it into a glitzy hotel. The belongings of the Maharaja are being used for commercial purposes. The royal emblem is also being used for commercial purposes, generating resentment among the local residents. The descendants of the emperor had established their estate at Ateli in Mahendergarh district of Haryana. Later, they shifted base to Nimrana. A number of villages then came to be associated with the descendants of the emperor. They are still collectively called Raath. Local residents have been launching a movement, time and again, against the alleged misuse of the Nimrana fort and the reported occupation of the surrounding forest land by the hotel. A former Sarpanch of Nimrana, Mr Udai Singh, has also lodged an FIR with the police against the hotel management, alleging theft of the life-size sapphire statue of a
deity related to the Chauhan clan from the Nimrana Fort. The Samraath Prithviraj Chauhan Foundation intensified the movement for acquisition of the Nimran fort hotel. It organised a
maha yagya near the hotel during the last Navratna festival. A number of political leaders, including former Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar, Mr Amar Singh of the Samajwadi Party and Mr D.P.Yadav, and noted environmentalist Yogi Ranjit took part in the
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Haryana writes to ministries Chandigarh, August 27 Haryana has a premier position in India as far as the production of basmati is concerned. It is grown in about 40 per cent of the area under paddy cultivation in the state. A substantial quantity of basmati produced in Haryana is also exported. |
Illegal hawkers at rly station Panipat, August 27 Though the unauthorised movement of hawkers in trains has been curtailed for the present, the circulating area of the station is encroached by unauthorised hawkers allegedly with the connivance of law enforcement officials. |
CM visits martyrs
residence Ambala, August 27 Mr Chautala offered his condolences to the family members and praised Major Ahuja for his sacrifice. Some of the family members were away to Hardwar to immerse the ashes of the slain soldier. |
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The Corn Root Worm.—Professor Holden estimates that the ravages of the corn root worm cause an annual loss of 200,000,000 bushels of corn in the Corn Belt States alone. He says, " Next to poor seed corn, the corn root worm is the greatest source of loss to the corn crop." This so-called worm is a small white larva about half an inch in length and a little larger than a pin. The eggs laid by a beetle are somewhat larger than a double pin-head. They are laid at the roots or foot of a growing corn stalk during August and September. The eggs hatch during June and July. In case the field is not planted a second time to corn, the larvae starve, but if they can get at corn they eat their way into the roots and thus cut off the root, the plant's sup-port and its source of food supply. Trained observers easily detect the presence of the worm by the peculiar bend in the corn stalks. The lack of support causes the corn to lean decidedly at the ground but heliotropism causes the tops to seek the sun and hence the double curve. The remedy for the control of the corn root worm, as suggested earlier in this chapter, is a wide rotation of crops, clean culture, fall plowing, the presence of birds and the planting of strong, vigorous seed that will enable the plants to withstand some damage and yet produce a crop.
Next to the corn root worm, the corn root louse or aphis causes the greatest loss. The aphides are generally associated with ants which use the aphides for their cows. The ants carry the aphides to pasture at the foot of some growing corn. The aphides live on the sap of the roots and the ants make regular trips to their cows in order to suck the secretion which the aphides exude on being disturbed by the ants. As the aphides cannot live on other crops, especially the clovers, the first remedy to be suggested is rotation of crops. The second remedy is clean culture. It has been found by experiment that the number of root lice can be reduced between 80 and 95 per cent by disking the ground each week before planting, as. recommended in the chapter on soil, for the conservation of spring moisture. That is, where ground was disked as soon as the surface dried in the spring and then was disked once each week until planting time, the root lice were found to be only 5 to 15 per cent as numerous as on adjacent soil left undisked. The use of the weeder or harrow after planting helps to confuse the ants as to where their cows are and helps to expose the aphides to the destruction of birds.
Other. Aphidae.—Besides the corn root louse, there are many other species of the Aphidce. They frequently make frightful devastations on all kinds of grain and vegetables, even the trees are at times stripped of their leaves, and foliage is taken from the rose bushes by these little green plant lice. These aphid have some peculiar habits and characteristics. The young that do the injury to the crops are born in insect form directly from the body of the mother. But these young have no wings and hence would spread very little were it not for the fact that the sexual forms pair and then the female, which may or may not have wings, lays two or three eggs from which winged insects hatch. In the egg form the species live through the winters of the northern States.
Right at this point may be given a series of lessons on the wonderful adjustment or equilibrium of nature. The successful agriculturist must be a better geographer than our schools have turned out in the past. The multiplication of these insects and the weather are closely related. These insects live in a temperature as cold as 8 ° F. above zero. Now these insects are held in check by a small fly-like insect that deposits its egg through the skin and into the vitals of the plant lice. But the plant lice's enemies do not live with a temperature down to the freezing point. The lice live during the late fall and warm winter days, and go on giving birth to young. But their enemies stop activities early in the fall and do not begin until late in the spring. Fortunately the enemy lays many more eggs. But this climatic control explains why after a warm winter and a late cold spring the plant lice can destroy the wheat crop over whole states before they are destroyed by their enemies. To many people the plant lice seem to come and go mysteriously, but the good geographer sees order in it all and that is the first step toward learning how to control these enemies.
The aphidae may be held in check on fruit trees by increasing the number of lady beetles, small birds, and by spraying with a soap-tobacco solution, the formula and directions for which are given in the spray calendar sent by your Experiment Station. But there is a little white, or woolly louse which one should be very, very careful not to introduce with nursery stock. It is most harmful to the apple trees. If it is once introduced there is nothing better to do than to cut down and burn every affected tree, twig, leaves and all. As the man said of his mother-in-law, " cremate, embalm, and bury; take no chances whatever."
The late Professor Slingerland, in his excellent treatment in Bailey's " Cyclopedia of Agriculture," says : " In this warfare that man must wage against his insect foes, he should not forget that nature has provided active and often very effective destroyers without which man could not grow crops, or even exist himself. Were it not for the many little enemies of plant-lice these insignificant creatures, with their wonderful powers of multiplication, would soon overrun the earth and destroy all vegetation, thus robbing man of his primary food supply. Among the forces of nature which thus aid man in his insect warfare may be mentioned strong winds, sudden changes of temperature in winter, rains, and forest and prairie fires. Then among the plants and animals there
are some very efficient insect destroyers. Bacteria and fungi often kill a large proportion of army worms or chinch bugs that are devastating crops. Many of the birds feed largely on insects and should be encouraged to stay on every farm, for they are among the most efficient of nature's insect destroyers.
" But it is among their own kind, the insects, that insect pests find their most destructive foes. Vast numbers of insects, some so tiny that several of them can live inside an insect egg (codling-moth egg) not larger than a pin's head, are constantly preying on the insect enemies of man's crops. . . . A little lady-bird beetle (Fig. 102) saved the citrous industry of California. . . . And it would be impossible to grow wheat in many parts of the United States were it not for the tiny insect parasites of the hessian fly."
Experiment Stations and the National Department of Agri-culture are spending thousands of dollars each year to discover natural insect and plant disease enemies. Shall we allow a boy to become a man and the man to become a farmer without his school putting him in touch with this information ?


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COLUMBIA — Bagels spread with peanut butter were the in-drive snack. A bottle or two of water helped wash it down.
The seating arrangement was standard: coaches and managers in front, then the players and then the cheerleaders. A few passengers' ears were plugged with ear buds or headphones. Others listened and chatted with friends. Some riders lay with their heads flush against their pillows.
The scene on the bus was normal, the routine mechanized and seemingly scripted. Just another part of the post-season itinerary for the Rock Bridge boys basketball team.
On its face, the trip was like any other one for the Bruins, who have been considered state title contenders from the season's outset. This trip to Rolla for the Class 5 quarterfinal against Branson was a long road on a season-long sojourn.
At stake for coach Jim Scanlon's squad was a chance to play a state title in its hometown, on the floor of Mizzou Arena and just a couple of miles north of its home gym.
On Saturday night in Rolla, that process didn't go as smoothly as it had been planned during the week leading up to the game.
The Bruins (27-2) secured the win, and a spot in the Class 5 semifinal at 3:20 p.m. Friday against Chaminade (25-4), but the game against the Branson Pirates would be one where their structured preparation almost wasn't enough.
Three days earlier, on March 4, the Bruins dismantled Waynesville in its sectional game. And a week earlier, they battered their archrival Hickman for a district title. All was going according to plan.
The team's practices that week ran like clockwork: after school, stretching and warm-ups first, followed by simple drills that led into complex play calls and finally watching game films.
From free throws to layups, the intensity among the players rarely faded.
When it did fade, it was reignited by head coach Scanlon, using anecdotal humor to point out mistakes players were making.
Such instances were few and far between, but they helped keep players on an even mental keel.
The work ethic exhibited by the players was kept in check by the coaching staff. Assistant coaches Blair Scanlon, David Egan and Travis Gabel and student assistant coach Brady Hammond provided added insight to Scanlon's teachings.
The tasks of the assistant coaches include repositioning players in various sets on the floor by walking them through the necessary sequences and reminding them how to guard an opposing player on the perimeter.
Simply, they help fill in the gaps in the players' understanding and act as a second set of eyes for the head coach. Scanlon stood off to the side as the assistant coaches practiced with players, bringing a level of athleticism beyond the typical high-school player's ability.
Scanlon is realistic about preparing his team. He can only provide them with the basic tools — scouting reports, game film and walk-throughs — to make his blueprint a reality. The players have to assemble the final product the best they know how.
Upon arrival at the Missouri University of Science and Technology's gym on Saturday afternoon, the players took some time to pace the court and gain a better feeling of their surroundings.
The gym was empty apart from a few Branson fans, and the silence of the gym enveloped the players. As they took their seats on the bench, several players were listening to music, others briefly chatted but most held silent, preparing themselves for what was ahead of them.
As game time drew closer, the locker room filled but was far from raucous. The team increasingly cut out what chatter remained. In its place, coach Scanlon's voice and pre-game remarks filled the void.
His speech was not one to pump up his team. Rather, it was centered on preparing the team with a last-minute review of scouting reports. The atmosphere was more like the classroom setting the players experience every day before practice.
Scanlon emphasized once more that it was up to the players to execute everything they had practiced and learned.
The plan was simple: Branson couldn't win if they didn't have the ball. That strategy was a key feature to Rock Bridge's second-half success in the game.
Even the Branson student section realized the Bruins were implementing that tactic. They voiced their displeasure by chanting an ominous "This is boring!" as Rock Bridge methodically worked through its offense like it had during practices.
As the final seconds of the fourth quarter started, stopped, started and stopped again, members on the bench interlocked arms in solidarity.
With 15.3 seconds left in the game and Rock Bridge clinging to a 55-53 lead, Jordan Dressler was at the free-throw line. In a chance to put the game four points out of reach, he was only able to tack one more point onto the scoreboard.
With a chance to tie the game, Branson turned the ball over to Skylar Tolson of Rock Bridge. But once again, the game didn't go according to plan, as Tolson missed the layup on the other end.
Again Branson had the ball with a chance to win. With 2.1 seconds left, they heaved the ball down court and quickly called a timeout. Only 1.6 seconds remained.
On the restart, Branson turned the ball over for what would be the final possession change. The score was set in stone at 56-53.
The Rock Bridge bench exploded onto the court and the student section spilled out to meet them. Cheerleaders rushed as well, with or without pompoms. All converged together to celebrate the victory that was a long time in the making.


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Despite having its origins in western France, Chardonnay's immense popularity and flexibility quickly meant that before long, there wasn't a wine producing country in the world which wasn't investing in this fascinating and versatile grape varietal. Today, Chardonnays manage to win fine wine competitions and satisfy supermarket shoppers simultaneously, due to the fact that this grape varietal can take on many characteristics and features of where it is grown and how it is handled. Indeed, this green skinned grape is renowned for not having so much unique flavor within the fruit, but is very sensitive to the features of the terroir it is grown in, as well as to aging As such, it isn't unusual to find bottles of single variety Chardonnay wine described as holding notes of white stone, mountain waters, or other such geological features alongside the more predictable fruit descriptions This makes Chardonnay grape varietal wines an exciting world to delve into full of surprises, full of delights.
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Anna McGarrigle, CM (born December 4, 1944, Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian folk music singer and songwriter who wrote and performed as a duo with her sister, Kate McGarrigle, until Kate's death in 2010. Musical career: In the 1960s, Kate and Anna McGarrigle established themselves in Montreal's burgeoning folk scene while they attended school. From 1963 to 1967, they teamed up with Jack Nissenson and Peter Weldon to form the folk group Mountain City Four. Kate and Anna McGarrigle wrote, recorded and performed music into the twenty-first century with assorted accompanying musicians, including Chaim Tannenbaum and Joel Zifkin. Family: McGarrigle is married to journalist Dane Lanken. She and Lanken have two children, Lily and Sylvan Lanken. Awards: Kate and Anna's 1975 self-titled debut album was chosen by Melody Maker as Best Record of the Year. Their albums Matapedia (1996) and The McGarrigle Hour (1998) won Juno Awards. In 1999 Kate and Anna received Women of Originality awards and in 2006 SOCAN Lifetime Achievement awards. In 1993 she was made a Member of the Order of Canada.
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Today, the New Jersey Devils unveiled the largest re-acquisition in team history, holding a press conference to announce the official re-signing of superstar forward Ilya Kovalchuk.Craig Custance of The Sporting News assembled some of the key quotes from Kovalchuk, Devils general manager Lou Lamoriello and new head coach John MacLean.
As for why Kovalchuk picked the Devils, his words ring out like a promo for movie sequel.
He said he was impressed with the professionalism of the organization and that he learned a lot about winning in his short time there. "There is unfinished business," Kovalchuk said. "That was the biggest reason."
When did Kovalchuk decide that New Jersey was it? A bit more recently than you'd think and the number "17" plays into things in a rather cryptic, Jim Carrey film sort of way.
"It was a couple days ago," He said. "Actually on July 17 too. It's kind of weird but it is. Actually four years ago, my dad passed away on July 17, that's maybe a little bit special for me. That where we sit with my wife and the kids and decide we're going to go to New Jersey."
John MacLean was asked if the Devils would be a bit more offensive in their style and with the kind of talent the Devils have stockpiled at the moment, it'd be a shame to lock it all away playing defense-first hockey, right? MacLean was happy to toe the line.
"We certainly hope so. We have a lot of talent, definitely we have to let the talent play but in saying that we're not going to put [Marty Brodeur] in a position where we're going to have a shootout every night."
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The Missouri Governor's Cup is a trophy awarded to the winner between Missouri's two NFL teams. Originally played for between the Kansas City Chiefs and the St. Louis Cardinals, the last trophy in the original series was awarded in 1987 due to the Cardinals' move to the Phoenix area following the season. Beginning in 1996, the year after the St. Louis Rams relocated from Los Angeles, the Governor's Cup series was reinstated and has been played ever since in the preseason. The trophy is also awarded to the winner of the interconference regular season matchups between the Chiefs and Rams. The local press occasionally refer to the game as The Battle of Missouri, The Show-Me State Showdown, or the I-70 Series.
The contest began in 1968 when St. Louis had the football Cardinals[1] until the Cardinals' relocation in 1988. The Governor's Cup game was resumed in the 1996 season between the Chiefs and the Rams.
The Chiefs posted a 16–7–2 mark in its Governor's Cup series against the Cardinals from 1968 to 1987, going 3–1–1 in the regular season record and 13–6–1 in preseason play.[2]
When the Los Angeles Rams relocated to St. Louis, the rivalry among Missourians re-emerged. Both the Rams and the Chiefs possessed the two most productive offenses in the NFL in the early 2000s, and the meetings often resulted in shootouts. Former Rams coach Dick Vermeil was hired by the Chiefs in 2001 after he had won Super Bowl XXXIV with the Rams with one of the NFL's most powerful offensive squads in history.
Once the Chiefs created their own high-powered offense with the arrival of Vermeil, the rivalry became even more exciting. In often meaningless preseason games, the Chiefs and Rams gave all their energy to secure the Governor's Cup, their spot as the best offense in the league, and bragging rights for their respective city in Missouri.
Dick Vermeil faced off against his old coaching buddies with the Rams—including his offensive coordinator of "The Greatest Show on Turf," Mike Martz—whom succeeded Vermeil for the Rams head coaching job.
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All-Time Pre-Season Results[edit]
The Chiefs and Cardinals met every pre-season to determine the best NFL team in Missouri. The Chiefs lead the pre-season series 13–6–1.
All-Time Regular Season Results[edit]
Note: The Governor's Cup was awarded between the Chiefs and the St. Louis Football Cardinals from 1968 through 1987, the Cardinals' final season in St. Louis. The Chiefs lead the regular reason series 3–1–1.
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November 22, 1970 | St. Louis Cardinals 6 | Kansas City Chiefs 6 | Municipal Stadium |
December 1, 1974 | Kansas City Chiefs 17 | St. Louis Cardinals 13 | Busch Memorial Stadium |
November 23, 1980 | Kansas City Chiefs 21 | St. Louis Cardinals 13 | Busch Memorial Stadium |
October 2, 1983 | St. Louis Cardinals 14 | Kansas City Chiefs 38 | Arrowhead Stadium |
November 23, 1986 | Kansas City Chiefs 14 | St. Louis Cardinals 23 | Busch Memorial Stadium |
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All-Time Pre-Season Results[edit]
The Chiefs and Rams meet every pre-season to determine the best NFL team in Missouri. The Rams lead the pre-season series 9–5–0.
All-Time Regular Season Results[edit]
Note: The Governor's Cup was not awarded for games between the Los Angeles Rams and Kansas City Chiefs, only since the Rams relocated to St. Louis in 1995.
The Chiefs lead the regular season series 6–0–0.[3][4]
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October 26, 1997 | Kansas City Chiefs 28 | St. Louis Rams 20 | Trans World Dome | Isaac Bruce becomes the first NFL player since 1968 to throw a touchdown, catch a touchdown and rush for a touchdown in the same game. |
October 22, 2000 | St. Louis Rams 34 | Kansas City Chiefs 54 | Arrowhead Stadium | Game played a week after Governor Mel Carnahan died in a plane crash. He was supposed to attend the game. A moment of silence was held beforehand. |
December 8, 2002 | St. Louis Rams 10 | Kansas City Chiefs 49 | Arrowhead Stadium | Dante Hall records two kick returns for touchdowns in the first quarter. |
November 5, 2006 | Kansas City Chiefs 31 | St. Louis Rams 17 | Edward Jones Dome | |
December 19, 2010 | Kansas City Chiefs 27 | St. Louis Rams 13 | Edward Jones Dome | |
October 26, 2014 | St. Louis Rams 7 | Kansas City Chiefs 34 | Arrowhead Stadium | Jamaal Charles and Knile Davis combine for four touchdowns. |
See also[edit]
- ^ Dean, Rick. Grbac to get playing time tonight, The Capital-Journal, 22 August 1997
- ^ Chiefs-Rams news release for 9/2/05 preseason game
- ^ Chiefs-Rams news release for 11/5/06 regular season game
- ^ Herb, Patrick. BATTERING RAM: Johnson and Chiefs take Governor's Cup 31-17 KCChiefs.com, 5 November 2006.


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One of my very first political memories involves standing and waving on the side of the road next to giant cut out letters of a candidate's name on Election Day in Mt. View, Hawaii. I was about five years old. My interest in politics continued to develop and in high school I had the opportunity to visit Washington, D.C. for a week through a program called Presidential Classroom. A year later I won another week long trip to D.C. for an essay I wrote on the role of women and minorities in World War II.
In my first semester of college at Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon, I took an introductory course on American politics from one of the toughest professors on campus. I was scared to death of Professor Leichter, but also enthralled by his knowledge of American politics and history. To this day, I still have the pages and pages of notes I took in his class that semester. When the time came to choose a major, I did what any good Type A personality might do: I went through the entire Course Catalog and circled every class that looked interesting to me. Sure enough, I ended up with nearly all of the courses in the Political Science department circled!
The opportunity to study political science at a liberal arts college had a deep and lasting impact on me. The close relationships I developed with faculty and other students, the opportunities to work collaboratively on research with faculty, and the opportunities to conduct my own original research inspired my interest in pursuing a career as a college professor in the field of political science.
I left Linfield for a PhD program in Political Science at the University of Washington. Here I had the opportunity to pursue my developing interests in the subfields of religion and politics, interest groups, public policy, and political communication.
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At Gustavus, I primarily teach courses in American politics, including U.S. Politics and Government, Public Policy, Congress, Interest Groups, and Media and Politics. I also regularly teach the Analyzing Politics course required for all Political Science majors. Occasionally I have the opportunity to teach more unique courses such as the First Term Seminar course titled Fast Food and Society and January Term courses such as The Politics of Same Sex Marriage, Inauguration Politics (a travel course to Washington, D.C.), and Hawaii Beyond Tourism (a travel course to Hawaii). My philosophy on teaching and learning is that students learn best when they can become fully involved in the learning process. I strive to incorporate many active elements into my courses including regular small and large group discussions, service learning projects, field trips, group projects, films, guest speakers, and simulations.
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make about 2 large bowls of bisque a very simple tomato bisque recipe with fresh corn. delicious and seriously filling.
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The flight over was booked through NCL at the same time. When we got our seating, all four of us were split up and given the worst seats on the plane. Fortunately the airline gave us a little better seats so it wasn't unbearable. Thank you Delta. The flight from NY to Barcelona was fine as was embarkation. Already mentioned the cabin. Other than the view it was fine and the stewards were top notch.The ship was very nice. The staff was adequate but not outstanding. It seemed that there was a lack of training in a lot of the staff. I asked for sour cream at breakfast and was pretty much told no! More
One of the managers in the main restaurant found out about it and got me a carton to keep in my stateroom. Very nice of him but shouldn't have been necessary. The restaurants were overcrowded and the food only average. The wait staff in the main restaurants were mostly good and the management was excellent.
The shore excursions are extremely overpriced and not very good.In Cannes we just hired a taxi and were really pleased. We booked our own tours for Florence, Pisa and Rome and were very happy. Especially the Rome tour. We booked through the Internet with a company called across Rome. See acrossrome.com. They did a great job which I will detail in the port section.The crossing was very rough but nobody's fault there. The casino was the worst. They only had one poker table so a lot of people didn't get to play and the tournaments were a joke. 25% rake and unlimited re buys. Disembarkation was pretty smooth but when we got on the bus we were severely delayed because there was some unclaimed luggage beside our bus. Even so, everyone made their flight. In summary, I will never book through NCL again but will probably cruise with them again. Not what they used to be. Less
Published 01/02/10
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