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The 2013 Youth Recognition Awards will show the community youths may be honored for more than just their academics.
Elijah Huntley, 17, a senior at LaFargeville Central School, and Trevor Papineau, 17, a senior at Watertown High School, will receive overcoming odds awards for their struggles, and Sovanndary Sok, 16, a junior at Sackets Harbor Central School, will receive a youth leadership award for her commitment to success.
Jefferson County Youth Bureau Director Virginia J. Harrington said the overcoming odds awards are important because thats something a lot of times isnt recognized.
The stories dont get heard, she said. When you hear their stories, youre just amazed.
Trevor was nominated by Amanda Brunet of the House of the Good Shepherd for overcoming odds to completing his education and for positive changes he has made to achieve academic and personal successes. Elijah was nominated by Lois Huntley-Seybert for his determination to overcome a disability to achieve success. He will graduate in June and has been accepted to Cazenovia College, Cazenovia, for sports management.
Sovanndary was nominated by 4-H leader Karen Soule for her commitment to succeed despite personal challenges, according to a Youth Bureau news release. Sovanndary has taken on leadership roles in her academics, 4-H, music, sports and at home.
Youth workers will also be honored during the April 18 luncheon at the Fireside at Partridge Berry Inn, State Route 3, with the following awards:
n Promising Ability in Youth Service to Mitch McCormick, who was nominated for the creative, innovative and state-of-the-art programming he has implemented as program director of the after-school programs at Belleville Henderson Central School and Lyme Central School.
n Exemplary Professional Youth Worker to Marti Ricci, who was nominated for her innovative and tireless work with at-risk students in the Liberty Partnership Program, and for assisting with the Diversity Club and implementing a Student Ambassador Program, and to Anthony Gullo, who runs the SoZo Teen Center, which the Childrens Home of Jefferson County oversees. Mr. Gullo was nominated for his commitment to the success of the SoZo Teen center, working diligently to make the center a safe and caring environment for teens.
n It Takes a Community to Pam Reed, Adams Center, who was nominated for her service of more than 20 years as a teacher, mentor, chaperone and second mom to young people in the 4-H program. She has also helped students get their general educational development certificate at South Jefferson Central School and serves on the board of directors of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Jefferson County.
More details about each award recipient are expected to be released during the luncheon.
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As an office full of daughters, we get a touch tenderhearted when we come across photos of our favorite trendsetters with their wee little girls in tow. There's something so cute about these yummy mummies and their mini-me kids, we simply had to share a few with you today. Consider it an ode to our own marvelous mothers-Carole, Kit, Mieko, Ruth, Rosario, Lynne, and Wendy.
No matter if you are sans children or have a whole brood, this stylish sextet offers outfit-inspiration for all. Whether you like Nicole Richie's classic denim jacket (a perfect pick) or momma Moss' oversized earrings (she started the trend!), today's story is full of highly wearable pieces that will easily fit into anyone's wardrobe. Of course, if clothes and accessories aren't your cup of tea, we can recommend a fashionable and fantastic alternative: Cynthia Rowley's Bicycle Built for Three ($1200, 212.242.3803). It looks much like the designer's Gossip Girl-featured cruiser, but Rowley designed this one with families in mind, complete with a baby seat. It's fancy, for sure, but it's also the only Mother's Day-oriented item we love!
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In our pre-WWW days, we once interviewed Heidi Klum for a story and were struck by how down-to-earth and lovely she is in person. Klum's just as authentically casual in her off-duty clothing choices, as she demonstrated during a stroll through Soho last month with Leni, her darling chip-off-the-block daughter, by her side. The Project Runway star was spotted in Citizens of Humanity's Riley Boyfriend Selvage Jeans ($238), paired with a gorgeous Thomas Wylde Psycho Mozambique Overcoat ($2900) from the A/W 2008 collection, Supra Muska Skytop Sneakers ($120), and a festive Party Tiger Sweater ($82) by Something. While Klum kept things relatively sober (save for the zesty sweater), Leni preferred to be pretty in a pink via a Juicy Couture Kids' Trimmed Puffer Coat ($258), rugby-stripe dress, and tights-all in her favorite color.
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There are loads of lovely moms in Hollywood, but few are as perfectly put together as Nicole Richie. Between her high-impact, low fuss bangs and easy-chic outfits, Richie's mastered the mommy mix. Of course, her gorgeous little girl is always turned out too; just check out Harlow's daring purple-and-red combo! The fashionable pair showed off their style sensibilities in West Hollywood last month, with Momma Richie in Paige Premium Denim's Vermont Denim Jacket ($198), an Urban Outfitters dress, Wolford tights, and Imitation of Christ booties and Harlow in See Kai Run's Monica Shoes ($32).
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Could you imagine growing up with the glamorous Kate Moss as your mom? Maybe we're unrealistic, we think we could bear being told to eat our peas and pick up our rooms if these dictates were coming from the always artfully attired Ms. Moss. Especially if it meant that we'd have access to the Chanel dress, Zana velvet shawl, YSL sandals, and silver chandelier earrings that she wore to Leah Wood's wedding! (Lila Grace played dress-up in a vintage fur shrug that day.) While most of us don't have the bank account or body to buy and wear Moss' outfit, her earrings can be approximated with ease. Try ASOS' Ethnic Coin Hoop Earrings ($16), which are available in silver or gold, to get a similar statement style.
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No disrespect meant, but we have vague memories of what our moms wore when we were little ones, and somehow we doubt they managed to pull off "understated cool" quite like Michelle Williams. The eighties were interesting in their own right, surely, but we don't remember seeing anything that was the equivalent of Balmain's Heart Tank ($777) or No. 6's Black Leather Buckle Boots ($340) in their closets! The actress showed off this enviable ensemble on a walk in Brooklyn with Matilda, who looked equally cute in a Lucy Sykes dress from the Spring 08 collection. If you'd like to emulate Williams' top, but are looking for something less pricey, try Rika's Elisa Blouse ($210) with a crisp pair of dark denim shorts and your favorite ankle booties.
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Of all the darling daughters in today's story, we envy Claudia Schiffer's kiddo the most. As we learned in the recent British Vogue, an unimaginable clothing collection awaits Clementine, as her mother has a 30,000 square foot, climate-controlled warehouse full of stuff she picked up at shoots and shows over the past twenty-odd years. While we wonder about what that amazing treasure trove holds, at least we can enjoy the wonderful outfits Schiffer wears to drop off her tot at school. We love her retro preppy outfit, from her deep blue bell-bottom jeans to her natty vintage scarf. J Brand's The Doll Jeans ($187) in Indigo have the same look and feel as Schiffer's style, just add a neatly tied navy scarf around your neck (raid your mom's closet for thrifty alternatives).
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The final photo in today's story gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "mom jeans" and shifts the implication from heinous to hot! Jessica Alba showed off her fine post-preggers form in Beverly Hills recently when she wore Genetic Denim's Shane Skinny Jean ($198) in Zinc to the park. Paired with breadandbutter's Cap Sleeve Boat Neck Top ($115) and Havaianas' Slim Flip Flop ($24) in Silver Moon and a green Salvatore Ferragamo Bag ($2750, 212.754.5258), Alba's look is casually cute. We appreciate how she dressed daughter Honor is similarly striped fare: her pink onesie is equally sweet.
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MASSENA Residents of Massena and the St. Regis Mohawk Reservation will have to travel to Ogdensburg to receive in-person assistance for Social Security after Feb. 12.
A representative from the Social Security Administration has hosted office hours on the second Tuesday of each month at the Massena Town Hall and Mohawk Tribal Building for the past several years.
But because of funding cuts, the SSA will no longer offer the service after next week. The closest location for in-person assistance will be the SSA office at 101 Ford St., Ogdensburg.
An SSA spokesman said the administration has faced $400 million in budgets cuts from 2010 to 2012 and has had to reduce its payroll by approximately 9,000 employees.
We had to reduce the hours we are open to the public in order for our employees to complete processing the work, SSA New York Regional Communications Director John Shallman wrote in an email.
He referred residents to contact the SSA online at www.socialsecurity.gov, or via telephone at 1-800-772-1213.
Supervisor Joseph D. Gray said elderly persons who rely on Social Security may be less adept at using technology.
Its different for senior citizens. Sometimes elderly persons dont like doing things over the phone, Mr. Gray said. This is a decrease to the services for senior citizens in Massena.
Mr. Gray said the town hall has always been busy on the days the SSA was in the building, addressing the retirement concerns of area residents. Deputy Town Clerk Pamela A. Catanzarite said the town clerks office receives daily calls from residents inquiring about the SSA representatives visit.
Mayor James F. Hidy is also disappointed about the elimination of the service, noting that Ogdensburg is a nearly 40-mile drive from Massena, which could place a burden on some older residents.
I feel the drive to Ogdensburg, particularly during the winter weather, is not ideal, Mr. Hidy said.
Town officials say they have been in contact with local representatives in an effort to either continue the SSA service or to provide an adequate alternative to the representative. One possibility is the implementation of a computer monitor that would allow residents to speak with an SSA representative through an online video service, such as Skype. Mr. Gray said they are discussing how the technology would work, where it would be located and whether the town would have to hire an additional employee to operate the computer.
Mr. Shallman declined to comment on whether this computer service could be a likely alternative for the SSAs monthly visits to Massena and Akwesasne.
Its very early to discuss technical options, but I would like to remind everyone that most, if not all, of the services being provided (by the representative) can be done over the phone, via mail or online, Mr. Shallman said.
Town Clerk Georgette Davis is asking concerned residents to contact their state and federal representatives to share their concerns over the move.
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July 2, 2014
Image produced by R.R. Hogan, University of Cambridge.
This pretty picture looks like something you'd see through a kaleidoscope, but it's more than a bit of fun. It's an image of a two-dimensional crystal — but not as you would see it if you looked at it. Instead, it shows the Brillouin zones of the crystal, which give important information about how waves, such as light or X-rays, pass through it.
The picture, created by R.R. Hogan, is one of the images that appear in the book 50 visions of mathematics, which celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications.
To find out more about crystals and what can happen when you bombard them with waves, read Shattering crystal symmetries.
July 1, 2014
Alex Bellos, one of our favourite maths authors, recently conducted a survey to find the world's favourite number. After polling more than 30,000 people from around the world, he found that the winner was ... 7!
We rather like 7 ourselves and decided that this is because 7 is the first prime number that really "feels" like a prime number, and because it's the most common result you get from throwing a couple of dice. Alex has come up with a different reason — see the video below. To find out more about the poll, see favouritenumber.net or read Alex's new book Alex through the looking glass (reviewed in Plus).
June 25, 2014
Image produced by Philip Dawid, using the program winCIG Chaos Image Generator developed by Thomas Hövel, © Darwin College, University of Cambridge, used with permission
This image appears to be a procession of elephants but is, in fact, a much-magnified small detail of one of the Mandelbrot set. The Mandelbrot set is a famous example of a fractal – mathematical objects whose structure is infinitely complex. Whether you're viewing them from afar or zooming in on them with a mathematical microscope, the same complexity is always visible. This self-similarity even extends to the some of the same structures repeating at all scales.
This unending complexity means that fractals live between dimensions. For example, there are shapes that are so crinkly, they are "more" than a one-dimensional curve, but not extensive enough to give a two-dimensional shape like a disc or square. Instead, they have a fractional, or fractal, dimension between 1 and 2, which is why Benoît Mandelbrot, the father of fractals, named them so.
Fractals famously appear in nature, from snowflakes to coastlines, and also have revolutionised mathematics by inspiring the field of chaos theory which is used in weather prediction and stock market analysis.
This beautiful image, created by Philip Dawid, is one of the images that appear in the book 50 visions of mathematics, that celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications.
You can read more about fractals and an article by Dawid on Plus.
June 25, 2014
Simon Donaldson. Image: Gert-Martin Greuel.
Five mathematicians turned into millionaires this week when they were awarded the Breakthrough Prize set up by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and internet entrepreneur Yuri Milner. Simon Donaldson, Maxim Kontsevich, Jacob Lurie, Terry Tao and Richard Taylor will each receive £1.8m. That's more than the £930,000 that's awarded for the Nobel prize and should make up for the fact neither of the five is likely to ever to receive a Nobel: there isn't one for mathematics.
It's the first time this prize has been awarded to mathematicians. It joins a string of other prizes Milner has set up to reward physicists and life scientists. The idea is to give mathematicians (and other scientists) the "rock star status" they deserve. "We think scientists should be much better appreciated. They should be modern celebrities, alongside athletes and entertainers," Milner told the Guardian. "We want young people to get more excited. Maybe they will think of choosing a scientific path as opposed to other endeavours if we collectively celebrate them more."
Maxim Kontsevich. Image: Gert-Martin Greuel.
The five mathematicians that have been chosen certainly made big splashes in the world of mathematics. You may have come across Richard Taylor and Terence Tao on Plus before: Taylor (among other things) helped Andrew Wiles solve a famous 350-year-old problem called Fermat's last theorem. Tao was one of the youngest people to ever receive the Fields medal (another prestigious maths prize) in 2006 and has delivered a range of ground breaking work, including on prime numbers.
Jacob Lurie
The other three are equally eminent. Simon Donaldson (with whom we had the pleasure of working on a forthcoming series of articles) has provided deep insight into geometrical structures inspired by theoretical physics. Lurie, at 36 the youngest of the five, has also been honoured for work on the mathematical end of physics, as well as results that lie on the interface between geometry and topology on the one hand and algebra on the other. Kontsevich is also a theoretical physicist, but has been awarded the prize for an astounding range of contributions to pure maths.
Terence Tao
Million dollar prizes are always a contentious issue. The money spent on a few individuals could be used to fund maths education at home or in developing countries, help support young researchers or those disadvantaged in some way, or fund important research projects. Milner and Zuckerberg's reply will no doubt be that a hefty prize tag, even if slightly unseemly, raises awareness and sends a clear message. Maths is essential, even the sort of pure maths that some of the laureates are being honoured for, which may at first sight seem useless. In a world of short attention spans money talks.
Richard Taylor.
UK mathematicians seem to have responded to the prize with mixed feelings. One unnamed mathematician cast some doubt on the prize's aim when he told the Guardian, "I find it interesting that they think it's possible to make rock stars out of people who do something that 99% of the population have no hope of understanding, and I include most professional mathematicians in that." This is something we don't agree with. While there is not much hope of explaining a mathematician's work to a general audience in great detail, it is certainly possible to give the gist of an area, and communicate its excitement, attraction and motivation. You won't convince everyone, just as you won't convince everyone of the worth of a piece of art, but you will always enthuse a few and interest many. If this is something mathematicians find hard to do themselves, then perhaps a little chunk of those millions should go towards funding maths communication.
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June 23, 2014
Monday 23 June 2014 would have been Alan Turing's 102nd birthday. One of the 20th century's great mathematicians, Turing made profound contributions to a wide range of fields including computer science, artificial intelligence and mathematical biology. He also played a crucial role in the Allied codebreaking work at Bletchley Park during World War II, credited by some historians with shortening the conflict by two years.
More recently, much public attention has focused on the controversy surrounding his 1952 conviction for gross indecency under the punitive anti-homosexuality laws in force in Britain at the time: an official pardon was issued by the British government in December 2013. Turing's life and work has also inspired several representations on stage and screen, including the acclaimed play and BBC drama Breaking the Code and a forthcoming film, The Imitation Game, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley.
To celebrate Turing's birthday, learn more about his contributions to mathematics with these Plus articles, and watch the video below, produced by the University of Cambridge to mark Turing's centenary in 2012, in which James Grime (who works alongside Plus as part of the Millennium Mathematics Project) gives an overview of Turing's story.
June 20, 2014
Recently we had to learn about tensors for an upcoming article. What are those, you ask? We didn't know at first either. Like some other concepts in maths, they seem confusing at first but actually are just a way of capturing information we are all used to.
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First of all, let's start with scalars. Scalars are just your ordinary, everyday, real numbers. A scalar field is used to describe something that has a particular value at every point in the space you are considering. For example, a map of temperatures across the UK, or indeed the world, is a scalar field; with a value for the temperature at each point on the map. You can read more about how scalar fields describe dark energy and the Higgs boson.
Then we get to the more dynamic concept of vector fields. A vector field is something that associates a vector (a magnitude and direction) to every point in space. Again, thanks to meteorology we have the familiar example of a wind map as a vector field. Vector fields are incredibly important in maths and physics and, like in our example of a wind map, usually describe how things move. You find out how fluid dynamics uses vector fields to model the movement of tears, wind and waves in Births and deaths in fluid chaos
A tensor field
A tensor just extends this definition to one where the value of some property depends on the direction in which you measure it. So where a vector is a magnitude and a particular direction from some point, a tensor gives a magnitude for every direction from that point. A tensor field is something that assigns a tensor to every point in space. Naturally it's harder to picture a tensor field but if you've ever played with a piece of chewing gum you've actually seen one in action. As you pull a piece of gum (or some other rubbery substance) between your fingers, it stretches in tension along one direction but compresses in the other perpendicular directions. So for each point in the gum the stress is a function of direction: in each direction the stress will take a certain value that is a combination of the contributions from these tension and compression stresses.
Tensors are incredibly useful tools, particularly when describing things in higher dimensions. The curvature of multidimensional surfaces (called manifolds) is described with tensors and Einstein used tensors to describe both the curvature and distribution of matter of four-dimensional space-time. You can read more about Einstein and the role of curvature on Plus.
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- Tonight's WWE RAW kicks off with a video package for the top WrestleMania 29 matches. WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels will be here tonight for the Brock Lesnar vs. Triple H hype.
- We go to the ring and Michael Cole welcomes us to a sold out RAW from Washington, DC. Out comes John Cena to a very mixed reaction.
JBL is on commentary with Cole and Jerry Lawler tonight. Cena gets ready to speak but the crowd won't let him. Cena says he stands in a house divided. Cena says it's no secret he and The Rock don't like each other. Cena says he respects The Rock for the global star he is and says he's worthy of being called WWE Champion. Cena says the childish games are over this year because it's much bigger - Rock is the defending WWE Champion. Cena says you name it, Rock has conquered it. Cena says tonight, he won't waste his breath talking about Dwayne's Johnson. The crowd boos. Cena says he believes Rock is the greatest WWE Champion of all time. Cena says The Great One will fall and the crowd boos. Cena says Rock's time is up and his time is now. More boos. Cena says at WrestleMania, the WWE Universe will... the crowd interrupts with "Cena sucks" chants. Cena goes on and says the WWE Universe may see a moment they didn't think was possible. Cena goes on about dealing with the loss from last year and having to watch Rock debut his own title belt. Cena says the mighty Rock will experience failure at WrestleMania. Cena says he has no intentions of replacing the new title belt. He wants to hold it as a symbol... a big "boring" chant breaks out and Cena stops. As a symbol that he's not only Rock's equal, but he's better. Cena yells that the champ is here, drops the mic and the crowd boos some more.
- The announcers hype Cena vs. Rock. Big Show, Randy Orton and Sheamus are shown walking backstage as we go to commercial.
Heath Slater, Jinder Mahal and Drew McIntyre vs. Randy Orton, Big Show and Sheamus
Back from the commercial and 3MB are in the ring. Randy Orton, Big Show and Sheamus are out next and make their way tot he ring together.
Orton starts things off with Slater and starts some offense. Drew and Sheamus go at it next after tagging in. Sheamus catches Drew in a big powerslam. They turn it around and Jinder comes in. 3MB keep Sheamus in their corner and get some cheap shots in. Slater comes in but Sheamus makes a comeback. Sheamus hits the Irish Curse backbreakewr and tags in Show. Show runs over Jinder and everyone gets involved. The faces get the win.
Winners: Orton, Big Show and Sheamus
- After the match, The Shield appears in the crowd and there's a six-man staredown. Dean Ambrose congratulates them on their victory. Ambrose says they will leave them laying on their backs at WrestleMania. Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns speak next. Reigns says the whole world will believe in The Shield after WrestleMania.
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FX dropped a testosterone-fueled teaser for their new series "Lights Out." This footage already has me amped up and the show doesn't even premiere until January. How am I supposed to expend all my energy now? Huh?! No you tell me!
The show stars Holt McCallany as Patrick Leary, a former heavyweight champ facing various difficulties in his life outside the ring. We've seen the whole broken down boxer thing before, but I have no doubt FX will deliver a fresh take on the premise. Or I'll fight them.
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Devils and demons have possessed the silver screen in many formats, from comedies to cartoons, CGI depictions, psychological thrillers, and fantasy worlds. Yet the most bad-ass, ripsnorting, fire breathing incarnations that we remember are the ones that send chills down our spines. With Devil taking over theaters Friday, I thought I'd compile a list of the 12 most bad-ass Devils in movies. Nothing is better than witnessing your favorite actor playing the ultimate screen villain of old Beelzebub himself. Hail Satan!
Al Pacino as John Milton – The Devil's Advocate
While the movie is just a silly combination of John Grisham novels meets the production designer of Rosemary's Baby, there's plenty of hot and steamy sex with Connie Nelson and Charlize Theron. Plus Al Pacino plays the devil, so do I really need to say anything more?
J.J. Abrams is going out with another show. He has partnered up with the younger NoBro, Jonathan, to shop a new crime show around to the networks. With names like J.J. Abrams and Jonathan Nolan attached, and work like "Lost," Dark Knight, and Inception under their collective belt, I'd think it's only a matter of time before this gets picked up. Especially if Joaquin Phoenix can sell footage of the guitarist from Spacehog pooping on him. They're just giving development deals away out there in California!! (EW)
Malin Akerman has agreed to move to the desert with Ethan Hawke. In The Numbers Station, Hawke plays a CIA agent protecting Akerman in a desert safehouse. Naturally, the bad guys show up just as Hawke is drafting his letter to Penthouse and the two are forced to fight back. Because that always happens to witnesses in protective custody, no matter how well-hidden they may be. It's Van Damme's Law of Averages. (Variety)
"Battlestar Galactica" fans should be happy about this. Edward James Olmos isn't ready to let William Adama go. The creators of the TV series are sticking with prequels but he's got a plan to see Commander Adama again.
"If they don't, I am," Olmos said in a conference call today. "I'm going to go there. I'm going to go there in a graphic novel. Pretty soon I hope. I don't know. It just depends on whether people can get behind it and understand it for what it is. I think people will."
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Bring it on, witches.
Jeremy Renner recently spoke to Norwegian site Dagsavisen in loud, deliberate speech patterns to explain that he might work for breadcrumbs in Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters. He also stated that original Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Noomi Rapace, may play his sister and fellow witch hunter for director Tommy Wirkola and producers Adam McKay and Will Ferrell.
There's no official press release yet, so don't consider this a lock. It's about time Renner returned to comedy. He showed such promise in National Lampoon's Senior Trip. (Twitch)
"Chuck" makes its return September 20, but we can give you hints about what's happening in the episode airing October 25. They're six episodes into the fourth season and we caught up with Zachary Levi while was on a break doing some PR for his Disney animated film, Tangled.
Season three ended with Chuck coming clean to Ellie (Sarah Lancaster) about his spy career, and resigning from the CIA. The fact that there's a season four means there must be more spying and more secrets, but they're not jumping the shark.
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The print campaign for "Dexter" has always been eye-grabbing and awesome, and the new poster art for season five does not disappoint either. We already reported that the new season will follow in the footsteps of The Karate Kid 2, Halloween 2, and the Back To The Future sequels by picking up right where the action ended last season. Looks like this poster is doing the same. So much for spoiler warnings. This baby will soon be seen on billboards, bus stops, subway platforms, baseball stadiums, tramp stamps, magazines, banner ads, and the lunchboxes of the criminally insane.
Good news for people who like giant bouncing boobs! Christina Hendricks' wonderful breasts are joining the cast of Drive. The addition of Hendricks' chest rounds out an all-cast including Ryan Gosling, Chesty Laroo, Bryan Cranston, Tits McGee and Albert Brooks.
The film follows the exploits of a stunt driver who breasts as a getaway driver that boobs mammaries. The film is expected to hit theaters tits bazongas. Boobs. (Collider)
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Ron Howard might be biting off more than he can chew. The best ginger director working in the business today is teaming up with screenwriter Akiva Goldsman to adapt Stephen King's beloved novel series The Dark Tower into a feature film and television series. He's going to direct everything himself, battle all the haters who say it can't be done, and stave off a nervous breakdown in the process. Ronnie, you be crazy! Deadline has the deets:
The plan is to start with the feature film, and then create a bridge to the second feature with a season of TV episodes. That means the feature cast—and the big star who'll play Deschain—also has to appear in the TV series before returning to the second film. After that sequel is done, the TV series picks up again, this time focusing on Deschain as a young gunslinger. Those storylines will be informed by a prequel comic book series that King was heavily involved in plotting. The third film would pick up the mature Deshain as he completes his journey. They will benefit from being able to use the same sets cast and crew for the movie and TV, which could help contain costs on what will be a financially ambitious undertaking.
Peter Jackson is sh*tting in his britches right now. I remember when his back-to-back-to-back Lord of the Rings Trilogy was an unprecedented cinematic feat. If Howard's plan comes together it'll put the whole thing to shame. Thanks Jackson, but we don't need your contributions to film anymore. Ronnie's got the medium on lockdown.
The newest trailer for Monsters finally gives us a glimpse of the bad CGI tentacle monsters. Wow. These things have become far more scary than that time that Fred Savage and Howie Mandel fought them. Now I understand what all the fuss is about! Check out these glowing reviews the film has received so far:
"Utterly unique and original." – IGN
"Awesome. The best giant monster movie I've seen in years." – AICN
"Feel good movie of the year." – Japanese Tentacle Rape Fetishist Quarterly
Monsters opens in theaters on October 29th and On-Demand September 24th. Honestly, I can't wait.
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You want Bilbo Baggins, Freeman wants a Kit-Kat.
People are talking about The Hobbit again. Yesterday, The Sun reported that New Line and MGM were doing everything short of offering up hookers to land Martin Freeman (The British "The Office") for the role of Bilbo Baggins. We obviously dismissed it because The Sun has as much clout as Highlights Magazine, but now Entertainment Weekly is reporting that the rumors are true. TRUE!
It was at first thought that Freeman declined the offer to star in the inevitable blockbuster due to his committment to the BBC series "Sherlock." Well someone must have screamed some sense in his face because the studios are now working out a deal that would allow him to appear in both projects. If they land the actor, all they'll need to worry about next is money and a director. Those kind of major factors usually fall into place last minute though. Take it from MGM, the studio without a bush to piss in or a lion's den to throw it out of.
The veil has been lifted on Aziz Ansari and Danny McBride's super-secret comedy project. Not 30 Minutes Or Less. We already know about that one. I'm talking about their other comedy project. The comedians are teaming up again for Olympic-Size A**hole. Written by Ansari and Harris Wittels, it's a revenge flick that follows McBride and Ansari as they set out to destroy an Olympic athlete that banged their girlfriends.
The title, Olympic-Size A**hole, may change as it could easily be mistaken for a Lindsay Lohan biopic. (MTV)
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Reynolds will do your damn scene in a minute.
Robert Schwentke has officially signed on to tell Ryan Reynolds how to hold his gun in R.I.P.D. The director is taking advantage of the buzz he's generated with the upcoming Red starring Bruce Willis and Helen Mirren. He's decided to try the whole action movie thing with a cast that's currently ineligable for a AARP discount.
Reynolds will get right into the role of police officer for the dead after he completes the 20,000 other projects he has lined up. Change-Up is first on the docket, followed by Safe House with Denzel Washington. Shooting will start late next summer on R.I.P.D. Until that time, Schwentke will be following Reynolds around, tapping his foot impatiently and staring at his watch. (Deadline)
"I hate Adam Sandler movies."
I used to get pissed off when I'd hear someone say that. First of all, it should be "Sandler's movies," not "Sandler movies." Not that I'm a grammar Nazi, but come on! Second, what's not to like?
When pressed, most Sandler haters would reply with something along the lines of "his movies are stupid." Of course they're stupid. Most comedies are. But Sandler's don't pretend to be anything more. If you want something "intellectual," go whack off to Vicky Cristina Barcelona. I prefer to laugh.
Michael Caine has admitted on record that the only reason he did Jaws: The Revenge was for the money and the free trip to the Bahamas. "I have never seen it, but by all accounts it is terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built, and it is terrific!" So, there's not much surprise that he's agreed to co-star opposite the Rock in the Hawaii-based Journey 2: The Mysterious Island. Plus, he gets to work with Cats & Dogs 2: The Revenge Of Kitty Galore director Brad Peyton. What actor would turn down that opportunity?!
In the film, he'll portray Josh Hutcherson's adventure-seeking granddad who wanders off and winds up on a mysterious island. This will be an action-heavy role for Caine that will see him squaring off against giant bees. If you listen closely, that beeping sound is a dump truck full of money backing up to Oscar-winner Michael Caine's terrific house. (THR)
In a recent interview with MTV, director Reuben Fleischer spoke about a possible sequel to his hit film, Zombieland. While he is currently preoccupied with his latest project, 30 Minutes or Less, Fleischer expressed interest in shooting the second installment in 3D…if he shoots it at all.
When it comes to 3D, I feel pretty strongly that you should shoot it in camera. I feel like it just looks so much better. If you're going to make a 3D movie, go ahead and make a 3D movie. I would definitely, if we do 'Zombieland 2,' make it in 3D and want to shoot it in 3D.
I'm not sure I totally agree with that statement. Clash of the Titans wasn't shot in 3D, and the film looked awesome after the conversion. Of course, I never actually watched the film. I just took a bag of mushrooms and stared at the poster until the theater manager asked me to leave. But still, the scene where Liam Neeson craps in the parking lot is amazing. Or was that me? Either way, great movie. (Dread Central)
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"This question of whether the film is real or not never occurred to us while we were editing because why would you ever suspect that people would be suspicious of something that actually happened to you," Joost said at a roundtable in Los Angeles today. "But when we started showing it at Sundance, that's when we started getting questions from the audience. When we were making the film, there were many times when we thought wow, this is too good to be true in a lot of ways, or I can't believe that just happened the way that it did or that we captured that in the way that we did, but it really happened. That's the truth."
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Do you excel at hitting your friends in the nuts, and sticking things up your butt? If so, it makes you qualified to be a member of the Jackass crew. Johnny Knoxville and his Jackass 3D peeps are hosting the first Jackass 3D Prank Contest.
To enter, all you need to do is submit a description or drawing of your most outrageous prank to the official site. No video submissions will be accepted. If you win, you'll be flown out to shoot your prank with the cast of Jackass 3D. You can enter at the contest's site HERE.
Here's my submission:
Imagine Wee Man in the middle.
Amy Poehler will host the 36th season premiere of "Saturday Night Live" on September 25 with musical guest Katy Perry. That's on a Saturday. Considering that everyone is either leaving (Will Forte) or getting fired (possibly Jenny Slate), the "SNL" alum and star of "Parks and Recreation" might have to calm the nerves of newbie cast members.
Hopefully it won't turn out like last year's season premiere, in which Jenny Slate uttered the word "f*ckin'" on live television. You can't do that kind of stuff, Jenny Slate! Now her head is on Lorne Michaels's chopping block. I don't watch the show anymore, but I've been told by people who do that Slate is groan-worthy. If you're going to shoot off at the mouth like sailor you should at least get people laughing. Off with her head, Lorne! (Deadline)
"You do not sink Liam Neeson's Battleship."
Liam Neeson may have missed out at the chance to play Abraham Lincoln, but he will be DAMNED if he misses the opportunity to work with Rihanna. Zeus has signed on to play an Admiral in Peter Berg's cuckoo-bananas film adaptation of the Hasbro board game.
More specifically, Neeson will play Admiral Shane, the father to Brooklyn Decker's character and future father-in-law to Taylor Kitsch (if you care about the soap opera aspects of Battleship). No word yet if the film will feature any Krakken releasing. (Deadline)
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The new fall TV season is upon us. If you've been following my sage advice for fall TV viewing of the new shows, you've probably been eagerly anticipating my last installment in the series. Well anticipate no more. Here it is. I saved the sci-fi/supernatural/fantasy shows for last because…it was the last category I picked out of the hat. Regardless, it's an important segment of your TV viewing and one show deserves your attention. Another show does not.
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"My wiener!!!"
Piranha 3D is a movie of the people. Especially people who have always wanted to see Jerry O'Connell have his wiener bitten off (you know who you are). Producers of the inevitable sequel want to stay in the good graces of the fans, so they are making Piranha 3D: Part Two an interactive movie.
That's right! You, Joe Q. Public, can decide which celebrity will be cast to meet a gory demise in the next film. There's no info yet on how to vote, so I'm going to walk out into Times Square and begin shouting "Gary Busey!!" If I do that long enough, two things may happen: 1) producers will receive my vote, 2) the real Gary Busey will show up before me. He's like a "Bewitched" character in that way. (NY Post)
"Hey guys, can I look?!"
The Disney animated feature Mulan slipped right under my pre-teen radar, but I've never heard a person sing its praises like one might for The Lion King or Pocahontas (JK! The animals don't even speak!). Jan De Bont, the director of Speed and Twister, must have been touched by it though. A few international producers are handing him over a boatload of cash to turn Mulan into a live action movie with Zhang Ziyi in the lead. De Bont already tackled Lara Croft, so he understands the intricacies of bad-ass female characters, and how to best battle robots in tombs. I'm sure this applies to Mulan.
If you need a brush up on your (Disney) history, the film tells the tale of "Hua Mulan, the legendary young heroine soldier who joins an all-male army." From my understanding, it wasn't an 80s comedy and Mulan wasn't a newspaper journalist trying to get a big promotion by exposing how gross guys are. (THR)
My favorite media event of the entire year is the Television Critics Association press tour. For two weeks, every network and cable station brings their talent to have presentations with their stars and producers for the TV critics. At night they host parties where you can just roam around and find celebrities to pester.
Comcast Networks held their party outdoors in the Oasis Garden at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. When I found G4 "Attack of the Show's" Alison Haislip, she was shivering in a clingy black skirt. At least it wasn't as bad as the lingerie models floating in the fountain. I found Haislip a heat lamp where we could chat about guest hosting for Olivia Munn, old school video games, and technology.
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An auction of the contents of the former Jefferson County Home for the Aged grossed just over $12,000 for the county, double what officials expected to collect but barely enough to make a dent in the $250,000 it is estimated the demolition of the prewar building will cost.
Still, County Administrator Robert F. Hagemann III said he was pleased with the results of the auction because nearly everything was sold.
Our goal was not to raise a lot of money but to get materials back out into the community, Mr. Hagemann said.
The parking lot of the building at 1240 Coffeen St. was packed at 10 a.m. Wednesday, when the auction, conducted by Eddys Auction Service was scheduled to start.
The facility, also called Whispering Pines, opened in 1917 as a tuberculosis sanitorium and made the transition to providing assisted-living facilities for low-income elderly residents in 1963 before closing in April.
Before the auction began, Nancy M. Kubalanza, Fox Lake, Ill., walked through hallways lined with rocking chairs and laundry carts with daughter Marjorie L. Kubalanza-Fortier.
Mrs. Kubalanza, who is originally from Watertown and returns to the area every summer, said that in the 1950s, her stepfather and her grandfather were patients at the sanitorium after they contracted tuberculosis.
Her stepfather was a patient there for two years before recovering and returning home. Her grandfather died in the sanitorium.
After her stepfather was released, Mrs. Kubalanza said, she returned to the facility every six months for X-rays to be sure that she had not contracted tuberculosis as well.
We came for the auction and we came to take a last look, Mrs. Kubalanza said. I think its really sad. I know youve got to make way for progress, but you hate to see old brick buildings torn down.
I think the new building will be better for patient care, her daughter said, referring to the recently completed Samaritan Summit Village on outer Washington Street. But just think about all the people who passed through this building.
The names of former residents still were written next to the doors of the rooms they once occupied.
On Wednesday, those rooms were filled with old television sets, recliners, office furniture, dressers, medical supplies and lamps.
The room where the homes last Christmas party was held in December was full of odds and ends, including window air-conditioning units, a megaphone and a Hobart commercial potato peeler.
The bidding began in that room after auctioneer Thomas E. Eddy, florid and perspiring in the humid weather, brought buyers in from the rain that fell sporadically throughout the morning.
Timothy C. Blackman, a used-restaurant-equipment supplier from Syracuse, bought the potato peeler for $95. He said that he could sell it for $1,100 and that new peelers could cost as much as $4,000 on the retail market.
Mr. Blackman makes his living by traveling to auctions in the area and buying used equipment that he then sells to restaurateurs throughout the country, primarily in the Southern states. He said he goes to at least two auctions a week and more than 100 a year.
One of his primary markets is Charleston, S.C.
Certain things sell better here. Certain things sell better down there, he said.
Mr. Blackman also bought a walk-in freezer for $850 and a walk-in cooler for $150.
He said he already had sold the walk-in freezer for $4,000.
People contact me, tell me what theyre looking for and I buy it, he said.
The freezer will break down into panels that can be carted away, Mr. Blackman said.
Helping to move the items out of the building were several county employees, including maintenance worker Walter H. Davis, who started with the county at Whispering Pines in 1985.
There are some good memories here, Mr. Davis said. I always had fun up here. I enjoyed working with everybody. The residents, some of them had some pretty good stories.
Mr. Davis said he could not remember another instance when the county had auctioned off such a variety of materials.
A pair of Vulcan gas ranges, two of the auctions most coveted appliances, went for $475 apiece to a heavily tattooed Watertown man who declined to give his name during an interview.
Everybodys here for the stoves, he said before submitting the winning bid. You can find anything anymore. Times are so hard.
He said that he would keep the stoves in his garage until he found someone interested in buying them.
Now that the 5�-hour auction is over, a salvage company will come in to remove anything else of value from the property, said Peter G. Grieco, county building superintendent.
Specifications are being finalized for the demolition, and the project will go out to bid in September, Mr. Hagemann said.
And then, with the last remnants of more than a century of life at the home donated, sold or salvaged, its shell will come down later this year.
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Deployment: Nearly 30 million voters—more than half of all registered voters—will use the Model 100 in 747 jurisdictions in 30 states.
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Deployment: More than 6 million voters in 182 jurisdictions in eight states.
Reported Glitches:Dozens of eScan machines malfunctioned during a 2006 election in Lancaster County, PA, and the scanners often have trouble reading creased ballots.
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Asthma is a disease of the lungs in which the airways become blocked or narrowed causing breathing difficulty. This chronic disease affects 25.9 million Americans. Asthma is commonly divided into two types: allergic (extrinsic) asthma and non-allergic (intrinsic) asthma. There is still much research that needs to be done to fully understand how to prevent, treat and cure asthma. But, with proper management, people can live healthy and active lives.
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To properly diagnose asthma, you'll discuss your medical history and have a physical exam with a physician. You may need lung function tests to detect possible limitations in your breathing, and, in some cases, you may need additional tests, such as a chest or sinus X-ray. If you or your child are having problems breathing on a regular basis, don't wait! Visit a doctor immediately. Knowing what to expect during the diagnostic process and how your doctor arrives at a diagnosis may help.
Common Diagnostic Techniques:
Personal and medical history. Your doctor will ask you questions to get a complete understanding of your symptoms and their possible causes. Bring your notes to help jog your memory. Be ready to answer questions about your family history, the kinds of medicines you take, and your lifestyle at home, school, and work. This includes any current physical complaints. Shortness of breath, wheezing, coughing and a feeling of tightness in your chest may indicate asthma. This also includes all previous medical conditions. A history of allergies or eczema increases the possibility of asthma. Any past or present medical conditions experienced by your parents, brothers or sisters, or children. A family history of asthma, allergies or eczema increases your likelihood of asthma. Your doctors will be interested in any home or occupational exposure to environmental factors that can worsen asthma — for example, pet dander, pollen, dust mites and tobacco smoke.
Overall physical examination. If your doctor suspects asthma, he/she will pay special attention to your ears, eyes, nose, throat, skin, chest and lungs during the physical examination. This exam may include a pulmonary function test to detect how well you exhale air from your lungs. You may also need an X-ray of your lungs or sinuses. A physical exam then allows your doctor to further evaluate your overall health.
Lung function tests. To confirm an asthma diagnosis, your doctor may conduct one or more breathing tests known as lung (pulmonary) function tests. These tests measure many aspects related to your breathing. Common lung function tests used to diagnose asthma include:Spirometry. During this test — the recommended test for confirming the diagnosis of asthma — you breathe into a mouthpiece that's connected to a device known as a spirometer. The spirometer records the amount of air you're able to exhale. You'll likely be asked to take a deep breath and then exhale forcefully. A spirometer — useful in diagnosing conditions such as asthma — measures the amount of air you're able to breathe in and out and its rate of flow. The number displayed when breathing into the peak flow meter is a measurement of your ability to force air out of your lungs.Peak Airflow. This test, one of the simplest lung function tests, uses a peak flow meter — a small, hand-held device that you breathe into — to measure the rate at which you can force air out of your lungs. During the test you breathe in as deeply as you can and then blow into the device as hard and fast as possible. If you're diagnosed with asthma, you can use a peak flow meter at home to help monitor your condition.Lung function tests are often done before and after inhaling a medication known as a bronchodilator, which opens your airways. If your lung function improves significantly with use of a bronchodilator, it's likely you have asthma. Your doctor may also prescribe a trial with asthma medication to see if it improves your lung function.
Trigger tests. If your test results so far are normal, but you've been experiencing signs and symptoms of asthma, your doctor may use known asthma triggers to try to provoke a mild reaction. If you don't have asthma, you won't react. But if you do have asthma, you likely will. For example, your doctor may have you inhale a substance called methacholine. If you have asthma, inhaling the methacholine will cause your airways to constrict. Your doctor can measure these constrictions using a lung function test. Or, if your doctor suspects you have exercise-induced asthma, he or she may have you take lung function tests before and after exercising to see if there's a difference.
Additional Tests to Rule Out Other Conditions.
If your doctor suspects you have a condition other than asthma or in addition to asthma, he or she may conduct other tests or assessments, such as a chest X-ray, gastroesophageal reflux test, sinus X-rays, sputum induction and examination, or other. Your doctor may also perform allergy tests. Allergy tests aren't used to determine whether you have asthma. However, allergy tests can indicate if you have allergies that may be causing or worsening your asthma.
Diagnosing Asthma in Children.
The procedures used to diagnose asthma in children under the age of 5 are slightly different. Children this age usually aren't given a breathing test. Instead, the doctor asks about certain signs and symptoms and prescribes a bronchodilator if he or she thinks it might be asthma. If the bronchodilator is helpful in reducing your child's signs and symptoms, that is a sign that your child may have asthma.
Also learn more about asthma diagnosis from the American College of Asthma, Allergy & Immunology (ACAAI).
SOURCE: This information should not substitute for seeking responsible, professional medical care. First created 1995; updated 2011.
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The classic tale of kindness to animals trots, crawls and flies onto the stage in Doctor Dolittle Junior. The musical tells the story of a wacky but kind doctor who can talk to animals, taking the audience on a journey from the small English village of Puddleby-in-the-Marsh to the far corners of the world. Songs include: My Friend the Doctor; Talk to the Animals; The Time of Our Lives; I've Never Seen Anything Like It and more!
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Each Broadway Jr. or $495 Kids ShowKit includes: 30 Student Libretto/Actor's Scripts, 1 Piano/Vocal Score, 1 Director Script (including 1 Production Handbook and 1 Cross-Curricular Book), 2 Performance/Accompaniment CDs, 1 Choreography DVD, 1 Media Disk ($645 shows only), and 30 Family Matters Booklets. Upon placing your order, you will receive a contract directly from Hal Leonard Corporation. After the signed contract is returned to Hal Leonard, they will send you the complete ShowKit (non-returnable) and a Dramatic Performing License that will allow your organization unlimited performing rights for one year. J.W. Pepper will then send you an invoice for all the material. For schools or organizations that have licensed the production and purchased the complete ShowKit, additional items are available for an additional cost. To preview each musical, just order the Audio Sampler for the show you are considering. In each sampler you'll find a complete overview of the show, a list of characters, song ranges, scene breakdowns, and a full recording of each song. It also includes a complete description of the ShowKit components, details on how to order, and other important information regarding your performance.
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NYI FREE AGENCY LIVE BLOG, DAY IIIslanders sign Eaton, Jurcina, Parenteau, Konopka
7:25: Matthew Lombardi signs with Nashville for three years. Trevor Smith signs with the Ducks. After signing four players, Islanders appear to be done for the night. Garth Snow and the players did interviews with Katie Strang of Newsday, so check out their happy reactions there.
Eaton is on a two-year contract, the rest are on one-year deals. If the Islanders take the next step this season and make the playoffs, Snow will have a better chance of luring bigger fish a year from now.
Nevertheless, plenty of players remain. The Islanders can negotiate some quality deals with available free agents over the next two months.
Closing up the Comments thread for Day 2, so here's wishing everyone a fun and safe weekend.
3:50: The Islanders have signed fourth-line fighter and energy player Zenon Konopka, whom the fans are going to like. Great energy, willing pugilist, good on faceoffs. The Islanders were interested when they scouted him in Syracuse before he signed last season with Tampa Bay. Konopka gets a one-year deal.
2:30: According to Katie Strang of Newsday, the Islanders are signing defenseman Milan Jurcina and former Rangers farmhand forward PA Parenteau. Jurcina is a 6-4, 235-pound defensive defenseman who was a depth player last season in Washington and Columbus and hasn't hit nearly enough for his coaches' liking. Jurcina played for Scott Gordon in Providence. Jurcina gets $1 million on a one-way for 2010-11.
Parenteau, with good hands but not great wheels, will get a good look just as Matt Moulson did. He got a one-way deal for $600,000, so Parenteau will be on the Islanders in 2010-11.
According to agent Allan Walsh on Twitter, both deals are for one season and "Garth Snow gets the gold star for the day."
2:05 pm: The Islanders have signed former Penguins defenseman Mark Eaton to a two-year contract worth $5 million total. The 33-year-old Eaton is 6-2, 205 pounds and averaged 20 minutes a game for Pittsburgh during the regular season and playoffs. In 79 regular season games, he had 3 goals and 16 assists and was a plus-5. Eaton had 25 penalty minutes.
He is known as a positionally-sound defensive defenseman with average mobility, but he does not play tough and he does not play physically. Eaton is the first of two defensemen Garth Snow hopes to sign. The Islanders could still use help on the power play point and a dman who hits.
11:55 am: The Bridgeport Sound Tigers sent out a press release in the last hour announcing the Islanders signing of goaltender Nathan Lawson. He accepted his one-year, two-way contract. Garth Snow has hinted that Lawson will compete for an NHL job in training camp. If the Islanders decide to not sign an expereinced goaltender in the free agent market, the job could be Lawson's by default.*
*Of course, this all depends on the status of Rick DiPietro.
Noon: Pavel Kubina decides to take a two-year deal with Steve Yzerman and Tampa Bay.
12:05: Matthew Lombardi, said to be looking for big money, is still available. So is Andy Sutton and a cast of about 100.
12:14: Sheldon Souray has been placed on waivers by the Edmonton Oilers.
12:45: A personal thank you to all the hockey fans who jumped on this site yesterday to the tune of a staggering 200,000 pageviews. Incredible.
1:10: The reliable Kevin Allen of USA Today is reporting that Chris Higgins is signing a one-year deal with the Panthers.
12:05 am: When Ryan Smyth chose Colorado over the Islanders three summers ago, and agent Don Meehan went public in saying the Islanders gave Ryan plenty to think about, the plight of the Islanders and the Coliseum rightfully came into focus. The setting was also far different than it is today. Rick DiPietro was healthy. Ted Nolan was considered a players' coach. Michael Farber of SI picked Garth Snow as the NHL GM of the Year because he went out and got Smyth at a very fair price. The Islanders had made the playoffs.
Smyth left and Snow wisely made the decision to go full-throttle with a slow and steady rebuilding program. The Coliseum and uncertainty of the franchise's future will be a hurdle until all is settled. But please, to make the Islanders' inability to recruit Dan Hamhuis and Paul Martin and anyone else about the Coliseum issue is an insult. Hamhuis went home to BC to play for a contender. Paul Martin got $25 million for five years to sign with a team led by Sidney Crosby and run by Mario Lemieux. What would you have done?
Beyond the view of the Coliseum asphalt from the Marriott, here's what the top free agents know: in the last three seasons, the Islanders came in 26th, 30th and 26th. They know the Islanders have needed Alexei Yashin, Rick DiPietro and bonuses just to reach the salary cap floor. They might have thought having Kevin Connolly at the draft table and announcing a first round pick was, um, interesting.
They know John Tavares is going to be really good, Kyle Okposo is almost there, and Mark Streit turned out to be a darn good player after Montreal let him go. Then there's a dropoff. The top free agents don't know, don't want to know and don't care that the Islanders have begun to re-tool the prospect pool. The potential of 17-year-old Nino Niederrislander, the two Kirills and Travis Hamonic doesn't mean Jack Hillen to them. Again, can you blame them?
When the Islanders have a season like the Phoenix Frickin Coyotes did this season, players will listen to their offers. When the Islanders have a season like Colorado did, maybe agents won't have to manufacture cover for the Islanders' failure to sign a Type A free agent. If the Islanders' rebuild is on target, there's no reason why that can't happen next summer or the one after that. When the Islanders have a 100-point season, I guarantee no one's going to ask how extravagant the Coli's family room is.
In the mean time, lining up the excuses does not look good. How does the Nobody-Wants-the-Islanders chorus reflect on the players that do sign here over the next few days or weeks? Cripes, what does it say about Doug Weight? Stop it. It's insulting.
A slow news day in August, if you want to recap the offseason shopping and mention the Coliseum hurdle…that's one thing. At least wait until Kate Murray potentially makes herself the villainess. To spread this crap soon after dinnertime on the first day of free agency, while the Coyotes are signing people, is shameful.
Look, the Islanders' shopping list remains the same. As I wrote the other day, that top-four defenseman and top-six forward might have to be in the "potential" category. They also need an effective grinding forward and reliable, big-bodied third-pair defenseman. Players of this calibre are still out there and can be had at reasonable rates. You better believe these players could not give a puck if the Islanders don't own a single treadmill.
The Islanders haven't gotten anybody yet. Big whoop. Anyone hoping for highly sought after players like Anton Volchenkov, Hamhuis and Martin this summer – and this includes the Islanders – took their eye off the ball. Far from the end of the world. The excuses that started popping up eight hours after the market opened? Inexcusable.
Move on. Get back to work. Make the hockey team better. The Islanders have two months.
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