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STREIT'S UPHILL BATTLE FOR A NORRIS NODOnly a final flourish will give him a shot at Vegas
Islanders fans believing Mark Streit will receive an invitation to Las Vegas for the NHL Awards Ceremony should be prepared for disappointment. Contrary to a lot of the talk over the last few days, Streit is a longshot to be one of the three finalists for the Norris Trophy as the league's best defenseman.
As the most valuable member of the league's 30th-place team, Streit is unlikely to garner enough votes to break into the top three. The writers who do not vote for Streit will cite that he racked up a lot of points in games after the Islanders were out of the playoff race, and they will cite…well, that he's the best defenseman on the league's 30th-place team.
It's important to understand that, unlike the Hart Trophy given to the league's most valuable player, there is no mention of "value" in the judging of the Norris. The award is supposed to go purely to the league's best defenseman. On those grounds, Streit unquestionably merits inclusion in the discussion.
But a Norris nomination is just not going to happen for Streit. Despite the language in the voting manual, most writers will go by the standard, "If Streit wasn't on the Islanders, they'd still be in 30th." This would be unfortunate and unfair, but it's reality.
The Professional Hockey Writers Association is a group that for most of the last 15 years has presented the Masterton Trophy to players returning after recovering from injury or illness, from Mark Fitzpatrick to Jason Blake. The Masterton is supposed to go to "the player that best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey." Coming back to your chosen career after a major injury or illness does not qualify as perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication.
The James Norris Memorial Trophy is awarded to "the defense player who demonstrates throughout the season the greatest all-around ability in his position." Attention, PHWA: it doesn't say anything about value to one of the league's best teams. Nevertheless, expect Streit to be the odd man out.
Washington's Mike Green is a lock for one of the nominations and the leading contender to take home the hardware in Vegas. Green leads the league in D scoring (24-36-60) and this season broke the record for goals by a dman in consecutive games.
As long as Detroit's all-world Nicklas Lidstrom is upright, he'll probably get a Norris nod. Lidstrom is 13-35-48 and +26. The only thing standing in the way of another Norris nomination for the great Lidstrom is that his teammate Brian Rafalski (9-44-53, +17) may be having an even better season. I don't believe they will cancel each other out. Lidstrom will join Green as a Norris nominee.
In the battle with Streit for the final nomination are several worthy candidates, starting with Rafalski. Zdeno Chara, despite his brainlock on Streit's Leetchian rush on Saturday, may get in. (The Norris is like the Gold Glove in MLB or the Pro Bowl in the NFL. Once you get a nom, it's yours to lose). Andrei Markov will get all the votes from the writers in Montreal, who will never concede they were wrong about Streit. Boston's Dennis Wideman (44 points, plus-30) has had an exceptional season, but Chara's shadow is pretty big.
Shea Weber is so good, he overcomes the hurdle of getting press outside of Nashville. Sheldon Souray has 19 goals and the advantage of everyone in Edmonton falling all over themselves about him, like they used to for Eric Brewer. On the other hand, this will not be the year for studs Dion Phaneuf, Chris Pronger and Scott Niedermayer.
My prediction for the third nomination after Green and Lidstrom is Dan Boyle. The first-year Shark is 14-34-48 and only +8. He's the 5th leading scorer among NHL defensemen, while Streit is current tied for third. The big difference is Streit's Islanders are last in the NHL and 14 games under .500, Boyle's Sharks are second in the league and an incredible 32 games over .500. San Jose is also tied with Boston and New Jersey for the fewest goals allowed (167). Boyle leads the team with 24:40 average time on ice.
Mike Green. Nicklas Lidstrom. Dan Boyle. If Streit is in that conversation, it's quite an honor. Put it this way: if the Islanders were one of the top teams in the league, and the Rangers, Flyers, Wild or any other team were in 30th but had a defenseman tied for third in scoring, would you think their player deserved one of three Norris nominations?
Streit has 12 more games to stake his claim. To have any chance, he'll need to rack up some points to get past the 60 mark and separate himself from the pack after the unreachable Mike Green. If he does that – and upping his plus/minus into double-digits wouldn't hurt – Streit's odds of getting to Vegas rise from none to slim.
More importantly, Streit has had a wonderful season and is signed up for four additional years at better-than-market value. If the Islanders can add another top defenseman through the draft or free agency, his production (and visibility) will increase. When team success merges with personal honors, Streit and Islanders fans will really be able to savor it.
ETC: Islanders return to practice at Iceworks tomorrow and Thursday before leaving for games in Carolina (Friday) and Ottawa (Saturday)…Andy Sutton is signing autographs at the Islanders Team Store at the Sunrise Mall in Massapequa on Wednesday from 6:30 – 7:30 pm.


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I feel it helps guide people in a direction, she said. Its to get the word out to let people know their limitations are not limitations anymore. Women are more and more involved in leadership roles. The majority of Realtors are women.
The panel will be made up of Cathy M. Pircsuk, vice president and general manager of WNYF and WWNY-TV7; Carole A. McCoy, Jefferson Community College president; Cindy F. Intschert, Jefferson County district attorney; Karen Y. Richmond, Childrens Home executive director, and Maria J. Roche, a retired teacher, counselor and community activist. Homestead Funding loan originator and council member Patrick Wolf will moderate the event.
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A plee From Fellow Bikers
One unfortunate night in 1992, Brady was involved in a horrible auto accident. He was killed instantly. The loss of Brady nearly destroyed the two of them. The pain is still present to this day in their eyes when they speak or hear mention of him. Every vehicle fatality they see on the news or read in the papers, brings tears to their eyes for the folks who now know the dreadful pain of such a loss.
When Brady was killed, they decided to have him cremated. Cremation was the only way they could keep a part of him with them. Brady is sealed in the original funeral urn and the urn rests in a special place in their home. The telephone call was a request on behalf of the two of them for Brady. I naturally agreed to their request, even before I heard what the request was. They wanted me to build them a permanent urn for the remains of their son Brady. The urn would have to be a special vessel which would incorporate the biker lifestyle and community as a dedication to the son they so loved.
This is what they have in mind for Brady's urn..... Since Brady was born in 1970 and he loved Harley Davidson motorcycles as much as his parents did and do, they want to utilize a BT cylinder/head assembly as an urn. Since the design of the urn is still in the preliminary stages, ideas first put forth are things such as sealing the cylinder. Plugging and welding up the bottom of the bore, welding the valves to the seats, JB welding or super loctighting the head bolts down, and plugging and welding up the intake and exhaust ports, were the first parts of the design discussions. The spark plug opening will need to be left open so Brady can be put into the cylinder. Sealing the spark plug opening still needs to be ironed out as well. A spark plug cemented in was one suggestion. I was considering a more rigid seal such as a spark plug which was turned on a lathe and then soldered in or affixed in another permanent way. The cylinder, we decided, would need pressure/vacuum tested before Brady would be placed into it. It makes no difference whether a front or a rear cylinder assembly is used to JC or Mimi. All that matters to them is that it looks real nice, is complete as it would be on a running engine with all the components installed, minus a piston/rod, and it is mounted to a respectable solid oak wooden base. The wooden base will incorporate a set of name plates. The most prominent one will be Brady's name and details such as his birth and death, along with a parental comment about their son. The other name plate will respectfully thank all those who helped make this final resting place for Brady a reality. We hope to inscribe all the names of those who participated in the materials, labor and details of the urn.
How much more fitting could such a request be, than for the biker community, as a whole, of which Brady was raised by and with, to respond with a small token of their hearts and generosity, and to supply the expertise, labor, materials, and suggestions for this final resting place urn ????
People......we aren't talking new parts here. We are talking used and un-serviceable ones that you may have in you stashes and didn't have the heart to toss. Of course the cylinder would have to have no broken fins and the head would need to be clean and polishable [I can get it chromed if it is necessary], Nice pushrod tubes will be in order, sealable valves, etc.., and all other components which together will build this community biker urn will be needed. I wish I had the BT parts but unfortunately I have none. But rest assured, I will do all I can to bring this request to a reality for JC, Mimi, and Brady. I respectfully and humbly ask your help in making this come true for a pair of fellow bikers. I would be honored and grateful for any and all help which brings this task to life. Thanks in advance, Pa


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Salary Cap Update 9.0 – Rookie Contracts Edition
When I last did a salary cap update, the Jets were about $7.7m under the salary cap before taking account the likely cost of signing their rookies. This will change slightly based on the release of Ropati Pitoitua ($700K approximate net saving) and the Josh Brown signing (which I don't have details of yet, but it will use up at least $75K of cap room even if it's a minimum salary deal with no bonus money…which I doubt). We'll get back to that in a future cap update, but for now let's focus on those costs associated with signing the rookies, which we can now model and be pretty confident about how accurate we are.
The Rookie Cap Timebomb
Jason (of NYJetsCap.com) identified a potential issue months ago with the rookie cap (or rookie allocation). He noted that the rookie allocation – the proportion of teams' salary cap that must be allocated towards rookie salaries – is supposed to increase in line with the cap, whereas the level of minimum salaries have already been announced for the next ten years. This year, the cap only rose by 0.3% but minumum salaries went up by 4% which would have meant that by the time teams had paid a minimum salary to all their low picks – which you HAVE to do because releasing them just means your rookie allocation reduces accordingly – there wouldn't be enough money to pay the high picks an amount anywhere near what the player picked in the same spot the previous year would have got. That could have caused major issues, but we now have details of the rookie allocations for each team and it's clear the NFL has fudged the numbers in order to ensure teams can afford the increase in minimum salaries for rookies. The rookie allocation seems to have increased by 2.3% which should give teams enough scope to at least match those contracts at the top end. According to the CBA, that's not the way it should have worked (the rookie allocation should have increased by the same percentage as the cap did), but the NFL has obviously reallocated some things to make the numbers work.
It should be noted that the minimum salaries are going to continue to increase by 3-to-5% per year, whereas the cap is supposedly expected to remain flat. We are aware that restructuring deals to defer charges into the future can land you in cap hell, but who would have expected that to happen to the NFL itself? Whether they can continue to "borrow from Peter to pay Paul" remains to be seen, otherwise we could see some pretty unhappy rookies next season – unless they catch wind of it and this intices most of the best underclassmen to stay in school. From a fans' perspective, it's great that we're locked into the CBA for ten years, but if players start realizing they didn't get the deal they thought they would, it might be harder to strike a deal when this CBA is set to expire. That's if things don't get really messy before then…
Still that's nine years away. Let's not worry about it for now. After the jump, I'll set out the basics behind the rookie allocation and project the contracts for each of the Jets draft picks and the effect on the Jets' current cap situation.
Rookie Contracts – The Basics
I'm going to list out the main rules behind the rookie allocation and rookie contracts, together with any assumptions that leads me to make when I'm trying to project their deals in parentheses.
– Each team has to fit all of their rookie contracts under a total rookie allocation (which is included within the total salary cap) and a year one rookie allocation. (Due to the way salaries are slotted, it should be easy enough to comply with the total allocation, so we'll just be concerning ourselves with the year one allocations).
– The team cannot spend more than the rookie allocation and cannot use any unused rookie allocation on non-rookies.
– The allocation amount is based on the draft picks you made. If a player is off the team before you sign him, the allocation is reduced accordingly. If he holds out, you have to leave enough of your allocation remaining to be able to sign him.
– Undrafted rookies do not count, unless you pay them more than the minimum in salary. (I'm assuming the Jets won't do this).
– You do get (approximately) $25,000 of your rookie cap set aside for undrated rookie bonuses and you are not allowed to exceed this or spend any unused amount on non-UDFA's. The Jets have paid as much as $7,500 in recent years to a single UDFA, but we're expecting them to give most of their UDFAs a signing bonus of about $2,000 each.
– All incentives are likely to be earned and salary advances, option bonuses, buybacks, voidable years and renegotiating in the first three years are all prohibited under the new CBA, so you can't use loopholes to get around the rookie allocation.
– There are special rules to restrict how you can guarantee future salaries to prevent teams using that as a device to effectively guarantee upfront money and just defer the payment thereof.
– There are special rules for the fourth year of the contract for players selected in the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th round and special rules for a fifth year option for first round picks. (I'll explain these as we go along).
2012 Projection
To come up with an accurate projection for 2012, I've looked at the contracts for the players who were drafted in 2011 in the same spot in the draft as each of the players the Jets selected. So, for example, to come up with an estimate for Quinton Coples, my starting point was Ryan Kerrigan – the 16th pick last year. At certain points, I've identified an outlier and therefore used the next pick up or the next pick down as my starting point. For example, the 2011 43rd pick (Kevin Rudolph) received a low amount compared to where he was slotted, perhaps because the Vikings overspent on one of their other picks. I therefore used the 42nd pick Brooks Reed's deal instead. For simplicity, I've stuck to a basic signing bonus with base salary structure to model the numbers, but the Jets would probably work in some workout bonuses for certain people which might throw off the numbers slightly.
After running the numbers, it became clear that there would be a very slight shortfall if the Jets attempted to pay the same bonus money as each player's equivalent selection got last year, so I rounded down to make the numbers work. The overall size of each contract will still work out slightly higher based on the higher minimum salaries (and, where applicable, the annual increases from there – which cannot exceed 25% of the first year cap hit).
Quinton Coples
Based on my calculations, Coples can expect to get a four-year deal in the region of $8.8m with a $4.84m signing bonus. That's a lower signing bonus than Kerrigan got, but Kerrigan's total deal was worth $8.7m so that's a slight increase. It's possible they could make everybody else's bonus lower than their 2011 counterpart so more money is available to give to Coples (or Hill, or both), but there isn't a great deal of scope to do so. For those of you concerned that Coples could be another Gholston, you can be certain it won't have the same kind of financial impact. Gholston ended up collecting $17m over three years as a Jet.
The Jets will also have a fifth year option where they can retain him for one more year with a salary equivalent to the average of the top 25 salaries (excluding the two highest) at his position.
Stephen Hill
Hill looks set to receive a four-year, $4.7m deal with a $1.86m signing bonus. He ends up with a pretty similar deal to the one Reed got. Reed's guaranteed money amounted to $2.8m. There is no fifth year option or fourth year escalator for second rounders.
DeMario Davis
Davis should get just under $3m over four years with a signing bonus of just over $600K. Jurrell Casey, drafted in the same spot last year got a slightly higher signing bonus but his deal totalled just over $2.7m. In the fourth year, Davis will have an escalator which could increase his base salary to the same amount as the lowest RFA tender. That was $1.26m this year, so by then it will probably be over $1.5m. That could boost his total contract value to almost $4m. The escalator is set in stone: You need to play 35% of the snaps, either cumulatively or in two of the first three years of the deal.
Josh Bush
Into the sixth round, contract values and bonuses are much lower, barely more than the minimum. Bush should get $2.2m and a $100K signing bonus. The contract value could rise to about $3m if he earns the playing time escalator.
Terrence Ganaway and Robert T. Griffin
Consecutive picks would often still see the higher pick get a slightly higher signing bonus, but it doesn't work that way for compensatory picks. Expect these two to get the same deal as each other, for approximately $25,000 less than Bush over the four years.
Antonio Allen and Jordan White
Once again, these should receive the same deal. You're looking at about $50,000 less than Bush over the four years. All four compensatory picks could earn the fourth year escalator if they receive enough playing time.
As we've set them out, these deals should just about fit into the Jets' Year One Rookie Allocation which has been set at $5,060,000. However, that's not the cap space that will be required should all of them make the team. If all eight make the team, we need to remove eight salaries from the top 51 to arrive at a current estimate for their available cap room. Currently, the Jets have over 51 players earning at least $465,000 so removing eight salaries of that amount would make the net cap cost of adding these eight to the active roster just $1.34m.
The Jets have some flexibility to allocate that $5.06m differently, but not much. With such narrow parameters, we can be pretty confident that these projections should be pretty accurate. It remains to be seen whether that will mean there's a problem-free negotiation period as they strive to get the deals done. I see no reason why they wouldn't have everyone in camp on time.
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Gary W. Cole, MD, FAAD
Dr. Cole is board certified in dermatology. He obtained his BA degree in bacteriology, his MA degree in microbiology, and his MD at the University of California, Los Angeles. He trained in dermatology at the University of Oregon, where he completed his residency.
William C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP, FACR
Dr. Shiel received a Bachelor of Science degree with honors from the University of Notre Dame. There he was involved in research in radiation biology and received the Huisking Scholarship. After graduating from St. Louis University School of Medicine, he completed his Internal Medicine residency and Rheumatology fellowship at the University of California, Irvine. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology.
In this Article
- Rosacea facts
- What is rosacea? Is rosacea contagious?
- Is rosacea like acne?
- What are causes and risk factors of rosacea?
- What are rosacea symptoms and signs?
- How is rosacea diagnosed?
- How does rosacea affect the nose and the eyes?
- Is there a cure for rosacea?
- What about using acne medicine for rosacea?
- What is the treatment for rosacea?
- What are rosacea triggers? Is there a rosacea diet? What foods are good for rosacea?
- What natural treatments or home remedies can help rosacea?
- Does rosacea get worse with age?
- How should people care for their facial skin?
- How are the telangiectasias (the red lines) treated?
- How is a rhinophyma (the W.C. Fields nose) treated?
- What effect may rosacea have on a person's life?
- Where can people get more information about rosacea?
- Take the Rosacea Quiz!
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- Rosacea FAQs
- Find a local Dermatologist in your town
What is the treatment for rosacea?
There are many treatment choices for rosacea depending on the severity and extent of symptoms. Available medical treatments include antibacterial washes, topical creams, antibiotic pills, lasers, pulsed-light therapies, photodynamic therapy, and isotretinoin.
Mild rosacea may not necessarily require treatment if the individual is not bothered by the condition. More resistant situations may require a combination approach, using several of the treatments at the same time. A combination approach may include home care of washing with a prescription sulfa wash twice a day, applying an antibacterial cream morning and night, and taking an oral antibiotic for flares. A series of in-office laser, intense pulsed light, or photodynamic therapies may also be used in combination with the home regimen. It is advisable to seek a physician's care for the proper evaluation and treatment of rosacea.
Topical medications
With the proper treatment, rosacea symptoms can be fairly well controlled. Popular methods of treatment include topical (skin) medications applied by the patient once or twice a day. Topical antibiotic medication such as metronidazole (Metrogel) applied one to two times a day after cleansing may significantly improve rosacea. Azelaic acid (Finacea gel 15%) is another effective treatment for patients with rosacea. Both metronidazole and azelaic acid work to control the redness and bumps in rosacea.
Some patients elect combination therapies and notice an improvement by alternating metronidazole and azelaic acid: using one in the morning and one at night. Sodium sulfacetamide (Klaron lotion) is also known to help reduce inflammation. Other topical antibiotic creams include erythromycin and clindamycin (Cleocin).
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Recently, a new topical prescription gel has become available designed to relieve the redness so characteristic of rosacea. Brimonidine gel (Mirvaso) applied once a day can produce a prolonged period of blanching of previously red skin in rosacea patients.
Learn more about: Mirvaso
Oral antibiotics
Oral antibiotics are also commonly prescribed to patients with moderate rosacea. Tetracycline (Sumycin), doxycycline (Vibramycin, Oracea, Adoxa, Atridox), minocycline (Dynacin, Minocin), and amoxicillin (Amoxil, Dispermox, Trimox) are among the many oral antibiotics commonly prescribed and they actually help reduce inflammation and pimples in rosacea. A newer low-dose doxycycline preparation called Oracea (40 mg once a day) has been used in rosacea. The dose may be initially high and then be tapered to maintenance levels. Common side effects and potential risks should be considered before taking oral antibiotics.
Miscellaneous medications
Short-term topical cortisone (steroid) preparations of minimal strength may in occasional cases also be used to reduce local inflammation. Some mild steroids include desonide lotion or hydrocortisone 0.5% or 1% cream applied sparingly once or twice a day just to the irritated areas. There is a risk of causing a rosacea flare by using topical steroids. Prolonged use of topical steroids on the face can also cause irritated skin around the mouth (perioral dermatitis).
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Some doctors may also prescribe tretinoin (Retin-A), tazarotene (Tazorac), or adapalene (Differin), which are prescription medications also used for acne. Rarely, permethrin (Elimite) cream is prescribed for rosacea cases that are associated with skin mites. Permethrin is also used for follicular Demodex mites if warranted.
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Isotretinoin (Accutane)
Isotretinoin is infrequently prescribed for severe and resistant rosacea. Often it is used after multiple other therapies have been tried for some time and have failed. It is used as a daily capsule for four to six months. Isotretinoin is not typically used in rosacea, and it is most commonly used in the treatment of severe, common acne called acne vulgaris. Close physician monitoring and blood testing are necessary while on isotretinoin. Generally, at least two forms of birth control are required for females using this medication, as pregnancy is absolutely contraindicated while on isotretinoin.
In addition, prescription or over-the-counter sensitive skin cleansers may also provide symptom relief and control. Harsh soaps and lotions should be avoided, whereas simple and pure products such as Cetaphil or Purpose gentle skin cleanser may be less irritating. Patients should avoid excessive rubbing or scrubbing the face.
Other recommended cleansers include
- sulfa-based washes (for example, Rosanil),
- benzoyl peroxide washes (for example, Clearasil).
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Laser and intense pulsed light
Many patients are now turning to laser and intense light treatments to treat the continual redness and noticeable blood vessels on the face, neck, and chest. Often considered a safe alternative, laser and intense pulse-light therapy may help to visibly improve the skin and complexion.
Laser treatment may cause some discomfort. While most patients are able to endure the procedure, ice packs and topical anesthetic cream can help alleviate the discomfort. Multiple treatments are typically necessary, and the procedure is not covered by most insurances. Treatments are recommended in three- to six-week intervals; during this time, sun avoidance is necessary. Risk, benefits, and alternatives should be reviewed with a physician prior to treatment. Laser treatments may be combined with photodynamic therapy (light-activated chemical using Levulan) for more noticeable results.
Photodynamic therapy
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is one of the newly available treatments. PDT uses a topical photosensitizer liquid that is applied to the skin and a light to activate the sensitizer. Levulan (aminolevulonic acid) and blue light, commonly used to treat pre-cancers (actinic keratosis) and acne vulgaris, can also be used to treat some rosacea patients. The use of PDT in rosacea is considered off-label, since it is primarily designed for regular acne. PDT is thought to work at reducing the inflammation, PDT is performed in a physician's office. The treatment takes anywhere from one to one and a half hours to complete. Strict sun avoidance for approximately one to three days is required after the treatment. Mild discomfort during the treatment and a mild to moderate sunburn appearance after the treatment is common. Some patients have experienced remissions (disease-free periods) of several months to years from these types of treatments. Other patients may not notice significant improvement.
Glycolic peels
Glycolic-acid peels may additionally help improve and control rosacea in some people. The chemical peels can professionally be applied for approximately two to five minutes every two to four weeks. Mild stinging, itching, or burning may occur and some patients experience peeling for several days after the peel. Any peel can irritate very sensitive skin and cause flares for some people. Peels should be used with caution in rosacea as not everyone is able to tolerate these treatments.
Sun protection
Sun exposure is a well-known flare for many rosacea sufferers. Sun protection using a wide-brimmed hat (at least 6 inches) and physical sunscreens (like zinc or titanium) are generally encouraged. Because rosacea tends to occur in mostly fair-skinned adults, the use of an appropriate daily sunscreen lotion and overall sun avoidance is recommended.
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By PATTY PETERSENWinlock, Washington
Many of us as United States citizen's have become very complacent with what our elected officials are doing to us. We are losing our freedoms. We are losing the middle class of America. Soon we will either be very rich or very poor. What category will you fit in?
Let me tell you about the job problem in the real America. My husband is a Boilermaker. He has several trades that he can fall back on. There aren't any jobs in the trades left here in America. President Bush has done this to us and if we re-elect him we are going to be flushed right down the drain. I know about this first hand.
First of all the Longview Aluminum Plant that my husband was employed at in Longview, Wash. was sold and closed down. Now it is being sold in parts and the plant will never be reopened.
He next got a job at a local sawmill here in Chehalis, Wash.. A few months after he was employed a rich Republican company bought out the mill and they chose to lay of a third of their employee's.
There has been no work with the Boilermakers in over a year because of President Bush's environmental policies. We are now out of unemployment benefits and there are no unemployment extensions available. My husband has worked steady for 30 yrs., contributing to the tax base of this country, He served in the Navy during the Vietnam War, now we are looking at foreclosure of our mortgage. We can't pay our bills, we can't buy our food. We have had no medical benefits for three years. We are not illegal immigrants that can walk into any government office and get all the help that we need.
I say we should close our borders, send all illegal immigrants back to their own countries, Bring our jobs back and I don't want to hear from anyone that Americans won't take the kind of jobs that the illegal immigrants do. College students and young people have been doing these jobs for years.. If a company sends their operations out of this country, they should be fined and taxed accordingly to bring their products back into the United States to be sold..
In addition get rid of the World Free Trade Organization. It has destroyed our economy.
I think it is time for another Boston Tea Party on a national scale. We need to let federal and state government officials know that we have had enough. Even those candidates running for the Democratic nomination need to take heed that the American middle class will take no more broken promises, no more useless talk and that we will not be complacent any longer.


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CUMBERLAND — When it came time for Chris Skurka to make the biggest football decision of his life, he turned to a voice of reassurance and clarity.
Alison Skurka, the coach's wife, had a quick answer. A staunch supporter of her husband's pigskin endeavors, Alison gave Chris her blessing to make the jump from head coach at Cumberland High to becoming an assistant at Dean College.
"She's allowed me to chase that dream," said Chris Skurka. "Ultimately, it came down to me making a decision about my family and my career as a coach."
By now it should be a foregone conclusion – one coaching chapter in Skurka's life has closed with another one waiting to be written. Last week, his successful five-year tenure on Cumberland's sidelines officially came to an end when he accepted a college-coaching position that specifically entails overseeing the linebackers and special teams at Dean, located in Franklin, Mass.
How this advancement in the coaching world came together happened rather quickly. A few days before the calendar flipped to 2014, Dean head coach Todd Vasey reached out to Skurka, making him aware that there was a vacancy on his staff that has his name written all over it. About a week later, Skurka informed Vasey that, yes, he would accept.
After informing Cumberland High administrators, Skurka told the players last Thursday that he would no longer be coaching them.
A Cumberland graduate who starred as a lineman, Skurka guided the program to back-to-back Division II Super Bowl appearances in his final two seasons with the Clippers, winning it all in 2012. In addition he posted a 23-12 regular-season mark against league foes and won three of the five Thanksgiving matchups against rival Woonsocket.
Reached Friday night, Skurka admitted that the prospect of returning to the college level had been on his mind for quite a while. Short of collecting a second straight Super Bowl this past season, he was able to maximize every ounce of his acumen and devotion for Cumberland's sake, taking the football team as far as it possibly could at the Division II level.
When the chance came to advance his career presented itself, Skurka found himself pondering the question of choosing to strike while the iron was hot or remain in the high school ranks. In the end, the allure of greener pastures proved too tempting to pass up.
"It's a tough decision to leave a program, especially one I care so much about. Opportunities don't come around all that often and I feel this is definitely a step forward," Skurka expressed. "You're hungry to get to that next level. Sometimes if you don't take opportunities, they may not come back again. I just jumped at it and I'm all in and looking forward to bettering myself as a coach and win some games at the college level.
"As a coach, I don't know if you're ever really satisfied. If you settle in, that's when you may not be as successful. You're always hungry for that next challenge and I think I'm ready for it," Skurka continued. "I love Cumberland, but this is based on me as a coach who's trying to get better."
Formal introductions between Vasey and Skurka were not necessary since the latter cut his teeth as a linebackers' coach during Vasey's first three years at the helm at Dean.
The football relationship between the pair extends further. Skurka coached both of Vasey's sons, first Trevor when he was the defensive coordinator for two seasons at St. Raphael (2007-08) and later younger brother Trent, who was a four-year contributor for Cumberland.
"First and foremost, Chris puts the players first. He understands how important it is to be a role model for them. He's also a disciplinarian," was the heady praise offered by Todd Vasey, the onetime grid coach at SRA. "I think Chris can be a great college football coach. Part of the job in my role is to go out and identify those people and bring them in into my place.
"The first time Chris was at Dean, he was a position coach. Now he's coming back as a coordinator, and a coordinator at the college level is an important role. I'm going to have high expectations for him and I have no doubt that he's going to perform," Vasey added. "I'm excited to get someone on my staff with head-coaching experience because if you've been a head coach, then you're going to be a better assistant because you know how hard it is to get good assistants as a head coach."
You would be hard pressed to find someone refuting the claim that Cumberland football is in much better shape today than when Skurka came onboard following his predecessor Rick Reetz taking a coaching job at a South Carolina prep school in April 2009.
"I think one of the biggest things is that Chris was able to get kids to buy into the program and have pride in it," said Frank Geiselman, athletic director at Cumberland High. "We're not in bad shape."
Echoed Vasey, "It's unfortunate that Cumberland loses Chris, but there's going to be a lot of guys who want to be the next head coach."
At a time when all signs point to Cumberland joining the Division I ranks for the next two-year realignment period that begins this fall, Skurka says that his exit is totally independent of the brave new world that figures to await his now former program. He will remain in his current role as Dean of Students at Cumberland High.
"I told the players that opportunities don't present themselves all the time. When they do and you don't grab them, you may never get them again," said Skurka. "I understand the challenges of coaching in Division I, but I'm looking forward to the challenges of learning the recruiting side of football and the business/financial part of it."
Having gone through this process of finding a new varsity football head coach fairly recently, Geiselman mentioned that the plan is to form a committee that includes himself, Principal Alan J. Tenreiro and several coaches and parents.
"I don't want it to go too long," said Geiselman, presently in the market for a boys' lacrosse head coach and a head coach for girls' lacrosse.
Even though he's yet to dial up a single play or reach out to a potential recruit, Vasey is supremely confident that Dean College will not be Skurka's final stop on the coaching carousel.
"I think he's got the potential to use Dean as a stepping stone for bigger and better things," Vasey pointed out, "and I hope he does."
College football's national signing day is Wednesday, Feb. 5. On that day, Lincoln's Oseh-Lie Saine stands to sign a pretty important document: A National Letter of Intent that solidifies his football commitment to Boston College.
"They've already offered and he's pretty well set on it," confirmed Tony Johnson, head coach at Worcester Academy, where Saine is presently attending after graduating from Lincoln High last June.
The Eagles offered Saine – standing 6-foot-4 and weighing between 265-270 pounds – a scholarship prior to the prospect breaking his clavicle during Worcester's Oct. 19 contest. He ended up missing the final three games before undergoing surgery right before Thanksgiving.
"He was really dominating up until getting hurt," said Johnson, adding that BC envisions Saine as a defensive end. "He's got great quickness and really good power. He's unbelievably explosive."
Saine mostly played linebacker at Lincoln High. It didn't take Johnson long to realize that Saine was better suited to place his hand on the ground.
"He was itching to play linebacker and it was fun to watch, but he has the ability to take away one side of the field," said Johnson.
Rehab-wise, Saine is "doing fine" according to Johnson. "He's coming through pretty cleanly."
SQUIB KICKS: Pawtucket native and St. Raphael alum Jean-Daniel Roussel has garnered heady praise as the Sacred Heart defensive back was named a FCS Third-Team All-America selection. The honor comes directly from the Associated Press. Roussel picked off a school-record seven passes this past season. Even though he's on track to graduate in May, Roussel still has one more season of eligibility on the table. On that front, a decision has been yet to be made. … Skurka isn't the only Cumberland coach making the jump to Dean College. One of his Clipper assistants, Frank Salisbury, takes over as the running backs coach there. Like Skurka, Salisbury has worked on Vasey's staff before. "It's pretty unique to coach and go to work every day with one of your best friends," said Vasey about Salisbury. … Skurka confirmed that Cumberland senior Joe Fine is heading to Bryant University, where his dad Marty is the Bulldogs' head football coach.
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I wanna see, How much ppl that dislikes` this game.
I wanna see, How much ppl that dislikes` this game.
alot of botters, 90% money based, lack of in game events
Um...It's just a bad RO rip-off, and this is the only time I'll call a game a rip-off of another game, because the style just looks like a complete copy of RO, and then there are even the class similarities, etc. Not to mention all that's left of the community is a bunch of botters, and hackers. It's like Chlamydia for the eyes.
If the ocean was vodka, and i were a duck, I'd swim to the bottom and drink my way up, but the ocean ain't vodka, and i ain't a duck so pass me a bottle and shut the **** up.
I totally dislike it because its super laggy and poorly translated. They were hacked as soon as they came out, which says a lot about how safe my comp will be playing the game.
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not exciting at all. i feel more bored when i play it somehow
well... i liked that game... and i think i would still play it IF THAT FREAKING LAG WOULD GO AWAY! it takes like 5 sek until my dude starts figting... soooo freaking lame
hurr durr
lets jus let this thread and forum die and water margin wuld jus be a memory
I have never heard of this game before... ...is it any good?
its not formany ppl but i used tolike it long ago
I been playing it for some days and It became one of my favorite mmorpgs eva...its not like anything I seen before and yet...it is...
To put it in words its an Asian-Style Ragnarok...but..it has so much extra stuff that Ragnarok doesnt have.(you can mine/cut trees etc to make money,u have to buy skills etc etc)
BTW I have not even seen 1 hacker and also...the good this about this game is that it is FREE FOR LIFE BRODDA!!!


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POTSDAM - Madrid-Waddington and Edwards-Knox earned a third meeting to settle to 1-1 regular-season split on Wednesday at SUNY Canton at 6 p.m. in the Class D2 Section 10 Championship Game after quarter-final wins at Potsdam Central.
The sixth-seeded Jackets fended off NAC East Co-Champion and No. 3 seed Chateaugay 68-52 in a rematch of last years Section 10 Class D Championship game. Edwards-Knox held off Heuvelton 57-49 in the rubber game of NAC West split series.
Top-seeded St. Regis Falls earned its first trip to the overall Class D semi-final round and will play no. 4 Harrisville in the Class D1 Championship game at 7:45 p.m. on Wednesday. The Saints turned back Morristown 48-28 while Harrisville denied Lisbon 61-53.
M-W 68, Chateaugay 52: The Yellowjackets turned a 14-11 first quarter lead into a 33-20 halftime advantage with a 19-4 run.
I was really happy with our intensity, said M-W coach Aaron Jones.
In the second quarter, we turned it up a lot and some baskets fell. Colin OBryan had a monster game for us and he showed exactly why he is a two time first team All Northern.
OBryan generated 26 points including 10 in the second quarter and also delivered six rebounds, six assists and three steals.
After Chateaugay reeled off the first five of the third quarter to cut the deficit to 33-25, M-W answered with nine straight including five from Maurice Rease and took a 54-34 lead after three quarters..
We knew Chateaugay would give us a fight to the end, Mike Martin has done a great job after Coach Ron Boyea retired. But Ive got to credit the entire team. We played very well together, Richard Wright didnt shoot well but he defended well. Greg Thompson and Zach Brock worked hard and Jacob Barney did some good things. And Maurice Rease provided us some great baskets beforing injuring his ankle in the third. The past week, our reserves have challenged our starters hard in practice and that was a big difference today, said Jones.
Thompson scored 12 points, grabbed seven boards, collected four assists and two steals. Wright added 12 points, four rebounds, three steals, two assists. Jacob Barney chipped in six points and Rease added nine points and three boards.
Devin Barnes generated 13 points and 12 rebounds for Chateaugay followed by Noah Bowes with 10 points and Chad Stalter with nine, seven rebounds and three steals. Jake English chipped in five rebounds while Adam Martin and Seth Young each logged three assists.
E-K 57, Heuvelton 49: Jesse Bullock saved a ball from going out of play and ran the length of the court to score off a pass from Chris Davison with 1:26 to play in regulation for a 54-44 lead as the Cougars fended off a 12-0 Bulldogs comeback run keyed by timely three pointers from Chris Power and a layup from Dedrick Johnson which trimmed the deficit to 49-44.
That was a real hustle play from Jesse. He played very well as did Abe White and Tyler Tresidder who provided us good minutes. We got off to a good start with Kaden Dandrow but Heuvelton never quits and they didnt tonight, said E-K coach Bill Davison whose team improved to 17-2.
We got another shot at Madrid-Waddington and its going to be another battle.
Heuvelton coach Josh McAllister pointed to his teams late comeback.
We battled to get within five but Edwards-Knox is such a good team that you cant miss chippies and thats what happened today. But Im proud of this team, said coach McAllister of 13-7 team.
Dandrow scored 18 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for Edwards-Knox scoring 14 in the first half. Jessie Bullock scored 13 points while Chris Davison added 11 points - eight in the third quarter where E-K led 38-32. Nick Davison finished with seven of his 10 in the fourth quarter.
Chris Power finished with four threes and 15 points. Johnson added 11 while Mike Guardino and Cody Holland chipped in eight and Aaron Cobb scored six.
St. Regis Falls 48, Morristown 28: MCSs Ryan Vollmer scored five quick points late in the third quarter to cut the deficit to 25-20 but St. Regis Falls answered with with a 21-8 fourth quarter sparked by eight points from Tyler Daggett and five from Ryan Duquette.
We wanted to contain Caleb Green tonight and we did that successfully, but that opens the door for other players to step up. St. Regis Falls had a couple do that. And offensively, we didnt shoot well, said MCS coach Rich Marshall.
St. Regis Falls coach Justin Todd agreed. Caleb and Brandon (Votra) struggled tonight and Morristown slowed the tempo down. But in the fourth, Tyler Daggett and Ryan Duquette stepped up and produced some very big numbers for us as role players and we survived. We must play alot better against Harrisville on Wednesday because they are so active, said Todd.
Daggett finished with 10 points and four reboujnds, Corey LaBounty added eight points and four assists and Green scored eight points witth eight rebounds and two steals for 17-1 St. Regis Falls.
Dakota Marshall, Ryan Vollmer and Devin Dulmage all scored six and Zach Kanaly and Bob Simmons each logged four for Morristown (7-12).
Harrisville 61, Lisbon 53: Down 18 early in the fourth quarter, Adam Felt hit a three for Lisbon to cut the deficit to 51-41 but the Knights couldnt get any closer than eight points down the stretch.
I like the way we battled back. But Harrisvilles intensity defensively early created us some problems. Jake Putney had a excellent game tonight for us when Adam (Felt) and Jimmy Robinson struggled at times and David Turri, Ryan Buckley and Matt Williard provided us with solid play. If you said 14 wins at the beginning of the season was reachable, I probably would have said no but the guys worked hard and improved, said LCS coach Sean Backus of his 14-6 team.
Harrisville coach Brian Coloney liked the way his team started.
We played like we did at the beginning of the season tonight. Our intensity was high. We are going to need that same effort against St. Regis Falls. Tonight, Lisbon battled but we hit big shots when we needed them.
Dreythaler scored 18 to pace the 16-4 Pirates. Tim Fowler added 12 including four key free throws in the fourth quarter. Nate Weaver added nine points while Nick Weir chipped in seven and Joey Butts added six. Putney finished with 17 and Jimmy Robinson tallied 16 with 14 in the second half for Lisbon. Felt tallied 11 points.
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I thought politics wasn't allowed here?
not in this case anyway....lolololololol --____--
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What in tarnation is up with this weather??
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Man, this just tells me youre LOOKING for things to argue with me about, no surprise...lol
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As the late comedian George Carlin once observed, the classroom is home to some of the purest comedy on earth. Why? To anyone who ever giggled at a double entendre during English, or tried to suppress themselves after a peer's robust belch, the answer is obvious: "No one's allowed to laugh." And, as generations of comics have shown us, there's nothing funnier than breaking the rules.
This September, we'll celebrate the start of the school year with a batch of films in which some of the last century's funniest people find themselves in the hallowed halls of academia. Rodney Dangerfield gets the respect he deserves by going Back to School, while Laurel & Hardy struggle for the same while studying abroad in A Chump at Oxford. Roddy McDowall and Tuesday Weld rock 'n' roll their high school in George Axelrod's anarchy-fueled cult classic Lord Love a Duck, and, to top it all off, John Belushi leads the slobs against the snobs in the film that changed the face of modern comedy, Animal House. Class is now in session, so take your seats — and NO TALKING!


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WINNING RECIPE: Marjorie Petersons Orange Rolls
Submitted by: Erma Schaeffer of Story City
2 cups milk 2 eggs, well beaten2 teaspoons salt 7 cups flour1 stick oleo (or margarine)grated rind of 1 orange1/2 cup sugar 2 packages of dry yeastDIRECTIONS
1. Dissolve dry yeast in 1/2 cup warm water.2. Scald milk. Add sugar, salt and oleo.3. Stir until dissolved. Let mixture cool to lukewarm. 4. Add yeast and eggs to milk mixture.5. Beat in about 5 cups of flour. Turn dough onto pastry cloth on which 2 cups of flour are spread.6. Work dough until soft and pliable. Add more flour if needed.7. Put in greased bowl and cover with a cloth.8. Let rise until double in bulk. Divide in half and roll out to oblong shape. Spread each with soft oleo, 1/2 of grated orange rind and 1/3 cup granulated sugar.9. Roll into tube. Slice and put in greased pan to rise again.10. Bake at 375 degrees for 20 minutes.For frosting: Add 2 cups powdered sugar to 3 tablespoons of soft oleo. Add the juice of an orange to make it spreadable. Makes 2 1/2 dozen rolls.
For Carole Hall, it was her mothers Kringla, a Norwegian cookie recipe passed down from mother to daughter in her family.
For Joy Kix of Hubbard, it was the smell of her mothers blue ribbon wheat graham bread.
For Erma Schaeffer of Story City, it was those special orange rolls, a childhood treat she and her siblings cherised, which she made side-by-side with her mother in their kitchen growing up on an Iowa farm.
Schaeffer is the winner of our Memories of Mom recipe contest, which we launched last month as a way to let our readers share stories and recipes about mothers and grandmothers. About three dozen Iowans shared their favorite recipe from mom, one which inspired fond memories and warm feelings of childhood, life and family. We received everything from holiday meal recipes to bread recipes to desserts.
While we mixed, kneaded and baked, we would talk about what was going on in my young life, Schaeffer recalled from many of those orange roll-making sessions growing up. In younger days, I would be challenged (by her mother, in the kitchen) with spelling words or math problems. I cherish those memories in that old farm house kitchen where Mom used her valuable time not only baking rolls but teaching her children to become good, responsible members of society.
Her mother, Marjorie Peterson, passed away last year at the age of 99. She sang in the Webster County Womens Chorus and made her beloved rolls to enjoy on trips to state competitions.
The women brought their coffee Thermoses and mom brought the orange rolls, Schaeffer said in her entry, which earned her a $200 gift certificate to downtown Des Moines shopping boutique the Kitchen Collage. That seemed to be the best picker-upper before showtime.


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By TERRY WILLISSun Advocate sports reporter
The Pinnacle girls basketball team have opened their season on the road and it has been tough. They finally got to play a home game on New Year's eve, but Tabiona did not respect that fact and beat the Panthers 62-41.
Nerves were present as the Pinnacle girls took the floor. Tabiona scored quickly as PCA had trouble penetrating. But the Panther defense stepped it up and soon the buckets began to drop. At the end on the first period it was 13-11 in favor of the Tigers.
In the second PCA took the lead and was beginning put a little fear into the Tigers. But late in the half a Tabiona player went down hard on an inadvertent move by PCA. The game was stopped for a time to assist the player and clean up blood off the floor. The Panthers came out on the floor much more tentative and lost the momentum they had built. By the end of the half they were down by eight. In the final half of play Tabiona pulled away and Pinnacle never found their stride again.
While the Panthers struggled a bit from the floor, they were solid at the line, hitting 79 percent from the charity stripe. Pinnacle also was in foul trouble early. Haley Spigarelli fouled out in the 4th quarter with a pair of rebounds and five points. Leading the team was Monique Hullings with 12 points, Laura Torrendell helped with nine and Rylie Birch added six. Rylie Birch led on the boards with seven.
"In the first half we played pretty tough," said coach Heidi Kay. "It was our first home game and I think it makes the girls nervous to play in front of family and friends. But I saw good strength from them in both rebounds and free throws."
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After battling in the Scenic West Athletic Conference over the past two months, the USU Eastern women's volleyball team will wrap up their season with the SWAC Tournament on Friday and Saturday held at the College of Southern Idaho in Twin Falls, Idaho.
USU Eastern (11-16 overall, 2-8 SWAC) enters the tournament as the fifth seed and will take on fourth seeded Snow College on Friday at 1 p.m.
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Kind of incorrect on that one... More People traveling has nothing to do with it. Flying same routes full or empty means the same amount of maintenance.
It can because if those flights are charters(because not all the people could get on the normal scheduled flight) then those planes will be flying more
That author has to learn the difference between "hanger" and "hangar"
I have found a lot of people who do not appear to know the difference, even those who work in field... I asked one young co-pilot where he was going to hang the plane... He never got it... LOL...


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The Orioles will pursue offense this offseason, with a particular focus at designated hitter and left field, according to executive VP Dan Duquette. In a conversation with MLBTR at the GM Meetings Duquette said he has the flexibility to pursue free agents who require long-term commitments.
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So, this post is for my husband of 43 years. Are you looking at this, dear? It's our side-by-side breakfast place settings. Isn't that sweet?
Just slip your napkin out of that fowl, and
prepare yourself for the hearty breakfast you deserve to eat every morning.
Go ahead, crack that egg.
Oh, you think the rooster egg cup is more fitting for your masculinity? Okay, you can have the rooster egg cup. See how agreeable I can be when I'm not having to race around to get ready for work.
You're right. That is a small juice glass for such a strong, handsome man.
That's why this rooster is filled with delicious, homemade orange juice. Let me refill your glass for you.
Yes dear, the orange juice did just come out of that rooster's beak. Would you like salt and pepper on your egg?
The oatmeal is still warm. That will start your day right.Here are a couple of those spicy sausages that you like. I wouldn't want you to go out into the world without a big breakfast.
Let me just get the biscuits out of the oven. Do you want white gravy, or
would you prefer some of my homemade strawberry preserves?
Did you notice I cut the last of the roses from the garden this morning – just a little touch of beauty for you before you face your day at the office.
Well yes, those are faux eggs in that basket. But if you'd like, some mornings I could fill it with real eggs.
No, I would not expect you to reach up to that basket to crack your egg. I wouldn't expect you to expend your energy on that task. I would remove one of the egg cups from the basket and place it on your plate. When you finished that egg, I would remove another egg cup to give you.
Sweetheart, can't you just picture it? This hearty, delicious breakfast - a kiss and a hug - and you're off to start your day with a
Well, ah, yes, I realize there wasn't any food in these pictures. Um yes, I know I've never made strawberry preserves, but that is because I have to go to work five days a week. This was just a "dry" run -- just to give you an idea of how you could begin your mornings – if I wasn't having to get ready for work. What? You thought there wasn't any food, because I didn't have any grocery money?
Okay, you've made your point. Stick a couple of pieces of bread in the toaster, while I go get ready for work. If there isn't enough Welch's grape jelly for both pieces of toast, I call dibs on the jelly. No, I'm not as agreeable as I was earlier.
(Plates and bowls: "Queens"; Napkins: Old Time Pottery years ago; Chargers: J. C. Penny's years ago; everything else: estate, garage, and flea market sales.)
I'm linking this shattered dream to Let's Dish Wednesday at Cuisine Kathleen and to Tablescape Thursday at Between Naps on the Porch. Thank you for coming for breakfast in my kitchen. I apologize for the lack of real food. Sadly, I have to get to the office. (P.S.} This is totally fiction. My sweetheart has never read my blog!) laurie


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Lauren Conrad toyed with the idea of changing up her hair on Monday, and debuted her new look on Instagram a few days later!
What do you think of L.C.'s Bardot bangs (for those of you not in the beauty biz, Bardot bangs are a heavy bang, often parted at the center, named after Brigitte Bardot) -- hot or not?
The new look came courtesy of the reality star-turned-fashion designer's longtime stylist, Kristin Ess. And, in case you were wondering, they're real, not clip-ons.
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Operators at Exelon Nuclear's Byron Generating Station returned Unit 2 to the electrical grid Monday night, ending a scheduled refueling outage that began last month.
BYRON, Ill. – Operators at Exelon Nuclear's Byron Generating Station returned Unit 2 to the electrical grid Monday night, ending a scheduled refueling outage that began last month.
"Our workforce safely completed a large amount of work that will ensure the safe, reliable production of environmentally-friendly electricity for the next operating cycle," said site vice president Tim Tulon. "I applaud the Exelon team and the contract crew for their quality performance and commitment to safety."
In addition to refueling the reactor, workers performed extensive inspections, testing and maintenance on a wide range of components and equipment.
"I thank the local communities for their patience with any disruption in the normal flow of traffic in the area," Tulon said, "though the outage was a great opportunity for many workers to get weeks or even months of employment at a time when the economy is lacking in jobs."
Byron Unit 1 continued to operate during the Unit 2 outage.
Byron Generating Station is in Ogle County, Ill., about 25 miles southwest of Rockford.
Exelon Corporation is one of the nation's largest electric utilities with more than $18 billion in annual revenues. The company has one of the industry's largest portfolios of electricity generation capacity, with a nationwide reach and strong positions in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic. Exelon distributes electricity to approximately 5.4 million customers in northern Illinois and southeastern Pennsylvania and natural gas to approximately 490,000 customers in the Philadelphia area. Exelon is headquartered in Chicago and trades on the NYSE under the ticker EXC.


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News about Tan Dun, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Review: National Youth Orchestra Impresses With 'Symphonie Fantastique' at Carnegie Hall
The orchestra, which includes 110 students from American high schools and colleges, opened with a new piece by Tan Dun.
July 13, 2015, Monday
MORE ON TAN DUN AND: Music , Classical Music , Dutoit, Charles , Carnegie Hall , Berlioz, Hector , Tan Dun , National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America
Peng Liyuan Song Accompanies China's Latest Space Mission
The recording by the wife of the current Chinese president was one of 10 included on a microchip carried in an unmanned spacecraft during its mission.
November 6, 2014, Thursday
MORE ON TAN DUN AND: Mao Zedong , Peng Liyuan , Tan Dun , Xi Jinping , China , Moon , Music , Satellites , Space and Astronomy
Sprawling Love Story, Abridged
A 19-hour Chinese Kunqu epic, stripped of subplots and nonessential characters, becomes a 70-minute opera for a museum garden.
December 3, 2012, Monday
MORE ON TAN DUN AND: Opera , Shanghai Kunqu Opera Co , Chen Shi-Zheng , Metropolitan Museum of Art , Tan Dun
Evoking Forbidden Love and Flying Ancient Armies
At Damrosch Park at Lincoln Center, the Chinese composer Tan Dun conducted a program derived from his scores for three martial-arts films.
August 15, 2011, Monday
MORE ON TAN DUN AND: Classical Music , Tan Dun , Music , Metropolis Ensemble , Lincoln Center Out of Doors Festival , Movies
Asia Society Plans Exhibition of Ai Weiwei New York Photos
The exhibition is scheduled to run from June 29 to Aug. 14.
June 20, 2011, Monday
MORE ON TAN DUN AND: News , East Village (NYC) , Ginsberg, Allen , Kaige, Chen , Tan Dun , Art , Photography , Asia Society , Beijing (China) , China
Reviving 'The Peony Pavilion' With Modern Shading
A Chinese opera troupe's condensed version of "The Peony Pavilion," staged in a Shanghai garden, tries to breathe new life into a traditional art form in danger of disappearing.
August 18, 2010, Wednesday
MORE ON TAN DUN AND: Opera , China , Shanghai (China) , Shanghai Kunqu Opera Co , Music , Tan Dun
Evocations of China, Rural, Romantic and Aquatic
Tan Dun likes to superimpose unusual instruments and techniques on a Western orchestra, as he did at Carnegie Hall on Wednesday.
November 6, 2009, Friday
MORE ON TAN DUN AND: Classical Music , St Louis Symphony Orchestra , Tan Dun , Takemitsu, Toru
Under Tan Dun's Baton, Bows and High Fives as East Meets West
In four pieces at Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center on Monday, you got a remarkably good overview of Tan Dun's stylistic development.
October 28, 2009, Wednesday
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Getting to Carnegie via YouTube
A project that will allow users to audition by uploading videos of themselves performing a composition by Tan Dun was announced on Monday in London and New York.
December 2, 2008, Tuesday
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Chinese Extravaganza Uses Valley as a Backdrop
"Zen Shaolin" is a grand spectacle that is part cultural event, part tourist attraction, with a dash of Hollywood and an intriguing blend of high and pop culture.
August 30, 2008, Saturday
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For the first time, the member of the Orlando Magic Stunt Team that took a horrific fall during a basketball game is speaking out about the accident.
31-year-old Jamie Woode suffered multiple injuries after losing her footing in a routine stunt during an Orlando Magic game versus the New York Knicks on Nov. 13.
Woode told Local 6 she doesn't want her fall to force other cheerleaders to stay on the ground.
Woode said she is able to walk on her own, but will have to wear a body brace for the next few months. The cheerleader fractured three vertebrae and broke a rib in the accident.
"Two feet were supposed to land on the shoulders and only one made it," said Woode.
A veteran cheerleader, Woode has performed the stunt and several others as planned thousands of times. In fact, Woode won a national championship while at UCF.
She's also no stranger to falling. In her 20 years experience as a cheerleader, Woode has fallen hundreds of times, she said. But it's never kept down.
Injuries aside, the difference between this fall and the others is the number of people watching. 18,000 people at the Amway Center and a nationwide television audience watched as she tumbled head first on to the hard wood court.
"I was a little embarrassed and just wanted to get off the court," said Woode.
As Woode was taken off the court, she put the audience at ease by waving.
"As soon as they started wheeling me, I heard the applause from the crowd. And it was my way of thanking them," said Woode.
After Woode's fall, the University of Florida decided to prohibit its cheerleaders from doing stunts in the air as a precautionary measure.
There was a lot of backlash from cheerleaders on that team.
Woode said she doesn't agree with grounding cheerleaders.
"As a cheerleader, your number one goal is to perform," said Woode. "To hear that was taken away from them, it breaks my heart."


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Police Bust 14 In Queens, Brooklyn Auto Theft Ring
If you own a specific type of luxury SUV, you could have been the target of a sophisticated car theft ring. The New York City Police Department and Attorney General's office announced the arrest of 14 people Wednesday in a sting they're calling Operation EZ Steal. Read more: [NY1]
A Whitestone tradition in danger of disappearing
A Memorial Day tradition in Whitestone is in danger of disappearing. The Whitestone Veterans Memorial Day Parade has hit tough times, with organizers barely able to fund this year's event. Some residents are worried it may become the last. Read more: [New York Daily News]
Board Threatens To Disband NYRA Amid Pay Out Scandal
State regulators are threatening to replace the New York Racing Association amid allegations the entity cheated bettors out of millions of dollars. The state's Racing and Wagering Board is blasting the agency for holding back $8.5 million in winnings and is now considering reorganizing all of NYRA which operates the tracks at Aqueduct, Belmont and Saratoga. Read more: [NY1]
JFK Airport Cargo Worker Accused Of Stealing From Care Packages Meant For Troops Overseas
A cargo worker at John F. Kennedy Airport is accused of stealing from care packages meant for U.S. troops serving overseas. Investigators said the theft was discovered when the suspect was caught wearing one of the stolen items. Read more: [1010WINS]
Like they never Met
Guess he's still more of a Wally the Green Monster kinda guy. Mayor Bloomberg seemed to give Mr. Met the cold shoulder at City Hall yesterday as he announced that next year's MLB All-Star Game will be played at Citi Field. Read more: [New York Post]
Queens College students plant one of the city's biggest apple orchards on campus
Where most Queens College students saw an empty field, senior Grace Magee imagined a place where an undergrad could pluck a low-hanging piece of fruit on her way to class. She suggested to school administrators last month that the campus partner with an initiative that plants Newtown Pippin and other apple tree types in New York's public spaces. Read more: [New York Daily News]


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When Patrick Swayze passed away in 2009, the world lost the ultimate Sensitive Tough Guy. Swayze was a magical contradiction of manly and sweet, a macho dude who could feel all of the feelings. We salute his brawn and his soul with GHOST, a ridiculously compelling story of love's triumph over death.
After Sam Wheat (Swayze) dies, he remains on earth as a ghost to protect his partner, Molly (Demi Moore) from his killers while trying to expose their crimes with the help of Oda Mae Brown, a psychic (Whoopi Goldberg). Swayze is at his sexy, hunky best in this Academy Award-winning film, and you won't need a potter's wheel to feel his presence electrify every scene.
Join us for this celebration of Swayze and prepare to get haunted by the hottest ghost in history. (Sarah Pitre)