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Now there's a real heavyweight fight in New York.
The linking of Delta Air Lines large New York network with Virgin Atlantic's significant London Heathrow operation looks like a partnership that can be extremely beneficial for the two airlines, though perhaps not as much for travelers.
It sets up a major battle between Delta/Virgin and the team of American Airlines and British Airways: two New York-London powerhouses already linked in a joint venture with antitrust immunity. (See previous stories about Delta's New York push here and here.)
Left out of the title fight could be United Airlines. Although United has a large number of its own Heathrow flights — a legacy of its acquisition of Pan American takeoff and landing slots at the London airport — its strongest European partner is Frankfurt-based Lufthansa. New York-London is one of the most important routes in the world for business travel, with lots of corporate fliers buying high-priced business-class seats. It's certainly busy enough to leave lots of passengers for United.
But even in the most heavily traveled air routes, the No. 3 player usually struggles. It can't command fares as high as the more dominant carriers and it can't offer as robust a schedule. As No. 3 among U.S. airlines, Delta knew the disadvantage, and rather smartly found a way to leapfrog United.
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-Virgin Atlantic: 6 flights (4 from JFK) Delta: 3 flights (all JFK)
-United: 5 flights (none from JFK)
If you're a company that sends people to London from the U.S., or from the U.K. to New York and the rest of the U.S., you likely are going to have to choose either Delta/Virgin or American/BA as your primary carrier.
In the long run, consumers likely will see higher fares if the New York-London market boils down to two heavyweight networks. Accumulating frequent-flier miles with a specific carrier will be easier, and Delta loyalists get a lot more choices when Virgin links up. Virgin customers get a better network of connections from New York. There's convenience in this for customers, albeit at likely higher prices.
Analysts predict that Delta's application for antitrust immunity with Virgin Atlantic will likely be approved by government regulators. It's possible there could be some divestiture of a few takeoff and landing slots to promote competition, though Delta and Virgin will still be smaller than American/BA. It's also possible regulators could grow concerned about the market consolidating into two giants. Recall that U.S. regulators quashed AT&T's proposed acquisition of T-Mobile for fear of the wireless market consolidating into just two giants. In this case, however, there is still a giant airline at No. 3. That may be enough to make this deal different.
Consolidation of the airline industry continues to move along. The Delta/Virgin deal could actually push American and US Airways closer to a merger. American, which got its big Heathrow presence by acquiring TWA's slots, needs US Airways' New York customers, and US Airways is going to find it harder and harder to compete on its own to Europe against giants.
In the end, consumers will find fewer airline choices and higher fares, but more stable carriers with bigger networks that will be able to invest in a better product and new planes, rather than constantly struggle to stay afloat.
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I thought my next Strange Horizons column was going live next week, so I didn't notice when "Ordinary Zhang" was published earlier this week. But it was! The thesis of the column echoes some ideas I first brought up in my review of Paolo Bacigalupi's collection, but my primary purpose in writing it was simply to get people to read or reread Maureen McHugh's magnificent China Mountain Zhang.
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I'm of the opinion that people should be reading more Maureen McHugh just on general principles, so I hope at least some people are convinced by your column.ReplyDelete
I just read China Mountain Zhang last week, and I thought it was pretty damn good. Not blow me away good, but more solid than a lot of other things I've read that received raves. I have a couple other books of hers that I'll get to.ReplyDelete
CMZ is a favorite. Will check out the column.ReplyDelete
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The board of directors overseeing the CID for the commercial center at Routes 5 and F has approved a quarter cent bump in sales tax, bringing just the CID sales tax rate to 1 cent rather 0.75 cent, according to board secretary Roger Corbin.
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The increase was found to be merited due to higher than anticipated expenses for site excavation, Corbin said.
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Ford Expects Major Venezuelan Devaluation in 2014
Ford Motor expects Venezuela's currency to lose almost half its value next year and could take a $350 million financial hit as a result.
The automotive company on Wednesday released its outlook for next year and said it expects the exchange rate to fall to 12 bolivars to the U.S. dollar from 6.3 currently.
Ford had $802 million in investments in Venezuela at the end of September, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company lost $186 million in February, when Venezuela devalued the bolivar to 6.3 from 4.3.
Ford had previously expected to turn a profit in South America but now expects to only break even in the region as a result of the difficulties in Venezuela.
General Motors, Ford's rival, reported earlier this year that the devaluation cost it $200 million in the first quarter.
Venezuela's economy has been buffeted by rampant inflation, caused in part by this year's currency decline. Moody's Investors Service on Monday downgraded the company's credit rating deep into junk territory, citing a "materially higher risk of economic and financial collapse."
"The downgrade reflects Moody's view that Venezuela is facing increasingly unsustainable macroeconomic imbalances, including skyrocketing inflation and a sharp depreciation of the parallel exchange rate," wrote Moody's analysts.
Venezuela's government has put in place strict currency controls, which makes it difficult for companies operating there to pull money out of the region.
"If you can't get the money out, what is the currency really worth at this point?" said Wolfgang Koester, CEO of FiREapps, a foreign-exchange risk management company.
A Ford spokesman said that the currency controls have also made it difficult to access U.S. dollars and other currencies to pay for any imported parts for the cars it makes there.
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By Kevin Grandia • Friday, November 16, 2007 - 11:38
With Australian PM John Howard set to be dethroned in the Nov. 24th Australian election, Canada's Conservative Government led by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and President George W Bush will lose their last key ally in their anti-Kyoto Protocol battle.
The United States and Australia never ratified the Kyoto agreement in the first place and picked up a key ally in Canada when the right-wing Conservative government took power 2 years ago. The Conservative party quickly joined ranks with the US and Australia stating that Kyoto targets could never be met and they preferred a "Made in Canada" approach to climate change.
Such sentiments were not surprising considering that it was only five years ago that Prime Minister Harper claimed Kyoto was a "job-killing," "economy destroying" "socialist scheme."
Finding themselves all alone on the world stage is bad news, but its the timing of the loss that should have the two heads of state sweating.
In December world leaders will meet in Bali at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change where they will begin negotiating a successor to the Kyoto Protocol. And while Prime Minister Stephen Harper and President Bush are calling for voluntary targets ("aspirational" in their words), the world's community is looking for much more aggressive targets. Even the OPEC oil cartel is talking tougher than Canada and the United States at this point.
Harper and Bush also appear to be more concerned about what China and India are doing, while emissions per capita in their own countries remain among the world's highest. They don't seem to understand that it was, in large part, North America's unmitigated burning of fossil fuels that got us into this mess in the first place.
In the words of rapper cum blues singer, Everlast, "the time has come to clean up our own backyard."
Harper and Bush also don't seem to understand that the public (especially in Canada) is waking up to the issue of climate change and getting trashed on the world stage is not an image either politician needs right now. With Republican support flailing in the United States and the Conservative party stalled in the polls, both leaders have an opportunity to shine on the issue of climate change, take the initiative to do what's right and reap the political rewards.
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Johan i Kanada replied on Permalink
Are you suggesting
Kyoto is not a job-killing, economy destroying, socialist scheme?
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So which Kyoto signatories have actually met their treaty obligations?
Steve L replied on Permalink
Did you try using Google?
I typed "countries meeting kyoto targets" into google and got this:
It looks a bit out of date and looks to be based too much on speeches (see the footnotes), but there's a start. JIK asked if Kyoto wasn't crushing economies – according to this document, it doesn't seem to be. Where is JIK's evidence that Kyoto is a job killing, economy crushing, socialist scheme?
I remember when Kyoto was being ratified. The Edmonton Sun suggested that increases in the price of gas and oil were already responding (???) – their illogical scaremongering pointed to prices that rose due to some happenings in Venezuela at the time. And before that, Kyoto was described in our media as 'draconian'. Seeing how easy it is to avoid penalties, it looks extremely flexible. So, which position is more credible? I haven't come down firmly on either side, here, but the dollar vs the euro don't support the cries that Kyoto = doom. Let's see the evidence JIK and Paul!
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I don't know, have you paid
I don't know, have you paid your 2012 taxes yet?
Steve L replied on Permalink
Hey Kevin,
It was Hadi Dowlatabadi [ http://www.chairs.gc.ca/web/chairholders/viewprofile_e.asp?id=206& ] who said during the Q&A period of the panel discussion desmog sponsored [ http://www.desmogblog.com/desmog-and-university-of-bc-panel-discussion-on-global-warming-in-the-media ] that much of what even Canada (which has done little) needs to meet its Kyoto obligations is already available. Am I remembering correctly? For those who don't know, Hadi receives a bunch of money from big oil and is quite bright (or so I've been told).
My opinion is: anything that doesn't happen to agree with Mr Harper's point of view is….to him…a "socialist scheme".
The possibility of "job-killing" and "economy destroying" linked to Kyoto is nothing compared to the situation that will happen when the environment crashes around us…
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ooh come on Stephen Harper
Stephen Harper really doesn't want to talk abut this but he's forced to do so. he want to fool canadians and the world by setting "voluntary targets" so called aspirational targets. These type of targets have absolutely no consequences for the polluters, will be allowed to pollute even more, this is what i call dangerous thinking. there has to be strict mandatory targets, to help us get out of this critical situation.
I think it will be time for the US to ratify the Kyoto Accords when those restrictions are placed on China and India as well. Both those countries are growing industrial and commercial powerhouse and both are hiding behind their "Developing Nation" facades so as not to be bound by such restrictions.
But the US has no moral
But the US has no moral authority to insist that India and China sign on unless they have done so themselves. Bush doesn't understand the meaning of "leadership" if he can't get his tiny little mind around that concept.


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An Alaska-based soldier from North Carolina has been awarded the Purple Heart.
U.S. Army officials say Sgt. Rigoberto Luviano was awarded the medal on Thursday at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson for his combat wounds.
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His wife, daughters and parents attended the ceremony.
He has been reassigned to the Warrior Transition Battalion while he recuperates.
Luviano was assigned to the Anchorage base in 2012 after prior postings at Fort Bragg, N.C., and Fort Benning, Ga.
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I didn't like that they basically took the temperature, thirst and Katniss' relationship with her father completely out of the story. They pared down the stuff on the train to almost nothing, so then when they get to the Capitol Katniss' reactions to the stylists seems almost out of character. I agree some of the scenes were visualized pretty well but just as many I thought were done in a silly Hollywood sort of way.
Anyways, I give it more like 6/10.
I have yet to see the movie.
I've never really gotten over the fact that the book is Battle Royale. I mean - I actually prefer it to the over-cliched Japanese tournoment, and there's a lot more outside information.
But when the MAIN plot revolves around the same plot device so... blatently, it's always kinda' struck me as 'Author read/watched BR; wanted to rewrite it better; cashed in.'
Book 2: Author read/watched BR; wanted to rewrite it a second time.
I'm a little annoyed they changed Katniss' race. Sort of.
Saw The Hunger Games. It's a keeper.
Yes, there were deviations from the book but they were justified by the needs of the movie. Little things such as who presented Katniss with the mockingjay pin eliminated the need for more explanation and made the script that much more taut. The reviewer who complained that the scene of Katniss and Peeta at the end of the book missed the fact the scene was competently suggested by the final dialogue between the two. The scenes of Wes Bentley as Seneca Crane and his crew orchestrating the flow of the games gave a much more clear depiction of the game show trope that the book satirized than the book did. The movie was a complete whole and you cannot ask for more.
The cast was superb. I had reservations about the casting of Peeta but Josh Hutcherson was excellent. Stanley Tucci as Ceasar Flickerman was superb. He performed the role to pitch perfect and his bits of commentary during the game were so accurate I almost fell off my chair LMAO. Elizabeth Banks made Effie seem real and that was not an easy feat. Even Woody Harrelson turned out be better than I had anticipated.
Jennifer Lawrence is as good an actress as we've seen. So much of the movie concentrated on her – in close-up – requiring expressions to fill in for missing thought streams and she played it to perfection.
The violence required by the book came across as horrifying without the need for concentrating on the gore. That was appropriate ass the gore wasn't the point, the games were the point.
The sole objection I have is to the use of the hand-held camera, particularly at the movie's outset. I feared the whole movie was shot with that technique but my fears were misplaced. The opening was just too jumpy for my tastes.
My compliments to Gary Ross and crew. That was great entertainment.
Well, children/teens in a some kind of a survival situation (that might include fighting with each other, even to the death) is not uncommon in the sff literature. From the top of the head, Golding's Lord of the Flies, Heinlein's Tunnel in the Sky, Panshin's Rite of Passage, Card's Ender's Game all deal with this situation from different perspectives. (there was also a book by the Russian author Sergey Lukyanenko where kids were kidnapped and forced to fight each other by evil aliens, but I don't expect non Russian speakers to know about it). Heck, even Oliver Twist or Hector Malot's Sans Famille can fall into this category.
Besides, Battle Royale was not exactly a mainstream blockbuster in the USA, so if Collins claims she's never seen it, she might be actually telling the truth.
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Thought the film was much better than the book. A well realised vision of a future that might not be far away. Youth fighting to stay alive. Youth fighting for jobs in our current society. Everything so competitive and very little consideration or those less able.
I think it should also make people who engage 'reality tv' have a look at themselves?
The similarities between "Battle Royale" and "The Hunger Games" are really quite superficial, and I honestly don't see everyone's assertion the the latter stole from the former.
"The Hunger Games" is clearly and obviously a retelling of the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur; a fact the author herself has openly acknowledged.
Even on a really basic level, the premise to the two stories is significantly different; in fact the only real similarities is "children on an island fight to the death" in which case both of them ripped off "Lord of the Flies".
Thanks for this all, the movie was good to watch and it got good revies and viewers rating.
Saw the movie. It's better than the Harry Potter junk but I wouldn't take the time to read the book. Barely science fiction. I suppose it is a satire of reality television but an otherwise shallow story.
Rite of Passage by Alexei Panshin is far better.
Like I said, I know only the main plot premise is the same with lots of changed and added elements, and if anything, I prefer The Hunger Games. However, the whole 'set tournoment by an evil state leads to Rebellion,' thing is a lot more specific than any of the list of examples, except Ender's Game which I haven't read so can't comment on.
Anyways, I saw the movie. It had good entertainment value though the actual 'Games' part seemed a little dry - most deaths were off screen. It would have been nice for it not to be so obvious who was going to live or die. I also find it hard to believe that some really young kid has never died before in these things, so why did Rue's death shock people into riots?
I loved the reality-TV/Sponsers element, I loved Katniss being a semi-competant main character. The scene with the arrow and the judges was nice. Oh, and Woody! YEY!
I would have wrote it different, I think. Made the battleground somewhere near District 12, and had Katniss recognize the deer from a few days prior, since they were so 'rare'. Then they plan an escape and Rebel that way. The whole 'Oh, they win,' was too obvious, and repeating the format for a second book isn't appealing to me, personally.
It has been a couple weeks or so since I saw the movie, but it has stuck with me. It was intense and beautiful and held me and took me away like no movie has done in quite a while. Can't wait for the sequel.
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No sir, didn't like it.
So many problems with the entire premise. If this has been going on for 75 years, why isn't every district training their children to survive this thing instead of sitting around hoping they don't get picked? If volunteers are allowed, why doesn't every district offer up trained, fit 18-year olds instead of taking the chance some poor 12-year old gets picked at random? If this is the television spectacle it's depicted to be, why are any of the tributes remotely surprised by anything they encounter, since it seems like every step of the process is documented by dozens of cameras? It just feels like Collins hit on the "teens as gladiators" idea and didn't fully think through the implications. Now, if this had been the story of the very first Hunger Games, all those problems go away. But then you'd lose the reality TV aspect that she seems insistent on including.
Another issue is that Katniss never really has to make any hard moral choices. The tributes she kills are clearly portrayed a psychopathic bad guys. She's never forced into the decision to kill someone who's just as terrified as she is or be killed herself. It's all just too neat and neutered for something that's supposedly such a vicious blood sport.
And what's with films these days thinking they have to hold our hands? We get the opening title cards that explain how the Hunger Games came about, then we go to the interview with Wes Bentley further explaining them, then we go to District 12 and eventually the propaganda video explaining the Games again. Why not keep us in the dark? Why not have us wondering what it is everyone is getting so worked up about? Why not have the moment Sutherland appears on-screen explaining the Games be when we realize what's about to happen to these kids? That's effective filmmaking. What they did her was just fan-service.
A lot of the issues you raise were addressed in the book but you are right to complain. One of the main shortcomings of the movie IMO is that it didn't get across a lot of important things from the book!
In that sense, it felt a lot like the last two Harry Potter films, which seemed to exist solely to show moments from the book people who'd read it would remember without really involving anyone who hadn't. I'm sure Citta giving Katniss the mocking jay pin was a huge squee moment for fans of the books, but my thought was, "Okay, why should I care about this? Because you haven't made me."
You're talking about Nash Equilibrium, but as the Prisoner's Dilemma shows us, large groups of people very seldom enter the equilibrium because they don't perceive it as in their interest. Or to put it more succinctly; because people are selfish.
Second to this, in a place where the slightest sign of martial behaviour is seen as a sign of rebellion, where exactly are they supposed to train children to be fighters? How do people who are struggling to survive from day to day find time (or the expertise) to train expert warriors?
Seeing something on TV and seeing it and experiencing it for yourself are quite different things, believe me. It's also obvious from the film that the process isn't documented every step of the way; rather there's the reaping, then the presentation at the Capitol, then a set-piece media event (the interviews) and the next time we see them is the Arena.
I got the impression the first story is nothing more than a set up.
I kind of think that's the point... although I disagree on the lack of moral choices. I think she had to make a tonne of hard moral choices, they just didn't relate to killing people.
I'm guessing because the games aren't meant to be a twist or a surprise. Everyone in the entire country knows exactly what they are, and lives in dread of them. The mood is one of growing impending doom. It doesn't make any sense at all to make the entire thing a surprise.
I saw the film before I read the books, and to be honest I didn't feel like the books added any important crucial information (although they did add lots of interesting little details), and in some ways undermined the film.
For example, one of the single most powerful moments in the film was the three-finger salute gesture, which in the film was implied to be some sort of gesture of rebellion against the Capitol.
Katniss' deliberate gesture of defiance and solidarity with the people of District 11 (resulting in the riots) was the best moment in the film.
So you can imagine my enormous disappoint when I read the book only to discover that in the context of the book it's merely a gesture of affection used at funerals, and that Katniss made it to Rue, not the people of District 11.
Katniss and her friend seemed to manage pretty well sneaking off into the woods on their own.
That's nice, but I paid to see a complete film, not a two hour prologue to the good stuff.
I'm beginning to wonder if I should ever read a book before the movie comes out. I'm certain my reaction would be different.
I'm not disappointed in changes or what was left out. Although, a huge glaring hole was the romance with Peeta... I'm mean, one bowl of boullion and a note that says "you call that a kiss" didn't really get the point across without book knowledge.
I felt like this was similar to HP movies in that if I hadn't read it, I probably would have been much less invested in the characters and much less up to speed on what was going on.
DRs problems stem from what I consider illogical choices and evolutions created by Collins in the book. But if you get past that, the books aren't bad action stories. Although the ultimate conclusion was senseless to me.
I thought this movie was tenser leading up to the games than in the games, and the action sequences average at best. (I hate shaky camera, personally, and if they'd get rid of it, the Bourne trilogy would be even more AWESOME). Perhaps it's because I knew how it ended... I though the relationship between Katniss and Prim and most of the set up to the reaping well done. I was much more drawn in there than during the games.
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EVANS, Ga. (WRDW) -- Sports injuries affect millions of kids every year, and according to the CDC, more than half of them are preventable.
A local group is working to make sure those that can be prevented are prevented. More than 3.5 million kids receive medical treatment for sports injuries every year and that's something the group says more people need to know.
"It's just fun to be out there play and have fun with your friends," said 5th grader Drew Proctor about his baseball team. "It's not easy sitting on the bench and doing nothing. You feel useless."
For one month, Drew had to sit on the bench.
"I hurt my elbow because I was overusing it and I was putting too much strain when I was throwing," he explained.
It had been hurting for a while, but Drew played through it.
"Sometimes I'd take some pain medicine if we only had nine players because one got hurt or sick then I'd play, but after a certain amount of time, it started gradually getting worse and worse and then I told somebody," Drew said.
Playing through injuries is a common practice for many kids.
"I just like playing so much it's hard being out sitting on the bench watching," said team member Grant Fuller.
"I took it easy but not as much as I was supposed to," added team member John Damelio about his injury. "I just wanted to be out there on the field."
Overuse injuries are becoming more and more common. Statistics show they're responsible for nearly half of all sports injuries in middle and high school students.
"Sports in general, they're rough, and these kids try hard and it's the fact that they're giving everything they can to do the best on every play and with that comes injuries," said one of their coaches, Todd Fuller.
One of the team member's mothers, Carrie Boan, is a pediatric therapist and sees it all the time.
"I was reading their charts and they had pain for two years, three years, and they're just now coming in for therapy," she explained about the cases she'd seen.
Now she's working to educate the public with a Stop Sports Injuries event called "Keeping Kids in the Game for Life."
"Worst case scenario is our best friend's daughter having surgery on her growth plate at 10 years old," Boan said. "Ten years old and she's not to do dance, cheer or gymnastics anymore."
In the last decade, doctors have seen five times the number of serious shoulder and elbow injuries among youth baseball and softball players.
On Saturday, the Martinez-Evans Little League is holding an event with Pediatric Therapy of Aiken. They will talk about preventing injuries and working your way back from an injury. The event is from 10 a.m. to noon at Evans Middle School. Speakers include a former Atlanta Braves player who's dealt with sports injuries his whole life.


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Olympic diving coach Rick Schavone announced his retirement Thursday after 36 seasons at Stanford.
He decided to step aside a month shy of his 65th birthday.
"I knew the time was coming," he said in a statement. "So I decided the time is now."
Schavone, a four-time NCAA coach of the year with a doctoral degree in sports psychology, never competed in diving. But divers came to trust his knowledge.
"He knows exactly what he's looking at," said 2012 Olympian Cassidy Krug, who trained with Schavone for nine years.
While working on his master's degree at Maryland, Schavone began coaching divers by reading books about the technical aspect of the sport.
"I've been very lucky to spend 36 years at a great university coaching some amazing student-athletes," he said.
The Cardinal tied it in the eighth on Dominic Jose's two-run single and Tommy Edman's RBI single.
Top-ranked Washington broke a 1-1 tie with three runs in the top of the eighth and then held on for a 4-3 win at Cal (15-18, 4-9 Pac-12).
The Bears scored twice in the bottom of the eighth and also got a solo homer from Lucas Erceg in the fourth.
Erik Lockwood's bases-loaded triple in the eighth helped Pacific rally to a 5-4 win over Saint Mary's (13-23, 5-8 WCC). Anthony Villa had three hits for the Gaels.
T.J. Braff had a three-run homer and an RBI single, leading Santa Clara (15-22, 6-7 WCC) to an 8-5 win over San Diego. Jose Vizcaino Jr. had three hits for the Broncos.
The New Mexico-San Jose State game was postponed because of playing conditions at Municipal Stadium. There will be a doubleheader Friday starting at 3 p.m.
Ducks ace Cheridan Hawkins allowed just three hits.
Stanford (25-17, 2-11 Pac-12) lost at Utah 12-7 despite jumping out to a 7-0 lead after 11/2 innings. The Cardinal's Erin Ashby went 2 for 2 with a homer and four RBIs.
San Jose State (23-17, 6-4 Mountain West) scored three times in the seventh but still lost 7-6 at Boise State.
Jessica Garcia's two-run single keyed the late rally.
Geenamarie Bonilla's RBI single in the seventh gave Santa Clara (7-26) a 1-0 walk-off win over Fresno State. Ciara Gonzales pitched a shutout for the Broncos.
"I decided to come to Cal because the location was the closest to home, and the team felt comfortable," Davidson, a 6-foot-3 post player on New Zealand's national basketball team, said in a statement.
The Ryder Cup-style event features 10 collegiate players each from the United States and Europe.
The ESPN family of networks will air games against UNLV (Oct. 4) and Wyoming (Oct. 18). Previously, Navy said CBS or the CBS Sports Network will carry that Oct. 25 game and ESPN2 will show the Utah State game Nov. 21.
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After six months of excavation that included two university field schools and seven Expedition programs, most of the puzzle pieces have fallen into place, and we can now share the final outcome of our endeavors. With careful analysis, the tangled web of 50 different soil layers and 53 features yielded some interesting and significant results.
In between snow storms, the Montpelier Archaeology Department completed the Willow Gate excavations. We knew about a Madison-era gate present in this locale from a description by John H.B. Latrobe following his 1832 visit to Montpelier. He described a high red gate hung upon white posts. During Madison's day, such gates served a practical purpose to keep animals out of the grounds. The gate also distinguished the formal environs of the mansion from the larger working planta
For the past two months there has been a flurry of activity behind Montpelier's Visitor Center. This area hasn't exactly been clutter-free either. Every day, visitors have seen tents, flags, and archaeologists making exciting discoveries about the Madisons' stables.
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The child molestation case against former Burroughs High School soccer coach Chris Marshall has been sent to Bakersfield for trial.
Kern County Superior Court Commissioner Ken Pritchard ordered Marshall to appear in the court's Metro Division in Bakersfield Dec. 13 for arraignment.
Marshall appeared in the Ridgecrest court Tuesday with his attorney, Josh Solberg, and waived his right to a preliminary hearing to determine if there was probable cause to send the case on for trial.
Pritchard also granted a motion from the Sierra Sands Unified School District to quash a defense subpoena seeking certain school records.
Prior to the ruling, Pritchard held a closed-door hearing on whether the records should be released.
Marshall is charged with one count each of lewd and lascivious acts with a child 14 or 15 years old, oral copulation with a minor under 18 years old, sodomy, sexual penetration with a foreign object and contacting a minor with intent to commit a sexual offense, as well as three counts of unlawful sexual intercourse.
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Troop B of the Missouri State Highway Patrol has announced plans to participate in Operation C.A.R.E. and 20-Mile Trooper enforcement programs over the Memorial Day weekend.
During Operation C.A.R.E. (Combined Accident Reduction Effort) every available officer will be on the road enforcing traffic laws and assisting motorists. Operation C.A.R.E. will begin at 12:01 a.m., Friday, May 24, and will end at midnight, Monday, May 27.
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Ladies just an FYI for all of you! I do run a TTC thread in this group as well as a pregnancy group (HOPEFUL PREGNANCIES POST MC) where most of my TTC buddies go to after getting their BFPs and I do the best I can to keep detailed daily updates on both the TTC thread and the pregnancy group so just know I will do the same with this thread but just keep that in mind if you dont see your info added right away! I would appreciate your patience with me! Thank you sooo much and good luck sisters!!! Hoping for happy&healthy pregnancies and babies this sweet October!
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The Next Senior Dance at the Cosmos Legion is Wednesday, Feb 11th from 1:30-4:30 pm featuring music by Michael James.+1:30 pmSenior Dance
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The Zion United Methodist Church of Buffalo Lake invites you to their annual Family Style Turkey Supper on Wednesday, Feb 11th from 4:30-7:30 pm. Eat in or Take Out, Tickets are $9 in advance, $10 at the door, 5-11 yrs old are $5,and Preschool age is free.+4:30 pmFamily Style Turkey Supper
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The Cosmos Legion is having their Valentines Supper on Saturday, Feb 14th from 5-8 pm. Serving Prime Rib, Ribs, or Shrimp.+5:00 pmValentines Supper
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The Bethel Women of ELCA, Lester Prairie, will be serving an Ash Wednesday Soup Supper on Wednesday, February 18, 2015, from 5;30 – 6:30PM. The menu will include three kinds of soup: homemade chili, chicken wild rice, and a surprise soup, plus crackers, buttered bread, and an assortment of bars and beverages. The suggested donation is $6.00 for adults for all you can eat. Donations will go to support the many ministries at Bethel Lutheran Church. After the supper, join them for worship at 7:00 PM.+5:30 pmBethel Women of ELCA Soup Supper
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Benefits Seminar for Korean War era Veterans and spouses hosted by McLeod County Veteran Services on Thursday February 19th at both 1pm & 5pm at the McLeod County Administrative Building on Hennepin Avenue North in Glencoe. For details, contact Veteran Services at (320)864-1268.+1:00 pmSeminar
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The Plato Fish Fry will be on Friday, Feb 20th, starting at 3 pm at the Plato Community Hall. Adults are $10, Children are $4, and preschool is Free. Take Outs available.+3:00 pmFish Fry
−BLHS FFA Fishing Tournament2:45 pm – 7:00 pm
The BLHS FFA is having their Ice Fishing Contest on Saturday, Feb 21st on Lake Allie, near Buffalo Lake. Registration begins at 2:45 pm, Fishing from 3-7 pm. Cost is $5 per hole, with prizes given out to the top three youth and adult fishermen. There is also a cash raffle at the event.+2:45 pmBLHS FFA Fishing Tournament
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You're invited to a benefit for Kay Selle on Saturday, Feb 21st from 4-11pm at the Hideaway in New Auburn. Roast Pork Dinner served from 4:30-7 pm, Bake Sale and Silent Auction from 4-8:30 pm. Proceeds benefit Kay's medical expenses.+4:00 pmBenefit for Kay Selle
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St. John's Lutheran Church of Plato is having their Pancake Dinner on Sunday, Feb 22nd, serving from 10:30a-1p. All you can eat Pancakes, Ham, Applesauce and more. Take outs are available. Cost is $8 for adults, $5 for those 5-12, and under 4 is free. Proceeds support Heifer International.+10:30 amPancake Dinner
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The GSL ECFE is having a Parent Seminar on Monday, Feb 23rd from 7-8 pm featuring GSL Kindergarten teachers. What does my child need to need to know before kindergarten? When should I start preparing my child? What about summer birthdays? Is preschool necessary? This class is for any parent interested in giving their child a smoother transition to kindergarten. Nominal fee applies. To register contact ECFE by phone on through their website.+7:00 pmGSL Kindergarten Seminar
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The Bloodmobile will be in Plato at Discover Church on Thursday, Feb 26th from Noon-6 pm. For an appointment contact Ken or Myra at 320-238-2370.+12:00 pmPlato Blood Drive
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A second round of Benefit Seminars for Korean War Era Veterans and their spouses will be hosted by McLeod County Veteran Services on Thursday Feb 26th at both 1pm & 5pm at the McLeod County Solid Waste Facility in Hutchinson. For details, contact Veteran Services at (320)864-1268.+1:00 pmKorean War Vet Meeting
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The Hutchinson Agri Business Seminar will be held on Thursday, Feb 26th from 5:30-9 pm at the Crow River Winery in Huchinson. Speakers include: Bret Oelke on creating a competitive advantage through management of production costs – Michael Dove and Jeff Braegelmann on avoiding legal pitfalls in Ag Business – and Nathan Winter, Extension Educator on a farm bill update. Tickets are $40 (for 2 persons), contact 587-5252 for Tickets.+5:30 pmAgri Business Seminar
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−Juvenile Diabetes Fundraiser9:00 am – 2:00 pm
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−Cancer Benefit10:30 am – 2:00 pm
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Be A Better Writer--ALLUSION
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Re: Be A Better Writer--ALLUSION
Calvin left the firm and branched out on his own, making money in unsavory ways. But he repented, and made his way back to the firm, hoping they'd take him in. The prodigal allusion works for me.
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Hmm. I saw all that. And I agree that people will think of that. But to me none of that implicates being prodigal. Here's a fairly typical definition from Merriam-Webster.com: "characterized by profuse or wasteful EXPENDITURE" (emphasis added). In other words, the Prodigal son isn't called prodigal because of anything that happened in verses 11-12 or verses 14-32 of chapter 15 of Luke. He is only called prodigal because of verse 13. So, gain, when Annabelle says they're 2 prodigals, I'm looking for wasteful expenditures in the story.
I'm not trying to convince you--just explaining my thought process.
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things are gone." C.S. Lewis
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Hi Jan,
Here is an attempt at allusion.
Jodi stepped off the scale. Oh no, not another pound. Returning to her desk, she had to pass her co-worker.
Edith held out a tin of cookies. "Jodi, Chocolate Chip cookies -- I baked them last night."
Jodi picked one up. "The doctor said I need to loose weight, but your cookies are so good."
Hearing the conversation, Dorothy joined them grinning. "Surely one cookie would not cause you to gain weight." She bit into an apple chomping away happily.
Jodi put the cookie down. "Thanks, but I am officially on a diet." Walking away, she felt like an overcomer.
An example of allusion in the bible.
In the bible when Jesus said "My God why hast thou forsaken me", my understanding is that references PSA 22. So I think the bible is full of allusion. One bible teacher I listen to always says the bible confirms it's self as he is cross referencing scriptures.
I think my husband and friends use allusion all the time with movie lines just to goof around. Like if someone says something and you want to mess with them you might say "Inconceivable" from the princess bride. Or while driving maybe the car is running poorly and you say " I'm giving her all she's got, Captain!" from Star Trek.
Would using allusion be like pulling the emotion from the source into your story? Similar to using brand names in advertising.
I used the book name "The Cross and the Switchblade" in one of my stories and that seemed to draw a lot of attention. More than the story it's self! I don't think that was allusion though. I think it was more like a prop.
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Holly, this one is flying right over my head, I think. Where is the allusion, and what is it alluding to? I'm so sorry that I'm missing this one.
Yes. Jesus was alluding to the Psalms there, and elsewhere. Those would have been known to his listeners, too, and they would have understood his allusions, and all that was implied by his claiming them as applying to himself.
Absolutely! (I do things like that all of the time, too.)
Yes--what a great way to put this!
I think you're right--this was more of a prop. But I also think you've "got" the concept of allusion--if you'll just help me out with that first example.
Re: Be A Better Writer--ALLUSION
Hi Jan,
I was trying to allude to Eve in the garden of Eden with her giving in to the temptation involving the fruit commonly know as an apple. But with a more happy ending in my story.
I was afraid that the way I used it might be too obscure.
Re: Be A Better Writer--ALLUSION
Ah! But in your example, the apple convinced Jodi NOT to "sin." That's why I think I was confused. My fault.
Re: Be A Better Writer--ALLUSION
Thanks, Steve for taking the time to analyze my story. Please tell me if my assessment of your comments (why it didn't "work" for you) is correct.
If I understand your perspective correctly, the story does not relate to the wasting of one's inheritance as in the biblical account.
I wrote this response before I read your subsequent post and Jan's.)
But I will continue.
In my dictionary, there is an alternate Bible definition for prodigal.
Definition: A wastrel son who repented and was welcomed home.
The story was an attempt to demonstrate how Calvin wasted a profitable income/money. (I consider this an allusion to an inheritance). When "he came to himself," Calvin thought of Peabody ( a father figure). He also realized he had made the wrong decision. His subsequent admission, confession, and repentance was very much akin to what the prodigal son did in the biblical version.
I'm not sure if this explanation will change your views, but I wanted you to know what was in my head when I wrote it. Now that Jan has amplified what allusion means, I tend to think parts of the story do pass the test for that definition.
Of course, my story does not come close to the examples of allusion from literary works you've read. Someday I'll write like that.
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I can see that in order for it to be successful, one would have to match it very closely or make it very visible so it's easily identifiable for the audience. Otherwise it's too easy to miss. Thanks Jan another great lesson!
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Hi Jan!
What about this situation which I have just created.
'Joe resolutely refused to clinch his business deals through underhand methods or succumb to what his colleagues' advice to offer gifts as carrots. He even resisted his boss's strong hint at doing it. He really dared to be a Daniel in his work place,I thought.'
Thinking aloud, the allusion here might be a double-barrel one as it alludes to a hymn Dare To Be A Daniel , and to those who aren't aware of it might think of the allusion to the minor prophet Daniel.
Could you kindly comment on this ?
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Caleb--this is a good example of allusion. I've never heard the hymn that you mentioned, but the allusion to Daniel's strong ethics and values when he was a Babylonian captive is very clear.
I'll only emphasize that you really need to know your audience; Daniel's story won't be well-known to a secular audience (unlike some Bible stories that are known to almost everyone: Noah's Ark, David and Goliath, etc). So this allusion may be too obscure in some circles--but if you know that your audience consists of readers who are well-versed in the Old Testament, the allusion should work well with them.
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Hi Jan!
Thank you very much indeed. The penny dropped. In passing, I learned the hymn Dare To Be Daniel from a New Zealand missionary when I was young man in Malaysia. Incidentally, I remember him fondly as I am much indebted to him.
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I think this back-and-forth is a big part of what makes Jan's lessons so valuable.
My assessment was not based on WASTING one's INHERITANCE. First, one can be prodigal with money no matter how acquired, so I did not expect your story to involve an inheritance. Also, I think "wasting" is too generic. "Prodigal" deals with foolishly or lavishly or recklessly SPENDING. Nothing in the story involved spending. Rather, Calvin's problem was that he didn't have any money to spend. When you say he "wasted a profitable income/money" you are using "wasted" in a different sense—to quit a job and therefore to not have money is very different than having the money and squandering it.
All that just to clarify my perspective.
However, having said that, I agree with you—as I agreed with Jan—that the ACTION in your story clearly alludes to the ACTION in the story of the Prodigal Son. So, yes, clearly, there is an allusion. So, PART of it worked, even for me. And I think it was a nice touch to cast Peabody as a father figure.
When I said "the allusion" didn't work for me, maybe I should have said "the lines" I pointed out didn't work. It just didn't make sense to me for Annabelle to call herself and Calvin prodigals when they had not been prodigal.
Remember, the definition you gave—and I have seen similar ones, if not the same one—is not a definition of "prodigal"; it's a definition (or explanation) of THE prodigal SON in the biblical story. After all the definition starts with "a wastrel who . . . ." You built your allusion on the part after the "who." I got hung up on the "wastrel" part. Even though the word "wastrel" is DERIVED from the word "waste," its MEANING (the one used in the "prodigal" definition) also keys in on SPENDING in a FOOLISH (or self-indulgent) manner.
So, that was my hang-up. Interestingly, although I don't remember anyone clearly, I have fuzzy memories of encountering people in Sunday School classes or elsewhere who didn't know what "prodigal" meant and who thought it had something to do with repenting after bad behavior. Ironically, the lines that didn't work for me would work for them.
Anyway, I just wanted to get Jan's and your reaction to my reaction, and I appreciate your both responding. It's clear you put a lot of thought into the allusion.
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things are gone." C.S. Lewis
"The chief purpose of life … is to increase according to our capacity our knowledge of God by all the means we have, and to be moved by it to praise and thanks. To do as we say in the Gloria in Excelsis ... We praise you, we call you holy, we worship you, we proclaim your glory, we thank you for the greatness of your splendor." J.R.R. Tolkien
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Thanks, again, Steve.
Your assessessments are always invaluable and intellectually challenging. I may not always agree on everything, but they do make me think. For this one, I'll settle for having gotten it partly right.
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Re: Be A Better Writer--ALLUSION
My allusion assignment:
(1) She eyed the well dressed man from head to toe; turning to her friend she whispered, "He'll do, but he's no Denzel Washington."
(2) The cold night air assaulted his shirtless body, yet, he stood there alone with job's patience.
Hope these are correct.
I have seen allusion in action several times, and have even use them while speaking....but this lesson helped me realize that I don't actually use them much in my writings. This is about to change. Thanks.
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Re: Be A Better Writer--ALLUSION
Amilli, thanks for adding your contribution to this thread.
I think your second allusion works quite well (although you want to be sure to capitalize "Job," lest someone think of it as the word "job" (like "career").
I know I said that an allusion can be to a person, but it's a little bit more abstract than just comparing their looks to someone else's looks, as you did in your first example. It's more like if you said about your friend, "George is no Einstein." This would create a train of thought in your listener that would go something like this: George isn't an Einstein...Einstein was very smart...she's telling me that George isn't very smart. But in your Denzel Washington example, you made the conclusion for the reader, by describing the man as well-dressed.
It'd be a better allusion if it were something like this:
She eyed the man, then turned to her friend and whispered, "He's no Denzel Washington."
There, you make the reader draw the conclusions. He's no Denzel Washington...Denzel Washington is very attractive...he's not even close.
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He was a member of the Dean's List each semester at the University, and earned the F.L. McDonald Postgraduate Scholarship from the Southland Conference, and was recently presented with the honor during the Southland Conference Awards Dinner held in Galveston.
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The meeting hosted by U.S. Rep. Daniel Webster, R-Winter Garden, and the Winter Haven city manager was stunning. The meeting opened with a voter calling out the hosts for not reciting the pledge. In addition, the police presence was overwhelming. One officer appeared in a full swat uniform. There appeared to be a dozen uniformed officers in and near the meeting. There was a strong media presence as well.
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Rep. Webster has not represented Polk County until recently. Voters should Google his 28 years in the state legislature and his brief congressional tenure to see if he represents their best interests.
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