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While scientists know that a superfamily of genes inside olfactory receptors is responsible for our sense of smell – we still don't know the mechanism behind the interpretation of odor molecules into a particular smell. A new study published in the journal Molecular Biology and Evolution has found a distinct gene pattern in the olfactory receptors of fruit-eating bats – potentially shedding some light on the mechanism behind our own sense of smell.
Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - 15:17
New research using fruit flies with Alzheimer's protein finds that the disease doesn't stop the biological clock ticking, but detaches it from the sleep-wake cycle that it usually regulates. Findings could lead to more effective ways to improve sleep patterns in those with Alzheimer's.
Friday, February 28, 2014 - 14:48
Cancer of the pancreas is usually not detected
until it's too late to cure. But precursor lesions that form in the
pancreas and its ducts can signal the disease before it strikes, and
when caught early enough, they can be prevented from progressing to become cancer.
A new study reports two breakthroughs in understanding those lesions and their role in pancreatic cancer: the development of the first mouse model that simulates a precursor lesion called intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasia (IPMN), and the identification of an enzyme, Brg1, that appears to help cause the formation of IPMN lesions while also suppressing another precursor lesion.
Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - 16:58
Colorado State University researchers are finding new ways to treat cancers in humans and pets, but they are doing it with a specimen not of those species: mice.
Monday, February 24, 2014 - 16:28
There is no biological cure for deafness—yet. We detect sound using sensory cells sporting microscopic hairlike projections, and when these so-called hair cells deep inside the inner ear are destroyed by illness or loud noise, they are gone forever. Or so scientists thought. A new study finds specific cells in the inner ear of newborn mice that regenerate these sensory cells—even after damage, potentially opening up a way to treat deafness in humans.
Friday, February 21, 2014 - 15:08
A new potential test for persistent Lyme disease uses an organism that's known to be good at picking up diseases: ticks.
Wednesday, February 19, 2014 - 14:15
Here's another reason to love a dog: our best friend is helping scientists identify the genetic variations that may lead to obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in people, according to new research. Because the human and canine versions are often similar — dogs may lick their paws to the point of injury while people may wash their hands until they bleed — the hope is these and other findings will help researchers develop new medications to treat the debilitating disorder.
Tuesday, February 18, 2014 - 15:08
Japanese researchers have confirmed for the first time an association in mice between a genetic mutation and the intractable autoimmune disease lupus erythematosus.
Friday, February 14, 2014 - 14:58
Temporary blindness heightens hearing and has potential as a therapy for some deaf people, animal research suggests.
Thursday, February 6, 2014 - 16:28
Adult zebrafish can replace bones when they lose a tail fin. Knowing how they do it might lead to better ways to treat bone fractures in people, researchers say.
Friday, January 31, 2014 - 15:23
An Irish scientist is trying to unravel the secrets of what we smell and how our noses evolved to aid survival. And she has come up with important answers by studying the sniffing skills of the bat.
Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 15:10
A new study on worms with a genetic mutation could play a role in developing personalized diets for humans.
Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - 16:32
Dennis Kim, associate professor of biology at MIT, spends his days carefully raising worms that are no bigger than a comma. The students in his lab feed them, watching them grow and multiply on petri dishes that sit in a plastic tub.
Then they infect the worms with deadly bacteria and watch them fight for their lives.
But as the worms die, humans learn how the simplest immune system can stave off a deadly infection while swimming in a world of bacteria.
Thursday, January 23, 2014 - 16:32
A team of Yale researchers says it has found a genetic cause of Tourette syndrome, a discovery that could lead to better medications for the hard-to-treat disorder.
Friday, January 10, 2014 - 15:13
New research in mice suggests that a molecule linked to clogged arteries might activate the immune system to the point where it harms the body. The findings may explain why clogged arteries, a condition called atherosclerosis, have been tied to autoimmune disorders, which develop when the immune system goes awry.
"The lesson from this study is that immune diseases are not always a matter of immune system alone," said senior study author Yeonseok Chung, of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. "With our findings, we have just started to understand how factors in the circulatory system impact the immune system."
Thursday, January 9, 2014 - 16:07
A faulty gene in mice may predispose some people with the same genetic defect to Type 2 diabetes, researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine have found.
Tuesday, January 7, 2014 - 14:35
Congratulations to the naked mole rat, which was recently named the Vertebrate of the Year by Science Magazine! Naked mole rats have carved out a reputation for healthy living; they can last as long as 30 years and stay healthy right up to the end-and that includes never getting cancer.
Thursday, January 2, 2014 - 15:28
For all the weird and wonderful diversity of the animal kingdom, at the genetic level many species have a surprising level of similarity.
As a result we can learn a lot about the inner workings of our own human cells by studying other animals, and not all of them are mammals as you might expect.
Tuesday, December 31, 2013 - 15:00
The tropical zebrafish is the unlikely hero in providing hope for a different future for Charlie who has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD).
Friday, December 20, 2013 - 15:53
New research by scientists in Germany - using a modified enzyme to kill HIV - is providing renewed hope that people living with the virus can be cured.
Thursday, December 19, 2013 - 16:41


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The inaugural 1999 vintage of Cobos Malbec received the highest score upon release for any Argentine wine. Since then, Paul and partners have grown their family of wines, which continue to receive even greater accolades. Cobos, Bramare and Felino offer three tiers of exceptional chardonnay, merlot, malbec and cabernet sauvignon sourced from Marchiori Vineyard and other select properties within Mendoza.
Bramare is an Italian word meaning "to yearn for" and represents Viña Cobos's middle tier of wines. Under the Bramare label, Viña Cobos showcases the Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay varietals. From slightly younger yet well-established blocks of the Marchiori Vineyard, the Bramare wines exhibit structure, concentration and complexity.
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Tottenham Hotspur Message Board
Last day dealings...deals done?
Can't say that AVB/Levy haven't been entertaining.
Rose to Sunderland on loan
VDV to Hamburg? (that's 10 goals and roughly as many assists per season gone)
Berba back?????? (I personally think he was a great player - and could be 10+ goals and 10+ assists if he plays - not sure how he fits with '...I want a single striker...' bit though)Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
Berkshire Yid Berkshire Yid Aug 31, 2012 23:52 Flag
Yeah SB but we now are without a play maker like Modric.
Levy slipped up again the revolution is becoming a joke already.
Im gutted all in all with what we brought in we needed a striker and a CB and a left back because of kaboul's injury and Defoe just dosn't cut it for me i think BAE is overated big time and needs replacing.
Instead we do what we always do and pack the midfield Levy seems oblivious to any other position in the team.
Mid table/Bottom half finish coming up.
not_blonde_really not_blonde_really Aug 31, 2012 21:36 Flag
Which by my maths*, makes it:
c. £30m for Modric
c. £10m for Rafa
c. £12m for Lloris
c. £7m for Dempsey
leaving c. £20m for Moutinho...
*only taking into account memorable amounts from the last few days
Berkshire Yid Berkshire Yid Aug 31, 2012 18:36 Flag
looks like we are gonna miss out on moutinho we cann't agree personal terms with him.
This stinks of levy being a miser again he has done this before on deadline day.
For the love of god just pay the man the money.
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not_blonde_really not_blonde_really Aug 31, 2012 21:20 Flag
Got him! Lloris is in!
That leaves 1 hr 42 to sign... 3 more players? Go on Danny, keep it interesting!
it happens every year. just like teams trying to sign a player who has already made 2 transfers that season.
i thought jenas was a permanant move.
but your right, it was just a loan move.
i thought jol might have gone for jenas or bentley.
why dont we go for dempsey. he can play in a few positions.
fulham want just 7m for him as he is in the last year of his contract.
he has turned down villa as he wants liverpool to sign him.
but im pretty sure he would come to us. he wouldnt have to leave london & he would be joining a better bigger team.
so come on levy, grab a 7m bargin in the way of dempsey.
or why not offer bentley,gomes or jenas as part of the deal.
& thrown in hudd on a season long loan.
john, lloris hasnt been a rumour for ages. both clubs have made official statements saying we have been negotiating for a few days now.
moutinho price agreed. but personal terms not agreed yet.
not_blonde_really not_blonde_really Aug 31, 2012 17:10 Flag
According to that link they didn't realise the 2 players on loan rule; I wonder if they might have been pushing for it to be a perm move by 'forgetting' that rule...
I get a feeling that someone at Spurs doesn't know the FA rules.
It was announced earlier that Rose had gone to Sunderland on loan, then a while later it was announced that Jenas was also on his way to them. They even showed him in his car leaving Spurs Lodge - saying that he'd have to get his skates on to get there and have a medical in time.
A few minutes later, they retracted and said the deal had fallen through. So either it was never on, or Spurs(and Sunderland for that matter) didn't know that you couldn't have two loanees at the same EPL club.
not_blonde_really not_blonde_really Aug 31, 2012 16:43 Flag
I'd LOVE for this to be true; while I'd rather he go somewhere he'll get pitch time this would be brilliant:
not_blonde_really not_blonde_really Aug 31, 2012 16:06 Flag
Tara Rafa, we'll miss you. People may argue that you didn't fit in our team, but undeniably a good player who put your heart into it.
All the best mate.
They're obviously behind the rumours, and it's stating the obvious, but the 'actual' done deals are still being reported here:
As at 16:00, Spurs are reporting:
VdV is actual
Rose is actual
Two Saints is actual
So three outs.
Lloris was shown on Sky at Spurs Lodge. So looks like that may have more than rumour to it.
Lloris is at the Lodge ( no deal yet )
Dos Santos a done deal
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AVON - French wine importer Peter Weygnadt will be pouring wine from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at vin48 in Avon today as part of the restaurant and wine bar's January tasting series.Peter Weygandt, of Weygandt-Metzler Imports, will pour 12 of his favorite French and Austrian wines in vin48's loft."We are thrilled to have Peter Weygandt here pouring," said Greg Eynon, wine director and owner of vin48. "This is a great opportunity to taste 12 wines from on of the top importers in the country."Since 1987, Weygandt has imported French wines and gained a national and international reputation for the quality of his selections and his portfolio of top "boutique" French wines. Peter Weygandt Selections are a near constant feature of top wine journals including Robert M. Parker, Jr.'s The Wine Advocate, The Wine Spectator, Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, and Burghound. Weygandt has been mentioned in articles in Time Magazine, The New York Times, and featured in Business Monthly and numerous times in various wine publications, most recently Food & Wine Magazine. In recent years he expanded his portfolio to include Italian, German, Austrian, Australian, Slovenian and Spanish wines, more than 120 producers in all."Wines with an extra dimension of character come from special winemakers - people of talent who work hard, but also have that extra feeling about what they do that comes through in their wines," Weygandt said. "Our main objective is finding these people from all around France, Austria, Germany, Italy, Spain and Australia."Weygandt focuses on bringing European wines to the market that are committed to sustainable, organic and biodynamic winemaking practices."The goal of all great winemaking is to, through the vine, express a wine's individual terroir, (the particulars of its geography) as unique characteristics of color, fruit and minerality, with purity and clarity, and in doing so provide pleasure," said Weygandt. "In this pursuit, many of our winegrowers employ organic or biodynamic farming systems that respect both the integrity of the land and the character of wines they produce."Charles Hays, vin48's chef and owner, will pair the wines with appetizers in the restaurant's loft above the wine bar.
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Phone Trouble: Why Germany, France, Mexico, Brazil Are Angry With U.S.
The disclosures about U.S. surveillance programs based on leaks from former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden have proven to be an embarrassment for President Barack Obama both at home and abroad.
Amid the damaging revelations, Mr. Obama last month pledged a review of procedures. "It is important for us to step back and review what it is that we're doing. Just because we can get information doesn't necessarily always mean that we should," Mr. Obama said, speaking to reporters at the end of a Group of 20 meeting in St. Petersburg. "There may be costs and benefits to doing certain things, and we've got to weigh those."
The statements built on a promise earlier in the month to overhaul key parts of surveillance programs at the NSA.
Here is a rundown of recent concerns expressed by foreign governments over spying reports.
Germany said Tuesday it believed U.S. intelligence may be spying on Chancellor Angela Merkel's cellphone, an intrusion that it said would constitute a "grave breach of trust" between the longtime allies.
Ms. Merkel called President Barack Obama on Wednesday and made clear that such surveillance among allies would be "fully unacceptable," her spokesman, Steffen Seibert, said in a statement released late Wednesday evening in Berlin. Mr. Obama assured the German leader that the U.S. isn't monitoring her communications, a White House spokesman said. It was unclear whether such surveillance may have occurred in the past, however.
Germany's foreign ministry summoned the U.S. ambassador Thursday, a spokeswoman said.
Germany's highly unusual statement and strong choice of words came as newsmagazine Der Spiegel was working on a story about U.S. surveillance of the German government, the publication reported on its website. Der Spiegel didn't say what sources its research was based on, but the magazine has reported a series of stories in recent months based on documents from Mr. Snowden.
"We are all outraged, across party lines," Wolfgang Bosbach, a senior official in Ms. Merkel's conservative party, told German radio.
Citing documents provided by Mr. Snowden, Le Monde reported that the agency collected more than 70 million French phone records between early December 2012 and early January 2013.
"This type of practice between partners is an assault on privacy, and is totally unacceptable," said French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius. Paris is seeking "tangible assurances" from the U.S. that the spying won't continue, a French official added.
The White House said Monday that Mr. Obama spoke with his French counterpart François Hollande and that the two "discussed recent disclosures in the press—some of which have distorted our activities and some of which raise legitimate questions for our friends and allies about how these capabilities are employed."
The statement said Mr. Obama "made clear that the United States has begun to review the way that we gather intelligence, so that we properly balance the legitimate security concerns of our citizens and allies with the privacy concerns that all people share. The two Presidents agreed that we should continue to discuss these issues in diplomatic channels moving forward."
A report by the German news magazine Der Spiegel said documents from Mr. Snowden indicate the U.S. gained access to former Mexican President Felipe Calderon's email system when he was in office. Earlier, a document dated June 2012 indicated the NSA had read now-President Enrique Pena Nieto's emails before he was elected.
Mr. Obama has promised an investigation into spying the U.S. reportedly did on Mexico's presidential email system, Mexico's top diplomat told reporters Tuesday. The White House said Mexico's concerns would be addressed as part of a broader examination of U.S. intelligence gathering.
In September, President Dilma Rousseff called off a U.S. state visit planned for October in reaction to allegations the Obama administration spied electronically on Brazilians, including the country's leader. A Brazilian television news program broadcast what it described as NSA slides it said were provided by Mr. Snowden that appeared to show spying both on Ms. Rousseff and on the state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA.
The allegations have strained American ties with Brazil, where an uproar prompted Brazilian hackers to retaliate against the U.S. space agency NASA and where lawmakers are taking steps to insulate the country's Internet from foreign spying.
Mr. Obama phoned Ms. Rousseff at the time and said he "understands and regrets the concerns disclosures of alleged U.S. intelligence activities have generated in Brazil."
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Two EPL Scenarios that wouldn't be So Outrageous??
So, obviously nobody in the Liverpool nation/world wants to see Suarez get sold to Arsenal, and Arsenal have been derisory, disrespectful, agitating, AND borderline in "breach" of EPL/FA/UEFA sanctions with the 40M +1 bid. That being said, as Loki pointed out, and most of us know/think, Arsenal are our most likely challenge if just aiming for 4th, along with Spurs, so sending him there, without Giroud, Walcott or Wilshere the other way, is a no go, and they won't pay 51M- 55M..
As it stands, outside of Madrid digging for loose sofa change, or maybe Bayern because of Pep / Pere Guardiola, I don't see where else in Europe he can go, or who wants this clown / circus. It got me thinking, that we've done it before, and possibly we could do it again.
IF, and it's a big IF.. Chelsea give up their chase for Shrek of 40M, and turned to us, offering 40M, plus Torres, I'd be hard pressed to not take it. Suarez is out for 6 matches, so he doesn't help them immediately. He helps them eventually become the favorites which many consider them now, and, while some may be doubtful of Torres, he's in his physical / and age prime, no injuries in 2 years, and I bet would burst into life at Anfield. Plus I think for our style and chances created, Rodgers could get 20 goals from in for 2-3 years, I really do. If not Torres, though I doub't they'd offer him, Lukaku, but he's a young star in the making..
That idea could also be applied for Man City too.. We're not competing with them, and while he'd make them stronger, they already have 4 borderline world class strikers, and I'd say we could ask for 35M + Dzeko and Sinclair, and call it a day.. In that sense, we'd get 2 quality players, one of the highest in Dzeko, and one keen to find his POY form from Swans 2 years ago, which would push Downing out.
Obviously these go against all logic and things we'd really not enjoy seeing, BUT, they aren't the worst options, and strengthen us w/ money to burn.. It CANNOT be ArsenalSort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
dsteer_lfc_68 dsteer_lfc_68 Aug 8, 2013 22:35 Flag
I'll put deals with players used as a makeweight aside as I don't usually like this way of doing business. However if either Chelsea or City came in for him and made a market rate offer I'd go for that way before any bids from Arsenal or Spurs, simply because in the near term they are not our direct competitors, while the North London clubs are. If either Spurs or Arsenal want him, they have have to pay a hefty premium, and even then I'm not sure its worth it.
I could defo go for the City option, but the Torres option? I think our style of play is more suitable to his game than the way Chelsea have played, but he's lost the pace that saw him burn off many a defender when he was with us. I still say it, but we could do no worse than Jordan Rhodes as a striker. He might cost 10 to 12, but he got what 29 goals in the league last year, plus he's young and fits the model. This kid is the new Shearer!
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Kinda makes you wish we'd gone for Negredo or Jovetic ourselves, and for whatever reason, City said they have no intention of selling Dzeko making him 4th choice, but often their best. I kinda feel for the guy. As for Torres, I think he may have lost a step, but the two biggest things he's lost are his confidence, and his predatory/instinctual nature..
Everytime you watch him play for Chelsea, since they he arrived there, he seems as if he's always caught in two minds, about whether to make a run, stop, go, lay a ball off, try and create, try to partner.. He's noticeably bigger and stronger, and certainly pacey enough, especially considering the support we'd have around him, and let's say it's 40M + him, we'd basically get him back for 10M, and have 40M to reinvest .. I much prefer him, or any of the other names from Europe, no disrespect to Rhodes, only as I see he'd need to make a step up and adjust for a year or two..
Still out there are Salomon Rondon, Luis Muriel, Leandro Damiao, Alessandro Matri, and again, my # 1 choice if I were able to spend money for us, Erik Lamela.. he's got it all man!


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Minnesota Act Sets Efficiency and GHG Goals while Boosting Renewables
May 30, 2007
Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty signed a bill on May 25th that establishes a goal for the state to cut its energy consumption by 25 percent by 2025. The Next Generation Energy Act of 2007 requires utilities and electric associations to set an annual energy-savings goal equal to 1.5 percent of their retail energy sales. The bill directs the state's public utilities commission to adjust utilities' performance incentives so they align with that annual goal and to establish a way to decouple utility profits from sales in a way that removes financial disincentives for utilities. Selling less energy usually means less profit for utilities, and so long as that direct coupling between sales and profits is in place, utilities are financially discouraged from helping their customers to save energy. To help utilities achieve their goal, the bill also sets a state goal of earning Energy Star labels for 1,000 commercial buildings and green building certification for 100 commercial buildings by the end of 2010.
The Next Generation Energy Act also sets the state's greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction goals at 15 percent by 2015, 30 percent by 2025, and 80 percent by 2050. The act gets the ball rolling on those goals by requiring a plan to meet the goals by February 2008. That plan must include a cap-and-trade system for carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. Until that system is fully implemented, the act prohibits utilities from building or buying their power from a facility larger than 50 megawatts in capacity that would increase greenhouse gas emissions (with some exceptions). The plan also expands the state's efforts to encourage community-based energy projects beyond wind power to include all renewable energy projects. See the governor's press release and the text of the bill, SF145.
In mid-May, the governor also signed a bill that requires any building that is constructed or maintained with state funds to consider using solar thermal or geothermal systems when installing or replacing their heating or cooling systems. The requirement also applies to privately owned buildings that are receiving state funds for replacing their heating or cooling systems. See the text of the bill, SF538.


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Week of Jan. 10, 2008
The Eagle County Commissioners gave conceptual approval to plans for a camp for children with chronic and life-threatening medical conditions. The camp was proposed eight miles up the Colorado River Road north of Dotsero and the operation was affiliated with the Hole in the Wall Camps, a nonprofit organization launched by actor Paul Newman.
Eagle officials were considering a consolidated Eagle Planning and Zoning Commission/Eagle Town Board public hearing process for the proposed Eagle River Station commercial/residential plan.
The Eagle Town Board slated a public hearing to consider setting up an Urban Renewal Authority - a mechanism planned as part of the Eagle River Station financing package.
Week of Jan. 9, 2003
After 24 years as Eagle County Coroner, Donna Barnes stepped down from the elected office. Barnes planned to serve as a deputy coroner to newly elected office holder Kara Bettis, in addition to continuing her nursing job at Vail Valley Medical Center.
Eagle County Assistant Administrator George Roussos left to take a new job in Hernando, Fla.
Vail Valley Medical Center's first baby of 2003 was Cooper Russell Treu. Cooper was born at 4:01 p.m. on Jan. 1 to proud parents Janine and Bryan Treu of Eagle. (Bryan is the current Eagle County Attorney.)
Longtime local Harold Koonce passed away. For 86 years, he was a vital member of the community, serving on many boards. For 30 years, the Koonce family operated a Chevrolet dealership in Eagle.
Week of Jan. 7, 1993
Eagle County planned a series of "visioning hearings" as the first step in revising the county's master plan.
Eagle resident Johnny Robertson submitted a historical recollection to the Enterprise. He recalled the time in 1936 when the Bull Pasture and Brush Creek Terrace subdivisions, as well as the Forest Service pasture and yard were all part of the Mayer Ranch.
Gypsum resident Ron Ryan presented a special program at the Eagle Library - a slide show featuring his exploration of caves in Guatemala.
In the Burns area, Rod, Jackie, Wes and Mary Schlegel hosted a New Year's Day sledding party. The Wahlers brought along their "widowmaker" sled.
Week of Jan. 6, 1983
The Eagle County Commissioners sent a letter to the Colorado Health Department voicing concerns about the mineral-tainted water emanating from the Eagle Mine at Gilman.
Enterprise correspondent Vern Seaman's "Eyeball News" column reported that there was some talk about changing the name of the Eagle Valley to "Rich Valley."
Vail "pioneer" Bob Parker shared some memories of the resort's early days. He noted back in the early 1960s, the town's nightlife was limited. Ice skating and broom hockey on local beaver ponds were the major forms of entertainment off the slopes.
Week of Jan. 11, 1973
County records showed the Kummer Development Corp. of Saint Louis, Mo., had purchased 1,795 acres of the J. Homer Jackson Ranch on Brush Creek. A spokesman for the corporation said development of a ski resort at the site was a possibility. U.S. Forest Ranger Don Price said a recreation development had been proposed on USFS land on Adam Mountain.
The Colorado Division of Wildlife was trapping and tagging deer in the Eagle to Edwards area as part of a wildlife migration study.
Colorado State Patrol Dispatcher Rolland Randall received a certificate of appreciation signed by Colo. Gov. John Love in honor of his 22 years of service.
Week of Jan. 10, 1963
District Court Judge William H. Luby presided at the swearing in ceremony for the newly elected Eagle County officials, including Sheriff Jim Seabry, Commissioner Jake Lucksinger, Clerk Tom McBreen, Assessor Clair Bertroch, Treasurer Vigil Williams, Surveyor Harold Rowbatham and School Superintendent Connie Morgan.
A Gypsum landmark - the Julius P. Oleson Store on the corner of First and Eagle streets - was torn down to make way for a new municipal building. Writer Alice Hazzard reported that at one time the store was an outfitting post for all outlying country between Burns and Sweetwater as well as the Gypsum community. Wagon trains once stopped there to pick up provisions for families and livestock.
Winners at the Eagle 12th Night skating contest included Jolyn Carter, Biff Long, Joe Clark, Sheryl Oleson, Sue Greve, Pam McCain and Tom Harris.
Week of Jan. 8, 1953
Tragedy struck the Cottonwood Creek area south of Gypsum when a fire claimed the lives of rancher Noble Stevenson, his wife and their two young grandchildren. Telephone linemen discovered the remains of the Stevenson cabin and the bodies of the victims. The cause of the fire was unknown.
Outstanding 4-H work earned Jo Anne Buchholz and Jack Whittaker trips to the National Western Stock Show.
About 100 adults and children gathered at a skating pond west of town for the first community 12th Night celebration. The event included ice skating and a Christmas tree bonfire. Organizer Dr. L.W. Simmons said he hoped the tradition would continue.
Week of Jan. 8, 1943
Local soldier Wyon L. Bonar sent a letter to the Enterprise from North Africa explaining how to take a "field bath" in the combat zone. "They are taken by crawling into your helmet linings with a canteen full of water and then you just have to do your best!"
For the first time in history, the First Bank of Eagle County passed the $1 million mark in business volume.
Soldier Bill Forester, son of Sheephorn ranchers Mr. and Mrs. Carl Forester, received three medals for bravery on the Southern Pacific front. He received the medals from General Douglas McArthur.
Week of Jan. 6, 1933
"The entire nation was shocked and saddened Thursday when the news was flashed over the wires that former President Calvin Coolidge had died at noon that day," a front-page Enterprise story reported.
Jail fixtures had arrived for the new county courthouse/jail in downtown Eagle. "Extreme cold water before the heating plant had been hooked up has caused some trouble with the finishing of the cement floors and the contractor is having to replace nearly all of the surfaces on the first and second floors of the building. However, this work will be completed rapidly and it is confidently stated that the new building will be ready for occupancy by the first of February," reported the Enterprise.
New Year's specials at the E.E. Glenn and Company Store in Eagle included three tall cans of milk for 20 cents and 8 pounds of lard for 75 cents.


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- NBA playoffs: Golden State Warriors vs. Denver Nuggets, Game 3 preview
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- Winning Game 2 eases pain for Warriors' David Lee
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OAKLAND -- If you were expecting Klay Thompson to take the humble way out, think again. He may be reserved, but he isn't shy.
When asked for his thoughts about coach Mark Jackson calling him and point guard Stephen Curry the greatest shooting backcourt in the history of the game, Thompson didn't have to think about it.
"I believe it," Thompson said before Thursday's practice at Oracle Arena. "Coach Jackson has seen a lot of basketball. So for him to say that means a lot."
Jackson's comments came on the heels of the Warriors' 64.6 percent shooting performance in their Game 2 victory at Denver on Tuesday night. Curry and Thompson combined for 51 points on 21-of-34 shooting, including 9 of 16 from 3-point range. The guards knocked down 483 3-pointers during the regular season, including a record 272 by Curry. And they did it while shooting 43 percent from deep.
Still, Jackson's comments proved to be a lightning rod as people starting comparing Curry and Thompson to all-time great shooters. The bigger lesson for the young guards, though, is that Jackson believes in them strongly enough to put himself out there like that.
"That's cool that coach Jackson has a lot of confidence in us like that," Thompson said. "I'd say we are because I've never played with a shooter like Steph. He's the best shooter I've ever seen. As your point guard, that's really rare to see. . . . I think we have the ability to be."


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Jordan Spieth turned out to be the star attraction Friday playing with Tiger Woods at Torrey Pines in San Diego.
Spieth again showed game well beyond his 20 years with a 9-under 63 on the North Course, giving him a one-shot lead over Stewart Cink going into the weekend at the Farmers Insurance Open. Cink drilled a 3-wood from 280 yards onto the green at the par-5 ninth on the tougher South Course for a two-putt birdie and a 1-under 71.
Woods rarely gets upstaged at Torrey Pines, where his eight professional wins include the 2008 U.S. Open. But in his first competition in six weeks, he shot a 1-under 71 on the North. Woods' only birdies came on his opening hole and on his sixth hole, a flip wedge to 4 feet, and he was nine shots behind.
It was the first time Spieth has played with Woods in a tournament, and the Texan played as if it was any other round on the PGA Tour.
"Any time you can shoot a lower score than a 66 or 65 and you can really get it deep and be in a zone and not worry about what your score is ... that's special," Spieth said. "That's proving that I can play my best golf when it matters on a PGA Tour venue. Each time you can do that, you get more and more confident that you can do it more often."
Spieth was at 10-under 134 and will be in the last group Saturday with Cink and Nicolas Colsaerts, who shot 67 on the South and was two shots behind.
"The kid's got talent," Woods said of Spieth. "He hits it a long way, phenomenal putter. He made a boat load of putts today from the 10- to 20-foot range. He putted with a lot of confidence."
That wasn't the case for Woods.
"I wouldn't say it's rusty," he said. "I was just a fraction off, and at this level and on courses like this, if you're just a fraction off it doesn't take much."
Meanwhile, Phil Mickelson withdrew Friday night because of muscle pain in his back. He had a 1-over 73 on the South in the second round, leaving him eight shots back.
Mickelson said after the round that he feared getting into bad habits by altering his swing to keep his back from hurting. This is his hometown tournament.
Mickelson is scheduled to defend his title at the Phoenix Open next week, then play at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am the following week.
Former Cal star Michael Kim missed the cut in his pro debut, struggling to an 80 on the South for a 150 total.
LPGA Tour: Jessica Korda took the second-round lead in the season-opening Bahamas Classic, birdieing four of her last seven holes in high wind for a 7-under 66. The 20-year-old was at 11-under 135 at Paradise Island's Atlantis Resort.
Pleasanton native Paula Creamer, playing alongside Korda, was a shot back after a 65. She drove left on the first hole and three-putted from 7 feet. She birdied 10 of the last 17 holes. "After that, I said, 'Let's go make some birdies.' And I did," said Creamer, winless since the 2010 U.S. Women's Open.
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SAN ANTONIO -- Warriors forward Harrison Barnes was named to the NBA All-Rookie first team, the league announced Tuesday. Then in Game 5 of the Western Conference semifinals, he went on to look like an All-NBA selection.
Barnes led the Warriors with 25 points on 10-of-18 shooting to go with seven rebounds in a 109-91 loss to the San Antonio Spurs. He had his 3-pointer and his midrange shot going, and his post game looked unstoppable at times.
"I didn't realize he could put the ball on the floor as much as he could," TNT analyst Kenny Smith said. "I didn't realize he had individual one-on-one moves. ... The NBA style of play and the way Mark Jackson has implemented him, the playoffs are a coming-out party for him."
Barnes has scored 25 points in back-to-back playoff games. The last rookie to do that was the Spurs' Tim Duncan in 1998. He is the third player under 21 since 1979 to score 20 points or more four times in a single postseason. The other two: Kobe Bryant and Magic Johnson.
"Hard to celebrate after getting pounded like we did," Barnes said.
He joined Portland guard Damian Lillard, Washington guard Bradley Beal, New Orleans forward Anthony Davis and Cleveland guard Dion Waiters on the first team.
"He was very excited," coach Mark Jackson said. "Told all of the guys in our first huddle. Everybody high-fived and hugged and dapped and acted as if it was them who got the recognition. This is a total team thing."
While Jackson welcomed the news of Barnes' first-team selection, it does require an adjustment on his part. He has talked nonstop about the Warriors getting snubbed from honors and recognition. But with Barnes being honored, his beef is mitigated.
"Yeah," said Jackson, who finished seventh in Coach of the Year voting, "I've got to work on another angle."
"Not really," said Curry, who scored nine points on 4-for-14 shooting. "I mean, it's sore, but I came in feeling good and was pretty optimistic about how I could play tonight. But it didn't go that way."
Curry, who sprained the ankle in Game 2 against Denver and again late in Game 3 against San Antonio, was limited in his movement in Game 4. He needed an anti-inflammatory shot before Sunday's game.
But Curry said he didn't need a shot this time because his ankle had responded well.
Curry said his ankle probably won't be 100 percent for the "foreseeable future." But he dismissed talk of offseason surgery.
"As of right now, no," Curry said. "I don't think it's been too much of a recurring issue, yet. Obviously, I've had two minor sprains in the last two or three weeks, but I'm not really in that mind frame. And the doctors don't think that's a situation we need to talk about now or hopefully ever."
"I think every time I've gone to him he's given us great minutes and has given us a boost," Jackson said. "I'm staying in contact with him, talking to him, seeing how he's feeling. And he's feeling better and better every day."


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I think the cat that wrote the article for the Racine Advocate just may have moonlighted as a hair stylist....Seriously, great stuff!
this may be of some local interest
An mgoguest post by Greg Dooley of MVictors.com.
For those who haven't read an eBay Watch post, it started in late 2006 when I wrote about the auction of a 1901 season pass. The idea is to take a piece of memorabilia and then delve into the season or player to which it's tied. For this special mgo-edition, I'll look at a recent auction featuring two items from an event held thirty years ago celebrating Michigan football's first century.
Chairman Schembechler
On September 8, 1979 folks gathered inside Crisler Arena to hear speeches from Michigan legends and see the unveiling of special display cases, designed by local artists, featuring memorabilia spanning the 100 year history of the football program. The eBay auction included a ticket and the program from this ceremony.
The cornerstone of the centennial celebration was the memorabilia exhibit and to ensure it was done right, a Schembechler was asked to run the show. Bo was plenty busy with his team so his wife, Millie, took the reins as chairman of the Display Committee.
I stopped by the Bentley Library to view the archives preserved from the event. Bo's better half scoured the university and wrote to fans, alumni and former players to collect unique Michigan football artifacts from over the years. Over 500 players who lettered prior to 1950 were contacted for help, and Millie visited the Pro Football Hall of Fame for guidance. In the end, the exhibition included 18 display cases and 160 slides covering the first century. According to the Michigan Daily, the collection was open to the public before and after each home game of the 1979 season.
The Ann Arbor club's debut
Another objective of the event organizers was to clarify what happened a century prior when a Michigan football team took the field for the first time. Thanks again to the Bentley Library we have some records on the 1879 team, including a team photo that reveals some righteous mustaches which almost draw attention away from the hats:
It was clear that the first game was played against Racine College, but there was some question as to when it was actually held. There was talk of having the teams meet in 1878 but ultimately the game was rescheduled for the following spring.
Data on the May 30, 1879 match, held at White Stockings Park in Chicago, is limited. A review of the Bentley records revealed an article (reproduced from microfilm) originally published in the Racine Advocate on June 7, 1879 that described the 1-0 Michigan victory. From the recap titled "RUGBY FOOT BALL - RACINE COLLEGE VS MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY":
Our Club [Racine] won the first "kick-off" and Mr. Parker sent the leather covered oval high in air and far over the field. There was a burst of applause from the grand stand which stilled as Campbell of the Michigan caught the ball, and at high speed rushed with it toward Racine's goal. From this time on our boys had the worst of it...
Through the first portion of play Racine had one gent with a "nose bleed" and another with a sprained ankle. Despite Michigan's dominance the game was scoreless. After a 15 minute break they resumed until the Victors prevailed:
In the second struggle the goals were reversed, and the same tactics were employed as before, the Ann Arbor Club on the offensive and our boys simply endeavored to defend their goal. Mr. Chase made an excellent catch from a Racine kick, placed the ball directly in front of the Purple's goal and Mr. D Tarr kicked the oval ball high and clean over our goal just as time was called. This ended the game in favor of Michigan...
No Offense, Fritz
Fast forward 130 years to last week's eBay auction. One of the items up for sale was a ticket to the centennial event which featured a couple major blunders, including one that must have caused a few attendees to grimace:
Yes, this happened. I don't know who chaired the Ticket Committee but calling the venue Chrysler Arena at the event celebrating the history of the football program is a major foul. It'd be one thing if this were a ducat for the annual Dance for Mother Earth Pow Wow, but come on. The topper? Fritz Crisler himself was an honored guest.
On top of the Chrysler misstep, you might have noticed that the ticket calls this the bicentennial banquet. The 200th celebration will be held seventy years from now at Rodriguez Pavilion and I'll see you there.
Sadly the program wasn't error-free either. Legendary player and coach Bennie Oosterbaan was referred to as Benny. The surname of Jackie Harbaugh, the mother of Ravens coach John and future U-M quarterback Jim, is spelled 'Harbough'.
Distinguished Guests
Besides Bo, Oosterbaan, and Crisler, the attendees were treated to a few words from legendary radio voice Bob Ufer. Just seven weeks later he would deliver the most famous radio call in Wolverine football history. Here's a 60 second taste [more at ufer.org]; note Ufe's recognition of the centennial at the end:
Also scheduled to be on the dais was Kip Taylor, the man who scored the first touchdown in Michigan Stadium in 1927. Taylor was actually injured in the game and never played again, perhaps choosing to rest up for a life of free drinks, back slaps and banquet speeches.
The night featured men representing several eras of Wolverine football who, according to the Daily, "tried to capture the gridiron highs and lows of their own certain ten-year period." From the program:
Here's a little bit on each man on the list:
For the full index of eBay Watch posts on MVictors, click here. If you've got a unique piece of Michigan memorabilia and/or ideas for a future eBay Watch post, I'd love to hear about it.
[Thanks for the help from Greg Kinney at the Bentley Library, Alex Prosperi at the Daily for the research, and Phillip Schneider who sent me the higher res images of the auction items.]
I think the cat that wrote the article for the Racine Advocate just may have moonlighted as a hair stylist....Seriously, great stuff!
Good stuff.
"...my sole function in the drama was to inflate the ball."
Wally used to tell stories in the "pre-game" portion of Ufer's broadcast. I missed one doozy of one, all I remember is that the following week Ufer had to read a statement on the air apologizing to anyone who was offended by Weber's story.
A thousand cocktails to the person that can produce that tape
Great work digging all of that up. For someone like me, who was born in the eighties, it's a fascinating look back at the history of Michigan.


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EAST HARTFORD — Former Wolcott quarterback Mike Nicol wasn't the starter for the National Guard All-Stars in Saturday's first annual CHSCA Hall of Fame Classic Military Bowl at Rentschler Field.
He understood the decision. After all, former Xavier standout and UConn recruit Tim Boyle was the other quarterback on the roster.
That didn't stop Nicol from being an integral part of the National Guard's 15-14 win over the Marines. His 45-yard run with 4 minutes left in regulation reversed field position and left the Marines with no real chance at rallying inside the final minute.
Thanks to that long burst, Nicol finished the day as the game's leading rusher. He tallied 62 yards on six carries, topping All-State-caliber rushers such as New Fairfield's Joe Pacheco, Cromwell's Derrick Villard and Platt's Justin Potts.
The stats weren't what Nicol took out of the experience, though. During the eight-day training camp, he got to work with Boyle to improve his own quarterbacking skills.
"I learned a lot from Tim," Nicol said. "I'm only two years into the quarterback game so I'm trying to learn every day. He's been teaching me things here and there and I tried to pick up things from some great coaches. It was a good experience."
WestConn's top crop: Nicol is one of several local players in Saturday's game who will be playing at Western Connecticut State University. Nicol will join the Colonials as a quarterback while Oxford's Brennen Diaz, who scored two touchdowns as the Marines' second-string signal caller, is slated to be a defensive back.
Housatonic's Mark Wildman and Woodland's Eric Collodel each recorded a sack for the National Guard. Wildman will play offensive guard at WestConn while Collodel is set to play in the defensive front.
"I started on the second string so I had to make a name for myself," Collodel said. "My WestConn coaches were here scouting me so I had to make them proud."
Woodland trio part of a dozen: Collodel, Jeremy Clark and Rahmi Rountree made up the three-man contingent of Hawks in the exhibition. Woodland was the only area school and one of just 12 in the state to have at least three participants.
The Hawks fell a game short of playing for a state championship at Rentschler Field last season. They suffered a 62-27 loss to North Branford in the Class S semifinals.
"It was about time I got to play here," Collodel said. "My first time at the Rent was an unbelievable feeling."
Clark, the No. 7 overall pick in April's draft and the first Naugatuck Valley League player selected, powered the Marines offense at center. He paved the way for Diaz's pair of 2-yard touchdown sneaks. He will play at Sacred Heart University in the fall.
"There were a few teammates on this team who are going to be on the offensive line at Sacred Heart next year, like Sean Merrill (of Sheehan)," Clark said. "I got to build some chemistry with them."
Coaches make an impact: Some of Connecticut's best high school football coaches patrolled Rentschler Field's sidelines Saturday. Ledyard's Jim Buonocore led the National Guard while Windsor's Robert Fleeting headed the Marines.
Woodland coach Tim Shea was the National Guard's offensive line coach. Cromwell coach Chris Eckert, the former coach at Wilby, as also on the National Guard staff while Sheehan's John Ferrazzi, a former Kennedy standout, was a Marines assistant.
Holy Cross' Myles Pompei-Grove, who will play middle linebacker at Curry College, said he learned more during training camp with the National Guard than any other time in his football career.
"The coaches were the best coaches I've had in my entire life," Pompei-Grove said. "The stuff I learned over the last eight days, specifically from Coach (Andy) Guyon and Coach Eckert, they helped me more than anything in my high school career."
Rounding out the locals: Naugatuck's Mick Pernell worked in the National Guard secondary. He originally planned on attending the Coast Guard Academy but decided to take on a post-grad year at Taft.
Ansonia's Raeshaun Finney and Jh'mel Trammell played with the Marines. Finney caught a 7-yard pass from Windsor's Quinn Fleeting while Trammell played outside linebacker. Finney is set to attend Lackawanna College; Trammell is undecided.
Crosby's Nygel Gladney was an inside linebacker for the Marines. He is also undecided for his college career. Derby's Dillon McMahon, a National Guard wide receiver, will attend UConn.
Southington teammates Nathan Bonenfant and Nick Spitz also teamed up for the Marines. Spitz will attend Salve Regina; Bonenfant is undecided.
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Not long ago, lift tickets were made of paper, and two-way radios were the trendy way to communicate with friends on Tahoe ski slopes.
Those days seem positively Jurassic in the instant-gratification era of social media.
At Tahoe and across the country, the rise of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, smartphones, radio-frequency identification (RFID) and GPS technology has set off an avalanche of innovative applications geared to attract, engage and retain customers. So crucial is social media to most resorts' brands and bottom lines that many have diverted marketing dollars away from traditional advertising outlets and invested instead in social-media managers, videographers and consultants.
The shift to social media has even spawned a technology festival, "Snowcial," geared to snow-sports enthusiasts and dubbed "Sundance for the Facebook generation."
"The ski industry is very involved in how technology affects our lives," says Milena Rigos, a Tahoe-based social media consultant. "Obviously, skiing is a very experiential sport in which people interact with their friends. Everyone has a cellphone on the mountain, so resorts have an interest in being mobile-optimized and having mobile apps where people can find out what's happening."
Leading the field is Colorado-based Vail Resorts, whose proprietary EpicMix social network, enabled by RDIF chips embedded in season and daily lift passes, is now entering its third year at Heavenly Mountain Resort and second year at Northstar California. Elements of the program will be introduced soon at newly acquired Kirkwood Mountain Resort.
The wildly popular platform, which so far has attracted more than 300,000 active users at Vail's Tahoe and Colorado properties, is an opt-in application that lets skiers and riders access interactive maps, track vertical feet, earn "pins" for accomplishments, compare stats with other account holders, share photos and keep track of friends' whereabouts on the mountain.
One of its most popular features is a photo-sharing application that allows pass-holders to download, save and share images taken by professional photographers stationed at key scenic points around the mountain. Images go straight into a guest's EpicMix account and can be viewed via the mobile app or online. Low-resolution images can be saved for free, while high-resolution versions can be purchased.
It goes without saying that EpicMix is fully integrated with Twitter and Facebook -- where Heavenly leads the snow-sports resort world with 128,000 "likes." An on-mountain racing feature and the ability for parents to create accounts for their children are being added this season.
"Ultimately, EpicMix is a relationship platform," says Rob McKinney, general manager for the program. "What we want to provide our guests is the ability to get the most from their mountain experience. It's really a social gathering place for our guests."
It's also a place for competitive-minded skiers and riders like Marius Grigorescu of South Lake Tahoe to earn bragging rights. Grigorescu, 36 and a native of Romania, is a cruise-ship waiter, personal trainer, author and snowboarder who started tracking his on-slope activity at Heavenly when EpicMix launched. He racked up 2.5 million vertical feet in 128 days on the mountain to earn the No. 1 snowboarding spot on the EpicMix "leaderboard," a kind of scoreboard where users' rankings are displayed.
"I get very competitive, and I like that posts can be shared on Facebook and Twitter," says Grigorescu, who has been training for another year of stat-building.
Not all Tahoe resorts have Vail's deep pockets, but all are engaged, in ways large and small, in the social media game.
Squaw Valley USA and sister resort Alpine Meadows last year launched mobile apps that allow guests to track vertical feet and on-slope speed among friends; take photos, put them in a logo "frame" and post them to their personal photo galleries or social media networks; and stay updated on snow reports and conditions.
Unlike EpicMix, which is tracked directly through lift passes and doesn't require a smartphone, the Squaw-Alpine apps are not tied to the RFID chips embedded in their lift passes. Instead, users open the apps on their phones and leave them running in the background to collect data while they go about their day on the slopes.
One of the Squaw app's most popular features, says Sean Kristl, the resort's marketing manager, is the ability to send push notifications alerting skiers and riders to specific lift openings and other events happening in real time on the mountain. The technology "also allows us to segment the market, sending one set of alerts to locals and another to Bay Area folks," he says.
"The goal is always engagement, " Kristl emphasizes, "whether we're talking Facebook, Twitter, YouTube or the mobile app. We're constantly looking at ways for people to get Squaw on their minds and to give them information they might not find elsewhere."
That's also the goal at Sierra-at-Tahoe, Boreal, Sugar Bowl and Tahoe's other smaller resorts.
"Each of us is independently finding our way," says Steve Hemphill, marketing director at Sierra. "We're definitely a little quirky here," he adds, pointing to a YouTube piece featuring two sandhill cranes having a dubbed "conversation" about ski passes. "We're all about fresh new content and compelling images that produce a smile and get people up here."
Not to be left out of the mobile app scene, Sierra tapped Treeline Interactive out of San Diego to develop a product that includes a GPS-enabled trail map, weather conditions, events and messaging capabilities.
Sugar Bowl also went out-of-house, hiring DotFreeride of Boulder, Colo., to customize a multimountain mobile platform that mirrors many of the functions available through Vail's EpicMix.
Like other resorts, Sugar Bowl is focusing on professional-quality videos (known in the industry as "ski porn"), Facebook and a few other social-media platforms. "Rather than cover all the bases, we let people know where we are socially and make sure our content is of the highest quality possible," explains John Monson, Sugar Bowl's director of sales and marketing.
Boreal Mountain Resort, the family-friendly, teen-centric ski spot on Interstate 80 near Donner Summit, does not have a mobile app, "the reason being that the cost to produce one is still up there, and we haven't found a compelling reason for it," says Jon Slaughter, marketing director. The resort does have a mobile website that is adding interactive functions, and has also brought on a full-time videographer to help promote Woodward Tahoe, the resort's new action-sports training facility.
With all that social networking going on around the lake, two products for ski resorts beg to be developed: cellphone charging stations and under-the-lift nets to catch all those smartphones dropped from frosty fingers.
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What: Fifth annual social media conference for snowsports enthusiasts
When: Feb. 27-March 2
Where: Heavenly Mountain Resort, Harrah's and Harvey's Lake Tahoe
How much: Early registration, $500, ends Dec. 1. Includes two half-day conference sessions and three days of skiing or snowboarding at Heavenly.
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Thats right Deep Roots Like Dirt 1972-78
Wow! Not uploaded any mixes for time so….
This selection comes straight from vinyl and showcases the dark, deep and militant roots that often gets over looked and under played.
I did this mix in the summer 11′ but failed to upload it due to sheer laziness. It only seems right to dedicate this selection to the memory of John Girling a friend and long time supporter of the Birmingham reggae scene. I know he would have loved this selection and feel sorry that he never got to hear it.
RIP Jon Girling (Zen, Obi 1)


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N.H. foreclosures down 23.3 percent in February
That's the latest sign of improvement in the state's real estate market. February also saw a 0.4 percent year-over-year increase in home sales and a 12.2 percent rise in median sale price, according to the New Hampshire Association of Realtors.
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12 Boozy Brunch Drinks For a Perfect Party
2 oz. Camarena Silver Tequila
½ of a lemon, quartered
8 mint leaves
1 tbsp. sugar-free sweetener
3 oz. soda water
Garnish: lemon wedge
Muddle lemon, mint, and sweetener in a cocktail shaker. Add tequila and ice. Shake vigorously and pour into a tall glass. Top with soda water and stir gently. Garnish with a lemon wedge.
4 oz. VOGA Sparkling Wine
2 oz. lemonade
½ oz. lemon juice
Splash of cranberry juice
Garnish: mint leaves
Combine all ingredients in cocktail glass filled with ice. Stir, and garnish with mint leaves.
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USC Upstate routs ETSU in regular-season finale
Published: Friday, March 1, 2013 at 3:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, March 2, 2013 at 12:12 a.m.
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. — Torrey Craig scored 26 points and Ty Greene added 17 to lead USC Upstate to an 88-56 victory over East Tennessee State on Friday night in an Atlantic Sun Conference game.
Craig hit three 3-pointers and Greene two in the opening 5 minutes, when the Spartans (15-16, 9-9) raced to a 17-5 advantage.
They led 39-25 at halftime, then started the second half by outscoring the Buccaneers (10-21, 8-10) 36-9 to increase their margin to 75-34 with 8:42 to play.
The Spartans clinched the No. 5 seed in the A-Sun tournament and will play No. 4 seed Jacksonville in the first round at 2:30 p.m. Thursday in Macon, Ga.
The 32-point final margin represented ETSU's worst conference defeat since joining the league in the 2005-06 season.
"We have been struggling on a variety of fronts and tonight we played really good basketball," USC Upstate coach Eddie Payne said. "We played good possession basketball, we never got in a hurry and we worked the ball well and I thought that paid off for us."
Craig also had nine rebounds and Babatunde Olumuyiwa eight for the Spartans, who had a 42-29 advantage on the boards.
Hunter Harris scored 13 points for ETSU, and senior Jarvis Jones, the Buccaneers' leading scorer at 16.2 points per game, had 12 in his final home game.
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DOE Awards up to $12 Million to Support Drop-In Biofuels
DOE announced on August 31 that it would invest up to $12 million to fund three small-scale drop-in biofuels projects in Illinois, North Carolina, and Wisconsin. Drop-in biofuels are fuels that can supplement or directly replace existing gasoline, diesel, and jet fuels. The projects seek to accelerate research and development that will lead the way toward affordable, clean alternatives to fossil fuels and will diversify our nation's energy portfolio.
Using innovative thermochemical processes, the projects will help improve the economics and efficiency of turning biomass into biofuels and other products. These processes use heat and catalysts to convert biomass, in a controlled industrial environment, into liquid and gaseous intermediates that can then be chemically converted into fuels and other products. The funding further diversifies DOE's research and development portfolio in a breadth of fuels and chemicals derived from domestic cellulosic biomass, such as grasses, wood, and agricultural residue.
Selected recipients include LanzaTech of Roselle, Illinois, which will develop a cost-effective technology that converts biomass-derived ethanol into jet fuel using catalysts, thus driving down fuel cost; the Research Triangle Institute of Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, which will integrate a thermochemical process that produces a bio-crude intermediate from biomass with a hydroprocessing technology that upgrades the bio-crude into gasoline and diesel; and Virent Energy Systems, Inc. of Madison, Wisconsin, which will convert biomass into oxygenated chemical intermediates using an innovative thermochemical technology and will then upgrade the intermediates to a hydrocarbon. See the DOE press release and the DOE Biomass Program website.


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Energy Secretary Steven Chu Highlights Grand Opening of Natural Gas Fueling Station in Omaha
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu issued the following statement celebrating today's grand opening of a public compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station in Omaha, Nebraska. Funded in part through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the station is the first public CNG station in Nebraska.
"This project illustrates how the Recovery Act is supporting the President's goal to reduce oil imports by one-third by 2025 and advancing clean energy technologies that can strengthen our nation's competitive edge," said Secretary Chu. "By expanding the use of alternative fuels such as natural gas, this project will increase our nation's energy security while reducing carbon pollution and lowering fuel costs for American businesses."
The Omaha opening is part of the larger Metropolitan Energy Center's Midwest Region Alternative Fuels Project, which was awarded $15 million in Recovery Act funding through DOE's Clean Cities initiative. The initiative invested a total of $300 million under the Recovery Act in the 25 Clean Cities alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicle projects. The partners in the Midwest Region Alternative Fuels Project include several city governments in Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska school districts, universities, and local businesses, which together contributed $16.7 million in cost-shared funding.
When completed, the project will deploy approximately 350 alternative fuel vehicles and install or upgrade 29 alternative fueling or charging stations. The public CNG fueling station that opened today in Omaha will be operated by I-80 Fuels and will allow both fleets and individuals to fill their vehicles with this alternative fuel. Overall, the project is expected to displace more than 548,000 gasoline gallon equivalents per year and annually reduce more than 848,000 pounds of greenhouse gas emissions. It will also help local businesses support the use of alternative transportation fuels that diversify the nation's energy resources. For example, Happy Cab—an Omaha company—plans to save more than $130,000 a year on fuel by converting 50 taxi cabs to burn natural gas under the project.
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Set 1: Lie in Our Graves, Sattelite, Too Much, The Stone, Crush, Dancing Nancies
Set 2: Gravedigger > Grey Blue Eyes, Dodo, Trouble, Up and Away > Stay or Leave, Solsbury Hill, Tell Me Something Good, Baby, Up On Cripple Creek, Some Devil, Oh, Spanish Moon, Superstition, American Tune, So Damn Lucky, Save Me
Encore: Too High, Hey Bulldog
Notes: Emmylou Harris & Spyboy opened. The first set was performed acoustic by Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds (no Trey).
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I will not ever, ever get tired of that Heisman shot of Robinson.
this may be of some local interest
Dear Diary,
Hello, I'm Misopogon. You may remember me from such entries as "The Decimated Defense," "Tate's a Quarterback, Yo!," and "Can I Get a Hero Up in Here?" It is my intention, Diary, to each week give you the latest and greatest in user-generated content from MGoBlog's Diaries section.
Tim used to do this feature, but with his permission, and because I'm the guy editing them anyway, I am taking over. This will again be a regular feature, probably on the weekends. They will also be shorter – this one's an extended edition to fill in everything that's happened since the last Dear Diary.
So - ahem - Dear Diary,
Allow me to catch you up on all of the history that's happened in the interim:
Back in late July, mankind was entering the 2010 season with a sense of wonder as his technology went from the Stone Age (when man could only throw rock), to the Bronze Age, then the Iron Age, The Steel Age, and finally that fateful day that MCalibur announced we had entered a true Dilithium Age.
In these kind days, the world was writ in poetry, and Rich Rod was building a new civilization (Blazefire). But whenever we seemed about to return from our long Odyssey (Mustaches4Michigan), some Angry Michigan [Position]-Hating deity or another would strike man down again (via – who else? - Shredder):
Aye, Rome fell, but thanks to MGauxBleu, it will not be forgotten.
(way more after the jump)
Things got pretty bleak, Diary, and everyone got pretty busy. You see, formerlyanonymous wrote this thing called Inferno-Canto, and rather than reading it in installments (I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X and XI), I saved it all up then dedicated all of August and September to catching up. I'm now on the part where John Wayne transforms into a Korean girl:
…and we ascend to the final circle of hell (where I imagine we are given Obi Ezeh and told to tackle Denard Robinsons over and over again -- Owait: Denard plays for us! [pinches self]).
With the emergence of Denard, Rome was Born Again (Coach Schiano), and a few MGoArtists, caught up in the spirit of the times, went beyond the medieval Paint tradition to herald a new age of artistic greatness. They were all front-paged individually, but here's a Louvre worth of MGoMasterpieces:
The Mathlete made perhaps the single most useful chart in MGoHistory (above). It looks kind of like Michigan's helmets, and also tells people who coach Denard Robinsons when to go for it on 4th down.
MCalibur got bumped so hard for his Blue Moon, Redux, which looks at turnovers and decides Michigan 2010 will get better by not being ridiculously unlucky, and Iowa will be worse by not being ridiculously lucky (MCalibur also created a new, better way to calculate QB play, and produced this while fall-down drunk, in case you were wondering if the Lady of the Lake, clad in the purest shimming Samite, actually held aloft this guy's brain from the bosom of the water.).
Enjoy Life took this turnovers stuff one step further with a three-part study of turnovers and how they affect the game, following up each subsequent week of the season.
Six Zero completed his off-season series of interviews with this site's most prolific bloggers, concluding with a one-on-one with the MGo-man himself.
Next, larsonlo created a revolution in education with his Football Fundamentals series of online courses. To get your degree, the courses are available below:
And Misopogon (that's me!) tried to allay fears about Free Safety by going on a Campbell-ian hero journey of the postion's recent past. In Act II all went to hell, then Act III was posted mere minutes before the start of the season, and (despite the lack of Ewoks) nobody read it.
That's okay; it's still incomplete and outdated because it's got a lot of stuff about Vlad Emilien's speed in there and he doesn't play for Michigan. An update with 100-percent more Vinopal is in the offing.
Then the Big~Ten annexed Nebraska (M-Dog makes a funny), and touched off the War to End All Wars over conference realignment, the bloodiest front being the attempt by Huns to make Michigan-Ohio State a non-counting game in early October that's played six times per decade (or at least that's what the propaganda said). Yet from among this Lost Generation who fought in the darkest days of the Great War would flower some of the greatest literature of the age, e.g. Coach Schiano-emingway's Memories of The Game, in which two titanic programs faced each other every November, and then it rained.
jajaja23 brought an MGoNation back from the brink by hacking into Goggle Wave and bringing us a five-part series of conversations between our coaches and players:
And then, when Hal-like irreverence wasn't enough to break the malaise, saveferris went with Mario (obligatory Infinite Jest reference of the week) by reminding us there are things about this program that transcend recruiting, turnovers and wins, like a man walking.
That about catches us up to the present day. If you want to know the future, Diary, talk to the One Who Knows. I'm moving on to Indiana week.
On Monday, Meeechigan Dan used his diary called Two Face to compare OSU and Michigan's offensive talent:
…against performance, the key being that despite a notable disparity in guru rating for our respective starters, we wouldn't want to trade our offense for theirs. Obviously, RR can coach offence, so Dan asked the potent question on every Wolverine's mind: "If he can coach the O, why not the D?"
In came resident MGoCoach steve sharik with a speculative, albeit intriguing answer:
I believe that Coach Rod loves offense and wants to run a program and coach offense at the same time. I believe that he was overly concerned about installing his offensive system when he got here more than building a total program. You can see it in practice priorities and you saw it in recruiting priorities, and I believe you saw it in hiring defensive assistants.
I believe that the most successful head coaches are managers, not coordinators who completely delegate one side of the ball. To make the next step from great coach to Hall of Fame coach, I believe Coach Rod needs to let go of the offense and let his excellent assistants (McGee, Smith, Dews, Jackson) run that show.
The other comments for M-Dan's diary are well worth your time.
For sparking the most interesting debate in awhile, and for that thing where Brutus gets punched in the kisser, Meeechigan Dan (three e's) is your Diarist of the Week.
Some excellent diaries were posted this week to get you ready for Indiana. BlueSeoul's Scouting Indiana (in brief), which includes the image above, gives us a preview of the Pistol Offense they run, as well as the Hoosiers' 3/4 defense and kind of silly new uniforms (on this: wait 'till you get a load of the Spartans' new duds).
For stat-heads, Enjoy Life put together his weekly National Rankings Update, etc., which if you're not statistically inclined may look like an airplane cockpit. In slightly more comprehensible numbers was mistersuits's bumped Our Defense, Their Offense – numbers offer hope!, which basically states that our offense being a constant (really good) against anybody, the power and execution of opponents' offenses will determine those games.
Some users this fall (including some mentioned above) have begun regular weekly series to add to previews, UFR, etc.
MGoDiarist Extraordinaire The Mathlete, caretaker of the holy database, doles out the PAN (points above normal) to predict bloodshed:
This should be another bloodbath on the ground. No matter how you slice it, Michigan is really good at running the ball and Indiana hasn't been great at stopping it and they have played some terrible teams. Based on the numbers this is projected to be between a 9 and 15 point advantage for Michigan.
Diary, don't tell anyone, but one day I plan to hack The Mathlete's computer, steal this database, and use it to write the definitive predictive model for recruiting classes based on star rating. I would then sell it to jamiemac, who would use it to predict the score of every college football game to within 3 points, and we would make a fortune, which we would then use to take over the world. Once we own Earth, we will all get large TVs and awesome cars and make Buckeyes feed us grapes…
Oriental Andrew's "Down with OPP" takes us to our next opponents' press conferences. User monuMental (pictured) uses his artistic voyez to paint your desktop. And for you fans of bad football, stubob's Ugly Game of the Week gives you the full rundown of upcoming pillow fights. jamiemac has the take from the guys with the financial incentive to be more accurate than a Freep columnist.
User danross asks if Michigan's start to 2010 is the best 4-game offensive performance in modern Michigan history (spoiler: it is). Drakeep's Whoa! Not So Fast My Friend: Indiana and Rash's two-part series on Tempo-Free stats attempt to find a superior situational offensive proficiency stat to red-zone efficiency. West Texas Blue shows why Will Campbell is actually kind of exactly on track to be good (damn you burned redshirt). Wonk says true freshmen can punt, so long as they can punt and/or own space empires. And JLo interviews a guy from ESPN about getting video online, how the network skates around gambling, why LeBron's thing was aired (spoiler: it's $$$) and Erin Andrews's understanding of the Internet.
Keep penning 'em, carcajous. And if you're wondering why your commas are suddenly in strange places while "it's" and "its" are used appropriately, that was me.
I will not ever, ever get tired of that Heisman shot of Robinson.
Diary, don't tell anyone, but one day I plan to hack The Mathlete's computer, steal this database, and use it to write the definitive predictive model for recruiting classes based on star rating. I would then sell it to jamiemac, who would us it to predict the score of every college football game to within 3 points, and we would make a fortune, which we would then use to take over the world. Once we own Earth, we will all get large TVs and awesome cars and make Buckeyes feed us grapes…
Except maybe the part about the grapes...
Once we own Earth, we will all get large TVs and awesome cars and make Buckeyes feed us grapes…
Pure poetry.
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I realize all of the time (since July) that it took me to read and react to all of this board material when it was originally posted.
You provide the perfect summary and insights. To make matters worse you eliminated all of the bullshit that made my head(s) hurt.
Great work!!
To win Diarist of the Week against that competition is like a blubbery but irrepressible Rulon Gardner defeating Karelin a decade ago and proof that adolescent pictures describing a "dork" can win out against arithmetic treatises in today's day and age.
I humbly accept the prize of 5000 mgopoints!
around the room. Nice work, gentlemen. Let's meet back here in five and prepare for victory.
just make sure they wash their hands first. lord knows where they have been......
maybe its the bier.
just make sure they wash their hands first. lord knows where they have been......