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Quality Education in the Benedictine Tradition
List of degrees & schools: High School Technical Diploma in Accounting—I.T.C.S. Caio Plinio Secondo, Como, Italy; B.S. Mathematics—Università di Torino, Turin, Italy; Ph.D. Mathematics— University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.
Originally from: Italy
Courses taught: Calculus I, Calculus II, Calculus I, Calculus III, Abstract Algebra I, Abstract Algebra II, Mechanics: Statics, Mechanics: Dynamics.
What I like about Saint Vincent: Everything, from the campus, to the students, colleagues, administrators, staff, and the monastic community. It is a pleasure to come to work! My favorite part is probably that I can take a break and walk to church whenever I want.
Memorable moment: Meeting Pope John Paul II with my wife at the beginning of Jubilee Year.
What most people don't know about me: I am taking theology classes in the seminary.


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Kahului Airport and Maui Memorial Medical Center will get the largest chunks of state money for Maui County from Gov. Neil Abercrombie's release last week of more than $44 million for various capital improvement projects state-wide, according to an announcement from the Governor's Office.
The state Department of Transportation will receive more than $8 million for additional design costs for structural improvements and long-term rehabilitation to Kahului Airport's main 7,000-foot runway.
Early this year, the department held public informational meetings to review alternatives to repair the airport's 70-year-old runway. Plans for a major overhaul of the runway stemmed from a 2009 notice by the Federal Aviation Administration that federal funds would no longer be available for piecemeal patching of the runway's deteriorating surface.
The department announced three options to make repairs - the least costly at $47 million would not allow wide-body jet landings for eight to 10 weeks; another option costing $66 million to $84 million would not permit large jet landings for three weeks; and a final option with a price tag of $110 million to $134 million would have no aircraft landing restrictions.
The most expensive option was overwhelmingly preferred at a public meeting in January. No decision has been made on which option will be adopted, and no timetable for a decision was given by Derek Inoshita, spokesman for the state Transportation Department, on Wednesday.
In other money released by the governor, Kahului Airport also will get $350,000 in additional design funds to reconstruct the Taxiway A apron.
Abercrombie released $3.3 million for Maui Memorial to design, construct and purchase equipment for the renovation of the hospital's Imaging Department treatment rooms, physician's offices, patient care and public areas, and to accommodate new and replacement imaging equipment.
The improvements will maintain patient privacy and upgrade care, the Governor's Office said.
In other funding:
* Baldwin High School will receive a portion of $3.5 million released for schools statewide for design, construction and required works of art for upgrades needed to meet Americans With Disabilities Act requirements. Projects may include modifications to walkways, ramps, parking stalls, elevators, building interiors and exteriors to make them legally accessible.
* Piilani Highway, $306,000 for additional construction to widen Ohukai Road on both approaches to the highway. The project will include constructing left-turn storage lanes and relocating existing streetlights, guardrails and wheelchair ramps.
* Hana Highway, $253,000 for additional construction of a second phase of a project to remove overhanging, protruding and unstable rocks from the slopes above the highway to prevent falling rocks from injuring motorists.
* Honoapiilani Highway, $96,000, with $864,000 in federal funds, for construction to upgrade highway lighting and improve traffic safety on the highway's intersections with Kaanapali Parkway and Halelo Street.

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Kissimmee police said they have made two arrests in connection to several videos showing students brawling near Kissimmee Middle School.
Watch: 'Fight club' videos posted online
On Thursday morning, a 14-year-old boy at Kissimmee Middle School and a 16-year-old boy from New Beginning were arrested. They have been charged with disorderly conduct.
The Kissimmee Police Department has also filed affidavit of prosecution summaries on two additional students.
Officers said most of the brawls have happened along a bike path that runs behind the school. They've put a patrol in place to prevent further fighting.
The violent videos were posted to YouTube and Facebook.
WESH 2 News will not show the faces of the students involved because of their age.


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Every year, the Recording Academy chooses a recipient for its annual MusiCares Person of the Year award, in honor of a musician's creative achievements and charitable works.
When it was announced that this year's honoree would be four-time Grammy winner Carole King, whose 1971 seminal album Tapestry has sold over 25 million copies worldwide (and who is the subject of a current Broadway musical called Beautiful), PEOPLE asked if Alicia Keys could say a few words about King, 71, whom she considers both an inspiration and a friend.
Keys, 32, herself a 14-time Grammy winner who is currently up for the R&B album of the year, readily agreed.
When I think of Carole King, I think of one of the most significant inspirations of my life. She is pure, powerful and one of the greatest songwriters of all time! I swear when I sit down at the piano to sing and play "Natural Woman," I can only daydream about the moment in her life that ignited what I would call a perfect song. It gives me chills.
She reminds us that a woman alone at a piano can be as powerful as a 30-piece orchestra or an electrifying rock band. Her legacy is enduring and her albums will be passed down to generations almost as a rite of passage.
Carole and I are connected in so many ways – growing up in New York, discovering music at an early age, and our shared desire to find a deeper truth about life on the keys of a piano. I am so grateful to her for all, the inspiration she's given me, I'll never be able to thank her enough. And when I think about the fact that I can call her a friend, I almost faint!
For more of Alicia Keys's heartfelt tribute to Carole King, see the Grammy Insider section in the new issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands now
Alicia Keys: Carole King Almost Makes Me Faint
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HX106S13 Picture Perfect
Flirty photographer Kody Knight knows how to work all the angles to get the shot he wants and when he sets his sights on the Luke Allen he sees a master piece of ass in the making. Kody uses his camera to undress Luke and capture the teen's trademark bright smile. To get Luke hard for the money shot Kody takes things into his own hands (and mouth) by going down on the tan twink. The picture perfect boys proceed to make love to the camera for a photo finish worth a thousand words. Starring: Kody Knight, Luke Allen
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HX105S73 Gimme the Towel!
Dustin Gold forgot to bring a towel to Ryker Madison's place and after taking a shower he finds the flirty twink holding the extra towel hostage. Ryker teases Dustin and tempts him out into the bathroom where he kisses the clean young stud all the way down to his impressive 8.5 inch cock. Dustin pulls on a condom before shoving his thick dick into Ryker's smooth ass for some erotic and hard pounding bathroom sex. They fuck standing up until Dustin moves Ryker to the floor to finish off the moaning boy. Starring: Ryker Madison, Dustin Gold
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HX105S77 Don't Tell Anyone
Secrets are only safe when you don't tell anyone. New boy Zac Stevens is fretting that he'll get in trouble at work after an intense car make-out with co-worker Evan Parker and he is desperate to maintain his innocent boy-next-door image. Evan reassures him that no one will find out about their office affair if they keep the secret between them. The boys proceed to head back to Zac's place to fuck the work day away in a carefree co-worker love romp. Starring: Zac Stevens, Evan Parker
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Randy Blue - Straight Ginger Stud, Seth OMalley shoots his load
Seth OMalley is sweet kid. He is a personal trainer, but has always had a secret desire to get into gay porn. He has spent a lot of work on his hot muscled physique and he wants to show it off. This straight red head started by getting naked. Then this hot nude man pulled out his hard cock. He began to stroke it. Soft at first, but then started to pick up the pace. Then he flipped over so he could show off his hot pink butt hole. He smacked his ass and moaned out in pleasure. This straight boy really wanted to get off. He walked over to the window and began to go to town on his cock. He jerked it harder and harder until he shot a huge white load all over the floor. This straight ginger really knows how to put on a good show. Be sure to check out the free gay porn trailer here at Randy Blue.
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Cocky Boys: Tayte Hanson and Joey LaFontaine! | Tube Clip
After winning an exclusive CockyBoys contract, Tayte Hanson already seems like a pro in front of the camera. It usually takes guys a little while to fully transition their sexuality to the screen, but Tayte is a rare exception. The camera absolutely loves him, and he loved pounding the dark and handsome Joey LaFontaine in return.
Tayte's an extremely vocal guy when it comes to sex so he loved taking the reigns on Joey and finding out exactly what turns him on. The more shy and reserved type, Joey said in a quiet French accent that he likes getting fucked gently and Tayte knew exactly what to do. After some rimming, sucking, and two minutes of sitting on his cock, Joey had already blown his load!
Tayte still had to get off, though, and Joey was determined more than ever to help him get there. So he got down on all fours and let Tayte go as rough as he wanted. Though they both came at different times, Tayte and Joey's chemistry proved that passion is what really counts!
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Cocky Boys: Colby Keller Plows Dillon Rossi! | Tube Clip
Dillon Rossi has a smile that really lights up the room, and he was grinning from ear to ear every second he spent with Colby Keller. He and Colby are very different in terms of personality -- Dillon is the simple, modest type while Colby is more the outgoing aggressor -- but together they had some amazing chemistry.
Dillon said right off the bat that Colby's cock was one of the biggest he'd ever seen, and Colby was eager for him to get to work on it. After receiving one of the best blowjobs of his life, Colby couldn't stop telling Dillon how tight he felt around his finger. But before he plowed him, Colby wanted to get a taste of Dillon's own thick cock as well!
Nobody makes the kind of sounds Dillon makes when he's getting fucked, and Colby granted no mercy. Dillon's voice was cracking and everything! After getting drilled in every position imaginable, Dillon finally came after Colby slowed down and passion-fucked him missionary style. Colby rewarded him nicely with a huge facial that seemed to never end!
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Cocky Boys: Connor Maguire & Jake Bass Flip-Fuck! | Tube Clip
Jake Bass is back and this time he's bringing fresh meat with him. Meet Connor - God's gift to the gays. Conner is THE definition of "adorable muscle cub" that you just can't take your eyes (or hands) off of. With a solid muscular body, a smile that lights up the room, a rock hard massive cock, and a bubble butt,
Connor is just trouble waiting to happen. And we all know Jake - he just loves to get into trouble!
Jake was not shy to admit that Connor is exactly the type of guy he usually goes for so it's no surprise that the chemistry between these two is off the charts. As soon as Jake starts sucking Connor's dick you can tell from Connor's expression on his face that Jake is definitely doing something right. The passion is raw and the dicks are rock hard! They don't waste much time on sucking though because both were eager to fuck each other. First, Jake lays on his back with his legs up in the air as Connor plows into him while holding on to Jake's underwear and drilling even harder and faster into Jake's ass. The sight of Jake's rock hard cock gets Conner excited so he decided to ride it for a while before bending over to take it doggy style. And then it's back to Jake as he sits on top of Connor. He rides that dick so hard that he shoots all the way onto Connor's face who - just a few seconds later - covers his own chest with his huge load. By the looks of it, Connor is going to be back very soon!
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Helix Boys - Zac & Scotty Show 2
Meet Zac & Scotty, Helix's sexy Southern boyfriends and resident documentarians capturing all the Behind the Scenes drama of life at Helix Studios. Onset and around the Helix Mansion the teenage twinks investigate everything to give you the inside look at all the happenings around Helix Studios. Starring: Scotty Clarke, Zac Stevens
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Helix Boys - Picnic With the Crush
Liam Riley and Evan Parker are having an adorable afternoon enjoying a picnic in the park. Something about the warm summer sun has the two cuties crushing on each other and when the flirting turns to an invitation back to Evan's apartment Liam decides to indulge himself. The two dream boys complete a perfect day with an intimate evening in each other's arms. Starring: Evan Parker, Liam Riley
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Helix Boys - Bumfuck Nowhere
Roughing it in the woods has brought the Bumfuck Boys together and made this twink and jock motley crew into unlikely friends. As they sit around the campfire trading laughs the wood isn't the only thing getting hot. While the animals howl in the night, these smooth and sexy boys let their own wild side out of the cage in Bumfuck Nowhere.


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An ugly girl that gains weight seemingly overnight: going from being as ugly as a Minotaur to looking like a pregnant Minotaur: hence Pregnotaur.
The Pregnotaur IMd me or Holy crap! Noel is a Pregnotaur.
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A girl that suddenly gains a massive amount of weight from out of the blue, creating an assumption of preggers, possibly one of a pregnant dinosaur and/or minotaur. Excessive ugliness added to such a state can also lead to centaur allusions.
wow... Is Noel Pregnotaur?
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A sweatshirt without a hood. A hoodie without a hood.
Nice noodie!
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A sweatshirt without a hood. no hoodie = noodie. also called a sweater by the old people.
Damn gurl that's one nice college noodie you're wearing, can i get yo numba?
av Moira peterson 11 juni 2010
What dumb girls in Zeeland call hoodless sweatshirts. Rather than just saying sweatshirt so they look cool.
"Hey cool noodie, where did your mom get it Kmart?"
av crewneck 8 januari 2013
A sweatshirt without a hood. Often called a nood.
Broseph, so I was chillin' yesterday, just staring at my sick flow, and I remembered that I forgot my noodie at school.
av bougeconnard 14 december 2010
A crew neck sweatshirt, no-hoodie. Every Wednesday, noodies are celebrated by participating in Noodie Wednesday. They are superior to hooded sweatshirts.
What noodie are you going to wear on Wednesday? Probably my U of Miami noodie, its so much cooler than my sweatshirts.
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A person who is nude. Used in l33t speak.
Send us noodie pix!
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Hurl Sack
But sometimes in the depths of semi-disaster, one can find inspiration.
This is a new product I figure would sell like hot cakes.
New Cubs Hurl Sacks®.
You know that queasy feeling you get watching the Cubs, and it's ohh, say the
7th and they're clinging to a tiny lead and in comes, well...any one of the Cubs relievers.
Wouldn't it be great to have a Kleenex-sized box of barf bags at the ready, on the side table right next to your frosty cold one?
"Wow" says Bob Brenly, "Marmol is missing the plate by SIX INCHES."
"Ball three." says Len.
Right about now you could just pull out a handy Hurl Sack®, open her up and start gagging.
"He walked him and the bases are loaded."
"Lou's gonna visit the mound."
"He's calling for Aaron Heilman."
"No, wait. He wants Gregg."
And finally, you know, just let it rip.
Toss your Cracker Jacks.
All without ever leaving the comfort of your couch!
All without any mess!
Plus, I guess you could do Yankee Hurl Sacks® or Padre Hurl Sacks® - any team would work.
Man, this is seriously a good idea.
Scott Boras, if you're reading this, gimme a call.
I think I'm gonna need an agent.
Tim Souers is the illustrator and author of Cubby Blue and appreciates the opportunity to guest blog here at The Cub Reporter.
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Nice painting. The reason you may be sick, though, is you're apparently prone to drinking Bud products.
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a quick thank you to Tim for honoring our site with his awesome artwork and insights. We hope it becomes a semi-regular thing...so be nice everyone.
TCR gets a 20% split on all hurl sack sales. :)
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What Rob said.
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HI! BILLY MAYS HERE FOR THE CUBS HURL SACK! The Cubs Hurl Sack is the convienent, safe way to vomit during Cubs baseball. The secret is in the odor-eating blue pinstripes. It's the polite, sanitary way to vomit in your own seat!
If you call now, we'll give you the Cubs Hurl Sack for just $19.99. BUT, WAIT! THERE'S MORE! I'M GOING TO DOUBLE THE OFFER! That's TWO Cubs Hurl Sacks for just $19.99. BUT I'M STILL NOT DONE! If you call now, we'll give you the vomit inducing Old Style Beer, a $7 value, ABSOLUTELY FREE! Just pay seperate shipping and handling. So, you get two Cubs Hurl Sacks and the Old Style Beer FOR JUST 19 DOLLARS AND 99 CENTS. CALL NOW! HERE'S HOW TO ORDER!
All those caps are almost as annoying as actually watching Billy Mays on TV. Wasn't sure that would translate very well, but it sure did.
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it worked well....
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Awesome product. Would like to suggest one to compliment the agressive side of all Cub fans' passive-agressive natures. A mini-Gatorade machine with a mini-bat so you can beat it all to hell when the bullpen is called up or when Soto can't put down a bunt or practically almost any other moment this season.
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How about the Cub's brand leaf blower... now saves aren't the only thing the Cubs can blow....
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A Cubs parachute for ledge-jumpers.
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Cubs brand diarrhea medication, to stop the runs.
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Wow, I don't think I have ever seen Buick associated with puking before. I think that's pretty damn funny!
Zell may lose control of Tribune Co.
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I'm no business expert, but I'm pretty sure this means the repo man will show up soon to wheel off Soriano on a two wheel cart.
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I linked to the Trib article in Cubnut's game recap...
from what I get, Zell could care less about running the Trib and if the creditors wanted to keep him or lose him, that's fine by him. As for the sale of the Cubs, I would think it would only help. They just want their money by this point and Ricketts is their best option.
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speaking of the sale...uh oh
The Sports Business Journal has multiple sources saying the
exclusive negotiating period between the Tribune Co. and Cubs bidder
Tom Ricketts expired last month. The Tribune entered exclusive
negotiations with Ricketts in January, when the company selected him
over two other bidders to buy the Cubs, Wrigley Field and a 25 percent
stake in regional cable network Comcast SportsNet.
There was no comment from representatives for Ricketts or the Tribune.
According to the SBJ article, the problem appears to be the level of
involvement Tribune's WGN would have in the Cubs post-sale. WGN has
been paying below market rates for broadcast rights to the games, and
Ricketts wants that to change, sources said. The Tribune side has said
that the terms bidders agreed to in November outlined WGN's role, the
sources said.
What is not at issue is Ricketts' financing for the deal, the
sources said. Another SBJ source expressed optimism a deal would be
done soon, saying it would be hard for Tribune to go back out to the
market looking for another buyer. Ricketts has his debt and equity
lined up for the $900 million offer, though he is seeking up to a $50
million price reduction because of the WGN issue.
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So I'm seriously business-stupid... this is saying WGN & the Cubs (both owned by the Trib) had a deal where the Cubs would cut WGN a huge break on broadcasting rights (because they happen to have the same parent company) and Ricketts says screw that. Is that right?
I don't see anything wrong with Ricketts position on this.
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Frankly, it stinks. WGN's tv deal was no secret before Ricketts made his bid.
When and if the Ricketts family takes over, it'll be interesting to see if they handle their players' contracts the same way they're dealing with Zell.
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WGN's tv deal was no secret before Ricketts made his bid.
Curious about this statement, the few articles in the business journals lately couldn't even nail down the specifics of the contract, other than it was negotiated sometime last fall and it could be up to 10 years.
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If I have been following it correctly, the TV contracted would have been negotiated after the potential suitors were given the detailed financials on the Cubs, which means it would have been precluded from any offer, because that offer would have a clause stating that any substantial changes that had taken place would open the deal for renegotiation which is what they're now doing.
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I believe they've already said the exact details of the TV/Radio deal were not known until farther into the process, which is why Ricketts is throwing a fit. His side has issued a statement that WGN is underpaying by 40-50 million per season for their TV/Radio rights. That didn't matter when it was the same owner, but why should a new owner put an extra 40-50 million per year into Zell's greedy hands?
Zell's angle on all this is incredible. Not only does he want a fortune for the deal, but he wants it to fit into his sneaky ways so he doesn't have to pay taxes on a 1 billion dollar transaction. Let's stop and think about that. Zell is the same as the shitty CEO's that have helped do their part to destroy our economy. He guts companies, fires thousands of employees, then sells off the parts to line his pockets with no regard for anyone but his bottom line. Now he's so greedy he refuses to pay taxes on his billion dollar profits. He's a scumbag.
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Which is exactly why I believe NO substantial new player acquisition will happen, other than near-net zero trade deals, before the deadline. We are stuck with Bradley, unless he as traded to an AL team - as AZ PHIL suggested sis weeks ago.
Should A-Ram not come back properly from injury, season is fucked.
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That's not right though. The player budget would be set, and it would include some money for mid-season trades, just like it has the last 6 seasons. A-Rod isn't coming on board for prospects, but there's probably some room.
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read the word "substantial", Mr. Literal.
Sure, maybe they could acquire someone like VizcIano, but under the circumstances, but under the circumstances they most likely will not be getting someone with any pedigree. Again, I am not ruling out trades if cash leveled.
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Well, Mr Literal 'substantial' is an ambiguous word. They probably have $4 million budgeted. Would you consider Hanley Ramirez a 'substantial' acquisition? What about Evan Longoria? What about Mark DeRosa?
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yep, wonder how long it will be until Zell hires Julia Roberts to hangout in his hotel room for a week because he's playing the role of Richard Gere's character in Pretty Woman.
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we don't know the specifics, but I touched upon it a few weeks back.
sounds like last fall Zell and Trib gave WGN a 10-yr sweetheart deal on Cubs broadcasting rights for radio and television. The Zell and Tribune plan to keep WGN, so it certainly was in there best interest to keep the Cubs on there as long as possible and a cut rate.
Rickets, after reviewing the contract, decided that isn't gonna fly. Zell and Trib seem to want believe that it was part of what they agreed on in November.
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It's hardly news that the Cubs and Trib-owned entities have sweetheart deals. Every bidder knew or should have known this...
e.g. BP commented on the Cubs situation back in 2005
As the late great Doug Pappas reported two years ago, the Cubs regularly report less local media revenue than their crosstown rival White Sox, despite the fact that until this October you couldn't find a White Sox fan in Chicago with Google Earth. From there, let's allow sports economist Andy Zimbalist to pick up the story, from his book "May the Best Team Win":
So, what's going on? The Cubs are owned by the Tribune Corporation, which happens also to own WGN. The Tribune Corporation transfers revenue away from the Cubs and correspondingly lowers the costs of WGN. According to Broadcasting & Cable, the industry's authoritative source, the Cubs' local media earnings were $59 million. [In 2001; by 2003 this figure was $63 million. -ND] If the Cubs had reported this figure instead of $23.6 million, then their reported $1.8 million loss would have become a $33.6 million profit in 2001!
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well neat...
but pretty much what Neal said, if the timeline that has been reported has been correct, books were opened up to potential buyers sometime last spring/summer and then Trib negotiated their own deal in the fall, most likely w/o asking or telling Rickets the exact details of what they were negotiating with themselves.
Of course without being in the room for any of this, it's impossible to know exactly what was known and not known at what time, but considering Rickets has wanted to own the Cubs all his life, he's probably risking jeopardizing the deal for good reason.
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When purchasing real estate, this is typically what title insurance is used for--to verify that no liens have arisen that don't yet show up on a title search for the buyer to be able to see. With a business deal like this, there is no way of verifying what is going on behind the closed doors of the company you're buying after the snapshot of the books and legal commitments that have been revealed as of a particular date. This is why Rickets I'm sure has a clause that allows him to walk away from the deal in the event that something like this happens...which it clearly has and he seems to be threatening to do just that.
Ultimately it's terribly unprofessional unless it's a negotiative strategy wherein you're trying to see if you can negotiate the deal to a different conclusion wherein this new commitment discounts the price by less than what the deal gains you on its flipside. Without knowing too much about this deal, I would guess that if this is the reason, the primary concern was that the deal with Rickets may fall apart and this deal in some way lessens the long term risks in the event of a postponed or renegotiated sale. In that event it certainly wouldn't demonstrate a lot of good faith on the part of the seller and regardless of value to the deal could torpedo the whole thing by eroding the buyer's trust. This is pure speculation, mind you.
That or Zells folks are dirty scoundrels who assumed that Rickets' attorneys would be too dumb to notice this. Stranger things have happened in larger deals than this.
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right now Guzman >> Marmol, even with the same work load.
(thankful for the TCR bullpen usage chart)
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I think our fearless manager should stop abusing Marmol's arm.
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But he should not compensate by abusing Guzman's arm.
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patton, waddell, and asscan can only be pitched once a week or it'll disturb the multi-player monopoly game they have going on. they're already mad they've had to replace k.hill's player with waddell.
marmol, gregg, and guzman can keep holding those "down by 2-5 runs" games within a few solo shots by soriano.
Random question...
anyone know a site or way to slice and dice historical team records? Like if I wanted to find out the Cubs record versus the Mets over the years? each decade? @ Wrigley...etc.
Besides going year by year through BR.com...
Maybe it's somewhere else on BR.com, but can't seem to find it.
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much obliged....
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When I was looking at the Cubs records over the years, I was thinking about how easy it used to be to make the world series (win a 8 team division), compared to now. Then I was thinking about how much bigger the leagues are then they used to be. Then I came upon a sort of startling thought about parity between the two leagues. It used to be that the AL was bigger (14 teams) and the NL always won the All-Star game. Now the NL is bigger (16 teams) and the AL always wins the all-star game. Which seems counter-intuitive, because a bigger pool should mean more good players to choose from. And the AL has been kicking the NL's ass for several years in interleague, so there's no real debate about which is the better league. Lots of people want to point to the Yankees, but what if it's more simple than that.
In the NL you've got a 4 in 16 chance of making the playoffs (roughly) a 2 in 16 chance of making the championship series and a 1 in 16 chance of making the world series, and finally a 1 in 32 chance of winning the world series (assuming all things are equal). Lets say that the playoffs makes you $10 million, the CS $2 million, the WS $5 million and winning it all $10 million. The average AL team would make about $.5 million more a year in that scenario (not looking at divisions which would make it a little more in the AL team's favor). Maybe that money goes part of the way in explaining the disparity in the league records and all star games.
And you're welcome.
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That difference is negligible. A better indicator would be comparing average payrolls for the AL and NL over the last couple of years. The AL outspends the NL by a considerable margin.
The lowest payroll in the AL? Athletics $62,310,000
The lowest payroll in the NL? Marlins $36,814,000
Three other teams in the NL also come in lower than the A's
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Another equalizing factor, at least over the last 4-8 years, has been that the very best-run small-market franchises - Minnesoat, Oakland and recently Tampa - are all in the AL.
It isn't too tough for most big-market teams to buy competitiveness, but the differences between the small markets of each league has been pronounced this decade.
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Yes, but are they the best franchises because they're in the playoffs or are they in the playoffs because they're the best? I wouldn't throw Tampa Bay in with those others. Give MN and Oakland 8 years of top 8 picks, then you'll see some good teams.
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Any of you TCR author types going to be doing your thing tomorrow? Think I am going to do a new, different, draft study if anyone wants to put it up.
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I should have a draft preview for tomorrow.
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"I don't see anything wrong with Ricketts position on this."
I agree, Ricketts should be able to put the contract up for a fully open bidding process, and let the best broadcast bid win. This type of arrangement is becoming more exposed over the past few years - NBC was outed by none other than David Duchovney, who sued them for a greater share of royalties from "The X - Files" reruns on USA cable network. It turned out that NBC was selling the rerun rights at below - market rates to USA, primarily because they also happened to own most of that network as well.
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Cardinals losing 4-2 in the 7th inning. Harden pitching rehab assignment tonight. Ho-hum. Off day.
Rockies, behind Jason Marquis (8-4, 3.98), win to finish a 4-game sweep of the Cards in St. Louis.
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Marquis now leads the NL in wins while pitching for a losing team.
Funny stuff.
Somebody please tell Geo to hit to RF -- everyone is pitching him away, he tries to pull everything....DP grounder to short.
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How the fuck did he hit into a GIDP when the Cubs didn't even play?
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it's that kinda season.
marmol also dressed up in disguise and threw 20 pitches of relief in the COL game in order to stay in game shape.
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more on Harden and Bradley slated to start Tuesday.
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Anyone want Josh Fields because he seems to want a trade:
He might be our best bet as any trade they make because of the sale has to be bascially be revenue neutral, and he makes less than 750k. He was heating up right before the Beckham call-up and have a 23 homer 70 rbi season to his credit.
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Josh Fields? Really? *groan* At least with Josh Fields around Fontenot wouldn't look so bad.
Soriano drops to 4th
in All-Star voting...Ibanez moves to the top of the NL list, as does Jimmy Rollins.
Phils must have had a bunch of home games before the deadline. Seems like they're a week behind counting these.
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My fantasy team wishes he was playing like an all star. Hooray for blowing round 1 on a .222 batting average in June.
Guess which manager said this...
"Good teams win games. Horse[expletive] teams have meetings. We're having a lot of meetings right now."
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Has to be Ozzie, who else uses horseshit all the time like he does.
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Harden goes 4.2 IP, 6 K, 1 ER for Iowa. I'm hoping he was pulled after 4.2 because of a pitch count or something... 70 pitches.
In other news Miles goes 0-5 with 3 strikeouts for Iowa. They're going to get fed up with him pretty soon and send him down to Tennessee.
Nobody liked Miles when he was signed, nobody likes him now. It's as if Hendry is the only person in the world who liked the idea of signing Aaron Freaking Miles. It's so irritating. I know they can't put together 25 all-stars, but why put a guy in the lineup who is an automatic out? For the same batting average I'd much rather have Blanco playing and at least see some flashy defense.
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I think it was 75 pitches or 5 innings...missed it by that much.
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I saw Harden tonight; will post my observations in the morning...
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Dude? Major d*** tease. At least tell us he was just pulled because of a pitch count and not another injury.
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"Harden pitched tonight in Iowa: did his arm fall off? STAY TUNED."
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No injury! He was free & easy; just don't have time for more right now - don't worry!
Geez louis...
Geovany Soto had a breakthrough season last year, earning National League Rookie of the Year honors, but has regressed in '09. Micah Hoffpauir is contributing in a limited role, while Jake Fox, recently called up after tearing up the Pacific Coast League, can't find his way into the Cubs' lineup. Ryan Theriot has been consistent at short but lacks the dominant offensive numbers to make him an impact player. At this point, it appears that the top position player drafted by the Cubs in the last decade was an obscure catcher selected in the 38th round of the 2002 draft. That catcher turned out to be Randy Wells, now one of the most dominating rookie pitchers in the National League.
I love you Paul Sullivan...you make all us bloggers look smart.
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Cubs 2005 6th round pick 3B Kyle Reynolds (son of ex-MLB SS Craig Reynolds) has been released after "hitting" just 150/195/252 with 30 K and only two HR in 114 PA (combined) between Tennessee and Iowa, making room on the AAA Iowa roster for INF Luis Rivas, who was reactivated after spending the last six weeks on the DL with a hamstring injury. Rivas had three hits (a single, a double, and a HR) and four RBI in a rehab start at Fitch Park last Friday.As for Reynolds, he hit 21 HR combined between Daytona and Tennessee in 2007, but he's been going strictly backward ever since.
With the release of Reynolds, only three players selected and signed by the Cubs out of the 2005 draft remain in the organization (LHP Jayson Ruhlman and RHP Jake Muyco at AA Tennessee, and OF Dylan Johnston at Daytona).
2005 #1 pick LHP Mark Pawelek was released in Spring Training (he is now in the Cincinnati Reds organization), #2 pick LHP Donald Veal was selected by the Pirates in last December's Rule 5 Draft, and #3 pick RHP Mark Holliman was selected by the Brewers in the AAA Phase of last December's Rule 5 Draft.
Catcher Michael Brenly was selected by the Cubs in the 43rd round of the 2005 draft but did not sign (instead opting to attend UNLV), although the Cubs did draft him again last year and he did sign at that time.
By comparison, 17 of the players drafted & signed by the Cubs in the 2006 draft are still in the organization.
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Wow. So not only did the Cubs flub the entire draft that year, but our top three guys are now all with other teams in the division.
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There appears to be an interview with Tim Wilken about the '09 draft at Inside the Ivy, but it's premium-only, so if anyone has a subscription there, a summation would be just wonderful.
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I've got a draft preview coming up sometime today....would have been this morning, but too much wine last night and I deleted the bulk of my work.
As for the article, it's a whole lot of nothing....he basically says the commish office is cracking down about talking about individual players so there's no tease as to who they'll pick. Otherwise, likes athletes from the middle of the diamond (CF, SS), drafts the best player available regardless of position and if there is a need in the system it's left-handed pitching. He does feel they're pretty well stocked at catcher and shortstop. No real blue chip catching prospects in the system necessarily, but good depth and not like there's a big-time catching prospect in the draft this year that they could grab.
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Interesting and thanks.
You've got mail.
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Wow, for someone who very recently put a WS-winning team together, Kenny Williams is kind of baseball-stupid.
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Meh, I messed that up. Mets are in.
Cards and Giants can still tie though.
Kershaw gets hurt by his defense and gave up 2 more runs. Blach has 8 shutout innings.
Mets already won as did Cards.
tomorrow is gonna be helluva fun if Giants hold on. We're all rooting for a 3-way tie I presume.
good news is now 5 K's for Lester through 4 (in a quest for 200 for season). Bad news is he's already at 86 pitches.
be curious how long Maddon sticks with Lester to try and let offense get back into it and get him the win (4-2 as I type, was 4-0)
Fwiw, he needed 2.1 IP to cross 200 for season so he got that at least. He also needs 9 K's for 200K's on season and he has 4 through 3.
cubs score 2 runs thanks to predictable reds pitching and horrible CIN defense...cubs only down by 1 now. heyward even got a gift 2rbi double out of an easy popout. neat.
something named Ty Blach has outpitched Clayton Kershaw through 6 innings (1-0 Giants).
not that finishing 2nd place will matter much nor did this game, but have to think if Hendricks pitches well tomorrow, he could leapfrog Lester in Cy Young voting. Don't see anyway Scherzer doesn't win it regardless and it doesnt' look like Lester has any incentive clauses that matter. Also might give Cueto some votes.
Rather remarkable how many teams have really good 1-2 options this year.
Nats: Scherzer and Roark (and Strasburg was great before injuries)
Cubs: Lester and Hendricks (and Arrietta is still damn good just not as consistently lately)
pretty much what I'm gathering from this thread is that it doesn't matter who you play in 5-game series, but no one wants to have to deal with Cardinal fans if we end up losing.
I can respect that.
first game for lester giving up more than 2 runs since july 24th. hell of a run.
doh, yes...dunno what happened there. jake arrieta is all "bro wut?"
lester going for #20...cubs haven't had a LH (thanks jpep for the correction) 20 game winner since d.ellsworth in 1963.
fwiw, all the games are free on mlb.tv
Short rest for MadBum would be 2 days. WC game is Wed., Games 1 & 2 are Friday/Saturday.
A left-handed one...
J-Hey not finishing with an offensive onslaught.
If Geoff Blum could be a Playoff hero, there is hope still...
Giants scare me. I think you're wrong about Bumgarner, he would pitch on short rest for Game 2 and then full rest for Game 5. Cueto would go Game 1, then short rest in game 4. Add in some really tough outs in that lineup and I want nothing to do with them. With that rotation they can easily steal a series.
Cards are a tough matchup. The rivalry evens out their comparable lack of talent. And like someone said, they love HRs, which is how to beat the Cubs. The upside is that I would feel really good about Lester twice against STL.


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Let Freedom Ring with a Shotgun Blast!
Nice, I'm so jealous of your huge outdoor metal shows! Graspop, Dynamo, F--- Commerce Festival, etc. Metal is alive and well abroad!
Glad Andreas Kisser is aging well, have they gotten their heads out of their collective arses and gotten Max and Igor back yet though?
Shocked to hear Limp Bizkit disappointed.
Nice look so far! I've toyed with redoing my stuff too but have not pulled the trigger as of yet.
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December 17, 2007
The Green Vest
Who knew it would be so popular? I honestly have to admit that I wasn't sure I even liked the vest at first, but after this weekend it's a winner. You can find it here at Lands' End. The Lands' End people were so nice to let me pick out some winter gear for a future review at Close To Home for NWIparent Magazine.
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This vest is really cute. And for only 24.50 I like it even more. I just think my arms would still be really cold.ReplyDelete
the lands end vest is such a great deal! my grandmother let my sisters and i all pick out what color we wanted for christmas.... i can't wait to get my hands on that hot pink vest!ReplyDelete
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The contact made between the shoulder of one person (usually male) and the boob of a female leaning over the shoulder of the other person.
Dude, I totally got some shoulder boob when that waitress delivered our food!
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That comfortable spot on a guys chest under his shoulder and above his nipple. Where girls (or guys) usually put their head when cuddling with a guy.
Mmm, his shoulder boob is so soft and squishy, i'm going to fall asleep now.
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when the bra your wearing makes your boobs look like they are pretty much on your shoulders.
that girl has some big shoulder boobs with that bra on.
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The business of rock -- the creative juices, the vibe, the sound and fury, the rage, the excitement, the whole kit and caboodle -- is very lacking these days. Songs come and go, like cotton candy -- looks good, tastes good, but leaves no lasting impression other than a disgusting sugary aftertaste. Few can scale the heights and maintain the majesty of RAWK! One would be hard-pressed to find young rock bands today with the chops and creativity to sustain four to five decades of arena-sized music making like the Stones, Tom Petty, KISS, The Boss, AC/DC, The Who, U2. I would argue there is perhaps just one band excellent enough to carry that very heavy torch and to wave it high and wide -- GREEN DAY. Formed in Berkley in 1987, they are well on their way. Moreover, this year marks their 25th anniversary in the music biz.
Green Day has swag. Bucket loads; over flowing with sweat, blood, and beer. Saturday night at packed-to-the-rafters house at the very intimate Irving Plaza in NYC, Green Day help launch the new Nokia Music streaming on AT&T, streaming their first 3 songs, and in doing so cemented their legacy, in my mind and certainly the ravenous fans lucky enough to be in attendance on Saturday evening.This little ol' trio of guitarist/vocalist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tre Cool (along with long time touring guitarist Jason White, keyboardist/vocalist Jason Freese, and rhythm guitarist/vocalist Jeff Matika) from Berkley, Cali brought their rich catalog to life. I loved it, the crowd loved it, their corporate sponsors loved it, and we would assume all the folks that listened to it on mobile devices and computers loved it!
Songs? You bet. Plenty of melody with simple lyrics evoking provocative positions both socially and emotionally. The hits were plenty and plenty of new hits were showcased, it was a career-spanning set. In fact, their latest chart-topping single, "Oh Love" (video below), continues their chart dominance. Billie Joe Armstrong knows his way around three chords and he makes it sound effortless. His band deliver on his promise to ignite and rally youth culture even though the band is no longer young, broke, or struggling. They have ascended into the pantheon of rock legend, firing on all cylinders, at the top of their game. A rock 'n' roll band for this millennium. Proof in the recent success of American Idiot on Broadway (though I still maintain it could have been an ongoing hit Off Broadway a la Blue Man Group. But I digress...) As we have seen, the multi-platinum smash Dookie was no fluke. Chart topping, award-winning punk rock operas like American Idiot (2004) and 21st Century Breakdown (2009) have further cemented the band's legacy as a band with staying power. Moreover, 65 million records sold worldwide, 5 Grammys, and enough hit records and great music to satiate even the most casual music fan. And not one to rest on their laurels, Green Day will release a staggered trilogy - Green Day ¡Uno!, Green Day ¡Dos!, and Green Day ¡Tré! -- on Tuesday, September 25th, 2012; November 13th, 2012, and January 15th, 2013, respectively and tour arenas in support of those releases.
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Dhammanando wrote:Only clinging is dukkha.
Well, that's a novel claim. But nothing in the rest of your post supports it.
But the passage you cite doesn't show that "saṅkhāra-dukkhatā is dukkha for puthujjanas." Quite the contrary, it states that "all conditioned things are dukkha," with no qualification. I would guess you have been misled by the translation "one turns away from suffering," which might be taken as implying that one no longer has any relationship at all to the thing in question. But the Pali won't support such a reading:
"sabbe saṅkhārā dukkhā" ti, yadā paññāya passati.
atha nibbindati dukkhe, esa maggo visuddhiyā.
The verb 'nibbindati' (the source of the noun 'nibbidā') means "to turn away" in the sense of becoming disgusted or disillusioned with something. It does not mean that one is at once freed from the thing in question. All saṅkhāras are dukkha in the sense of being oppressed by rise and fall (udayavaya-ppaṭipīḷana) and they continue to be so whether they arise for a puthujjana, a sekha or an asekha. Hence the saying: "Whatsoever is felt, all that is included in dukkha."
Best wishes,
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Any given woman or any given culture's propensity toward gold digging behavior.
Contrary to popular belief, American women exhibit far more gold diggerism than their counterparts in South America.
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The act or profession of a man/woman which is a gold digger
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Nature of english is flexible there is already standard form which we use it in schools and formal organizatios but we still use the variation and dialects in our daily life and this is because the flexible nature of english language.
Initialism, though I have always felt it a distinction not worth making.
Nature of english is flexible there is already standard form which we use it in schools and formal organizatios but we still use the variation and dialects in our daily life and this is because the flexible nature of english language.
Although many languages are named for their country of origin, (even if, like English, they can be seen as a 'mashup' of other languages), they are only ever truly 'owned' by those who use them, regardless of their location or background/culture.
As to the nature of the language itself, I have some information to add, though it may not be currently accepted, perceived or understood in such a manner.
What makes the English language what it is, or what it has been able to become, (the good, the bad and the ugly - including all of it's variants), is that it is built upon a very basic philosophy, leading to one basic rule, above and beyond the actual sounds, (and associated symbols) it uses:
WHAT (information) it represents (or words represent), determines and defines HOW it is used (or how they are used).
(Unfortunately, the reverse of that (which is used to study the language, after it has already been used), is currently institutionalised for the teaching and understanding of the language instead - which is leading to a number of issues, though that probably needs a thread of its own.)
What does this mean?
It means that the individual words don't really matter, so long as they fit within the system of basic grammar, and so their context then matters for what they will be perceived as representing.
This is why so many different words can be added to the language so easily, just so long as they're used in a consistent manner for the type of concept they represent. It is also why some forms of slang (rhyming etc.) are not just easy to add, but also tend to be consistent with grammar too.
(Unfortunately, at this time, we don't fully recognise or understand all the concepts the language is used to represent, nor do we describe them in a fully consistent manner, either - (again, mainly due to the wrong philosophy/rule above).)
One of the effects, and benefits, of the (correct) rule, however, is that the same word can be used in different ways, as representing different concepts, that can be easily seen, recognised and understood to be related, since it's the same word, or similar. This again, makes the language easier to learn and expand.
(E.g. a hammer (thing - (noun)), and I hammer (behaviour (verb))).
So this is the nature of the English language - a language with a very basic and simple foundation, that is flexible and powerful enough to be added to by any number of words that we can represent with the symbols we use, just so long as they ultimately obey the basic rule, (and its logical extrapolation within the basic rules of (English) grammar - even if they're not fully recognised atm.).
And that is one of the reasons why it's used as widely as it is, without any real 'problems' (per se).
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There is no guarantee that this will last into the future.
I also feel that many learners would disagree with the idea that there are no real problems with English.
Many languages that aren't world languages share those features- words tend to obey rules of grammar in any language and most languages have mechanisms to deal with the need for new meanings. I wouldn't give this as one of the reasons for the position of English.
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Geez - I didn't say it was the main reason, only one of, though I wouldn't underestimate its impact, even today with the large amount of people still learning it as a second language. Of course, it's always possible it may split or splinter into smaller groups, (if it hasn't already), but that's always going to be the case for a language used on this sort of scale.
The thing about the English language, is that it's ultimately all about the rules of grammar, and nothing else. The sounds/spelling and individual words are almost completely arbitrary, and don't really matter so long as they obey the basic rule(s). To my knowledge, this isn't the case for every language. Now, of course, there is a core of words within the language that is pretty stable, because of the nature of what they represent, but even if that should change, the language will still exist, even if it's not quite the same anymore.
(Either way - that's why having problems with the basic rules of grammar (at least as currently perceived and taught/informed) is such a problem.)
I don't see how they are supposed to be completely arbitrary if they follow some 'basic rule(s)'.The sounds/spelling and individual words are almost completely arbitrary, and don't really matter so long as they obey the basic rule(s).
I must admit that I am having a little trouble in understanding exatly what you mean by:Perhaps you could explain this in another way - and say how English is different from other languages?What makes the English language what it is, or what it has been able to become, (the good, the bad and the ugly - including all of it's variants), is that it is built upon a very basic philosophy, leading to one basic rule, above and beyond the actual sounds, (and associated symbols) it uses:
WHAT (information) it represents (or words represent), determines and defines HOW it is used (or how they are used).
My apologies for not specifically saying the basic rules of grammar. Yes, some of the more specific rules of grammar that are ultimately based upon those can often be ignored by many people, but so long as the basic rules are obeyed, the language itself doesn't seem to care so much - (though, of course, individual people might).
The problems I've been running into are specifically caused by the basic rules not being recognised, taught and then followed.
It's all about the relationship between three things:
1) The actual word (sounds/symbols used).
2) What type of concept the word is used to represent - (and of course, ultimately the specific meaning/piece of information within that).
3) How the word is then used because of 2).
The relationship between 1 and 2/3 is pretty arbitrary as far as the basic rules are concerned. There are some more specific rules built upon those, (plurals/tense etc.), but these can depend on the individual words themselves, (including spelling/pronunciation etc.), which can also depend on where and how the word entered the language - there isn't merely one fixed method for how such rules are applied for the language as a whole. Such general inconsistencies can, of course, cause problems for its use - (making it trickier to teach/understand (and spell)) - but the language can cope, so long as the basic rule itself is obeyed.
Of course, although the relationship CAN be arbitrary, since we do have quite a sizeable amount of words already, there are many situations when it doesn't appear to be the case. The only reason it CAN be arbitrary, is because the basic rules of the language are only concerned with 2&3, leaving 1 as completely subjective based on the user's preference - (which, of course has generally already been made for the language as it currently exists).
According to a friend of mine, (who speaks a number of languages, (definitely Russian and German in addition to English (that I know of) and his mother used to work as a translator), not all languages are as loose in the relationship between 1 and 2/3, though I cannot remember which languages he specifically mentioned, (though I'm pretty sure one was Chinese?).
However, the relationship between 2&3 isn't being fully recognised, which is causing a number of issues I've been running into. Since the basic rules of English grammar are about how we use 1, to describe 2&3, we have a problem... And if such words (1) are then used to describe 2&3 for other languages, we have even bigger problems...
(Note: One of the reasons I'm still having trouble is that I lost a lot of my old browser bookmarks I made when I was working towards what I've written in my blog after I moved from Leeds to Leicester a couple of years ago at very short notice. (I'm still a bit annoyed at moving, especially since it meant I never got to speak to Dr Anthea Fraser Gupta (at Leeds University) as I was planning/hoping to)).
Perhaps I am being particularly dense today, but I still don't see what you are getting at.
Successive invasions of the British Isles, and odd quirks of history have resulted in English having more 'words' than most other languages, though this can be seen as a problem as well as a blessing, with so many near (but not exact) synonyms. The absence of an Academy has meant that at any given time there may be disagreement about 'correct' usage. However, I have played with quite a few languages in my 66 years and I haven't been able to detect any basic 'philosophy' in any of them.
Languages vary enormously in the way that they can be used to translate thought into words, but all of them appear be be capable of being used for this purpose. It may be possible in English to use the noun 'contact' as a verb, while in another language we may say the equivalent of 'make contact with', but the other language may offer some convenience (for want of a better word) that English lacks.
Unless you can give some concrete example to illustrate the point you are attempting to make, it is difficult to see whether there is any value in what you say.


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Jam Packed Saturday Winds Down Football's Bowl Week
Ball State's football team spent Saturday of the GoDaddy Bowl Week touring the USS Alabama, taking in a Mardi Gras parade and holding the final practice of the year.
The Mardi Gras parade, a tradition in the city that originated the event, played host to floats featuring Ball State athletics director Bill Scholl and President Dr. Jo Ann Gora. The Pride of Mid-America marching band and Ball State spirit squads also took part in the downtown Mobile, Ala., event.
Saturday's events were capped off by the final practice of the season, a one-hour walk through to put the finishing touches on prep for Arkansas State.
The GoDaddy Bowl kicks off Sunday at 9 p.m. (ET) on ESPN vs. Arkansas State.


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Fresh off its new No. 2 national ranking, the Fort Lewis College women�s soccer team played Colorado Mesa to a tie Friday in Grand Junction, both teams� Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference opener.
�I was more pleased with the overall performance (Friday) than I was (in a 3-0 win over Angelo State last Sunday),� FLC head coach Damian Clarke said. �I think we�re disappoined, let down, to tie, but not very many teams are going to come in here and draw with Mesa.�
Each team hit a crossbar in the scoreless draw: The Mavericks� Leilani Wiernicki hit the bar in the eighth minute of the match; the Skyhawks� Megan Striedel hit the bar in the 63rd minute of the match.
The Skyhawks� leading scorer, Sam Weiss, had a game-high six shots � three on goal � but Mavericks� goalkeeper Sarah Schnetzler made six saves for the clean sheet.
�We came into it and played quite well in the second half,� Clarke said. �We missed a handful of very, very good chances.�
On the other side of the pitch, Amando Raso made eight saves for the shutout.
FLC outshot Colorado Mesa 17-15, including 6-2 in the overtimes. FLC also outcornered Colorado Mesa 4-2 and outfouled the home team 12-9.
FLC defender Madyson Wellcome received a yellow card in the 67th minute.
FLC (3-0-1, 0-0-1 RMAC) will host Colorado School of Mines at 1 p.m. Sunday at Dirks Field, and Colorado Mesa (3-0-2, 0-0-1 RMAC) will host Colorado Christian at 3 p.m. Sunday.
�We�re going to have to recover physically because this was an absolutely physical battle,� Clarke said. �Both teams were just tough, and I think we�re going to have to see where we�re at (Saturday).�


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Duquesne University Percussion Ensemble Eliseo Rael makes his debut as Director featuring Dana Wilson's award-winning piece "Primal Worlds," along with music by Eric Moe, Jack Stamp, and Christopher Rouse.11/06/2012
Driving Miss Daisy Jewish Theatre of Pittsburgh presents Alfred Uhry's Pulitzer Prize-winning play. The story takes place from 1948 to 1973 in Atlanta, GA, and deals with racial and anti-Semitic issues in a subtle manner. The relationship between Miss Daisy, a wealthy Jewish widow, and Hoke, a poor African-American worker, is beautifully drawn and deepens as the play progresses.11/07/2012
University of Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Music major Harry Jamison performs Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2, Ted Zellers (BA '12) solos in Rimsky Korsakov's Trombone Concerto, and the orchestra will perform Kerrith Livengood's (PhD '12) The Land Vaguely Waving. 11/07/2012
Chicago The PSO's Broadway at Heinz Hall series begins with the longest running American musical and fourth longest-running production in Broadway history, Chicago, set amidst the razzle-dazzle decadence of the 1920s. The recipient of six Tony Awards, two Olivier Awards, a Grammy, and thousands of standing ovations, Chicago has been proclaimed "A triumph" by Time magazine, and "Broadway's most electrifying show" by Entertainment Weekly.11/08/2012
Seven Guitars It's 1948 and bluesman Floyd "Schoolboy" Barton, fresh out of jail, has an opportunity he won't let himself pass up: a studio has asked him to travel to Chicago and cut some records. Unfortunately, his unexpected musical success doesn't make up for his errant past. Seven Guitars, the seventh play written in August Wilson's Pittsburgh Cycle, uses dark humor and flashbacks to paint a rich picture of African-American struggle for identity and self-acceptance against the backdrop of racial prejudice. Jade King Carroll directs.11/08/2012
Good People Tracy Brigden directs David Lindsay-Abaire's play in which the distance between Boston's Chestnut Hill and the Lower End is measured in more than miles. Mike and Margaret both grew up poor, but he made it out and became a doctor while she is stuck – a single mother who gets by on sarcasm and bingo games with her pals. When they meet again, an invitation leads Margaret to his luxurious home and into a turbulent conversation with Mike and his surprising wife. This tough and tender play looks at luck, choices, blame, pride, and what people will do to survive.11/08/2012
Moon Over Buffalo Moon Over Buffalo centers on George & Charlotte Hay, fading stars of the 1950's. They're in Buffalo performing "Private Lives" & Cyrano in repertory. On the brink of a disastrous split, due to George's dalliance with a young ingenue, they receive word of one last shot at stardom. Frank Capra is coming to town to see their matinee.11/09/2012
Pointe in Time: Moulin Rouge Ball PBT's Pointe in Time Ball is an annual not-to-be-missed social event. Journey back to turn-of-the-century Paris in the Westin's Grand Ballroom, transformed into the infamous Moulin Rouge cabaret in tribute to PBT's upcoming production of "Moulin Rouge - The Ballet." 11/10/2012
South Side Stories A World Premiere hometown adventure by Tami Dixon. This vibrant one-woman show portrays the dynamism of a neighborhood. Embedded in the concrete of South Side's city steps are testimonials of teenage mischief, steel mill toil, and townie haunts. This is a neighborhood where parking chairs and bar stools mark territory, where "paradise" is just one turn off of 26th Street.11/10/2012
Duquesne University Tamburitzans America's longest-running multicultural song and dance company, the Tamburitzans, bring Eastern European folk music alive on stage in a kaleidoscope of sight and sound, including songs in many languages and dialects and hundreds of styles of choreography. Folk instruments such as the bandura, tambura, gadulka and cimbalom are plucked, picked, bowed and hammered while more than 400 extravagant costumes adorn these talented young people.11/10/2012
Past and Present Masters Istvan Jaray conducts Stravinsky's homage to Tchaikovsky, The Fairy's Kiss; Grieg's Piano Concerto (soloist TBA), and several pieces by John Williams including the Liberty Fanfare, Cowboys Overture, and music from the Star Wars and Superman film scores.11/10/2012
Jon Nakematsu, piano Jon Nakamatsu performs piano works of Beethoven, Schubert and Schumann.11/11/2012
Carnegie Mellon Wind Ensemble Stephen Story conducts Kurt Weill's eccentric "Little Threepenny Music," as well as Edgard Varèse's avant-garde "Intégrales" and David Maslanka's Symphony No. 4.11/11/2012
A Shining Night The Junior Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh presents their fall concert under the direction of Susan Medley. See website for details and tickets.11/11/2012
Thank You, Jimmy Stewart! "Thank You, Jimmy Stewart!" is a condensed one person tribute to three of Mr. Stewart's films. "Mr. Smith goes to Washington," "Harvey," and "It's a Wonderful Life!". The show is presented by Christopher David Collins and proceeds benefit the Jimmy Stewart Museum in Indiana, PA. The stories are told from the perspective of the characters that Mr. Stewart brought to life in each of the three films. Mr. Collins also portrays some other very special guests through the magic of pure storytelling.11/11/2012
The Ugly Duckling & The Tortoise and the Hare (Ages 3-adult) Two classic stories told with spectacular glow in the dark electroluminescent wire (EL Wire) puppets. Broadway.com describes their puppetry as "an eye-popping display of storytelling that's like nothing else you've ever seen." Relive two timeless stories about transformation, acceptance, patience and beauty in a visually stunning production that will appeal to all ages.11/11/2012
Takács Quartet with Marc-André Hamelin Schubert: Quartet #13 in A minor, D. 804 "Rosamunde"; Britten: Quartet #1 in D major, Op. 25; Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57. The Takács Quartet holds numerous prestigious accolades and awards including multiple Gramophone Awards, a Grammy Award, a Chamber Music of America Award, and a Disc of the Year and Chamber Award from BBC Music Magazine. Acclaimed pianist Marc-André Hamelin is recipient of the lifetime achievement prize by the German Record Critics' Ass'n.11/12/2012
Parade of American Music Works by Shirley Barasch, Arthur Hellman, Sheila Bridges, Janet Stivanson, and George Pearsall. Free. A reception follows the program.11/13/2012
Inaugural Concert Edgewood Chamber Concerts opens its inaugural season featuring klezmer and gypsy inspired works by Osvaldo Golijov and Lev "Ljova" Zhurbin in the beautiful CC Mellor Library Community House "Living Room" in Edgewood. Seating is limited to 75 people.11/13/2012
War Horse England, 1914. As World War One begins, Joey, young Albert's beloved horse, is sold to the cavalry and shipped from England to France. He's soon caught up in enemy fire, and fate takes him on an extraordinary journey, serving on both sides before finding himself alone in no man's land. Astonishing life-sized puppets created by South Africa's Handspring Puppet Company become breathing, galloping, charging horses strong enough for men to ride.11/13/2012
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A semi-truck crashed head-on with an SUV on Hwy 270 near Wister after the driver of the semi fell asleep at the wheel veering into the other lane, according to officials with the Okla. Highway Patrol.
The semi-truck was carrying large cattle. Officials say the crash forced both vehicles off the road and some of the cattle died in the accident.
OHP said the SUV driver was unconscious and taken to a hospital. There has been no update on victim's condition.
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MARTINSBURG — Locked in a mano-a-mano battle with Hedgesville at the half, Martinsburg relied on a little bit of its opponents play to turn the tide....
Haven't much out of the Hedgesville faithful since yesterday. Some of the complaints I did hear where how the officials would listen to Coach Church when he tried talking to them. I say good job. Church antics on the sideline is starting to get old. And think the refs are finally doing the right thing by just staying away from him
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hhs coach - don't fret. you still have your GIVEME WINS left on your PERSONAL WINNING % SCHEDULE. START PLAYING SOME REAL TEAMS
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I wonder what excuses Hedgesville fans have now? Washington will probably beat them on Tuesday. Hedgesville thought they were the best in the STATE hahaha, they're not even the best in the REGION, nor are they second best. They're third. They'll probably fall out of the playoffs in the first round.
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NEWELL-Sending mail in Newell won't be quite as convenient now that the post office's daily retail hours have been cut in half.
Previously open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on weekdays, the post office's window hours are now 8 a.m. to noon on weekdays. Saturday hours-9 a.m. to noon-remain the same.
Lobby hours at the Newell post office, 202 Washington St., are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays and 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday. The changes became effective a week ago.
The reduced hours are part of a plan announced by the U.S. Postal Service in May 2012 to cut costs without actually closing small, rural post offices.
"As things stand right now, the Postal Service is losing about $25 million per day. That's an untenable position," said David Van Allen, regional spokesman for the U.S. Postal Service.
In 2011, the Postal Service announced plans to close 3,700 rural post offices as a way to cut costs and end billion-dollar deficits. But the backlash from consumers caused the Postal Service to rethink its strategy.
"The feedback we got was-54 percent said they really wanted to keep their post office open," Van Allen said.
That led the Postal Service to come up with a new plan, one that will reduce the window hours at more than 13,000 small post offices to match actual customer use, Van Allen said. The Post Plan seeks to accomplish the same cost savings of office closings but by spreading the impact across a larger number of communities.
Van Allen said overall customer foot traffic in post offices has declined by 27 percent since 2006, while first-class mail volume has declined by 50 percent since 2006.
"Between the significant decline in first-class mail-what we call the electronic diversion-and the decreased traffic in post offices, we need to make adjustments," he said.
Those adjustments include reducing retail window service hours to match customer need, providing delivery service through rural carriers or highway contract routes, establishing alternate postal providers such as Wal-Mart, and merging nearby post offices with each other.
Before any changes are made, residents in certain affected ZIP codes are given the opportunity to fill out a survey and attend a community meeting. Such meetings were held in Newell and New Manchester in November.
The New Manchester post office, 290 High St., also has been targeted for a reduction in hours-from eight hours a day to six hours a day-but those changes have not yet been implemented.
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CHARLES TOWN - Cathryn Jackson said she hadn't yet moved into her trailer when she received an electric bill for $600. The Harpers Ferry resident, who has been living next door to the home for six months, said she set the thermostat below 50 degrees all winter and only kept a small light burning as a deterrent.
Jackson was one of many who attended a public forum Thursday night hosted by the Jefferson County NAACP to discuss issues surrounding Potomac Edison's billing changes and meter readings.
"Their explanation to me was they estimated it for two months, and then we had a hurricane and they couldn't come. And then we had bad weather and they couldn't come," Jackson said of her conversations with the company. "I said, 'Then why didn't you come when the weather was good?' They didn't have an answer."
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Lyn Widmyer, of the Jefferson County Commission, speaks during a public meeting regarding billing and meter reading issues with Potomac Edison. A public forum hosted by the Jefferson County NAACP was held Thursday night in Charles Town to allow citizens to discuss their experiences.
Former Delegate John Doyle, of Shepherdstown, speaks during a public meeting regarding billing and meter reading issues with Potomac Edison.
Other residents said they thought the company's billing cycle was inconsistent. Two neighbors who live across the street from one another said they have a two-day difference between their bills.
Potomac Edison issued a statement last week explaining changes in its billing cycle, as well as with how meters are read. This is a concern for many customers, as they say their billing periods were either shortened or lengthened by a significant amount.
"My bill is normally (due) on the 18th and so at the beginning of this week I go online to pay my bill online and it says, 'Oh, your bill was due on the 10th,'" said Keryn Newman, of Shepherdstown.
Local entities are considering getting involved. While Lyn Widmyer said she was attending the meeting simply as a resident, the Jefferson County commissioner said she thought the group ought to take up the issue.
""This is just one part of the rate increases people in our county are facing," Widmyer said. "It's not only the consumers. It's businesses. We're trying to bring businesses into the county, and we have to make sure that the utility rates are fair and competitive."
Warren Stewart, a member of the Jefferson County NAACP, echoed Widmyer's concerns about rising utility costs.
"It has a disproportionate affect on minorities, senior citizens - people of fixed income, which is a good portion of the population here in West Virginia," Stewart said of the organization's motivation to organize the meeting.
In addition to the billing issue, residents also discussed Potomac Edison parent company FirstEnergy's proposal to purchase the Harrison power station, which is located in Haywood, W.Va.
The proposal was submitted to the West Virginia Public Service Commission last year.
The transaction would cost the FirstEnergy subsidiaries Mon Power - which serves the Morgantown area - and Potomac Edison about $1.1 billion, according to FirstEnergy. The company claims transferring full ownership of the plant to Mon Power, which currently owns 20 percent, will "remedy Mon Power's existing generation supply shortfall," according to the company.
The West Virginia Sierra Club doesn't see the transaction as beneficial to West Virginians, said organizer Danny Chiotos, who represented the organization at Thursday's meeting.
Chiotos said the $1.1 bill is "an incredibly high price" for the Harrison plant and he said it would be an internal sale, requiring the company's West Virginia subsidiaries purchase the plant from those it has in Ohio.
"First Energy is selling it to First Energy," Chiotos said. "They're looking to make out from your increased bills."
Rates would increase six percent across the board to fund the purchase and stay high for the next 20 years, Chiotos said.
"This locks us into owning a large coal-fired power plant for the next 27 years," Chiotos said. "That's something to think about when coal is getting more expensive."
Patience Wait, of Stop PATH - an organization that rallied against the Potomac-Appalachian Transmission Highline - also spoke about issues that might arise from the proposed transaction. Wait said during her remarks that it isn't impossible for citizens to make their concerns known.
"We showed that you can stand up to the power companies and you can win," Wait said. "The reason we were able to do that is because we had lots of people standing up and making noise about it."
- Staff writer Rachel Molenda can be reached at 304-263-8931, ext. 215, or www.twitter.com/rmolendaJN.


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GRAND PRAIRIE — In Radio City Christmas Spectacular Starring the Rockettes, it was the LED screen behind the kicking, tap-dancing performers that was the true spectacle. The giant backdrop took the audience from the North Pole to New York City, as if we were inside a snow globe.
That's not to say the Rockettes were forgettable at Verizon Theatre in Grand Prairie on Tuesday; they were precise as ever, splashing grace on top of militaristic kicks and salutes perfectly placed. Addie Elsbecker from Richardson was one of the 18 Rockettes at the Grand Prairie show.
Santa, played by Brent Bateman, dashed from the scene so the Rockettes' take on The Nutcracker could begin. The Sugar Plum Fairy was played by a giant teddy bear mascot, fluttering in a teeny, hot-pink tutu with a diamond rhinestone for a belly button. Kids giggled when she batted her eyelashes, hogging the spotlight.
The dancers nabbed the spotlight next during "The Parade of the Wooden Soldiers," a seemingly simple dance where the 18 women marched in teeny steps in unison as if they were made of wood.
The LED screen was the eye-candy in "New York at Christmas." The dancers climbed aboard a life-size double-decker bus, posing and throwing up jazz hands while the screen whizzed us through Times Square and Central Park.
The story took an abrupt turn in Act 2 with a pilgrimage toward the manger in "The Living Nativity." The slow, solemn scene — sans live animals this year — was appropriately reverent for just a few moments until the sparkly Rockettes reappeared, ending with "Joy to the World."
The ride was a little rocky — from the North Pole to Bethlehem to a Las Vegas-style ending — but the moments in between were dazzling. Santa told the crowd "it wouldn't be Christmas" without the Rockettes, and Santa, dear, is right.
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Quote from: Ziggy on February 11, 2012, 05:44:11 PMwhat happened to the 200-400, didn't make the roadmap http://canonrumors.com/forum/Smileys/default/sad.gifI was just going to ask about the 200-400. This lens has been talked about for a long time, even officially. On Nov 15, 2011 it was announced by Canon that it would be delayed, which in and of itself is an acknowledgement that it exists and in development. We even saw photos of it on that Japanese safari guy's 1Dx. The fact that it's not mentioned at all leaves me a little suspicious about the legitimacy of the list in general.
what happened to the 200-400, didn't make the roadmap http://canonrumors.com/forum/Smileys/default/sad.gif
You could consider the Sigma 50 f/1.4 or the 70mm Macro in that case. Or the Canon EF-S 60mm Macro which is a really, really sharp lens!
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Who?: Nick Bruckman, vocals/lead guitar; Jordan Strychalski, rhythm guitar/synth/keys; Chris Stresing, bass guitar/synth; Jack Giangrosso, drums/percussion.
What?: Burgeoning Buffalo band specializes in spacious, psychedelic, groove-alicious funk and reggae/dub. These guys provide a healthy antidote to the oversaturated dubstep movement by reacquainting us with the organic vitality and real-time interaction of the best dub and reggae music. These guys can jam, they've got killer songs and they groove like nobody's business.
What's next?: A release party to mark the unveiling of "Worlds Apart" is at 10 p.m. Saturday in Nietzsche's (248 Allen St).
Check out: thebsidedubs.com, where you can stream and/or buy "Worlds Apart" and get to know the band in a virtual manner.
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DONNER SUMMIT, Calif. — We race from place to place to get more done in our more complicated lives and Interstate 80 is a conduit for us, complicit in our haste.
There is an enjoyable alternative though, especially in the fall. Get off I-80 and take Old Highway 40. Most people in the Truckee area are familiar with Donner Pass Road to the Summit with its spectacular view of Donner Lake, mountain peaks, and the sight of rock climbers scaling sheer granite walls and bicyclists straining up the hill.
What most have never done, even if they know of it, is take Old 40 instead of I-80 much farther.
Next time you're returning to Truckee from the Central Valley, get off at Rocklin and take Old 40 to Truckee. You will see a part of California not seen since before I-80 at a much slower pace, enabling you to see great sights: old towns, Americana, lakes, local history, and fall color. There are lots of places to get out and walk at Old Town Loomis, Colfax, Dutch Flat, on old pieces of the Lincoln Highway (Eagle Lakes, Big Bend, and Soda Springs). You'll travel along the Yuba River. There are places to hike like Red Mountain at Cisco, Loch Leven Lakes at Big Bend, or the really popular Judah Loop Trail at Donner Summit.
Along Old 40 at Donner Summit there are 35 20 Mile Museum signs explaining the history of Donner Summit, listing activities to do, and telling stories. One of those signs was done by the children at Sierra Expeditionary School in Truckee.
Stop at the Donner Lake overlook at Rainbow Bridge where famous artists and photographers have been recording the scene for more than 100 years. Explore Donner Summit, perhaps the most important, historically, square mile in California.
The Donner Summit Historical Society has a brochure outlining turn by turn how to take Old 40 from Rocklin to Truckee. It's available in the Soda Springs museum, but too large to download. You may download the text from www.donnersummithistoricalsociety.org/PDFs/Highway40route.pdf.
Stop in the Museum and browse through an array of memorabilia.
— Submitted by Bill Oudegeest, who has been a part of the Donner Summit community for more than 30 years and is a board member with the Donner Summit Historical Society.


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The 5 Most Accidentally Famous Movie Stars
"After that we can all do a mirror exercise!"
Certainly there are actors who are phenomenal at their craft, having managed to marry their training and raw talent into a true art form, but there are thousands more with head-shots stapled to high school theater resumes just hoping that maybe they can trick some powerful fame generator into thinking they are talented. After all, you never hear stories about 40-year-old men and women quitting careers in data analysis to head to L.A. in pursuit of their true passion of neurosurgery. No, it's always a profession with no metric for quality they want, something anyone can luck into.
And it works.
There are plenty of stories of agents plucking people out of obscurity and making them famous, or more specifically, out of restaurants and off jumbotrons. Acting is the one career that can offer riches and renown without any formal training and the following five people are proof. They never intended to be world-famous or wealthy, it just sort of happened and their stories are what keep the greyhound buses to Hollywood full.
#5. Jason Statham
Audiences' appreciation for the old guard of action heroes like Jean Claude Van Damme, Chuck Norris and Dolph Lundgren shifted from admiration to irony right around the 2000s when snake punching and bear fighting broke everyone's suspension of disbelief. Since then, Hollywood has been desperately trying every conceivable combination of guns, explosions and sex to keep the heart of the action hero beating.
And at the center of it all is Jason Statham. From Crank to Death Race to The Mechanic, Statham is one of the last action heroes who remains staunchly unapologetic for his contributions to absurdity. He refuses to take himself seriously as an actor, possibly because acting is a career he stumbled into in the first place.
Before he became an action hero, Statham was nearly an Olympic hero, assuming divers are recognized as heroes somewhere in the world. He was on Britain's National Diving Squad and ranked 12th in the 1992 World Championships.
There are only two things separating this photo from one of Dr. Manhattan.
But apparently the world of diving doesn't pay that well, so Statham supported himself selling counterfeit jewelry and perfume on the street corners of London. Just to be clear, Statham was funding his dreams of competitive pool jumping by hawking black market perfume out of a suitcase. It is unlikely that any job requirements following that could ever seem ludicrous.
Another goddamn day at the office.
During one of his workouts at a London sports center, he was spotted by a talent agent who hooked him up with a job modeling for French Connection. From there he was introduced to Guy Ritchie who was preparing to make Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and needed an authentic looking, street-hardened con artist. That was all it took. Statham became an instant celebrity, acting in over 30 films and never once being forced to shell out hundreds of dollars for acting movement exercises or emotional workshops.
#4. Wilford Brimley
If you are somehow unfamiliar with Wilford Brimley then take minute right now to close your eyes and picture your grandfather. That image you just conjured, that's actually Wilford Brimley. He has the ability to usurp every memory you have of tough but warm-hearted old men, and Hollywood exploited the hell out of that power. Whether it was through his wholesome movies, his wholesome TV shows or his wholesome commercials for Quaker Oats, he always seemed like the ideal manifestation of the Old West while simultaneously looking like a partial shaved Santa Claus.
"You want diabetes for Christmas? Ha! Good one!"
However, his quintessential cowboy look isn't an accident as much as it is a byproduct of being a legitimate cowboy. Before acting, Brimley was a ranch hand and a blacksmith who would shoe horses on movie sets every now and again. He would also step in as an extra when a film was short on horseback riders. It happened so frequently that he gradually became a go-to guy for extra work on Westerns.
Around the same time, his good friend Robert Duvall started making a name for himself onscreen and encouraged Brimley to try acting too. No known transcripts of their conversations exist but presumably they went something like this:
Robert: Wil, come try this. This thing I'm doing. It's freaking easy.
Wilford: OK.
Robert: ...
Wilford: ...
Robert: Did I tell you I can't have babies?
Wilford: Jesus, Robert. Let it go.
Almost immediately after acquiring his Screen Actors Guild card for all his work as an extra and a stunt rider, Wilford Brimley landed a part in True Grit. From there, he was cast in Lawman, the TV show The Waltons and then every other production that needed a lovable old hardass. It was that easy. Within a couple years, Brimley's entire life changed because he decided it might be kind of fun to ride horses on camera.
#3. Hulk Hogan
Hollywood Hulk Hogan built his wrestling persona around the presupposition that he was already a celebrity. Even though he had only done a few awful movies by the time he acquired the "Hollywood" on the front of his name, he became instantly known for wearing boas and being famous really hard on top of his enemies. Hulk Hogan proved in the mid '90s that someone can become famous just by saying it's true. Today, he's done over 30 movies and real celebrity has completely overtaken the fake one he made up two decades ago.
But before he had a career acting on film or in the ring, Hulk Hogan was just Terry Gene Bollea who dropped out of college to devote more time to his band. According to his autobiography, My Life Outside the Ring, Hogan always planned on being a musician. His band Rukus became nominally famous in Tampa Bay and without the hindrance of school in between shows, he had a lot of free time to lift weights.
And eat.
During one of his gigs, a couple professional wrestlers saw him perform and thought he would make a better wrestler than a bassist. They told their trainer, Hiro Matsuda about him and within a few weeks Hogan became a wrestler. In case you blinked back there, the man who's now a household name, whose face is on bandanas and torn up t-shirts around the world, got his shot at fame because a couple of wrestlers thought he looked strong. And while Hogan did have to train to become a wrestler, his whole career as a film star just kind of happened. At the height of Hulkamania, he was making Suburban Commando, Mr. Nanny and a fistful of other movies that didn't require him to do anything other than shout at children and scowl.
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Weird crime: Spat over drinking cup earns Crawford County men court date
The skinny: A fight over a drinking cup earned two southern Crawford County men a date in court.
What we know: State police said a 49-year-old man and a 43-year-old man, both of Atlantic, had been drinking throughout the day at a residence on Kibbler Road in East Fallowfield Township on Monday when one of the men became upset that someone was using a drinking cup he had purchased for his wife. The two men got into a fight, and the 49-year-old armed himself with an ax, police said.
Case update: Police charged both men with harassment, disorderly conduct and public drunkenness.
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