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MACON, Ga. - Three members of Stetson's men's soccer team were honored by the Atlantic Sun Conference on Tuesday afternoon. Seniors Jonathan Mendoza, Luis Ocejo, and Kai Eckenrode all earned postseason accolades from the league for their performances during the 2012-13 campaign.
Mendoza earned First Team All-Atlantic Sun Conference honors for the third straight season. An NSCAA Third Team All-American last year, the Stetson midfielder scored one goal and tallied a team-high three assists for a total of five points in 2012-13. Mendoza finished his career with 22 assists, the second most in Stetson history.
"It was a very well deserved award," Head Coach T. Logan Fleck said. "He fought courageously through injury throughout the year, and showed why he has a very good future in front of him. He overcame every challenge in front of him, and anyone with a lesser attitude would have probably let it defeat him, but Jonny came and played his heart out in every single match over the last four years."
Ocejo was named All-Atlantic Sun for the second season in a row, earning Second Team honors as a senior. The anchor of the Stetson defense, he has also earned NSCAA All-Region and Scholar All-American honors in the past. This season Ocejo has added second straight Capital One Academic All-District accolades after scoring one goal out of the back in 2012-13.
"What a great example of someone who provides excellence in the classroom and on the field," Fleck said of Ocejo. "He has a championship to his credit during his time at Stetson, and has shown great leadership for the program. The honor is well deserved, and we will miss him very much."
Eckenrode led the Hatters in scoring during his final season at Stetson, scoring five goals and adding one assist for 11 points en route to Second Team All-Atlantic Sun honors. His three goals in a win over North Florida marked the first hat trick of his career, and the only one in the A-Sun this season. Eckenrode finished his career with 14 goals and 12 assists for a total of 40 points.
"Kai has done so much for us in the classroom and on the field," Fleck continued. "A technical wizard, who shows you how the game can be played at a very high level, Kai scored some very important goals for Stetson. He will be missed by this team."
In addition to their all-conference nods, Ocejo and Eckenrode were also members of the Atlantic Sun Conference Men's Soccer All-Academic Team, which recognizes student-athletes who excelled both on and off the field during the 2012-13 season. Only 11 players in the league earned this recognition, and Ocejo was one of only four unanimous selections.


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MARTINSBURG - The Harmony Along the Potomac Chapter of Sweet Adelines International invites women who love to sing to join them for an afternoon of harmony, information, refreshments and fun from 2 to 4 p.m. April 16 at Trinity Episcopal Church, 200 W. King St.
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For collector Erin Karpich, of Williamsport, frogs are her friends!
Karpich began collecting frogs when she was in high school and believes she has more than 50 frogs in her collection to date.
So, it's no surprise that she suggested a meeting at the Bullfrog Brewery as the location of her interview.
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Above, Erin Karpich sits among some of the frogs in her collection. Right, more of her frogs and inset is a frog slipper she received as a gift from her brother.
Many frogs she receives as gifts from friends and family for birthdays, Christmas or souvenirs brought back for her from trips. She even has made a few of her own frogs.
"I made a frog bean bag in 4-H club in elementary school as a project," Karpich said. "I made two frogs out of clay in 2008, one that represents me as a frog."
She said her most cherished frog is her great-grandmother's sponge holder that sits on her counter by her kitchen sink. She also loves an antique frog ashtray that was her grandmother's.
Karpich said she always has loved Kermit the Frog and believes that the first frog she received was a stuffed Muppet Babies Kermit wearing a red plaid vest that she got from McDonald's. She also remembers getting a metal Muppet Show lunchbox from her uncle because it had Kermit on it.
She always enjoyed watching "Sesame Street," "The Muppet Show" and "Muppet Babies" growing up because she couldn't get enough of Kermit.
Her apartment has an assortment of frog figurines, magnets and other happy hoppers on display.
"A friend came into my apartment and said 'wow, you have an army of frogs!'" Karpich said.
She also has a few on her desk at work at the YMCA downtown, including one that holds paper clips and tape that she got from her mother and another glass figurine that a friend brought back for her from the Ukraine.
She said she believes she became interested in frogs at a young age because they were a part of her childhood growing up in a country setting.
"During my childhood, my siblings and I would catch frogs," she said. "We had a bullfrog that lived in the stone in the foundation of our house. Our neighbors had a frog pond and we would catch them and watch the tadpoles. As a kid, they always were around."
Karpich said about 85 percent of all of her frogs are gifts from her mother, who gave her a bag full of frog items for her birthday last year.
A few of the froggy friends that Karpich has in her collection include a dish soap holder, candle warmer, towels, bags, stuffed animals, a lamp, a clock, slippers, salt and pepper shakers and a bottle opener, which is one of her favorites.
Karpich even had a pet frog named Dr. Watson.
She said she would like to get a filtration system that sprays an automatic mist, aiding in the care of another pet frog, which she hopes to have in the future.
In the meantime, she recently helped a friend, Adam Thompson, shop for his pet frogs Tim and Daisy.
She always has her eyes open for great frog finds, and said the best places she has found frogs are at antique shops and flea markets.
"The frogs I like to look for are cute fat frogs," Karpich said.
"I also like tree frogs with the red eyes. They are so beautiful."
Karpich said she plans to continue to grow her frog collection because she never can turn down a cute frog.


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I've bought a 2002 Mazda with 64K, yet its in great condition. Its got a 2Ltr engine, and had been well kept with a FSH.
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Registered candidates for House seat 94 are incumbent Jenny Horne (R), Evan Guthrie (R) and Franklin Smith (R), and Damian Daly (D). Candidates for House seat 98 are incumbent Chris Murphy (R), Larry Hargett (R), and Rebekah Patrick (D).
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DuBois averaged nearly 50 points per game this season, but State College had a plan to slow down the Beavers.
The plan worked as State College knocked off the Beavers, 35-13, in the District 6-9 Class AAAA championship game Friday at Mansion Park.
"We thought we were stronger up front so we challenged the defensive line to get off the ball, squeeze to the inside and blow up the trapping guard. That's their number one play," State College coach Al Wolski said.
State College (9-3) advanced to the first round of the PIAA playoffs for a matchup with District 8-10 champ McDowell next weekend. DuBois' season ended at 8-2.
The Little Lions defense held the DuBois fast-paced, no-huddle offense to 48 yards in the first half on their way to a 21-0 halftime lead.
DuBois had a particularly hard time blocking Evan Galimberti and Amir Haywood.
"They were very stout inside, and it started with those two," DuBois coach Frank Varischetti said. "Then our center and guard were injured and didn't return. We really struggled to run after that."
State College held DuBois to three-and-out on its first two possessions, and the Little Lions offense mounted two lengthy scoring drives that kept the Beavers offense on the sideline.
"Our defense stopping them to open the game was huge," Wolski said. "The defensive coaching staff did a great job preparing and the defense answered the challenge."
State College ran 13 plays covering 68 yards on its first drive. Pat Irwin completed 5-of-5 passes on the drive for 49 yards, including a 4-yard touchdown toss to Darian Herncane for a 7-0 lead.
A seven-play, 57-yard drive capped by Dan Fry's 10-yard touchdown run put the Little Lions up 14-0.
DuBois found some running room on the ensuing drive and had a first-and-goal, but State College recovered a fumble to turn the Beavers away.
Two plays later, Irwin ran a option keeper, split two defenders and outraced the DuBois defense 88 yards to the end zone.
"That definitely shifted momentum. If we score there, it's 14-7 going into the half," Varischetti said.
DuBois threatened to get back in the game in the third quarter.
After Shane Marshall scored on a 2-yard run to make it a 21-7 game, DuBois forced State College to punt deep from its own end on the Little Lions ensuing possession.
Fry saved a high snap from going out the back of the end zone and got off a 53-yard punt, driving DuBois back on to its own side of the field.
"He's a great athlete. His versatility allows us to so many different things," Wolski said. "That was a big, big play."
DuBois never got another chance to close the gap. State College punched in two more touchdowns in the fourth quarter to seal the win.
Ryan Goeke scored on a 6-yard run, and Fry quickly followed with a 32-yard interception return for a touchdown.
DuBois closed out the scoring when Jarred Baummer turned a short pass from Bryson Paulinellie into a 20-yard touchdown.
State College7 14 0 14 - 35
DuBois0 0 7 6 - 13
First quarter
SC-Herncane 4 pass from Irwin (Fennessey kick), 3:45.
Second quarter
SC-Fry 10 run (Fennessey kick), 11:12.
SC-Irwin 88 run (Fennessey kick), 7:59.
Third quarter
D-Marshall 2 run (Plafcon kick), 5:39.
Fourth quarter
SC-Goeke 6 run (Fennessey kick), 7:53.
SC-Fry 32 interception return (Fennessey kick), 6:23.
D-Baummer 20 pass from Paulinellie (run failed), 4:38.
RUSHING: State College-Goeke 19-78, Irwin 7-132, Fry 6-49, Britton 4-33, Hopkins 5-20, Theis 2-14. D-Brown 16-100, Paulinellie 13-82, French 5-(-33), Marshall 1-2, TEAM 1-(-4).
PASSING: State College-Irwin 11-14-0-126. Dubois-French 5-7-0-13, Paulinellie 2-5-1-41, Brown 0-1-0-0.
RECEIVING: State College-King 5-73, Kellar 1-4. Herncane 1-4, Fry 4-45. Dubois-Bright 1-12, Miles 2-2, Baummer 4-40.
INTERCEPTIONS: State College-Fry.
First downs1812
Passing (comp.-att.-int.)11-14-07-13-1
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Inderjeet Parmar is Professor of Government. He studied Sociology at the London School of Economics and Political Sociology at the University of London. He obtained his doctorate at the University of Manchester. He joined the Department of Government as a lecturer in 1996. From 1991, he was lecturer in American Studies.
From 2006-09, Parmar served as Head of Politics at Manchester. He was a member of the Working Group on Think Tanks of the Social Science Research Council, USA., 2007, and co-convenor of the BISA Working Group on US Foreign Policy, 2005-09.
He is currently serving as Vice Chair of the British International Studies Association, and co-editor of a book series, Routledge Studies in US Foreign Policy. He was Treasurer of the British International Studies Association, 2001-2004.
His research interests focus on the history, politics and sociology of Anglo-American foreign policy elites over the past 100 years, specifically embodied in organisations such as philanthropic foundations, think tanks, policy research institutes, university foreign affairs institutes, and state agencies. He has just completed a book manuscript, Foundations of the American Century: Ford, Carnegie, and Rockefeller Foundations in the Rise of American Power (forthcoming, Columbia University Press).
He has, more recently, become interested in Anti-Americanism, post-9-11 US foreign policy shifts, and the changing character of the US foreign policy Establishment. Finally, he is working on a long-term project on why Britain almost invariably backs the United States in wars, from Korea 1950 to Iraq 2003.


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Well that's what I was sayin.... it was my first time looking at teeth and an eye in a stock pot. I probably could get used to it if I were to do it a few more times, which I would only do if the broth came out exceptionally good or if society collapsed and that was the only thing I had to eat.
When Hubby came home he offered to hack off the offending bits (I have no idea what he did with them). Now the pot is on the stove and the skull is submerged in water so I can't see any OB so I'll just cook the heck out of it and then strain it and hopefully it won't taste nasty.


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The boys now have a ride of their own.
Walt Disney World's Seven Dwarfs Mine Train officially opened in Orlando, Florida, Friday morning as the jewel in the crown of the Magic Kingdom's recent expansion, New Fantasyland.
Incorporating the major thematic elements of the now-shuttered dark-ride staple Snow White's Scary Adventures with what Disney Imagineers call a "family-friendly" roller-coaster, the attraction's 20-passenger trains slow down inside a dark cavern to provide a mirthful glimpse of the popular Disney characters at work, then speeds into gear to zip through their well-landscaped – and hilly – village.
On the intensity scale, the Mine Train measures closer to The Barnstormer than to Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, with gentle curves and the tallest hill 41 feet high.
Meanwhile, the visual experience inside the mine is enhanced by LED-lit "gems" that literally allow the Audio-Animatronic Dopey to have stars in his eyes. Other details include an exact replica of their cottage, with an evil visitor outside the door.
The attraction will be fully opened to the public on May 28.
Sleepy Does What Sleepy Does"This is the first time we've done a full 3D design and delivery process on any of our Audio-Animatronic figures," said Ethan Reed of Walt Disney Imagineering, which went back to the source material, Walt Disney's first full-length animated feature, 1937's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, for inspiration.
"There's so much new technology out there, we can really make these characters look like they jumped off the screen," Reed said.
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One other fun fact from the Disney archive: In creating Snow White's seven friends, who were first brought to life – though never named – by the Brothers Grimm, Walt Disney considered calling them Wheezy, Jumpy, Baldy, Stuffy, Tubby, Dizzy and Burpy.
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The New Wailuku Safeway, Geographic Isolation, and TV's Doomsday Preppers
September 28, 2013 - Ray Tsuchiyama
See Maui News Blog: Necessity As Mother of Invention and Sustainability
In a prior blog post (see above), I mentioned that World War II brought deprivation and shortages to Hawai'i residents, a stressful period up to the end of the Pacific War in August, 1945 (and for some time thereafter, since shipping was scarce and still devoted to the War effort).
Mauians maintained their disrupted lives in creative ways, mending the same clothes over and over, growing vegetables and fruits, hunting boar and deer, fishing, collecting guavas and passion fruit in the forest. A can of Spam was a wondrous delicacy. But it was a more "sustainable" period, with soda plants manufacturing bottles for "local" consumption, which meant that Lahaina had its own soda brand and Central Maui another brand.
But people did acquire cars and increasingly would make trips around Maui – my father and his best friend once took a car from Kahului on the road to Hana, and this would be in the mid-1930s. Their car got stuck in a ditch and they did get the car out, but their journey was abandoned. Yet the fact that twenty-year olds could drive and go for joy rides give insights to Maui's future.
In the post-War period, fast ocean-going freight transportation changed society: Matson container ships would make weekly (and more) trips to and from a couple of California ports, and from the Northwest, and all these new products supported the gasoline-fueled commuting lifestyles of the 130,000 cars on Maui (probably 500,000 on Oahu) for residents and tourists throughout the Hawaiian archipelago. Of course every drop of gasoline is imported, from Southeast Asia, Middle East, and North America.*
Every can of Spam, every grain of rice, every bottle of shampoo, every television set, and every i-Phone – all imported to Hawai'i. I noticed the abundance of things at the opening of the new Safeway across from Baldwin High School – big, brightly-lit (especially the pharmacy section, and evoking a colorful warehouse). I don't think twice about NOT buying another bottle of shampoo (since I may be concerned that they may not get another shipment in time), since there are many rows of the shampoo bottles lining the shelves. A good secure feeling. And psychology is at the core of people's buying habits.
A weekly trip to a stores (and more stores) seems a very ordinary part of life – yet it was just like yesterday – up to the mid-1990s when people throughout Maui kept stacks of mail-order catalogs or kept lists of "things" to buy on semi-annual trips to Honolulu's Ala Moana Center (there is a reverse pilgrimage of Lanai residents hopping on a ferry to the Kahului Costco's now).
How do residents react when the unthinkable happens: an economic crisis, a barrel of oil at $1,000, or a natural catastrophe (a tropical storm, stronger than a Flossie) – and all kinds of manufactured products stop coming to Hawai'i?
Up to the 1920s Hawai'i was the center of rice cultivation, and then California launched a huge agri-business revolution, and this drove rice prices down and down, and ultimately made Hawai'i-grown rice more expensive than importing California rice, even from across the Pacific ocean. When that happened, it was a significant event – since many imported products soon followed to stop local Hawai'i production, even staples like milk (Is there a dairy with real cows left on Maui?), clothes, soda, and furniture. Repeating a previous blog: there came a time when importing a ton of carrots was equal or less than importing a ton of fertilizer – from the Mainland to Hawai'i.
I don't have any quick answers to this precarious situation. After a while there arises in a few individuals a feeling of impending dread, and they begin to plan for the apocalyptic end of our current abundant lifestyles.
On television, they are a lively, hard-working group called "Doomsday Preppers" and go beyond the "Chicken Little " shrieking about the "End", and start building secure structures and stock food, gasoline, guns, ammunition, and presumably a lot of their own brand of shampoo.
One series featured a patriarch with his children, all grown-up in their twenties and practicing defending their "Castle" (which really looked like one) against invaders, which would be their nice neighbors who transform overnight into heavily-armed guerilla bands. I wonder how they come up with their money to buy bricks and guns, but I guess this is one family that never goes to Disneyland or Vegas to throw their money away for Magic Mountain rides and Circus Circus tickets. (I liked the fact that the children honor their father in doing a project together – but they seemed so somber and un-motivated.)
I wonder why can't people band together and work out solutions that could benefit everybody – in other words, this current utter import dependence situation and future sustainability strategies have to be reviewed carefully in Hawai'i, since it does seem precarious and our children would inherit the entire system, built on a house of cards.
*Gasoline prices are, of course, relative. Gas even at $4.75 a gallon in Hawai'i is still half the price of gasoline in Japan or in Western Europe. I used to spend nearly $85 filling-up a smaller-sized station wagon in Tokyo. However, there was an inexpensive bus-subway-train system throughout Tokyo – I am amazed at $2.50 one-way bus rides in Honolulu, since I could travel a much farther distance in a Tokyo subway for less money. If gasoline was much more expensive and Honolulu residents had the option of a cheaper, viable mass transit system, they would keep their cars at home. Will 100,000 Honolulu residents – 1 out of 8 adults -- ride the mass transit system daily?
Again, if gasoline prices reached $8 - $9 a gallon there would be Hawai'i street riots – plus all the food and items imported to Hawai'i would increase in price dramatically, since fuel costs would soar, as well as a crisis in tourism, as visitors would balk at high fuel air ticket surcharges.
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Aloha walter17, this guy is about as "from Hawaii" as they come. Read this from his blog bio:
Ray Tsuchiyama's family arrived on Maui in the early 1900s. His late father was a member of the Maui High Class of '37 along with Dan Aoki, Governor John Burns' right-hand man; his uncle was president of the 442nd Club of Maui; his aunt retired from teaching at Wailuku Elementary School. He attended Honolulu pubic schools -- all in Kalihi-Palama -- and graduated from Wallace Rider Farrington High School, and later attended Kapiolani and Honolulu Community Colleges.
Boring? Perhaps to some, but definitely Mr. Tsuchiyama is from Hawaii. Just sayin.
Sep-28-13 11:29 PM
Boring, Obviously this person is not from Hawaii.
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Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2009
|nice view down canyon
|Posted Nov 11, 2011 4:21 pm
|Andrew Rankine
|Hike from Snowbird
Date Climbed: Aug 6, 2009
|Hiked from Snowbird to the summit. Took the cable car down from Hidden Peak. Had the flu and felt sick the entire ascent.
|Posted Nov 1, 2011 1:21 pm
|Complete Solitude
Date Climbed: Sep 24, 2011
|Went up an hour before sunset and did Sugarloaf first. Ran as far as I could up and made it up to the summit of Sugarloaf in about 35 minutes. Didn't see a soul after Cecret lake. I was really impressed with the views from the summit and enjoyed solitude on top...realized the sun was getting low so made a scramble for Baldy and made it over to the summit of Mt. Baldy in under 25 minutes. After chilling in solitude on the summit for 15 minutes or so, I got cold so I bombed all the way back to my car at the Cecret lake trailhead in 20 minutes. Awesome trip...definitely worth doing again as I was really impressed by the views of Timp, Hidden Peak, Pfeifferhorn, Lone, and the Cottonwood Ridge. If you want solitude, get to the summit around sunset time, watch the sunset and then get off the mountain. Good stuff.
|Posted Sep 25, 2011 1:23 am
|Take your skis
Date Climbed: Aug 13, 2009
|Not bad to climb if you've never skied snowbird before. Worth a look.
|Posted Sep 7, 2011 5:56 pm
|Sorta Lame
Date Climbed: Aug 27, 2011
|Hiked up from Cecret Lake TH. Too many people. too much development. It kind ruined the experience for me. I also did Sugarloaf which was also kinda lame. the good thing was I had the actual summit to myself while I was there. i did see others on it before and after I was there. The views were good and so was the exercise but the overall experience was kinda blah.
|Posted Aug 27, 2011 5:03 pm
|Bullion Divide
Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2011
|Strolled away from the hordes around Hidden Peak to the top of this dumping ground and continued on to Sugarloaf.
|Posted Aug 27, 2011 9:17 am
Date Climbed: Aug 23, 2011
|Combined with Sugarloaf. Thanks to the ski patrol for having the peak serve as their dump. Beautiful views into snowbird with the roads and skilifts. It inspired me to exclusively ski the backcountry from now on and not use resorts. Wildflowers were actually quite amazing.
|Posted Aug 24, 2011 4:17 am
|Bullion Divide 6
Date Climbed: Aug 13, 2011
|2nd along the Bullion Divide. Had a wire pole and some emergency ski gear.
|Posted Aug 13, 2011 10:35 pm
|2 for 1
Date Climbed: Aug 2, 2011
|Decided to head over to Baldy after coming up the Ridge Route to Hidden Pk. Fantastic views!!!!!
|Posted Aug 2, 2011 5:47 pm
Date Climbed: Jul 13, 2011
|Not nearly as much snow as when I skied July 1. But plenty, nonetheless. Nice hike.
|Posted Jul 14, 2011 9:12 pm
Date Climbed: Jul 14, 2010
|Both AF Twins, Hidden, Baldy, then off to Alta.
|Posted Jul 5, 2011 12:43 pm
|Part of Bullion Divide
Date Climbed: Jul 13, 2006
|07/13/06 Part of Bullion Divide with Kim and Jan
|Posted Jun 20, 2011 9:40 pm
|Nice Spring Ski Day
Date Climbed: Apr 15, 2011
|Skied at Snowbird today, and hiked Baldy. I jumped off a cornice at the top, and had spotted the landing, thinking it was going to be soft. Completely wrong. It was harder than Jamie Pressley's abs. And skiing down was like trudging through mashed potatoes. But a beautiful day nonetheless.
|Posted Apr 15, 2011 10:00 pm
|Baldy for Baldy
Date Climbed: Aug 20, 2010
|Made the traverse over from Hidden Peak to make up for being on Hidden Peak via the tram.
|Posted Dec 30, 2010 7:15 pm
|Up I Go
|09/13/10 Bullion Divide with Chicagotransplant
6/30/14 Devil's to South Thunder
|Posted Oct 29, 2010 4:17 am
|via Cecret Lake
Date Climbed: Oct 1, 2010
|Great hike. I left my truck at Snowbird, climbed Sunset peak with family, then climbed Mount Baldy, Hidden Peak, then returned to Snowbird via Gad Valley.
|Posted Oct 10, 2010 3:01 am
|Tour de Snowbird
Date Climbed: Sep 13, 2010
|Ascended from Snowbird via Peruvian Gulch, went over and back to Sugarloaf. On the way back met Mooner and we continued on to American Forks Twin Peaks together, he went on, I went back down via Gad Valley to the village and my car.
|Posted Sep 15, 2010 6:43 pm
|Great views
Date Climbed: Aug 29, 2010
|Climbed up, then down to Mineral Basin, went through the tunnel than down to Octoberfest at Snowbasin. Enjoyed the German band while drinking beer.. after the summit!
|Posted Aug 30, 2010 12:28 am
|Dmitry Pruss
|You'd laugh
Date Climbed: Jul 31, 2010
|but I haven't been up here before. Got my chance at last when running the Speedgoat 50K. This summit graced mile 9 of Karl Metzler's famously brutal course (which also featured lesser summits such as Hidden Peak - twice - and Miller Hill, for the total of nearly 12,000 ft el gain). Lots of wildflowers along the trails!
|Posted Aug 3, 2010 1:01 pm
Date Climbed: Jul 27, 2010
|Hiked up the Peruvian Gulch. Lots of scars on the mountain, but still a great workout. Plenty of shade for an early morning ascent.
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Lets see what the recruiting push does from here. They already have Adrian from Morgantown and I really don't see him competing big time in D1. I think it is going to be harder for them to recruit because they do not have the draw of playing in Madison Square Garden anymore. Nothing in common with the League they now play in. I think a lot of schools will find the same problems joining conferences half way across the country from where they are based. Tough to sell Morgantown WV to D1 recruits.
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The Sheehan Memorial Hospital bankruptcy case needs to be settled stat.
Getting the deal done before the snow flies is critical to preventing the 145,000-square-foot Michigan Avenue building from deteriorating over the winter. The building recently received millions of dollars in upgrades from the state that must be maintained.
Carl L. Bucki, the chief judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, has the hospital, which recently filed for a Chapter 11 bankruptcy, on his calendar this week. There is a process he must follow, but that does not mean it cannot go quickly.
How quickly is up to current management, which will make a proposal on selling the property and then present it to the judge for approval. Bucki must consider the creditors, former employees, competing bidders and environmental and community issues.
The process needs to be fair and satisfy as many creditors as possible, but it also needs to lead to proper reuse of the building at the edge of downtown.
The primary asset is the real estate, and health-related entities are working corroboratively on such a reuse that will serve the community.
UNYTS, the nonprofit organ, eye, tissue and community blood center, wants to consolidate its operations into one location downtown. UNYTS owns space at 110 Broadway in Buffalo and leases space at 90 Curtwright Drive in Amherst. The business formerly known as Upstate New York Transplant Services would like to move into one location with ample parking. Sheehan Memorial is its prime choice.
In addition, the Greater Buffalo United Accountable Health Network would like to maintain the hospital building as a state-licensed health center that concentrates on primary and specialty care and perhaps develop ambulatory surgery. The network would replicate what some of the group's doctors have already done in the inner city with their state-of-the-art and VIP approach to patient care. The concept is to provide total integrated health care.
And the McGuire Group, parent to McGuire Development, is a 2,000-employee health care company with seven long-term care facilities. The group trains about 300 certified nursing assistants and nurses a year at Delaware and Allen, and wants to expand. The group recruits heavily from Buffalo's East Side and the Sheehan Memorial site would be a more convenient location for students.
All three - UNYTS, McGuire and the health network - are talking and working together in their goal of repurposing the hospital into clinical reuse. It fits well with the history of the Sheehan Health Network, which had survived for 128 years while often treating the poorest and most underserved population in Buffalo's core.
Sheehan is one more old hospital building that needs a new mission to keep it from being a drag on the neighborhood.
Kaleida Health officials began planning for the reuse of Millard Fillmore Hospital even before the Gates Circle facility closed its doors. The board of directors has chosen Chason Affinity's $65 million proposal to create a school of veterinary medicine at the site.
Next up for Kaleida will be repurposing the Women & Children's Hospital campus as the hospital relocates to the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.
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Time rules our lives, woven into the very fabric of the universe - from the rising and setting of the sun to the cycles of nature, the thought processes in our brains, and the biorhythms in our day. Nothing so pervades our existence and yet is so difficult to explain.
But now, in a series of 24 riveting lectures, you can grasp exactly why - as you take a mind-expanding journey through the past, present, and future, guided by a noted author and scientist. Designed for nonscientists as well as those with a background in physics, the lectures show how a feature of the world that we all experience - a process known as entropy - connects us to the instant of the formation of the universe, and possibly to a multiverse that is unimaginably larger and more varied than the known cosmos.
Drawing on such exciting ideas as black holes, cosmic inflation, and dark energy, the lectures also address a momentous question that until recently was considered unanswerable: What happened before the big bang? And while the focus is on physics, Professor Carroll also examines philosophical views on time, how we perceive and misperceive time, the workings of memory, and serious proposals for time travel, as well as imaginative ways that time has been disrupted in fiction.
"What is time?" asked Saint Augustine 1,600 years ago. "If no one asks me, I know. But if I wish to explain it to someone who asks, I know not." These lectures will move you much closer to an answer.
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"Get From Eternity to Here instead"
These lectures were OK but they were almost completely a not as good rehash of the materials in the professors book From Eternity to Here. The book was quite good but took a few shortcuts describing entropy that made it difficult to fully understand. The lectures take even more shortcuts. There is not much point to the lectures after reading the book. Other than that, the lectures are pretty good, but the structure of the book is better and more carefully presented. So, get the book instead. If you like repetition, then do the lectures before the book.
"Familiar Ground, But Well Told"
Having read / listened to a number of "popular science" books (Greene, Hawking) that address the origin and fate of the universe, the concept of time and the role of entropy are familiar and central concepts in those books. It was about the third lecture of this series before I thought I learned anything new, but by slow accretion and careful explanation by Sean Carroll, I began to have a deeper understanding of time and why it is, indeed, still such a mystery Carroll has an earnest, engaging style. He does a good job of maintaining a coherent narrative through the lectures, so it is easy to follow his development of the topic. Not much math here (good from my perspective) except when he lays out Boltzman's equation for entropy. All in, I recommend this course. Like many of the concepts in modern physics, the ideas are counter-intuitive and elusive--at least to this former English major. Revisiting them from time to time is helpful in solidifying central concepts--and entropy / time is certainly one that deserves re-examination. Like all "Great Courses" lectures, these are survey level courses, so if you are someone who is calculating the trajectory of the next NASA probe to Mars, move along, there is nothing for you to see. But, if like me, you have a general interest in science, you will find this course worth your time and an enjoyable listen.
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The coverage of the material was well done. It is a fascinating topic to begin with, and the speaker clearly knows his field. He presents many aspects of time, and provides the listener with an intriguing journey. Furthermore, his style of speaking is entertaining and engaging. You won't be bored!
I have not listened to any of his other lectures.
I had two difficulties with these lectures. The first and least important is that the presenter seems to be speaking, rather than reading, which is fine--except that he makes frequent grammatical mistakes so that his sentences sound sometimes unprofessional. He would have done better to have written everything out clearly, and then followed his notes more closely.The more substantial problem is that the presenter frequently uses the teaching style of giving what he knows to be incorrect information; not telling the listener that it is incorrect; and then sometime later (perhaps many lectures later) correcting his earlier misinformation.For example: When he first introduces entropy (one of the central themes of the lectures), he defines it as a measure of the amount of disorder (paraphrasing here). As a physicist myself, I knew that this popular idea is entirely incorrect, and was appalled that he was actually putting it out there without comment. Sure enough, roughly 10 lectures later he provides an entirely different definition of entropy (the correct one), and tells the reader that what he said before was not correct. I consider this method of teaching to be at best unfortunate, and at worst inexcusably sloppy.I would not say that this problem overrides all of the good in these lectures (hence the 4-star rating), but Professor Carroll should definitely know better.Summary: A fascinating topic, presented by an engaging speaker. Just don't believe everything he says, until you're sure you've reached the end!
Faced with mindless duty, when an audio book player slips into a rear pocket and mini buds pop into ears, old is made new again.
Time, as a fourth dimension, is a mystery that Professor Sean Carroll partly unravels in a lecture series titled Mysteries of Modern Physics. Carroll helps Physics' dilettantes, like this essayist, broaden understanding of the mechanics of the universe; albeit at the cost of some confusion and a headache.
Carroll defines words that are commonly understood by Physics' students and vaguely or not understood by everyone else. He defines time's arrow, entropy, and the second law of thermodynamics. Each definition offers insight to the mystery of time.
Time remains a mystery at the end of Carroll's lectures. Travel to the future seems a possibility but travel to the past, a logical impossibility. Carroll speculates on the idea of a multiverse from periodic reversals in the arrow of time that creates new universes from new big bangs. There is much more in Carroll's lectures that tickle the synapses and light up dendrites of a listener's mind.
"More about entropy and less about time."
He gets very very technical and detailed. I got a lot out of each lecture.
I appreciated that he deconstructed this idea of the "laws of physics" being absolute. The second law of thermodynamics in particular.
Great lecturer. Has an engaging way of speaking and he prepared these lectures in a very accessible way.
Time is not what you think.
I said above that it's more about entropy than time. But, in the first lecture he points out that entropy is the best way to think about time. And he carries this through all the way to the end.
This was the most dense of the Great Courses Lectures I've listened to so far. Probably worth a second and third listen. You will get a lot out of it.
Very well spent time learning about the physics of Time. The narration was excellent and the scientific concepts very accessible for a non-scientist.
You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take. —Wayne Gretzky
"Making an is not as easy as it seems."
Physics is no easy subject, at least to me. Quantum theory harder still. However the author does a terrific job making theoretical physics accessible for the regular person. On top of that, there is just so much interresting stuff in this book that it is almost impossible to get everything in only one listen, specially while you are driving. I'm planning to listen it at least once again.
It is a book for those people who like me are absolutely fascinated by physics but just don't get what does those weird equations mean. If I had a teacher like that on high school I would probably had studied physics on college.. but you don't find teacher like him on highschools. =( It is the first time I can say I understand what entropy really is. I read many times on wikipedia and other books, and I thought I did understand, now i know I do.
There is still a long way to go before humanity is able to fully grasp the misteries of the big bang. And maybe the future that looks rather bleak may have a way out, to survive the end of the universe... hopefully
"Best physics lecture I've listened to, ever."
Great pacing, fascinating material, the lecturer presents extremely abstract concepts, but guides you into them so that you come out tge other side understanding something you couldn't even conceive before. This lecture series alone is worth an Audible subscription. Concepts of physics that I've scratched my heard over for years were made clear in this course. Meanwhile, one of the seemingly most straightforward concepts, the progression of time, is revealed to be an amazingly complex mystery.
"Really Fantastic - Challenging"
I dont think there is a print version- but if there is, definitely. The highly technical language is absolutely more easily understood through the presenter.
As far as the great courses go, this is one of the best ones i've listened to.
I have not heard the professor's other works but i would certainly listen to him again.
I listen to a lot of courses from the teaching company, and this was by far the most challenging to follow. The really hard stuff comes towards the end, but it remained enjoyable throughout. really complex physics, a great crash-course in the field.
I think i understand time less now than i did before. i might have to give it a second listen.
"Mixing Milk and Coffee - Entropy At its Best!"
Worth the ... TIME!
(1, 2 ... 3 - yes, looks about right)
(Audible, could you please come up with even more stupid questions?)
Let me ignore Audible's blabla for a sec and try to say it with my own words:
Sean Carroll really manages to take even the layman (I am from the philosophical side of science) on a tour through classic physics up to more or less the most modern theories about what's "the kernel of the brute". Pace of the lectures, examples and even the honest outlooks on what "we don't know" are one great inspiration for the mind.
Mr. Carroll describes several ideas about how our universe may have come into existence, how the "Arrow of Time" (time always going into one direction and not being reversible) works and why it is there. He does not pretend to have an answer, but gives a nice kaleidoscope of working (and not so working) theories. On sidelines he gives some basics about Quantum physics, the differences to classic physics and ... lots of stirring up milk in coffee to test entropy.
So far I haven't listened to any other of Mr. Carroll's "performances" (Audible, PLEASE rethink the phrasing of your questions, this typing-in of comments is making me feel like a complete idiot).
But the good feeling I have after listening through this course, the believe that I "got it", or at least some of it, makes me think: "Gimme more, Mr. Carroll!"
What really "moved" me is the fact that - although I don't claim to have understood everything - especially not why anyone would actually pour milk in his coffee! - it feels like I have some "vocabulary", to say the least, from the world of Quantum Physics. That's surely not the worst one can say about listening to an audio book. What's next? Rocket Science? Understanding Women?
"Everything you ever wanted to know about time..."
I have previously taken a number of "Great Courses" series, from "The Teaching Company" - they are almost always excellent, and to be able to get them through Audible, represents very good value.
This course on Time is no exception. Professor Caroll has the perfect voice for explaining complex concepts in physics - slightly geeky sounding, but very easy to listen to, and immediately likeable. While he explains all the concepts he uses, so there is no need to have any background in Physics, I found some grounding helpful, as he gets into some quite complex stuff, fairly quickly.
The lectures cover all aspects of Time, from "why am I always late" to measurement and the "longditude problem", the "block" or "salami" models of time, Relativity, space-time and time dilation, black holes, the early universe, and a lot on thermodynamics! The main question, which the series attempts to answer is "why is there an arrow of time?" going always from the past to the future.
The various explanations for the arrow of time, (such as the probablistic explanation for the second law of thermodynamics) are prised apart, to show their circularity, such that it seems to come down to explaining the nature of the early universe, and the "past hypothesis". Without giving more away, this becomes the central intellectual puzzle, which drives us on towards the end.
If, like me, you like these kind of "ultimate questions", and you enjoy concepts in Physics, (without delving into Maths), I can thoroughly recommend this course.
"Good listen"
I've listened to a few of these course type formats and find it easy to follow. The fact that each lesson is only 30 minutes makes easier to stop and start.
The material was interesting and the tack that the instructor takes to explain it was thought provoking
Other lecture type books
His energy and pace
what a stupid question
Fascinating stuff. I wasn't sure whether to get this because I thought maybe Time was a bit more of a narrow field than what I was looking for.
Don't think I've ever been as wrong in an assumption before. Everything is touched upon; Relativity, Quantum theory, Black Holes, Time Travel, Mulitverses, Dark Energy, and broken eggs. There are lots of broken eggs :-)
I found this absorbing and strangely relaxing. even if you can't follow all the concepts you still get a feel for the topic and the narration is very easy to listen to.
"Best science lecture"
Carroll is the best science lecturer I have come across. He is so passionate and makes the topics enthralling and is very good at making the inherently difficult concepts graspable if you are willing to put the effort in.
"Very informative"
Sean reads his own work and does so in a very clear and informative manner. One of the best of the best in the Lecture series.
"Surprising, gripping, fascinating"
Having listened to other physics-based "Great Courses", I thought I'd give this a try, however I was not expecting it to be as absorbing, well presented and thought provoking as it is.
The clarity of the exposition.
An expert communicator, on a subject he clearly knows so well as to make it sound very straightforward.
At 12 hours long, unlikely to sit through it in one go - but always wishing I had time for just one more chapter.
Excellent, the best of the Great Courses I've listened to so far, with possible competition from "Particle Physics for Non-Physicists".
"I thought I knew phisics"
Yes this is one of a better books i have listened to so far.
I loved quirkiness and sufisticated sense of humour that professor brings to the book, made me look silly several times.
I have listened to a few phisics books and had general understanding of things, this book had expanded my view substantially and 'fixed' quite a few mistunderstandings and gaps that I had.
"Hard to start but by 6th chapter very rewarding"
Good voice.
Good delivery.
Does not waffle or condescend.
Not technical enough what I was looking for. Very difficult to start but made some things very clear and easy to learn once you got past the first few chapters.
Thought I already knew a thing or two about entropy, relativity and physics of time. Bought this course on basis of other good reviews and wanting to know more. I really enjoyed the course. I learnt lots and I had a few of those moments when the whole universe suddenly appears really strange and wonderful at the same time. Mind expanding and well presented
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Your sunrise summary of everything you need to know about weather in H-town.
Warming nicely into the low 70s today under partly sunny skies.
It's quite a bit warmer out this morning with temperatures in the 50s instead of the 30s.
Highs today will climb into the low 70s, and this weekend highs will reach near 80 degrees with muggy nights in the 60s. All the while moisture levels will be increasing, and an advancing cold front should provide a trigger for rain and possibly thunderstorms on Sunday afternoon and night.
The biggest threat from this storm system will be strong damaging winds and possibly tornadoes. The strongest thunderstorms should develop to the northeast of Houston, where the capping inversion — warmer temperatures above the surface — could preclude storm development.
Forecasters with NOAA's Storm Prediction Center estimate there's about a 15 percent chance of severe weather at areas within the Houston metro area, and 30 percent for areas just to the north and northeast of the city.
The front will cool things off in the region significantly. Lows on Monday and Tuesday morning should fall into the upper 30s, but I don't think we'll see freezing conditions within Houston or the larger metro area.
Overnight lows will probably remain chilly through Thursday morning, at least. If you like winter, enjoy this, because there probably won't be too many more blasts like this one.
Cougars beat Memphis
Heck of a game at Hofheinz
Season's biggest win.
Remember 2011? A trace of rain fell at Houston Hobby Airport on this day in 2011. February 2011 was the second driest February on record for many locations across Southeast Texas in the driest 10 month period ever recorded for Southeast Texas.


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Perry Township trustee candidate states his case
September 30, 2013
To the editor: On Nov. 5, the voters of Perry Township and Salem will decide who will be elected, or re-elected, to fill two seats on the Perry Township board of trustees....
They must have acquired the power !
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Kind of wondering why all these meatheads are running out here.?
Didn't they do enough damage in Salem?
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Jerry is a self centered, egotistical narcissist who in his own world seems to believe that he is the Savior/Messiah of the area. This Jackwagon couldn't save a rice c krispie treat if his life depended on it!b Hey Ginger, go slither back under the rock you came from..
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I certainly hope the citizens of Salem do not shove this guy down the throats of the citizens of the township once again!!!
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I have never before seen unanimous opinions voiced and never ever have there only been agrees to these opinions. Wow!
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we need younger people to start running for all county offices.as long as they don't have an agenda of their own or someone elses.
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Sorry Mr. Wolford, while you clearly have experience via the time you've spent in public office, I'm not sure what example I'm supposed to look at as far as your experience with leadership. As far as I could tell, when you were mayor, you were collecting a paycheck and padding your pension. Leadership isn't a quality that I would attribute to you. I don't mean to be harsh, but when you're asking for my vote I'm going to be honest. The only public record you have from my perspective is time served and in this letter, it's pretty clear that you don't have much of a record to tout other than the time served. Maybe you can write another letter and explain to us why you're qualified to provide the leadership that you say is needed on a daily basis. I didn't feel that leadership was present when you were the mayor.
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I don't know what gives them the impression the country can't do without them. When in fact we'd probably be better off.
leave .Go enjoy retirement.Go volunteer somewhere.
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Mr. Wolford thinks his 23 years in office in either Salem or Perry twp. gives him experience to lead in rational discussion. Hmmm I wonder what happened for those 23 years he was in office. Where was this ability to have rational discussion then?? With politicians it is always what they will do, they just never seem to get around to doing it. I think he gave the same rhetoric when he was running for mayor how he was going to be the savior of the area and get the two entities to work together for the good of the community. Didn't happen then why does he think it will happen now? Does Perry Twp. really want to go back to the future?
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I agree with Eattherich it is time for you to retire. You have done enough damage to both the city and the township as a public servent. You were all gung ho for a Fire District that divided the city and the township. As Mayor you tried to raise taxes at a time when many were losing their jobs including our police and firemen. So we should vote for you because your so much more qualified. I think it's time you retire from public service and allow a fresher minded person with a newer perspective to be trutee.
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Jerry is like a lg.% of those in the house and senate,
On life support. They need to get the h--- out.
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it's time for you to retire.
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I like they way you plan
Shove a fire distr, down our throats and behind our backs.
Insist on buying the race track even thou most said np.
Ok jerry you got my vote
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A couple of billionaires are waging an epic battle over the ownership of an all-American success story that's struggling to find its second act: personal computer giant Dell Inc.
The resolution could well require part litigation, part negotiation.
That would suit Joe Rice of the Mount Pleasant-based law firm Motley Rice just fine.
Rice played a key role in shepherding and finalizing the landmark $206 billion national tobacco settlement in the late 1990s. He's now partly immersed in the Dell dispute, which centers on a $24.4 billion offer from founder Michael Dell and other investors to take the company private by buying out all other shareholders.
Dell, the one-time pre-med student, has spelled out some of the ways he plans to revive and reinvent the custom PC-making venture he started in a University of Texas dorm room in the early '80s. They include cutting costs, beefing up the sales force and investing in more profitable business lines to offset waning demand for laptops and desktop units. The tech billionaire thinks he can pull all of this off more effectively without Wall Street scrutinizing his every move.
Rice's national personal-injury law firm diversified some years ago into the growing field of shareholder litigation, taking on publicly traded companies over corporate governance grievances. In the Dell Inc. matter, Motley Rice represents some German investment firms that feel the proposed insider buyout bid, well, stinks.
"When Michael Dell started his attempt to take Dell private, we looked at it with our clients and decided this didn't smell right," Rice said.
Nodding in agreement somewhere is another billionaire, Carl Icahn, the onetime corporate raider who's now mostly described as a shareholder activist. As Dell's second-biggest stock owner, he's leading the charge to defeat the $13.65 a share buyout of the PC giant, saying the "going private transaction" undervalues the business.
Rice doesn't represent Icahn. But he knows him well.
"Carl is a friend of mine, and he and I have done business before," he said.
As it turned out, a June 17 letter from Icahn to Rice ended up in an exhibit to a public filing that Icahn's New York-based firm submitted to federal stock market regulators. In it, Icahn vented to the Mount Pleasant lawyer about what he perceived as a calculating public relations strategy: "Over the past few months, the company has embarked on a pattern of disclosing increasingly negative results and prospects. From a deteriorating PC market outlook to massively reduced margins, the present and future are being presented by management as bleak. But we believe that a number of business decisions have created this bad news. It's a process that management controls — the worse the company looks, the more there is for shareholders to fear, the more likely the going-private transaction is approved."
Icahn has submitted three separate alternatives to Dell — including an offer to buy two-thirds of the stock for $14 a pop — to no avail.
"There's still a fight," Rice said July 2.
He was right. Just last week, Icahn urged fellow shareholders to formally oppose the buyout with him so that a court can decide if the company is worth $13.65 a share. Or more. Or less. He noted that in a letter that his novel "appraisal" option allows investors to take the original deal within 60 days if they change their minds.
"To add a new twist to an old saying, 'you can have your cake and eat it too,'" Icahn wrote.
It's unlikely he'll get a court date before Thursday. That's when Dell investors will decide whether to support or spurn the founder's offer. Three shareholder advisory firms last week recommended accepting the bid that's on the table.
Even so, the closely watched vote could go either way, according to reports last week.
Rice, for one, is hoping this epic battle won't end this week.
"What will have to happen is we'll have to vote the Dell proposal down," he said.
And what then?
"And then we'll go through the process."
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Good job for Team Australia in Saitama. Brooklee Han and O'Brien / Merriman skated well.
Good job for Team Australia in Saitama. Brooklee Han and O'Brien / Merriman skated well.
All the best for Australia' Amelia Jackson, who is competing in the Novice Ladies' division at the Triglav Trophy today.
All a big good luck to Team Nova who will e competing at worlds this weekend.
Amelia jackson in 10th after the short in the novice ladies at the Triglav trophy
Team Nova in 19th place at SynchromWorlds
Well Done Team Nova 19th Place
But a bigger Well Done to Dani and Greg for finishing their careers so strongly. They defied the odds and have showed that if you dream big and you aim for it with everything you have, you can make it!
Very Inspiring.
It's sad to see that Australia now has no Ice Dancers that can follow immediately after them but I hope that they have inspired a young dance couple to dream and aim big.
Im must say, this month in skating has beed filled with news!
Dani and Greg retiring
And others like
-Meryl owning DWTS 39/40 like C'mon!!! And charlie being told his rhumba wasnt one.
-Russian Ladies' claiming to want to learn trille axels and Quad Toeloops.
-Ice Shows in America and Japan and canada soon
-Synchro Worlds and murmers of a push to put it in the Olympics...and THAT performance at the opening ceremony
-Cinquanta being...Ottavio Cinquanta- which isnt good. IMO i dont think he is really protecting the interests of any of the ISU sports, not even his pet sports. The only interests he is interested in protecting are his own.
-Massimo moving from DSC to Arctic Edge- an intering move in the battle for ice dance supremace in Detroit- its DSC's time now.
-US pair engaged
-Russian Split and Switch in Ice Dance
-just as Canada seemed to be putting skating in a sort of higher realm of popularity in compared to the last 5 years, CBC cuts put figure skating coverage on thin ice and battle of the blades being iced again for good.
Recent Tweet @AUSOlympicTean:
They Lived the Dream!
:"Bolshoy congratulations to Dani & Greg @OBrienMerriman on their retirement after 12yrs!"
Their Farewell Statement:
Congratulate Dani & Greg for their career on their Twitter Handle: @obrienmerriman
FYI: We have moved the thread to the Fan Fests thread so all of GF's (and everyone else's work) can be preserved forever!
We love having a cheering crew for the Aussies!
AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE! *cheering happily*
Well we get the first taste of what's to come in the Australian competition season tomorrow with a little pre-runner in Sydney to the first international qualifier in June. Chantelle Kerry will be running through her program after her Olympic disappointment earlier this year so it will be interesting to see how she has regrouped.
Also worth watching out for are the two junior dance teams who are being coached by British coach John Dunn who has previously worked in Barcelona with a Spanish couple. Australia is looking for a team to step up after O'Brien and Merriman's retirement so it will be interesting to see what they've pulled out of the hat.
I'm really excited about the TWO dance teams coming into the competitive scene. I wish them all the best.
Also, I really hope that Chantelle has a great start to the season. The illness that she had must of been awful but it's a new day and a new start for her.
So now Australia has a young and strengthened Men's team, a competitive ladies' team, a pairs program (a big thanks to the Dodds brothers) and new Dance teams on the way. This is great news.
Having a look at the ISU seasons rankings, after removing all the skaters who said they either retired or resting this year, there might be a chance that Brooklee could get an assignment. She is right on the edge though. Fingers crossed because we haven't had an Australian compete in the grand prix in a LONG time.
Grand Prix assignment will be released on June 27.
In the mean time, we will be waiting on the ISU, who i hope is going to get their c**p together at the congress and elimate anonymous judging. Grand Prix assignments are released late June/Early July
Good luck to Brooklee!