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ABC (Wednesdays, 9 p.m. ET)
You'd figure a flashy spy show would be all about the action, but what's least interesting in Alias is the weekly quota of derring-do. In fact, I wish the characters would take a break from battling terrorists and other villains and concentrate on personal issues.
Alias creator J.J. Abrams is also the man behind Lost, and ABC now has the shows airing back to back. It should be a surefire combination, but I found it hard to get excited last month when Sydney Bristow (Jennifer Garner) started the fourth season by pretending to quit the CIA and quickly slipping into the agency's new black ops unit, APO. Her boss is none other than Arvin Sloane (Ron Rifkin), ex-head of the sinister SD-6, whom Sydney calls "a criminal psychopath beyond verbal description." Since words fail Sydney, let's just say she has reason to detest Sloane, who happens to be the father of her half sister and APO teammate Nadia Santos (Mia Maestro). Sydney also resents her own dad, old CIA hand Jack (Victor Garber), for killing her mother and telling lies. At least she's finding love again with colleague Michael Vaughn (Michael Vartan), who feels bad about gunning down the double agent he married back when Sydney was presumed dead.
Everybody here has a festering grudge or a haunting memory, and you wish they could simply sit down someplace and talk things over. (Rifkin, a terrific actor, is especially worth listening to because his every word suggests a hidden agenda.) But custom dictates that each episode send the spies off on some new mission improbable that allows Garner to play the sexy, butt-kicking chameleon. APO's next assignment should be group therapy.
HBO (Sat., Feb. 12, 8 p.m. ET)
This TV movie fairly teems with life. Hard to believe it's based on a play with a cast of one.
Actor Ruben Santiago-Hudson wrote and performed the original Off-Broadway show, a valentine to the surrogate mother who raised him in the rooming house she ran in Lackawanna, N.Y., outside Buffalo. Santiago-Hudson played some 20 parts onstage, but here director George C. Wolfe fleshes out his work with an extraordinary ensemble (including the writer as one of the boarders).
Law & Order's S. Epatha Merkerson memorably embodies the strength and compassion of the central character, Nanny, and Marcus Carl Franklin plays young Ruben with a sweetness and intelligence that mark him as special. Delroy Lindo and Jeffrey Wright contribute vivid portrayals of boarders with violent histories, and Terrence Howard skillfully conveys the emotional contradictions of Nanny's philandering husband. There's lots of music too. A Lackawanna nightclub's jumpin' when Mos Def sings "Destination Love."
FOX (Sun., Feb. 6; following the Super Bowl)
After the Super Bowl, FOX offers an hour of cartoon comedy that features an accomplished veteran and a raw rookie.
The Simpsons, a winner for over 15 years, starts the postgame action at approximately 10 p.m. ET with a hilarious episode that scores satirical points left and right. Suddenly famous for doing a dorky victory dance at a carnival, Homer is hired to choreograph self-congratulatory demonstrations for football stars Warren Sapp and Tom Brady, basketball's Yao Ming and LeBron James, and skater Michelle Kwan (all guest voices). But when the NFL hires him to put his creative stamp on the Super Bowl halftime show, Homer makes the mistake of collaborating with fundamentalist neighbor Ned Flanders, and the result is grandiosity of biblical proportions.
Next up—and suffering by comparison—is what FOX calls a "sneak preview" of American Dad, the strained new show from Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane. Dad doesn't go weekly till May 1—a lucky thing because this baby needs work. Stan, a gung ho CIA agent, heads a wacky household including a wife, two children, a space alien with a sweet tooth and a randy goldfish with a German accent. The pilot aspires to outrageousness, but the humor needs to get a whole lot smarter.
Showtime (Sat., Feb. 12, 8 p.m. ET)
You should know going in that director Spike Lee made this gritty drama as a movie-length pilot for a Showtime series that went undeveloped. If you're not too let down by the inconclusive ending, you'll appreciate the potential of the material.
Sucker Free City follows three young men on the criminal path in San Francisco. K-Luv (Anthony Mackie), a ranking member of the black V-Dub gang, prefers to take profits without drawing blood but is willing to kill to solve a pressing problem. Lincoln (Ken Leung) pockets some of the protection money he collects for a Chinatown crime boss and secretly fools around with the big man's hot, haughty daughter. Nick (Ben Crowley), a white office worker who dabbles in drug sales and credit-card fraud, lends his computer skill to K-Luv's bootleg-CD venture.
Lee and writer Alex Tse tell the story with an eye for irony—particularly in their caricature of Nick's fuzzy-thinking liberal dad (John Savage)—but when violence erupts, there's no mistaking the film's dead-seriousness. Too bad we're left wondering whether K-Luv and Lincoln will collide or coexist.
The View (ABC, Feb. 7, 11 a.m. ET) The daytime chat show starts a week in L.A., with Desperate Housewives stars Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross, Eva Longoria and Nicollette Sheridan each playing cohost for a day.
Gilmore Girls (WB, Feb. 8, 8 p.m. ET) Richard and Emily renew their marriage vows in the series' 100th episode.
The O.C. (FOX, Feb. 10, 8 p.m. ET) Sandy showers Kirsten with Valentine's Day gifts, while Seth plots to win back Summer's heart.
That's So Raven (Disney Channel, Feb. 11, 7:30 p.m. ET) Here's a howler: Kathie Lee Gifford guest-stars as the owner of a doggie daycare center, and her daughter Cassidy plays a customer.
BAFTA Awards (BBC America, Feb. 12, 3:10 p.m. ET) Will The Aviator soar in the U.K.? Live from London's West End, it's the Brits' version of our Oscars.
Wisecracking special agent Angus MacGyver (Richard Dean Anderson) still impresses with his knack for using 99 Cents Store items to create bomb detonators and prevent acid spills. Despite some antiquated Cold War plotlines, the 22 episodes of this mid-'80s series remain timelessly enjoyable.
Extras? The one case where Mac fails to get the job done: There are no bonus materials.
The BBC series that brought the intelligence back into spy dramas deserves smart packaging. Thankfully, this set carries over the clever surveillance-camera menu screen of the first season's compilation while adding two-plus hours of bonus scenes and commentary both wry and dry. Sure, the stairs to Thames House belong to London's Freemasons' Hall, but who knew Matthew MacFayden (lead spook Tom Quinn) was allergic to cats? Cover blown!
You have a constitutional right not to watch the Patriots-Eagles game Feb. 6 (FOX, 6 p.m. ET). So what else is on besides broadcast network reruns?
Bad Hair Day Court TV, noon It's Sunday at the crime salon. Twelve hours of murder cases featuring hair evidence.
Charmed TNT, 2 p.m. Nine-hour marathon of bewitching repeats.
Super Bowl Food Network, 2:30 p.m. Savannah chef Paula Deen cooks in reruns till 8, then on a new Emeril.
Puppy Bowl Animal Planet, 3 p.m. Aww—cute pooches frolic for three hours. Keeps repeating till 3 a.m.!
Super Sunday of Style HGTV, 8 p.m. When the game gets dull, switch to four hours of home-and-design stuff. It's a good thing.
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Forecast for Pierce County's Economy in 2014: Partly Sunny
It's taking longer for Pierce County to bounce back from the recession than counties to the north, such as King and Snohomish. But economists at Pacific Lutheran University expect the economy in Tacoma and the region to show some improvement this year.
PLU economists Martin Wurm and Neal Johnson have been crunching the numbers on everything from Pierce County's housing market to retail sales to come up with an economic forecast.
Wurm says the job market in the county is still weak due to a stagnant construction sector and the loss of government jobs. But he says there are some bright signs, such as State Farm moving into the downtown Tacoma building that Russell Investments abandoned.
"We see private firms moving back in. We see the health care sector in the county doing very well," Wurm said. "Then there's other components. Retail sales have been very, very strong. This is good for small businesses. As small businesses expand, they have more income to have the ability to hire more, and we hope this trend will continue forward."
Wurm and Johnson say the county will probably add about 4,600 jobs this year.
But they say there are still risks. The Fourth Stryker Brigade at Joint Base Lewis-McChord is being deactivated, and Wurm says it's unclear what impact that will have on civilian employment at the base and on nearby businesses. Also, a slowdown in China's economy could hurt traffic at the port.
Wurm and Johnson took over responsibility for the Pierce County Economic Index from professors at the University of Puget Sound last year. They presented their forecast and index at the Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber's 2014 Horizons Economic Forecast.

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Lupe Fiasco has been churning out some head-nodding bangers as of late. His latest single, 'Old School Love,' featuring Ed Sheeran, is a slice of soul-sampled rap that's missing in hip-hop these days. The Chicago native returns with another old-to-the-new school song, the thought-provoking 'Piru Blues.'


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most wealthy people are incredibly hard working. 50-60 hours a week for the entirety of their adult lifetimes.
that's how they got wealthy
and that's how the stay that way. it takes an unbelievable amount of work.
the idea that wealthy people are entitled and given all that they have is horribly false. you'll find a much greater work ethic among those who are successful in life than those who are struggling.
i drive through bad neighborhoods all the time for work. i was in one yesterday. you see scores of unemployed men in their low 20's and late teens (i'm assuming they are unemployed because they are standing around at 11:30 am on a thursday,) and pregnant women in their teens. it's foolish to think that those people work harder than people who are well off, man.
you arent even talking about incredibly wealthy people, by the look of things. you're talking about the upper middle class. these families don't have the money to support many generations. these young people do have to work.
let me guess, you're looking around at your college classmates and getting a bit butthurt that they have it "easy?"
i'll go through some wealthy people problems:
debt (it's a necessary part of making money)
taxes (again, an aspect of success in any business,)
horrific hours (try working for a few months of 70 hour weeks with no days off, kev, and then get back to complaining,)
pressure (just think about the increased amount of pressure you'll feel to succeed if you have 25 people with families who work for you and depend on you. now think about the pressure for having 2500 families who depend on you. wealthy people care about other people, too.)
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Complete set of twenty-four 1938 National Licorice "African Animal Jig" cards plus the extremely rare wrapper. The "African Animal Jig" set issued by the National Licorice Company is one of the most unusual trading-card sets in the nonsport hobby. The twenty-four color-artwork cards of this set, when properly placed, form a puzzle picturing a beautiful scene of African wildlife. The set is accompanied by an extremely rare example of the original multicolored wrapper from this unusual nonsport issue. The wrapper all by itself is a very significant item. The design of the wrapper features the complete scene which can be assembled by the cards in the set. Extremely rare and interesting set and wrapper. The set grades as follows: One Ex, thirteen Vg-Ex, ten Vg. The wrapper is a beautiful Vg-Ex overall, an extremely impressive example with normal folds and wrinkles. Total 25 items (24 cards plus wrapper). Reserve $300. Estimate $500/$1,000. SOLD FOR $1,410.00
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The 2014 NBA Finals Story in Pictures: Game 1 – because a picture speaks a 1000 words (and we're too lazy to write a 1000 words).
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How can Tonya be on that list? Evan is richer; Plushenko is richer; Peggy is richer; Dick Button is richer......
If I remember right, there was an article a few years ago that said Mao wants her financial income to be kept secret, that's why she isn't on the list no one knows how much she earns, but she must earn ALOT with all the sponsors she has, and whom she has had for many years. A couple friends of mine who have visited japan said her picture was everywhere they went!
Lol, I have no idea how they measure the wealth, but there is no way Johnny, who has had hardly any sponsor deals throughout his career and lives in a modest apartment in NJ with his hubby, is wealthier than Michelle Kwan--or Evan, who continues to have several sponsorhips and who isn't even on the list! And why is Yuna the only non-American skater here? What about the Japanese skaters and Plushy, for example? Worthless list, but it does have some entertainment value
^ For me, there are two reasons why this is interesting. The first is what Krislite says. We are fans of skating and fans of individual skaters whom we have watched and cheered for as they struggled up through the ranks, usually with great financial sacrifice from their families. It's pretty cool when it all comes together.
The other reason is that I am fascinated by the number of strange ways that people become rich. You can get rich by throwing a rubber ball through a hoop. You can get rich by singing songs, by convincing people to give you all their money to invest for them, by telling people to drink Coca Cola or drive a Toyota, by paying golf. Or by skating across a sheet of ice doing tricks.
The Duck Dynasty folks were well-to-do entrepreneurs who hit on the scheme of growing long beards and pretending to be backwoods hillbillies for a "reality" TV show" -- they made millions. That's pretty remarkable, when you think about it.
Pheonmenons like Duck Dynasty, Justin Bieber, THe Kadashians, Paris Hilton and such may suggest just how "stupid" or vulnerable society is.
Most of the figures are inaccurate as hell. It's like sourcing Examiner.com. It's not even the list that's the problem so much as the site that it's posted on (TheRichest) which basically parrots inaccurate info from sites like Celebritynetworth, etc.
Not all of their celeb figures are wrong, especially when it comes to more prominent celebrities for whom such information is often updated on reliable websites like Forbes. Otherwise..
Yuna made that much (14 million) in a single year!
Johnny's net worth wouldn't be anywhere near Michelle. Please! From what, exactly? Phillip Hersch wrote an article in the Chicago Tribune which cited figures from USFSA tax returns that detailed how much US skaters made from appearance fees from the 90's til now. The drop was STEEEP. A top singles male skater like Evan would be paid no more than 40,000 a year these days by the USFSA compared to 900,000 in 1998 for Michelle (from appearance fees alone). And obviously the endorsements current American skaters get today would pale in comparison to what US skaters in the 90's got. Additionally, in the 90's, those skating tours would sometimes have up to 100 shows, and they were packed.
Johnny was recently begging his fans to fund his training wasn't he????
The list should really be 1) Yuna *big gap*, the rest.
And Michelle was undoubtedly the highest paid skater of her generation. There are countless articles detailing how she was the highest paid on tour, had some of the most prominent endorsement deals (some of which were long, multi-year contracts that paid a million a year - What current US skaters comes even close to that?), book deals, etc.
It's also well documented that Kristi Yamaguchi's earnings were more limited than was typical for an Olympic champion because of the social climate at the time in regards to her Japanese heritage.
And Dorothy Hamill went bankrupt in the 90's!!
I never realized Tara had so much money until I saw her hosue in South Carolina on a home TV show
Johnny is not worth worth more than Michelle Kwan.
This doesn't seem all that accurate.
North American Richest skaters + Yuna
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BUIES CREEK, N.C. – Bob Roller was named Director of Athletics at Campbell University on Wednesday, July 20, 2011 during a press conference at the John W. Pope Jr. Convocation Center.
University President Dr. Jerry Wallace and Vice President for Student Life Dr. Dennis Bazemore introduced Roller, who brings three decades of experience in Division I athletics to his position.
"I am thrilled to be given this opportunity to lead Campbell's athletics department," said Roller. "I'd like to thank Dr. Wallace, the Board of Trustees and Dr. Bazemore for this tremendous honor. Their vision to see Campbell athletics strive to win Big South Conference championships left a great impression. We will work as an entire department to equip and develop these student-athletes to be graduates and leaders."
Roller joins the Fighting Camel staff after spending more than 11 years as Director of Athletics at Samford University. While at the Birmingham, Ala., school, he oversaw one of the most exciting periods of growth in the history of Samford athletics.
"I am delighted Bob Roller is coming to Campbell," said Dr. Wallace. "His proven record in athletics administration and fund raising at Samford University will inspire and lead Campbell to achieve a winning record throughout our athletics program and continue the enhancement of our athletics facilities."
In his 11 years at the helm of the Samford athletics department, Roller led a major facilities upgrade while overseeing the department's move to the Southern Conference, one of the nation's oldest collegiate leagues. Samford's student-athletes also turned in outstanding performances both onthe field and in the classroom during Roller's tenure.
"To bring Bob Roller to Campbell as the new Director of Athletics is exciting to me," said Dr. Bazemore. "He brings great leadership to this position and I believe he will lead Campbell athletics to a highly competitive level as we move to the Big South Conference. I look forward to working with him for many years to come."
For all of his accomplishments, Roller was named the 2009-10 Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) Southeast Region Under Armour Athletic Director of the Year by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA).
In the 2009-10 school year, Samford won the SoCon's Germann Cup, which goes to the top women's sports program in the league. In that same year, Samford had 11 teams record perfect single-year scores of 1,000 in the NCAA's APR report. Five of Samford's teams earned Public Recognition Awards, which go to teams posting multi-year APR scores in the top 10 percent of all squads in their respective sport nationally.
Roller has also mentored two current Division I athletics directors. Janet Cone, now the athletics director at UNC Asheville and Alan Verlander, who now oversees the Jacksonville athletics department, served as associate athletic directors under Roller at Samford.
Numerous athletics facility upgrades were accomplished during Roller's tenure at Samford. The most recent upgrade came with the opening the Cooney Family Field House prior to the start of practice for the 2009 football season. The new field house includes offices for the football coaches, a weight room, locker room, training room, player's lounge and meeting rooms.
The largest project among the many upgrades was the Pete Hanna Center, which opened in October of 2007. The Hanna Center is the largest building on Samford's campus and holds 6,000 spectators for graduation or concerts, and 5,000 for sporting events. The home of Bulldog basketball and volleyball, the Hanna Center features a state-of-the-art fitness center for all Samford students, plus offices for the athletics department, academic center, weight room and training rooms.
Another addition to the Samford athletics facility plan was unveiled in the spring of 2007 with the opening of the Pat M. Courington Tennis Pavilion, which houses the Samford tennis offices and locker rooms, plus three indoor and six outdoor NCAA courts.
Early in Roller's tenure, Samford constructed Joe Lee Griffin Field for baseball in 1999. The 2004 season saw upgrades to the softball complex and a complete renovation of the soccer field with permanent seating for record crowds. Seibert Stadium's natural grass was replaced with a state-of-the-art LSR Blade Synthetic Surface in 2005 for football.
Prior to its move to the SoCon, Samford spent five years in the Ohio Valley Conference. In its time in the league, Samford won 13 team championships, and Samford women's teams claimed the Women's All-Sports Trophy three times (2003-04, 2006-07 and 2007-08). Samford won championships in women's soccer (four), women's tennis (four), women's cross-country (two), baseball, men's golf and men's tennis.
Roller arrived at Samford in 1997 to direct the Samford Athletic Foundation. During his first two years, the foundation saw record growth in individual and corporate donations to the university's athletics programs. Roller held that position until May 1999, when then-President Thomas E. Corts named him to the top position within the athletics department.
In the summer of 2003, Roller was elected to the prestigious executive committee of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics [NACDA] to serve a four-year term. He joined athletics directors from Kansas State, Stanford, Army and Clemson on the governing committee that oversees the activities of the 6,000-plus member organization.
In 2006, Roller was named national chairman of the Learfield Sports Directors' Cup Committee for NACDA. The Directors' Cup is awarded to the top universities in NCAA Division I, II, III and NAIA for overall athletics success throughout the intercollegiate season.
Prior to his tenure at Samford, Roller was vice president of AdCraft Sports Marketing in Louisville, Ky., for seven years. During that time, he helped create the Sears Collegiate Champions program, which honors all champions of men's and women's sports throughout the nation at every level of college athletics.
While with AdCraft, a division of Host Communications, Inc., Roller created and managed a publishing division and helped launch NCAA Football USA, which involved promotion, licensing and merchandising for college football programs at all levels of intercollegiate athletics.
Roller was director of communications for the Orange Bowl Committee in Miami, Fla., from 1988 to 1991. He was with the Orange Bowl when Federal Express became its first title sponsor in 1989.
The Pearisburg, Va., native began his career in sports information. He earned his degree from Virginia Tech in 1983 and worked as a student assistant in the sports information office for four years. He was the sports information director at UNC Wilmington and East Carolina University from 1983 to 1988. While at UNC Wilmington, Roller, 50, was also executive director of the university's athletics fund-raising program.
Roller holds a master's degree in education administration from Samford. He has one son, Brad, 26, a 2008 Samford graduate.
Roller assumes leadership of a Fighting Camel program that has enjoyed tremendous growth and success in recent years. In 2008, Campbell returned to competition in varsity football and has quickly become competitive in the Pioneer Football League. In each of the past two years, the Camels have led the PFL and ranked among the nation's top 16 teams in rushing offense.
The John W. Pope Jr. Convocation Center and Gilbert Craig Gore Arena also opened during the 2008-09 academic year and saw Campbell win its first men's basketball conference regular season title in 2010 as well as attract record crowds to the facility for both its men's and women's programs.
During 2010-11, Campbell student-athletes were honored 189 times on all-academic teams by the Atlantic Sun Conference (139), Coastal Collegiate Swimming Association (13) and Pioneer Football League (37).
Campbell also re-joined the Big South Conference (of which it was a charter member from 1983-94) on July 1 after a 17-year stint in the Atlantic Sun Conference.
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Money raised by the Pine Prairie Knights of Columbus (PPKCs) from the new "Charities Helping Charities" Bingo in Ville Platte was donated to the Bulldog Booster Club. Shown in photo are Bulldog Booster Andrea Ardoin, Havard Bonnette from the PPKCs, and Bulldog Boosters Wanda Verette and Patricia Chatman. Bingo is at 6:30 p.m. each night for ages 10 and up. Bingo packets are $6 each. Video bingo is open daily from 4 to 10 p.m.


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LSU and Alabama have been perennial contenders in the nation's best conference for quite some time, so when they meet up, it always causes a ruckus.
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The end of Lent is upon us, and so is your 40-day fast of beer, chocolate and/or peanut butter. What better way to celebrate your penance than with, yup, a chocolate-and-peanut-butter beer?
I'm talking about one of the hottest brands on shelves right now: Sweet Baby Jesus from Baltimore's DuClaw Brewing.
Store owners can barely keep sixpacks in stock, and the unusual brew has suddenly and surprisingly become 18-year-old DuClaw's top-selling brand.
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Back in last November, FBI discovered about this "DNS Changer" virus after taking down an Estonian crime ring who controlled this virus to hijack computers. 500,000 PCs and Macs were already infected by the time it was found and the number began to rise over the past few months.
FBI has been trying to wipe out this virus from a long time through their "DNS Checker Page" which allowed the users to check and remove the virus from the computers. Apparently it's costing tens of thousands of dollars to the authorities. So now they have decided to disable the server on July 9th, preventing the infected computers from accessing the web.
This is the second time that FBI warned about an internet blackout. Perviously back in March, we were warned in a similar way that some domain name servers would be taken down by March 8th because of a virus. Although nothing reported about the incident ever since. But this could be the return.
Head over to www.dcwg.org to learn to detect this malware and fix it, just to be on the safe side. Also remember, this doesn't mean that you can't access internet forever. It will only block your DNS. So configuring it manually would do the trick.
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Cooke hits Savard
Posted 08 March 2010 - 10:01 AM
#42 Guest_Howard He Do It?! (Guest)
Posted 08 March 2010 - 10:55 AM
Not bad? Tell that to Savard who received a concussion as a result.
No elbow, got the head a bit but Savard was leaning forward. Not as bad as everyone here is making it seem but he'll probably get a couple games for it.
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Posted 08 March 2010 - 10:59 AM
This hit is taking center stage at the GM meetings. I'd be surprised if some sort of rule change isn't announced that penalizes hits to the head. Too many players are getting injured as a result of head shots and there is no reason to be head hunting like this. Some players need to develop a little more respect. Just because hits like this are legal doesn't mean they should be.
Matt Cooke's hit on Boston's Marc Savard on Sunday will serve as Exhibit A as NHL general managers gather this week in Boca Raton, Florida for meetings.
Cooke's hit, a shoulder to the head and made partially from behind, left the Bruins forward concussed and unable to travel with his team.
Savard was blindsided and according to many of the game's decision makers, was vulnerable. That's exactly what the managers are hoping to clamp down on, a hit to the head on an unsuspecting player.
There was no penalty on the play.
Monday's meetings consist of a variety of presentations relating to the issue of head checking, concussions and the NHL's ongoing concussion management program.
The NHL has invited a medical team that specializes in concussions to speak and there will also be extensive video presentations isolating both legal and illegal contact with the head.
Monday's meetings will primarily focus on the data and research the NHL has done, but the majority of the three days of meetings will be spent discussing whether or not it's time the league does something to address head checking as many general managers consider this to be a significant safety concern.
It is possible, if not likely, this group will emerge from Wednesday's final discussions with recommendations on an additional penalty or a tweak to an existing rule to include the 'shoulder to the head' hit as an illegal play.
Currently, shoulder contact with the head is legal.
Any suggested rule changes or amendments to the rule book would have to pass through the NHL/NHLPA's joint competition committee and would require Board approval before being implemented. However, it is the expectation of some GM's that such rule adjustments will be in place for the 2010-2011 regular season.
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Posted 08 March 2010 - 11:07 AM
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Posted 08 March 2010 - 11:12 AM
The NHL would suspend Ovechkin AGAIN before suspending Cooke.
The NHL had no problem suspending Ovechkin. For some reason though, Cooke seems to get a free pass from the league to injure whomever he likes.
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Posted 08 March 2010 - 01:42 PM
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Posted 08 March 2010 - 04:06 PM
Hits to the headintentional or unintentionalneed stiffer penalties. That's a fact.
I just don't think that this was a blatant dirty hit. If it was, there are some Kronwall hits you guys need to look at and reevaluate.
Posted 08 March 2010 - 04:09 PM
Blindside hit to the head, close enough to an elbow for my liking. Five games. In my NHL, if Cooke does it again, 25 games. A third time and it's a life suspension.
I'm all for clean hits to the chest and torso but hits to the head like this have ended guys' careers. I can think of no greater message to send than to really go hard on Cooke for this hit (given the GM's meetings are going on right now), but I suspect he'll get a swat on the wrist from Campbell.
BTW if everyone kept their heads on a swivel like Kypreos and Messier want, there wouldn't be any shots on goal and it would be a game akin to roller derby, where people just line up and run into each other. With worse television ratings.
Posted 08 March 2010 - 04:23 PM
Posted 08 March 2010 - 05:50 PM
Not bad? Tell that to Savard who received a concussion as a result.
Read my post again. It says not as bad as everyone is making it seem. Just cause he got a concussion doesn't mean its a terribly dirty hit and I don't think it was nearly as bad as some people are saying. I never once said it wasn't bad.
Posted 08 March 2010 - 06:00 PM
You're seeing it in slow-motion.
I think Cooke knew exactly what he was going to do and you can tell that he lined Savard up! Cooke has been known to do things like this and you could even call him a repeat offender. That fact alone deserves as suspension, however, the hit is not a suspendable offense which is terrible by the NHL standards. It is apparent that these guys like Cooke do not have respect for each other out there. Savard already shot the puck and was no longer a factor in the play, so my question is why even hit him???? I simply do not understand this and I think this is why players now get all pissed off when there is a clean hit because of the lack of respect.
The reality is that Savard was making a play on the puck and Cooke made a bad play to try and take him out from the blind side. He had him lined up, but Savard was still moving and not protecting himself when he took the hit.
I see the same thing at least once per season in lacrosse (which I coach at the high school varsity level): guy's not paying attention to a slide, sliding defenseman doesn't line up the hit right and boom, guy is out with a concussion.
It's a borderline dirty hit. Should it be legal? Definitely not. Head shots should be penalized like in the Olympics: 5 minute major (and game misconduct?).
There's a lot of overreaction (for example someone on the ESPN forums saying it was as bad as Bertuzzi's head punch) and hyperbole going around about the hit, but in the end when you see it at normal speed, it looks like a big hit that happened to get a guy in the head.
Major penalty, maybe game misconduct, done. Suspension if it's more serious (looks like obvious intent, etc).
Posted 08 March 2010 - 07:02 PM
This is just another example of the Game not able to police itself. Remove the Instigator penalty and ARE YOU LISTENING remove the third man in rule, and within a month this Gutless Brand of Hockey will leave us for good. Cooke is the type of player this League does not need ,when he has to stand up for himself he stops doing this, and so when he can't submarine people he loses almost all of his value.
Posted 08 March 2010 - 07:58 PM
that was a dirty hit.
suspension in my eyes
Edited by tdinc, 08 March 2010 - 07:59 PM.
Posted 08 March 2010 - 08:00 PM
Posted 08 March 2010 - 08:28 PM
the guys on VS lit Matt Cooke up over this
PTI also took it on today and said the NHL is doing jack about that kind of hit. Didn't see the hit so I'm only reporting what they said. They also said that Don Cherry and others appreciate this kind of play and that most hockey fans who consistently watch also go for it. But they added if the NHL wants to gain audience they're gonna have to take care of that kind of crap.
"He even ate with women who at that time were accorded the same status as the family donkey. Are we willing to break bread with, say, child sex slaves, transgender teens and undocumented workers? Because when Jesus comes back to Earth, that's where he'll be hanging."
You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
Posted 08 March 2010 - 10:45 PM
PTI also took it on today and said the NHL is doing jack about that kind of hit. Didn't see the hit so I'm only reporting what they said. They also said that Don Cherry and others appreciate this kind of play and that most hockey fans who consistently watch also go for it. But they added if the NHL wants to gain audience they're gonna have to take care of that kind of crap.
i thought the guys on PTI were talking about getting rid of such hits and fighting, and that current hockey fans won't ever want fighting out? They kinda likened such hits and fighting as both needing to go to get new fans
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Posted 09 March 2010 - 03:29 AM
Bruins center Marc Savard has been examined by a concussion specialist after being leveled by a blindside hit by the Penguins' Matt Cooke in Sunday's game.
A team spokesman says Savard returned on Monday to Boston. The spokesman gave no other details, but said Savard will not be with the team in Toronto tonight and is out indefinitely.
Savard had just taken a shot from above the circles when Cooke came from behind, raised his shoulder and struck Savard in the head.
Savard was on the ice for several minutes before being carried off.
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Posted 09 March 2010 - 03:58 AM
PTI also took it on today and said the NHL is doing jack about that kind of hit. Didn't see the hit so I'm only reporting what they said. They also said that Don Cherry and others appreciate this kind of play and that most hockey fans who consistently watch also go for it. But they added if the NHL wants to gain audience they're gonna have to take care of that kind of crap.
Seriously? I watch every Wings game and some other games as they are available through my cable provider, and I do not like this hit. Yes, it was legal, but dirty. There's no need for it. Cooke needs to get over himself.
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When printing your merged labels, there are options you can choose before and after the merge that will allow you to get the results you need. For example, you may want to filter out certain names and addresses, which you would do before the Mail Merge, and you may want to skip certain labels on a sheet, whether they'd be removed or damaged. So, in that case, you have some work to do after the Mail Merge. Let's do this using our labels file, and it's already connected to Microsoft Excel Recipient List, and here we are, previewing the results.
We haven't actually performed the merge yet. So let's say we only want labels for our US customers. In that case, we need to create the filter before we perform the Mail Merge. So, we go up to edit the Recipient List, and we see our data source here is our Addresses Excel file, perfect, and on the right, we can filter down certain addresses. So let's go to the Field dropdown and we will select the Region Equal to the U.S.A. and when we click OK and then click OK again, we'll notice, in the Preview, we're only going to see the U.S.A. Addresses.
So that's something we want to do before we print out, obviously, and we can only do that before we perform the merge. Now, we want to make sure that certain labels don't get printed on. Sometimes labels peel off or they get marked and you want to be able to skip over them. Well in this case, we have to perform the merge and then make some adjustments. So when we go to Finish & Merge, you will notice Print Documents is an option. Now if you're ready to print, and there are no issues with your labels, you can go directly to Print Documents. The merge and the print job will happen simultaneously.
But if you do need to make those adjustments, click Edit Individual Documents, All of the merge records filtered, that is, will be selected, click OK. This is the end result. It looks a lot like our Preview. Now, let's say one of our labels has a mark on it or it's been peeled off, let's say this one here, the second one down, so the first label in the second row. Well, we click anywhere there and now we want to remove this, in other words, push all of our names and addresses out of this, maybe down, for example.
So, we'll do that by using our Table tools. Notice Table tools is highlighted because Finish Labels are actually just a table and we can go down to the Layout tab. And here's where we're going to push our labels down. We don't see an option under Rows & Columns, but we can launch the dialog box by clicking the small arrow in the bottom- right corner, which does allows to insert cells. We can shift them to the right, which doesn't really work with labels because we get a new column that we don't want. But if we choose to shift ourselves down, which is selected by default, click OK, and you'll notice that Address got pushed down and a new row got added at the bottom of our labels.
So now, this label is blank, and if this is the spot where there is a mark or the label has been removed, nothing prints there. So, we don't lose a label that needs to be printed again later on, and everything got pushed down. You can see we have now got a second sheet where we've got a new label. Here is an instance where we will put a sheet of labels through our printer and we will have to peel this label off, and we will end up with a sheet of labels missing a label. So, we could use this technique again when we go to use this sheet of labels for the second time, skipping over this blank label.
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Deleting the cache is definitely something you'll want to do if you are worried about your privacy. Just keep in mind that deleting the cache will only sorta delete those files — unless you overwrite the free space, you aren't really deleting anything permanently. All you have to do is run a few utilities, and those deleted files are most likely going to be recovered.
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Yeah, deleting the cache often does speed up your device... Just not for the reason many people think. That was the point I was trying to make.
Deleting Cache doesn't speed up your PC, but it sometimes speeds up your browser when loading pages. I've seen it many times with firefox, large local webcache was the main reason that sites where loading slower that they should be.Now if you have SSD then it doesn't matter because you won't notice the slowdown (but I recomend disabling/symlinking webcache to HDD)
I think that's a result of a bad caching algorithm more than anything else. When it takes too long to read things out of the cache, it isn't being stored properly.
If your internet connection is faster than you hard drive, that would be pretty impressive. Not the case anywhere I have lived. Cache is, from what I have seen, good unless corrupt. We do have that problem where I work, though. We use a large ERP system with a web based interface. When people are having trouble and unable to log in, or having their sessions randomly canceled, often a cache wipe helps.
I have cleaned thousands of computers. Ccleaner is great... If you have never cleaned the pc then use ccleaner once per month. If you are doing research you are not visiting the same sites then the cache is junk and usless. So everything depends on the use scenario and one answer does not fit all.
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I think your article is correct in most respects and especially liked the comments about privacy however it may be a little misleading. It seems to imply to me that unless your cache is using a large amount of space on a system with limited space then cleaning is not required. One of the other issues that can cause problems is that the number of files stored in the cache database. Even though they may be very small files, the number of files can grow to very large quantities if not kept in check. As a systems administrator I often get asked to help with slow computer issues. In my experience I have found people with the number of cached files ranging from 1500 to over 15000 and yet the cache files were still only using a small amount of drive space. Problems come from the time it takes your browser to scan the database to check to see if it has a copy of the file already on hand. For people using older Operating Systems like Windows XP the number of files in a single directory can also effect the operating systems access times.Personally I think of the cache like the trash can in the bathroom. It does not need to be emptied as often as the one in the kitchen but still needs attention every now and then.


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Scientists from the University of São Paulo (USP) have identified an RNA molecule known as INXS that, although containing no instructions for the production of a protein, modulates the action of an important gene that impacts apoptosis.
According to Sergio Verjovski-Almeida, Ph.D., professor at the USP Chemistry Institute, INXS expression is generally diminished in cancer cells, and methods that are capable of stimulating the production of this noncoding RNA can be used to treat tumors. In experiments on mice, the USP scientists were able to effect a 10-fold reduction in the volume of subcutaneous malignant tumors by administering local injections of a plasmid containing INXS.
The team's findings ("Long noncoding RNA INXS is a critical mediator of BCL-XS induced apoptosis") were published in Nucleic Acids Research.
The group headed by Dr. Verjovski-Almeida at USP has been investigating the regulatory role of so-called intronic nonprotein-coding genes—those found in the same region of the genome as a coding gene but on the opposite DNA strand. INXS, for example, is an RNA expressed on the opposite strand of a gene coding for the BCL-X protein.
"We were studying several protein-coding genes involved in cell death in search of evidence that one of them was regulated by intronic noncoding RNA. That was when we found the gene for BCL-X, which is located on chromosome 20," he explained.
BCL-X is present in cells in two different forms: one that inhibits apoptosis (BCL-XL) and one that induces the process of cell death (BCL-XS). The two isoforms act on the mitochondria but in opposite ways. The BCL-XS isoform is considered a tumor suppressor because it activates caspases, which are required for the activation of other genes that cause cell death.
"In a healthy cell, there is a balance between the two BCL-X isoforms. Normally, there is already a smaller number of the pro-apoptotic form (BCL-XS). However, in comparing tumor cells to nontumor cells, we observed that tumor cells contain even fewer of the pro-apoptotic form, as well as reduced levels of INXS. We suspect that one thing affects the other," continued Dr. Verjovski-Almeida.
To confirm the hypothesis, the group silenced INXS expression in a normal cell lineage and the result, as expected, was an increase in the BCL-XL (anti-apoptotic) isoform. "The rate between the two—which was 0.25—decreased to 0.15; in other words, the pro-apoptotic form that previously represented one fourth of the total began to represent only one sixth," noted Dr. Verjovski-Almeida.
The opposite occurred when the researchers artificially increased the amount of INXS using plasmid expression in a kidney cancer cell line, with the noncoding RNA being reduced. "The pro-apoptotic form increased, and the anti-apoptotic form decreased," he added.
"In a mouse xenograft model, intra-tumor injections of an INXS-expressing plasmid caused a marked reduction in tumor weight, and an increase in BCL-XS isoform, as determined in the excised tumors," wrote the investigators. "We revealed an endogenous lncRNA that induces apoptosis, suggesting that INXS is a possible target to be explored in cancer therapies.
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Friday, August 5, 2011
South Manitou Island | Day 1
Boathouse to Popple
I boarded the small passenger ferry, Mishe-Mokwa, just before 10 a.m. and took a seat on the lower deck in the 2nd row. The seven mile trip to South Manitou Island would take an hour and a half, and the water was calm. I hate to admit it, but I am prone to sea-sickness, so the calm lake was a welcome sight. Last night while I was walking around the Leland Yacht Harbor and imagining what it would be like to be a 'Summer Boat Person', I had conveniently forgotten about this slight problem. Now, sitting in my seat on the boat (which was still docked and tied on) and already feeling dizzy despite not having moved one inch from land, I realized that type of life would never be for me. Luckily I had come prepared with some non-drowsy motion sickness medication.
The trip across Manitou Passage was slow and relaxing (unlike the trip back would be a few days later), and I spent most of the time reading the book I had chosen to bring along, AWOL on the Appalachian Trail. The seat ahead of me was occupied by a young park ranger, who was reading a hard cover copy of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. A covert glance over his shoulder revealed that he was near the end, somewhere in the nail-biting chapter The Cave. I successfully beat down the desire to strike up dorky conversation about the story and reveal the type of high-functioning nerd that was about to spend 3 days hiking alone on the island. I'm sure his job is difficult enough; there was no need to make him uneasy before I even got there. Instead, I enjoyed the views of Pyramid Point and North Manitou Shoal Light, and occupied myself with my own book, which told the story of a hiker named David Miller, who through-hiked the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine during a 5-month period back in 2003.
We arrived at South Manitou Island at 11:30 a.m., and those who were staying for more than the afternoon gathered for orientation at the nearby boathouse. After about 20 minutes of information and Q&A from the two national park rangers stationed on the island, our permits were officially registered and information was recorded pertaining to each hiker's destination. There are three official campgrounds on the island, and random camping is not allowed. Two of the three are located within 1 ½ miles from the boathouse and ranger station, and the majority of island visitors were heading toward one of them with the intention of staying put. My plans were different; I planned to hike to Popple campground, which was a short 3.7 miles away, but located on the island's seldom-visited north side. The following day I would follow the beach along the entire west side of the island, ending up at the south end for night #2. Only myself and a father/son pair were heading north, and the young ranger from the ferry gave me the impression that no one ever goes there. He asked me a few questions to make sure that I knew what I was doing before handing my permit back to me. It was less than four miles away, but you would have thought I was heading into the depths of the Grand Canyon to hunt for Voldemort's horcruxes–Oh...Sorry.
I began hiking at noon. There are two options for those heading north to Popple – either follow the beach along Crescent Bay for about a mile before cutting inland and heading north on an old farm road, or head inland immediately to hike past an old restored school house and a spur to Florence Lake. I took the inland route and enjoyed mostly flat and easy hiking, but it wasn't long before mosquitoes became irritating and I had to stop to apply insect repellant. After the schoolhouse, this path passes an interpretive sign and cluster of old farm equipment, and a side trail leads to the remains of the island's farms, which date back to the mid 1800s. Descendents of the island's early homesteaders are buried in the cemetery just north on the path, and a little further on, the trail swings past an old barn and a restored farmhouse before beginning to climb the low sandy bluffs that separate the interior of the island from the shore.
I arrived at Popple campground at 1:45 and was a bit uneasy at first. There are seven sites and all are located away from the beach, behind a sand dune and in the woods. As I walked the path through the campground, mosquitoes whined all around me, waiting to attack the minute I slowed down. The last mile of my hike had been extremely hot, and I was sweaty and uncomfortable as it was without the added irritation of biting insects. I worried that I was about to spend the next several hours holed up in my tent taking refuge from the nature I had planned to enjoy. Luckily, I was the only one there and had my pick of the sites. Five of the seven sites were at the base of the dune, but two were higher, located at the top of sandy bluffs. Although there was no view of the beach, the higher elevation allowed the steady breeze coming from the lake to provide a cooling effect and keep the bugs at bay.
I attached my permit to the post at site #7, leaned my pack against a fallen log, and began looking for a good spot for the single person tent I would be trying out. The Kelty Crestone 1 was a birthday gift for Craig, but I would be the first of us to sleep in it. After my initial worry about this location, I became aware of the absolute solitude of my surroundings. The seven sites were situated allowing a lot of privacy; from my spot at the top of the low bluff, I could not tell where any of the other sites were located, and I never saw nor heard the father/son hikers arrive. In the morning I would see their permit posted at the other blufftop site, but would never have known they were there had it not been for that. Although I had read and heard from others that this area is supposed to be crawling with poison ivy, I did not encounter much near my campsite, so the majority of plants must have been located elsewhere in the campground. Before and after prime bug season, this part of the island would be an ideal place to get away and experience quiet, relaxing camping with a secluded beach a few steps away. I ended up very happy with my choice of destination.
Once I had set up camp and visited the outhouse, I followed the short path to the beach to check out my little section of Lake Michigan. Backpacking to remote spots along the Great Lakes often results in having a stretch of sandy beach to oneself. Using my foldable bucket, I collected water for filtering back at the campsite. The water was absolutely clear, and I waded in to cool off, looking out to North Manitou Island approximately 4 ½ miles away. On the beach, the constant cool breeze tempered the sun's rays, and I ended up changing into long sleeves despite how hot I had been a short time earlier. I laid in the sand with my head on my nearly empty backpack and read for an hour or two. I had forgotten to bring a watch and had no idea how much time had passed since arriving at Popple. (I turned my cell phone on earlier to check the time, but immediately turned it off again once it started searching for service.) Even when on vacation with no real obligation to be anywhere by a certain time, I find that I have difficulty letting go of the need to keep track of time. Alone on a beautiful beach, with nothing to worry about except filtering water to drink and cook with later, there was no need to concern myself with the hour.
Once I began to get restless, I returned to my campsite to cook dinner. There are no bears on South Manitou Island, but food should be properly hung due to hardcore chipmunks who will investigate and chew anything that smells interesting. I dug the Jetboil out of my pack, retrieved my food bag from its spot in midair, and prepared the evening's dehydrated special: Mountain House spaghetti. It appeared that I still had a good amount of daylight left (as far as I could tell without a watch), so I decided to hang out in the tent and read for a while.
Single person tents are not meant to be places to spend time in; they are strictly shelters for sleeping and/or avoiding the elements. The Crestone 1 has a vestibule just big enough to fit a pack underneath and a decent amount of space just above the head area to stow a few items one might want inside overnight. Once I got comfortable and had been reading for a while, I found that I had trouble staying awake. I had planned to return to the beach at sunset and hopefully see the moon rise, which was supposed to be full on this night. I decided to just embrace my vacation and do what felt right at the moment – sleep. I left the tent for a final trip to the outhouse, then returned to read for a little while longer. I eventually drifted off some time before dark and never once worried about being in the woods alone.
To be continued in Day 2: Popple to Weather Station - Beach Hike
9 comments:
Wonderful post. Looking forward to reading about the remainder of your trip.
- Christopher Hall said...
Great post(s). I am a kayaker/photographer and am in the process of researching Isle Royale, the Dunes and Pictured Rocks. Your blog is great and I hope you continue to post!
- DC said...
Awesome. I'm looking forward to the next few days -- this looks like a great spot to hike!
- Oydman said...
Hiked there last year -- bugs were awful and not impressed by 20% DEET. We were stuck down in the woods with the skeeters as the two good Popple sites were taken. Wound up eating all morning/ evening meals on the beach where the pesky beach flies proved less of a menace. Quickly learned to wear long pants to thwart flies.
Beach there is pretty, though stony out in the water. Not a good bathing site if winds are up, as this part of the island is exposed to big waves. You must pack your own water or (as we often did) boil lake water for cooking since Popple has no well.
Despite best precautions, an acrobatic rodent managed to climb to my hanging food pack, gnaw a small hole (easily repaired) and gorged himself on a single-serve container of peanut butter! Chippers were plentiful up there, that's for sure.
- Nina said...
@Christopher - Thanks. I hope that you make it to Michigan. Any of those places would make a great trip.
@DC - The next day is SuperAwesome. Stay tuned!
@Oydman - Yeah. I am very lucky that there was wind and one of the good sites was available. Otherwise, I probably would have had to stay at the beach the entire time too and then run to my tent and stay there. Definitely not the best spot in bug season, but the beach was nice. Sorry to hear about the chipmunk incident. I hope you had extra peanut butter!
- Donny Rambacher said...
Hey there, I love your blog! My friends and I used it as a guide last year for our trip to Grand Island, gorgeous place!! I am now planning a trip to South Manitou with my girlfriend and staying at Popple campground. Do you remember if there were fire rings at Popple or if you could have a fire at that site?
Thanks so much,
- Nina said...
Awesome - thanks for reading and I'm glad the blog helped. I'm pretty sure there were no fire rings at Popple when I was there and that you can't have fires there. I think I remember the ranger saying something about the fire risk and remoteness of that spot. The NPS site says that fire rings (community) are at Weather Station and Bay campsites only.
- David Radde said...
Great info and website. We group camped with 10 of us last year at the Weather Station and like it. I ended up hiking about 42 miles in our 4 day trip - so saw much of the island. We considering going back this year to possible stay at Popple - but the no campfires at that site is a deal killer with a big group. Which is why we are apprehensive about North Manitou - I might reach out to Donny to find out more about Grand Island as it might be a trip for next year before our 20th Anniversary trip to Isle Royle. Thanks again to all who have commented.
- Donny Rambacher said...
David, I'm happy to help in whatever you need. My girlfriend and I had a small campfire in Popple, but nothing outrageous. Grand Island is much more supportive of fires. I stayed there for two nights, hiked 8 miles the first two days and only one or two the last day. It was about a 20 mile loop all in all. Went at Memorial Day and the island was near empty. We still saw ice on Lake Superior but had 80° weather on our backs.


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