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Joseph Farman, a British researcher whose single-minded and at times officially derided study of atmospheric changes in the Antarctic established the existence of a hole in the ozone layer over the South Pole approximately the size of the United States one of the most important environmental discoveries of the 20th century died May 11 in Cambridge, England. He was 82.
His death was announced by the British Antarctic Survey, the governmental agency for which he worked from 1956 until his retirement in 1990.
Farman studied the Antarctic atmosphere for 25 years, never expecting momentous findings to emerge from his data, colleagues said. But his commitment to the prosaic first principles of data collection, they said, in the remotest outpost of the scientific world, produced discoveries unimagined by other scientists and overlooked by orbiting satellites.
When he began collecting ozone readings in 1957 as a young geophysicist at the Halley Bay research base in Antarctica, scientists had already come to understand the basic Jekyll-and-Hyde facts of ozone: that it was a pollutant when clumped in high concentrations near the ground and a vital shield when concentrated in the upper atmosphere, absorbing the suns most perilous ultraviolet rays.
After 1974, when two American scientists, Mario Molina and F. Sherwood Rowland, proved that chlorofluorocarbons, commonly used in aerosol spray cans and refrigeration, could destroy ozone in the upper atmosphere, the United States and a few other countries began regulating their use and scrutinizing the ozone readings already being collected by NASA satellites.
But Farman refused to stop making ground-level readings, despite his superiors questions about their usefulness, and despite his lack of standing in the field of ozone research. He did not have a Ph.D., and his primary work was in meteorological science. His dedication, as much to the principle of scientific record-keeping as to ozone study, would make him something of a working-class hero among scientists.
His willingness to do research he thought was important, even when others did not, made him a model scientist, said Sharon Roan, author of the 1989 book Ozone Crises: The 15-Year Evolution of a Sudden Global Emergency. He wasnt looking for anything astonishing just doing a little job, and persevering at it. And he came up with the most astonishing discovery.
Farman left the Antarctic station in 1959 to assume management duties for the survey in Britain, but he delegated scientists there to continue his work through the 1960s and 70s. His insistence was met with forbearance by his superiors until Margaret Thatcher became prime minister in 1980, demanding spending cuts from every government agency.
About a year later, in October 1982, Farman collected Antarctic ozone readings so radically different from anything seen before that he assumed that his 25-year-old Dobson meters had given out. He ordered new ones. (The devices calculate ozone thickness by measuring the amount of ultraviolet radiation penetrating the atmosphere. They had been found to work best when their photographic plates and other sensitive instruments were wrapped in heavy quilts.)
The new machines produced results even more startling. It just went haywire, Farman said.
After a series of double- and triple-check tests, Farman and his colleagues Jonathan Shanklin and Brian Gardiner published a paper in the journal Nature in May 1985 showing that ozone levels over Antarctica had fallen by about 40 percent from 1975 to 1984. The ozone hole was no longer a theoretical possibility, as Molina and Rowland had postulated, it was a real and present danger to life on Earth.
Based on the Britons findings, and later readings taken by American high-altitude aircraft, the Environmental Protection Agency concluded in 1986 that the increased exposure to ultraviolet radiation caused by the ozone hole could be responsible for 40 million cases of skin cancer and 800,000 cancer deaths in the United States over the next 88 years.
How NASAs satellites missed it has been answered in various ways. In one version, the ozone hole was detected by NASAs monitors but discarded by data-analysis computer software intended to dismiss wild anomalies. In another, NASA scientists said that the computer program only delayed their discovery of the ozone hole, and that a paper they had prepared on the phenomenon was about to be published when Nature published the British researchers work.
The paper by Farman and his colleagues, coupled with the research of Molina and Rowland who with a Dutch scientist, Paul Crutzen, shared the 1995 Nobel Prize for chemistry for their ozone research changed the international politics of environmental regulation. A treaty, the Montreal Protocol, intended to phase out the production of ozone-depleting compounds, was signed by 24 countries in 1987 and has since been ratified by almost 200.
Kofi Annan, the former secretary-general of the United Nations, called it perhaps the single most successful international agreement to date.
Though ozone depletion is said to have leveled off in the early 2000s, the effects of long-living, ozone-depleting chemicals already in the atmosphere will continue for an additional 80 to 100 years, by most accounts.
The son of a builder, Joseph Charles Farman was born in Norwich, England, on Aug. 7, 1930. He won a scholarship to study natural sciences at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and later served in the British army and worked for an aircraft company before joining the Falkland Islands Dependency Survey, now known as the British Antarctic Survey.
I saw an advertisement: `Go to the Antarctic, he said in a 2009 interview. And I thought, Well, youve always wanted to go, so youd better apply for it and see what happens.
He is survived by his wife, Paula.
A pipe-smoking man who later traveled widely promoting environmental preservation, Farman cast a wry outsiders eye on everything that crossed his path, including Thatcher and her husband, Denis. He traded chitchat with her, and then with him, at an awards ceremony in his honor.
Denis Thatcher obviously didnt know anything about it, he said, meaning the ozone layer. So he said, `And what are you going to turn your brilliant mind to now, Mr. Farman? So I looked him in the eye, and I said: `Well, I believe you have some other problems in the country today. Let me see, theres advance payments. (The British term for safety net programs referred to here as entitlements.)
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Skip to comments.Romney backs away from gay adoptions [Friday night, after endorsing Thursday]
Posted on 05/12/2012 8:12:05 AM PDT by kevcol
(CBS News) Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Friday backed away from his support of adoptions by same-sex couples, saying that he simply "acknowledges" the legality of such adoptions in many states.
A day earlier, Romney, in an interview with Fox News' Neil Cavuto, had indicated that while he does not support same-sex marriage, he considers the adoption of children by same-sex couples a "right."
He said on Thursday: "And if two people of the same gender want to live together, want to have a loving relationship, or even to adopt a child -- in my state individuals of the same sex were able to adopt children. In my view, that's something that people have a right to do. But to call that marriage is something that in my view is a departure from the real meaning of that word."
But then on Friday, he was asked, in an interview with CBS' WBTV in Charlotte, N.C., how his opposition to same-sex marriage "squared" with his support for gay adoptions. Romney told anchor Paul Cameron, "Well actually I think all states but one allow gay adoption, so that's a position which has been decided by most of the state legislators, including the one in my state some time ago. So I simply acknowledge the fact that gay adoption is legal in all states but one."
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He's losing us guys, losing us.
Even his most ardent supporters here have difficulty coming out in the open and telling us how good the gay lifestyle is ~
The lies and flip-flops coming from this joker have become comical.
Ron Paul looks good and good these days.
Try as Romney may, he cannot get me to want to vote for him. He is a gay-loving, abortion-supporting world-class liberal, wearing Republican attire.
Romney, imo, is worse than a RINO. He is very scary!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gop-treads-lightly-on-gay-marriage-issue/2012/05/10/gIQAk4LtGU_story.html And, if you wanted to know how Romney stands vis a vis the current Farleftwingtard/WashingtonPost/Gay blade coalition go to that article ~ this also refers to material that popped up today in that Von Loser piece telling us national polls tell us people are anxious to have gay marriage.
Also, joint adoption by gay couples is only permitted in 16 states as far as I can see, not "all but 1" as Willard claims.
Guess we go for the crazy dude ~ smoke 'em if you got 'em eh!
The Republican party has lost their morals and their ways.
Just watched Romney's speech at Liberty University. No matter how you feel about him, he did a fantastic job. Hit it out of the park.
The man has no convictions or spine.
As each day passes, more and more I seriously question whether I can hold my nose tight enough to vote for Obama's opposition.
yes...and yet the alternative...with NO Re-election repercussions(as he told Medvedev) is so much more scary that I cant believe anyone here would stay home or vote 3rd party.
The only way 0bama isn't reelected is if he loses it on his own and THAT isn't going to happen.
Romney cannot beat 0bama.
He!! Romney can barely get some conservatives to hold their noses to vote for him!
And most won't...
I have no doubt he did. He's great at presenting the right face for the moment. Even his wife admits that.
Liberty University is in my hometown. I tried to watch a bit of his speech, but seeing him speak there made me slightly ill. I couldn't do it.
He struck just the right tone not getting too political although his statement that marriage was between a man and a woman got a standing and prolonged ovation.
The person that gets me sick to my stomach just listening to him is Obama, our Marxist liar in chief.
Believe it.
A liberal cross-dressing as a republican will do more damage than a real liberal. The GOP in Congress will actually cast a no vote for the worst of zero's ideas. Mittens would be able to get a solid block of rino's and rats to back up his crap.
Mittens will never get my vote. Even if it means four more years of an empty suited incompetant liberal.
Name your poison, hemlock or cyanide.
So he says marriage is between a man and a woman, but he says it's the right of homos to adopt children, and he has a long history of cuddling up to sodomites.
His "passion?" LOL, his passion is power, plain and simple. And his religious upbringing taught him contempt for the very evangelical Christians he was speaking to.
You say I missed a great speech. You missed my earlier point (deliberately, I suspect). He will say anything to please his particular audience at the time. He's skilled at it. And he depends upon people to fall for it. It amazes me that they still do it.
If a tyrant gave a perfect speech, would the tyrant be OK?
How about an eloquent rapist, Deval?
Does a perfect speech, cure an inveterate RINO?
Shake shake shake
I have my industrial strength nose clip to use when I vote against zer0bama...
I will use it.
I think now the only approach is get Mitt in, and make sure Mitt is out in 2016, and his Presidency is rendered ineffective.
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What, Robomney thinks no one will remember or there is no record of what he just said? How can any one support this guy? He's a narcissist!! Lies about what he just said! I just saw a someone (wish I remembered who said it) of what narcissists are like. They constantly lie right to your face and then reverse and lie the opposite way in five minutes. This man is 100% untrustworthy. Except that we can trust he'll be a total disaster if somehow he is forced down our craw as the nominee.
No, the only approach is:
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Four minute news clip. If anyone explains its accuracy I'd be much obliged.
Obama has made it quite clear where he stands on such issues as gay rights, abortion, organized religion, and a host of other social issues.
Just as importantly, we also know where he stands on the welfare state, budget deficits, the national debt, amnesty, the use of our national energy resources, and national security (he needs some flexibility until after his reelection to deal with Putin.)
We also know of his connections to domestic terrorists like Ayers and Dohrn, his mentoring by Frank Marshall Davis, his 20 year relationship with Rev Wright who married him and baptized his daughters, and Van Jones. Obama hates this country and has bowed and scraped all over the world apologizing for us. He doesn't even want to mention that Islamic fundamentalism represents a major threat to this nation. And he continues with his open borders policy and backdoor amnesty of 300,000 who have been ordered deported by the courts.
I am not going to change your beliefs. Please vote your conscience and principles. I will do the same. We will just agree to disagree.
Put a pancake on Romney's head for another fine flip-flop!
Are you LDS?
where's the GIF of the face-plant guy?
Romney is the best this country can present as an alternative to a halfrican marxist?
its sort of like the GOP-e forced us to take a 49cc scooter when we could have taken a car (any car!). I would have been happy with a Ford Maverick or even a Chevy Geo.
You're laying it on pretty thick!
Maybe you should loosen the bicycle helmet strap a little.
FUMR, and the RINO-drawn jack-wagon of religious fraud you rode in on.
"...who, being themselves but fallible and uninspired men, have assumed dominion over the faith of others, setting up their own opinions and modes of thinking as the only true and infallible, and as such endeavoring to impose them on others, hath established and maintained false religions over the greatest part of the world, and through all time;...that it is time enough for the rightful purposes of civil government, for its officers to interfere when principles break out into overt acts against peace and good order; and finally, that truth is great and will prevail if left to herself, that she is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error, and has nothing to fear from the conflict, unless by human interposition disarmed of her natural weapons, free argument and debate, errors ceasing to be dangerous when it is permitted freely to contradict them. ""I HAVE SWORN UPON THE ALTAR OF GOD ETERNAL HOSTILITY TO EVERY FORM OF TYRANNY OVER THE MIND OF MAN"--The Virginia Act For Establishing Religious Freedom
--Thomas Jefferson, 1786
Then you haven't been paying attention.
We can agree to disagree-—yes. I understand that a lot of folks will vote for Romney. Everybody has a personal choice to make. But it bugs me no end when I see people trying to whitewash Romney, and make him out to be something he isn't.
And, do they classify men who molest boys as homosexual pedifiles?
You can see those traits on video, when he talks about the close family friend, and what made his family dedicated to pro-abortion in 1963, and why he would never interfere with a woman's right to that choice.
An alternative explanation: maybe Frank VanderSloot got to Mitt Romney and told Romney to stop advocating gay garbage or the money gets turned off?
Businessman Says He Lost Hundreds of Customers After Attacks by Obama Campaign — (Obama Hit List)
Regime Intimidates Romney Contributors
Trolling for Dirt on the President's List (O targets private citizen for supporting opponent)
It's really sad when some of Romney's key supporters are getting attacked for being militantly anti-homosexual when Romney's own record is more liberal than most Republicans on that issue.
I sure wish VanderSloot had found a better candidate to support in the primary, but who knows? Maybe Romney's Mormon friends who really **ARE** conservative are just as sick and tired of Romney's flip-flopping as we are, and have decided to rein him in a bit.
Just watched Romneys speech at Liberty University. No matter how you feel about him, he did a fantastic job. Hit it out of the park.
Who's his speach writer?
Levin? Hannity? Limbaugh?
You're right! Unlike Obama, he can lie effortlessly without a teleprompter!
There is no question that Romney's speech at the convention will have a lot of red meat for conservatives.....I've known that all along....it isn't going to fool me.
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Any discussion about restaurant menus inevitably leads to a conversation about farm-to-table cooking. Farmers have become behind-the-scenes stars of what we eat at many better restaurants. Left out of the discussion, however, are ranchers, who are also instrumental in the creation of great menus. This oversight was rectified in Aspen when Food & Wine editor Dana Cowin moderated a discussion about the relationship between chefs and ranchers with super chef Mario Batali; San Francisco chef and proponent of offal cookery Chris Cosentino; and Anya Fernald, co-founder and c.e.o. of a group of innovative agriculture companies that strive to make good food the old-fashioned way on a large scale. She also operates a restaurant/butcher shop that utilizes every part of the animal.
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Cowin: What is wrong with the large production of animals in this country.
Batali: What's right with it? Meat is not produce with the intent of good animal husbandry technique, of animal health, which of course together means it's not produce with the intention of producing a delicious product. Meat in this country often resembles the taste of cardboard.
Fernald: The industrial American meat complex has done a good job of delivering cheap protein. In doing so they created all sorts of negatives relating to animal health, safety and a lack of flavor in the meat. But they accomplished the mission of delivering a cheap product, and Americans are now realizing they want something more.
Cosentino: Another problem was that the production of meat focused on the luxury cuts, such as chops and steaks, but we were throwing away 45 percent of the animal. If you go to Italy, they use every part of the animal: the skin, the head, the tail. But now we're seeing everyone looking backward to the old days of this country when we did use all parts of the animal. We now celebrate all parts of the animal.
Cowin: Now it seems in the last five to seven years, chefs have embraced the whole animal in a big way. Everywhere chefs are roasting whole animals, and has it gotten to the point where it's a trend or a fad?
Cosentino: Everybody in this country roasts a whole animal every year: It's called Thanksgiving. When you look at that it's convivial. You spend time with your family and enjoying ourselves. We're not doing anything new with this roasting of whole animals. That's not a negative; it's a positive. We do a thing for 18 people in the restaurant where we'll roast a whole pig. It's not a waste, but rather a smart way to showcase the animal.
Fernald: When we deal with chefs we find that they often want to buy that box of loins and chops, which accounts for 9 percent of the animal. It's challenging for most chefs to utilize the whole animal, but the trend to use the whole animal is a good thing.
Cowin: Mario, you were the first in America to introduce beef and pork cheeks to this country. How hard was that to get Americans to eat these off cuts of the animal, including kidneys and heart?
Batali: When we opened Babbo we decided that we wanted to work with the whole animal. There are less kidneys then there are pork loins. So being served a kidney is a win, not a loss. The easiest way to introduce non-traditional cuts is to use them in pastas and ravioli. We would also send out small tastes of head cheese and things like that. It's like being a crack dealer. You give them a little taste and they like it and eventually come back and ask you for them because it's delicious.


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If and when it is built, it will have a sloping roof that will provide visitors with a good view of Fort Delaware and the Upper Delaware River below. The proposed design of the Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (UDSB) Visitor Center was unveiled at a meeting in Narrowsburg on January 23.
Along with the specialized roof, which will be made of recycled rubber pavers to handle the foot traffic, the 2,400-square-foot building will have a gallery, a multi-use space to be used as a theater or classroom, two offices for the UDSB and Fort Delaware, a gift shop, a warming kitchen and public restrooms.
The building will also be semi-submerged, which will help to keep heating and cooling costs low. The design also provides that the new center will not be very visible from Route 97.
USDB member Ed Boyer said that in considering the design there was concern that the "considerable new construction be done in a way that didn't disrupt what is there already, and this design solves that problem."
The proposed cost for the construction is $1.4 million. There is $250,000 available in money from New York State, which Senator John Bonacic secured several years ago, and there is $510,000 in federal money, secured by Congressman Maurice Hinchey. However, the federal money is tied up for now because the original legislation regarding the grant stipulated that the project would be done in the Town of Cochecton.
The original federal funding for the center was approved in 2005. In 2010, Sullivan County officials, who were committed to spending $250,000 for the project, proposed that it be moved to the Fort Delaware location in Narrowsburg where the county contribution could then be the value of the land itself, which the county already owned. Other stakeholders, such as UDSB, approved.
But because of the change, the legislation must be resubmitted. Hinchey, who is retiring at the end of the year, has been supportive of the change, but it is unclear when the problem might be cleared up.
Additionally, if the project is to move forward, the board will have to get not only the federal funds but also another $700,000.
Glenn Pontier, who is a member of the organization and the project director for Sullivan Renaissance, said that public projects are often started without full funding in place, and the question before the board at this point was whether they wanted to endorse the design and move forward in trying to secure the funding from other sources.


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The 00 decade saw me going from single games, to mini packages to returning to being a season ticket holder.
When I review my Dodger pictures, what I remember from the 00 decades are the thrill of victories, the friends that I have made because of baseball and or the Dodgers, the friends that I continue to have, the sadness for departed players, the pain by the beloved players that have used PEDs, the way I have learned to accept that we can't win every game but still the frustration of some of those winnable games, my beloved Dodger Stadium, the road trips, Vero Beach, Camelback Ranch, the game at the Coliseum, the Dodger float at the Rose Parade, the Bluetopia movie, the Dodger Star in Hollywood Walk of fame, my family and non-baseball friends accepting and understanding for my love for the Dodgers.
Dodgers Most Remembered during this 00 Decade.
Vin Scully. Hearing Vin Scully on the radio or TV or when I ride the elevator at the stadium brings a big smile to my face. He is the reason I carry a radio to the stadium.
Adrian Beltre. My first and last player's jersey. After his departure, I vowed not to get a current player's jersey. My next jersey was a Jackie Robinson jersey.
Paul Lo Duca. He lingered in the minor league for a while. From 2001 to 2004, he hit .288 and hit 55 homers and 286 RBIs. I cried when I heard him crying when he found out he got traded to the Marlins.
Eric Gagne. Oh, how electrifying it was to listen to "Welcome to the Jungle" when he exit the bullpen gate. There was such energy from the entire stadium with the anticipation of him coming into the game.
Paul Lo Duca and Eric Gagne: How dissapointed I was when I read the Mitchell report.
Shawn Green He hit 91 homers in a two-year span, including four of them in a single game at Milwaukee on May 23, 2002. Shawn just went quietly about his business. He was such a nice guy.
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Jeff Kent. He was the Dodgers' best offensive player for the bulk of his four seasons with the club. He got a raw deal with a writer from the L.A. Times. I am glad that he got to host the WIN Baseball clinic for four years so that we, the fans that attended those events and others he attended got to see a more approachable and friendly Jeff Kent.
Derek Lowe. Reliable, never been on the disabled list. At times, I felt bad for the lack of run support. I made it a point to go by the bullpen after his starts to praise his starts when he lost. He was nice and friendly with the fans. He helped Jeff Kent at one of the WIN baseball games
Manny Ramirez. He energized the team when he was traded during the July 2008 tradeline. His production dropped off after his return from his suspension but one must also remember that he got hit on the wrist after coming back. Likable and friendly when my friends and I met him by coincidence in the parking lot during Spring Training.
Andre Ethier. There was no other player I'd like to see when the game was on the line than Andre. He lead the majors with six walk-off hits in 2009 and a total of nine walk-off hits in 2008 and 2009 combined, with five of those hits home runs. What an incredible year he had in 2009.
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It's can be fun looking back, remembering what seems like for ever ago, yet was not that long actually… Eric Gagne there's a guy who once put fear into any batter….
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Being on the east coast, the Dodger (..grrr, hisss) games come on at 10:30pm, ya know, on the "package". Anyway, many nights I'm tuning into the game for one reason and one reason only….VIN Scully!! I could listen to him all night! I'm sorry Em…there's a portion of Dodger history you and I will never agree on. LOL! But we're definitely friends! ; ) I recognize your passion. be well!
For me the 00's were about becoming more than just a casual fan. Before Gameday and MLB.tv it was pretty hard to follow them. My dad and I were in Arkansas so we could only see games on ESPN or Fox and sometimes on WGN or TBS if the Dodgers were playing the Cubs or Braves. We couldn't afford any special TV package to see more games. When the Dodgers started off strong in 2005 I really kicked it into high gear doing whatever I could to see or hear or watch the games on Gameday. I seem to grow more obsessed every season. It doesn't hurt that the Dodgers have made the playoffs 3 of the last 4 years. Let's hope the Dodgers usher in the 10's with a great season this year.
Of any one player, Lo Duca's sudden disappearance after the Mitchell Report bothered me the most. I was a big fan of his… totally let down in the end. He was an idiot, writing personal checks to the clubhouse boys to go buy his illegal drugs. Unbelievable.
Hey Peter! Happy new year to you too! Gagne was at Dodger Stadium watching a playoff game. He was received well by the fans when they flashed the camera on him. He seemed a little embarrased by it.
I know what you mean. When I travel for work, I stay up late on the computer following game threads. And about the Brooklyn Dodger history, I go to a Brooklyn Dodger forum, so I know how many people feel about the L.A. Dodgers, but I still visit and post there every once in a while.
Happy New Year. 2005is when I kicked up high too starting with going to Vero Beach.
Yep, Lo Duca was totally dumb. Perhaps it was because he lingered in the minor league for long because we had Piazza at that time. I was very disappointed on him.
It's fun reminiscing about the players we've loved, even if they leave or end up disappointing us. Happy New Year, Emma, and here's to a wonderful 2010 season.
Im making the Adrian Beltre vow as well. I had a Pirates Ian Snell jersey. He is now a Mariner and quite the headcase. Everyone has a Clemente/Stargell/Mazeroski jersey. So I opted to buy a Barry Bonds jersey. May cause some controversy but this is Pittsburgh Bonds-prior to steroids
Happy New Year Emma!
When he was here, Shawn Green was one of my faves! And what can I say about Vinny that hasn't already been said about him. To this day I remember listening to him as a little girl. I KNOW he's one of the main reasons why I'm such a HUGE Dodger fan today! When he does decide to turn the mic off, I don't know what I'll do.
Oh, and how can I forget about Andre? I'll tell ya, I have never gravitated toward a player, the way I have with Andre. Maybe it's the way he plays the game, perhaps it's his looks; I don't know. But whenever he hits another walk-off, or makes some play that makes me say "wow" I end up saying, "That's my boy!" And he's young enough to BE my boy! Or I'm old enough to be his mom (whichever way you want to put it). I'm just thrilled that he's finally getting the press coverage that he so richly deserves!
Heard tonight that Dodger slugger Matt Kemp is seeing rock star Rihanna recently. Love it! glamor,glitz and baseball. a perfect combination.
I am so at awe at times as to the talent that has walked through Chavez Ravine. Not just from the Sandy Koufax days, but even in the recent decade with the likes of O-dog, Manny-mania and seeing Andre Either's star rising every season.
Can't wait for the Cactus League games to start so I can see these guys playing again.
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Is nice looking back at the decade that we left behind.
LOL. You too ha? Barry pre-steriod is a good choice. Somewhere I have a baseball card of his playing days in Pittsburgh.
My friends Steve and Ronda who sit in front of me have two little girls. One of their girls favorite player was Shawn Green. They had to remove the name Frucal from the back of her shirt because anytime anyone would say "#15, Furcal, she would correct you and No! Shawn Green!." And Andre is young enough to be my boy too!
Yeah, I've been hearing about Kemp dating Rihanna. I better check what he is posting on twitter.
I can'twait for the whole Spring Training to start too!


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Maybe he can come back to NY and work with Curry...
After three years working with Jeff Van Gundy on the sidelines in Houston, Patrick Ewing has resigned as assistant coach of the Rockets, KRIV in Houston reported on its Web site.
Ewing is leaving the team to spend more time with his family, the station reported, citing sources close to the team. The sources also said that the organization does not intend to replace Ewing, which would mean an increased role for assistant coach Charlie Ward, a former teammate of Ewing.
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Maybe he can come back to NY and work with Curry...
This probably does mean that he'll be on the Knick bench in the not to distant future.
I believe Frye would benefit the most from Patrick's coaching.
desde la cuna del chango
i hope he comes to the knicks he will help curry and frye
He should come back to NY, it sure would put fans in the stands just to see a NY Knick Legend come back and work with the team.Originally Posted by alrobinson6022
I don't see him coming back to NY unless he's Head Coach. He says he wants to spend more fam time so I think that's the only thing that's going to pry him away from his fam. Family is more important than anything anyways so I respect his decision completely. But hopefully the Great One will return to the knicks...
I agree that hed help frye out more but hed still help curry out. Fryes game is alot more similiar to Ewings and he would benefit the most.
I remember when Jordan retired for the first time to "spend more time with his familey." Then he tried out for the white sox. Oh well so much for familey. I wander if Pat will do the same?
Please lets not bring up mj when we talkin about ewing. I'm still tryin to get over uhhh yeah
I Hate Micheal Jordan
very true. he def would help frye out more than curry...
Good! hope he comes back to new york and helps out our struggling centers ...
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text: I agree for the most part, it is at least more tolerable to watch your team lose if you can respect their effort. My two beefs are that I think Lee is a hard worker and will continue to improve, and I haven't seen a report where he is demanding a certain salary. I'm sure he'll take as much as he can get, but I get the feeling he wouldn't mind staying in NY, depends how much he's offered elsewhere though I suppose, we'll see. My other not so much of a beef, but I think I discovered the true identity of Dirk after all the mispelling and butchering of the english language!!!


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Brad Keselowski, driver of the Penske Racing No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS), finished eighth in the Hollywood Casino 400 – the sixth race in the 2012 Chase for the Championship – at Kansas Speedway on Sunday afternoon. The race on the newly-repaved track featured a season-high 14 caution periods that slowed the competition for a total of 66 laps, which prevented the field from finding a good rhythm.
With the result, Keselowski continues to lead the Chase for the Championship standings by seven points over Jimmie Johnson with four races remaining in the season.
Keselowski began the 267-lap race from the 25th position after posting a time of 28.606 seconds, or 188.772 miles per hour, around the 1.5-mile oval during the Friday afternoon qualifying session. After the green flag, Keselowski immediately went to work with his Miller Lite machine as he made his way into the top 20 at lap 16. He radioed to crew chief Paul Wolfe at lap 27 that he was dealing with a tight-handling condition in getting to the center of the corners. The first caution period of the day, at lap 31, provided Wolfe an opportunity to bring his driver down pit road for a two-tire stop that included wedge and air pressure adjustments. Keselowski restarted the race from the 16th position at lap 37.
Immediately after Keselowski made his way into the top 15 at lap 38, another caution flag flew over the field. After electing to remain on the racing surface, Keselowski picked up more track position as he restarted the event from the 11th spot at lap 45. He radioed that the handling of the car was much improved with the adjustments as he set his sights on the top 10, which he reached at lap 46. The team made its second stop of the day under a lap 71 caution period, during which the Miller Lite pit crew changed four tires while making a track bar adjustment. Keselowski, whose No. 2 machine was beaten off pit road by many cars electing to change only two tires, restarted from the 14th position at lap 77.
During the third run of the day, Keselowski found himself stuck in "dirty air" for much of the time. When the fourth caution of the day was displayed at lap 84, Keselowski brought his Miller Lite Dodge down pit road for four tires and fuel, which placed him on a different fuel strategy than many of the lead-lap cars. This proved to be a great move as another caution flag came out at lap 122 after several of the leaders had already made their pit stops to trap them one lap down. Keselowski was able to make his way down pit road for another two-tire pit stop that allowed him to keep the track position he earned while the other cars were on pit road.
After the competitors returned to green-flag racing at lap 128, the event was interrupted by three caution periods before the 155th lap. Following the lap 155 caution, Wolfe again elected to make a two-tire pit stop. Keselowski restarted from the 15th position at lap 163. In a race that featured many incidents, one of the most harrowing for Keselowski came at lap 183 when the No. 18 car of Kyle Busch and the No. 39 machine of Ryan Newman made contact directly in front of the series leader. Fortunately, the two damaged cars parted just enough for Keselowski and the Miller Lite Dodge to squeeze through without incident.
Following the final pit stop of the day for the No. 2 team, at lap 218, Keselowski was able to navigate the tricky surface to secure his 20th top-10 finish of the season, and the 14th in the last 16 races.
Penske Racing teammate, Sam Hornish Jr., finished 26th in Sunday's Hollywood Casino 400.
"I don't even know how to explain it," said Keselowski. "I'm ready to go home and have a couple beers. It was just a long day. Everybody has been asking all season long where have all the cautions been? The answer is that they flew to Kansas because there was caution after caution and it seemed like every wreck today seemed to happen in front of me. I'm glad to survive the carnage and brought back a decent Miller Lite Dodge in OK shape. That's the only way that I can describe it. Whew! Just a tough day."
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I have a 15 month old daughter, who loves her "milkies". However, I'm not sure what's going on at the moment and would appreciate any advice or similar experiences.
Recently she has gone almost completely off solid food and is BFing all the time again. Today, for example, she ate the sum total of a few spoons of natural yoghurt, 1 bite of toast, 1 spoon of humous & 1 segment of a tangerine all day long! I'm worried that she's not getting enough nutrients & vitamins on BM alone at this age, but she's just not interested in food at all. She's been like this for a couple of weeks now & I don't know what to do.
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Originally Posted by Baldy..
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Originally Posted by Crimson Trickster
I've had it with villains having sad back-stories that explain their evilness.
Can we just get one crazy motherfucker who wants to kill everyone just for the hell of it, Kishi? Would be a nice change from trying to force us to care about Kabuto's sob story.
I'm still hoping these flashbacks are going to lead to some sort of shockingly awesome plot-twist or something
But for now, 2/5. Just 'cause I hate Kabuto.
Hidan, but Kishi trolled him out in one arc.
I love villain's pasts, but you're 100% right. There has to be that one crazy guy. Not everyone has a sad story. I like stories and think a lot of villains deserve one and Kabuto is cool, but come on.
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I liked it a lot. Also, I reread the last one, and I liked that one a lot too the second time. I guess its cool to hear Kabuto's story, he's one of the most mysterious yet misunderstood shinobi in the manga. Just my opinion.
can someone explain the bandages? how old is kabuto? Why is danzou wrapped where all his sharingans are supposed to be... is it me or does it look like he was recovering from when oro transplanted them? jus sayin. or am I de only one who saw that.
i would love to see some action but i am always intrested to learn more about a character
waiting another week for that sh+t to know about kabuto that isn't interesting
Originally Posted by gazmatic
can someone explain the bandages? how old is kabuto? Why is danzou wrapped where all his sharingans are supposed to be... is it me or does it look like he was recovering from when oro transplanted them? jus sayin. or am I de only one who saw that.
From what we have seen, Danzo has always worn bandages; kind of like how Kakashi has always worn a mask, or Tsunade always has that jutsu activated which changes her appearance to when she was a young adult.
Anyway, I assume chapter 584 will be a whole chapter of flashbacks, and the first few pages of 585 will be flashbacks too - hopefully getting back to the fight after that.
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How come in the heat of battle kabuto has time to experience a flashback?kishi please allow this war to end,dont lose the plot.
Everytime there's a back story means kabuto is about to die
Tsk... Kabuto would've been a great Konoha Shinobi (maybe at par with Kakashi and Guy) if he wasn't corrupted by Danzou and Orochi.
Who knew Kabuto's past would be so boring and uninteresting. Meh..
One of my least favorite chapters thus far, but cant like em all.
im really getting tired of kishi stalling the story... the story has not progressed since naruto and tobi.
This chapter was allright, just not worth a week's wait :/
theres seriously people tht voted this chapter 5 stars....smh kabuto fanboys
kids wth ****ed up chilhoods
naruto-became dedicated to getting acknowledge
sasuke- became psychotic and evil
garaa- became psychotic and evil
oro- became psychotic disgusting evil (not downin him but he did snatch up lil boys)
itachi-became secretive
and now we have kabuto another sob story who became like 3 of the five people mentioned flashbak already comes at inapropriate tim but kishi couldnt make him a badass from the start
Crap chapter, but not complaining because it's very interesting to know where Kabuto came from.
Not a nice chap at all, but what can we do?...
Oro really rubs me the wrong way always poping out of no where, caughing stuff up, and his toung just makes me want to cut it off...anyway this chapter was trash Kabuto just needs to die already
I found this kind of boring, I dont really care about Kabuto.
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|2013-04-29, 04:53
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Well, kinda late to party (but in all honestly, I'm glad I'm late, seeing it's like a battlefield in here). I can't say this is a great movie, but I did enjoy it a lot even with the flaws it has.
I don't have any intend to bring those discussion back, I'm just going to say I disagree with any one said the music is bland, because the only song I dislike is the one replaces Brave Phoenix. All other ones are really great.
Just don't understand the hate for Fate in this thread, but I don't want to know either.
|2013-05-04, 17:41
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There's such a thing as "too much of a good thing". Especially when it comes at the cost of other good things.
I like chocolate cake, but if I go to a restraunt for a meal and there's nothing but chocolate cake, I'm not getting the variety I desire for my dinner.
I don't go to a Nanoha movie to watch "Fate (and her various friends, whatever)". Fate's just one character.
|2013-05-11, 08:35
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This is why your chocolate cake analogy is a poor one. Chocolate cake is a dessert, literally "an after thought". So it's a poor comparison to make with a major character. A more apt comparison would be to part of the main course. Like, say, fried chicken.
And lo and behold, there are plenty of restaurants around the world that has fried chicken as the main food option on their menu, where it makes up a quarter or more of their entire menu in one form or another. And plenty of people are perfectly satisfied with that.
You may go to your local KFC, and say "Why don't you focus more on these other food options, like your coleslaw and your macaroni salad? Why must you focus so much on fried chicken and fries!", but don't expect all the other KFC customers to agree with you. After all, fried chicken is much of what made KFC popular in the first place...
|2013-05-16, 22:10
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Seriously we're having this debate again? Sigh
This is opinion thread, everyone's opinion is valid, just keep it and don't shove it on others.
However, I agree with Sunder with this one. Among other things I had to say, but Nanya already said everything anyway.
The part I dislike the most is that A's Movie being gateway to franchise being a total lie.
|2013-07-17, 03:53
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I just watched the movie after delaying it for so long. I extremely enjoyed the first movie in comparison to the first season, so expectations were high when watching A's. It delivered.
I agree with almost every direction the movie took, starting with Rein's narrative and the slow start instead of the Nanoha/Vita fight. Aside from the Hayate part (more on this later), I especially like the recap of Fate's story and the time she spends with Nanoha in the present. The overall plot was explained better than in the series, and the little things that caught my attention that I wanted to see again (Vita's bunny shopping trip, the devices activating to end the series) was there. The presentation of the material was superb; although I knew what was going to happen, it was still heartfelt in several places.
The only thing I didn't like was the early establishment of the Wolkenritter's objective. I believe that in the series, it wasn't until episode 6 that we learn more about them - before that they were portrayed as pretty much the bad guy. The movie threw some hints early that Signum and company are not completely evil, which I think lessened whatever impact one would have on such a plot (that is almost identical to season 1...). So probably, Hayate's association to magic should have been left for midway through. It would be better to hate the Wolkenritter for longer.
|2013-07-22, 01:06
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Finally finally finally finally finally finallyfinallyfinallyfinallyfinallyfinally
FINALLY got to see this movie yesterday. And like the first, it was great.
(and this is my first time posting in the Nanoha subforum outside of the image thread in forever)
I actually liked how they took Graham out of the movie. He and the girls felt a bit too much like throw-away antagonists. Precia keeps popping back up in Fate's character growth.
While it does still have that DBZ-esque feel that the first movie brought out, they kept it toned down rather than beam-spamming everywhere, like when Reinforce went into a simple punch-and-kick spree on Nanoha.
Compressing A's into a 2 1/2-hour movie worked well I think; it keep things fast-paced without shooting past the character focus and development. And I don't see how the backstory on Chrono's father was nerfed or under-developed; neither Chrono nor his father were major characters, so it makes sense to keep them from taking too much screentime.
As for Yuno, well, it's been fairly obivous since the original A's all those years ago that he was nerfed into a rarely-appearing role so anybody making a fuss about it is eight years late. But my view on this is what it has and always will be: They should have stuck with the cute Nanoha/Yuno/Chrono love triangle that they clearly set up at the end of the first series and kept NanoFate as good friends rather than chucking the triangle in favor of the yuri innuendos.
On the topic of cute, in the wrap-up/ending,
a. the scene where Nanoha was being friendly-clingy with Vita while she was blushing so much was absolutely adorable (and I rarely use this word)
as was
b. the little bed for Reinforce Zwei in Hayate's room.
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|2013-08-11, 04:18
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My impressions of the movie 2nd are that except for three things i absolutely loved it, those three being:
-taking Graham out of the picture.
-theme that replaced brave phoenix.
-no Suzuka and Arisa walking on the moment of Nanoha and Fate doing battle.
The second needs no explaining, on the first one i want to expand a bit, the reason i wanted Graham is that he made the story/plot have more sense, why Hayate of all people ? Earth doesn't have much to do with Magic... and such events... Graham was the one that made all of it tie up with perfect sense. Dunno maybe i'm looking at it to objectively but that is how i feel. As for the third it was just one of those moments you kind of just enjoy seeing, the surprise on Arisa and Suzuka and the "busted" look on Fate and Nanoha . However even without this i did enjoy the movie, the fight scenes where awesome and all major players shined. Although no brave phoenix the moments with Snow Rain felt definitely enhanced. The movie was impressive with its compression of the A's series, it did not felt rushed in the slightest, actually rather continuous and engaging, a lot of memorable and touching scenes it had. Overall a great experience one that really made me look forward to Nanoha Strikers 3rd Movie.
|2013-08-11, 12:16
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The Flame Crussader
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Fortunately, MOVIE 3rd won't be about StrikerS but an original story instead.
So much potential and less chances of facepalming from the audience. I'm already resigned to never seeing a decent portrayal of the Wolkenritter ever again. A's TV was their first an last shinning moment in the franchise. They flopped hard in MOVIE 2nd.
|2014-02-07, 18:42
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Burst Mode
Totally slowpoked on this, but I finally felt like watching the movie last week.
I thought it was okay. Certainly didn't suffer too badly from issues I thought it'd have when first announced. Still, it didn't particularly wow me (though the fights were slick) nor did it change my outlook on anything like the first movie did with Presea.
The three main highlights for me were Shamal in her underwear, getting Fate in on the "As expected of Yuuno" bit and the shot of Nanoha and Hayate flying towards Yuuno in the end montage.
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Dirt track racer Kevin Ward Jr., 20, died Saturday night after being hit by NASCAR racer Tony Stewart at the Empire Super Sprints series event at the Canandaigua Motorsports Park in upstate New York. Take a look back at other notable auto racing deaths through the years.
As of 2011, the latest figures available, 235 drivers and spectators have been killed in racing of all sorts, the Charlotte Observer reported. That's up from 217 deaths reported in the 10 years prior to that.
Deaths among racers and spectators were numerous in the early years of racing. However advances in safety technology, and specifications designed by sanctioning bodies to limit speeds, have reduced deaths in recent years.
The worst accident in motorsports history occurred at Le Mans in 1955, when Pierre Levegh's crash killed him and around 80 spectators. More than 100 were injured.
Scottish Formula One driver Jim Clark won the world championship twice, in 1963 and 1965, but died in a Formula Two crash in Germany in 1968.
Indianapolis 500 winner Mark Donohue died of a hemorrhage following a 1975 crash in Austria, where, during testing, a tire failure sent him careening into the catch fence, where his head struck a post.
The pride of Canadian motorsports, Gilles Villenueve was killed in 1982 during qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix when he drove into the back of a slower car and was launched into a safety fence.
Also in 1982, 23-year-old Formula One driver Riccardo Paletti died two days before his birthday when he struck a stalled car on the track at the Canadian Grand Prix at 110 mph.
The last driver to be killed in Formula One was three-time world champion Ayrton Senna, who died in 1994 after crashing during the San Marino Grand Prix a day after Roland Ratzenberger was killed at the same track during qualifying.
In 2000, 19-year-old NASCAR driver Adam Petty died after his car spun out and crashed into the wall in New Hampshire. A fourth-generation NASCAR driver (along with great-grandfather Lee, grandfather Richard and father Kyle), Petty was practicing for a Busch series race the following day.
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