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I love cheesy sci-fi from the early 1930s through the 1960s. I make it a point to watch Forbidden Planet every year and my office is a collection of retro robots and rockets scattered on the shelves and desktop. There's just something about these early days of science fiction, with the ray guns and finned rockets and numerous planets with breathable oxygen. I've read and enjoyed early Flash Gordon comics and listened to Buck Rogers radio serials. This stuff is over-the-top, completely unrealistic, and sometimes insulting to some cultures who are often portrayed as villainous stereotypes. But I still love it.
Recently I was introduced to a British sci-fi hero named Dan Dare. Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future was a full-color comic strip that started in 1950 in a British journal for boys titled Eagle. Each two-page weekly strip was told in a cliffhanger style of storytelling, with Dan constantly running into trouble and readers anxious to know what happened next. In the Dan Dare stories, the year is 1996 and travel between planets is fairly common. Dan is a Space Pilot in the Interplanet Space Fleet, and he's surrounded by a host of supporting characters that include his sidekick Digby and his boss, Sir Hubert, the Marshal of Space.
Titan Books has been releasing the Dan Dare adventures in an ongoing series of oversized hardback books. They provided me with two books, The Phantom Fleet and Trip to Trouble, and all the two books have done is leave me wanting more. The downside is that there are currently about 10 or so volumes in the series, so I'll need to spread out my acquisitions over the next few years' worth of birthdays, Christmas, and other special occasions.
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McNeese State's Desharick Guidry drives to the lane against Centenary's Brett Bell. (Rick Hickman / American Press)
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By Alex Hickey / American Press
Lake Area Louisiana Tech alums won't be able to see their school in a bowl game this month, but at least they can catch a glimpse of the Bulldogs basketball team when it visits McNeese tonight at the Lake Charles Civic Center.
It will be a throwback setting, as the
downtown arena played host to many a memorable McNeese-Tech tilt when
they were conference
rivals. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m.
"It is an old matchup going back to their days in the Southland Conference," said McNeese coach Dave Simmons, who was also a Louisiana Tech Hall of Fame player. "It's always a good opponent, and they are very good this year. It's another step up. As their record indicates, they are better than the team we beat on Saturday. We need to be up to that challenge."
The Bulldogs (8-2) are off to a strong start, with their losses coming at Texas A&M and Northwestern State. They have beaten Southeast Missouri, which handed McNeese (4-3) one of its three losses.
Tech is led by sophomore guard Raheem Appelby, who is averaging 19.2 points per game. That average went down when he was limited to eight points in Tech's 65-55 win over Southern Mississippi on Saturday.
"We've faced some good guards, and Appelby is a very good, high-scoring guard," Simmons said. "We have to make him work for his shots. And they're not only Appelby. They've got some good players."
McNeese forward Desharick Guidry will be looking for his fifth consecutive double-double. He is averaging 12.7 points and 9.6 rebounds per game. The Cowboys are trying to sweep a four-game homestand before heading to Texas Tech this weekend.
Simmons said he anticipates having three players in uniform for the first time the season — forward Craig McFerrin and guard Ledrick Eackles, who were academically ineligible for the first semester, and guard Keelan Garrett who, because of NCAA rules, had to sit out a year after transferring from Nicholls State. All have had to sit out the first semester.
Those three players will have to work themselves into a rotation that has begun to jell after a slow start.
"You've got to make sure chemistry is going in the right direction. Guys who have been playing well, you want to continue playing well," Simmons said. "We've got to bring these guys in slowly and hopefully the pieces fit where you can continue success. It's almost like starting over. Even though they've been able to practice, they haven't been in when the lights are on."

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Chinese media freedom in a 'sensitive' period
I was in London on Friday, speaking at a seminar joint-hosted by the BBC Chinese service and the British think tank Chatham House called "Media Freedom in China and the Role of International Broadcasters." There was a lot of impassioned discussion about the range of challenges facing international broadcasters, from slashed budgets to the recent press freedom crackdown. (Chinese speakers can watch my presentation on the BBC website.)


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Today's handout from the International Cricket Council will not immediately aid the Black Caps but director of cricket John Buchanan thinks the national side will eventually reap the benefits.
New Zealand Cricket has been given $2.14 million over three years from the ICC's targeted assistance and performance programme (TAPP) as a way to help this country become more competitive on the international scene.
The scheme is aimed at levelling the international playing field and has previously provided assistance to the likes of Ireland and Scotland, with NZC's successful application something of an indictment on how far the Black Caps have fallen.
New Zealand are currently No 8 in both the test and one-day international rankings but Buchanan said the financial windfall will not be injected into the under-performing side. Instead, the money will be used to improve the A programme and the development of coaches, areas aimed at enhancing the national side in the long term.
"The answer is no, initially," Buchanan said when asked whether the money would be used to boost the Black Caps. "But hopefully it will eventually increase the level of competition within the Black Caps and they'll see the benefits over time."
That end goal was the basis of NZC's application to the ICC, and the funding is designed to dovetail with the organisation's high performance plan. With the current crop of Black Caps struggling for consistency, NZC hopes the windfall will help improve those with international cricket in their future.
"It's designed around our pathway and development," Buchanan said. "Not only players in principally our A programme, but also the development of coaches and sports scientists and support staff.
"It's really targeting a much broader means of developing cricket in New Zealand over the next few years."
NZC is unlikely to employ more full-time coaches into their high performance set-up, but the handout will be used to hire specialists on a short-term basis when needed.
"We can place coaches on certain programmes and certain touring situations and/or in specific coaching development roles, possibly overseas," Buchanan said. "So that gives us the scope to really begin to target a broader cross-section of coaches, other than those who are currently employed."
With nations able to formally apply for funding, Ireland and Scotland were the first to receive TAPP assistance in June last year while the West Indies and Zimbabwe the first full members to receive funding.
New Zealand would be loathe to include themselves among that calibre of team, but Buchanan said recent performances on the pitch have left the side in need of similar assistance provided to the developing nations.
"I don't think there's any hiding the fact that New Zealand cricket, internationally, hasn't performed that well in recent times," he said. "Part of the ICC's charter is to ensure that both associate countries and full member countries remain extremely competitive, just for the whole development of the game.
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50 reasons why Sydney is the world's greatest city
50. No worries mate, she'll be right
Nothing is too much hassle for locals ("No worries"), while outcomes are epitomized by stoicism ("She'll be right").
49. Wobbliest tower
Sydney Tower -- naming rights sold to the highest bidder, in an interesting metaphor for what makes Sydney tick -- is filled with water to stabilize its sway. That means the most dramatic panoramic viewing of the world's biggest harbor might come during that cyclone we've all been waiting for.
In better conditions, the tower's 268-meter-high (880 feet) outdoor skywalk (adult $65, children $45) provides sufficient thrills. Indoor types can stay safe in the observation deck (adult $22.50, children $13.50) or revolving restaurant.
Sydney Tower is located in the new Westfield Shopping Centre at 100 Market St., rising above the corner of Pitt Street and Market Street. Head to Level 5 and look for the signs from the food court; tel. +61 (0)2 9333 9222
48. Coffee that's actually drinkable
If it isn't gourmet, it isn't Sydney coffee. You only realize how good our coffee is when you drink imitation lattes overseas.
With the rise of super-chains such as Starbucks, many vendors have now begun roasting coffee beans in-house. The highly competitive cafe scene in and around the city ensures café lattes come with their barista's signature swirl.
Find the perfect ratio of beans, barista and machine at Campos Coffee. In Newtown, the shop draws on more than 10 blends of coffee from Africa to the Americas. 193 Missenden Road, Newton; tel. +61 (0)2 9516 3361, Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.-4 p.m., Saturday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
47. World's most technically advanced sky
While 700,000 show up in London and a million in New York, the New Year's Fireworks display in Sydney attracts 1.5 million who crowd the harbor foreshore's 130 vantage points. A thousand personnel -- and a dozen computers -- drive the world's most technically advanced show, one that includes 4,500 kilos of fireworks.
46. Even the dogs are cosmopolitan
Kids have had fun for years rolling into cafes with their parents and ordering babycinos before hitting the playground. Sydney takes spoiling little ones a step further with dog cafes. At places such as Café Bones and Chew Chew, dogs can stroll in and, with help from their human slaves, order a lactose-free Pupaccino before smelling bums and getting down to the business of marking turf in the leash-free playground.
45. Accents you want to take to bed
Sydney has the world's best accent, a global take on the Irish convict, isolated English accent, that turns inner-city-fast-talking into sexy-speak.
44. Ferries that make work a cruise
Ride on the deck of a Sydney Ferry on your way to work, let the wind blow through your hair and realize that life (or your boss) isn't so bad after all.
The Manly Ferry fleet that runs past Sydney Heads is named after northern beaches (where it ends up) while other ferries are named after female Olympic runners (such as Marjorie Jackson) and swimmers (such as Dawn Fraser) because they're fast.
43. Legal 'ecstacy'
Walking into a shop and buying pills that can get you high usually attracts the attention of the local constabulary -- but in Sydney it's legal. Buzz, Cherry Pop, X NRG, Empathy and Ignite are all herbal concoctions that dogs don't sniff and don't complicate airline travel. Bright and cheery Happy High Herbs stores are in Bondi and Newtown.
Happy High Herbs, 26a Cambell Parade, Bondi Beach; 347 King St., Newtown; tel. +61 (0)2 9300 8055
42. Wash shampoo out of your hair in nature
A ferry ride through from Pittwater takes you to Refuge Bay, where you can stand under a waterfall that's strong enough to wash shampoo out of your hair. Not only will it impress your hairdresser, it will save water, as the water's running anyway.
41. Dance in a morgue
For half a century, Kinselas was the residence of Charles Kinsela, Undertaker. He ran the city's busiest morgue. But Sydneysiders prefer life to death and dancing to resting. The place is now a nightspot with high art deco ceilings, and a function room called "The Chapel." If all the bodies inside make you feel stuffy, go to the veranda and look over Taylor Square.
Kinselas, 383 Bourke St., Taylor Square, Darlinghurst; tel. +61 (0)2 9331 3100
40. Malaysia says g'day to Bolivia in our restaurants
In how many other cities can you get a chook green curry pie? And that's the cheap end of our fusion cuisine. Walk into the Flying Squirrel for sea scallops served in glass noodles -– Sydney seafood served Asian-style in a South American dish. Locals can also ponder a sushi train, wood-fired pizza, spicy Swahili curry or sauerkraut.
39. Even our poo is green
Sydney's sustainable. Everyone uses different bins for paper, bottles and rubbish. From the suburban man who's stoked with extra bin space to the inner city greenies reducing their carbon footprints, everyone seems to do it. Poo from outdoor festivals even goes to worm farms.
38. Red light come-ons
Walking through the nightlife hub of Kings Cross, you'll be invited into a handful of strip clubs, brothels and sex toy shops -- and it's always nice to feel wanted. Although the strip's notorious clubs -- Porky's, The Pink Pussycat, Love Machine -- had their licenses revoked in the 1990s for allegedly being illegal brothels, you can still enjoy a drink with the girls or hit one of the city's many gentlemen's clubs.
37. Private courtyards just for barbecue ... so far as your neighbors know
Most Sydneysiders have their own private backyard, tailor-made for the Sunday afternoon barbecue. Sociologists call it a kickback to Shakespearian bourgeoisie, but a roomy city also means that neighbors aren't listening when you're having sex.
36. Convict-founded egalitarianism
Even long-serving prime minister and Sydney-born John Howard has a criminal heritage -- nothing less will do for this city built on bread and watch thieves. It means that Sydneysiders aren't quick to judge. This in a city in which an unemployed man can sit on the beach next to a lawyer, and they'll view each other as just another person.
35. Drag drag
Be careful round the side streets off William Street, where guys that look like gals will turn a trick. Or, play it meek by taking in a drag show along Oxford Street and get lost in the crowd. The post-Priscilla drag is still bubbling with local men clinging to their lip-syncing, cross-dressing fetishes.
34. Underground parties
Some cities pride themselves on their underground transport systems. Sydney's got that, too, but by and large, when localsgo underground they don't sit in bored silence. They go to parties and un-advertised performances in warehouses, churches, studios and secluded beaches.
33. Picnics -- not prison fights -- on beautiful islands
During colonization, the harbor islands were used for jails, navy depots and fishing bases. Nowadays, festivals and picnics are held there. Equipped with a pop-up bar and camping ground, the revamped Cockatoo Island hosts the Biennale Festival, a cacophany of art installations and performance.
32. Beautiful rubbish
Epitomized by the Reverse Garbage recycling cooperative -- the ethic is one person's trash is a budding artist's treasure -- Sydney has enough valuable junk to fill a suburb of bohemian apartments. Whether your scour trash and treasure markets or pick up free items on the side of the road, you won't miss a good find and neither will its previous owner.
If you just want throw-away clothes, at reliable op shop Anglicare Depot in Summer Hill you can bag bargains at $6 for the first kilo of items and approximately $2.50 for every kilo after -- that's cheaper than dog food. 105 Carlton Crescent, Summer Hill; tel. +61 (0)2 9798 7888; Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Saturday-Sunday, 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
To let you in on the east's best fashion secret, the Uniting Church Op-shop on the corner of Warners Avenue and Niblick Street, North Bondi, has the cheapest and best. Open Thursday to Saturday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
31. Loud guitars in the CBD
Each January, Sydney Festival First Night turns the CBD into a live music arena. Symphony in the Park attracts 70,000 revelers to the Domain. Racecourses turn party venues, suburbs turn street festivals, laneways evolve into daytime gigs. Sydney's love of festivals isn't just good for social cohesion, it means there's always an excuse to crack open a bottle outdoors.
30. We let our feet breathe
In most big cities you'd be a dag for wearing flip-flops. But the beach city is so laid-back that it's cool for your feet to breathe. You can pick up a $5 pair of thongs just about anywhere.
29. Native scenery
Even if you're made to feel ugly (or at least not as beautiful as your mother promised you were), wasting an hour pretending not to stare at beautiful topless girls and guys is a local pastime. Sydney is a people watcher's paradise.
28. Free health care
If you get bitten by a shark or hit by a bus you can be taken care of in the hospital, free of charge.
27. We're a peaceful place, really
The land was invaded 220 years ago -- and since then there's been a low incidence of floods, earthquakes, tsunamis and other natural disasters in the Armageddon age.
26. Running to the beach gets you a round of applause
Every spring, tens of thousands don gorilla suits, dress as superheroes and lace their sneakers before running and walking a non-direct, 14-kilometer route in the City to Surf event, which finishes at Bondi Beach. Those that don't run line the streets of Rose Bay, Vaucluse and the beach drinking Chardonnay and cheering on the actual athletes.
25. Busy thespians
Independent theaters are part of Sydney's urban charm. The city is surrounded by curated and fringe performances -- from theaters in pub basements (The Old Fitzroy) to old horse-houses (The Stables at Kings Cross) and harbor side venues such as Ensemble Theatre in Kirribilli. An active local theater crowd gives struggling actors enough money to pay the rent.
24. Spray paint masterpieces
The city likes color. Streets and trains aren't drab and gray, but are spray-painted with all colors of the spectrum. Some of the best legal graffiti walls are at May Lane in St. Peters, Bondi Beach Promenade and Technology Lane in the University of Sydney.
23. Theater and food in gun barracks
Built in 1870, underground tunnels and armories on Middle Head were active for a century. But Sydneysiders prefer style to guns these days. A harbor side walk along Middle Head past gun bases ends in what used to be a residence for gunners. It's now a teahouse. Last year, a bunch of actors showed that artillery stations and tunnels are great places to act -- the aptly named show, "Through These Lines," paved the way for what could be an arts precinct.
The Tearoom Gunners' Barracks, Georges Heights, end of Suakin Drive, off Middle Head Road,
Mosman; tel. +61 (0)2 8962 5900
22. Every star is a ten
Compared with our classy squad of perfectly sculpted celebs -- Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, Elle Macpherson -- other cities' stars look like yesterday's trash. And often act like it.
21. World's best pub food
Sorry, London, but your shepherd's pie and fried eggs are a joke in the face of the diverse pub grub of the harbor city. Walk into a sociable local like The Royal Albert Hotel's Bamboo Dumpling Bar and you can get your schooner with dim sims such as seafood and kaffir lime skewers and mushroom gow gee.
20. Oldest underground toilet is an art gallery
The heritage toilet built in 1906 on Taylor Square, Oxford Street, to service the needs of the growing population, now hosts cultural events such as art exhibitions and podcasts of rock 'n' roll history. It smells better than it once did and men keep their pants on.
19. Weirdos, sub-cults and diversity embraced
It's boring when everybody is the same. Much more fun to be different. Musical tastes and styles run the track from burlesque to rockabilly. A night out in Sydney can lead you into the arms of anybody -- hippies, trannies, punks, rockers, jazz crooners, yuppies.
18. Weather girls who smile through hail storms
Sydney doesn't get so bloody cold, but it does have electric and hail storms that can destroy a car roof in 20 seconds flat. But the TV weather girls still front the population every night, tanned and pedicured to cheer us up through the most extreme weather.
17. BYO ethos
You can bring your own booze into the majority of restaurants, which means that, unlike in other major cities, you can enjoy a bottle of wine with dinner without raiding your retirement fund to pay for it.
16. Blue Mountains ... and other asphalt-free places
The dramatic escarpments of the Blue Mountains (where you find three sisters that are actually a single rock), river cruises along the Hawkesbury and a raw, southern nature reserve are all within an hour's drive.
15. Fashion that nobody else wears
OK, so you spend a little more on that fancy dress or shirt, but at least you'll be the only one wearing it. The independent fashion design scene is supported by rag-fests such as the Eveleigh Designers Markets, Darlington and the Young Australian Designers Market, Paddington. If you're a cheap skate and don't mind wearing what everybody else does, just wait for the January sales.
14. Chardonnay socialists at art galleries
Not only can you walk into the State Gallery for nix at any given time, but the art/life dichotomy is so lost somewhere between pretension and reality that you can go to art exhibition openings and drink as much wine as you want. Nobody there -- artist, curator, salesmen -- will even question your existence. Imagine, you hanging around drinking making artists look popular! The Sydney art scene is booming, with scores of galleries dotted around the inner city.
13. Monorail
Nobody really catches it, but what other city would go to such trouble to put up a joy ride over some of its main streets? It's such a spectacularly pointless gimmick to get people from A to A-and-a-bit -- or Pitt Street Mall to Darling Harbour-- that we can't help embracing it.
12. God drinks at music venues
An old star on the music scene, The Sandringham Hotel was immortalized by The Whitlams, who sang: "God drinks at the Sando."
Any night of the week you can catch jazz, rock or house at a swath of near-sacred venues around town. The Enmore Theater and Vanguard in Newtown and the Metro Theater are fine examples.
11. Four and a half million seafood afficionados
Few things make locals feel more special (in that "don't we live in a fantastic city sense") than ducking down to the local fish shop for cheap prawns, bugs, lobsters and assorted sea creatures. Seafood institutions including Doyles at Watson's Bay, Nick's at Bondi Beach and the Sydney Fish Market (the biggest in the southern hemisphere) are seafood buffets just wanting teeth.
10. Poof power
Every city has its gay bars that bring some kind of confusion and artistic expression, but we have a whole street that permeates through a city. We're a bunch of poofs -- and the ones that aren't are metrosexuals -- and that's as cool in 2011 as it was in 1975, if in a different way. The Columbian Hotel, Oxford Hotel and Newtown Hotel are a start.
9. Heritage architecture
Everybody knows the Opera House, but Sydney maintains 18th-century buildings in The Rocks and old dames like the Queen Victoria Building (now a shopping arcade) and The Town Hall on George Street. Victorian-era, split-level terraces surround the city center. You can pick up one of these numbers in Paddington or Balmain for less than $2million -- bargain.
8. Land of feminists
Females dominate local politics: the city mayor, state and federal members, governor, prime minister and governor-general are all women. This, Sydney aspires, gives the place more humanity than tall buildings and wars.
7. A New York restaurant that's as cheap as Bangkok
Amid the neon lights of Kings Cross, the New York Diner on Kellet Street has hardly changed -- in food or price -- since 1953. It's still a favorite of stars and marginals alike. Big breakfasts, steaks, chops and veges (just like grandma's) can be accompanied by 80-cent glasses of milk.
New York Restaurant, 18 Kellett St., Kings Cross; tel. +61 (0)2 9357 2772
6. Clear ocean sunrises 338 days a year
On any given day -- assuming it's not one of the 27 cloudy mornings -- you can walk to the ocean and see the sunrise.
5. A nearby major airport
Whether you're on your way out, or flying in, SYD is so close to the city you don't have to slog through a one-hour train or get ripped off taking a cab ride from one side of the metropolitan area to the other.
4. A few trillion leaves
Paris might be the City of Light, but we're the city of trees. Approximately 29,000 trees of more than 120 species line the streets of Sydney, making the city beautiful while removing carbon dioxide and returning oxygen to the atmosphere, boosting property values and providing much needed shade.
3. Big Bridges (but small walls)
The Harbour Bridge is not only pretty, it's the world's largest steel arch bridge (weighing 53,000 tons) and the widest (49 meters/160 feet) long-span bridge in the world. Weekend drives through harbor inlets take in the 120-meter-high (393 feet) ANZAC Bridge -- the nation's biggest suspension bridge -- and the 305-meter (1,000 feet) Gladesville Bridge, once the world's biggest concrete arch. Other standouts: Iron Cove, The Spit, Ryde, Captain Cook, Tom Uglies.
2. 100 Beaches
It's been called "London on the Caribbean." From Bondi down to secret crevasses, Sydney has about 100 beaches in all.
1. Everyone loves you ... or pretends to
Many locals call you "darling," particularly in inner city Darlinghurst, which makes you feel loved.


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Ivanovic, Halep cruise to opening wins at Tournament of Champions
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) -- Ana Ivanovic and Simona Halep cruised to straight-set victories on Tuesday in their opening round-robin matches at the season-ending Tournament of Champions.
Top-seeded Halep of Romania defeated Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-3, 6-3 in the Serdika group, while Ivanovic beat Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova 6-0, 6-2 in the Sredets group.
In Tuesday's third match, third-seeded Maria Kirilenko retired due to injury against France's Alize Cornet, and had to quit the tournament for a second consecutive year.
Cornet was leading 5-0 in the first when Kirilenko called for a medical time out, before later abandoning the competition.
Ukraine's Elina Svitolina will replace Kirilenko.
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The Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado Boulder announced today that alumnus Richard "Dick" M. Burridge Sr. ('51 finance) has made a $2.5 million gift that, combined with other commitments, will establish a new chair, the Burridge Chair in Finance, the first to be established within the school.
"This endowed chair is one major step in my drive to advance not only the finance division, but the entire Leeds School to the forefront of business education," said Dean David Ikenberry. "Given the remarkable Colorado-based investment community, it is fitting and appropriate that this gift be named for one of the pre-eminent experts in investment finance and that, in turn, it will help Leeds educate future leaders in key areas of finance. Gifts such as this are indeed vital for the Leeds School to compete at the highest level."
Through this gift, Burridge, whose early philanthropic efforts in 1997 also helped establish the Burridge Center for Securities Analysis and Valuation at Leeds, is extending his ongoing support for the school and the center through volunteering and philanthropy. "My gift enhances the efforts of new dean David Ikenberry to expand the depth and quality of the school's finance faculty," said Burridge. "It will also help the dean realize the goal of being one of the top business schools in the country."
The center creates and shares knowledge relating to financial markets, principally the U.S. financial markets. The center also encourages professional investment managers, finance scholars, policymakers and the investing public to exchange ideas, and ultimately helps stimulate relevant financial research to help both markets and investors.
"Dick Burridge Sr. is a longtime supporter of the Leeds School as well as the University of Colorado Boulder campus," said Phil DiStefano, chancellor of CU-Boulder. "His investment in the endowed chair will enhance the visibility and reputation of the school and further elevate an already very strong finance faculty."
"Over the past three decades, no one has had a greater commitment to the success of the university, and the Leeds School in particular, than Dick Burridge," said Michael Leeds, co-chair of the Creating Futures campaign for the Leeds School of Business.
"He has been a true partner to the school and the CU Foundation as the Investment Policy committee chair. It is no surprise that Dick is spearheading the recent public announcement of the Creating Futures campaign with this wonderful gift," said Leeds.
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I plan to sell a few jars of honey to some people I work with. Doing this for the 1st time. I went to Office Depot and got a small bound hand fille in the blank reciept booklet. I want to try to be all legal about this. Selling in various sizes glass jars other things came in and putting the honey in after santizizing, well nevermind all that unnecessary discribing. I'll cut to the chase.
I'm going to sell it by the ounce and I have been trying to get a close enough idea how much money per ounce to sell it by. I know price is not etched in stone, but what is it typically going for roughly?
Then, is home produced honey typically sold by liquid ounce or by weight ounce? Or are they one and the same?
Am I doing this right by takeing a piticular jar of not knowing what size it is, and filling it with water then pouring it into a liquid measuring cup and determinating the oz capicity of that jar by the markings on the measuring cup it fills it up to, and thel labeling how many ounces of honey will be in that jar by that?, Or do I need to use some scales and sell it by weight and not liquid volume? And thanks for any educational advice.


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Genre: Fiction
Number of pages: 352
What's the basic story line?
Destiny, Rewritten is about a girl named Emily Davis, whose destiny is written in a book of Emily Dickinson's poems. Inside the book, Emily's mother wrote that Emily would become a poet. However, Emily doesn't even like writing poetry. After finding out that the book holds other important information—the name of the father Emily has never known—she loses the book. Destiny Rewritten is the story, with many twists and turns, of Emily and her best friend's mission to get Emily's book back.
Are the characters believable? Explain.
The characters are believable. Emily is just a regular middle-school girl whose mother decided to write her destiny in a book of poems. The author does a really good job of explaining Emily's fear, confusion, humor and happiness.
On a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being best), how would you rate this book? Explain.
On a scale of 1 to 10, I would rate this book an 8. I really liked how the author took such a minor problem—losing a book—and made it a major problem. It really makes you imagine what it would be like if the plan of your life was written in a book and you lost it!


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CineFestival opens April 10 at Guadalupe Theater
By Tim Brownlee
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(April 10, 2008)--Film aficionados can support 30 years of groundbreaking Latino cinema at CineFestival, which opens at 8 p.m., Thursday, April 10 at the historic Guadalupe Theater, 1301 Guadalupe St., San Antonio, 78207. Alex Rivera's Sundance award-winning sensation, "Sleep Dealer," is the festival opener. Filmmaker Rivera will attend the screening, which will be followed by a gala opening night celebration. The festival runs April 10-13.
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CineFestival en San Antonio is the longest-running Latino film festival in the United States. The event will feature more than 50 of the best features, shorts and documentaries from the United States, Mexico, Latin America and Spain with stars, directors, workshops, a student film showcase, two gala celebrations and a family film day. The theme for this year's festival is "Digital Revolutionaries: 30 Years of Chicano Film and Video."
Admission is $6-$8 for individual screenings or $30-$40 for a four-day festival pass. Special "Five-Tickets-for-$25" packs also are available. For more information or to order tickets, call (210) 271-3151 or visit the CineFestival Passes Web site.
For the film schedule and descriptions, visit the CineFestival Web site. For more information, e-mail Dan Gonzalez or call (210) 271-3151
CineFestival en San Antonio is organized by the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, one of the nation's premier Latino arts institutions and is sponsored by the City of San Antonio Office of Cultural Affairs, Film San Antonio/The San Antonio Film Commission, Texas Commission on the Arts, Kronkosky Charitable Foundation, Instituto Cultural de Mexico en San Antonio, Southwest Airlines, Time Warner Cable, San Antonio Express-News, Univision Radio, La Prensa and Univision.
CineFestival highlights
Thursday, April 10: "Sleep Dealer," director Alex Rivera's Sundance Film Festival award-winner starring Leonor Varela and Jacob Vargas, is set in the future where sleep has become a precious commodity. The film is a cross between "Blade Runner" and "El Norte."
Friday, April 11: "Padre Nuestro" is a Sundance grand jury prizewinner about a Mexican boy who smuggles himself to Brooklyn to meet his long-lost father.
Saturday, April 12: "Searchers 2.0," a comedy by Alex Cox ("Repo Man"), stars Del Zamora and Ed Pansullo as two out-of-work actors bent on taking revenge on a screenwriter.
Sunday, April 13: "Barrio Tales: Tops, Kites and Marbles" is a family film from Efrain Gutierrez, one of the godfathers of Chicano cinema.


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Lost - Season 6 Episodes
Lost - Season 6
Everything is up in the air for the survivors of flight 815 as they discover why they were brought to The Island, and learn their role in the struggle between Jacob and The Man in Black.
"Epilogue: The New Man in Charge"
"Final Chapter"
"The Final Journey"
A chapter in the crash of Oceanic flight 815 on the mysterious island spotlights inhabitants, questions that have been answered, and those that remain a mystery.
A chapter in the crash of Oceanic flight 815 on the mysterious island spotlights inhabitants, questions that have been answered, and those that remain a mystery.
"What Kate Does"
ennon runs into Dogen's chambers and tells Dogen that Sayid is alive! Hurley, Jack, Jin and Miles are surprised but happy that Sayid is alive.
"The Substitute"
Locke goes in search of help to further his cause.
Hurley must convince Jack to accompany him on an unspecified mission, and Jin stumbles across an old friend.
Sayid is faced with a difficult decision, and Claire sends a warning to the temple inhabitants.
"Dr. Linus"
Ben is in a classroom teaching European history. The bell rings, and Principal Reynolds approaches Ben. The principal is gruff and exudes power. He's also a douche, but Ben is still intimidated by him. Principal Reynolds explains that Ben will have to supervise detention today. Ben protests, he's got a history club meeting, but Reynolds doesn't care. Ben vents his frustration in the teacher's lounge. Taking care of the kids is what's important. Locke, the substitute teacher, is impressed and says maybe Ben should be principal. Ben asks who would listen to him, and Locke says he would.
Sawyer goes inside Claire's hovel. Jin is there and says that Claire and John will be back soon. He wants to leave before they get back, but Sawyer says he's with Locke. Jin is surprised and asks why. Sawyer doesn't care who Locke is but he says he can get them off the island. Jin doesn't want to leave until he finds Sun. Sawyer understands and says they won't leave without her. Sawyer hears them return, and they go outside and are surprised to see that a group of the Others came with Claire and Locke. Then Sawyer sees Kate, and it's the last person he expected to see.
"Ab Aeterno"
At the beach camp, Ilana tells Jack, Hurley, Sun, Ben, Miles and Lapidus about her visit from Jacob in the Russian hospital. Like the scene in the season five finale, Jacob asks for Ilana's help, and now we get the full scene. Jacob tells her there are six people she needs to protect. These people are the remaining candidates. And even though she was badly burned during training, Jacob reaches over and touches her face, helping the burns heal and Ilana get better. Jacob tells her to find the six candidates and take them to the Temple. Once she gets there, she should ask Ricardus what to do next.
"The Package"
Someone is spying on Locke's camp at night. They watch as Locke tells Jin to leave the bandage off his leg, the air will do it some good. Jin asks about the candidate names on the cave wall. Does "Kwon" mean him or Sun? Locke's not sure, but he does know the only way they can leave the island is if all the names that haven't been crossed off go together. Jin says Sun isn't with them. Locke knows and he is working on it.
"Happily Ever After"
Desmond wakes up groggily in the Hydra infirmary. Zoe is there and tells him he's been unconscious for the last three days, but he's off the IV sedation and she's given him a shot to wake up. He's no longer in the hospital; they moved him. Alarmed, Desmond asks about his wife. He wants to see Penny. Widmore walks in behind Zoe and says that won't be possible but assures him Penny and his son are safe. He's sorry Desmond had to be taken from them, there wasn't time to explain. But even if there had been, Desmond would never have come. Desmond asks where he is, and Widmore says back on the island. Desmond stares at him – this is literally his worst nightmare. He grabs his IV stand and smashes it into Widmore's head, beating him with it. Two men run in and yank him off. Desmond yells to Widmore to take him back! Widmore says he can't, the island's not done with him yet.
"Everybody Loves Hugo"
Hurley is presented the man of the year award for all his philanthropy work at the opening of the Hugo Reyes Paleontology Wing at the Golden State Natural History Museum. However, Hurley's mom, Carmen, isn't happy that Hurley doesn't have a woman in his life. Hurley says he's too busy, but Carmen thinks he's too scared. Hurley denies it – and she says good. She's set him up on a blind date for tomorrow. It's with Grandpa Tito's neighbor's daughter, Rosalita. Hurley asks what she's like, and Carmen says willing to meet him. If she doesn't love Hurley, they'll find someone who will.
"The Last Recruit"
Hurley, Sun, Lapidus and Jack join Locke's group. Locke says he was hoping they'd come. Jack and Locke walk away to talk privately. Jack is surprised this person looks so much like Locke, but it bothers him that he doesn't know who this person is. Jack asks why use John Locke, and Locke says because he was stupid enough to believe that he was brought to the island for a reason, and that belief got him killed. And because Jack was kind enough to bring his body back here. Jack realizes Locke had to be dead before this person could look like him, and then Jack asks who else has he looked like. Was he Jack's dead father? Locke smiles and says yes, that was him. Angry, Jack asks why. Locke says they needed to find water. It may be hard to believe, but all he ever wanted was to help Jack leave. But because Jacob chose him, Jack was trapped on the island before he ever got there. But Jacob is dead now, and they don't have to be trapped anymore. They can all get on the plane and leave whenever they want to. Jack asks if he can fly away whenever he wants, why is he still there? Locke says it has to be all of them.
"The Candidate"
Jack's suspicions about Locke make his decision more difficult after he is asked to complete a difficult task.
"Across the Sea"
A young woman, Claudia, clings to a jagged piece of boat hull as the waves carry her ashore. She gets up, and we see that she's very pregnant. Claudia is sunburned, parched and dazed. She wears a toga-like gown that's wet and ragged, and she's got a bad gash on her leg. She stumbles into the jungle and finds a stream, gulping the fresh water -- and sees a reflection in the stream of another woman. The other woman looks to be in her late 40s and wears worn, hand-made clothing from an undetermined distant age. She speaks Latin to Claudia and offers to help her. Claudia thanks her.
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Locke devises a new strategy.
"The End (1)"
One of the most critically-acclaimed and groundbreaking shows of the past decade concludes in this "Lost" Series Finale Event. The battle lines are drawn as Locke puts his plan into action, which could finally liberate him from the island.
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One of the most critically-acclaimed and groundbreaking shows of the past decade concludes in this "Lost" Series Finale Event. The battle lines are drawn as Locke puts his plan into action, which could finally liberate him from the island.


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Diapers and Baby's Walking Ability
Just about all western babies wear diapers. I'm pretty sure we all know that, but what you may not know is that the bigger the diaper the more difficult it may be for baby to walk.
Scientists compared the gait of 60 babies who wore either a thin diaper, a thicker cloth diaper or no diaper at all. Half of the babies were 19 month-old more experienced walkers, and half were 13 month-old beginners.
When the 13 month-olds walked naked only 10 fell, but when they wore cloth diapers 21 fell. When the babies wore the thinner disposable diapers, 17 fell.
The more experienced walkers, the 19 month-olds, were able to maneuver better. Among the babies who went naked or wore the thinner disposable diapers only four fell. Once they switched to the fuller cloth diapers, 8 fell. Both of the age groups took wider and shorter steps when wearing diapers as opposed to walking naked.
The study cannot predict if wearing diapers has any long-term impact, but it does suggests that giving baby a break from diaper wearing might speed up walking development.
Of course, that leaves a rather big problem what to do about the mess that your baby makes when left to wander the house au naturel. By the way, fresh air on the hiney is also good to cut back on diaper rash, so if you're inclined to give it a try you might wait till after your baby has a bowel movement or has urinated and then let him or her walk a bit without a diaper.
I remember when my child was between one and two years old and learning to walk " it was an exercise in futility trying to keep clothes on her because she loved toddling around naked. She rarely had diaper rash and learned to walk pretty quickly. Of course, diapers are necessary and she wore her fair share, but when we had some time to relax and hang out together off the diapers came. While I kept a close eye on her in case an accident should occur (actually there were only a few), she smiled, giggled and toddled around butt-naked while exploring her home.
The research was published in the journal of Developmental Science in September of 2012.
Source: Christie Nicholson, http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=diapers-hinder-walking-in-babies-13-01-23
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Yahoo. Stamp came through on my SBR AR-15 shorty or whatever you young mall whipersnappers call them new fangled weapons.
I have not touched one in 40 years. Well fired one I think?
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90 days not bad. Must have been that extra $20 I gave them for a case of beer.
"Man needs but two things to survive alone in the woods. A blow up female doll and his trusty old AK-47" - Thomas Jefferson 1781
All right 4th!!! As far as mags go, I've had good luck with Magpul P-mags.
You see what comes from all that good clean living?
There is no nonsense so errant that it cannot be made the creed of the vast majority by adequate governmental action. -- Bertrand Russell
"Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity." Robert J. Hanlon
Stan sent me a picture of your new AR15 very nice
"Courage is being scared to death - and saddling up anyway." - The Duke
have fun shooting it!
CDNN has a sale on mags going on, C-products for $8, P mags are $14.
They also have Butler Creek Steel Lip 10/22 mags for $19.99, those things never go on sale!
$10 shipping, free Remington knife for orders over $150, offer expires Wednesday.
That will keep them SwampWomen from messin with ya.
SOON-We already lost the war. You are the resistance.
ProjectGuns is working on a few other guns for me. I will pick them all up when done.
Still cant figure out if I have to leave that damn red tag on the front.
I hope my warrant has expired in Boca Raton. Hate to drive all the way down there for nothing.
"Man needs but two things to survive alone in the woods. A blow up female doll and his trusty old AK-47" - Thomas Jefferson 1781


text: For the sake of striking up a much-needed conversation, let's imagine that a team of big dick swinging promoters was exploring the possibility of hosting a major South by Southwest-esque music festival in Boston. For the sake of second references, let's speculatively call it North by Northeast (NXNE) – even though that's corny and should never be repeated outside the context of this article (and because, as my homeboy Trees notes below, because it already exists in Toronto). While we're thinking happy thoughts, let's also imagine that it would be a massive week-long donkey punch designed to consume Boston the way that only sports and liberalism do now (and that no current music fest comes even close to).


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Horrible: Full video of the attack on Sweden's Mohammed cartoonist
posted at 8:55 pm on May 14, 2010 by Allahpundit
Via Ace, whose post you should read if only for the brilliance of his headline. Some of you will be tempted twice over to skip this: It's long, and you've already seen the most dramatic bit. Don't skip it. Force yourself through it, because it happens to be one of the most genuinely depressing clips ever posted on Hot Air. Everything about this is an utter, unmitigated disgrace — the attack on Vilks, the excruciating passivity of most of the crowd, the sheer thuggery of these shrieking, lunatic, barbarian bastards, and of course the killer moment at around 8:45 when they win. Do note, too, how the Aggrieved alternate between vicious threats and civil rights, warning the cops against brutality and reminding them that they pay taxes too. That's a familiar pattern nine years after 9/11. They'd have torn Vilks apart with their bare hands if they could have but they're all about proper procedure, you see.
It's almost not worth noting the media double standard applied to violence by "sympathetic" groups versus unsympathetic groups, but Ace did note it so go read his post. Needless to say, everyone associated with the decision to stop the film should be fired immediately.
Update: At Reason, Mark Goldblatt's had enough:
Since 2001, many Americans have asked how they can contribute in a direct way to the war against totalitarian Islam. Now we have an answer. If it's legal, and likely to offend the radicals, just do it. That seems straightforward enough. But how many of us will have the nerve to stand up to a million or so Muslim dirtbags, and to scores of millions, perhaps hundreds of millions, of their fellow travelers and psychic enablers, and say in unison, "You want to kill the Enlightenment, you're going to have to come through me."
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To view photos from the Sydney Big Day Out, click here.
The show began with frontman Anthony Kiedis bounding onto the stage, clad in a long black trench coat and baseball cap, and breaking into the disco-flavoured Monarchy Of Roses from current album I'm With You.
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Pequot vs. Sibley Township: The hidden story
The Pequot/Sibley Township controversy is ramping up into high gear. The Sibley Cartel is increasing its propaganda, stating, "We are the world; we are one!"
Nothing could be further from the truth!
Since the merger (2002), the "cartel" has lived up to its name. They have taken over the city council (easy to do with a population edge of 1,215 Sibley to 947 Pequot, according to censusviewer.com). After taking over the entire council, the cartel managed to enact a term limit rule (which they didn't impose on themselves; imagine that) and set forth purging all remaining old Pequot people from any and all of the boards and commissions. (Destroy any opposition.)
The Sibley Cartel then appointed beauty queens (those who sit and smile and vote exactly the way the cartel directs them to vote) to all open positions. Since the beauty queens vote for any open seats as they occur, controversial Pequot people are kept off any boards or commissions by the cartel simply making up lies and half-truths to justify their discrimination.
Among the several items that the cartel engineered to favor themselves is the ignoring of the tax agreement contained in the merger negotiations and the final merger agreement. It was agreed that the two entities would retain their tax statuses and the Sibley tax status would be brought into line with the Pequot tax status in a gradual increase in the next couple of years (not 12 to 20 years, either).
The cartel has chosen to totally ignore this part of the agreement even though the taxing districts and their inequality have been discussed at many city meetings over those 12 years.
I have heard comments around town that, "There goes Jack (Schmidt) again, causing trouble." I will say this. Jack has done his homework and is dead center on the target on this tax issue.
Sibley residents seem to think this tax item is something that Pequot just sprung on them. How could we? Your people (The Cartel) control all of city government. It has been there from the start (merger), just hidden by your cartel for their benefit.
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It's time. Problems solved.
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Discussion in 'The Trash Can' started by martyross, Mar 11, 2013.
How old are you?
They say that with Tessa's health all' ok, my russian is not so good, but Marina said that Tessa is just psychologically shattered since 4cc, she is scared that pain can come back there, in Worlds.
I don't think she was asking for permission or anything. I think she just wants to know if others might be interested in a forum just for V/M fans.
This is a part with them (Google Translate):
I think it is totally understandable that Tessa is scared after all she's been through. That said, she skated sensationally well. The way she recovered after the mistake on the twizzle was incredible and not many could have gotten back in synch like that. I do honestly believe she is the best ice dancer in the world.
I don't see how that's relevant to my question. But I get it. I appear immature or childish for being so "hurt" that V/M fans are being mocked, right? I can live with that.
I'm twenty-three by the way.
Google translation
Maybe because this journalist is friend of Marina?
Ioana, will you be at practice today?
Hi allezfred, I'm a new poster, but longtime reader. Just wondering why you would ask that question. You could send me a private message if you'd like to discuss further.
I respect your idea of creating a new forum, but I think, this being a FS place, we all must develop a thicker skin? I¡m perfectly okay with ignoring sarcastic and mean-spirited comments as long as they are not posted here. I see some of you endlessly complain about Icenetwork when you know full well that those are pro-American boards and people aren't too complimentary towards V-M, so why go there at all? That's my point. I like it here very much because we mainly discuss and deconstruct their programs and their skating. I am not sure that would be the case in a new board where other people might feel like talking not just about skating but about personal stuff I am not at all comfortable with. But, again, it would be my choice not to join at all, you see? As everyone has the choice to simply ignore hurtful comments and focus on constructive criticism. Personally, I have always liked FSU. It is not perfect, but it's the best place to be for any figure skating fan.
Well, then act it. Some of you in this thread really need to get a grip. If following an ice dance team causes you this much angst, perhaps you all need a new hobby.
In that article Igor had a very insightful comment about I&K (that they practiced so well but then all of a sudden in the SD the speed they created got away from them and they couldn't control it to get their levels). We always knew Igor was more of the technician, but now I wonder as I did last summer if Marina is in over her head with anything less than a very healthy, technically proficient team who can train a lot. Her comments about Tessa really don't inspire confidence in me - we did all the necessary stuff with the doctors, but she still feels nervous, so, oh well. Isn't part of the coach's job to prepare the skaters mentally for these situations? To say you're still the best despite it all? But then how can she when she also coaches their biggest rivals.
I've never really been a Marina fan, and there are stories that she stole G&G away from more technical coaches, got them by on pretty choreography in 1994, and then was never able to produce anything until she hooked up with Igor. Now she has thrown Igor out but is she really able to deal with all these technical things? And with Margaglio by her side, bless his heart (and FP&M are one of my faves, that's not a bash)? Igor is certainly doing a great job with C&L and C&B so far, although there is also poor R&T, mired in 13th place (not sure if they have been working with him much since the summer).
I don't care where they go as long as they continue to work with Maria Mountain and Jennifer Swan.
Thanks for posting the translation. I don't know what Elena V. has been watching, but Tessa most certainly did not look heavy and slow in practice. Quite the opposite. And Zueva should not be making these statements now. I don't like this.
I will.go to tonight's practice. The afternoon one is scheduled during the pairs last group.
Lol and I'm seriously wondering why you care so much either way. Why does it bother you whether it causes us any angst or not; if it causes us angst, it's our prerogative. It's not like we're bothering anybody and most of these "crazy" V/M fans just stay in our little thread anyways, so what's the deal?
Look, I'm not trying to pick a fight with you or cause any problems. I just asked a simple question and it looks like people aren't even interested anyways, which I'm absolutely fine with.
Thank you! Enjoy today competitions!
I am happy about the start order tomorrow. I'll be at the 8:30 practice and there for the freedance. Not to be a child about it or anything, but D/W come after tessa and scott in the free dance and I hope they feel the resentement of the crowd. i'm actually excited and I think I will enjoy myself knowing there is nothing more lose. Let the pressure be on D/W
I don't understand why Marina would feel it necessary to make a statement about Tessa's confidence in the middle of a competition, even if she was asked a direct question, there are many ways to answer. Perception is everything, in competition you don't want your opponents to capitalize on any weaknesses, whether real or perceived. That makes me question Marina's devotion to VM as a team, or at least as Cherub pointed out, her ability to manage all aspects of preparation for her team.
Oh good, we're talking about next season.
To me, Carmen is not the problem. Very rarely are their free dances a problem (okay, Funny Face may have been a problem, but whatevs). But I would love to see a truly kick ass OD/SD/OSP from them that doesn't take them the entire season to perfect. Had they had a better received OD this season (granted, their OD wasn't all that well received last season either but D&W had similar problems), their Carmen would've been better received too. This is probably where a coach with greater technical expertise is needed. I mean, is V&M the only top team that seems to have issues with the pairs spin? I mean, why?
And maybe Skate Canada needs to put more input next season at those camps. USFSA seems to always demand changes from D&W, yet Skate Canada is always so laisez-faire about everything. I mean, perhaps Patrick should get an actual figure skating coach, right? And why is Kevin still with Joanne?
I always love their ODs but they do seem to have gone wrong in terms of the energy of their dance. It's a gorgeous waltz, the polka is integrated smoothly and was performed perfectly last night, but it lacked energy in the music compared to the other teams, therefore it did not appear as fast and exciting, but I think they are in fact quite fast over the ice. So if they stay next year, what then? Make their dance a majority quickstep? I would have loved to see a sublime foxtrot as only they can do.
I feel like ever since Belbin & Agosto the OD turned into less of an opportunity to perform an authentic ballroom dance on ice and more like a singles or pairs short program, the focus of which is to perform clean elements with energy and good speed.
I don't understand this either. I feel she's just making it worse by basically saying Tessa just isn't psychologically prepared because of what happened at 4CC. And people already feel she was making excuses for them when she said it was the dress that caused the messed up twizzles.
Hope you've seen W/P's SD by now. Thanks w/the stress and situation at home. Sadly, nothing's going to change until my Mom wakes up to reality about both mine and my Dad's Medical situation. I have a better chance to make the team for Sochi than that happening, so...
You were the only one making disgusting and insulting comments about Canadian fans and how we support our skaters. You got called on it. Don't then come back in here and play the victim "Oh...I'm being picked on now by everybody...." and give a half assed apology. You knew what you were saying last night and you said it more than once. You meant every word, so own up to it and don't whine when you're rightfully nailed for it.
Looking forward to your impressions and ITA w/you about Marina. What the HELL!?! A coach just does *not* do or say some of the things she has said about Tessa and Scott over the last year especially. It's more than time for them to leave Canton and I also think they should go to Igor. I really do think he was the one who was the true coach in Canton and Marina rode his coat tails. You can give a skater great choreography, but if there isn't someone there actually *coaching* and making sure the tech stuff is up to snuff, then what's the point?
Something's not right and I think it's the environment they're in. Time to go somewhere else.
Aragorn, Pani isn't playing the victim. If anything she's taking full responsibility with some of the things she said yesterday and was sticking up for V/M fans. And emotions were running high yesterday so some of us might have said things that we probably didn't mean to (I know I attacked someone and had to take it back later).
No, no a coach shouldn't be saying the things she's saying. The LAST thing they need right now is it out there that Tessa is having confidence issues, as if the judges needed even more reasons to scrutinize them. I also agree that Igor was the true technical coach. I definitely feel they would be much better off with him. I would love to see what he and Swan could do with them next year.
I have felt all this season that something wasn't right. I think you're correct that it's the environment and it's time to go somewhere else.
Hopefuly this will cheer everyone up:
Wow, Marina does such great PR for them. I can see why they would never leave her
Don't think this was posted... more comments from Marina about the dress:
For Zoueva, who coaches both teams in Canton, the evening held mixed emotions.
"You know, one team did a perfect program and the other team did little mistake on the twizzle," Zoueva said. "So, I was really high up and then kind of down."
The fashion-conscious Virtue, known for wearing several different costumes over the course of a season, unveiled a new black dress on Thursday.
Zoueva thinks it may have been costly.
"All the time, they do [the twizzles] perfect," she said. "I think it was the new dress, seriously, because it is a really big skirt. I saw it in the practice and I told her, maybe that is part of the problem."
She sounds so blase. Very weird to see Scott breaking down the technical elements and the coach talking about the dress. Why didn't she insist on a change if she really thought it was a technical problem? This is the woman who supposedly insisted Tessa wear white instead of pink for the Olympics, but she won't put her foot down when the dress inhibits the skating?
It makes no sense.
If they want a chance next year, they have got to get away from her.
I was not feeling Marina when she kind of shrugged her shoulders about all the Shibs deductions at Nats, but this takes the cake.
me too
Tracy said that Fabian is still feeling pain in his groin and that it affects him most during the lifts. That+stamina issues from not having had the chance to train has me a bit worried about the FD. I really hope they will be ok. I am really impressed that they are competing here.
I agree, IoanaC. I think the tech panel did their job, like you and nlyoung said. And while I would have had V&M a bit higher in SS and LF/M, for instance, they did not lose those categories by much (the margin was less than 0.25, the minimum increment, so the judges were not unanimous here, or in any category of PCS, though the margins were larger in the remaining three categories). I think that, had they been cleaner, the PCS might have been higher. So while I do think some of what they do is undervalued in PCS, I still have hope that they can attain a stellar score in the FD. I hope their performance of Carmen is everything they want it to be
I hope things get better, AragornElessar.
LOL, sad but true.
You are so lucky to see such a great pairs event! WOW to Tanya and Max, Kirsten and Dylan and Mega-Eric!
AragornElessar., i said sorry today just to all V-M fans, who need to read how crazy they are, when only one crazy person in this thread - me. Nothing more.
As for Marina.
I think the main problem - she just didnt found good technick coach. And from the results i think Shpilband still the best.
Marina is all about choreo, ideas, emotionls, style, to find new positions in lift from ballet, but she didnt understaend COP like Igor.She could work with skaters on good legs-arms lines, but not on blades , edges and levels. So maybe D-W more ready technically, when V-M need coach who will work with them on SS, twizzles ect.
I think Scott is good in COP, he understand it, but they need outside look.
Thats my thoughts. Maybe i am wrong.
Today Savchenko-SZelkovi lost to V-T 6 points in PCS Hope this will not happened with Tessa and Scott and they will see, what they need to be on fire, because russians teams are very strong too.