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By Paula Noonan
Thirty Jefferson County public schools recently received the John Irwin School of Excellence Award or the Governor's Distinguished Improvement Award for academic achievement and acaddemic growth in 2010. The Colorado Board of Education and governor give the awards to the 8 percent of schools that score highest in each category.
Other numbers for Jeffco are not so great. The state legislature has finally put together the school finance bill that provides funding for all school districts in Colorado. Funding is on the down side of an arc.
Editor's note: This column was written before Rep. Stephens suggested an amendment to SB200 that Colorado's health exchange law not take effect unless Colorado requests a waiver from the federal health care act. The suggested amendment is opposed by both Gov. Hickenlooper and Sen. Boyd and makes passage of the bill unlikely.
It's good that virtue is its own reward, as that may be all Betty Boyd and Amy Stephens get from sponsoring legislation to establish health benefit exchanges in Colorado.
One of the best things about having four boys is the opportunity to get involved in youth sports, both as a parent and coach. Team sports was a big part of my life growing up, so it's wonderful to see my own kids becoming part of something bigger than themselves. I can only hope that the lessons they learn stick with them as they stuck with me.
Facing severe budget problems if the legislature agrees to Gov. John Hickenlooper's proposed budget, the Jefferson County School District took a new and dramatic approach to cutting its budget. A budget summit with representatives of the Board of Education, the teachers union, the classified employees association, the administrators' association and district leadership spent a weekend with a federal mediator and came up with a $40 million reduction plan that has pain for everyone.
I remember being about 10 years old and coming home from the dentist with a sore tooth. Because I was hurting, my mom let me stay up to watch a Nuggets game on our tiny black-and-white TV.
The early 1980s were good times for the Nuggets — I still remember guys like Alex English, Dan Issel and David Thompson giving the Lakers a run for their money, always coming up a little short but somehow never disappointing the little kid in Evergreen.
Saturday will mark the halfway point of the Colorado General Assembly's 120-day session. As expected, budget issues have dominated the first half of the session. Beyond that, the tenor of the session has been decidedly contradictory.
Gov. John Hickenlooper is taking plenty of heat for his recentl announced budget, which includes massive cuts to state spending. Truth be told, he didn't have much of a choice. If anything, we ought to commend his honesty in proposing a budget that reflects Colorado's financial condition.
After his defeat in California's 1962 gubernatorial election, Richard Nixon famously said to reporters: "You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore."
As county commissioner Kevin McCasky leaves office to become president of the Jefferson Economic Council, we here at Evergreen Newspapers will miss getting our own kicks from the target-rich environment he has provided.
Over his years as a commissioner, McCasky has graced our pages for:
Sometimes you know that you just can't win.
I had a lot of empathy for school administrators across the Front Range last week when they had to make decisions about whether schools should be open during the frigid temperatures. All the school districts in the area closed schools Tuesday, and only Denver opened its schools Wednesday.
By Paula Noonan
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text: According to doctors in a migraine study, prior research identified a gene that, when mutated, can raise levels of homocysteine, making people susceptible to migraines. In the study, 52 people suffering from migraines took 2 mg of folic acid, 25 mg of vitamin B6 and 400 mcg of vitamin B12 per day, or a placebo. After six months, compared to the start of the study, homocysteine levels were 39 percent lower in those who took B vitamins. While there were no changes for the placebo group, the B vitamin group—particularly those with the mutated gene—had fewer and less severe migraines, with disabling symptoms declining from 60 percent at the start of the study to 30 percent by the end.


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Former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton visited Monterey for a couple of hours Thursday for a private event.
Their visit was not part of this week's AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, said the golf tournament's director.
A Monterey official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the presidents were speaking to AT&T employees, and the company's clients, about business-related issues.
The presidents went from Monterey Regional Airport to Monterey Plaza Hotel and Spa on Cannery Row before 5 p.m. They left the hotel within minutes of each other about 7:15 p.m., each of them waving to a crowd of about 20 people.
Aaron Braasch, 6, a student at Lincoln Elementary School in Salinas, was with his parents when they saw the presidents leave the hotel. He said he would tell his teachers about it Friday.
His parents, Debbie and John, said they were happy their son got to see a piece of history.
Hours earlier, Greg O'Reilly, a San Francisco Bay Area tourist, was having a drink at Schooners, a restaurant and bar at the hotel, about the time Clinton is said to have arrived. He said the hotel ballroom was filled with well-dressed people with AT&T badges.
A few minutes later, he said, "it was a combination of AT&T people, Secret Service and highway patrol milling about."
Larry Davis, 57, of Seaside, a mechanic at Monterey Regional Airport, said he was inside Del Monte Aviation about 4:30 p.m. when he saw Bush come out of a plane and get into a black SUV.
Davis said he wasn't particularly excited.
"You get used to seeing celebrities out here all the time," he said.
Officials at the airport were advised a week ago that Clinton and Bush were expected to fly into the airport's two private terminals Thursday and, possibly, depart the same day.
Around 8 p.m., a private jet with "United States of America" emblazoned on the side could be seen at Monterey Regional Airport. It was unclear if the presidents were on board, but Secret Service and California Highway Patrol officers could be seen in its vicinity.
Both Clinton and Bush have a history with AT&T, but for different reasons. The communications company was one of the largest contributors to Bush's 2004 re-election effort with $214,920, according to the Federal Election Commission.
Clinton signed the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which was intended to increase competition in the communications marketplace dominated by AT&T, MCI and Sprint, according to The New York Times.
Instead, the legislation allowed large corporations to strengthen their dominance through mergers and buyouts, a Times analysis said.


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Joey Logano still has a chance to make the Chase for the Sprint Cup.
And he believes he has a chance to make it in more ways than one.
Logano, 18th in the standings with six races left before the Chase field is set, believes he can make up the 35 points that separates him from the top 10 and an automatic spot in the 12-driver Chase.
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The Penske Racing driver also believes he can win and make up the 30 points that separate him from 12th-place Martin Truex Jr., who holds the second wild-card spot among drivers 11th-20th in the standings with the most victories.
"We can make it in points," Logano said Wednesday. "We're not to the point that we're going to take a big gamble and go for a win, and if it doesn't work out, we're going to finish 25th.
"We can't quite do that yet, but we're really, really close. We're one bad race away from we need to win or finish 25th. We're not there yet, but we're one race from it."
Logano, who drove for Joe Gibbs Racing the previous four years, has five top-five and nine top-10 finishes in his first 20 races with Penske. He has two career victories but has never made the Chase.
Just four races ago, Logano was 10th in the standings. But then he posted back-to-back 40th-place finishes thanks to tire issues at Daytona and New Hampshire and dropped to 18th in the standings. Last week at Indianapolis, he placed eighth but remained 18th in points.
"The goal is to stay even keel," Logano said. "(That's) easier said than done, though. When you're moving up through the points, it's obviously when it's the easiest. You get a lot of confidence. You get a lot of momentum, and everyone's attitudes are great.
"You have two bad finishes, yes … it hurts. It takes some wind out of your sail for sure. But you have to find the silver lining, wherever it is, and look forward. The more you dwell on the stuff, it just hurts the team."
So where can he win over the next six races? Well, he won at Pocono last year and that's where the series races Sunday.
"Pocono this weekend is one that stands out," Logano said. "I think you look at Bristol (in three weeks), we had a really fast car there in the spring that was capable of winning. That one stands out. Watkins Glen (next week) actually stands out to me as a race we can win.
"The next few races coming up, I feel really good about. I feel like we can win at."


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On a trip to Chile in 2007, I admired the candor of a manager at Decofrut, the Santiago-based company that specialized in providing statistical analysis of the Chilean fruit industry.
Specifically as it related to Chilean peaches.
At the beginning of the deal, growers could get good money for peaches, but yields were light, Isabel Quiroz, Decofrut's service and information manager, told me.
Later in the deal, meanwhile, preconditioning and other high costs made it difficult for growers to make money.
Add to that the fact that, despite preconditioning and other measures, Chilean peaches often arrived in the U.S. with no juice and no flavor.
At the time, it struck me as perhaps a poster child for the case against year-round availability in the fresh produce industry.
"Year-round" has long been the battle cry of produce marketers (even in the locally grown era), but they'll never be able to overcome a basic industry truth: Many, if not most, fruits and vegetables taste better at certain times of the year than they do at others.
Chile has, of course, worked wonders for the produce industry and for the health of Americans with their winter fruit offerings.
But maybe peaches were an example of the limits of the 365/24/7 mentality.
New varieties
Quiroz and her boss, Decofrut director Manuel Alcaino, did mention to me, however, that Chilean growers were rolling up their sleeves to experiment with new peach — and nectarine — varieties.
Fast forward five years, and those new stone fruit varieties are beginning to hit on U.S. shores.
According to one importer, it's the nectarine varieties — probably not too surprisingly — that are shining brightest.
Jac Vandenberg Inc., Yonkers, N.Y., expects to bring in about 10% fewer peaches and 10% more nectarines from Chile this season, Craig Padover, the company's stone fruit category manager, told me.
There are a lot of new nectarine varieties that have caught the company's eye, Padover said.
Peaches, not so much.
Vandenberg is relying on those new varieties, combined with new pack sizes out of Chile, to help give the category a much-needed boost.
Stone fruit upgrades is just one of the story lines out of Chile I've found intriguing this winter.
Another involves apples, and what's most interesting about it is the direction the export and import arrows are pointing.
India, Russia and the Pacific Rim have been among the hot growth markets for Washington apple exports in recent years.
And of course many red delicious and other varieties find good homes in Mexico.
But South America? Don't Chile and other South American countries pretty much have their homeland covered?
Not this year. Season-to-date shipments to the continent are way up — as much as 61% during some periods — thanks in large part to Chile being low on galas, fujis and other varieties.
It will be interesting to see if Washington apples in Chile fare better than Chilean peaches in the U.S.
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H.S. soccer: Top three storylines for 2013
Updated 12:31 am, Thursday, January 10, 2013
Express-News staff writer Terrence Thomas previews some of the key questions of the upcoming high school season:
1. When it comes to Class 4A boys, District 54 sits on the throne — Alamo Heights won the state title last year, and Boerne Champion took the top prize in 2011. Can the league make it a three-peat this season?
The best bet to extend the streak going into this season appears to be Boerne Champion. The Chargers return nine starters from a team that finished 15-11-0 and advanced to the fourth round, winning 14 of their final 18 games — including a 3-0 victory over Alamo Heights — after starting the season 1-7. District 26-5A is the only area league to win three titles in a row, with Churchill capturing crowns in 2001 and 2003 and Reagan winning in 2002.
2. What can we expect from the Churchill girls, the defending Region IV-5A champion?
With the return of all four starting defenders — Paige Farrimond, Rachel Gurinsky, Caroline McBrearty and Zayne Saadi — from a unit that allowed only one goal in six playoff games, the Chargers have a solid foundation. If they can fill the scoring void left by the graduation of forward Lauren Peck, a two-time All-Area Super Team pick, the Chargers could again be in the hunt for a trip to the state tournament.
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3. Which area private-school teams are primed for postseason success?
Despite having new coaches, Antonian and Central Catholic look the part on the boys side. Tony Castaneda, who previously coached at MacArthur, Judson and Madison, is at the helm of the Apaches, a 2012 TAPPS state semifinalist. Former Trinity standout defender Edward Cartee takes over at Central Catholic, a regional finalist a year ago. On the girls side, San Antonio Christian — with wins this season over Antonian and Incarnate Word — appears poised for a return trip to state. Saint Mary's Hall, led by junior Katie Uhler, a Notre Dame commit, is a perennial SPC title contender.


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DUDLEY thespians are on track to stage haunting love story Brief Encounter in Netherton next month.
The tale, about strangers Laura Jesson and Dr Alec Harvey who embark upon an illicit affair after falling in love at a railway station cafe, will be brought to life by Dudley Little Theatre at Netherton Art Centre, Northfield Road, from Wednesday March 12 to Saturday March 15.
Set in the 1930s, the story has been adapted for the stage by Emma Rice from Noel Coward's original play.
Performances start at 7.30pm.
Tickets cost £7 standard (£6 concessions – with a ten per cent reduction for group bookings) are available from Dudley Council Plus, Castle Hill, Dudley, on 01384 812812, or from Chris Ridgeway on 01384 872583 or 07582 318017 or from the group's website www.dudleylittletheatre.org


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Is it really like this, or is it just a later addition? Maybe just a kind of "We/you are doing it well as well" conditioned borderline to get not to much in conflict. Is it really good to make such a border if there was not such intention?
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Farrell has 'successful' first camp as Sox manager
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- The rip-snap of packing tape being applied to cardboard boxes echoed throughout the home clubhouse at JetBlue Park on Saturday morning. It was Spring Training getaway day, the end of another Grapefruit League season. First-year Red Sox manager John Farrell looked back and pronounced himself satisfied.
"Overall, I think we've had a successful camp. I think we've been able to integrate the number of players that have been brought in successfully. I think they've understood what we're trying to get done in terms of our approach every night," he said before a 4-2 win over the Twins. "I think overall, it's been a very business-like approach. The attitude has been great, the energy has been consistent. We've had a very concentrated effort on their part. And, again, this goes back to the players being first and foremost. They've set the tone with this."
Coming off a last-place finish that saw them lose 93 games while trading some of the biggest names on the roster, outside expectations going into Monday's regular-season opener at Yankee Stadium aren't high. Second baseman Dustin Pedroia said his expectations haven't changed a bit.
"Absolutely," Pedroia said. "We're trying to win every game, you know? That's it. Our expectations are to go perform the best we can and win as many games as possible. It's the same goal as it's been since I got here, when I got called up in 2006."
Farrell, the one-time Red Sox pitching coach who returned this year after two seasons managing the Blue Jays, said he's comfortable that he's learned enough about what the new position players -- Shane Victorino, Jonny Gomes, Mike Napoli, David Ross, Stephen Drew -- can do to make informed in-game decisions.
"That learning situation will carry on. There's no end date on that," he said. "I mean, we've identified guys we'll look to to do some things strategically, whether it's putting guys in motion or how we'll use the small game. What our abilities are as far as outright stealing bases versus going first to third, which is an overall theme. So there's certainly a better understanding of it today than there was Feb. 10, which is how I'd hoped it would be."
Farrell admitted he was surprised by the play of Jackie Bradley Jr., ranked by MLB.com as the organization's No. 2 prospect.
"Just reading about him and hearing about him, until you see him you don't know fully what to expect," Farrell said. "But that's been a good surprise."
The Red Sox haven't announced whether Bradley, who batted .419 with a 1.120 OPS, will be on the Opening Day roster, which must be submitted by 3 p.m. ET on Sunday. But the 23-year-old was on the charter flight to New York after Saturday's game. To keep him, the front office will have to clear a spot on the 40-man roster.
Paul Hagen is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Mission Statement
The mission of the Dordt College nursing department is to provide serviceable insight to appropriately talented persons in order to prepare them for Christ-centered nursing. This distinctively Christian nursing attends to the suffering of humanity, provides compassionate caring, and works toward the restoration of the integral wholeness established by our Creator within every human being.
Learning Outcomes
The four curricular coordinates as developed within Dordt College's Educational Framework (religious orientation, creational structure, creational development, and contemporary response) provide a basis from which the overall goals of the nursing program are hinged together.
- Religious Orientation
- Christian Worldview: Articulate a reformational, Christian perspective of nursing.
- Other Worldviews: Evaluate dominant non-Christian or conflicting worldviews regarding the nature and profession of nursing.
- Creational Structure
- Theoretical Frameworks within Nursing Science: Apply prominent theoretical frameworks used to explain and guide professional nursing practice and research.
- Preparation for Professional Nursing Practice: Incorporate knowledge-based competencies and critical thinking with the sciences and humanities to provide and evaluate holistic nursing practice.
- Caring in Professional Nursing Practice: Integrate reformational Christian perspective within the various roles of the professional nurse and the various health care systems in a complex global society.
- Creational Development
- Historical Development of Nursing
- Demonstrate an understanding of the historical roots of nursing and familiarity with the influence of key historical figures.
- Convey an understanding of the history and current management of health and disease within legal and ethical frameworks and various health care systems.
- Philosophical Perspectives of Nursing: In understanding the historical context of a Christian philosophical perspective of nursing, evaluate emerging nursing philosophies.
- Historical Development of Nursing
- Contemporary Response
- Leadership and Professional Development in Nursing
- Assume an active role in practice development and leadership activities consistent with Christian professional nursing.
- Display a commitment to personal and professional development through lifelong learning with a Reformed Christian worldview.
- Effective Communication: Demonstrate effective avenues of communication with colleagues, individuals, families, and communities in the promotion of optimal health across the life span.
- Health Care Technologies: Use various technological methods in the acquisition of information and management of care as a professional nurse on the health care team.
- Appreciation of Human Diversity and Individual Needs: Display an appreciation of human diversity and world cultures while developing competency in caring for the contemporary needs of individuals, families, and communities.
- Leadership and Professional Development in Nursing
Program Strengths
- Faculty members provide diverse skills and insights, including advanced practice experience.
- Our program's clinical coordinator ensures quality clinical experiences for our students and clinical sites.
- Our nursing education building (renovated summer 2009) gives faculty and students ample opportunities to interact together in the gathering room, skills lab, study lounge and conference room.
- Our B.S.N. students are eagerly sought by employers and area healthcare organizations because of their exceptional licensing preparation and their Christian professionalism.
Program Philosophy
The nursing department faculty embraces wholeheartedly the principle that the Bible is foundational to the development of a Christian educational philosophy. Moreover, it is that biblical foundation that nourishes our vision for nursing as a profession for the providing of holistic care and service to individuals, families, and communities within God's kingdom and to his world in general.
In harmony with the mission and vision of Dordt College, the nursing department faculty believe that, as God's image-bearers, persons are integrated individuals who express multiple dimensions of personhood, such as the physical, rational, faith, and social dimensions. In accord with both professional nursing terminology and the beliefs of the Dordt College nursing faculty, the bachelor of science in nursing program philosophy can be expressed in terms of the concepts of (1) individual person, (2) nursing, (3) health, (4) environment, and (5) education.
1. Individual Persons
- The faculty believe that individual persons are integrated wholes, multidimensional beings made in the image and likeness of God, who express their personhood and their needs not only in the physical and biotic dimensions, but also in the emotional, social, aesthetic, faith, and other dimensions. Individual persons possess abilities, accumulate experiences, and develop values in accordance with their heart-direction, that is, in conformity to the central direction of their personhood with respect to their Creator. It is this central heart-direction which shapes a person's worldview and which fosters in the person an understanding of the structure and workings of God's created order.
2. Nursing
- Nursing is a theory and practice based profession that seeks to provide holistic care and service to individuals, families, and communities within a global society. Focusing on physical and biotic needs, nursing practice entails caring for others across diverse environments as well as promoting health and wellness in all areas of life. The successful nurse will have the insight and competence to serve the kingdom of God in a most basic manner: loving one's neighbor by healing the sick (Luke 10:9).
2. Health
- Health is a dynamic, ever-changing state, influenced by family and community, which is characterized by the flourishing of a person's abilities to be the servant he or she is called by God to be. Beginning with physical and biotic flourishing, health is exhibited by complex, multifaceted interactions between persons and their environment and extends beyond the physical and biotic to all other dimensions of personhood. Therefore, in addition to bodily health, it is meaningful to speak of emotional health, moral health, and the health of one's faith life.
3. Environment
- The environment is a never-changing dynamic aggregate of factors that surround and affect individuals. These factors influence integrally both health and the perception of wellness and encompass all dimensions of the person and the rest of God's creation.
4. Education
- The nursing faculty is committed to the educational mission of Dordt College "to develop and share serviceable insight into the meaning, structure, and development of the world God has created and graciously maintains." Education is an on-going process, enabling the development of whole persons at an advanced level of theoretical reflection and practical competence so that they may better serve their Creator in all areas of life. The teaching-learning process fosters and expands the multidimensional insight in which theory and practice are integrated within the unifying development of knowledge, skills, attitudes, and insight that will sustain lifelong, responsible, health-oriented service in God's kingdom. Professional nursing practice is obedience to God's call.


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Texas Ships Bass to Mississippi for Hurricane Recovery
ATHENS, Texas—When two massive hurricanes severely damaged the freshwater fisheries throughout Mississippi in 2006, Ron Garavelli, Director of the Mississippi Fisheries Bureau, did exactly what anyone in a disaster situation does—he turned to his neighbors for help.
Garavelli went to the annual meeting of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies in Norfolk, Virginia, in October 2006 and appealed to the directors of wildlife agencies from other states for help.
Phil Durocher, Director of the Inland Fisheries Division of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD), and Robert L. Cook, Executive Director of TPWD, were at the meeting, and they quickly agreed to help.
Fast forward to May 23, 2007, the peak of the largemouth bass spawning season in Texas. Early that morning fisheries technicians and biologists at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center (TFFC) in Athens loaded 250,000 Florida largemouth bass fingerlings on a truck and sent them on their way to the Turcotte Fish Hatchery just north of Jackson, Mississippi. From there the fish were distributed to lakes in northern and western Mississippi.
"The fish from Texas allow us to use fish from our Gulf Coast hatcheries for stocking coastal streams while maintaining our management practices in other lakes as well," said Tom Holman, Fisheries Coordinator for the Mississippi Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Parks. "We had offers of help from virtually every southeastern state."
Providing the fish required no special effort on the part of Texas, said Jim Matthews, Hatchery Manager at TFFC. "We raise as many Florida largemouth bass as we can every year, and we are never able to produce enough to meet all our stocking requests," Matthews said. "We simply put Mississippi at the top of the priority list to receive fish. It's typical to have interstate cooperation. They help us when we need it, and we help them when they need it."
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service lent a hand as well. "We got involved because we are the most convenient facility for delivering the fish from Texas to Mississippi," said Karen Kilpatrick, Manager of the Natchitoches [Louisiana] National Fish Hatchery. "We are centrally located, and we have a big truck—normally used for stocking paddlefish—that holds 900 gallons and can carry that many fingerling bass."
While it might seem unusual for fish from Texas, South Carolina, Kentucky and Alabama to wind up swimming in Mississippi waters, it's really no big deal, says Kilpatrick. "This is just another routine thing we do for the resource," she said. "We do this kind of thing every single day for the public to be able to enjoy the legacy and the heritage of fishing, hurricane or not."
Mississippi anglers will benefit for years from the aid offered by their neighbors. "Our freshwater habitat took a real hit," said Garavelli. "Massive fish kills resulted from saltwater intrusion caused by the storm surge and from oxygen depletion as debris washed into lakes and rivers decayed. This stocking will increase the chances of a quick comeback of those species lost as a result of the storms."
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I can't believe that some of your readers are so incensed at your magazine's decision to run an article on Vince McMahon and the World Wrestling Federation. So what! I'm not an avid supporter of pro wrestling, but it's only entertainment, people! Mr. David Tarr's letter in the February 2000 issue irritated me more than most. To say that Cigar Aficionado was "dumbing down" or "pandering to the lowest common denominator of our society" is an insult to some of us who like to stray to the crazy side of life now and again. Now, I only had a 3.75 GPA in college, like to smoke Cohibas, and work hard for a living, so certainly I wouldn't dare have a little fun and watch pro wrestling.
I, for one, applaud Cigar Aficionado's walk on the wild side every once in a while. Cigar smoking has finally reached a point where it's acceptable for the "common man" to enjoy them, and it's thinking like Mr. Tarr's that has put a "high society" stigma on cigar smoking for such a long time. Cigar smoking should cause you to sit back and reflect on life's little pleasures, which may include the occasional wrestling match. Why not? If the "lowest common denominator" includes those willing to pay $30 to $50 per ticket to watch a billion-dollar-a-year business, then I'm willing to be common. As long as I can keep my Cohibas!
If you want to put a professional bass fisherman on the cover next month, I'll still keep my subscription.
Jerry L. Burch Knob
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Dear Marvin,
I never would have imagined people writing such negative comments about your issue featuring the WWF and Vince McMahon. I think that your magazine and your events try to include people from all walks of life. While I feel that your subscribers are basically the wealthy and culturally elite, these people need to remember that cigar smokers come from all levels of society. The WWF may be viewed by some as morally objectionable, but remember, take the show for what it is: entertainment. Those who do not want to watch have the freedom to change the channel.
Michael Murphy
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Dear Marvin,
When it comes to Winston Churchill ("Top 100 Cigar Smokers," December 1999) and Saudi Arabian royalty, Abdul Aziz Ibn-Saud could hardly have been convinced by Churchill's argument for smoking cigars in front of His Highness. In The Kingdom: Arabia & the House of Saud, author Robert Lacey relates a telling anecdote about a meeting between FDR, Churchill and Ibn-Saud on board an ocean liner anchored in the Suez Canal.
FDR was an avid cigarette smoker, but he would only smoke late at night, in his wheelchair on deck, out of the king's presence. The king, however, did catch a glimpse of FDR smoking late one night and was honored.
Churchill, on the other hand, persisted in smoking in the king's presence and even blowing smoke at the king, who was extremely uncomfortable with Churchill's belligerence. As a result, The Kingdom concludes that the relations between Saudi Arabia and the United States to this day have been warm and friendly while the Saudi's relations with England have been chilly.
An awfully powerful consequence for a few puffs on a simple cigar.
David Curry
New York, New York
New York, New York
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Dear Marvin,
You are to be commended for putting Laurence Fishburne on your cover (February 2000). Your magazine has always been a leader in covering the full world of cigar lovers, and not just the lily-white world.
That being said, your cover article made no mention of the Spike Lee movies in which Mr. Fishburne played key roles. If there were no School Dayz or Do the Right Thing, there would not have been a Boyz in the Hood or Othello with Fishburne in lead roles. These movies established him as an African-American actor who is not afraid to appear in movies that have something to say about the state of race relations in America.
To not include these two movies in your article is to give an incomplete review of his career and is a disservice to African-Americans who hold him up as one of this generation's great black actors.
Bill Bright
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
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Dear Marvin,
I have been a casual cigar smoker for about four years. For as long as I can remember, my father has smoked cigars, but I have never taken the chance to smoke one with him. Earlier this year I was going through a somewhat sticky divorce when my dad, who lives in Alaska, decided to visit for a few days. During his visit we got to talking about cigars. We took a trip to my favorite tobacconist and walked into the humidor. Before this trip my knowledge of cigars was severely limited, but on this day my education was to begin. My father talked about every aspect of cigars--size, shape, color and construction. We decided on Aurora Robustos and took our purchases home. It was a clear, cold, sunny day and we sat on my deck smoking them while my education continued: cutting, lighting, draw, taste and the big warning, "never inhale," which I had been doing until that day. I discovered that you could really taste a cigar if you don't inhale.
In the past 20 years (I am 38), my father and I have spent few precious days together; that day will always be etched in my memory. He also subscribes to your magazine, and I hope he gets a chance to read this letter, should you decide to publish it.
Carl Lewis
Everett, Washington
Everett, Washington
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Dear Marvin,
I've been enjoying cigars for about 10 years and have been subscribing to your magazine for the last few. By the way, did I mention I'm female? You see, that's the point. While I consistently find a wealth of information in Cigar Aficionado, I also find a "niche" that is neglected--articles geared to the female smoker.
I, of course, realize that the vast majority of cigar smokers are male, but in part I believe that's because the female population is neither actively marketed to nor, frankly, acknowledged. An authoritative publication such as yours must clearly see the void--no?
I cannot tell you how many times over the years I have overheard the smug comments, expressions of disbelief, ridiculous innuendo and the like when I light up a cigar in public. Even in a "cigar-friendly" facility I find myself being stared at unblinkingly on a regular basis.
I can't help but wonder if a little regular article/commentary in Cigar Aficionado on the woman cigar smoker wouldn't help to destigmatize my gender's cigar smoking. Believe me, it's at the very least awkward and sometimes downright difficult to enjoy a smoke, even in the company of a man, when people around you are so taken aback by the sight. Not to mention the tobacco shop owners who inevitably assume A) you're shopping for your husband/boyfriend, B) you haven't the first clue how to differentiate a robusto from a corona, C) the only thing you could possibly enjoy is a flavored cigar, D) you wouldn't know a humidor from a hothouse, or E) you must be one of those women who wears the pants in the family.
Ah, the bane of ignorance. What do you say we do something about this and attack these preconceptions with insight and information on a monthly basis? Please take my idea and exploit it. I promise you, you shall endear yourself for all eternity to the thousands of my gender's "silent smokers." You might even be surprised at the feedback you get from both the men and the women.
For the record, my personal humidors (I have two) are stocked with my favorites: Montecristo No. 2 torpedos, the old "nonbanded" Cohibas and the occasional--when I can get my hands on them--Fuente Fuente OpusX. OK, if you look closely enough you may uncover an Olivero Sweet or two, but hey, after all, I am a girl!
Abbe Myers
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It seems the Green Bay Packers are always stocked with young talent. In 2011, they drafted Randall Cobb in the second round, No. 64 overall, and he showed he is a promising wide receiver and explosive return man.
In 2010, they hit on offensive tackle Bryan Bulaga in the first round at No. 23 and found running back James Starks in the sixth; their rookie year, Bulaga started and Starks was a postseason star. With a couple of first-round picks in 2009, the Packers added two Pro Bowl players in defensive tackle B.J. Raji at No. 9 and linebacker Clay Matthews at No. 26.
The 2008 draft brought wideout Jordy Nelson (second round, No. 36) and tight end Jermichael Finley (third round, No. 91). Both have been key members of the receiving corps. Of course, Green Bay's most important pick in recent years came in 2005, when it took quarterback Aaron Rodgers with the 24th overall selection.
The person responsible for keeping the Packers stockpiled is general manager Ted Thompson, who is Sporting News' executive of the year for the second time; the first came in 2007. Thompson, with 14 votes, finished ahead of San Francisco 49ers GM Trent Baalke (seven), Houston Texans GM Rick Smith (five) and Cincinnati Bengals president Mike Brown (three).
Though the Packers didn't repeat as Super Bowl champs, they are in position to remain contenders for years to come, thanks largely to Thompson's front office acumen.
What's his secret? Thompson says he doesn't have one. He works hard and trusts what a prospect does on the field more than his measurements.
"I look for good players," Thompson said at last year's NFL Scouting Combine. "There are probably ideal heights and lengths and stuff like that in terms of body makeup that you look for, but it doesn't necessarily translate into the best 3-4 outside linebacker. James Harrison of Pittsburgh does not fit those height-length requirements, but he's a marvelous player. As much as we can, we try to stick with guys that have proven they can play the game."
Of the 22 players who started for the Packers in Super Bowl XLV, 15 were drafted by Thompson. The Packers are one of the league's most talented teams but also one of the youngest. That's a great combination—one Thompson is responsible for.
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Worst Oscar Hair Date: Hugh Jackman & Deborra Lee-Furness
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I feel like an asshole. It takes an asshole to not throw anything but love towards Hugh Jackman. But that ponytail. Do we just ignore the ponytail? We first saw the ponytail in the etalk control room while watching the pool feed during arrivals and…well… it was a collective groan. Because no one wants to sh-t on Hugh or near him. Full Story
Annie to sing again
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As mentioned earlier, Anne Hathaway will perform as part of the Les Miserables ensemble at the Oscars on Sunday. Annie sings again at the Oscars! She sang two years ago when she co-hosted with James Franco. She sang four years ago when Hugh Jackman hosted and pulled her up on stage. I always loved it when she talked-sang the line "Frank Langella was sitting next to me". Full Story
Is Hugh gaining on DDL?
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It was always a long-shot, my prediction that Hugh Jackman will win Best Actor for Jean Valjean in Les Miserables. If it were any other year, a non-DDL year, his chances would be a lot better. But, well, you know Daniel Day-Lewis. Still... I'm staying with my bet. Full Story
Globes Best "Babe": Hugh Jackman
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Why doesn't it sound cheesy and skeevy when Hugh Jackman says it? When he repeatedly refers to his wife as "babe" up on stage, why is it that he can do this without making us cringe? Oh the power of Hugh Jackman. But before we gush about Hugh Jackman, can we please applaud everyone last night for calling it by its proper name: LES MISERABLES!?! There were hardly any instances of the dreaded "Les Mis"! Please click here Full Story
The case against Les Miserables
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Many of you have emailed to fret about some of the reviews. Les Miserables is currently sitting at 72% on Rotten Tomatoes and 61% on Metacritic which doesn't suck, no, but there have indeed been certain critics who've been vicious in their disdain: it's so melodramatic, and amateurishly so; there are too many close-up shots when people are singing; there is too much singing. Full Story
Annie and her underwear
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I'm not posting the pictures. It's really not all that interesting to me. And, frankly, the suggestion that she did it on purpose for her Oscar campaign is... really dumb. How could that possibly, possibly be part of an Oscar campaign strategy...? Why would seeing pap shots of Anne Hathaway's pussy convince those old fart Academy members in Palm Springs -- who picked Crash over Brokeback, REMEMBER??? -- to vote for her? If, that is, they actually voted themselves. Full Story
2012 according to The Actors
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And The Actor goes to... Well, definitely not Joaquin Phoenix. He did say he didn't want any awards. And even though he backtracked - just a little - the Screen Actors Guild took him at his word. Full Story
When Hugh sings with Russell
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Russell Crowe has been performing with Alan Doyle in New York on the weekends and on Saturday night they were at Joe's Pub and this time Hugh Jackman was in the house so Russell asked him up on stage for The Confrontation and ...I actually might like this version better than the one in the movie. Full Story
Les Miserables: an underdog?
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The new issue of The Hollywood Reporter features Les Miserables -- its film history, the journey of this particular iteration under the direction of Tom Hooper, the production, and the cast. The story that's told, at least at the beginning of the article, Nate Silver reference notwithstanding, is that this was always a risk. Full Story
Hugh Jackman as Jean Valjean
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As mentioned yesterday, I screened Les Miserables in New York on the weekend but reviews are embargoed until closer to the release date. We are allowed however to post reaction to the film. My reaction is that I ugly-cried HARD. And that I love Hugh Jackman. People keep talking about how much weight Anne Hathaway lost to play Fantine. Full Story
Catwoman, Wolverine, and Red Riding Hood
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At the premiere of my favourite movie of the year in Tokyo tonight as they make their way around the world, closer and closer to Christmas Day, as we wait impatiently ... At The Barricade! And then en route to Hollywood & Highland, the Dolby Theatre to fight it out with Argo and Lincoln. Since its screenings last weekend, according to expert "Oscarologist" predictions, Les Miserables has moved ahead of Argo and Lincoln. Full Story


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#3 Guest_govinda_*
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MOTION THEORY has finally, I say finally updated their site. Thanks to member pidgeonGlue for the tip, and shame on MyExperiment for not catching it.
Great, there's no way to rearrange posts in a thread. So for the time being, pidgeonGlue gets all the props of modhood, including the free cocaine and Otter Pops.
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Ditto. There's a PHP script pulling up specific QT's. For example:
Ok, so how the hell do you save the QT's. None of my methods are working so far.
So far, I haven't been able to look at the PHP because calling it up downloads a dummy QT. Very clever!
Each job has its sources in a specific directory. For example, the images for HP 'It Consolidates' are located in the folder below. Although, the file 'hp_consolidate.mov' is not within the same 'images' folder. Also, replacing 'images' with 'videos','clips', or 'movies' were failed guesses as to the name of the directory with Quicktimes. All of these attempts returned 404 errors. Even using the favelets mentioned in another thread don't help. Anybody else have any ideas?
In addition to designing a beautiful and friendly website, Gabe, Jesus, and Grady at MT did a very good job of hiding these files from our prying eyes. I especially appreciate the pre-production photographs. I remember reading that MT has an unorthodox method of pitching to clients. Instead of coming with mounted storyboards they produce booklets containing objects that inspired their idea for the pitch including everything from sketches, photographs, quotations, and magazine clippings. This gives the prospective client an emotional frame as well as a tangible product to flip through on through on their own. Anyways, I'd imagine that some of these images are from these pitch booklets. I was really inspired by this approach and have tried to do the same for my personal projects.
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WinHTTrack seems to manage.
I loved their old site, a pity it's gone. I guess the new one is easier to update, better for search engines and more usable. But do i give a f$%k about these things? Hell no. (Note to self: stop listening to these explicit NWA tracks).
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One of the secular trends I cover often here is the impressive ramp-up in energy production in the U.S. Driven by improving shale technology, domestic oil production is on track to grow to some 8 million barrels a day by the end of the year -- up from around 5 million barrels a day in 2008. This development carries many positive catalysts for high-yielding energy-infrastructure plays. For instance, the volume of oil transported by rail has risen more than 40% in 2012, which drove my recent recommendation of American Railcar Industries (ARII).
Another beneficiary of this increase is GATX (GMT), which is the second-largest lessor of railcars in the world. 50% of the company's volume is in tank cars, such as those used to move oil from the shale regions to refiners, and it has just under one-quarter of the tank-car leasing market. The company also has very deep relationships with its customers: The average tenure of its top 10 customers is more than 50 years.
GATX is probably one of the oldest companies most investors never have heard of. The firm has been around since the late 19th century, and it has paid a continuous dividend since 1919. Tank cars are an interesting business, too. Almost no tank cars are owned by railroads; they are owned by the lessors (78% of all tank cars) or shippers, mainly because of the complex maintenance and regulatory requirements these transport vehicles demand.
The business is also surprisingly recession-resistant -- GATX maintained a leasing rate of almost 96% right through the depth of the recent financial crisis. It is also maintaining an above-96% leasing rate in Europe, even with the current economic challenges there.
Here are four reasons GATX offers solid value at $46 a share:
● Analysts consistently underestimate the firm's earnings power. The company has easily beat earnings estimates for five straight quarters. Moreover, during that streak, it exceeded consensus by an average of more than 20%.
● Even though the company is more than 100 years old, only five analysts cover the stock -- but Stifel Nicolaus did just upgrade the shares to Buy last week. If GATX continues to beat estimates, I would look for further upgrades down the road.
● In the meantime, investors are collecting a solid dividend with a 2.6% yield. Given that the stock is selling at around 6x operating cash flow and that earnings are on a nice trajectory, I would look for that dividend to increase over the next year.
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Double 21Riddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.
My first is double twenty-one but twice of twenty-two,
Decipher it and you will see that statement is quite true.
My next two are just three apart, or, looking at the link,
You'll have the answer easily and will not have to think.
My fourth is so more ways than one, so long as you can spell,
While my fifth splits first and second, so what is it? Can you tell?
It may seem like these words of rhyme are nonsense things to say,
Though the five together are right here (two ways) so what are they?
HintThis clue will lead you to the answer which I hope you'll get.
The question is just how well do you know your alphabet?
And if you look more closely you will see, to your surprise,
The answer has been used a lot, they're right before your eyes!
AnswerThe answer that you seek to find, in words, is now shown here,
To understand the clues read on, I'll try to make it clear.
The twenty-first of letters is U in the alphabet,
Double it, W is the letter you would then get.
Now the twenty-second letter of the alphabet is V,
When written twice together a W it could be.
I hope I've explained the clues to give W as letter one,
Now let's move on, there's four more letters to be done.
The second and third letters are three from each other,
But to scour the alphabet to find them, you needn't bother.
If you were looking carefully you'd have seen in the third line,
The linking word, OR, fits this criteria just fine.
This makes the second O, and R would be the third,
Which gives us W, O and R as letters of this word.
The fourth letter in the alphabet is fourth in the answer too,
Which makes the fourth one D, only one more left to do!
Finally the fifth lies between the first and second,
In the alphabet, S splits W and O, that's what I reckoned.
Combine the five, see that they've been used here a lot?
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Updated: December 21, 2013, 11:30 AM ET
NEW YORK -- The Brooklyn Nets' disappointing start to the season hit a low point with the loss of All-Star center Brook Lopez for the season to a broken foot, league sources confirmed Saturday.
Lopez broke his surgically-repaired right foot that he fractured in 2011 and later had a screw replaced in. League sources say Lopez fractured the fifth metatarsal of his right foot. The injury was earlier reported by Comcast SportsNet New England.
The 7-foot center was thought to have suffered the break sometime in the second half Friday night, possibly in the third quarter, during the Nets' overtime loss to the Philadelphia 76ers, a league source said.
Lopez gutted his way through the injury, playing 44 minutes while making 9-of-19 shots and finishing with 22 points and seven rebounds. The Nets discovered the bad news after the game when Lopez underwent X-rays on his troublesome foot.
The Nets (9-17) have been ravaged by injuries in this slow start to the season despite coming in with championship expectations. They've also lost point guard Deron Williams, swingman Paul Pierce, and key bench players Andrei Kirilenko and Jason Terry to injuries at various points this season.
The Lopez season-ending injury, though, would appear to be the biggest blow for the Nets. Lopez was averaging 20.7 points and six rebounds. Lopez gave rookie coach Jason Kidd an advantage over several other teams inside the paint with a young, high-scoring big man.
The Nets now will likely start Kevin Garnett at center and Andray Blatche will see an increase in minutes.


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Maybe you've gone through this curious exercise when applying for home insurance: The agent (or website) asks you if you have a home security system, you reply in the affirmative and, voila, a small premium discount magically appears on your quote.
Do they ask if you actually use it? Naw -- they usually just knock a few bucks off the cost of the policy.
But when Nationwide Insurance decided to look into this curious home security mambo, they found that many homeowners care a lot more about shaving their premium than saving their stuff from burglars.
Security in place, but not in use
The survey of 1,005 homeowners released this week found that while 79 percent have at least one anti-theft device in their home, be it a full-blown alarm system or something as simple as a deadbolt lock, roughly a third never bother to activate these safeguards.
That's especially alarming to home insurers at this time of year, when burglars are thick as bluebottle flies. According to the FBI and Nationwide, June, July and August are the peak season for home theft, during months when the overall crime rate rises by up to 16 percent.
Among those surveyed, 20 percent said they routinely leave their alarm system disarmed during the day, when most burglaries occur; 25 percent admit they've left their front door unlocked a time or two; and nearly 35 percent leave their ground-floor windows unlocked and/or hide a spare key under the mat or elsewhere.
Too much information
Sheesh, the only thing worse from a security perspective would be if they somehow had a way to notify the bad guys they're leaving for a week's vacation. Oh, wait -- that's exactly what 41 percent of the respondents ages 18 to 34 admit to doing, by posting photos and updates on social media.
Nationwide says it conducted the survey to identify common behaviors that could result in the theft of personal property. On that front, I'd say: mission accomplished.
Should home insurance companies continue to offer discounts for security systems that are rarely used?
I imagine Nationwide is wondering the same thing.
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SWINDON Robins are on the lookout for a new reserve after allowing Josh Bates to join Premier League Sheffield Tigers.
The youngster was due to ride for the Robins after being selected in the National League riders draft along with Steve Worrall, but Blunsdon boss Alun Rossiter is now searching for a replacement after deciding it would be in the best interests of the Yorkshire-based teenager to have a regular ride in the second tier.
Sheffield's Thursday race night means Bates would be unable to ride for both clubs, as well as Mildenhall in the National League, with Rossiter content with his decision.
"Sometimes in life you have to think of the person sometimes rather than the club or yourself and I think this is best for him," he said.
"This is a big burden for him, travelling all the way down to Swindon because he's only a kid and I think he was having to rely on lifts and things.
"He was happy to do it and he's a good young rider but in realistic terms this is the best decision and we've done the right thing.
"Sheffield is on his doorstep and it's his home club so getting some regular racing there would probably be the best thing for him because it's a great opportunity.
"He has good sponsors in the area and I really think this will work out the best for him.
"Maybe we will see him at Swindon one day in the future because he's a good kid."
The Robins will now have to select another rider to fill Bates' spot, with Ben Hopwood, Dan Greenwood and Swindon's Darryl Ritchings not selected by any team in the draft, although the Purton rider's foot injury which ended his 2013 season could hold him back.
"I'm looking around and I have looked at Darryl, of course I have, but he's still got a pod on his foot and we're not far away from the start of the season," Rossiter said.
"He's local as well and while people say there isn't any extra pressure on you I can tell you from experience in my career that there is.
"It's something I'll have to think hard about.
"There's no huge rush and we have to get it right. There could be someone who didn't enter the draft but does now want to, I really don't know, so we'll have to wait and see."
Bates' move to Sheffield now means it's highly unlikely the Tigers will pursue their reported interest in Swindon's Nick Morris as they look to go in a different direction, with Leigh Lanham and Taylor Poole potentially in the frame for team spots at Owlerton alongside Simon Stead and Adam Roynon.
If the Tigers do move away from Morris, the Australian will almost certainly start the season without a Premier League club and the Advertiser understands if that is the case the teenager would no longer be seeking a move away from the Robins.


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KANSAS CITY, Kan. — After spending eight hours racing on the track Thursday, Danica Patrick got back into a racecar later that night.
It wasn't at Kansas Speedway but about 20 minutes away in downtown Kansas City, where she drove a Nationwide Series show car down Grand Boulevard.
When she climbed out of the car to go to a cocktail party for sponsor Tissot, the company on the hood of her JR Motorsports car this weekend, she was dressed to the hilt in a black leather jacket, tight red pants, high heels and, of course, a Tissot watch. She's a pro at driving a stock car while dressed for an appearance where a racing fire suit is not exactly appropriate attire.
Patrick then mingled with people — talking about watches and racing — and enjoyed herself while hoping the event served as a distraction from a frustrating day at the track.
The next morning, she met with the media to talk about this weekend's races before getting into her car for four more hours of practice and qualifying.
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Through it all, Patrick seemed at ease, even though she admittedly was not impressed with her speed in her Sprint Cup car at Kansas.
And that will be her challenge for the next 14 months: Keeping sponsors happy while possibly struggling on the racetrack and trying to balance the media spotlight and soap opera that comes with being one of racing's biggest stars.
Her first full season in the Nationwide Series has been disappointing in that her results don't show much improvement, even at tracks she had been to earlier in the year. She is 10th in a series where only 13 drivers have run every race. Teammate Cole Whitt has 12 top-10 finishes; she has two.
In seven Cup starts, she has a best finish of 25th.
Patrick wasn't supposed to win a bunch of races or even contend for the Nationwide title. But she was supposed to show enough improvement to silence some of the doubters.
Her two top-10s and a solid Cup run at Bristol before a crash have given fans the only glimpse of what she can do. But those performances haven't come often enough to convince detractors who believe she is just a marketing machine.
Her results indicate that she's not ready for full-time Cup competition and that another full season in Nationwide might help her transition. But her sponsor Go Daddy wants her in a Cup car next year and, in some ways, maybe it is better to go ahead and make the leap and learn the Cup car.
Go Daddy made news this week when it hired an outside agency to develop its Super Bowl ads for the first time. It is transitioning away from the titillating ads that Patrick starred in to ads that remain edgy but aren't as sexy.
That has led to talk that maybe Patrick might soon be on the outs with Go Daddy.
All parties say that reports of a divorce are premature. But even if they're not, how well can Patrick handle the soap opera that seems to always swirl around her?
Sure, she gets paid big money to deal with it. But so does the New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez, and he spent the last few games of the ALCS on the bench. Athletes like Danica and A-Rod get paid well to deal with their critics, but how much of a beating can one person take?
All the money in the world won't mean much if Patrick fails to qualify for races in 2013, a distinct possibility under the new rules announced for next season.
The 2013 season will test some of Patrick's best attributes. She has been very open about how much she needs to learn on the track but also wants to run well for herself and her fans. She has reacted to questions about her performance honestly and never pretends that people are being too critical. So far, she has shown a strong mind and big shoulders.
But talks about whether she will be in Super Bowl commercials for her sponsor is the last thing she needs. Questions about whether she can continue to drive the needle as far as pushing sponsor products is not what she needs to hear.
There's going to be enough talk about whether she can drive her racecar competitively. And that would be enough for any athlete to handle.
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I'm hearing both Scott Foster and Ken Mauer will re-sign with the Heat.
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I'm hearing both Scott Foster and Ken Mauer will re-sign with the Heat.
And Hibbert played against one healthy, legitimate center the entire postseason.
"Sources say" Jarrett Jack wants 7 mil a year minimum
Erm that's quite some money. Is out there any 'top' team that has cap space? If not, he may find that money but will be stuck in a mediocre/bad team.
Not worth 7 mil a year.
I'd put Jack on par with George Hill, so if $8M is deemed fair for Hill, then $7M seems fair for Jack.
He obviously has a different opinion about his worth than you. He got paid 5.5 mil this past year, and with the season he had this past year 7 mil is not unreasonable. I said b4 he'd not be looking for MLE money as it's a decrease in pay.
I don't see anything there as saying how much better Roy would be in the Nets' system, just that Roy can obviously play in EITHER system while it is by no means obvious that Lopez can.
In all honesty, I find the Lopez side of the argument seems to be affected far more by the "He plays for a team NOT the Pacers, therefore he is better" than the Hibbert side of the argument is affected by the "He plays for the Pacers, therefore he is better" - other than the obvious point of which team got farther in the playoffs...
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Or throw in a first-round pick and flip it for a max-level point guard...
So Marcus Camby doesn't want to go back to Toronto, wants to end his career on a contender, so they're trying to flip him. I have no disillusions about Camby's corpse being a useful player at this point, but he's owed 4.3 mil this coming year and 4.1 the year after that, but the 2nd year is only guaranteed for 1 million. They have a ton of wings, but think we could flip Gerald Green for him?
Interesting, but at this point I don't think you pay another team to take Green. Seriously, if the table was turned would you want to trade for Green? In all honesty, if the Pacers truly had the opportunity to tade Green with the #23 pick for Jimmer, they should never have thought twice about doing the deal. Then if had to have S Hill, trade up in the 2nd round to get him. Green is an albatross with no end in sight.
Maybe when Colangelo was running the show, but I don't think Ujiri would take Gerald Green.
Oh come on guys!
The guy makes 3.5 million and you would think we were paying him Joe Johnson type money or if you want a better comparison Gerald Wallace.
He is a bad but his contract isn't a albatross.
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Bit of an exaggeration I'd say. $3.5 million dollars a year is less than what Hansbrough made last year. And the end is in sight, it's 2015 (at worst).
Lopez does score on a higher volume than Hibbert. I never claimed that he doesn't. But does scoring in a higher volume makes one player a better OFFENSIVE player?
Who can create his own shot the most? Who can create shots for others the most?
The answer in both of those questions is Hibbert. That's what the stats (basketball reference) prove.
Hibbert has lower usage throughout his career (22.5% versus 25%) but assists in a much higher rate (10.9% vs 8.5%). And as I noticed in my previous shots Hibbert creates his own baskets more often than Lopez. In other words, Hibbert does not need someone else to create his shots for him. He can do it himself.
We saw the value that a big that can create his own shot has against the New York Knicks. During the season, several posters wished that we had Tyson Chandler instead of Roy Hibbert because Tyson scored a lot more efficiently, pulled down double digit boards and played "equal" defense with Roy. I kept saying that Hibbert is way more valuable because he can create his own shot but most people didn't care and kept wishing for Chandler. Hey, I remember that I was arguing with you about it as well (although you didn't wish for Chandler per se)
What happened in the IND - NYK series? Tyson Chandler got exposed badly by Hibbert. Tyson averaged 6.2 PPG on 53.6% shooting and 6 RPG. Every starting Pacer except George Hill outrebounded him in the series. Tyson couldn't keep up with Hibbert offensively, defensively or on the boards.
Why did this happen? Because Chandler's scoring is entirely dependant on the rest of his team. He only scores at the rim after dump off passes or alley-oops or after offensive boards. He doesn't have any other scoring methods.
Brook Lopez is no Tyson Chandler, of course. He actually has offensive skills and can score away from the basket. But still, Lopez's scoring relies on the rest of his team a lot more than Hibbert's. As I said, during the playoffs Lopez was assisted in 70.7% of his baskets. Hibbert was assisted in 50% of his baskets. That's a huge difference, my friend. Being able to get off your own shot without relying on your teammates is a huge asset for a big. Hibbert has it. Most other bigs do not have it.
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We aren't friends, Nuntius. I can't decide if you are purposefully obtuse or genuinely deluded with the dishonesty of your arguments and inability to maintain context, but I just don't value our exchanges anymore as I simply don't respect you or your opinions any longer. I'm going to put you on ignore.
I know the average BBIQ of this board has dropped a lot with the reduced contribitions from Count, JayRedd, Tbird, Chicago J, and I'm sure I'm forgetting some, but I can't believe such a simple statement as the offensively oriented all star center is a better offensive player than the defensively oriented one. I'm genuinely disheartened with the (lack of) quality on this board lately.
The assisted numbers remind me of the same argument that people had with liking Humphries over West. They simply didn't evaluate offensive system and the lil point of playing with an all star point guard.
I still think Brook Lopez would be a efficent player in a different system but he wouldn't be as efficient on the offensive end.
They aren't Pacers affecting what the Pacers can do where as Green is. Green's 3.5 mil hinders what you can do in re-signing players. That 3.5 mil could make a difference in being able to keep a player or what you can offer a player next year. There is nothing positive paying 3.5 mil for a towel waving end of the bench player who can't play worth a hoot.
I am not saying there is anything positive about it but its not like other well run teams haven't made similar mistakes. Think of another former Net (Richard Jefferson) and the Spurs.
My objection to all crying about Green is simply that its not as bad as you would have us believe. Is it good? I don't think you could find one poster to say that it was a good signing now but its not a major mistake (yet). It does have the potential to cost us Lance but I will wait another year to decide how bad it really was in the end. Sometimes you have to chalk on up as a bad fit which is what I am doing with Green.
Put him on a run and gun team and he wouldn't be as bad of a signing IMO.
Yeah, maybe a bit of an over exaggeration in that it's not a Murphleavy albatross contract. I should have just said it's a poor contract that hinders in regards to how much money the Pacers have to work with. 2015 is too long to have to keep Green on the books and too far in the distance to have to wait to unload him.
on the Lopez-Hibbert debate, you also need to take into account that Lopez has Deron Williams creating shots for him, while Hibbert has George Hill creating shots for him, no offense to Hill, but defenses don't pay as much attention to Hill as they do Williams
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