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Death in Placentia still considered suspicious
The RCMP says it still considers the death of a caucasian man, whose body was found in Placentia on New Year's Eve, to be suspicious.
Const. Mark Bishop says the RCMP should get the autopsy results back this weekend and is hoping to have an update for the public on Monday.
Placentia Mayor Wayne Power says the community has been assured by the RCMP there is no need to be concerned.
"Any time you have an RCMP major crime unit in your community for a couple of days it does bring a certain air of uncertainty," he says.
The RCMP says it's expected the investigation will continue for several more days and no further information will be released at this time.


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SCOTTSDALE, AZ - Infielder Mark Minicozzi was elected the 2014 Harry S. Jordan Award winner in a vote by his teammates, coaches and training staff earlier this morning.
The Harry S. Jordan Award, which is named in honor of a former longtime minor league trainer for the club, is given in recognition of the player in his first big league camp whose performance and dedication in Spring Training best exemplifies the San Francisco Giants spirit.
Minicozzi, 31, was a non-roster invitee and batted .220 (9-for-41) with two home runs and three RBI in 18 games for the Giants this spring. During his 2013 All-Star campaign with double-A Richmond he hit .309 (137-for-443) with 30 doubles, 10 home runs and 66 RBI.
Minicozzi was selected by the Giants in the 17th round of the 2005 First-Year Player Draft. In six minor league seasons, he owns a career avg. of .279 (587-for-2105) with 38 home runs. The six-foot, 222-pound infielder missed the entire 2008 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery and later played three seasons of Independent League baseball, where he combined to hit for a .297 avg. (271-for-913) before re-signing with San Francisco in 2012.

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Horseshoe Lake, six miles east of Hughes via Ark. 38, is famous for its open water and massive stands of ancient cypress trees. A modern highway circles the old river cutoff.
Fishing: Bass and panfish are the choice of most anglers. Boat ramps and marina are available. Call the Hughes Chamber of Commerce for general information (870) 339-2323.


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A new state-of-the-art autopsy facility will open in Bradford this year, giving families a choice of how their loved ones' deaths are investigated.
Ground-breaking 3D digital scanning equipment being fitted in an extension at the Burnham Avenue mortuary, off Rooley Lane, will eventually mean up to 70 per cent of post mortems could be non-invasive and not use a scalpel.
The contract has just been signed between Bradford Council and Malaysian-based life science enterprise iGenei to install the software and special scanner.
The 3D process is intended to be less harrowing for relatives and in some cases may allow the body to be released for a funeral sooner, providing there are no further investigations and examinations to follow.
Deputy Leader of Bradford Council, Coun Imran Hussain, said: "We are proud to be pioneering this technology as Bradford is one of the first places in the country to have a digital autopsy facility.
"It will be welcome news for all bereaved families as invasive post mortems can be distressing for relatives."
Matt Chandran, iGene chief executive, was in Bradford today to seal the deal.
Ash Govind, global vice-president of iGene, said: "Our new Bradford facility will be a real milestone."
The changes, which mean Bradford will be the second city in the country after Sheffield to use the modern technology, were explained at City Hall in October in front of faith leaders, councillors and representatives from the coroner's service.
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'"It'll be a sprint. There's no if ands or buts about it," Sabres forward Matt Ellis said. "It's going to be jump right into it and nose to the grindstone with not a whole lot of down time. Get right after it. There's no time to have a bad stretch of hockey. You need to be ready, and I know judging from the guys here and the attitude in the locker room, we're going to do our best to be ready when the puck drops."'
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OAKLAND — Some Friday night in any month you may be lucky to hear the strains of a banjo or fiddle echoing off the wooden floor of a small storefront hall tucked away in North Oakland.
It's the sounds of a little known, new local party — old-fashioned square dancing with live music that is bringing a young crowd back to an old tradition.
"There's been resurgence in the music that is played with square dance," said Debbie Berne, who plays banjo in host band Squirrelly Stringband.
The band, a group of North Oakland residents, presides over a dance at the Niebyl-Proctor Library on Telegraph Avenue on the first Friday of each month. They play what is known as "old time music," traditional folk music associated with the Southern Appalachians and heavy on banjo and fiddle. It's an old, rural music that has begun to find a much younger, urban audience.
"It's a party," Berne said.
The band is Berne on banjo, her husband David Murray on fiddle, Allegra Yellin on guitar, and Rachel Kraii on the difficult and traditional instrument known as a washtub base. Yellin's husband, Jordan Ruyle, does the calling, leading the dancers in complicated patterns using traditional patter.
The band has its roots back when Berne and Murray, who was a fiddler, began dating. When things got serious, music came up.
"He's like, 'Maybe you should learn to play the banjo!' " Berne laughed.
In 2003, they joined up with Yellin and Kraii, winning "best band" at the Berkeley Old Time Music Convention at their first gig. But once both couples became parents, traveling for shows became too hard and they wanted something local.
The first few times hosting the First Friday square dance were slow, but soon word-of-mouth spread, and soon they were over capacity, with people being turned away.
A second night on the third Friday was added, with a guest string band each time. The twice-monthly dances are open to everyone, with no prior square dance knowledge needed. There is a sliding scale entry of $5 to $10. Erin McDevitt, a regular at the dance, said the music and energy of the crowd is undeniable.
"You can't not have a huge smile on your face," she said.
The venue, too, makes it special. The Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library has been on Telegraph Avenue since 1996, with an archive of 15,000 books and more than 20,000 pamphlets, serving as a record of radical politics and philosophy in the 20th century. The homey, book-lined hall is part of the charm, McDevitt said.
"How can you not love a square dance in a communist Marxist library?" she said.
The string band even recently donated proceeds of a dance to the library. It's all part of the way they are trying to keep things friendly and local, while still being open to new faces.
"We want it to be neighborhood-y, we want it to be North Oakland," Berne said.
What: First Friday square dance: Squirrelly Stringband with caller Jordan Ruyle; third Friday square dance: Caller Jordan Ruyle and guests
Where: Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library, 6501 Telegraph Ave., Oakland
When: 8 to 10 p.m.
Cost: $5 to $10 sliding scale
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The University of Colorado Boulder is educating first-time renters on the basics of leasing and living off campus during the seminar "Living Off-Campus: Everything First Timers Need to Know." Sessions will be held Jan. 15 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. and Jan. 16 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in University Memorial Center room 425.
For the past four years, the CU-Boulder Off-Campus Housing and Neighborhood Relations office and CU Money Sense have partnered to offer students a comprehensive look at the Boulder rental market. The seminar is designed for students moving out of the residence halls and experiencing independent living for the first time.
"The presentation helps students navigate the rental market by identifying housing options, popular neighborhoods and rent averages, and explaining common lease terms such as 'joint and several liability,' " said Michelle Rangel, communications and marketing coordinator with Off-Campus Housing and Neighborhood Relations.
Students also will hear about the pros and cons of renting in Boulder and living with roommates, as well as university resources that are available to help students find housing.
In addition to finding an apartment and paying rent, students will have other bills when they live off campus. CU Money Sense will provide useful tools and examples for creating a budget and managing finances.
"Students are eager to live on their own, but they don't always calculate the full cost of living off campus," said Susie Jacobs, director of CU Money Sense. "Students in previous sessions said that the financial education they received was invaluable, and found the information on when and where to look to be a helpful tool in beginning their search."
In addition, Wardenburg Health Center will join the session this year to offer tips for healthy living and eating well on a tight budget.
For more information on living off campus visit the Off-Campus Housing & Neighborhood Relations website at http://offcampushousing.colorado.edu. For financial literacy tips visit the CU Money Sense website at http://bursar.colorado.edu/cumoneysense/.
Michelle Rangel, Off-Campus Housing, 303-492-4622


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The Volvo XC70 is a jack of all trades and master of none. …
The Seat Leon looks absolutely gorgeous, thanks to that teardrop, five-door hatchback shape. And, with the underpinnings of the widely acclaimed Volkswagen Golf backing the Leon up, there's substance beneath those seductive looks.
Very good though the interior is, don't expect absolute top-notch quality plastics. Visibility isn't great, either, due to thick, sweeping, windscreen pillars. The boot isn't as big as the Volkswagen Golf's or a Ford Focus's, nor is the load aperture as practical.
Sitting behind the Leon's small steering wheel on the well bolstered driver's seat, you feel very much as if you're in a sporting car - and it doesn't disappoint you out on the road, either. Although the ride can be a little firm, body control is tight and the handling is tidy and precise, while the engine line-up is impressive, at least for the most part.
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The DC fighting game by NetherRealm Studios is almost here and I'm ridiculously excited. Every little bit of info they throw our way right now is something to get giddy about. The lucky folks over at CVG got their hands on an exclusive new video. The sweet cinematic reveals more about the story (who's on which side and why) and reveals some of Lex Luthor's attacks!
Enjoy keeping this one on loop for the next hour or so.
As you might recall, Lex Luthor and Bane were previously announced via a magazine. While I'd love to see a video of Bane in action, I'd prefer a new reveal or two instead! If you're excited for the game, don't forget to check out the prequel digital comic every Tuesday!
'Injustice: Gods Among Us' will come out April 19th and, if you have the cash, there's a fairly awesome Battle Edition and Collector's Edition available.
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Marques&Jordy have been selected to design the new brand for car centres
London based studio, Marques&Jordy (M&J), have been announced as the winners of an invitation only competition to develop the design of a new kind of car expo and showroom centres across China, the Oasis Expo Centres.
The movement and the curved lines of sports cars inspire the design of the centre, a showcase of a dream world of top automobile brands, attracting motor sport enthusiastic new customers. The exhibition centre uses state of the art materials and technology, all the way from construction through the centre's life ensuring it achieves high standards of performance.
The client is a young and visionary Chinese developer group aspiring to improve the urban landscape of new cities. Reflective surfaces and bright colours together with the curve profile help to create an iconic new centre of town. A first car centre of Oasis Exhibition Centres, with total enclosed area of 60,000sq.m., is located in Longquan District, Chengdu, China and its scheduled to start on site in September 2013.
"It's commonly believed that China has no creativity and all buildings look the same, as copies of each other. This couldn't be further from the truth. China's cities are an inspirational burst of creativity and engineering. At Marques&Jordy, we believe in 'Creating Love Through Design', with the Oasis Expo Centres, we are transforming the love for sports cars into sensational architecture. M&J aims to create iconic designs that engage emotions and we are delighted to see the young Chinese clients have the same passion in 'building a Beautiful China' said Yu Jordy Fu, Creative Director at Marques&Jordy.
Notes to Editor: About Marques & Jordy | www.marquesandjordy.com
Founded in London, Marques & Jordy is driven by a pursuit of creating love through design. Their aim is to create environments that engage emotions through architectural concepts and product design contributing for a sustainable future.
Marques & Jordy is a tightly knit team of highly skilled young professionals with a diverse mix of nationalities speaking 8 languages throughout their studios globally. Their combined creativity and skills in the latest digital modelling and visualising techniques like BIM, parametric and generative design, offers vibrant and dynamic mix results. Together they create art, architecture, urban planning, interior design, exhibition and product design. M&J is passionate and committed to challenge and transform conventional nodes of design. The team's collaborative approach extends clients ambitions, producing award winning and ground breaking work.
Yu Jordy Fu will gave a talk at the TED Conference 2013 in California on 26 February, having been selected from a year- long search and auditions in 14 cities in 6 continents.
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I don't have a goal at all other than to keep pointing out where I think people are wrong.....
No, very true..... He may make the top 15, top 10 or top 5 someday but not now. He may be the best QB in his draft someday, but not right now.... ...
Luck is already the best rookie QB when it comes to passing.
BTW, not only has RG3 been sacked more than Luck this year (11 to 9), he also runs more than Luck and thus is going to be hit more in non-sack situations. Not only that but RG3 has already had 1 concussion this season. So tell us again how Luck is more likely to get a season ending injury?
The fact is you don't have a clue of what you're talking about and still sulking about decisions made by the front office. Get over it.
Too bad there's no forum rule against trolling or olblu would be banned long before now.
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Luck has already won as many games as this team won all of last year...and at least half as many games as his naysayers said he would win. If he plays well and wins in NY, he will start getting more credit.
IMO, he is going to be another Elway or Manning level talent given time.
I know his goals very well. I know all of these things. The fact that these are his goals is the whole problem. His goals aren't to have worthwhile discussions and talk about the Colts/Pacers/whatever. His goals are to irritate people and cause consternation amongst the group, which he is wildly successful at doing.
If he survives that long and that is a big if. He isn't going to win in NY, next case. The Colts should be 0-5 right now. They made the most of the chances they were given, I will give them credit for that.....
There are two types of quarterbacks in the league: Those whom over time, the league figures out ... and those who figure out the league.
I don't goof off. I get to write off that entire rig as a business expense.....
Pro smiley user look at that avatar smiley consistency
And when I say "the bidness," I do of course mean "the industry."
"And Tottenham do not know what hit them...well I can tell you, it's Theo Walcott!"
"And it's Tony Adams put through by Steve Bould, WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT?! That...sums it all up."
There are two types of quarterbacks in the league: Those whom over time, the league figures out ... and those who figure out the league.
He's a social media expert.
"And Tottenham do not know what hit them...well I can tell you, it's Theo Walcott!"
"And it's Tony Adams put through by Steve Bould, WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT?! That...sums it all up."
Hey!!! I am the executive producer of television shows that air on national TV networks (CBS and Fox)....... I won't be doing a show about Andrew Luck. I would be interested in doing one with RGIII, he actually has a personality as seen in his many commercials.....
Commercials are important they win lots of games.
They show one's personality. RGIII has one, Luck does not (besides, he is ugly as a fence post).....
Actually, I am exactly that. We make the most out of Facebook. Just because I can't get along with a small group of fans (short for fanatics) here, doesn't mean that I am not a first class people person. I have made my living that way for a long time....


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Why not revisit this?
Iggy+16 for Granger+26
The drop in 10 spots for the Sixers is only because Iggy is owed roughly $3 mil more in salary than Granger....this is merely to balance out the trade when it comes to $$$$.
We need a Player that can create.....or at least pass the ball better....and the Sixers needs some scoring and 3pt shooting :shrug:


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Delaney Kester LLP is a law partnership founded by Royston Delaney and Charles Kester. The two men first began working together in 2006. The case that brought them together was United States ex rel. Westmoreland v. Amgen, Inc. et al, a gargantuan whistleblower case that spanned the next six years.
Like most False Claims Act cases, the Amgen case was filed under seal and it remained undisclosed until it was unsealed and made public in November 2009. An amended complaint was filed before the end of that calendar year and intense litigation with the defendants began in earnest. Over the next two years, attorneys Delaney and Kester worked together along with a hand-picked team of attorneys around the country, both in private practice and in public service, to litigate the claims against biotech giant Amgen. [1]
The hard-fought litigation saw numerous twists and turns: the federal trial court dismissed the Westmoreland case in its entirety in March 2010; thereafter, the legal team filed an amended complaint and, at the same time, pursued the trial court's dismissal to the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit; intense discovery went ahead on the amended complaint, including almost 100 depositions; six witnesses "took the Fifth" in their depositions; the Court of Appeals reversed the original dismissal and the parallel tracks converged. Yet another amended pleading survived a renewed motion to dismiss and summary judgment. Trial was set for mid-October 2011. But with just three weeks to go, in late-September 2011, Amgen capitulated and advised the trial judge that a compromise had been reached. The next month, Amgen announced to the world that the case, along with others under investigation, was settled for $762 million dollars.
Delaney Kester LLP is a law partnership forged in the crucible of high-stakes litigation, and it is dedicated to representing whistleblowers across America. Please contact our firm if you are aware of fraud on the government and you need to retain an experienced qui tam lawyer.
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For those of you with experience and small hands...
So I had a session in the field last night throwing roughly 120-150 times. When I got home I realized that I started to blister on my index finger in two places, one on the "rip point" of the first joint of the finger - from what I've been able to research on here is that this is a tell tale sign of a slip? The other one that developed was on the 3rd joint of the index finger (the part closest to the pad of the hand). I think this is a result of working on getting the finger above the disc and having the back of the disc still "above the fold" of the hand. I end up having to grip pretty tightly - more tightly than I probably should be for sure, but I worried that these blisters are signs of other problems. Should I just be prepared to tape up when I head out to practice going forward or should I be making adjustments to prevent these type of blisters?
Again, I have pretty small fingers (my index finger is 73mm, with the middle joint roughly 21ish mm) - at this point I'm not throwing anything faster than I speed 9 driver as the rims for anything larger are really tough to maneuver correctly into my hand. Any feedback is appreciated.
*Edit* Should I also wait for my skin to heal before practicing more or am I good to just tape up and throw?


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The Barrow Group Acting Studio Begins SAVE ME Performances, 1/18
The Barrow Group Acting Studio announces the New York premiere of Save Me at The Barrow Group Studio Theatre, January 18, 2013 thru February 10, 2013. Written by award-winning playwright Stefanie Zadravec, Save Me was named "Best New Play" at the Baltimore Playwrights Festival and was the recipient of The Phoenix Theatre's National Playwriting Competition.
The comic drama centers on Beth, who comes to New York to save her estranged sister, and discovers how to save her daughter and herself. The play delivers its miracles in odd packages.
Save Me is directed by Lee Brock, Co-Artistic Director of The Barrow Group, and features: Christina Denzinger, Chloe Levine, Porter Pickard and Alyson Schacherer. Set design by Eric Paeper.
Tickets are $18 and available at: www.Smarttix.com. For more information please visitwww.barrowgroup.org/showing.


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A-Gon, Puig, Maholm all exit with injuries
LOS ANGELES -- Not only did the Dodgers fall to the Cubs, 8-2, Friday night, but they added injury to the insult with Adrian Gonzalez, Yasiel Puig and left-hander Paul Maholm all exiting the game.
Gonzalez (right knee contusion) and Puig (mild left hamstring soreness) are both day to day, manager Don Mattingly said. But Maholm could potentially miss a significant stretch of time, as he heard a pop in his right knee as he went to cover first base on an inning-ending groundout in the seventh inning.
After head athletic trainer Stan Conte examined him, Maholm was able to walk off of the field on his own power, but he was on crutches after the game and went to get an MRI on the knee.
"Paul's is the one that's pretty serious, it seems, like the way he came off the field and was moving around," Mattingly said. "He felt it the step before he got to the bag. He was walking good, but then we he got to the steps, it kind of gave out."
Maholm pitched two innings and threw 31 pitches in the outing and has been a long reliever and spot starter for the Dodgers this season. He was relieved by right-hander Brian Wilson in the eighth.
In the beginning of the seventh -- before Maholm's injury -- Andre Ethier subbed into center field, replacing Puig.
"I think Yasiel's got a sore hamstring," Mattingly said. "I'm not sure when it happened. I think he told Stan leaving first base in the same inning, and he'll be day to day. We'll see where he's at tomorrow."
Gonzalez suffered a right knee contusion in the bottom of the first inning on a play at home that was ruled an out and upheld by a crew-chief review.
Gonzalez said his knee bounced off of the clay around home plate -- causing him to miss the plate on the slide and creating some temporary numbness.
Already dealing with a sore back, Gonzalez left the game in the top of the third, replaced by Scott Van Slyke at first base.
"He wasn't really feeling terrible after the game," Mattingly said. "He's got some soreness. He'll be stiff or whatever, but he'll be day to day."
However, Mattingly said that Gonzalez would likely have gotten Saturday off, regardless, as the Dodgers will be facing left-hander Tsuyoshi Wada.
There was an additional Dodger injury Friday -- on the coaching staff -- but Mattingly wasn't concerned.
"Davey Lopes slipped on the steps," he said, cracking smile. "But he's OK.
"He slipped twice actually."
Michael Lananna is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Although I don't see it, perhaps it is from my perspective of genealogy and family history rather than looking at it from the information services perspective.
Today's article over at The Street – entitled Ancestry.com's Growth May Attract a Suitor – does a good review of Ancestry.com's growth in terms of revenue, subscribers and profits. It also spectulates that Ancestry.com is ripe for the picking especially from a company like Google which is sitting on $32 billion in cash.
I also wonder how much of the speculation is this: one of the co-founders of Google, Sergey Brin, has a connection in the genealogy and family history industry with his wife Anne Wojcicki being one of the founders of the genealogy DNA company 23andMe.
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In order to get HBO (we've become suddenly and completely addicted to Deadwood), my wife and I just made the jump to digital cable TV (Comcast, west coast).
Looking forward to next season, can anyone tell me about the NBA League Pass thing? The customer reps don't know ****, so I'm asking all of you:
How does it work? Do you have to choose a team? If so, do you get other games? What other benefits or programming should I expect?
What do you like about NBALP? What' do you dislike about NBALP?
Is there a time of year when it costs less to join? How much do each of you pay? Do you pay in one lump sum or is the cost spread over several months?
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Nearly one week ago, a fire erupted inside a parked Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787 at London's Heathrow Airport. Thursday, the British Air Investigation Branch issued a bulletin urging the deactivation of an emergency transmitter on all 787s. The British investigators stopped just short of blaming the Emergency Locator Transmitter for the fire. But they did recommend that the Federal Aviation Administration order the deactivation of beacons on 787s under FAA authority. Melissa Block talks with NPR's Wendy Kaufman.


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Whooping cough (also known as pertussis) is a highly contagious bacterial disease that can be spread by coughing. People with pertussis have severe coughing attacks that can last for months. Infants too young for vaccination are at greatest risk for life-threatening cases of pertussis. Over 9,000 cases of pertussis were reported in California during 2010, the most in over 60 years, including 10 infant deaths. Consistent with a peak in incidence every 3-5 years, CDPH has declared a whooping cough epidemic in 2014. Pertussis is widespread throughout the U.S. and the rest of the world.
Make sure that you have been vaccinated against whooping cough. Booster doses are needed throughout life, because protection against whooping cough after vaccination or disease wanes over time.
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Whenever I try to use the search engine on Dhammawheel I find there is a poverty of results returned compared to a quick site:http://www.dhammawheel.com/ search on google. I just searched for 'munindo' and dhammawheel's own search engine gave me 1 hit. Google gave me 81. Granted, sometimes there are double hits but none so far on the first two pages of hits.
What's wrong with Dhammawheel's search engine? I don't really like using google to search forums with, it does not provide the same advanced criteria tailored to forums that most specialised engines do. Given that the forum uses phpbb software there should be several options for choice of search backend and probably also some plugins available to improve on this as well. Something worth looking into maybe?


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All Gabby DePetro remembers is that it happened when all she wanted to do was hang out with her friends.
A lifelong soccer player, DePetro was being urged to try a sport that seemed similar. That was her introduction to field hockey as an eighth-grader at Carmel Valley Middle School.
Four years have elapsed and DePetro is now in her fourth season on the Canyon Crest Academy varsity despite not turning 17 until late this month. She's a mainstay on a team that has reached the San Diego Section Division II championship game the last two years.
But DePetro and her Ravens teammates, who were the No. 1 seed in the playoffs last year, are still searching for that first field hockey crown in school history.
"We had a great team last year and had a lot going in our favor," said DePetro, speaking about the 2-0 loss to perennial powerhouse Serra. "It was a big shock to get to the finals sophomore year, but we knew we had the capabilities last year.
"That's why losing last year's final hurt a little bit more."
DePetro did her part for the 24-2 Ravens with 17 goals and eight assists after former Canyon Crest coach Analia Carlsson switched her from forward to midfield.
From time to time, she even played defense when the Ravens were protecting a lead late in games.
"Gabby just loves the game, always has," said Carlsson, who is now teaching and coaching at Sage Creek High in Carlsbad. "She has so much passion for the game that nothing, not even a position change, distracts her.
"All summer long, college coaches came to watch her play. They found out she has an energy that rubs off on the other kids."
The first thing coaches notice is her size. She doesn't have much.
At 5-feet-1, DePetro makes excellent use of her technique for sneaking through the defense to either attack the cage or set up a teammate in close.
"A low center of gravity helps," said DePetro, who will attend Cornell. "Field hockey fosters a pretty fair playing field no matter what your size.
"I just have to do the little things and trust my game. It works for me."
So did moving away from the front of the cage to become a triggerman.
"I have more room outside now," DePetro said. "You have to be willing to play the passing game, which I like anyway."
This year, first-year Canyon Crest coach Rebecca Kingsbury is counting on DePetro to lead the cast of young players as a team captain.
It's a role DePetro, normally a quiet person, is relishing.
"I had this role in soccer, so it's not that different," she said. "I know people think I'm quiet, but I can be crazy. I can be loud, very talkative."
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A 'Tip of the Mug' to Valentine's Day
Thursday, Feb. 07, 2013
The USU Ceramics Guild offers one-of-a-kind ceramic mugs as the perfect Valentine gift in its 'Mug our Valentine" sale Thursday, Feb. 14, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Lukes Café on the Quad.
Utah State University's student based Ceramics Guild hosts its annual "Mug Your Valentine" sale Thursday, Feb. 14, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Luke's Café on the Quad in the Agricultural Sciences Building.
Hand-made ceramic mugs will be on sale.
Guild organizers invite everyone to the sale and pick out the perfect mug as a Valentine's Day gift. The purchase of a one-of-a-kind mug includes a free cup of coffee. The mugs are priced individually by each artist, with a minimum starting price of $8.
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Lighte & ErnstThe gentlemen that formed the Lighte, Newton & Bradbury Piano Company had quite a colorful history in the 19th Century piano manufacturing industry. The firm was originally established in 1848 as Lighte & Newton, but in 1851 William Bradbury came into partnership and the firm's name was changed to Lighte, Newton & Bradbury. Only two years later in 1853, Newton withdrew and the firm became known as Lighte & Bradbury until the company was dissolved in 1861. In 1861, William Bradbury independently formed the Bradbury Piano Company, and the Bradbury Piano Company continued building excellent pianos for almost another 100 years, going out of business in about 1950. In 1865, F.C. Lighte, previously of the Lighte, Newton & Bradbury Piano Company, went into partnership with Louis Ernest and they formed the Lighte & Ernest Piano Company, building very well made pianos until about 1890.
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At the Crossroads: Exploring Black Identity in Contemporary Art
January 13–April 8, 2012
This exhibition celebrates the work of six mid-career African American artists who knit together personal iconography with broader spiritual and historical themes. From the bold graphic imagery of Kara Walker and Willie Cole, to the delicately drawn shapes of Ellen Gallagher, and intimate notations of Renée Stout, these artists present the diversity and complexity of the African American experience. Positioning themselves at the crossroads, they explore race and identity through the intersections of their American and global roots.
At the Crossroads: Exploring Black Identity in Contemporary Art
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Student-broadcasters earn state and national honors
Muskingum University's student-broadcasters have
earned both state and national recognition for their work on the
university's two stations, WMCO-90.7 FM radio and WMCO-TV, which operate
under the banner of Orbit Media.
broadcast operations for both stations have earned the "Ohio's
Distinguished Student Organization" award, granted by the Ohio
Communication Association (OCA). The award was presented at the OCA
annual convention held recently in Marietta. Student-broadcasters
accepting the award on behalf of the station were Joe Lemasters, Kaylee
Lukacena, Kayla Rausch and Jessica White. WMCO was nominated for the
award by Muskingum alumnus Doug Switzer' 79, who was on the WMCO staff
as a student. He was motivated to make the nomination after he visited
campus during WMCO's 50th anniversary celebration and was impressed with
what he saw. He also was on hand in Marietta to present the award.
the national level, Mark Danner and Luke Carmichael were named
finalists at the College Broadcasters, Incorporated (CBI) National
Student Electronic Media Convention, held recently in San Antonio,
Texas. They were recognized for their work on a "Freedom of Speech
Public Service Announcement" in CBI's National Student Production
Awards. The two were named finalists in a field of more than 700
submissions from 100 college and university broadcasting organizations.
Muskingum University's Obit Media currently have a
total of 32 students on staff. They are advised by Professor of
Communication Dr. Jeff Harman and Associate Professor of Communication
Dr. Lisa Marshall. Mark Bohach serves as broadcast engineer.
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Orbit Media student-broadcasters were named "Student Organization of the
Year" by the Ohio Communications Association at its annual meeting,
held recently in Marietta. Accepting the award were, from the left to
right, Jessica White, Kaylee Lukecena, Kayla Rausch, Joe Lemasters,
Muskingum alumnus Doug Switzer '79 (who made the award nomination) and
Muskingum Professor of Communication Dr. Jeff Harman.
BOTTOM PHOTO: WMCO had two
finalists in the College Broadcasters Incorporated National Student
Production Awards. Mark Danner and Luke Carmichael, seen here left to
right, were finalists for their "Freedom of Speech Public Service
Announcement" out of 700 entrants from 100 colleges and universities
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Could be the Malone-Rodman of our time. I say we get MMA guys for the tag teams this time through.
Glad BRush made it back. Always liked him.
They've got to feel pretty good about the Scola trade. Both guys producing for them.
This space for rent.
Ahhhhh, me too man! I loved the coffee man.
Tyler Hansbrough assist watch: 98 minutes played, 0 assists.
Playing pretty well otherwise it seems though.
He's basically right on pace with his career average. The shocking thing is the 4 blocks he's had. No way is that sustainable. He might only have 4 more all year.
what happens when he gets one?
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Tyler 23/7- 2 Stl
Augustin 2/1
J Jack 20/4/5- 3 Stl, 3 Blk
Sounds like Augustin is continuing down the path known as playing himself out of this league.
Well he did record an assist on the Pacers-Raptors game last time. So I guess apocalypse is fast approaching
Miles Plumlee: 8 points (4/9 shooting), 12 rebounds, 5 blocks and 1 steal.
Gerald Green: 15 points (6/12 shooting, 1/5 from 3, 2/2 FTs), 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal.
Both ex-Pacers came up with key plays in the last 5 minutes of the game. Miles had 3 of his 5 blocks down the stretch while Gerald hit a 3, made a sweet pass and hit the FTs that iced the game.
The Suns are looking impressive early on. Hornacek seems like a coach that he can motivate his players and they are playing with passion. Fun team to watch
Tonight, all flags must burn, in place of steeples.
Autonomy must return into the hands of the people.
I don't think Green is nearly as bad as he seemed here, he's just the type of player that needs to play in an up tempo offense, while being set up by other players. He's looked consistently good on the suns this far.
Agreed. We just never utilized him correctly here.
Tonight, all flags must burn, in place of steeples.
Autonomy must return into the hands of the people.
I agree. When you rely on Gerald Green "the jump shooter" it will drive you crazy, just like what he was as a Pacer. When you rely on Gerald Green "the interior operator" you're getting more production out of him. His last game's stat line shows that with him struggling with his outside shot at 1/5 but still managed to finish with 6/12 from the field.
Have we taken the time to laugh at all the people who wanted Fab Melo so badly after Bird drafted Plumlee yet? I hope I didn't miss out.
He's mainly been a jump shooter for them though. He's been the beneficiary of a lot of drive and kick ball, and quality transition looks, which though they may go down as spot up jumpers like the looks he got last year, they come in an entirely different rhythm. Frankly the main difference between then and now is that he's hitting his shots and his jumper no longer looks as broken as it did last year, seems more like NJ Green. The better system fit is definitely helping though.
Plumlee's been really impressive as well, awesome on the glass, solid hands, finishes well, and has even shown the ability to create a bit for himself and hit an open mid range jumper. The quicker pace and drive and dish play style definitely seems to suit him better as well.
A Gerald Green fan who now finds himself rooting for the Suns.
I definitely thought Plumlee's stats at the beginning of the season were a major fluke, but I have to give him some major props for keeping it up. I never would have dreamed he could play like this and was completely wrong about him. He wouldn't be getting this opportunity on the Pacers this year, so I'm glad for his sake that he is in an environment where he can thrive. Good for him.
This is exactly right, and why I, for his sake, wanted him to be traded to a team where he could develop. He landed in a great situation for himself. Kudos to Miles for his success with the Suns!
The Pacers developed Miles. All you've got to do is watch him try Roy's hook and the way he defends the rim to realize that.
Which might be another thread topic, about how great the Pacers are about developing talent. Roy/PG/Lance/Miles/OJ. The list just keeps getting longer and longer.
EDIT: PHX was even surprised about how well Miles looked when he came to their camp.
http://arizonasports.com/41/1672038/...sing-preseasonseven games this preseason, spanning 130 minutes, Plumlee managed 32 rebounds, second only to Marcin Gortat and Markieff Morris, and eight blocks, which trailed only Gortat among Suns players.
"Miles has been terrific," Babby said. "You know, rebounding the ball, blocking shots, running the floor. I think that he was a very pleasant surprise."
Babby later explained how general manager Ryan McDonough targeted Plumlee, who spent his rookie season with the Indiana Pacers, as a player who would fit the team's needs.
"Ryan saw it in summer league," Babby said of McDonough's trip to Orlando to scout.
Summer league with the Pacers.
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As for Miles, I'm pretty impressed. Just going from a player who can't even get consistent garbage time to a really solid starting center is really impressive. Just a win-win trade for us and the Suns, following up from a win-win trade with the Spurs from several years back.
Tonight, all flags must burn, in place of steeples.
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(Aug. 15) By now you might have noticed the increasing number of Hispanic consumers shopping your stores. From 1990 to 2000, the Hispanic population in the U.S. grew by 58%, to 35.3 million. That number is expected to increase to 55.1 million by 2020, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Some retailers have recognized this growth and have altered their corporate strategies to focus on Hispanics. Nash Finch Co., Edina, Minn., opened its first Avanza supermarket in Denver in late spring. The store is designed for Hispanic consumers, and the company has plans to open more Avanza stores across the Midwest.Albertson's Inc., Boise, Idaho, which already has a Hispanic "plaza" format store in Orlando, Fla., is considering a Hispanic format store in Chicago, where it owns the city's largest grocery chain, Jewel-Osco.
While creating an entire store for Hispanic consumers might not be in your budget, there are steps you can take to reap the benefits from this segment of the population.
In November and December, the Food Marketing Institute, Washington, D.C., conducted a survey of Hispanic shoppers and supermarkets in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and earlier this year the organization published "U.S. Hispanics: Insights into Grocery Shopping Preferences and Attitudes 2002." In the study, FMI found that 97% of Hispanics ranked high quality fruits and vegetables as the No. 1 reason they chose a grocery store.
The study also revealed that Hispanic purchasing power grew 160% between 1990 and 2001, from $208 billion to $542 billion, and that in 2000 Hispanic households spent $33.1 billion on food for use at home. Hispanic shoppers also spend $117 per week on groceries, compared to the $87 per week spent by all U.S. grocery shoppers.
"Perishables are so important because (Hispanics) believe that meals made from scratch are more nutritious than prepared meals," says Michelle Del Toro Jaketic, research manager at FMI. "It all goes back to the Hispanic culture."
According to the Hispanic Food Distributors Association, Chicago, Hispanic households cook dinner at home 5.6 times per week, which is more than Anglo households cook. Allen Lydick, consultant with Mexigrocers.com, Raleigh, N.C., says Hispanics eat out only 1.2 times per week on average, they spend 25% more on food to eat at home than Anglos, and they make 67% of their meals from scratch.
Jim Atkinson, produce manager and international buyer for the single Buy for Less store in Oklahoma City, says the company has identified Hispanics as a prime target group.
"The Hispanic consumer is the most profitable consumer you can have in your stores because they hit your perishables so hard. They buy all kinds of different produce, and price is not a factor. When Chilean peaches are in season at $1.99 a pound, if they want 10 pounds, they buy it."
It takes more than just chili peppers to attract the largest minority group in the U.S.
At Buy for Less, piñatas decorate display tables and Mexican flags hang from the ceiling. Atkinson says the first Hispanic display consumers see is an endcap of Mexican papayas and an 8-foot square case of items like tomatillos, cactus leaves and chili peppers.
At Food Lion, a Salisbury, N.C.-based chain of 1,200 stores, having a variety of roots like yuca, boniato and malanga and dried and fresh chili peppers is important, says Mirna Franjul, category manager of specialty foods and a native of the Dominican Republic. She says depending on the location of the store, Hispanic sets range from 12-foot to 56-foot gondolas.
Mike Witt, director of produce and floral retail fresh merchandising for Supervalu Inc., Minneapolis, a chain of 1,200 stores, says about 12 of the company's 80 corporate Cub Food stores have been remodeled to carry the Don Chilitos Hispanic product line distributed by St. Paul, Minn.-based wholesaler J&J Distributing. The product line includes about 60 stock-keeping units of dried vegetables, rice, beans, peppers and spices for the Hispanic consumer. At Cub's Apple Valley, Minn., store, the products are merchandised on a peg rack and gondola about 6 feet long. The gondola is placed at the end of the produce department where all consumers must pass to move to the rest of the store.
David Brand, produce and floral field specialist for Supervalu, says the store's first three days of having the Don Chilitos brand brought more than $500 in sales to the produce department. In front of the display, Cub also palletizes a 2,000-pound bag of pinto beans, which are sold for 44 cents per pound.
Witt says the company plans to incorporate Don Chilitos products in all of its Cub stores in all regions. Supervalu has identified about 35% of corporate and franchised stores that will have their Hispanic sections expanded. By late July, the size of the pepper display had doubled in the stores targeted as having a high potential for Hispanic consumers. The chain also has identified about 40 fresh produce items that it will key in on for Hispanics including jicama, roma tomatoes and papayas.
Besides having the right mix of produce, product must be displayed in a way that appeals to Hispanic consumers. Franjul says retailers should strive for large, bulk displays that will entice the eye and exude freshness. Lydick says Hispanic consumers want produce stacked in large displays so they can sort through it and pick out the best products. At Cub, Hispanic shoppers like items priced by the each, such as limes at 10 for $1.
It also is important to create a Hispanic-friendly atmosphere. At J&J Supermarkets Inc., Gainesville, Ga., a two-store chain, Spanish music is played over the intercom. Lydick says the store knows that the majority of its Hispanic consumers shop on Saturday afternoons, so at noon, it switches over to a Latin radio station to make the Hispanic shoppers feel more welcome. He says the stores also use colorful signs to create excitement.
Before you can sell Hispanic produce, you need to let Hispanic shoppers know you carry the products they need. Franjul says communication is key to getting Hispanics through the front door.
"As long as promotions and coupons are done in Spanish, we would use them. You would get the same redemption as you would with rest of the market if they were in Spanish," Franjul says.
FMI's study showed that 68% of Hispanic shoppers agreed they understand advertising better in Spanish, so many retailers have begun to advertise that way.
Shaw's Supermarkets Inc., West Bridgewater, Mass., a chain of 187 stores, circulates ads in Spanish around holidays to attract shoppers. Buy for Less runs a biweekly ad in a local Spanish newspaper year-round. Lydick says there are about 350 Hispanic newspapers across the U.S. with reasonable advertising costs. He also says radio is a big draw for Hispanic shoppers, which was one advertising avenue Cub was considering for the future.
Suppliers, too, can advertise nationally to increase Hispanic consumption of their products. The Oppenheimer Group, Vancouver, British Columbia, began a three-month Zespri Gold kiwifruit promotion in July. The campaign promotes the fruit as "Tu Pila Natural" or "your natural battery," a slogan designed to communicate the energy and nutrition derived from kiwifruit, according to a company press release.
Oppenheimer is targeting the Chicago market with its campaign because 26% of the city's population is Hispanic. During the promotion, the slogan is appearing in bus shelters and billboards. Thirty-second radio ads are playing on Spanish language radio stations, and the product is being featured at three major Hispanic festivals in the city, which are predicted to attract 1.5 million people. Once Hispanic consumers enter the store, Oppenheimer has Spanish point-of-sale materials and in-store demos take over.
In Buy for Less stores, daily specials are announced over the intercom in English and Spanish, and some retailers use bilingual signs at the point of sale.
While bilingual signs make Hispanic consumers feel at home, they could do more harm than good.
"In New York City, there are more Mexicans than Puerto Ricans," says Kevin Armata, president of Windsor Marketing Group, Windsor Locks, Conn. "They are all Spanish speaking, but the dialects are drastically different One word means totally the opposite word in another (dialect)."
That's why Armata advises retailers to use pictures rather than words to convey produce sales. He says Hispanics put together pictures of a product and a price quickly, and using pictures keeps you from alienating certain segments of the population.
"The balance of ads has shifted in response to this. Now they are 20% description, 40 % picture and 40% price, where as before they were 50% price, 20% picture and 30% description," Armata says.
One major retail chain that Armata has been working with went on an eight-week test with the revamped ads, and after just three weeks it decided to keep the new look indefinitely.
Just as there are various dialects of Spanish, there are variations between Hispanic consumers. Groups within the Hispanic community range from Mexican to Puerto Rican to Latino and more; each group looks for slightly different produce items.
Atkinson says Mexicans, Central and South Americans, Puerto Ricans and Cubans shop at Buy for Less.
"Central and South Americans use no gas-green bananas when making tamales," he says. "The Mexicans use corn husks and mesa to make tamales, but the Central and South Americans wrap their tamales in fresh banana leaves."
Atkinson says that at Christmas, the store sells about 200 pounds of banana leaves a day at $1.99 per pound.
Lydick of Mexigrocers.com says that unlike popular assumptions, Puerto Ricans don't like the spicy foods that Mexicans do.
Franjul of Food Lion says Puerto Ricans also are inclined to buy more plantains and roots, while Mexicans buy more jicama and chili peppers.
The Hispanic community can be segmented into groups based on their acculturation levels, too. FMI's study separated Hispanics into Spanish-preferred, bilinguals and English-preferred consumers. Shopping preferences differed significantly between the three groups. One statistic showed that Spanish-preferred consumers cooked Hispanic meals 91% of the time, while English-preferred consumers cooked Hispanic meals only 45% of the time.
In order to successfully target Hispanics, familiarize yourself with your local Hispanic consumers.
One way to learn about Hispanic product preferences and shopping behavior is to ask ethnic employees to recommend restaurants and then bring them along to explain the dishes, according to "Grow with America: Best Practices in Ethnic Marketing and Merchandising," published by the Coca-Cola Retailing Research Council of North America. Find out how meals are prepared. When are they eaten? What are the ingredients?
Or bring prepared and packaged ethnic foods to merchandising meetings to introduce buyers, merchandisers and category managers to new items and brands. The study recommentsscoping out leading ethnic supermarkets on a regular basis.
Another option is to surf the Internet and look through cookbooks for recipes. Take note of staple ingredients that often come up: produce, condiments, herbs, meats and grocery items.
Also consider hiring Hispanic employees to help interact with Hispanic shoppers. Atkinson says Buy for Less, which is paying for him to take Spanish classes this fall, has four Hispanic produce personnel.
Suppliers can play a role in interacting with Hispanic consumers, too. According to the May 2001 "Grocery Headquarters," published by Windsor Marketing Group, employees at Presidente Supermarkets, Miami, receive Spanish-language training from supplier International Systems & Electronics Corp., also based in Miami.
FMI's Jaketic says that having Hispanic employees is an added bonus, but it is more important for employees to be educated about Hispanic produce items.
"Having associates there that know the products will help attract and retain Hispanic consumers," she says.
(Aug. 15) By now you might have noticed the increasing number of Hispanic consumers shopping your stores. From 1990 to 2000, the Hispanic population in the U.S. grew by 58%, to 35.3 million. That number is expected to increase to 55.1 million by 2020, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.


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Gaming company Aristocrat Leisure is selling its lotteries business to the world's biggest online gaming software supplier, Playtech, for 10.5 million euros.
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i agree wholeheartedly!!!
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I'm disappointed. I expected more from you.Originally Posted by vapacersfan
Hit it and quit it.
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Shame it wasn't 27 years ago!
I'll always remember his game-winning dunk over Chris Paul.
but yes he was terrible
So, does Chris Paul get to suit up for the Lakers on Feb. 2nd?
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Expanding to Canada was an bad idea. It created two undesirable franchises. The Grizzlies lasted a whopping six seasons before jetting out of there. The Raptors have survived, but they are an undesirable destination. They have made the playoffs just 5 times in 17 years, and have won just one playoff series in that time span. For the most part, they have been a perpetually bad team.
Also, creating the Bobcats a mere two years after the Hornets left was completely unnecessary.
So we'd still be watching on delay if it weren't for Stern? Not a single other soul would have had that light bulb go off?
No major sport in this day in age would ever be on tape delay. Showing stuff live is just part of a natural progression.
I mean when he took over attendance was awful. Atlanta (7,139), Chicago (6,365), Cleveland (5,075) and Washington (7,920). Now the worst team in the league is double most of those. He took over a league that was in bad shape and now is thriving. Who knows if others could of done it but im sure Herb Simon is glad he bought the team for 10m and now the team is worth much much more.
The Raptors actually do very well that city really supports the team and I consider TOR a good basketball town. The main issue is that players dont like paying the taxs there and all the traveling issues so if they arent winning players wont want to be there. If they built a better team around Bosh who is to say he wouldnt of stayed? I mean an aging JO is all they could do?
I do agree you could tweak the system to make them more desirable $$ wise however with the visa issues you really cant do much about.
I just cant see a reason the owners could even gripe about the guy who made them so much $$
The greatest thing he did was take games off tape delay, and get things on prime-time, but main reasons for that were Celtics/Lakers finals, and Michael Jordan. He got blessed with the most popular player in NBA history months after he took over. He did some good things, he did some very bad things (Bobcats, New Orleans Hornets, Vancouver, Toronto come to mind) but overall he was good and will probably be missed.
His first 15 years or so (before the first lockout and after MJ retired with Bulls) were excellent, after that its been not that great.
"It's just unfortunate that we've been penalized so much this year and nothing has happened to the Pistons, the Palace or the city of Detroit," he said. "It's almost like it's always our fault. The league knows it. They should be ashamed of themselves to let the security be as lax as it is around here."
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The Raptors and the Grizzlies (when they played in Vancouver) should not go hand in hand. The Raptors have a solid fanbase, while the Grizzlies didn't.
I will say Stern helped turn basketball into what it is today. One of the most followed and played sports in the whole world. It's easily become second to football in North America.
However, it is definitely time for a change at commissioner and Silver seems like a very good choice.
Last edited by Trophy; 10-25-2012 at 04:56 PM.
I do think the time has come so to speak, but I'll admit it, I'll miss Stern being a cocky SOB. I'm sure some (most) hated it, but it always made me chuckle. C'mon, when he got booed at the draft he gave em the Hulk Hogan I can't hear you hand motion.
The fans at MSG booing Stern and cheering Silver is the best part of the NBA year (if your team doesn't win a championship).
Find me another commish that can go to Rucker and rock a Terror Squad chain
I don't think Stern was nearly as good as some of you believe, but I wasn't arguing against any of that. You said this:
His over expansion of the league is a definite point of criticism, and one that is pretty big considering the financial struggles of the NBA right now. Leaders get credit for the good and the bad. Two lockouts in 15 years is a pretty big deal.
EDIT: Guess I should have just read the rest of the thread to see Sollozzo's post.
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The NBA is thriving? The NFL is thriving. Their lockout was about how to split the massive money pie fairly between parties. The NBA's lockout is because teams are bleeding money like crazy. I mean, we talk about the chances of the Pacers moving mutliple times a year, every year.
You're also pretty much saying the NBA is at the lowest level in North American leagues. The NBA and basketball has become easily the second watched and played sport in North America behind football and it's expanded greatly internationally.
In addition, if any league over expanded itself it's the NHL and possibly the MLB. For the most part, NBA teams have developed fan bases. Hockey is appreciated mainly by Canadians, so placing teams in random cities/areas in the U.S. is not very smart. In the MLB, a hand full of teams wind up with stadiums half filled because they haven't been anywhere in over a decade.
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I'm not saying it's the lowest league in NA. I'm simply stating facts. There was a lockout in 99 and last year. Both of those were due to CBA deals and the revenue split. Both times the NBA said about half of the teams were losing money. The NBA was struggling financially both times, and had lost games as a result. Some lockouts are strategic, like the NFL lockout. Some lockouts are just terrible situations. Both NBA lockouts were due to bad financial situations.
You can't talk about all the good things Stern did for the game, while ignoring that the NBA is struggling mightly financially. If your product can't make money then how good were the decisions you made? Surely deciding to add two more teams to a league that was already struggling to support the teams they had was a bad idea.
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My bad.
27 years late.
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Anybody who watched Basketball in the 90s knows that this NBA is not thriving compared to what it could be. Hell their profitability is so low there was an argument over whether or not they even made money.
The problem was Stern had built a league where stars dominated. And every team had a star. But then he went and expanded the NBA to make it harder for teams to find stars. And while its not his fault, he oversaw the NBA where Stars decided to collude and instead of 3 teams having a star, they just go to one team. Leaving two fanbases disillusioned without any hope of winning till they find a new star
we are in one of the worst economic times ever and the league is still growing thats a hell of an accomplishment.
Stars dominating isnt a problem that is what sells to the casual fan and that's what gets ratings. The way the NBA is run is a very smart way where they make a lot of money. But it's not Stern's fault players want to team up you cant do anything about it however im sure he doesnt mind. Like it or not the league took off because of Bird and his star teammates vs Magic and his star teammates and the league has always done best when that happens. If OKC and Durant develops a real rivalry vs LBJ in the next couple years the league will be even stronger. That is the nature of the league and thats smart to market the league in that manner so you grow the league which benefits everyone.
Yep the league is so strong financially that they had to have a lockout less than a year ago


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We had to laugh. We had four emails and texts today from buddies who asked us what is wrong with the Nation.
"Oh is it down?" we asked. "Our shared server has been crashing lately." To our suprise this wasn't the case at all.
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For the first eight months that the Nation was around we were proud if we wrote every day. Then we started getting the team together and there are some days we have five separate articles. Even if the team sucks people still love their Oilers. Now we have people who actually want to read something on a more regular schedule. We shall attempt to meet your terrorist demands fellas. Our apologies.
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He's how talented?
How often does he get injured?
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ST. LOUIS -- Jason Motte traveled to St. Louis this weekend to participate in the Cardinals' Winter Warm-Up and to accept the Darryl Kile Award at Sunday's annual St. Louis Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) Dinner. On Monday, he'll be relocating to Florida to continue his rehab work.
Motte, who has spent the offseason at his Memphis home, will report to the Cardinals' Jupiter, Fla., complex several weeks early so that he can work alongside assistant athletic trainer Adam Olsen as he continues to rebuild arm strength from Tommy John surgery. After taking a respite from throwing (as was prescribed in his program), Motte will resume playing catch this week.
As for a timetable for his return to game play, Motte won't yet speculate that far in advance. What is known, though, is that he'll participate in a modified Spring Training program and won't be ready to break camp with the club.
"You don't want to rush it to get it back," Motte said. "Then we're not doing anything but hurting me, hurting everyone else. We have some pretty good guys down there [in the bullpen], so it's not like they're really hurting. … I just need to take my time and get healthy and get where I can go out there and help the team win. Me rushing to do anything isn't going to help anyone."
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View from the corner: Alvarez, Trout to promote upcoming bout
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Canelo Alvarez and Austin Trout are headed to San Antonio this week for a news conference to promote their upcoming world title showdown at the Alamodome.
The event, part of a three-city media tour, is scheduled for 2 p.m. Wednesday at the dome.
It is free and open to the public.
Alvarez (41-0-1, 30 KOs) and Trout (26-0, 14 KOs) square off April 20 at the dome to unify the junior middleweight belts. The bout will be televised on Showtime.
The card is promoted by Leija/Battah Promotions in conjunction with Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions. De La Hoya is expected to attend Wednesday's news conference.
Thursday, the tour continues at 11 a.m. in Houston, followed by a stop in McAllen at 3:30 p.m.
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Omar Figueroa (20-0-1, 16 KOs) of Weslaco reportedly will open the Alvarez-Trout card against an opponent to be named.
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Ganaway (13-3-1, 9 KOs) and Vallecillo (6-14, 3 KOs) are scheduled to meet in an eight-round, lightweight bout.
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Apple is losing the war of words against Samsung and the Android ecosystem, argues former Apple products division president and current Allegis Capital general partner Jean Louis Gassee.
"Besides its ads, Apple says very little, confident numbers will do the talking," Gassee writes in a blog post. "This no longer works as others have seized the opportunity to drive the narrative."
This isn't the first time industry figures have called for Apple to change its ways and open up, nor is it the first time Apple's defenders have insisted that the company remains extraordinarily profitable and that detractors have written Apple off prematurely. John Gruber, who writes the Daring Fireball blog, argues that boredom with Apple's ongoing success has lead reporters to dethrone the company.
[ People do love to dish the Apple rumors. Read Apple iPhone 5S: Best And Worst Rumors. ]
But whether one accepts Gruber's view that Samsung is not on its way to unseating Apple or whether one believes that Apple's decline has begun, Apple clearly believes it has to fight back against the Android invasion.
In a Reuters interview, Apple's senior VP of marketing Phil Schiller recently slammed Google, Android and Samsung on the eve of the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S 4.
And Apple recently launched an new iPhone marketing page called Why iPhone? It declares, "There's iPhone. Then there's everything else." Two years ago, there really wasn't anything that compared very well to the iPhone. That's no longer the case today.
Gassee argues that the blame Gruber places in the media's lap for writing Apple downfall stories should instead be hung on Apple. "If Apple won't feed [the media] an interesting, captivating story, they'll find it elsewhere, even in rumors and senseless hand-wringing," he writes.
In other words, Apple's tendency to hold its tongue is asphyxiating the company in the press.
Perhaps more intriguing is Gassee's observation that Apple's marketing vocabulary is larded with a limit set of hyperbolic adjectives that strain credibility and is almost devoid of terms for acknowledging challenges, failures or competitors. He singles out "great" as an adjective that Apple executives utter to the point of absurdity.
Had he been conducting word counts in Apple press releases rather than conference call transcripts, he might have noticed the overuse of the word "revolutionary," which Apple has applied to more than 30 of its products.
Apple's fondness for over-the-top superlatives like "incredible," "unbelievable" and "amazing" can perhaps be best appreciated in this 2009 YouTube video.
What Apple needs is a new vocabulary, not just to describe forthcoming products, but to communicate on equal footing with its increasingly competent and chatty competition. It needs to learn to use these four words in a context that's meaningful for the present competitive landscape:
1. Blog.
Google blogs. Microsoft blogs. Yahoo blogs. Intel blogs. Twitter blogs. IBM blogs. Samsung blogs. The White House blogs. Apple needs to get with the program. Its executives and employees should engage with the public because there's more to marketing than press releases and rare responses to reporters' queries.
Things were different during Steve Jobs' last five years at Apple. He could send an email to an Apple user and it would be widely reported by the tech press as a significant news story. He'd publish letters on topics like DRM or Adobe Flash and that would be enough. Jobs' successor, Tim Cook, has been a successful, popular CEO, but his public letters haven't been comparable declarations of vision. They have consisted of a remembrance of Jobs and an apology for Apple Maps. And Phil Schiller isn't up to the task either: He's a master of the product introduction but he's a marketer, a corporate evangelist. Apple is a technology company and it needs its engineering leads on the front lines, blogging and engaging with the public.


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