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Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Mulcair, Nash, Topp, and Chisholm gain endorsements
Thomas Mulcair was this week's big winner, with a jump of 10 endorsement points. Mulcair is now up to 114 points or 23.6%, a gain of 0.8 percentage points since last Wednesday. He still trails Brian Topp by 74 endorsement points or 15.3%, but these are the first new endorsements he has gained in some time.
Mulcair's biggest gain came from the endorsement of Ed Schreyer. He is a former MP, former NDP Premier of Manitoba, and former Governor-General. Mulcair also picked up the endorsements of former BC MP Lyle Kristiansen and current BC MLA Claire Trevana.
The next biggest gainer was Peggy Nash, up 6.4 endorsement points to 95.4, or 19.8% of all currently available endorsement points. That is a gain of 0.3 percentage points. However, while Nash was steadily gaining on Mulcair, the gap has widened between them by 3.6 endorsement points.
Nash's most important endorsement this week came from the Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Labour, which counts some 65,000 people as members. In addition, Nash also got the support of Quebec MP Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet.
Brian Topp gained 5.5 points and now stands at 188, or 38.9%. That is a drop for Topp of 1.1 percentage points, as others have made larger gains. He earned the support of Quebec MP Isabelle Morin (who is also the chair of the NDP's youth caucus), as well as that of BC MLAs Kathy Corrigan, Raj Chouhan, and Lana Popham.
Finally, Robert Chisholm got the endorsement of former Ontario NDP leader Howard Hampton. This bumped Chisholm up five points to 27.4, or 5.7% of the total. That is a 0.8 percentage point gain for Chisholm, who despite his problems in the French debate has managed to pick-up the support of two former or current provincial leaders.
(Click here to learn more about the endorsement system and here for how the points are awarded.)
None of the other contenders gained any important endorsements, and there have been no changes in position from last Wednesday.
To follow all of the updates to the endorsement rankings, you can click on the tag at the bottom of this post or on the link in the "Special Coverages" section in the right-hand column. You can also check out the posts on the now completed Bloc leadership race.
Let's break the NDP endorsement rankings down by region:
British Columbia: Topp 57.5, Cullen 14.0, Nash 10.0, Mulcair 3.0, Dewar 2.0, Ashton 1.0
Prairies: Ashton 10.0, Mulcair 9.0, Topp 7.0, Dewar 5.5
Ontario: Topp 93.5, Nash 31.5, Mulcair 17.5, Dewar 10.5, Chisholm 5.0
Quebec: Mulcair 82.0, Topp 15.0, Saganash 7.5, Ashton 7.5, Nash 5.0
Atlantic Canada: Nash 48.9, Chisholm 22.4, Topp 15.0, Mulcair 2.5
This gives us an idea of the strength of each campaign in each part of the country. Topp is clearly in front in British Columbia and Ontario, but is also present in the Prairies, in Quebec, and in Atlantic Canada. Mulcair, like Topp, has some support in every part of the country but is less of a factor on the two coasts.
Nash is doing well in Ontario and in Atlantic Canada, where she leads thanks to the support of Alexa McDonough and Lorraine Michael. Chisholm's strength is also based in Atlantic Canada.
And then we see the regional bases of the next tier of contenders. Ashton is strongest in her home region of the Prairies, while Dewar is also present there and in Ontario. Cullen is the main opponent to Topp in British Columbia while Saganash pulls some support from the Quebec membership.
Endorsements are, of course, only one part of the picture. But I think they do give an idea of what may be happening on the ground. I imagine, however, that Paul Dewar is doing far better among the party's members than he is doing among the party's elite.
I also imagine that a good deal of endorsements are still coming. There are still many MPs who have not sided with one candidate or another (and they may continue do so right up to the vote), and we have not heard from some of the current party leaders (British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, and PEI) and many former leaders. The Ontario NDP has also been very quiet, with only two MPPs making endorsements. There are still a lot of points on the table.
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Mulcair can't become NDP leader, he just can't.ReplyDelete
His temperament is not becoming of a leader of the opposition, and his peacock display of Quebec chauvinism during the unfortunate Maclean's cover story debacle told me all I needed to know about the Honourable Member for Outremont.
"Mulcair can't become NDP leader, he just can't."ReplyDelete
Translation: The Tory war room is worried about Mulcair.
I'm pulling for Mulcair, he is the best we have as NDPers. I like his goal of targeting non traditional NDP voters, that's exactly what we need.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous14 December, 2011 11:58
I'm surprised Saganash isn't pulling in more endorsements. He's very green, but I would have thought he'd be a very attractive candidate.ReplyDelete
Are you making ASSumptions? I wouldn't.
I'm saying that it would not be in the NDP's interest to have this man as the face of the party.
I think the NDP would do well under Mulcair, though I wonder how long it will take the NDP to realize that he's really a just a Liberal in disguise. I don't think very many NDPers would be happy to see their party transform into Grit2.0.ReplyDelete
Eric - Have you taken a look at how things would shape up if you weighted province's endorsement points by the number of NDP members in each province? It'd be interesting to look at weighting them based on the projected NDP membership in each Province (given that we now have some idea how their membership signups are going).
The reason I bring this up is because while the endorsements capture a big chunk of the dynamics of this race, I feel membership drives will be a pretty big factor too (especially for Mulcair).
I've thought about it, but it isn't so cut-and-dry. Where does Broadbent fall? He was the federal leader but he was also from Ontario. What about an MP like Godin? He's from New Brunswick but he is well known among francophones elsewhere. Roy Romanow is from Saskatchewan but he's a national figure.ReplyDelete
Membership is, I think, a very important but very different factor. This system is all about endorsements and tracking them - weighing it by region and the like makes the system into something different.
I think that it is an error to count the candidate themselves as an endorser. At the moment, 9.2% of the endorsement points are from the candidates themselves. It gives the candidates on the bottom a boost that I think does not reflect reality. In the case of Nathan Cullen, 10 of his 14 points are from himself.ReplyDelete
If you factor out that, the current rankings would be:
Topp 188.0 - 42.7%
Mulcair 106.5 - 24.2%
Nash 90.4 - 20.5%
Chisholm 22.4 - 5.1%
Ashton 13.5 - 3.1%
Dewar 10.5 - 2.4%
Saganash 5.0 - 1.1%
Cullen 4.0 - 0.9%
Next, I think there needs to be some sort of fading of the value of past experience. Is a 6 term MP worth 50% more than a 4 term MP? IN the case of BC, I would argue that many of the MLAs have a large impact on the candidate's campaign than the MPs. In BC the brightest and best run for the NDP provincially.
Finally, the value of Alexa McDonough and Ed Broadbent seem to be high in comparison to others. McDonough has as much value as all the candidates running. That does not sound right. Ed Broadbent gets 80 points even though he lost all the elections he ran in while meanwhile Ed Shreyer and Roy Romanow are worth 7 and 5 points each, even though they managed to win elections.
Broadbent and McDonough are much too high, Shreyer and Romanow are too low. On no planet would the endorsement of Carole James be worth more than that of Roy Romanow.
I strongly disagree. The one thing a candidate like Cullen has going for him is his experience. And the reason Mulcair is a contender and Singh is not is because of their relative experience and profile. I think that the candidate's own "endorsement" is a major factor.ReplyDelete
As to your second set of points, the endorsement points system has been tested so they aren't entirely plucked out of nowhere. It might give some counter-intuitive results, but it is what it is.
And, I should point out, as with my seat projection model the goal is always uniformity. Sure, I could give Romanow more points and McDonough less, but based on what? And how do you determine that?ReplyDelete
That is ultimately the question, how do you weight them? More weight should be given to having become premier and less to being federal leader. Leaders should get points based on how many times they were elected to lead a government, how many times they were official opposition etc. McDonough was a failure as a federal leader whereas Romanow was a success.ReplyDelete
More weight should be given to the MLAs. In three of the provinces, BC, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, the MLAs have a lot more weight than the MPs (though there are still no Sask MPs).
The NDP has no history of being a major party federally and therefore the federal wing of the party in provinces like BC are really the much weaker of the two. It is that provincial strength that you do not seem to be capturing.
I get you point on Cullen v Singh and that is is his experience as MP that got him into the door. But I think you see that in the number of endorsements they manage to get. It also highlights how much weight you put on terms as am MP and make all of them equal. I think you need to rethink this as it puts a huge amount of weight on NDP MPs that in most cases really do not have the gravitas to influence the membership.
In BC the endorsement of Brian Topp by John Horgan is worth a lot more than endorsement of Thomas Mulcair by any of the first term MPs
Good points re: the membership weighting.ReplyDelete
On Bernard's points, I personally feel that long-term MPs and people who have held multiple positions are being over-counted a bit. Intuitively one would expect at least some sort of diminishing returns here. If someone was to go from a back-bench MLA in a third party in a smallish province to MP and the federal leader over the course of their career, I don't think the time as an MLA half a century ago would make much of a difference for the value of the endorsement.
The same applies to MPs. Certainly a two-term MP is more valuable than an 1-termer, but I doubt a 4-term MP's voice is actually that much more valuable than a 3 term MP and so on. John Nunziata was elected 3 times a Liberal and I'm pretty sure his voice never counted for dick all in the party...
Waxing math-nerd-engineer here for a second, but perhaps where there are multiple positions or terms, the values could be added in quadrature? That'd still confer an extra advantage for having served longer / in more positions, but not so overwhelming of one. I wonder if using such an approach would yield better results for past races?
Some good points, certainly, but my system is based on past races and relies upon uniformity. A lot of the points raised rely on examples of individuals - but what is it about these individuals that can be quantified that makes them more valuable? That is, in many cases, impossible to capture with a uniform system.ReplyDelete
Eric, I used the individuals to point out how I thought it was not working. I think you system is underestimating the provincial level and over estimating the federalReplyDelete
There is an important distinction within the NDP that you are not capturing, the fact that in three provinces the NDP has a long history of either being government of challenging to be government. Someone that has been a premier certainly has a lot more weight in my opinion than a leader of a party that consistently lost the federal elections.
What I suggest as changes:
1) A decreasing value for multiple terms
1) Federal leader weighting lower - 10 points for the first election and then 7.5 and then 5 points.
2) Provincial premier weighting higher - what value, I am not certain
3) MLAs - count them by elections.
4) Cabinet Ministers - they count for more. An ex cabinet minister like Joy MacPhail carries more weight than most sitting MPs
5) Leadership candidates in provinces where the NDP is expected to win government at some point. IN the case of BC, something like 15,000 or 20,000 of the members were signed up by the three main campaigns last year. It means John Horgan comes with 4000-5000 probable votes.
6) Past service should be weighted based on long ago and for how long. A one term MP in the 1970s is not going to have much weight. Right now you weight that person the same as a several term cabinet minister in Manitoba.
Finally, I think your tiering of the provinces is under weighting Manitoba and Saskatchewan
Have you tested those numbers on past races? Because they would likely mess up how the system has worked in past races. I did not choose the values randomly.ReplyDelete
There is far too much focus on the ability of individuals to literally deliver support. The system is more abstract than that.
Broadbent and Romanow, for example, are both supporting Topp. So what difference does it make what their relative worth is?
Is Horgan worth more than the average BC MLA? Undoubtedly, but is his support the reason why Topp has the support of so many other BC MLAs and MPs? You can just remove points from them and give them to Horgan, if that makes it easier mentally.
Is McDonough over-valued? Maybe, but might she also represent the fact that Nash is the major female candidate and will probably be getting more support from women?
Mulcair's Quebec MPs might be unable to deliver real support, but they represent Mulcair's probable dominance of the Quebec vote, and how that might influence voters from outside of the province who are mindful of the need to hold on to Quebec.
There is more to it than just comparing the values - endorsements often come in regional bunches, meaning that the more influential individuals are influencing those around them. What each individual gets is less important than the net effect.
- Anonymous14 December, 2011 18:02
Is it just me or does the NDP leadership race have many similarities to the Republican primaries down south? I see similarities in terms of the quality of candidates and their ability of electoral success.ReplyDelete
With our nine NDP candidates, I can only see Mulcair and Nash solidifying the NDP's position as the dominant center-left party. All other candidates would concede seats to the Liberals and Bloc.
Dewar, Cullen or Chisholm may have been suitable leaders if the NDP was still a fourth party that did not need to rely on Quebec. These guys are at maximum junior cabinet material.
Topp does not have the persona to be a party leader. Ashton, at 29, is too young to become party leader. Saganash does not have experience outside of Quebec and aboriginal communities. Singh is a one issue candidate.
Well, adding multiple positions in quadrature would be consistent across the board. I'm not married to that particular form of down weighting - it's just the most consistent one that I could think off the top of my head. For example you'd have (4*20^2)^0.5=40 points for Broadbent, or (6*2.5^2)^0.5=6.1 for Davies, or (2^2+1^2)^0.5=2.3 for Dawn Black.ReplyDelete
Alternately I advocate the dart board method ;).
- Anonymous15 December, 2011 08:51
Out of curiousity, now that the new seats bill looks like it will receive royal assent before the end of the year, will you be changing the name of the Blog to threehundredandthirtyeight.com? At least I hope you've reserved the name.
I will not be changing the name.ReplyDelete
Someone already owns threehundredthirtyeight.com and .ca too :(ReplyDelete
That's fine, I'm not changing the name! The site's been in operation since 2008 and the new seats won't be in place until, what, 2013 or 2014? By then, ThreeHundredEight.com will have been around for 5 or 6 years.ReplyDelete
"Is it just me or does the NDP leadership race have many similarities to the Republican primaries down south?"ReplyDelete
Its just you. The only similarity between the NDP and the GOP is in the number of candidates. Otherwise I see no similarity at all. Who is the NDP equivalent of Herman Cain? Who is Mitt Romney? The GOP contest has all these loony Tea Party types like Bachmann and Santorum etc...the NDP in contrast has a very moderate slate of people running - no one from the "Socialist Caucus" in the contest and the one "fringe" candidate Martin Singh does nothing but talk about small business.
I'm just bugging you there Eric :) Your site is great.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous20 December, 2011 15:53
Having just seen a series of endorsements by former ambassadors and international affairs types for Dewar, how does your model take into account people with profiles that the NDP membership might appreciate but that are not elected members? Given that labour endorsements are being given weight, surely some of these other groups should be as well...ReplyDelete
Tim E.
The system does not take them into account.ReplyDelete
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Giuseppe Verdi's Falstaff at the LA Opera is a bright, witty, rousing, silly, fantastic production. Italian baritone Roberto Frontali in the lead role (where has he been hiding all these seasons?) is a multi-talented treasure to enjoy. The nuances of his comedy buffoon acting are reminiscent of the antics of the late, great comedy actor Zero Mostel. His powerful and gorgeous singing, which we experienced for the first time at LA Opera when he sang Count di Luna in the 2004 production of Il Trovatore, clearly makes him, as it says in the program notes, "one of the leading baritones of his generation."
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Description: Silvercar is car rental, reimagined. Using the Silvercar smartphone app (iOS or Android), Dad can rent an Audi A4 with no lines, no counters, no "mystery car." Travelers can go from the plane to their own Silvercar using their smartphones to reserve, unlock and return their car for a premier car rental experience. All the ease, convenience and style for the day-rate cost of a standard full-size. Give Dad the gift of tech-savvy travel with a Silvercar rental in Dallas or Austin. (Now offers reward points for Virgin America Elevate program members.)
Price: $75.00 to $90.00 Visit the Website
Las Vegas Vacation
From now through September 30, MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay, The Mirage, Monte Carlo, New York-New York, Luxor, Excalibur and Circus Circus are teaming up to host the ultimate summer block party with specially priced rooms and endless fun. Summer Escape packages provide guests with access to all of the deals and offers across the eight participating resorts including live entertainment, happy hour specials and a scavenger hunt, among other exclusive experiences:
MGM Grand
• Rooms starting at $65
• 20% off services at Grand Spa at MGM Grand and Cristophe Salon
• Complimentary admission to WET REPUBLIC (Monday and Thursday only)
Mandalay Bay
• Rooms starting at $75
• $50 cabana credit for Mandalay Bay Beach (Sunday – Thursday only)
• $10 off any 18" pizza at Slice of Vegas
• Complimentary dessert with purchase of two entrées at Hussong's Cantina
The Mirage
• Rooms starting at $75
• 25% off Cravings Buffet
• $3 off admission to Siegfried & Roy's Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat
• 2-for-1 entry into Private Oasis at The Mirage Pool (Sunday – Wednesday only)
Monte Carlo
• Rooms starting at $55
• 2-for-1 frozen cocktails at Big Chill
• 2-for-1 raft rentals at the pool
• 2-for-1 entrées at The Café
New York-New York
• Rooms starting at $53
• 2-for-1 raft rentals at The Pool
• 2-for-1 breakfast at Il Fornaio
• $1 JELL-O shots at Big Chill and Lobby Bar with purchase of any beer
• Rooms starting at $42
• 15% off Glow and Bronze Spray Tan Package at Nurture – Spa and Salon at Luxor
• 15% off purchase at Rice & Company
• Complimentary admission for two to LAX Nightclub (excludes special events)
• Rooms starting at $30
• 10% off retail items at The Spa at Excalibur
• 2-for-1 drafts and tequila shots at Dick's Last Resort
• 25% off one purchase at Kids of the Kingdom or Dragon's Lair
Circus Circus
• Rooms starting at $22
• Resort passport with more than $150 in savings
• One complimentary premium ride pass at The Adventuredome
• Buy one, get one drink free at select bars
Price: Starting at $22 Visit the Website
DoubleNest Hammock By ENO
Description: The DoubleNest reigns supreme. It's an all-access pass to relaxation. Big enough for two and palatial for one, the DoubleNest stuffs easily into its attached compression sack. Take it anywhere, set it up in a flash, lay back and…Oh, did you want to join me? I've got room for one more. Available in a seemingly endless array of color combinations. It's easy to match the home team's colors.
Price: $69.99 Visit the Website
Treat Dad To A Special Father's Day On The Water Aboard Entertainment Cruises!
Description: Chances are dad is probably expecting a new tool set, sports apparel or cologne this Father's Day. This year, why not treat him to something different and celebrate dad with an unforgettable day on the water aboard Entertainment Cruises? Dad works hard all year, so give him the day off and let him kick up his feet and relax aboard Spirit of New York or Spirit of New Jersey. Give him the ultimate lunch on the water, including a complimentary cocktail, or a dinner cruise, complete with a hearty and delicious buffet and music to keep dad moving. It's a totally unique experience to share with dad on this special day! For a more sophisticated celebration, why not surprise Dad with a sophisticated cruise aboard Bateaux New York? Try a brunch cruise with a complimentary cocktail for dad or opt for spectacular views of the New York skyline aboard a dinner cruise. With gourmet dining, elegant entertainment and exceptional service, this experience is sure to make a lasting Father's Day memory! Entertainment Cruises' Father's Day cruises depart from Chelsea Piers, NY and Weehawken, NJ.
Price: $64.90 to $127.90 Visit the Website
ILuv MobiCup
Description: Specifically designed to fit perfectly in your cup holder, this Bluetooth enabled speaker fits just as neatly into your on-the-go lifestyle. Pop MobiCup into the cup holder on your baby's stroller, beach chair or car and effortlessly listen to music or talk to friends without occupying your hands. Not only is it wireless, it also boasts crisp sound, a built-in mic, and top-mounted controls so you can change the volume, take a call or play a track with the touch of a button. MobiCup is even splash-resistant, which makes it a great companion for your outdoor activities. Whether you're taking a road trip or lounging at the beach, MobiCup makes it easy for you to listen and talk wirelessly.
Price: $59.99 Visit the Website
Château Élan Winery & Resort's 4th Annual Dad & Junior Scramble Tournament
Description: Father's Day Sunday, June 16, 2012 Includes Lunch, 9 Holes of Golf with Pull Carts and Prizes Junior golfer must be 14 years old or younger to participate; Pre-registration is required. About Château Élan Winery & Resort Located just 40 minutes north of Atlanta in Braselton, Ga., Château Élan Winery & Resort is a 16th century style French château, Four Diamond leisure and conference destination that sits on 3,500 acres. It is the only resort in Georgia that includes a 200 acre vineyard, a full-production winery, 320 luxurious guest rooms and suites, a 25,000 sq.ft. conference center, a European spa with 14 guest suites, an equestrian show center, tennis center, seven restaurants and 63 holes of championship golf. Château Élan is a member of Preferred Hotels® & Resorts.
Price: $54.00 Visit the Website
ExecuCar Luxury Sedan Service
Description: For the traveling relative, friend or colleague, give the gift of VIP ground transportation. Ride to and from the airport or around town in style and comfort with ExecuCar private sedan service. Passengers will enjoy an upscale, chauffeured ride in a sleek, late-model black towncar or SUV. ExecuCar operates in 30 markets across the U.S. and features flat rates, Meet and Greet and 24/7 availability. ExecuCar is known for its exceptional customer service and experienced drivers. Book your luxury ride online or on your smartphone to earn frequent flyer points or miles with select airline partners. Airport transfers, point-to-point or hourly charters available.
Price: $50.00 to $105.00 Visit the Website
CityPASS - Up To 46% Off Combined Prices For Admission To Must-see Attractions
Description: CityPASS® is the company known for showcasing North America's most exciting cities by assembling ticket booklets of the most-visited attractions in New York, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, Seattle, San Francisco, Hollywood, Southern California and Toronto, Canada. Convenience, value, and consistency have made CityPASS a popular choice by sightseeing travelers. CityPASS booklets include actual admission tickets each attraction. Admission tickets are good for one-time admission only. Do not pull a ticket from the booklet or it will be invalid. Tickets removed by attraction staff only. The booklet is valid 9 consecutive days. The first use is considered day 1.
Price: $36.00 to $306.00 Visit the Website
The Perfect Trip Is At Your Fingertips With Microsoft Streets & Trips 2013
Description: Plan the perfect road trip from start to finish with the map and travel planning software Microsoft Streets & Trips 2013. The 2013 edition features an updated user interface designed for easy viewing, adds 150,000 more miles of roads in North America, and includes more than 2.5 million points of interest, with online ratings and reviews for restaurants and businesses. Whether traveling by RV, motorcycle or sedan, adventurers might choose to customize their trips by planning to avoid main highways, visit national parks or travel by ferry. Build a trip around a theme or inspiration, such as historical sites or important locations in family history. Generate maps and directions, customize start and stop times, set driving speeds and view the quickest routes with one-click trip optimization—all without an Internet connection. Flexibility is built in. Streets & Trips users find it useful to add notes for planned stops, reservation details, phone numbers and more. Also available are free collections of special points of interest such as low clearances or the best barbecue stops. Streets & Trips 2013 helps plug all this and more into the itinerary but still lets travelers reroute for an impromptu excursion. Like us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/streetsandtrips.
Price: $25.00 to $50.00 Visit the Website
BnBFinder Travel Gift Certificate
Description: Racking your brain trying to think of something unique and special for Dad? Like Mom, he enjoys a good getaway, especially one filled with his favorite pastimes. Give him the chance to create the getaway he's always wanted this Father's Day with a BnBFinder Travel Gift Certificate. With the BnBFinder Travel Gift Certificate, Dad can choose where he wants to go from over 1,500 bed and breakfasts. From golfing with his buddies to a wilderness adventure or a romantic getaway with someone special, the possibilities are endless! Plus, it's the gift that gives twice – when he receives it and when he redeems it for a fabulous getaway. Here's how it works: BnBFinder Travel Gift Certificates can be purchased through BnBFinder.com and personalized with a message or greeting. Procrastinators and last-minute shoppers are in luck because purchasers can choose to have an e-Card sent to them or the recipient for instant gifting; a paper certificate will follow in the mail. There are no black out or expiration dates. Amounts start at $20 and there is no limit.
Price: $20.00 Visit the Website
Vintage Map Sticky Notes By Cavallini & Co.
Description: The special man in your life deserves something unique that will make him feel appreciated and loved. PAPYRUS has the best gifts this Father's Day to show him that you care. Choose from a wide variety of gifts, from beer books and picture frames to leather journals and coffee mugs. From the gift itself, to the cards and the wrapping, PAPYRUS offers a great selection for Father's Day. Available at more than 180 PAPYRUS locations nationwide and in Canada, as well as Papyrusonline.com. It's easy to travel the world with these vintage map sticky notes. The set includes five sticky notepads of various sizes, all in a decorative tin. Each pad features a segment of a beautiful vintage world map from the Cavallini Archives so you can write notes in any part of the world that suits your mood.
Price: $14.95 Visit the Website
Maps Travel Notebook By Cavallini & Co.
Description: The special man in your life deserves something unique that will make him feel appreciated and loved. PAPYRUS has the best gifts this Father's Day to show him that you care. Choose from a wide variety of gifts, from beer books and picture frames to leather journals and coffee mugs. From the gift itself, to the cards and the wrapping, PAPYRUS offers a great selection for Father's Day. Available at more than 180 PAPYRUS locations nationwide and in Canada, as well as Papyrusonline.com. Take this large travel journal everywhere and anywhere as you explore the world or your own backyard. With 144 lined pages, Cavallini's classic cream lined paper stock, and an elastic closure, this vintage travel journal is sure to inspire the explorer in you.
Price: $14.95 Visit the Website
Stray Boots Tours
Description: Avoid crowded brunches, monotonous guided tours and monotonous boring dates. Spend quality time with friends & family and head outdoors to enjoy an interactive scavenger hunt! With Stray Boots, the leader in mobile gamified city tours, users can give Mom & Dad the gift of quality time with her kids and give a unique twist to dates through their trivia-based adventures throughout 14 US cities—allowing for a fun-filled, kid-friendly alternative to exploring the city in your own backyard and major cities throughout the US. Perfect for the fashionista, food lover, history buff, and adventurous at heart, Stray Boots provides users with challenge-based questions and clues on a scavenger hunt that guides them to historical points of interest throughout the tour city, creating an on-the-go adventure. Best of all, the game teaches participants fun facts about the city as they visit each clue spot. It's all the benefits of a guided tour without the hassle of reservations and a set schedule. Stray Boots tours are a great alternative to budget-friendly travelers, birthday parties, corporate outings, and weekend visits with friends. The Stray Boots app can be downloaded in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store for free.
Price: $12.00 Visit the Website
Vintage Maps Magnet Set By Cavallini & Co.
Description: The special man in your life deserves something unique that will make him feel appreciated and loved. PAPYRUS has the best gifts this Father's Day to show him that you care. Choose from a wide variety of gifts, from beer books and picture frames to leather journals and coffee mugs. From the gift itself, to the cards and the wrapping, PAPYRUS offers a great selection for Father's Day. Available at more than 180 PAPYRUS locations nationwide and in Canada, as well as Papyrusonline.com. Travel around the world with these 24 magnets of charming and colorful vintage maps. From the Cavallini Archives.
Price: $10.77 Visit the Website
Rabbit TV
Description: Busy dads who have trouble keeping up with their favorite shows and sports teams are perfect contenders for Rabbit TV. Rabbit TV is a USB drive that plugs into a laptop or computer internet connection to provide viewers with more than 5,000 television channels, 25,000 movies and 50,000 radio stations anywhere with internet access. All shows and movies available online are aggregated and categorized into one interface. Rabbit TV retails for $10.
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Toddy Gear: Screensters
Description: 100% microfiber, character-inspired line of cleaning dolls bring a hint of flair and personality to your mobile devices • Dual-sided, scratch-free design with a plush side that absorbs dust and oils, and a silky side that polishes any screen or lens • Fashionable companion for your smart phone, MP3 player, e-reader, tablet, gaming device, and other sensitive electronics • Available in 10 collectible choices inspired by characters you encounter in everyday life • Intelligently designed to fit comfortably in your pocket or attach to your bag/backpack • Ideal for children and adults alike
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Vintage Maps Mini Notebooks (Set Of 3) By Cavallini & Co.
Description: The special man in your life deserves something unique that will make him feel appreciated and loved. PAPYRUS has the best gifts this Father's Day to show him that you care. Choose from a wide variety of gifts, from beer books and picture frames to leather journals and coffee mugs. From the gift itself, to the cards and the wrapping, PAPYRUS offers a great selection for Father's Day. Available at more than 180 PAPYRUS locations nationwide and in Canada, as well as Papyrusonline.com. Whether you are off traveling the world or sitting at home in a cozy chair these vintage map notebooks are great for memory keeping, note jotting, and number tracking. Each notebook features a different paper format: blank, lined, and graphed. Vintage images of world maps from the Cavallini Archives decorate this stylish set of notebooks.
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Organize Your Travel
Description: With today's myriad of travel sites, even the most experienced traveler has their hands full managing all the details of a typical trip. Booking airline tickets, hotels, rental cars, and restaurants leaves you with lots of separate pieces of paper. Throw in maps, directions, things to do, and weather, and the chaos multiplies. TripIt, the leading mobile travel organizer, turns chaos into order by making it easy for anyone to: - Organize trip details into one master online itinerary — even if arrangements are booked at multiple travel sites - Automatically include maps, directions, and weather in their master itinerary - Have the option to book restaurants, theatre tickets, activities, and more right from within the online itinerary - Safely access travel plans online, share them, check-in for flights, or print an itinerary To get started, simply forward confirmation emails from anywhere you book to [email protected] and TripIt automatically creates one simple, smart itinerary to access on a smartphone, calendar, or anywhere online. For even greater peace of mind while traveling, TripIt Pro acts like a personal travel assistant that keeps travelers in the know regarding flight status, alternate flights, and more; tracks frequent traveler points in one place; and monitors eligible flights for fare refunds.
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INRIX Traffic App
Description: The INRIX Traffic App is free on all smartphone platforms and provides up-to-the-minute traffic information. It's like having your own personal traffic reporter in the palm of your hand. Other free features include: •Find fasted routes based on current traffic conditions •See recommended departure and travel times •Share your arrival time via email or sms text message so people know when to expect you to arrive •Get personalized traffic alerts/push notifications For just $24.99, you can get a lifetime subscription to all premium features in the app including: •Access to traffic cameras •View cheapest fuel prices You'll never be late again when you use the INRIX Traffic App!
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Found this interesting tidbit today in a brief article at jsonline concerning Miller Lite's fall from the top of MillerCoors beers. (Still sounds awkward – "MillerCoors". What they should have done is drop the Miller name in exchange for keeping the headquarters in Milwaukee. That would have been fair, sort of.)
Anyway, the interesting fact I gleaned from this article is that Natural Light is the #5 overall selling brand in the US. I know it is a tremendously popular college beer, especially as one journeys south, but #5! Better selling than High Life, Corona, Heineken and even the king of crap beers, Busch Light!


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The telethon actor George Clooney is putting together to aid victims of the earthquake in Haiti will be carried by all the networks.
Initially, the hastily-scheduled Jan. 22 fundraiser was to air on MTV. But since then, NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox, the CW, HBO and CNN have signed on to carry it, according to The Hollywood Reporter. It will air from 8-10 p.m. EST.
The event, dubbed "Hope for Haiti," will be produced by Joel Gallen, who produced the "Tribute to Heroes" telethon after 9/11. All proceeds will be split evenly among five relief organizations currently operating in Haiti: Oxfam America, Partners in Health, the Red Cross, UNICEF and Yele Haiti Foundation.
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Clooney organized a similar event to raise money for victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami that killed more than 300,000 in 2004. His friendships with Hollywood's elite could ensure a panel of high profile celebrity operators at the telethon. Already, Haitian-born singer Wyclef Jean plans to appear live from New York and CNN newsman Anderson Cooper from Haiti.
Already, a host of celebrities have either donated or urged their fans to. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie donated $1 million to provide relief to victims and Tour de France champ Lance Armstrong pledged $250,000.


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This page contains information regarding Star Trek: Picard, and thus may contain spoilers.
The word "sentience" has changed in meaning back and forth across the centuries. In the 21st century, for example, it meant the ability to feel or perceive, which may or may not have included being intelligent or self-aware. A separate concept in use at the time was the term "sapient", which meant the ability to act with intelligence. So, for example, a plant could be "sentient", and a computer "sapient" with neither having to have the attributes of the other. Intelligent life was therefore called sapient.
That changed sometime prior to the 22nd century. At that point intelligent life was referred to as sentient. The concepts of perception and intelligence had been combined such that the word now meant an intelligent, self-aware, conscious entity deserving of rights, respect, and freedom. (ENT: "The Seventh", "Rogue Planet", "Hatchery", "Similitude"; TNG: "The Offspring")
In the 23rd century the word "sentient" again meant what it had in centuries past: the ability to feel or perceive. Intelligent life was therefore generally called sapient rather than sentient. (TOS: "Spock's Brain", "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield", "All Our Yesterdays")
The tide turned again in the 24th century and intelligent life was referred to as it was in the 22nd: as sentient. There was, however, no commonly understood definition of the term. Despite centuries of consideration and linguistic changes, how one determined whether a lifeform or machine was sentient, and the legal and moral implications of being sentient, were neither fully understood nor agreed upon. (TNG: "The Measure Of A Man", "The Perfect Mate"; DS9: "The Abandoned") Cyberneticist Bruce Maddox gave three soft requirements during a 2365 hearing:
- Intelligence, the ability to learn, understand, and cope with new situations
- Self-awareness, being conscious of one's existence and actions or aware of one's self and one's ego
- Consciousness
He was unable to truly argue, however, using these, that Data was not sentient while Jean-Luc Picard was. (TNG: "The Measure Of A Man")
Biological lifeforms Edit
In the 24th century, an important component of sentience in biological lifeforms was considered to be intelligence. For instance, a large brain implied sentience. (VOY: "Parturition") Another indication of sentience was a lifeform capable of sophisticated communication. (TNG: "The Last Outpost", "Lonely Among Us", "The Loss"; DS9: "The Forsaken") Hard and fast definitions of sentience across biological lifeforms were not yet developed, though. For example, scientist Bruce Maddox could not explain why a Human was sentient; he just knew that he was. (TNG: "The Measure Of A Man") Despite this, some lines of demarcation were acknowledged. A house cat, for example, was not considered to be sentient. (TNG: "Schisms")
Artificial lifeforms Edit
In 2365, Phillipa Louvois of the Judge Advocate General's office held a hearing in which she decided that Data was not the property of Starfleet. During the hearing the question of an android's sentience came up, but there was no formal, legal resolution on the matter. (TNG: "The Measure Of A Man") Despite a lack of official acknowledgment, Data thought himself to be sentient, and many others agreed. (TNG: "The Offspring", "The Most Toys", et al.) So much so that as of 2371, Data was considered the only sentient artificial lifeform in Federation society. (VOY: "Prototype") By the end of the 24th century, researchers in cybernetics, such as Agnes Jurati, readily acknowledged the potential sentience of advanced androids such as Data, despite their inability to replicate Dr. Soong's work. (PIC: "Remembrance")
From time to time other non-android lifeforms or artificial intelligences have been considered sentient as well. In 2375 the USS Voyager crew determined that a weapon was so sophisticated that it was actually sentient. (VOY: "Warhead") An Automated Personnel Unit designated 3947 was also considered to be sentient when reactivated by B'Elanna Torres in 2372. (VOY: "Prototype")
Holograms have also been referred to as both artificial lifeforms and "sentient". One such sentient hologram was created on the USS Enterprise-D in 2365, when Lieutenant commander Geordi La Forge requested that the holodeck create an opponent worthy of Data in a Sherlock Holmes-style mystery. The ship's computer produced a sentient version of James Moriarty, Holmes' nemesis. (TNG: "Elementary, Dear Data", "Ship in a Bottle") The Federation later encountered a group of Yaderan refugees in 2370 only to discover the entire colony but one man was made up of sentient holograms. (DS9: "Shadowplay")
An early legal case in the arena of holograms and sentience came about in 2378. The Doctor attempted to publish a holonovel entitled Photons Be Free, but it was appropriated and released without his permission by Broht & Forrester. The legal issue revolved around whether The Doctor was an "artist" within the meaning of the laws that granted rights to control the dissemination of intellectual property. The ruling was narrow in that the definition of artist in that single law was extended to a hologram, but it was an important step on the path toward granting full legal status to a hologram as a sentient entity. (VOY: "Author, Author")
Societies other than the Federation have also wrestled with these concepts. In 3074, for example, the Kyrian fully recognized artificial lifeforms – including holograms – as sentient. (VOY: "Living Witness")
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The English word "sapient" means "having intelligence". In that respect TOS was much more correct in its use of language than any subsequent series. The words sentient and sapient are commonly misunderstood and misused by people, though, and the (incorrect) meaning of sentient as used in TNG and beyond has been firmly cemented in Trek to mean a combination of sentience and sapience.


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Those eagerly awaiting the second season debut of Showtime's The L Word this Sunday, February 20th, will not be disappointed: the show is just as sexy and engaging this time around, but with new characters, new drama, and new romantic entanglements to complicate the lives of our favorite group of L.A. lesbians.
There are also a few new disappointments, starting with the new title sequence. Perhaps responding to complaints they received last year about the lack of one, the L Word editors have introduced a kitschy, fun collage of the L Word cast in various poses to open the episodes. The sequence is entertaining; unfortunately, the theme song by Betty that goes along with it is, well, cheesy and cringe-inducing (both the lyrics and the music). It actually makes you long for last season's electronic dots.
Fortunately Betty's other songs in the series (they perform on stage in one episode) are actually pretty good, as are most of the other artists chosen to provide the backdrop to the drama served up this season (you can check out many of them when Showtime releases the Season Two soundtrack next week).
Although some of the episodes are funnier or more dramatic than others, there are few "stand out" ones this season–not because they're all poor, but because they're almost all equally good. Unlike last season, where the episode tone and quality tended to be very uneven, this season seems to flow together well, as if the writers have finally found their groove.
The L Word has also lined up several interesting guest stars this season, and unlike shows like Will and Grace, The L Word uses its guest stars to support the primary storylines, not hijack them. Jane Lynch plays Tina's smarmy lawyer to perfection, Camryn Manheim is an excellent bitchy movie studio exec, and Sandra Bernhard does a good job as Jenny's caustic new writing teacher (Arianna Huffington's role in the first episode, however, seems a little forced).
Most of this season's L Word primary storylines pick up where they left off at the end of last season: Shane (Katherine Moennig) is still trying to get over being dumped by married socialite Sherry (Rosanna Arquette); Alice (Leisha Hailey) and Dana (Erin Daniels) are grappling with the aftermath of their kiss; Jenny (Mia Kirshner) is still writing bad fiction and trying to make sense of her relationships, including the dissolution of her relationship with ex-fiance Tim (Eric Mabius); Kit (Pam Grier) and Ivan (Kelly Lynch) are growing closer; and Bette (Jennifer Beals) and Tina (Laurel Holloman) are trying to pick up the pieces after Bette's affair with Candace (Ion Overman).
The only obvious disconnect from last season is the departure of Marina (Karina Lombard), who was not made a part of the second season cast. Marina's absence is addressed in the first episode when the remaining characters learn that Marina has been taken back to Italy by her family after trying to commit suicide.


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Article: Wolves and Trophic Cascades by Doug Smith
Check out the new article on our web site — Wolves and Trophic Cascades: What is All the Controversy About?, written by Doug Smith of the Yellowstone wolf project! Photo source: Doug Smith
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USU Study Finds Yellowstone Wolf Population Self-Regulates
A recent study by Utah State University and University of Oxford, following 280 collared wolves in Yellowstone National Park over 13 years, found that wolf populations in the park self-limit, in that wolves will fight more as populations grow. This … Continue reading
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Obituaries (on file at the Harmony Grove Cemetery, Salem)
May 20, 1910
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Was Deputy Collector of the Port of Beverly and Salem for Many Years
A. Frank Hitchings, deputy collector of customs for the district of Salem and Beverly, died at his home, 8 Bentley Street, last night. He was born in Salem, was the son of the late Abijah and Eliza (Treadwell) Hitchings, and was in his 69th year. He was educated in the Salem public schools, and afterwards worked at shoe making. He was one of the original minute men, enlisting as a boy of 19 years, in the old Salem Zouaves. Company J, Eighth regiment, M.V.M., Capt. Arthur F. Devereaux, and serving until discharged August 1, 1861. He re-enlisted as a sergeant in Company H., 19th Massachusetts regiment, and was discharged July 25, 1863 on account of wounds received at the battle of Fredricksburg. He joined Post 34, G.A.R., May 17, 1869.
Nov. 19, 1873 Mr. Hitchings was appointed an inspector in the Salem Custom house and assigned to duty as clerk. June 3, 1881, he was promoted to deputy collector, succeeding Col. J. Frank Dalton, who resigned May 7, 1881, to become postmaster of Salem. Mr. Hitchings has held the position of deputy collector ever since. He was a fine penman, very careful and methodical in everything that he did, and was a valuable government official. In connection with Stephen W. Phillips he prepared for publication by the Essex Institute the official register of all Salem vessels of which any record could be found in the Salem Custom house, a work which is extremely valuable today. He was a member of the Essex Institute. He possessed a fund of valuable information of Salem's early history, gleaned from his long service in the custom house.
Mr. Hitchings leaves a widow, a son, a daughter, and grandchildren.
May 23, 1910
A. Frank Hitchings
The funeral of Deputy Collector of Customs A. Frank Hitchings was held at his late home, 8 Bentley Street, yesterday afternoon. Rev. Charles H. Puffer, D. D., and Rev. Alfred Manchester officiated, and there was a very large attendance, including comrades of Post 34, G.A.R., the old Salem Zouaves, Collector of Customs David M. Little, and past and present Custom house officials, and many prominent citizens. The G. A. R. service was conducted by Commander J. Frank Dalton, Chaplain William I. Arvedson, S.V.C. Eben S. Perkins, O.D.,John C. Grover, Adjutant Everett E. Austin and Patriotic Instructor Charles H. Frye of Post 34.
The honorary pallbearers were Hon. David M. Little, William J. Sullivan, Daniel F. Connolly and I.P. Hanscomb of the Custom house force, and the active bearers were Capt. John R. Lakeman, Charles P. Luscomb, Joseph A. Perkins, and Henry Symonds of the Salem Zouaves and all members of Post 34. The floral tributes were profuse and beautiful. Burial was at Harmony Grove cemetery.
Mr. Hitchings was born in Salem, the son of Abijah and Eliza (Treadwell) Hitchings, and was in his 69th year. He was educated in the Salem public schools, graduating from the High school. He afterwards learned the sailmaker's trade, and was an apprentice when the Civil war broke out, when he enlisted as private in the old Salem Zouaves, Company J., Eighth Massachusetts regiment, Capt. Charles U. Devereaux, and Col. Edward H. Hincks, October 25, 1861, and served until discharged on account of disability from wounds July 25, 1863.
Passed through all the trials and hardships of the Fighting 19th, he took part in all the battles of the Peninsula campaign, some of them particularly severe, notably Antietam and Fredricksburg. Wounded on the third day of the battle Fredricksburg by a gun shot in the left leg, he was carried to a church in Fredricksburg where the bullet was extracted, and from there to the hospital camp across the river, and soon after to the Finley hospital in Washington. He remained six weeks, and then came home on a 60-day furlough, dated Jan. 23, 1863.
Mr. Hitchings was never able to return to his regiment, and was discharged, as before stated. He went to the Massachusetts General hospital the following December, and a portion of the bone was removed from his leg. He came home to Salem, Jan. 18, 1864, and for a long time was obliged to go on crutches. Obtaining employment in the United States navy yard, Boston, he continued to work there until he received the appointment of inspector of customs for the district of Salem and Beverly, Nov. 19, 1873, he being detailed for clerk duty June 3, 1881, he was promoted to deputy collector, succeeding Col. J. Frank Dalton, who was appointed postmaster of Salem, May 7, 1881. Mr. Hitchings held the latter position up to the time of his death.
May 24, 1910
In Memoriam
A. Frank Hitchings
The death of Deputy Collector A. Frank Hitchings removes from Salem one of those characteristic figures we can ill afford to lose. Since William W. Oliver, the Salem custom house has had no officer so thoroughly imbued with a love of all that was best in the city's commercial past, so absorbed in his allotted work, so thoroughly familiar with the detailed knowledge which makes a functionary of his class invaluable. He had been identified with the government service long enough to become a part of it. Enlisting for the Civil war among the youngest, he encountered every peril and bore every hardship with a murmur, and, at the end of the struggle, brought home, like so many more, wounds which have slowly sapped the currents of his life.
Mr. Hitchings produced, four or five years ago, a complete abstract of all the ships' registers recorded at this port under the Federal constitution. The aid rendered by George H. Allen and Stephen W. Phillips enabled him to make this monumental work a unique contribution to the antiquarian resources of this region. It left only one thing to be desired. The lack of a single feature, an index to the names of owners and masters, was a serious handicap to its practical utility. Such an index would have been too bulky to be printed with the book, but without an index, curious descendants of the old worthies who made Salem famous could only trace the voyages of their ancestors where they knew before hand the names of their ships.
This task Mr. Hitchings set himself at once to supply. He had undertaken a card catalogue, already well advanced, which was to embrace, not only the ship's registers here since 1789, but also such earlier Salem ships as could be traced, besides the added tonnage of Newburyport, Gloucester and Marblehead. A good deal of material for this work was already to be printed. But the task awaits for its completion the time, energy, patience and skill of some public spirited deliverer in the hidden things. The student who takes up the task where Mr. Hitchings has left it, and carried in forward to success, will be able to congratulate himself, not only on providing ready access to the very tonnage owned by each merchant, commanded by each shipmaster, of Salem's palmy days, but also on completing a well earned monument to one of the modest, painstaking, earnest workers in the field of local research.
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NEDERLAND — The way she's performed early on, Nederland senior Dayna Larsen is in the midst of a 2013 campaign that could be the bounce-back season she's searching for.
On the La Belle Dame run, Larsen took first place at the Panthers' slalom state qualifier at Eldora Ski Resort. Larsen's combined two-run time of 1 minute, 28.63 seconds earned her her second top-two finish of the season.
"My first run was really solid and I made a couple mistakes in my second run but I was happy," said Larsen, who won state titles in both alpine slalom and giant slalom her sophomore season.
Larsen had offseason surgery to remove bone spurs in her feet. She is not as strong as she was this time last season, but Larsen said the pain is gone and she is rebounding nicely.
Behind Larsen, the Panthers girls took first place as a team with 177 points. Evergreen came in second with 165 points and Middle Park took third with 160.
Also for the Panthers, Keile Kropf finished second in 1:34.88 and Nola Gehring took third in 1:43.26. Nederland junior Bailey Kuechenmeister, the state's reigning Skimeister, finished fourth after falling 10 gates from the finish during her second run.
Competing on home their home mountain, Larsen said, energized the Panthers.
"We love having the race here at home because it gives you a sense of comfort when you're racing on the same mountain where you train," Larsen said. "We had a large majority of our team in the top 15."
They had nine — Larsen, Kropf, Gehring, Kuechenmeister, Kyle Robbins, Chase Robbins, Jane Bright, Emma Gann and Jenna Linsley — in the top 15.
"I was having an amazing run during my first," said Kuechenmeister, who also took seventh place at Loveland on Jan. 4 and ninth in Steamboat on Jan. 11. "I fell, but I'm still pleased with it. Our main goal at this point is to get as many girls on our team qualified and into state as we can."
Panthers first-year head coach Chantal Knapp said La Belle's steep and icy hill added mental strain to the racers' challenge.
"Today was the kind of race where if you skied smart, you skied fast," Knapp said. "Both courses were set with some tricky sections that required some tactics. Today was a tactical day."
On the boys side, Panthers junior Grant Ellwood took second place in the boys division. He finished second to Evergreen's Jake Bender, who was first in giant slalom and second in alpine slalom at last year's state championships.
Ellwood said Thursday's silver-medal runs were in line with how he has been skiing this season but would prefer to have been closer to Bender.
"My first run was pretty solid, I just came into one of the flushes towards the end of the course," Ellwood said. "In my second run, courses usually aren't that fast and I had some trouble with that."
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Slalom State Qualifier
At Eldora Mountain Resort
Slalom team scores — Nederland 177, Middle Park 165, Evergreen 160, Clear Creek 145, Platte Canyon 102.
Top 5 slalom individuals — 1. Dayna Larsen, Nederland, 1:28.63; 2. Keile Kropf, Nederland, 1:3488; 3. Nola Gehrig, Nederland, 1:43.26; 4. Bailey Kuechenmeister, Nederland, 1:44.29; 5. Rebecca Bolen, Middle Park, 1:47.77.
Other Nederland finishers — 6. Kyle Robbins, 1:48.86; 7. Chase Robbins, 1:48.94; 12. Jane Bright, 1:59.30; 14. Emma Gann, 2:00.92; 15. Jenna Linsley, 2:01.77; 18. Erin Lewis, 2:06.63; 21. Anne Cox, 2:10.58; 23. Shelby Ingle, 2:15.82; Kaetlyn Arant, DNF; Olivia Kuhns, DNF.
Slalom team scores — Evergreen 172, Nederland 169, Clear Creek 157, Platte Canyon 152, Middle Park 52.
Top 5 slalom individuals — 1. Jake Bender, Evergreen, 1:22.86; 2. Grant Ellwood, Nederland, 1:30.57; 3. Michael Skladano, Clear Creek, 1:33.68; 4. Christopher Morris, Evergreen, 1:38.44; 5. Matt Wood, Nederland, 1:42.48.
Other Nederland finishers — 7. Michael Carrannant, 1:46.43; 10. Evan Fleckenstein, 1:52.49; 12. Brett Mattisen, 1:54.04; 13. Nicholas Allen, 1:54.82; 15. Caster Reid, 1:57.01; 17. Ian Hastings, 2:01.41; 20. Eric Spangler, 2:09.48; 25. Drew Icenogle, 2:15.68; 32. Sasha Lien, 2:30.36; 37. Brock Pommer, 2:43.91; Hayden Mans, DNF; Quin Kuechenmeister, DNF; Kyle Strand, DNF; Sam von Mettenheim, DNF.


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Demystifying FAs for the Deconditioned
There is an abundance of new technologies that are designed to aid our members in monitoring and maintaining their exercise habit. However, before a member can utilize these systems effectively, they must first have a starting point.
In no group is this more important than the special populations such as the elderly or deconditioned. Fitness assessments (FAs) are the foundation on which we build a strong commitment to an exercise program. The dilemma is how do we market the value of fitness assessments to special populations?
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To market to special populations, we must demystify the fitness assessment, establish a value for it, make it meaningful and make it visual. If you focus on these key areas in your marketing strategy, you will certainly see an increase in takers for fitness assessments.
--Mark Sinclair is the genreal manager of HealthWorks in Fort Collins, Colo. He is a graduate of Brighton University, England, in exercise science.
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* Avoid information overload
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* Make assessments meaningful
* Make assessments fun
* Show a sheet that tracks results
Industry Update
* E-Zone has formed a strategic sales and marketing alliance with Cardio Theater Holdings Inc. The companies will work together to bring a wide variety of exercise, education and entertainment options to the industry.
* The Performance Ball, a serious but fun fitness training program, has launched its Web site (www.performanceball.com). The site highlights inventor Ralf Henning; the Performance Ball; a products display page; videotapes and accessories; an ACE certification page; a fitness tip page; an e-mail order page; and a contact page.
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* Treadmill manufacturer Woodway USA has purchased a 50 percent stake in Woodway GMBH of Weil am Rhein, Germany. Concentrating in medical specialty models, such as those used in the rehab of paraplegics and stroke patients, Woodway GMBH has been supplying treadmills throughout Europe since 1975.


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Adrienne Maloof: Andy Cohen's Diss Was Unprofessional
Adrienne's striking back at Andy's diss, calling her former boss unprofessional! Do you think Andy was out of line with what he said?
When Adrienne Maloof failed to appear at the taping of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' season three reunion special, host and Bravo network executive Andy Cohen explained her absence in a fashion that the former Housewife found dismissive and unprofessional, according to a new report.
Adrienne Maloof Hits Back At Andy Cohen
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Do you think Andy was unprofessional during the reunion, HollywoodLifers?
WATCH: Andy Cohen Slams Adrienne Maloof At 'RHOBH' Reunion
— Billy Nilles
More Adrienne Maloof News:
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- Adrienne Maloof Leaving 'Real Housewives' — Confirmed
- Adrienne Maloof 'Won't Be Missed' If She Leaves 'RHOBH'


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