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Stimulating TOD With Bus Service
September 24, 2013
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The Institute for Transportation & Development Policy's new report, "More Development for Your Transit Dollar: An Analysis of 21 North American Transit Corridors" has been added to the Research Center's best practices database.
Federal Policy Update: New Starts Policy Guidance
August 14, 2013
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The Federal Transit Administration published federal policy guidance which, in conjunction with the final rule FTA published in January, 2013, outlines the details of the new, streamlined evaluation and rating process for New and Small Starts projects under Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21). Additionally, FTA has posted updated reporting instructions and forms for the new process, available on FTA's website here.
Modern Streetcar Vehicle Guideline
April 30, 2013
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"Modern Streetcar Vehicle Guideline," designed to support specification and procurement of modern streetcar vehicles by identifying and describing important technical and operating principles relating to their application, has been added to the Resource Center's best practices database.
The Tramway Revival In France
April 5, 2013
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A 2012 report on the return of tramways to France by the Ministry for Ecology, Stustainable Development and Energy has been added to the Research Center best practices database.
Updating The Transit Space Race Interactive Map
January 22, 2013
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Reconnecting America today released an updated interactive map showing all of the fixed-guideway transit projects in the United States. You can read more about the project in this Reconnecting America News report or you can go directly to the map here.
New Additions To Resource Center Best Practices
October 29, 2012
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A trio of reports have been added to the Resource Center best practices database.
Research Explores Train Vs. Bus Preferences
June 18, 2012
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An April 2012 article from the Journal of Public Transportation entitled "Bus or Rail: An Approach to Explain the Psychological Rail Factor" has been added to the Research Center best practices database. The article by Milena Scherer of ETH Zurich and Katrin Dziekan of the Berlin Institute of Technology explores whether there is an inherent preference for fixed rail transit among transit riders and why. The research found a preference for using rail, assuming equal service conditions, of 63 percent for regional train and 75 percent for trams compared to bus services. The rail factor is highly loaded with emotional and social attributions, the researchers note, and account for 20–50 percent of the share in the different schemata for bus, rail, and tram.
Light Rail Without Wires
May 18, 2012
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"Light Rail Without Wires: A Dream Come True?" a 2004 article by John D. Swanson of Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas, has been added to the Resource Center best practices database.
Discussion Paper On The Evaluation Of Economic Development
March 1, 2012
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A Federal Transit Administration Office of Planning and Environment document from 2008 discussing how FTA might evaluate the potential economic development impacts of projects applying for New Starts funds.
District of Columbia Streetcar Land Use Study, Phase One
February 17, 2012
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VATICAN CITY — Today, the opening day of the Olympic Games in China, the Vatican newspaper is running a curious sports feature titled, "From the Vatican to St. Louis in search of Olympic gold."
The article tells the story of Louis Handley, who won gold medals as part of the New York Athletic Club's water polo team and the club's four-by-50-yard freestyle swimming relay team at the 1904 games in St. Louis.
Born in Rome in 1874, the name on his birth certificate was Luigi de Breda (his Italian mother's last name). His father was Francis Montague Handley, a U.S. sculptor who lived in the Vatican and served as the private butler to both Popes Pius X and Leo XIII, the article said.
The sculptor's son moved to the United States when he was 22 years old and began using the name Louis de Breda Handley.
The Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, said that in addition to studying in Rome with the Christian Brothers — and becoming proficient in Italian, English, French, Spanish, Latin and Greek — he also was a dedicated sportsman. Swimming was just one of his passions, but because there were no pools in Rome at the time, he did it in the Tiber River (which, the newspaper pointed out, was not polluted at the time).
After winning two gold medals in 1904, he went on to become a famous — and winning — coach of female swimmers. (Women's swimming did not become a regular part of the Olympics until the 1912 games in Stockholm, Sweden.)
The Vatican newspaper article said Hanley was "a promoter of women's emancipation."
Handley died in New York Dec. 28, 1956, and was inducted into the American Swimming Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1967.


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Duo concede England were below-par
Skipper Steven Gerrard and goalscorer Wayne Rooney pulled no punches about England's below-par performance in their 1-1 World Cup qualifying draw with Poland in Warsaw.
England top Group H by a point from Montenegro, who have a game in hand, heading into the five-month winter break from competitive international action. However, Rooney admits England have to improve on their showing against the Poles if they are to qualify for Brazil 2014 while Gerrard conceded Roy Hodgson's side were "not totally at the races" in the game.
Rooney, who scored his 32nd goal for his country, said: "It was a hard-fought point. It was a difficult game, a difficult pitch. We weren't at our best but we dug in and got a draw. We know we can play better but this is a difficult place to come. It is a decent point."
He added: "We knew it was a tough group, but we're confident. We believe in ourselves and we believe we are the best team in the group, so we are confident of qualifying.
"Do England have to improve to qualify? Yes, of course. We know we can play a lot better but at least we got the point, so we can take that home."
The game eventually went ahead after Tuesday night's torrential rain left the pitch waterlogged.
Gerrard said: "It was difficult conditions and a difficult pitch but we can't use that as an excuse. I thought Poland dealt with the conditions and played to the conditions slightly better than us. That's the reason we didn't get three points.
"The pitch was slippy, wet, cutting. I think it was laid a week and a half ago. So it wasn't ideal. Both teams tried to make the most of it and they did it better. We did okay until we scored but never built on the one-goal lead. We never passed the ball well enough, for whatever reason."
Gerrard refused to use the 20-hour delay before the game went ahead for England's poor showing, and he added: "When you're fired-up, pumped-up, you've had your massages and you're ready to go, that's not ideal (when the game is called off).
"But we're professionals. We're playing at the top level and we had to get ourselves up for this but I didn't think we were totally at the races."


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Best airport restaurants around the world
Faced with concourses filled with shrink-wrapped sandwiches, greasy fast-food burgers, and processed pastries, the thought of eating at an airport is rarely appetizing. But that may soon change, as airports around the world are revamping aging terminals and the world's best chefs, several of them Michelin-starred, are recognizing the value of serving exemplary meals before liftoff.
The Daily Meal's list of the 31 best airport restaurants around the world was carefully curated through a six-month-long nomination process. Globe-trotting gourmands that we are, The Daily Meal staff packed its bags, hit the road, canvassed concourses around the world, and compiled a preliminary list of more than 100 restaurants. We also consulted food and travel experts like Nikos Loukas of InflightFeed and other trusted sources and added their recommendations to those of The Daily Meal's editors, who have traveled and dined extensively around the world.
Restaurants were judged in two categories: cuisine and style/décor/service. From innovative menu options to plating and presentation to freshness, quality, and taste, The Daily Meal evaluated each restaurant's cuisine and only included the restaurants that were deemed to be extraordinary. For the second category, panelists evaluated the dining experience, from the restaurant's interior and dining-room ambiance to the service, voting for the restaurants that offer an unrivaled experience. Each restaurant had the chance to be voted on twice. Finally, the percentage scores from each category were averaged to arrive at the final ranking.
From Miami to Munich and Seattle to Singapore, there are dozens of outstanding airport restaurants, many a destination in their own right. From the Full Monty Breakfast (two free-range sausages, crispy smoked bacon, crispy black pudding, "Burford Brown" eggs, potatoes and sticky onions, roast tomatoes, field mushrooms, and organic baked beans) at Jamie Oliver's Union Jacks Bar at the U.K.'s Gatwick Airport to the seasonally changing prix fixe menu at Michelin-starred chefs Gilles Dupont and Thomas Byrne's Altitude at Genève Aéroport in Geneva, dining at the 31 best airport restaurants around the world is likely to make you wonder why you ever settled for a lackluster lunch during your last layover.
"When you're flying, you want something healthy and light," said Iron Chef Cat Cora, whose Cat Cora's Kitchen, located in three airports around the country (Houston (IAH), Salt Lake City (SLC), and San Francisco (SFO)), serves healthy fare made from sustainable, organic, and locally sourced ingredients. The grilled avocado Cobb salad and baked jalapeño poppers stuffed with feta cheese and breaded in panko breadcrumbs are enticing enough to make our list and make travelers think twice about eating plane food, unless, of course, you are referring to Gordon Ramsay's Plane Food at Heathrow Airport in London, which also made the list.
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Whether you're in the airport for a few minutes or a few hours, make sure you packed your appetite.
1. Porta Gaig (El Prat del Llobregat, Barcelona)
After a much-anticipated Ricardo Bofill-designed completion of Terminal 1 in 2009, in-transit diners with extra time have been stopping at Porta Gaig for chef Carles Gaig's traditional Catalan fare. Gaig, the Michelin-starred chef behind Barcelona's Restaurant Gaig who also prepares the tasting menu aboard the Barcelona Gourmet Bus, has created a menu that includes roast chicken, veal, and croquettes.
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2. Salt Lick BBQ (Austin-Bergstrom International Airport)
When it comes to food, barbecue is a staple in the state of Texas. Salt Lick BBQ at Gate 12 in the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport provides an authentic Texas barbecue experience for incoming travelers who can't wait, outgoing travelers who still crave it, and through-traffic travelers who have no time to leave the airport. The Salt Lick started 45 years ago on a ranch in Driftwood, Texas, which was run by Thurman and Hisako Roberts, as well as their son Scott, who now runs the business. Thurman Roberts dreamed of living and working on the same property that he grew up on, so he built a barbecue pit on his favorite spot of the ranch and began a barbecue business — The Salt Lick still uses that pit to this day. The Salt Lick is noteworthy for its signature beef brisket and pork ribs, but save room for desserts like a slice of peach cobbler, pecan pie, or blackberry cobbler.
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3. Tortas Frontera (Chicago O'Hare International Airport)
You don't have to be in Mexico to get great south-of-the-border food. Located in Terminal 1 at gate B11 and Terminal 3 at gate K4, Tortas Frontera, created by chef Rick Bayless, features a guacamole bar with chips and salsa, as well as toppings like pepitas, bacon, and sun-dried tomatoes; a yogurt bar with Greek yogurt and toppings like honey and granola; and tortas (Mexican grilled sandwiches) including the Cubana featuring pork, black beans, Chihuahua cheese, and avocado. Tortas Frontera serves breakfast until 11 a.m., with dishes like an egg and chorizo torta or molletes (open-faced sandwiches), including the caramelized plantain mollete, which has peanut butter, caramel, and pecans. Don't forget the drinks! Tortas Frontera serves up refreshments like strawberry and mango smoothies, as well as cocktails such as bloody marys, margaritas, and Goose Island beer.
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4. Bubbles Seafood & Wine Bar (Amsterdam Airport Schiphol)
As the name suggests, Bubbles Seafood & Wine Bar is a wine, champagne, and raw seafood bar. The sister restaurant of Amsterdam's Bubbles & Wines, the airport location is built around a saltwater aquarium in Departure Lounge 1. Don't leave the airport without trying sipping a flute or two of the champagne (there are more than 50 to choose from) and sampling the raw herring with fresh bread and onions — a Dutch tradition. There's even a casino in case you're feeling lucky.
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5. Obrycki's (Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport)
Originally a bar in the Fells Point neighborhood of Baltimore, Obrycki's original spot was within two townhomes bought by the Obrycki family. Eventually, food was added to the menu. There are two locations at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, one located between gates B-9 and B-11 that is a full-service restaurant serving favorites like crabcakes, crabcake sliders, hot crab dip, and turkey club sandwiches, and the other between gates A-10 and A-11, a bar that serves pub snacks like crab and shrimp salsa with tortilla chips. Obrycki's signature crabcakes, typically served fried and made with jumbo lump crabmeat and a little bit of seasoned breadcrumbs and egg, embody traditional Maryland cuisine. The bar offers a drink with a local twist called the Crabby Mary, a bloody mary made with Absolut Peppar Vodka and spicy mix, served in a glass rimmed with seafood seasoning.
6. Crust (LaGuardia Airport, New York City)
Crust is one of two pizza restaurants at LaGuardia to make The Daily Meal's list of 31 Best Airport Restaurants Around the World (the other being Tagliare at #14). While Tagliare serves New York-style pizza, Crust, in terminal D, features thin-crust, Neapolitan-style pizza with artisanal toppings. Each pizza is cooked to perfection at 700 degrees. Order from the menu or design your own pizza. Options include the pesto (mozzarella, pecorino toscano, garlic, Gruyère, and basil pesto), prosciutto and cheese (mozzarella, fennel seeds, Gruyère, pecorino toscano, and prosciutto), and meatball (tomato, mozzarella, veal meatballs, caramelized onions, olives, pecorino toscano, and oregano). This sit-down eatery also offers takeout. At the airport early in the day? Breakfast choices include an omelette with hash-brown potatoes and your choice of herbs, cheese, mushrooms, or ratatouille, and brioche French toast with Vermont maple syrup and apple-wood smoked bacon, as well as pick-me-up drinks like cappuccinos, espresso, and fresh-brewed Intelligentsia Coffee.
7. Five Guys (Washington Dulles International Airport)
If it's good enough for President Obama, it's good enough for us. Five Guys, located in Concourse A and Concourse B, isn't just another burger chain. Made-to-order hamburgers and cheeseburgers served with copious amounts of fresh cut french fries are the special here. Add on as many toppings as you want, including barbecue sauce, jalapeños, hot sauce, onions, mushrooms, and more. President Obama orders his cheeseburger with lettuce, tomato, jalapeños, and mustard.
8. Custom Burgers by Pat LaFrieda (LaGuardia Airport, New York City)
Located in the food court in Terminal D, Custom Burgers by Pat LaFrieda serves hamburgers made from a special blend by the fourth generation of the LaFrieda family, who make 75,000 hamburgers a day in their 36,000-square-foot facility in North Bergen, N.J. Their original hamburger blend is made using a 90-year-old recipe and includes a combination of American Black Angus beef chuck, brisket, and short rib. The restaurant's most popular menu items include a Goodfellas double burger with Italian peppers, smoked mozzarella, mushrooms, and onions, and the Fat Cat, a double burger with bacon, and egg, and each burger is cooked to order. For the perfect sides, order a fresh-made thick milkshake and french fries.
9. Encounter (Los Angeles International Airport)
Fresh California cuisine is on the menu at Encounter, which is located in the Theme Building, a futuristic building with 135-foot high parabolic arches in the center of LAX (pre-security). The dining space is Disney-esque (the interior was designed by Ed Sotto and Ellen Guevara for Walt Disney Imagineering) — Encounter features an intergalactic-themed décor showcasing a futuristic Los Angeles, with moonstone quarry walls, a crater-shaped bar, and soda fountain guns that have laser lights and make sound effects when bartenders pour a drink. The restaurant is open for lunch and dinner, and the menu includes appetizers like steamed edamame with sesame pepper, fleur de sel, and ponzu sauce and sandwiches like the California smoked turkey B.L.T. served on Italian sourdough bread and piled with sliced tomatoes, avocados, bacon, baby bibb lettuce, fresh basil, and oven-roasted garlic aioli. Lunch mains include Encounter's signature Cobb salad with California avocados, diced Roma tomatoes, green onions, organic boiled eggs, and a blue cheese Cobb salad tower of maple smoked bacon, herbed chicken, blue cheese crumble, and a buttermilk dressing, and dinner mains include pan-seared Pacific blue fin tuna with ginger-scented rice, steamed bok choy, char-broiled Hawaiian pineapple drizzled with soy vinaigrette, and foamed wasabi dipping sauce sprinkled with toasted sesame seeds. On Saturdays and Sundays, The Observation Deck is open and offers free admission.
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10. Legal Sea Foods (Boston Logan International Airport)
The first Legal Sea Foods started as a fish market in 1950 under the ownership of George Berkowitz in the Inman Square neighborhood of Cambridge, Mass. Berkowitz was inspired by his father Harry's Legal Cash Market, an adjacent grocery store which also likely inspired the current motto of the restaurant, "If it isn't fresh, it isn't Legal!" Legal Sea Foods' first restaurant opened next to the fish market in 1968. Berkowitz's son Roger took over the business in 1992 and opened a location in Terminal C at Logan International Airport. Legal Sea Foods now has four restaurant locations within the terminals of Logan International (terminals A, B, and C). Want to dine like a U.S. President? Order a customer favorite — a bowl of Legal Sea Food's New England clam chowder, which has been served at every presidential inauguration since 1981.
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All 18 Third Jerseys Described!/
I know! Described! Woo-hoo! Nothing like words instead of pictures. Seriously though, Howard Berger of Hockey Buzz is about to become our best friend here at Icethetics. He's claimed to have obtained photos of "most NHL third jerseys for the up-coming season."
He's described them in great detail on his blog which is where you should read all about them. But for the purposes of keeping all the third jersey news in one place, see the giant block quote below.
Atlanta Thrashers
The club will introduce a dark red jersey with the word "THRASHERS" on the front, just above the player's uniform number, which will appear on both sides of the design. A broad white stripe will adorn each arm of the jersey with a dark red number in the stripe. A broad white-and-dark blue stripe will run down the sides of the jersey.
Boston Bruins
The Bruins will unveil an all black jersey with the club's alternate logo on the front – a black bear with the word "BRUINS" above it in a semi-circle. Two gold stripes will appear on the arms, with gold numbering above the stripes and on the back.
Buffalo Sabres
The Sabres will bring back their original road jersey — the blue design with the round "cross-sword" logo on the front, and the three gold stripes on the arms and the bottom of the jersey. It's the uniform the Sabres' first GM/coach, George (Punch) Imlach, requested; a design similar to that which Imlach's Maple Leafs had from the 1967 playoffs through 1969-70. And, it's the jersey Buffalo wore during road games from the beginning of the franchise in 1970-71 to the end of the 1995-96 season. Beginning in 1996-97, the Sabres switched to a black, red and white uniform, and completely redesigned their logo. Another redesign occurred prior to the 2006-07 campaign, with the team returning to its blue and gold color scheme.
Carolina Hurricanes
The Hurricanes will introduce a black third jersey, with red and white trim – different than their customary red home uniform with the black and white trim. Each arm will sport red and white angular stripes. The bottom of the jersey will feature a narrow white stripe and a thicker red one. In between, will be 10 white stars. The club's red logo on the uniform front is placed within a white triangle, presumably to honor the famed Research Triangle that dominates the Raleigh-Durham area.
Chicago Blackhawks
The Blackhawks will return to the predominantly black third jersey they have worn in recent years. A white stripe flanked by two red stripes will appear on each arm, and at the bottom of the jersey. A wide red stripe is featured at the tip of each arm. The traditional Blackhawks Indian-head logo appears, as usual, on the front.
Dallas Stars
The Stars' third jersey is simple… a white uniform with the word "DALLAS" crowned on the front, atop the jersey number, which appears on both sides. Parallel dark-green and black stripes appear on each arm. There are no stripes at the bottom of the jersey.
Edmonton Oilers
The Oilers are going back to their glory days with the predominantly blue jersey Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier et al wore on the road while winning five Stanley Cup titles between 1984 and 1990. Orange shoulder piping will re-appear, along with a broad orange stripe at the tip of each arm. Two white stripes flanking an orange stripe are on the arms and near the bottom of the jersey. The original round Oilers logo, with the orange oil drip and blue team name, is on the front.
Los Angeles Kings
The Kings will unveil a predominantly black jersey with the letters "LA" inside a pencil-point logo on the front. Broad white stripes will adorn each arm. A thin white stripe will run horizontally on each side of the jersey, just beneath the shoulder. There are no stripes at the bottom of the uniform. The color purple — widely evident in the Kings' primary jersey — will likely be featured in the number outlines of the alternate, though the photo copy I have doesn't clearly show it. A better idea would have been a reprise of the Kings' original purple and gold uniforms from 1967, but the club marketers are apparently not bent on tradition.
New York Islanders
The Isles are going back to their original road jersey from 1972-73, when they joined the NHL along with the Atlanta Flames. It is a royal-blue base, with broad orange and white stripes on the arms and at the bottom of the jersey. The uniform numbers — as they appeared during the club's inaugural season — are orange with white trim. Player names will also be orange. The Islanders switched to white jersey numbers after their dreadful first year in the league; when they compiled a 12-60-6 record… worst, to that point, in NHL history.
Ottawa Senators
A dramatic change in the Senators' third jersey will see a predominantly black uniform with the word "SENS" angled upward on the front. A fashionable red stripe will run from the arm pits, down the side of the jersey, to its base, where the stripe turns inward. A pair of narrow red and white stripes will adorn each arm, and the very bottom of the jersey. It's quite a sharp design.
Philadelphia Flyers
The Flyers are also going for tradition, bringing back the predominantly orange jersey the club wore at home when it joined the NHL in 1967-68. White shoulder piping will again run the length of each arm, with orange numbers trimmed in black. A large black stripe is affixed to the tip of each arm. A broad white stripe adorns the bottom of the uniform. The Flyers' stylized "P" black logo with the orange dot is on the front.
Phoenix Coyotes
The Coyotes will unveil an all-new design… a predominantly black jersey with a leaping desert-red coyote as the front logo. A large, dark-red stripe will run down the side of the jersey, broadening at the base. A similar dark-red stripe, only smaller, is affixed to the latter half of the arm, beyond the white numbers.
Pittsburgh Penguins
Kudos to the Penguins for staying with the jersey the club wore during the Outdoor Classic in Buffalo last Jan. 1st. It's a replica of the home jersey the Penguins wore starting in 1968-69, their second year in the NHL: Predominantly light-blue in color, with broad white stripes trimmed in dark blue on the sleeves and uniform base. A large, dark-blue stripe is at the tip of each arm. The neckline is dark-blue with the lace-up feature. The dark-blue, circular Penguins' logo is on the front.
San Jose Sharks
Though the photo I have is a bit grainy, the Sharks will wear a predominantly black third jersey with aqua and white stripes on each sleeve. The back number is white. The traditional Sharks' "biting-stick" logo is on the front.
St. Louis Blues
Another significant change. The Blues will introduce a dark-blue alternate jersey with a white stripe trimmed in black on the sleeves and uniform base. The club's traditional "blue-note" logo appears within a circle on the front of the jersey, with the city's famous Gateway Arch in the background. It will also have the lace-up feature.
Tampa Bay Lightning
Also completely different. The Lightning will introduce a predominantly dark-blue alternate with the word "BOLTS" angling downward in white on the jersey front. A narrow white stripe is featured above a broad black stripe at the uniform base. Grey and white stripes are on each arm, and the latter half of the sleeve, to the tip, is black.
Toronto Maple Leafs
Rather than producing an entirely new design – as many NHL clubs have done — the Leafs' alternate jersey will be identical to the one the players have worn, on and off, since 1998: A replica of the club's white road uniform from the mid-1960s, with the 35-point, blue maple leaf logo on the front; blue shoulder piping, and two blue lines on the arms and near the bottom of the jersey. A thick blue stripe encircles the tip of the sleeve. The neck has the lace-up feature prominent in the 1960s and early-'70s.
Vancouver Canucks
The Canucks are going back to their inception in 1970-71 by bringing back the predominantly blue road jersey the club wore. At the bottom of the jersey – and on each arm – is a broad green stripe flanked by a pair of white stripes. The club's original "hockey-stick-in-a-rink" logo is outlined in green and white on the front.
I can't wait to start seeing these sweaters in photographs!


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In the title track track, it almost feels like there are too many ideas trying to bust out. Initially, a caramel-smooth bassline is the focus, but it's soon joined by strident percussion, scurrying arps, blurry vibraphone and incandescent bursts of synth. Alone, these pieces would probably sound simple, but together…well, you get the idea. It's good.
"Peaking Point" is a particularly buoyant piece of piano house, bass providing most of the lift. Higher keys are hit periodically, acting as little bumps along an otherwise slick and fast road. The backdrop is less conventional, filled out by the harmonies of a children's choir. There's nothing overtly retro-sounding here. But is that a surprise? The man born Willie Griffin was there soon after house kicked off; he's probably less interested in repeating history than some of the younger retro-fetishists are. Moving Rivers has better things to do, such as show where else the genre might be able to go.
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This Date In Royals History – October 16, 1985
We'll start today with a weather report – expect cold and blustery Canadian conditions with a 50% chance of a late evening championship. Look for ominous storm clouds to roll in some time in the early third, which will hover until a sudden 'Sunny' breakthrough in the sixth.
Wednesday, October 16, 1985 and the Royals and Blue Jays have reached the all of nothing finale – Game 7 of the American League Championship Series. It was the perfect big game match-up with both teams sending their aces to the mound, Bret Saberhagen and Dave Steib, in a winner take all finish. The Royals got on the board first, as they had in each game of the series except the first, with a run in the second.
In the third inning former Royal Rance Mulliniks hit a shot off the leg of Bret Saberhagen and all of Kansas City saw the chance at the World Series flash through their eyes. The ball ricocheted so hard off Bret that Mulliniks was able to reach second base. Saberhagen finished the inning but was lifted in favor of Charlie Leibrandt to start the fourth. The Royals ace was on the bench -the Jays was still on the mound.
Pat Sheridan would homer in the fourth and then Toronto countered with a run in the fifth. With the score 2-1, the Royals mounded another threat in the sixth starting with a one-out walk to George Brett. After that Hal McRae was hit by a pitch, Pat Sheridan grounded into a force out and Steve Balboni worked Dave Stieb for another walk. Now the bases were loaded with two-out and Jim Sundberg stepped to the plate.
Sunny, who had driven in the Royals first run of the game, launched a drive down the RF line that seemed to carry and carry and carry…before finally bouncing off the top of the fence for a triple that cleared the bases. Frank White followed with an RBI single scoring Sundberg and the Royals were up 6-1. After that, with Leibrandt in a groove and Quiz in the pen, the Royals could almost count down the outs. When Frank White fielded Lloyd Moseby's high hopper in the ninth inning the Kansas City comeback was complete and the Royals were American League Champions.
The extended forecast after that night was very Missouri-like for the next week or so…
Just A Bit More: Jim Sundberg is primarily known as a Texas Ranger where he spent the majority of his major league career and he still works for that club today.
Did you know Jim is from *Galesburg, IL and played baseball at the University of Iowa? (That's Sunny in his Hawkeye days pictured above)
Looking back his brief stay in Kansas City from 1985-1986 was a master stroke by Royals GM John Schuerholz . Sunny came on-board as the veteran that would help mold the Royals cast of inexperienced pitchers and his influence remained even after he was traded to the Cubs in March of 1987. His steady hand helped the entire pitching staff, but he made a huge impact of the younger pitchers like Saberhagen, Gubicza and Jackson. A solid fundamental 'professional' player, one that often goes underappreciated until you watch them play everyday.
And he got a few key hits too, plus a certain slide across home you might remember.
* Corrected from original post. Sunny hales from the Land of Lincoln, previously this note incorrectly placed an IA (Iowa) abbreviation instead of IL (Illinois).
(Curt Nelson, Director – Royals Hall of Fame)
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Wow, I would never have said that was Sunny had it not been for the article. I dig the old fiberglass helmet, too.
As for game seven, I remember as vindication for Charlie Leibrandt. In game four, he was nearly perfect only to lose in the ninth. Funny how the same luck followed him into the St. Louis series.
Another thing, I have worked for many years with a fellow who was the Jays trainer with that 1985 club. It?s his claim that when the right field fence was re-set at Exhibition Stadium (it was removed for the Argos football field) it was several feet short of what it was supposed to be. He asserts that had it been placed properly, Jesse Barfield makes the catch?..Look, sounds like BS but he was there and swears by the story and it certainly adds to the lore, at least for Jays fans.


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John Walter Cherriman (1944 - 2012)
[John Cherriman and his wife, Charlotte, 2007]
John Walter Cherriman, of Dover, went home to be with the Lord, October 13, 2012. He was 68. John was born March 29,1944 in Lewes, Sussex, England to the late-Walter and Joan(Pierce) Cherriman.
John was a graduate of Smyrna High School and was a volunteer in doing tax preparation for A.A.R.P. He had worked for the phone company thru all its evolutions, before becoming Verizon, for 32 years. John was a member of the Telephone Pioneers Club, and a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
John served proudly in the United States Navy for 6 years, during the Vietnam Era; serving aboard the U.S.S. Waddell (DDG-24)
He enjoyed fly fishing, and cooking and perfecting baking recipes. He loved to ride his bicycle and motorcycles.
John was preceded in death by his brother, James Cherriman. He is survived by his wife of 41 years, Charlotte (Bothell) Cherriman; three children - Jeremy N. Cherriman and his wife-Penny; Electronics Technician, S.S., Navy Ops, Jared M. Cherriman, of Bemberton, Washington, and Jenny Lynn Cherriman Kopp and her husband - Zachary, of Camden; two brothers - David and Andrew Cherriman, both of Clayton; his grandchildren - Lillian, Alison, Nuria, Brian, Mirick, Makayla and Miley Cherriman, Gracie and Tadd Kopp, as well as extended family in England.
Services will be held 7 p.m. Monday, October 22, 2012, in the Smyrna Chapel of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 310 Clark Farm Rd., Smyrna, where family and friends may visit from 5 to 7 p.m.
Burial with military honors will take place 11 a.m. Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at the Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery, 2465 Chesapeake City Rd, Bear, Delaware.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 92 Reads Way, Suite 205, New Castle,DE 19720 or the Disabled American Veterans, 183 South Street, Camden,DE 19934.


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Though it cannot help but lapse into dogma and didactics at times, Salt of the Earth is a powerful, persuasive labor-management drama. With the exception of five actors (including future Waltons star Will Geer), the cast is comprised of non-professionals, mostly participants of the real-life strike action upon which the film is based. Set in a New Mexico mining town, the film concerns the measures taken by the largely Hispanic union to improve working and especially living conditions for the poverty-stricken workers. Remarkably prescient, given that the film was made long before the women's movement, is the fact that it is the wives who keep the strike alive while their husbands are beaten and otherwise oppressed by the owners. Not that the miners wholeheartedly accept this; one of the script's many on-target observations shows the macho workers resenting their wives' intervention. The ultimate victory over the strikebreakers (led by Geer at his most odious) comes about as much from male-female solidarity as the workers' pre-set determination. Co-produced by the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelt Workers, Salt of the Earth was assembled under conditions of extreme duress by a group of Hollywood expatriates, all victims of the Blacklist: producer Paul Jarrico, director Herbert Biberman, screenwriter Michael Wilson and star Will Geer. "Freed" of the strictures of Hollywood pussyfooting and censorship, the film's auteurs are able to explore several subjects previously considered taboo. As a result, Salt of the Earth seems even fresher and more pertinent now than it did when given its extremely limited first release in 1954. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Thursday, October 13, 2005
They Never Get It
"The question is whether anybody will want to watch videos on a small screen like that."
Flicking back and forth between the two baseball games last night I chanced upon a news clip of Steve Jobs, pacing a large stage and holding aloft the new video iPod for the adoring Apple fanatics, while a 55 year-old newscaster solemnly reported on some facts and figures regarding yesterday's stock market reaction to Apple's earnings report.
Then the solemn 55 year-old newscaster pronounced, quite rhetorically, his question of whether anybody will want to watch videos on a small screen like that.
It cracked me up, having just come from the café of our local Borders, where, in the course of doing some work on my wireless, I had observed a pair of students hunched over a "small screen like that"—in this case, a cell phone—playing some kind of game for an hour while their books (this particular Borders is a mile from the nearest university) sat opened and unused on the table.
And that, oh solemn 55 year-old newscaster, is why anybody will want to watch videos on a small screen like that.
Jeff Matthews
I Am Not Making This Up
© 2005 Jeff Matthews
The content contained in this blog represents the opinions of Mr. Matthews. Mr. Matthews also acts as an advisor and clients advised by Mr. Matthews may hold either long or short positions in securities of various companies discussed in the blog based upon Mr. Matthews' recommendations.
16 comments:
- tahoe kid said...
Agreed. The news guy is out of touch. My 10 year old is in love with mobile phone games and whenever we're somewhere and have to wait for a few minutes I get asked, "Hey Dad, can I play a game on your phone." No problem with a small screen there. Now that Verizon has introduced Vcast and Apple now has the video iPod, it's easy to see how this will be a strong candidate for the next "Big Thing."
- dthorn said...
While a small screen is not an absolute deterent, particulary to those with young eyes, it is also an opportunity. KOPN, EMA and MVIS are all companies working on virtual or head mounted displays. If you dont think that small displays create a large opportunity take a look at KOPN stock chart. They are the only company with a product currently on the market (~$100 for a low res version this xmas). Their technology is not that exciting, however. MVIS on the other hand has game changing technology but they are still in development. Not sure at this point the exact timing or who gets the winning design, but I predict that virtual displays will be as common as headphones in five years. Personally i am keeping a close eye on MVIS, if only they could execute outside of their R&D department....
- rip said...
agreed viewing small screens will not be big, but this will complete the product as a media storage/output solution.
what is really dumb beyond belief is video cell phone
- fiat lux said...
It's a youth market thing, obviously.
I'm definitely not that market. I don't even get the point of watching downloaded videos on your PC -- if I'm going to watch a TV show or a movie, I want to be siting on my nice comfy couch in the living room, not in a task chair at my desk.
- Sam S. Park said...
Steve Jobs mentioned that there currently is not a market for portable video devices, and that Apple will need to create one. They also cover their claims by reassuring people that their main function still focuses on mp3s. I don't know about you, but I remember those tiny portable television devices in the 80's; but the only place I saw them were at baseball games, where fans would bring them to anxiously see if they might be caught on tv for a slight second. Yeah... that fad died out quicker then SUV's popularity in current gas price trends.
Going back to portable video players, Apple isn't the first to do this... there is Samsung's Yepp players, among others, that already brought this to the market. I've noticed that kids favor this product, but they get this product for bragging rights. I'm sure there will be other uses for portable video functions, but I guess Apple will have to create this market... time will tell.
- POLANDSPRINGENEMAS said...
The video is angle is secondary - there are thousands of DAP to choose from - from standalone Archos Gemini to the PSP. But what they are doing with Itunes and selling tv shows - this is going to blow up big. Plus did you see what they did with their new software and remote (I forget the names) They will do what Gateway and Dell couldn't and become the ultimate home electronic consumer experience
- m said...
With the trend to big screen TVs, why would you want to look at such a little screen, but more importantly why pay for TV shows or movies that you can only see on a small screen.
Even if you load it on your computer what resolution are you getting? Is it full DVD quality even if you have a video out on the computer?
The end result is that most iPOD use is when people are moving. They are walking down the street or in the car and use it as a way to block out the world. This is why the small units have been very successful.
Video is different. You can't watch it in your car or when you are walking down the street.
The fact is this is mearly another type of portable DVD player with a particularly small screen. Yes there is more content available, but does that make up for the smaller screen than the existing DVD players.
My conclusion is that it will sell very poorly and that this is not the innovative product that Apple is known for. It was the obvious answer to "what's next?", but obvious answers are frequently not innovative, not well received, and end up leaving the company and people involved wondering "What happened?"
- Dan said...
Buses, bus depots, planes, terminals, trains, train stations, waiting rooms, dorms, cafeterias, parks, beaches, if you've ever seen people in these places. You've seen the market for these devices. Any place you read a magazine or newspaper, you could be watching the news/favorite tv show/movie instead.
- aralls said...
m – Do you realize that the new units are superior in many ways other than video capability? Longer battery life, larger screen, more storage, and thinner to boot! So even if you don't care about video, why wouldn't you buy it? If you don't need the storage, then the Nano is pretty cool, too.
- CanuckInTX said...
The video market is still going to be just for those with the good young eyes, whereas the iPod was great for everyone. When I travel frequently on planes I see as many 'older' people (30+) using iPods as anyone else but I can't imagine a lot of them getting the new iPod to add a tiny video screen.
I agree with m, this one is going to be overblown and the iPod is not likely to blow open a whole new segment to sell this product to. I smell disappointment coming up.
- stealthelephant said...
Technology improvements are typically self evident. In this case, the solemn newsman sounds as if he was talking out of his ass and hadn't tried the thing. I think this may have been Jeff's point. The convergence of portability, resolution, ease of use and compatability appears in the Apple device in a way that no other tech firm had either imagined or delivered. One might be inclined to say this will be a disappointment or a youth marketing thing--but that is probably only in the context of Apple's stock. Expectations are spectacularly high, so yeah, I'm sure a holder might be disappointed. Don't miss the trend though. This is not a fad. Apple/Steve Jobs are defining convergence. It seems to me everybody else is just talking about it. Three industries are being shaken up and shifted by Apple and the iPod: music, movies, and videogaming. Polandspringsenemas is on to it. This isn't just filling out the delivery of technology through the iPod but the beginning of personalizing entertainment delivery(and who knows what else) through a sophisticated, stylish, user-friendly machine. These newshounds miss the big picture all the time!
- btb73 said...
I can see kids buying music videos for such a device. Being able to clearly see whats going on in those isnt that important, and it might be hip/fun to show them/discuss them.
However.. I'm on the newscasters side on this one when it comes to buying TV shows, very few people are going to pay to watch shows like lost in 320x240 resolution. Thats vcd quality, aka total crap. You cant even download a version of Lost with that poor quality on the internet!(normal Lost xvids found there are either 640, 960 or 1280 res). I cant see this becoming much more than a showoff item(as far as TV-shows are concerned), not until they up the resolution quite a bit.
- Aaron Koral said...
Jeff: I think Apple's newest product idea, while great and well designed, is a little misguided.
It's great that you can download content such as TV shows and music videos to the iPod device, but manufacturers like Samsung and Nokia are already working with cellular carriers to bring the same content to people's cell phones.
So the real question is: why buy the iPod when you get the same content delivered to your cellular phone?
Now, I could be wrong if a majority of the content providers (i.e., Disney, NBC Universal, et al.) line up behind Apple and support the iPod as the "standard" by which their content should be delivered to consumers in the future.
- tahoe kid said...
Don't forget the ability of Apple to create a hip new thing. After all, there were lots of MP3 players in the market pre-iPod. Apple made the iPod cooler, more hip and redefined the market. They may be able to do the same thing with the video product. The success of Apple in these markets is technology AND marketing.
- Johnny Debacle said...
How many of you are even under 30 much less close to the age of people who may find value in this?
Your kids may like to play games on the "Tiny House" screen of your cellphone, but how does playing a limited simple game designed for a small simple screen compare to watching a TV show or Film content designed for a 34 inch TV or a theatrical experience, respectively? It's apples and oranges.
This will not take off to a large extent; even though there is probably a market for it, it will be niche and never approach the levels of iPod. As a bonus feature, it won't turn anyone off, so if Apple can do this cheaply then good for them.
If they can start doing things like serving up local news or the morning CNBC shows to people VidPod so they can watch them on their commute, it would begin to get interesting. Or content that is less reliant on graphics and movement or even specifically designed content.
The real problem is as the post above alluded to: the instances in a given day when it would be possible(safe) for your eyes to be glued to a screen are < the instances in a given day when it would be possible for your ears to be glued to headphones.
Re: The shows sold in iPod stores -- $1.99 for crippled versions of content? 320x240 QVGA? I think that's a tougher sell to "kids" who are savvy enough to deftly prerecord what they want via DVR or find what they want via the shadow digital distribution channels.
- Sam S. Park said...
Johnny D makes a good point. Programs like those on CNBC are the only thing I'd subscribe to and watch on a tiny screen. I'm under 30...barely, so I'm at an age where I could talk to both the older and the younger. I doubt the "Lost" and "Desperate House Wives" viewers will watch them on a small screen. However, kids who already own video functioning players watch them at schools or elsewhere to cure bordom. I've heard that some teachers actually allow kids to watch them in class during test days, if they finish early. Apple doesn't need to create this "not yet existing market"... it already exists, he's tapping the wrong waterhole.