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NOTE: for the comic book version of Korath see Korath the Pursuer
|You will never make it to Ronan!
|~ Korath's last sentence, moments before his death by Drax and stating that The Guardians will never reach to Ronan
|Ronan may have questions for you.
|~ Korath to Peter Quill.
Korath (also known as: Korath the Pursuer) is a major antagonist in the 2014 Marvel movie Guardians of the Galaxy.
He was portrayed by Djimon Hounsou, who also portrayed Drago Bludvist in How to Train Your Dragon 2 and Mose Jakande in the global action blockbuster hit Furious 7.
Early life
Since his youth, Korath would be often trained alongside Thanos' adopted daughters Gamora and Nebula.
Events of Guardians of the Galaxy
Quest for the Orb
Korath led a platoon of Sakaarans ordered by Thanos to take Nebula and Gamora to Praxius IX when a lead for the Orb appeared there. The lead turned out to be false, and the party left empty handed. Shortly afterwards, Thanos ordered Korath, Nebula and Gamora to work for Ronan the Accuser, who had made a deal with Thanos to find the Orb in exchange for Thanos destroying Xandar.
While hunting for the Orb on the planet Morag, Korath found that Peter Quill had already located and successfully stole it. Quill attempted to talk his way out of the situation by claiming to be a segendary outlaw going by the name Star-Lord, but Korath refused to listen and ordered his squad of Sakaaran soldiers to take Quill and the Orb to Ronan for questioning.
However Quill managed to escape by shooting Korath in the chest and killing his Sakaaran soliders. Korath survived due to his enhanced skin and body armor and attempted to kill his attacker. Quill escaped through the hole in the wall and Korath gave chase. Quill was just able to get to hisship by using a Gravity Mine to incapacitate Korath's soldiers. While Quill attempted to start his ship, Korath ordered his men to build a canon. By the time the canon was ready, Quill used his ship to escape back to Xandar as Korath failed to shoot him out of the sky.
Korath returned to the Dark Aster and informed Ronan the Accuser, Gamora andNebula of events on Morag and of the outlaw Star-Lord, who his sources had informed him was planning to sell the Orb to a dealer named Broker on Xandar. Ronan ordered Gamora to travel to Xandar and retrieve the Orb from Peter Quill when he attempted to sell it to Broker, while Korath remained behind and continued to command Ronan's Sakaaran army.
Betraying Thanos
|Master, you cannot! Thanos is the most powerful being in the universe!
|~ Korath to Ronan
Later, Korath was present when Ronan decided to betray Thanos and keep the Orb's power to himself. The Orb's power caused explosions on the ship as Ronan consumed the power into his hammer and told Thanos that after he had destroyed Xandar, he would kill Thanos. Korath was disturbed by this due to how extremely powerful Thanos is, and questioned his master's decision as he believed that Thanos was the most powerful being in the universe. However, Ronan reassured him that with the power of the Orb, Thanos would not pose a threat.
Battle of Xandar
During the attack on Xandar by Ronan's forces, the Dark Aster was attacked by the combined forces of the Ravagers and the Nova Corps. Korath led a unit of Sakaaran soldiers in defending the Dark Aster, as they matched through the ship, they encountered Star-Lord, Drax the Destroyer and Groot who had boarded the ship during the battle with the intention of killing Ronan the Accuser. At that time, Korath finally address Quill as Star-Lord, much to Quill's delight.
A fight ensued between Korath's forces and the Guardians of the Galaxy, in which Korath fought Star-Lord, easily over-powering his human foe and mocking his attempts to kill Ronan. Their fight was interrupted when Drax the Destroyer defended Quill and attacked Korath. Korath briefly gained the upper hand, but the tables were turned and Korath was killed by Drax, who tore out a cybernetic part of his head while reciting his attempt at a metaphore.
Powers and Abilities
- Superhuman Strength
- Superhuman Durability
- Superhuman Agility
- Expert Marksman
- Ronan the Accuser†
- Nebula
- Sakaarans
- Thanos - Former Master turned Enemy
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- Star-Lord
- Drax the Destroyer - Killer
- Groot
- Rocket Raccoon
- Gamora - Former Ally turned Enemy
- In the comics, Korath was a Kree cyber-geneticist, and the founder of a project to develop cybernetic warriors for the Kree militia.
- It is believed that during the pre-production of the movie, Korath was intented to be a Kree as in the comics, due his appearance seen on the concept art.
- In Guardians of the Galaxy Prelude #1, Korath is shown training along Nebula and Gamora. Due to this as well as his cybernetic implants, Korath could be one of Thanos' "sons".
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How do I write an introductory paragraph on Trifles that includes author's name, the title of the play, and ends with a thesis statement, which also identifies the observation/evidence I will...
How do I write an introductory paragraph on Trifles that includes author's name, the title of the play, and ends with a thesis statement, which also identifies the observation/evidence I will dicuss (like the kitchen). Thank you.
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"The evidence collected from Minnie Foster's house is the primary factor that moves the plot forward in Susan Glaspell's play, Trifles."
This introductory statement not only gives the name of the work and the author, but also will help you introduce your thesis, which is about the evidence that is found throughout the home. According to your question, you may or may not focus on the evidence found in the kitchen. Hence, be specific in that introductory statement as to which particular evidence you will talk about. If you are going to talk about all of the evidence, then leave the introductory sentence as is and keep it general.
Your second sentence should support the introductory statement. Therefore you may want to start pointing to the evidence and the fact that it was considered as non-important to the males in the play. It could be something like this:
Although all the items throughout the Fosters home held a lot of significance and meaning, the male characters in the play considered them to be mere "trifles", given that the Minnie Foster, whom they investigated for the murder of her husband, was a simple country woman.
This statement is clean because it focuses entirely on one faction of the play: the male characters, and their reaction to the evidence. Use the sentence after that to focus on the contrasting reactions of the women.
In contrast, it is the women who give validity to the evidence, as they commiserate with Minnie who, in their final assessment, may have snapped as a result of ongoing domestic violence.
The final part of the paragraph should focus on what these contrasting reactions mean to the play, and how they explain the main idea of the play: that men and women are judged based on their gender primarily, and everything else is taken for granted.
An introductory paragraph like the one you are describing can be written in any number of ways. Opening lines often contain the seed of the thesis along with the title and author of the work.
We might begin with a line that broadly identifies the theme that the thesis will address and also identifies the title and author of the play.
In Susan Glaspell's play, Trifles, men and women stand on opposite sides of the human spectrum.
From here, we might move directly to a thesis statement.
The differences between the two sexes ultimately functions as the central drama and drives the conflict as the play unfolds, as seen in [insert details you will include regarding the kitchen, etc.].
If you are accustomed to opening an essay with the thesis and prefacing the evidence/arguments you will use in the body in separate sentences, I hope you can see that adjusting to this method is not too different.
The biggest challenge will be to conflate and simplify your ideas so that your thesis sentence does not become to loaded, bloated, or long. To do this, I suggest being brief in your descriptions of the evidence you are prefacing.

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It's going to be a week of closure posts this week. As I predicted one year ago, Brunswick St doesn't need two froyo providers. Although it opened first, Berrissimo looks like it is selling up and closing down (thanks to @bitsroy for the news). Frolic survives (for now).
Never mind the respective qualities of the consumable product, its interior design and branding is not as slick and shiny as Frolic's across the road, and it is the image that gets people in. A good product keeps them coming back, but that doesn't help if they don't come in to try it. Then there's the bigger competition from N2 gelato, which has made Trampoline look old in comparison.


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New York City, New York
This iReport is part of an assignment:
Photo essays: Your stories in pictures
Walking into a Protest
- Jareen, CNN iReport producer
Yesterday, Thursday December 6th, I was in Time Square New York photographing the Holiday Experience for my family back home. While I was looking through my lens, I notice a News Van; which is not unusual for that part of Manhattan, but there was a small crowd starting to build around it. I waited a moment, but the crowd was not doing anything out of the ordinary, so I continue walking around the square looking for Holiday themes.
After a while, I realize that I was surrounded by blue collar workers. For this reason, I looked for the crowd around the News Van and this time they were handing out signs. With in seconds the workers started chanting, "Union, union, union!" Quickly, I started to shoot.
What I had learned was this rally was organize by, Build Up NYC. The District Council of Carpenters have formed an alliance with other building trades unions and SEIU 32BJ to fight for good jobs and responsible development. Overall, their focus is to stand up for good jobs so they can move the country forward.


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Belgium looked in impressive form as they continued to prepare for the EuroBasket Additional Qualifying Round by defeating New Zealand 98-76 in Oostende on Wednesday night.
Dimitri Lauwers poured in 20 points to pace Belgium, who used the long-ball to keep New Zealand at arm's length by sinking 10 shots from beyond the arc.
Roel Moors added 18 points and Maxime Dezeeuw 15 for Belgium, who were without Los Angeles Lakers center Didier Mbenga.
The team coached by Eddy Casteels and Jacques Stas kept things tidy with only 10 turnovers, while forcing New Zealand into 24.
Belgium are to continue their build-up with games against Bulgaria in Sofia this weekend, before facing Bosnia and Herzegovina in Zenica in the AQR on August 8.


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Chill-Out Room
Well, it seems like Summer is just not quite ready to give up the ghost! While I was getting used to the idea of breaking out the sweaters, I now have to drag the fan back from the shed! Days like these call for light and refreshing foods. Watermelons offer the perfect relief fro the heat.
When I was a kid, watermelons only came in two sizes: large and extra large. They were perfect for large gatherings, picnics and bloc parties, but they were daunting for smaller households. Some shops would sell half or quarter melons, but unless they were freshly cut, chances were that by the time you got your melon chilled and sliced, it would have become a little sour. Nowadays, you can find small and tiny watermelons, perfect for four or fewer eaters, and these miniature varieties tend to be extremely sweet.
'Seedless' watermelons have been around for a few years now, but I have to say that I don't see the point: one of my childhood pleasures was to eat ice cold slices of watermelons in the backyard and spitting out the pips at the squirrels. It was all in good fun of course, I was not actually trying to hurt them, and they usually ate the projectiles. My father always sprinkles salt on watermelon slices: it intensifies the sweetness, and draws out the melon's water making for sloppily wet eating. A Cambodian friend of mine not only sprinkles salt onto melons, but she also adds powdered chilli peppers and lime juice. If melon is properly chilled, the combination is quite confusing, yet tasty.
Watermelon rinds, like cucumber peels, are more than just compost fodder. They soothe sunburns, hydrate chapped skin, and some people pickle them.
Watermelons are lovely just the way they are, so it might not occur to some to do more with them than eating them straight out of the fridge; cubed into a fruit salad is often just about as fussy one will get with a melon. But this fruit has lots of potential, especially during the dog days of summer.
I don't remember where I first saw this salad, but I assure you it is lovely, and perfect for fending off a heat wave: the watermelon hydrates you, while the salty feta replenishes the minerals lost in sweat. Add some shredded herbs, and you have a flavour explosion that will revive any flagging appetite. If you find feta too briny for your taste, you can remove the salt by soaking the cheese in milk; the milk not only draws out the salt, it also tenderizes the cheese, rendering creamy instead of crumbly. Be forewarned though, once the feta has soaked in milk, it will not keep very long: three or four days at the most.
Watermelon and Feta Salad
Serves four
1 small watermelon, or 2 halves of different colour (about 1 kg/ 2lbs, with the rind)
150g/ ±5oz feta
About 10 mint leaves
Purple basil or shiso (perilla) leaves for colour, optional
Kalamata or dried Morrocan olives, optional
Olive oil, lemon juice, optional
Remove rind from watermelon, and cut into bite-sized cubes, about 2cm/ ¾".
Crumble or cut feta into 1cm/ ±½" chunks. Add to the watermelon.
Finely shred the mint, and toss into the salad.
The salad is done, but you can add olives for extra oomph.
Chill for at least 30 minutes before serving.The salt in the feta and olives will draw out moisture from the melon, so you should not need to add any oil or lemon juice, however if you find the salad too 'dry' after it has rested in the refrigerator, add a splash of oil, the lemon juice is only necessary if you want more zing.
You can use seedless watermelons if you like, but I do not find the pips particularly bothersome in the salad. They can be pushed into a corner of the plate, or discreetly spat out along with the olive pits. But should the seeds be swallowed, no one need worry that a watermelon vine will grow in their stomach...
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This is the first in a weekly series of blog posts featuring Georgia Tech items in the possession of the College Football Hall of Fame, which opened last Saturday in downtown Atlanta. (None of the items in the series are actually on display, but kept in storage by curator Kent Stephens. When you see some of them, you won't need an explanation as to why.)
We'll start with a jersey worn by Tech great Greg Gathers, who finished his career as the Yellow Jackets' all-time sack leader at 31, a record that held for 11 years until Jeremiah Attaochu broke it last season with 31.5. Gathers, who played between 1999-2002, bagged his 31 in 37 games, while Attaochu's career spanned 49 games.
He was a two-time first-team All-ACC selection and an All-American as a junior, but his career was cut short by a kidney ailment. (Gathers is actually not in the hall of fame.)
"I tell you what, Greg had a knack for slipping blocks and filling cracks and crevices, and when offensive linemen were soft, and when they were leaners, he had a great knack for (taking advantage of that)," Tech defensive coordinator Ted Roof said this week. Roof was also Gathers' coordinator for his first three seasons. "He was explosive and had great body control."
Gathers, who turned 33 on Tuesday, is coaching high school football at his alma mater, East Saint John in Reserve, La., between New Orleans and Baton Rouge. Roof visited him in May on a recruiting trip.
"His health is great," Roof said. "He's wonderful. He's doing really good, really well. Raising his family and coaching and teaching."


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Take heart, 49ers fans: Well-respected analysts believe the upcoming draft is particularly deep at cornerback and wide receiver.
With needs at both positions, the 49ers won't sign two free agents of interest at those spots. Seahawks cornerback Walter Thurmond, who visited the 49ers on Friday, will sign a one-year, $3.5 million deal with the Giants today, according to multiple reports. Meanwhile, Steelers wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders reportedly never arrived for his scheduled Saturday visit to Santa Clara and will sign with the Broncos.
The 49ers starting cornerbacks since 2011, Carlos Rogers (released) and Tarell Brown (signed with Raiders), will play elsewhere in 2014. They have addressed the position by signing two former second-round picks with something to prove to one-year deals: Vikings cornerback Chris Cook and Eric Wright, who played 120 snaps in his debut with the 49ers last year.
At this point, Tramaine Brock, who signed a four-year, $14 million extension in November, and Chris Culliver, who is coming off a torn ACL, are the presumptive starters.
At wide receiver, the 49ers have two unquestioned starters in Anquan Boldin and Michael Crabtree, but no other wideout on the current roster has more than 44 career receptions. In addition to Sanders, the 49ers also had interest in now-signed free agents Julian Edelman (Patriots), Hakeem Nicks (Colts) and Golden Tate (Lions).
Here are the top remaining free agents at wide receiver and cornerback, according to Pro Football Focus:
James Jones (Packers)
Lance Moore (Saints)
Kenny Britt (Titans)
Mario Manningham (49ers)
Sidney Rice (Seahawks)
Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie (Broncos)
Antonio Cromartie (Jets)
Champ Bailey (Broncos)
Carlos Rogers (49ers)
Jabari Greer (Saints)
Don't like those names? Remember: The 49ers have 11 picks in the upcoming draft, with five among the top 94 selections.


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What's your book/current WIP about?
I have a fairly new release out. Bound by the Mist is a full-length fantasy romance that's somewhat different from others in its genre in that it's character-driven and doesn't feature the inevitable kick-ass heroine. Cal, the heroine, is a fairly normal college student. Well, she'd be normal if her strange visions and dreams of an elvin prince and his land hadn't convinced the people around her she had mental problems when she was a teenager.
Relian is the hero of the story and is, of course, the elvin prince. He's intrigued by Cal, even though he intially finds her very humanity puzzling and isn't happy about the reason for her arrival in his land.
I had a neat logline for the story, but I lost it. I'll see if I can remember it from heart. Here it is:
When a college student finds herself in an another dimension, she must discover the truth behind her arrival, all the while falling for the elvin prince who conspires to bind her to him.
Care to share your favorite line(s) from your story?
I love the simple intimacy of these lines. To me, they're so sensual without even one item of clothing being removed.
When he lifted his still damp hand, flicking his fingers to dislodge a few errant drops that clung to his skin, her throat grew dry. Those same drops landed on her cheek, where Relian tenderly traced their path with a finger. He moved a step closer, bringing their bodies mere centimeters apart. Somewhere in the recesses of her mind, the meaning of "ves atin" swam into her bloodstream. Yes, falling water—it fell, trickling through her, along with his voice.
What's your next project?
I'm working on the second novel in the Mists of Eria series. I don't have a title for it yet. I just call it Maggie's story. Yeah, real creative, I know.
Describe your writing in a sentence.
Escape into fantasy where love and magic mingle.
Do you choose character names or do the characters whisper them in your ears?
Sometimes I just know a character's name. At other times, it's a fight to choose a name that fits. I've even written a whole manuscript and then went back and changed a secondary character's name. Lol, I still worry that I might've missed one or two spots in the story that had his old name even though I used the search and find function on Word.
Plotter or panster?
I used to be a straightup panster, but decided since I didn't want to rewrite my manuscripts a hundreds times, I better incorporate just a smigeon of plotting to my repetitoire. I've got to admit, though, I hate plotting out my novels, so I'll have to see if it really works for me.
Do you like background noise or do you prefer a quiet space when you write?
Depending on my mood, sometimes I crave music while writing. Other times, it's just a big distraciton.
What are you currently reading?
I'm not currently reading anything. But I've just read Love's Prophecy by Brenda Dyer, and I plan to read Night with a Dom by Casea Major. Love's Prophecy is a great paranormal that has plenty of action, romance, love, and hot guys.
What question have you always wanted to be asked in an interview and how would you answer it?
Oh, this one's tough. Maybe "What job/profession would you like to earn a living from if you could choose any one you wanted?" I'd have to answer that by saying I'd want to be an author. Lol, I'm an author now, but not quite (okay, not even close to) earning a living off it.
People think I'm weird because...
I like to read and write. To a writer those are normal things, but to the average person who barely picks up a book, they do seem weird.
A magic that's fading
Relian has lived a life that hasn't changed in millennia, and he likes it that way. As Prince of the Erian people, he has his conscripted duties. And a human, even one as desirable as Cal, does not fit into them. But as the enemy darkindred knock on the borders and the magic of his people fades, he might just have to find room.
A love that's binding
College Student Cal Weston spends a good portion of her time trying to keep people from thinking she's crazy, including herself. And with good reason. But her carefully constructed reality is turned upside down when she discovers that Relian, the seductive elvin prince who has been starring in her sensuous fantasies, isn't merely a myth and his magical kingdom really exists. Now she's bound to an elf and stuck in a land where no one, least of all Relian, is willing to spill any answers about the truth of her arrival.
Two people, two worlds meet in the mist
Even as love grows between them, can they lay aside their differences to embrace a life together?
Cal gritted her teeth. The cheap strobe light that flashed in one corner of the room sent pin- pricks of pain through her eyes. She should've never let Maggie and some other friends talk her into coming to this house party. But it was Friday, and she made it through the week without any strange occurrences. Well, except for the bracelet that wouldn't come off, no matter what she tried or used on it. A blowtorch probably wouldn't harm a hair on its head.
She smiled wryly. She hadn't exercised that option yet. But she'd tried many others, much to her detriment.
Once the shock of the bracelet's appearance had worn off, anger had won out over any guilt. She'd attacked the offending piece of jewelry with scissors, only to become furious when they failed to make a cut. In her fervor she accidentally nicked her wrist more than once before finally admitting defeat, at least for the time being. She'd had to leave it be since she didn't want to injure herself beyond repair.
She fingered the bracelet through the long-sleeve shirt she wore to cover up the scratches. Frowning, she yanked her hand away. If only she could tear her thoughts away so easily. While dreams didn't haunt her as before, her mind definitely flouted her control. She thought about him all the time. Damn, had she been naive enough to think she could come and celebrate her "normal" week when she wasn't normal at all? Not that she was into the party scene, but she—like any red-blooded girl—enjoyed the attentions of good-looking young men. Never had so many shown an interest in her before, but she couldn't muster up the slightest bit of interest in any of them. They weren't...Relian.
She fought off another set of persistent hands. God, she needed to find Maggie and return home, with or without her. The lights, the music, the guys – her nerves were cracking. When she'd freed herself, she stalked through the throng of people. Out of the corner of her eye, she thought she saw Maggie's light golden-brown hair.
Turning to go in that direction, Cal stumbled to a stop.
Just ahead of her, slightly off to the left in a corner, was a familiar soft mist. Like a marionette on a string, it drew her. When she neared, just discernable were tumultuous gray eyes that glared in a pinched face.
Cal shook her head at the accusation in his gaze. "I didn't ask for this." She didn't know if she meant the party and the over-eager guys, or him and his crazy world of dreams and mists.
"I'm sorry." Her apology came out a whisper. Turning, she shoved through the crowd toward the exit.
Author Bio:
Lisa Kumar is a wife, mother, and romance writer who grew up in small-town Indiana. She now resides in the suburbs of Chicago with her husband and son, who are used to sharing her attention with her laptop. When not spinning tales of romance and fantasy, she can be found with her nose buried in a book, or more accurately, her e-reader. Her scholastic background is in psychology, which enabled her to get low-paying jobs in the human services sector. Needless to say, she's now writing full-time.
Lisa's website: http://www.lisakumar.com/
All Romance
Great interview. It's alway so fun to learn about authors. Thanks for stopping in Lisa!


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315 Mclaws Street, Savannah, Georgia
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$385,0004 Beds2+ BathsFor Sale Under Contract
315 Mclaws Street, Savannah, Georgia 31405 - Breathtakingly renovated home in Habersham Woods. Open kitchen to den, kitchen has new cabinets, appliances, subway tile, and sliding barn-style door to formal dining room. Upstairs has master suite with his and her closets, marble bath with separate shower. Formal living room and den both have updated features with sliding door that opens to courtyard and a lovely, expansive, shaded yard with mature landscaping. This incredible gem offers the perfect place to enjoy family and friends. Won't last long!
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A speedboat became stranded at Camber Sands at the weekend after entering a designated safe area for swimmers.
The beach team and Rye Harbour Lifeboat Crew had to go to the aid of the boat after it became stuck on a sand bar in shallow water.
It was one of two speedboats that had entered a safe area for bathers which is marked off by buoys.
The beach team had a busy weekend as soaring temperatures saw thousands of bathers packing onto the beach.
Camber has had up to 25,000 people on the beach on hot days.
Operation Radcott, the annual summer policing operation for Camber Sands, was in full swing with the beach team reuniting 14 missing children with their parents on Sunday and eight on the Saturday.
Parents are being urged to take advantage of a scheme which will keep their children safe at the beach during the summer holiday.
Rother District Council beach patrols and police officers are again this summer handing out wristbands which allow lost children at Camber Sands to be quickly and easily reunited with their family.
Cllr Martin Kenward, district council cabinet member for culture, tourism and leisure, said: "The geography of the beach and the sheer volume of visitors on a busy day means it's all too easy for a child to lose their bearings.
"Before we introduced this system we used to get between 30 and 50 children going missing at peak times. That's now been halved and when children do go missing we are able to reunite them with their parents much more quickly and easily.
"The system has been emulated by beaches in other areas, and along with the additional police presence is helping to make Camber Sands a safer place for visitors."
Wristbands, which are available from beach patrols and police officers, are colour coded according to the area of the beach people are visiting.
Parents can write their mobile phone number on the wristband to make it easier for police to locate them.


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The passing away of Ronald Urfirer, at age 93, brought back memories on my long friendship with his late father, Isadore "Pop" Urfirer. He never failed to take pride in his only son, Bob, and the achievements of his two grandsons.
Urfirer arrived in the United States in 1914, a 17-year-old youngster from Czarist Russia. He was filled with dreams and great expectations. But lacking the command of English, money and connections, he wound up in a button factory on New York East Side.
"It was a sweat shop, all right, "Urfirer recalled in an interview. "We worked 10 hours a day, seven days a week, for the salary of $3 a week. But in the neighborhood was a bar where one could have a beer and all the food you could eat for 5 cent. I didn't drink, so I gave my beer to someone and put away all the food I could manage without getting sick. And saved every penny that came my way."
The young immigrant made up his mind not to remain at the button factory. He signed up for night school, learned English, and watched out for opportunities.
But before he could make his move, World War I broke out, and Urfirer volunteered for the U.S. Army.
After the war, his young bride, Bessie, got sick and on her doctor's recommendation, the couple sought fresh air in the Adirondack Mountains. To make a living in the strange, new place, Urfirer took with him two suitcases filled with fine silk yard goods.
"I peddled the silk door to door. It was a hard way to make a living. But the people were friendly and helpful. After a while, they accepted us as part of their community. It wasn't long before I opened a tiny store on Main Street in Lake Placid and started to prosper."
When Bessie, who was a great cook, regained her health, the Urfirers opened a restaurant in the town. "It was open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, year-round. This was during the Great Depression, and to make a go of the place, we worked 20 hours a day. It was the whole secret of our success - just plain hard work," Urfirer said.
Eventually, Pop and Bessie owned many valuable building and property in town.
"I always had great confidence in this country of ours and in the future of this community. So I was never afraid to take out a first, second, third and God knows what kind of mortgage on properties. In the end I paid back all the loans, but it was a struggle all the way," he said.
Maybe it was those experiences that turned Pop into a one-man loan institution. That's a subject he seldom talked about, but people in the community don't dismiss its importance. They recall that when local servicemen returned from World War II and wanted to start a new business, banks were reluctant to provide loans without collateral or established credit. Many veterans turned to Urfirer, who would loan them money on a handshake.
Pop recalled, "I thought at that time it was the right thing to do. That's all. In the end I received back almost all the money I lent out. Except $3,000. And only because the man has fallen on hard times. That's why he never paid me back."
His philosophy about life made Pop a popular figure. "One should never lose sight of the fact that in a resort town, we just can't make a decent living out of each other. We need the influx of outside people and their money. Therefore, when somebody leaves a dollar or for that matter even a nickel at your place of business, always say "Thank you," with a smile. They will remember it."
Indeed, during the years that he sat behind the cash register at the restaurant, Urfirer always had a friendly word, a smile and some good advice for his customers. No wonder that many tourists regarded him the best goodwill ambassador Lake Placid ever had.
This American success story has an epilogue. Pop and Bessie's son, Roland, performed distinguished service in the U. S. Navy, graduated with honors from Harvard Law School and came home to practice law, becoming a leading attorney in Lake Placid.
Hollywood couldn't have written a more alluring script.


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We have the track T-shirts to include in Karen's hospitality gift bags for out-of-town guests, but we're thinking about what other (Saratoga-themed) items to include. There's been talk of a bag of potato chips (the fried potato originated in Saratoga Springs), Stewart's rootbeer, Saratoga water, gift certificates to that new cupcake place (Karen and her beau are huge cupcake fans), etc.
But, we're open to suggestions. Readers, what kind of (less than $10) items would you suggest?
Also, for those who are unfamiliar with hospitality bags, they are like goody packages left in the hotel room of each guest. They tend to include bottled water, Tylenol, gum, as well as items that are special to the couple. (My sister included a bottle of the couple's favorite wine, as they're very into red wine; playing cards since game playing is such a huge part of their relationship; Gobstoppers, a favorite candy, among other items.)
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- Caiazza, Stefano & Clare, Andrew & Pozzolo, Alberto Franco, 2011. "What do foreigners want? Evidence from targets in bank cross-border M&As," Economics & Statistics Discussion Papers esdp11058, University of Molise, Dept. EGSeI.
- Arpad Abraham & Eva Carceles-Poveda, 2010. "Competitive Equilibria with Production and Limited Commitment," Department of Economics Working Papers 10-04, Stony Brook University, Department of Economics.
- Xin Huang & Hao Zhou & Haibin Zhu, 2011. "Systemic risk contributions," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2011-08, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
- Jason Allen & Robert Clark & Jean-François Houde, 2011. "Discounting in Mortgage Markets," Staff Working Papers 11-3, Bank of Canada.
- Gabriele Galati & Richhild Moessner, 2011. "Macroprudential policy - a literature review," BIS Working Papers 337, Bank for International Settlements.
- Barba Navaretti, Giorgio & Calzolari, Giacomo & Pozzolo, Alberto Franco, 2011. "Multinational Banking in Europe - Financial Stability and Regulatory Implications: Lessons from the financial crisis," Economics & Statistics Discussion Papers esdp11056, University of Molise, Dept. EGSeI.
- Avadanei, Anamaria & Ghiba, Nicolae, 2010. "Evaluating and managing systemic risk in the European Union," MPRA Paper 28657, University Library of Munich, Germany.
- Gulamhussen, M. A. & Piheiro, Carlos & Pozzolo, Alberto Franco, 2011. "Do multinational banks create or destroy economic value?," Economics & Statistics Discussion Papers esdp11057, University of Molise, Dept. EGSeI.
- Michael McAleer & Juan-Ángel Jiménez-Martín & Teodosio Pérez-Amaral, 2011. "International Evidence on GFC-robust Forecasts for Risk Management under the Basel Accord," Working Papers in Economics 11/05, University of Canterbury, Department of Economics and Finance.
- Jean-Louis Arcand, 2011. "Pessimism, Optimism and Credit Rationing," Working Papers halshs-00562645, HAL.
- Masaaki Fujii & Akihiko Takahashi, 2011. "Derivative Pricing under Asymmetric and Imperfect Collateralization and CVA," Papers 1101.5849, arXiv.org, revised Dec 2011.
- Ralph de Haas & Neeltje van Horen, 2011. "Running for the Exit: International Banks and Crisis Transmission," DNB Working Papers 279, Netherlands Central Bank, Research Department.
- Armantier, Olivier & Ghysels, Eric & Sarkar, Asani & Shrader, Jeffrey, 2011. "Discount window stigma during the 2007-2008 financial crisis," Staff Reports 483, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, revised 01 Aug 2015.


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The Purdue Boilermakers and the Butler Bulldogs will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
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I realized yesterday, as I was responding to comments, (which is what makes me look like I get a zillion comments, FYI, every response I give adds a comment) that I probably didn't explain properly to a good chunk of my readers who came into the story pretty late in the game.
I showed you a picture of the back of my daughter Amelia's head after a post about my lame, clumsy ass and made a joke about a baby bar fight over my integrity. This would probably lead you to believe that her scar was the result of some sort of accident, as the post implies, because I don't assume that most of you have read back into the depths of my pathetic archives.
Mimi was born with a previously undiagnosed birth defect called a neural tube defect.
What this means is that sometime during the first month of pregnancy, the spinal cord (called during this stage of life the neural tube) didn't fuse together properly . It can happen anywhere up and down the spinal cord, causing a condition like spina bifidia, where the delicate spinal nerves poke out.
Or, an encephalocele, where the skull is malformed, and the brain develops outside of the skull.
Like this MRI slide of my daughter's brain, taken 2 days after she was born.
The full story here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.
(what, ME long winded?)
On February 26th, 2009, 2 days before our daughter celebrated her 1 month birthday, we checked into the hospital to have part of her brain removed and her skull repaired. The surgery was a complete success and while the scar takes up most of the back of her head, it's part of who she is, just like the plate in her skull.
We'll never know why it happened to us because that's not given to us to know, but I do know this: somehow what I was given was a platform and a voice and I intend to use it as best as I can. Because I can't believe this all was in vain. I just can't.
So, this spring, I'm going to Walk For Mimi in the March of Dimes March For Babies, bug the ever-loving SHIT out of my family to donate (don't worry, you guys are safe from me here), and beg YOU to help me with this:
This award comes with a cash prize that I want to donate to the March of Dimes in honor of my daughter because I want to have my pithy, silly blog mean something to someone and maybe, just maybe do some good.
I've kind of accepted that I'm getting my ass beaten badly for the other two (thanks to Dooce and Cake Wrecks), but I've made it into the top 10 for this one, but the email I've gotten says that the winner last year got triple the votes that I have and it ends December 4th.
So this is me, begging for your help. Ask your people to ask your people to help my people. Sign up isn't janky or annoying. Unlike me, who is both. So, PLEASE? Halp me?
144 Responses to Aunt Becky Has Some Esplainin' To Do
I voted for you 🙂
I'm so sorry to hear that you have had to endure this. I'm sorry that your Dr's did not diagnose this while pregnant with her. It must have been heart wrenchingly shocking to find this out after her birth (not to imply that any time would have been a good time). I am so happy that her surgery was a success. I also love that you are taking this experience and using it as a platform to raise awareness and help others.
Oh, I'll vote that shit UP.
So nice of you to use your winnings to do some good. Off to vote now!
Voted. Looks like you can only vote once…
I voted, and I will vote again tomorrow, and again and again and again…….
Off to vote now as well. I knew the story behind the stitches and I just cannot imagine sending your tiny itty baby off to have surgery. Must have been rough.
Sent a vote your way, Aunt Becky!
Thank you so much for sharing Amelia's story – reading those posts made me tear-up and cry, thankful for never having had to go through something like that. Off to vote!
Only for you would I register to actually submit my vote. ONLY FOR YOU, DAMMIT!
Oh, and P.S. give that sweet little lady of yours some kisses from "Auntie Brittany" ;o)
Voted for you and the sweet cinnamon girl…is this a vote everyday one?
Voted! And tell your son he's welcome to come play with Clover anytime 🙂
i just voted & tweeted about it…can u vote more than once on this one?
My vote is in!
I voted! So much easier than the others!
Are you going to do the Bloggers Unite Blogathon on Nov. 17 for March of Dimes? (I have a button on my page if you have no clue what I'm talking about – too much work to go find and paste the link here)
I will vote for sure. Please don't take this wrong. But, I hate that one must "register" to vote. Ive got several sites now I will never ever use, but am registered for. A simple email only sort of thing would be better.
I will vote for sure. Please don't take this wrong. But, I hate that one must "register" to vote. Ive got several sites now I will never ever use, but am registered for. A simple email only sort of thing would be better.
(sorry for the mini rant
Rocked the vote!
March of dimes is great! I remember going around the neighborhood with my Mom collecting dimes back in the late 60's.
Darn it all, I was hoping for janky, but I voted and it was smooth sailing. Grr.
Next time add a little jank, that's all I'm asking.
Yep, I've read a few of those posts and knew what the scar was from. It sucks to have to see your little bundle of joy in all those tubs and stuff after surgery doesn't it.
Now when I see a baby the same age as Joey was when he went through this surgery, that surgery, this procedure, and that procedure, I think of how big and strong he seemed at the time…….for having gone through so much. And I look at that baby who is healthy and think, was he really that little when he had surgery for the first time, second time…….7th time???
Sad thing, he probably was even smaller because he was in like the 3rd percent on the height and weight charts.
I bet Mimi seemed bigger at the time too. Bigger for having gone through so much stuff. Stronger for handling it so well and braver than any other kid her age.
not 'tubs' tubes….stupid spell check didn't know I meant tubEs.
By the way, I voted for you yesterday, but it is not letting me vote for you today….is it a one time deal, or have I not yet waited my full 24 hours?
I absolutely hate signing up to websites to vote for things but I read your blog everyday and have even read the story of your sweet baby girl so I just couldn't resist! Don't feel bad about begging…you're doing a good thing!
Oh, I am SO voting for you. Sure, Dooce makes me hate and Cake Wrecks makes me laugh, but only YOU make me hate like a school girl with a crush, and only you make me laugh so hard I pee my pants.
Seriously, the Amelia thing? I don't know how you survived that. You're my hero.
I did know the back story of our little cinnamon girl. I just always think of her as being bit by the Awesome! Because. Obviously.
There is some special purpose for all of this.
(has to be right?!?) *sigh*
…off to vote…..
Gonna go vote! 🙂
I remember those posts so well and amazed at a what a beautiful miracle sweet Mimi is! 🙂
She's a total doll.
You are so awesome. And you are totally raping the competition too.
I got your back girl!
On another note, if you didn't DM me on Twitter yesterday then you may have been confused by the DM you got back from me. With all the fake shit and viruses going around now, I wondered if that was really you. LOL
You got my vote, babe!
Off to vote! Can we vote for you eleventy billion times? =0)
I joined, and voted, and then tried to add you as a friend……are you even ON THERE ? I set up my profile and EVERYTHING, answered questions, offered my firstborn (because this week, man, you can HAVE HIM) and then I go to "add friends" and there is ONE (1) "Aunt Becky OH" (bwahahahaha says Daffodil Campbell HI, and isn't that eerily accurate. You're all "Oh !" and I'm, well, high on Midrin at the moment but I digress.)
Anyway, if you're on there, hook a girl up. I'm friendless and it's fucking embarrassing.
Dude, you had my vote before I knew what your intentions were with the winnings. Now I'm all about making up ghost accounts … er, … evangelizing to everybody I know.
Also, if the scar is a source of embarrassment to her later in life, she can always trick or treat as a Hasidic Jew. Just curl her hair and get her a yamaca. Here to help in any way I can.
Registered and voted for you!
Vote present and accounted for, madam! Now please bestow smooches upon your children's cheeks for me. Thank you!
Of course you got my vote Aunt Becky! I'd be all about telling people the baby bar room brawl story 🙂 Poor Amelia….Good Luck with the March of Dimes March xx
It only lets you vote once! *wails* Wait, I'm related to AT LEAST half of Atlanta. I wonder how many I can con into voting?
I voted!!! And, YES! for you, ya idiot! 😉
Thank you for everything. I'm going to check out the link you gave me to Glow in The Woods right now. I didn't know about it. Also, I would love it if you would add Isabel to your wall of rememberance. Thanks so much.
You got my vote chica!
I voted Mamma and I'll keep on voting. March of Dimes is a noble cause and you are a noble lady. So wonderful that your little peanut is healthy and happy.
Girl, I would vote for you for PTA president if you'd run. I know you don't want to bug your readers to sponsor you for the walk but I would like to. Or I could make a donation in her name?
That is great, I'm going to vote now!! I could probably also donate in Mimi's name, we always donate at least a little to March of Dimes.
Okay, I voted for you!
I put the badge on my blog at top right. They better click man! Yeah for you girl!
Ok, so now I've officially voted and joined Divine Caroline!
Done and done! You go, Aunt Becky, you go!
Hiya Aunt Becky!
Ive been lurking about in your archives since I came across you from Cake Wrecks and just got all cought up to date, and wanted to let you know I totally heart you!
(now that is a run on sentence)
You have made me laugh my ass off more times than I can count, as well as get absolutley no work done. I love that we have the same sense of humor and call your kids assholes. For the record I think a bar fight is the natural explanation for any type of scar!!
I voted! Aunt Becky is my favorite.
And hmmm. I should march for the girls, shouldn't I? Darn you for making me feel all responsible n stuff. 😉
Sooo is this a good time to tell you that when I found your blog (from cakewrecks), I sat here, sniveling, snotting and the like, reading every-freakin-one of your posts? Dying a little inside as I imagined what that was like? I don't remember if it was right before or right after my son was born. Either way…waaayyyy too hormonal to be reading about encephalocele.
I voted for ya! GOOD LUCK!
Aloha AB – Greetings again from the orchid land of Maui. Happy to Vote for you (done)!
Maluhia – Peace ~
Dear Aunt Becky,
You're my hero. I mean it. I've had it so easy with both my kids, and while I thank God for it every single day, I also know that anything can happen. I hope that if it ever does, I'll be as strong as you.
Oh, and I totally voted. 🙂
I voted for you ~ you are my favorite blog by the way! I also put a link on my facebook page, so hopefully I can get you some more votes : )
Hey Becky-
I'm a grandma to two fantastic kids. I'm also a software engineer, Air Force vet, and marathon runner.
I never thought I'd read a "Mommy" blog. In fact, I'd never heard of Mommy blogs until I followed a link from Consumerist.com (which is a daily read) to lovelylisting.com, which had a link for voting in a contest. When I clicked on that (late for the party, after the completion of voting) I saw a bunch of other sites that were nominated.
Since I was at work and the servers were hung, I idly clicked through the winners and the runners' up. Most I left rather quickly. Then I found your site, and I've been here every day since.
I really love your writing.
So – I voted for you in the divine caroline Love This Site Award. Now that I've signed up at that site, I guess I'll go over there and browse.
Good luck.
Voted, girlfriend!
Since I have 4 kids with neural tube defects, this is an issue extremely close to my heart.
OF COURSE I'm gonna vote for you (as often as they'll let me) and if I lived near you, I'd walk for Mimi and my own kids, as well. You should tell how to donate in support of March of Dimes, too… I am sure I can't be the only person who'd want to help out!
i just voted for you on divinecaroline. also, while i was at it, i voted on blogger's choice for you. *my* vote for Hottest Mommy Blogger (shake your moneymaker, baby) tied you up with dooce. unfortunately, you are both getting your asses reamed by some other blogs out there. which i have never heard of. and never will. why? because i don't cheat on my aunt becky. i'm faithful like that.
I'll be voting for ya, Becky!
What a precious gift every single day is.
U can haz voat!
How long is the walk? I did a 135-mile bike ride for MS research this past summer (two days).
i have a good friend whose oldest daughter had spina bifidia. she is 10 and has had 3 surgeries on her back but is a beautiful, brilliant, sweet kid.
anyways…off to vote for you!
I'm on my way!
On my way to vote…we'll see if it lets me do it again 🙂
Good luck dear.
Thanks for clearing that up. As a new fan to your site I was rather puzzled and read the post twice to try and deduce what was going on. I've voted for you – hope you win X
I voted. Good luck!
Only for you Aunt Becky, only for you. Voted. Good luck.
I (think) I voted for you! I went through the registration process (gah) and then went back to the site to vote and the "VOTE" button was greyed-out to "VOTED". SO I have no idea what the hell I did, but my intentions were good (geez, that could be my motto…).
My comments on the previous post about scars were meant to give an example of how a girl can take them in stride as she grows up, and into them – I was a bit worried it would be taken the wrong way. And thanks for sharing Mimi's story, I can only imagine how heartwrenching it must have been to live through it, then write it down. You're wrecking your street cred with all this heartstring-pulling 🙂
I've seen my second son receive stitches on his face for a dog bite AND a few years later I watched him have a tooth pulled out.
CLEARLY, neither of those incidents are even CLOSE to what you experienced with your daughter.
What I'm saying is, those were very upsetting events for me and my husband…I can't even IMAGINE how upsetting, gut-wrenching, devastating, and scary the surgery must have been for you and Daver.
All this kindness and giving is really going to mess up your hard-ass image. Nevertheless, I'm off to vote.
Wow. You're even more awesome to me than you were yesterday! Amazing. You are truly amazing. And The Daver too.
As far as the scars. I didn't have brain surgery as a wee kid, but I did split my head open. So I have a long ass scar down the back of my head. My mom told me that when I was little, if she parted my hair just off center (for pig tails) it was perfectly visible. I think it's kinda cool, but I'm not shaving my noggin or anything. Over the years it has faded a lot too.
I think it's a badge of courage for Mimi. She survived something that not many survive, she kicked ass and took names. She's a superhero!
I've got a six-inch scar on my left arm where there was once a bone tumor the size of my fist. My sister, Anne, has two enormous scars on either side of her waist where they removed most of her infected kidneys, after she turned blue in her crib when she was six weeks old. They're not the prettiest to look at, but they are reminders that medicine can bring about miracles, as it has for your Mimi. It's wonderful to give support in her name for those who have yet to get their miracle, and in memory of those who never did. You have my vote.
Oh, and I ALWAYS tell people I got it in a bar fight.
OF COURSE I voted for you. Unfortunately, it only lets me vote once, otherwise I would vote you into infinity and make Dooce cry in her thousand dollar cornflakes. But I will post it on FB and Tweet it too. You know, for my seven followers.
I would never vote for anyone but you, Becks.
I voted for you! I really appreciate your entire approach to this issue. Not "poor me, why must everything happen to ME?" and not "everything happens for a reason, so watch my beatific attitude and weep at your inadequacy." I will happily donate in sweet Amelia's name when the time comes.
There. I pimped you out too. Can we vote every day or just once?
My son was born with aplasia cutis congenita, and the nurses and pediatrician thought that I was crazy when I pointed it out, because the scars were surrounded by hair collars. After a while, though, they agreed that he did, indeed, have scars on the back of his head. There the consensus ended. No one could (or can, to this day -he's almost 8 months old) tell me what the long term impact of the defect would be, or what I ought to do for him. While not nearly as serious as what your daughter has, I can, to some extent sympathize with the worry, the panic, the fear, and the uncertainty. Thank you for sharing your story – it made me feel much less alone. Birth defects suck, MOD rocks.
Oh, and I included you in a post about a couple of causes in my tiny blogging world. Check it out: http://buildingakingstoncastle.blogspot.com/2009/10/plug-for-awesome-causes.html
Yay! It looks like you're in the lead now!!
I'm a particle physicist (which is why I used to live in Naperville), so if Mimi wants to become one, I'll help. Also, if you need someone to convince her not to become a particle physicist, I'll help. Whatever you need, just let me know 🙂
Just now I read her story for the first time, and it made me cry. I'm so happy for you that she turned out fine, after all you've been through.
I had already voted for you a couple of weeks ago. Seems like your competition has no chance 😀
I never register for things like this just to vote for other things, but I registered, and I voted, because you and Mimi and the March of Dimes are all awesome and totally deserve to win! 🙂
Thank you so much for your fabulous support. You're doing A LOT of good. Good luck with the votes!
your awesome becks. you make me laugh so hard. and have the courage to say the things some of us other mothers would only say to our closest friends. thank you for always being real and honest. i think what you are doing is amazing. you and your family are so brave and couragous. i am very blessed to have 3 healthy children. we had some complications with our youngest. it was a very hard pregnancy. she was a preemie and had to get an ekg at 6 days old. it was hartwrenching but she is perfect. i have no clue where you found the strength to watch your one month old go into surgery. i wish i were as strong as you. i am happy to hear that she is doing well and i hope things are looking better for you this year. you deserve this more than anyone else girl. stay strong (amelia must get it from her mom<3)
I have never in my life registered to vote for something because I find the whole registering thing really terrible, like nearly as bad as when the lady at the presidential election eyed me up and down as she examined my driver's license (YES, I know I'm 20 pounds heavier than it says, shuddup), but you, you aunt becky, have convinced me to register for the first time and vote for a damn good cause.
Less than three (<3).
Same as Katy. I really hate registering for voting things.
But that's a good cause and so I will.
And did.
I also stuck it on my Facebook wall, with a link of where to vote, why to vote and a plea to THINK OF THE CHILDREN.
Hopefully that should get you some votes lol 🙂


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• In the TRANS (Transfer) mode, the 5" × 5" instantaneous field of view of the FGS is scanned across an object to obtain an interferogram with high spatial resolution. This is conceptually equivalent to an imaging device that samples an object's PSF with 1 milliarcsecond pixels. The scientific goal of the TRANS mode is to study binary star systems (measure the separation, position angle, and relative brightness of the components), as well as to determine the angular size of extended objects such as the disks of resolvable giant stars or asteroids down to ~8 milliarcseconds.By using a "combined mode" observing strategy, employing both POS mode (for parallax, proper motion, and reflex motion) and TRANS mode (for determination of visual and relative brightnesses of components in a binary), it is possible to derive the total and fractional masses of binary systems, indicating the mass-luminosity relationship for the components. Additional information can be found in the FGS Instrument Handbook.


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Dan Lefebvre is in his seventh season as head wrestling coach at STMA (Photo/Jeff Beshey, The Guillotine)
Dan Lefebvre is in his seventh season as head wrestling coach at St. Michael-Albertville and 24th season on the coaching staff. During his time at STMA, the Knights have won six state wrestling championships and finished runner-up eight times, including the past three seasons.
InterMat caught up with Lefebvre and talked to him about the Minnesota Christmas Tournament, The Clash, Apple Valley, Thorn brothers, Chas Betts, national rankings, and more.
St. Michael-Albertville recently won the Minnesota Christmas Tournament, finishing nine points ahead of Apple Valley. How important was that tournament title to the program?
STMA won the Minnesota Christmas Tournament, finishing in front of Apple Valley (Photo/Jeff Beshey, The Guillotine)Lefebvre: We've won it one other time, which was during the 2005-06 season when we had a real senior-dominated team. Guys like Mike Thorn and Joe Grygelko were on that team. It's a fun thing. It wasn't one of our goals that we put down, but it's nice. We didn't have a heavyweight in the tournament, so we went with 13 weights. Our heavyweight had a concussion, but now he'll be back for The Clash. Apple Valley was without two starters, so that kind of evens out. To be honest with you, we kind of expected to win based on the seeds. We have the guys to do it and we did it.
What are your thoughts on the pairings for The Clash?
Lefebvre: We figured if we won the Christmas Tournament we would be a No. 1 seed. We have been a No. 1 seed in the past, but we have never made the final bracket. That final bracket is brutal. When you get there it's tough. We could go 3-0, 0-3, 1-2 ... There will be some close duals. We have Oak Park-River Forest (Ill.) if we get to the finals of our pool. They beat Carl Sandburg (Ill.), and yet Carl Sandburg got a No. 1 seed, so that was a little confusing. It will be tough getting there. In the semis we'll probably face either Collins Hills (Ga.) or Lake Stevens (Wash.). Collins Hills beat us a couple years ago, so I know they have a good program. It's fun. I like wrestling out-of-state teams. Different styles. Good challenge for our kids.
Do you plan for specific teams or matchups at The Clash?
Lefebvre: We do some research on them and see where teams are strong. But we're not going to move guys. We have a solid guy at every weight. If we move a guy that means we're opening up a hole, and we really can't move guys out of the lineup. We're pretty well set. We have a real balanced team. We put out a really, really good kid at almost all the weights. I expect in 12 out of the 14 weights the other teams better bring a top-level guy, otherwise we feel that we have a chance to win most of those weights.
Earlier this season you defeated Simley 41-21. What did you learn about your team in that dual meet?
Lefebvre: We learned that we're catching up. The past few years we have wrestled them, and even last year, physically we couldn't compete. Our guys put in a lot of time weight training and they've gotten stronger. We have a lot of guys that work hard in the offseason. They're battle-tested and know what it takes to mentally and physically get through duals like that, and get through tournaments like the Christmas Tournament and The Clash with top-level competition round after round after round. Guys are now used to wrestling in pressure situations more than ever. I would say that victory legitimized our program. It gives your kids more confidence when they can beat a team like Simley.
At the start of the 2009-10 season your program moved up from Class AA to Class AAA, a class that has been dominated by Apple Valley the past couple decades. You lost to Apple Valley in the state finals the past three seasons. How would you characterize the rivalry between St. Michael-Albertville and Apple Valley?
Lefebvre: It's intense. They have a great program. When kids are at Apple Valley they get better. That's why I think kids go to Apple Valley. We feel when kids are in our program they get better year after year too. Each year we have wrestled Apple Valley we've lost by large margins. But last year was the first year I thought that we really competed, and our guys learned that they could physically compete with them, even though we still lost by 25 points. We scored some points on them and we didn't back down. It's been tough. They have been one of the top teams in the nation the last three years. There has been such a disparity in our state in the levels when you go from Apple Valley and then down to the No. 2 team, which happened to be us the last three years. And then there were only about two or three teams that were about at our level, and then there was a big drop again. People didn't want to come and watch the state tournament because they knew the outcome before the tournament started. I think people are now getting a little more excited because we don't know the outcome. It should be exciting.
Currently Minnesota has its dual state tournament the day before the start of the individual state tournament. It used to be mixed in with the individual competition. Do you have an opinion on the current structure?
Lefebvre: I don't like it the way it is now because mainly it's unfair for all the teams competing. If the wrestlers are also in the individual portion of the tournament it's not a fair setup because the guys are competing in three tough duals on Thursday, and then they have to come back right away the next day and start competing in their individual tournament against guys who are not in the dual tournament who have just been worrying about making weight and worrying about the individual tournament. It's not fair physically or mentally. They need to go back to the way it was or they need to move the dual tournament to Saturday. The reason they're not moving it to Saturday is because of money. They don't think they'll have the attendance. The Minnesota State High School League didn't like when we had the state team finals on Saturday after the state individual finals. Almost the entire arena would empty out and go home. They didn't like that. But we're not really looking out for the kids. I just don't think it's a good system for those individuals.
The dual state tournament is now seeded to four teams. Do you feel the individual state tournament should be seeded?
Lefebvre: Yes, I do think the individual tournament should be seeded. We just did it for the Christmas Tournament. It's a similar thing. You have some criteria. Most of the top guys wrestle each other at some point or have some common opponents. At least it separates some of the top guys out, at least in the semifinals, and it doesn't have them meeting in the quarterfinals. It needs to happen. It's time.
Several of your wrestlers compete in the spring, summer, and fall. How important is that to your team's success?
Lefebvre: It's very important. It's a commitment the parents make and the wrestlers make. You can't compete at the top level without that. We've had more and more kids doing that in the last ten years. We won a couple of state titles in 1996 and 1997 with one or two kids doing it, and now we consistently have eight to ten kids doing it. When you get at least half your varsity weights doing that and the other half are playing football or doing other things, we can compete with that. But if they weren't doing that, it would make it difficult to compete at the top level. It's a big commitment for the parents and the wrestlers.
Tommy Thorn won a Junior National freestyle title in Fargo (Photo/Jeff Beshey, The Guillotine)One of your wrestlers, Tommy Thorn, has developed into one of the nation's top lightweights. What's it like coaching Tommy?
Lefebvre: It's a pleasure. Tommy is one of our hardest workers in our wrestling room. Tommy has had some of the best training in the world. He has gone to the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. He has been trained by some of the best guys here. His brothers and dad are all phenomenal technical wrestlers. A lot of the stuff we teach, particularly at the beginning to the whole team, is stuff he knows. It's basic. It's our STMA stuff that we do. But he gets back and drills it harder than anybody else in the room. He doesn't say, 'Well, I know this stuff.' He knows the basic things that we do win championships. He has become our leader in the way he goes about his business to be a champion. When everybody else comes in the room and looks around and says, 'If our best wrestler works this hard, then that's what we do here.' So we're lucky in that way. And he's talented. He's physically talented and works extremely hard.
People like to compare brothers that compete in the same sport, so it's natural that people compare Tommy to his older brothers Mike and David. Having coached all three brothers, what are some differences you see in Tommy compared to his older brothers?
Lefebvre: Tommy has a little bit of both of those guys. Mike was a creative wrestler. You would be watching him wrestle and you'd go, 'Wow, we never practiced that and I've never seen him do that before, but it worked.' It would be like, 'No, no ... wow, way to go.' He was creative. David was extremely technical. He did things by the book and was very successful with it. Mike was a better mat wrestler. David was more of a takedown wrestler. Tommy has both. He is creative and very technical.
David Thorn moved down to 125 pounds this season for the University of Minnesota. He is currently 6-1 and ranked No. 7. Do you feel 125 pounds is a better fit for him?
Lefebvre: I don't know. Boy, he has to show a lot of discipline to do it. I don't know ... It's tough to say. Yes, if he wins the national title it's the right decision. If not, I don't know. If he becomes an All-American it's probably the right decision. I think it's too early to tell. It's difficult. It's a tough weight cut for him. Hopefully it works out.
Mike Thorn has returned to Minnesota after spending some time in New York. Has he been able to work much with Tommy and/or your team?
Lefebvre: Mike is trying to get his career started in financial advising, so he just comes up once in a while afterwards and wrestles around with the guys. That's kind of his role. He's going to kind of take on a different role with some of our youth kids for now. He's not officially on our coaching staff. Just when it works into his schedule he comes in, kind of like any other alumni for the time being. He might do some offseason things with our guys. He has a young family. Going forward I project that he'll be part of our coaching staff soon. He's valuable. He teaches wrestling really well and works well with kids. But right now he's not officially on our coaching staff. He's trying to get his career started.
Chas Betts, a former STMA wrestler, represented the U.S. at the 2012 Olympic Games (Photo/John Sachs, Tech-Fall.com)One of your former athletes, Chas Betts, represented the United States at the Olympic Games in Greco-Roman this past summer in London. When you coached Betts at the high school level, did you envision that he could someday become an Olympian?
Lefebvre: I could. Greco was his thing. He has always loved it. He is a great athlete. He would want to do Greco-Roman at all times. Particularly when he won a Junior National Greco-Roman title I thought he could do it. He had the drive and enthusiasm for it, but yet the patience for it. His temperament is 'I'm going to keep working and be patient until my time comes.' He had all those things going for him. So it was real exciting. It's neat for our town and our school to have an Olympian. They really got behind him. We had a lot of support for him at his going-away party. It was a neat deal.
St. Michael-Albertville is currently ranked in the top five nationally. What do national rankings mean to your program?
Lefebvre: National rankings give us some notoriety. It's neat. We work with the kids all the time and help them understand that rankings are based on what we have done and what we are predicted to do. We try to keep them level-headed and help them understand that rankings are not exact predictors of our success. We are going to determine that by the way we prepare to win.
How will success be measured this season?
Lefebvre: Our first goal that we have as a team every year is to maximize our abilities and effort every time we step on the mat. If we do that, we think we're good enough to win a state title. However, there are a lot of factors that go into that. We're not going to say our season was a total loss if we don't do that. But if everyone is doing everything they can to prepare to reach that goal, then I think that's a successful season, as we do any year. It gets old being runner-up three years in a row. So, yeah, we would like to win a state title. But that's not going to be the end-all either.
This story also appears in the Dec. 28 issue of The Guillotine. The Guillotine has been covering wrestling in Minnesota since 1971. Its mission is to report and promote wrestling at all levels -- from youth and high school wrestling to college and international level wrestling. Subscribe to The Guillotine.


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Hot chai from Morning Glory Chai
a keg o' beer from Naked City (we'll have to make sure you're over 21 for this goody)
plus an ongoing slide show of entries and (if we're really, really good) a roving Santa
plus any donations to the Greenwood Food Bank collected
6-6:45pm: The Christmas musical stylings of band, Green Handshake
7 to 8p: Awards Ceremony and Prizes emceed by Rat City Rollergirl Mascot, Rocketman Houllahan. The results of the community vote revealed! The wackiest store display as determined by Esteemed Wacktastic Judges!
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HAVANA – The leader of Cuba's legislature will apparently be leaving that job in February, when the body reconvenes with new membership.
Ricardo Alarcon is the longtime president of parliament and one of the most powerful people on the island.
His name does not appear on a list of candidates for the new legislature that was published Thursday. Under the constitution, the National Assembly president is chosen from its members.
Alarcon's departure comes on the heels of rumors this summer that his right-hand man had been arrested in a probe of alleged corruption, although there is no evidence that Alarcon himself has fallen out of favor.
Alarcon is 75 years old, and President Raul Castro frequently speaks of a need to promote younger leaders.