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In 2007 the City of Winston-Salem contracted with Toole Design Group to review and update the original bike route plan from the late 1980s. These routes were designed to follow streets/roads with less traffic and a more friendly terrain for cycling. Currently Routes 4 and 5 are signed.
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Inspired by the interest in Bike South 2000, Judi Wallace and Ken Putnam compiled a guide that offers 59 bike routes in the Winston-Salem area. All routes start in Winston-Salem and loop into the surrounding counties of Davie, Davidson, Forsyth, Iredell, Stokes, Surry, and Yadkin. They range in length from 15 miles to 75 miles, offering choices for all cycling abilities. Although most of the rides are designed for road biking, off-road trails for mountain bikers are included. There is also a section for family rides.
Each route includes a mile-by-mile description, with turns and landmarks indicated; a narrative description of what the cyclist will see along the route; a detailed map of the route; a summary of route information, including distance, type of terrain, traffic conditions, noteworthy hazards, and location of food sources and rest rooms; and photos of sites along the route.
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Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie: "I'm definitely not retiring"
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Last month, and again upon arriving here for Super Bowl week, Broncos cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie caused a minor stir by talking retirement if his team were to prevail Sunday against the Seattle Seahawks.
"That was misread," Rodgers-Cromartie said on the swaying Cornucopia Majesty cruise ship Wednesday morning. "I'm definitely not retiring. What I'm saying is when I look at the history of the NFL and these guys that come up with one-year contracts, that's it for them.
"I'm just talking from personal experience with my good friend Fabian Washington. He's a guy who can definitely still play in this league. He came out in the first round, made it through his first contract. Then he got a one-year deal and … he's home. And he still has his speed, he still has his cover speed. He can definitely still play. So you've got to think about life outside of football."


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Reduce, Reuse ...
Recycling in Albuquerque
Global warming is scary, but it's not the only reason you should recycle.
The Scoop on the Poop
Who's responsible for human waste--citizens or the city?
James Burbank has a disgusting problem on his hands—literally. Luckily, he has his very own hazmat suit for his protection. For the past four years, homeless people have used the alleyway that faces his garage as a thoroughfare to Morningside Park (3899 Lead SE). Only for the people who hang-out in the park, there's no place for them to do their business.
Could the South Valley Become Its Own City?
It's like being 30 and having your parents still make decisions for you as if you were in your single-digit years, says Mike Ciesielski.
Thin Line
I'm not one to care about whether a politician cheats on his or her spouse. Truly, I suspect lots of them do—along with all kinds of regular people.
Answer Me This
The news just keeps on coming. Some days you pay attention. Some days you don't. Look here in every Alibi to refresh your memory about what's going on in your community. Don't worry if you don't know all the answers—there's a cheat sheet at the end.
Council Watch
He Said-They Said
At the Aug. 6 meeting, city councilors voted to schedule a recall election of District 9 Councilor Don Harris along with the regular Oct. 2 municipal voting. Combining the elections guarantees that the recall will receive the minimum number of votes necessary. But it also might dilute the sorehead vote, making it harder to reach the also-necessary 50 percent majority necessary to remove Harris from office.
The Real Side
Albuquerque's Right-wing Death Squads
Confronting our city's criminal street gangs
According to the Albuquerque Police Department, our city has 7,800 "ranked in" members of some 200 criminal street gangs. That doesn't include taggers, pee wees and wannabees. It's the number of criminals who have satisfied minimum entrance requirements for street gang membership.
Walking in Burque
Behold the burden of the autoless female in Albuquerque
I'm walking up Central at 5 p.m. against a cold wind. It's January, and dusk is quickly turning into night as I stride east, mall walker-style, toward my evening class at UNM. Only a block into the journey at Central and High Street, a man yells at me from a large, moving truck. I don't catch the particular crass flattery, but do get an earful of "Wooooo!" A loud honk follows and the vehicle speeds away. Humiliated and angry, I want gestured and spoken obscenities to flow forth and assault these degenerates, but for fear of retribution all I can do is seethe. As I continue walking—under I-25, past Presbyterian, by abandoned and defiled storefronts, passing hooker upon drug-addled hooker—I can now only see the city's ugliness and despair. Along the way I am heckled three more times.
[RE: Letters, "The Real Burque," Aug. 9-15] Never, ever meant to disrespect! I love this city, too, a lot, and have been doing my darnedest for years to oppose the over-development and rampant "marketing" that it faces. It truly breaks my heart to see what's happening to it ...
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DATELINE: RUSSIA--It was raining crocodiles in the Russian nuclear research town of Sarov last week. Pedestrians in the town east of Moscow were shocked when a 3-foot-long caiman crocodile landed on the sidewalk in front of them. As it turns out, the reptile was a pet, which had fallen from its owner's 12th story apartment after leaning too far out the window. Frightened passersby called the emergency services and rescuers managed to lasso the stunned animal and take it to a shelter for stray pets. RIA Novosti news agency reported the animal was soon returned to its owner, unharmed apart from damage to one of its teeth.


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Hello folks, I'm back again today with some more fun that will knock the socks off some of you. Today I will start by uploading "how to draw Jay Stevens" from Out There. Has anyone seen Out There yet? I wanted to watch it but I didn't get the chance to do so because I was busy with doing other things. Plus I rather watch it when there are a few episodes available so I can watch the series back to back. Now, I don't know anything about Jay, but I do know that he is a strange individual if he wears a computerized box on his head. Drawing Jay Stevens should be fairly simple to tackle because he is just standing in place like a dunce with a confused look on his face. I think you will enjoy this tutorial, and if you have seen Out There I would appreciate some feedback letting me and others know if the show is worth checking out. Adios people and enjoy!
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I love to knit- I really really do. But lately, I start a project, and half the time, I don't finish it- it either has a problem, or I don't like it anymore, or I wish I had dome "X" differently. I dunno. It is like a slump, but I am still knitting. I just hope it passes soon! Here is a sampling of my latest endeavours.....
Hat for my sister-free pattern from Twist Collective-Lang Millecolore
Hat for me- Alpaca Hand Paint Chunky (I also made a neck warmer)
mitts for Annie- Noro Kureyon (I just used the other end of the ball for the stripes and checks)
Hat/hood for a friend-Lavold wool angora-I used a pattern for a guide (http://carissaknits.blogspot.com/2008/10/heelhead-scarf.html)
A baby bonnet-a variety of sock yarns-based on a pattern on the net (I don't have it here- but I will quote it when I find it)
Baby Uggs-Berocco Suede-again- pattern is free on the net
A small triangular shawl- my own pattern- Impulse of Delight BFL fingering
A cowl, my own design, from a gradient dyed yarn- again- Impulse of Delight
So you see, I really have been knitting, just not finishing everything! I am heading to Montreal on February 6th to give a workshop on a scarf I have designed-more on that later-I think I have enough pictures on this one!!!!!
I am going to go and try to finish something. See ya.


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Hmmm.... good topic idea. I would like to see the OTC go up until the EP3 mass release, and after the EP3 craze dies down, I would like to see a unified Ultimate SAGA line with characters from all 6 films being packaged on retro-vintage cards.
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You know about alpha and beta, but you should know about gamma, which provides advisors with the foundation to help their clients generate more retirement income
In an environment of low yields and higher taxes, as ongoing volatility remains a factor and Americans live longer, advisors must manage multiple challenges to help their clients generate lasting retirement income.
Traditionally, fixed income has been the core of most retirees' portfolios. After the financial crisis, many Americans saw it as a safe haven from the volatile stock market. But in today's low yield environment, advisors cannot rely on fixed income alone to meet their client's income needs.
To help improve clients' chances of generating more income for more years, many advisors seek to maintain a significantly higher allocation of equities in clients' retirement income portfolios. But a higher allocation to equities comes with higher risks, making proactive strategies for risk management an increasing imperative.
Research shows that most Americans still need to accumulate more assets to generate sufficient income in retirement, and outliving their assets in retirement has become their number one concern. Studies also indicate that even high-net-worth investors face serious risks to their retirement income—including rising healthcare costs, the threat of inflation and the impact of prolonged periods of increased tax rates on their investments.
Facing this triple threat of a low yield environment, maintaining adequate equity exposure and managing volatility, advisors are turning to tax-optimized tactics to increase Gamma. According to Jefferson National's latest survey of over 400 advisors, 85% say tax deferral is one of the most important solutions to maximize accumulation and generate more retirement income.
What Is Gamma?
The concepts of Alpha and Beta are well known and regularly used by financial advisors to discuss investment strategies with their clients. However, these are not the sole factors that produce more retirement income.
Last year, David Blanchett and Paul Kaplan of Morningstar introduced an intriguing new approach to measuring Gamma in their published research, "Alpha, Beta, and Now…Gamma." This new approach to Gamma was developed "to quantify the additional value that can be achieved by an individual investor from making more intelligent financial planning decisions." According to the research, Gamma, when used in the context of generating more retirement income, is created from five factors:
1) asset location and withdrawal sourcing
2) total wealth asset allocation
3) annuity allocation
4) dynamic withdrawal strategy
5) liability-relative optimization.
As clients are primarily concerned with outliving their retirement savings, we believe Gamma helps fill a gap in the discussion that advisors are having with their clients about their investment decisions.
While all five factors play an important part to achieve Gamma and generate more retirement income, the factor of tax-optimized investing through asset location and withdrawal sourcing is becoming increasingly important for advisors and their clients, especially HNW clients who experience the highest burden when taxes rise. According to the research, there is measurable value in the asset location component of Gamma, which may add as much as 320 basis points (bps) of additional retirement income to client portfolios every year.
As advisors work with their clients to maximize their investment performance while ensuring income in their Golden Years, boosting Gamma through tax-advantaged investing should be a key strategy. Specifically, advisors can look to a concept known as the "Tax-Efficient Frontier," which is simply locating assets based on their tax treatment to increase returns—without increasing risk. In fact, 88% of advisors surveyed leverage tax deferral by using asset location to help minimize the impact of taxes and enhance after-tax returns.
Optimizing Portfolios Through Asset Location
The Tax-Efficient Frontier begins with asset location, which is typically defined as placing assets in the most tax-advantageous account type. This decision should begin by considering the tax characteristics of asset classes, turnover rates, the time horizon for their clients' investments and breakeven points.
Advisors should not only evaluate their clients' portfolios by asset class or risk, but also by tax characteristics: identify the tax-efficient assets and tax-inefficient assets. Tax-efficient assets, such as index funds, funds with low turnover and passively managed investments generate long-term capital gains and dividends, currently taxed at a maximum of 20%. Tax-inefficient assets, such as bonds, REITs and many hedge-like funds, generate ordinary income or short-term capital gains, currently taxed as high as 39.6 percent. Moreover, actively managed investments can suffer the biggest hit: short-term capital gains tax plus the added cost of multiple transaction fees.
To further evaluate tax efficiency we can look at breakeven points, which is the point in time when tax-deferral will help assets yield a better after-tax return. Tax-efficient assets typically have longer breakeven points and should be located in taxable vehicles, unless individuals plan on holding these assets for a time horizon of several decades. Conversely, tax-inefficient assets can have breakeven points of one year or less and should almost always be located in tax-deferred vehicles.
Tax-Advantaged Solution to the Retirement Income Challenge
Once the tax efficiency of assets has been determined, the next step is to evaluate which assets in the portfolio should be located in taxable vehicles and which should be located in tax-deferred vehicles such as IRAs, 401(k)s and next-generation variable annuities. This will minimize the impact of taxes on accumulation and maximize after-tax returns.
Placing tax-inefficient bonds, REITs, and investments that generate dividends in tax-deferred vehicles allows income to continue compounding for years without paying taxes until assets are distributed. This approach can be particularly attractive for clients who are close to or in retirement and who may still rely on bonds and dividends to provide conservative but predictable income.
A tax-deferred vehicle provides additional benefits for advisors using tactical management , liquid alternatives or high turnover strategies, allowing them to reallocate as the market requires, to capture more upside, minimize the downside, while cutting costs and compounding the gains for years. In this way, tax-deferred vehicles help advisors control how much their clients pay in taxes and also when they pay taxes.
When using tax-deferred vehicles, it is first important to maximize contributions to qualified plans, such as an individual retirement account (IRA) or 401(k). However, high-net-worth individuals can easily max out the IRS' low contribution limits of qualified plans and will need additional vehicles and strategies to grow their portfolio while minimizing taxes. Specifically, the IRS' deferral limits for 401(k) plans is $17,500, which can be easily met by those who have higher incomes.
One tax-deferred vehicle advisors can use is low-cost variable annuities. Many advisors are reluctant to use traditional variable annuities because of their high asset-based insurance fees, limited investment options, steep commissions, surrender fees and complex insurance guarantees. According to the survey, 52% of advisors who use traditional variable annuities are not satisfied with them and 54% of their clients express concerns about these products.
However, a new generation of variable annuities has been designed to provide a low-cost tax-advantaged investing solution. For example, with a flat-fee variable annuity, advisors can help clients earn higher returns and build more long-term wealth while eliminating asset-based insurance fees altogether. Instead of complex insurance guarantees, flat-fee variable annuities offer a broad range of investment options, including liquid alternatives with unique strategies for managing volatility and funds designed for active trading with no transaction fees.
Even clients who have already accumulated enough assets to reach their retirement goal are still looking to their advisors for sophisticated planning to ensure that they will have enough income to last a lifetime. Blanchett and Kaplan's unique approach to using Gamma provides financial advisors with the foundation to help their clients generate more retirement income and achieve a secure financial future.
For investors who rely on fixed income, for those who use tax-inefficient strategies to manage volatility and for high-net-worth individuals who face rising tax rates, the impact of Gamma can be especially helpful as it alleviates taxes while generating more wealth for more years.


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UBS proposes three candidates for election to Board
The UBS Board of Directors will propose three candidates for election to the Board at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 15 April 2004. The nominees are Stephan Haeringer, Helmut Panke and Peter Spuhler.
Three candidates will be proposed for election to the Board of Directors at the UBS Annual General Meeting (AGM) to be held on 15 April 2004 in Basel.
Helmut Panke, born in 1946, is Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG, Munich, Germany. He has been with the company since 1982. Before his appointment as Chairman, he was a member of the BMW's Board of Management, responsible for finance and earlier for human resources. Between 1993 and 1996, he led BMW Holding in the US.
Peter Spuhler, born in 1959, is the owner of Stadler Rail AG in Bussnang, Thurgau, which he took over in 1989. At that time, it was a small company with 18 people which has now expanded into an international company with 950 employees. Spuhler is also a member of the Swiss National Council (the lower house of parliament).
In September, UBS announced that it would propose Stephan Haeringer, born in 1946, for election to the Board of Directors at the 2004 AGM. He is currently Deputy CEO of UBS, and he is being nominated to the Board as Vice Chairman.
"Our Board will be significantly strengthened with these three new members. The two external nominees bring entrepreneurial experience in different fields to the Board while Stephan Haeringer will strengthen its banking expertise," Marcel Ospel, Chairman of the Board of Directors, commented.
The new members will replace Johannes A. de Gier, born in 1944, who has announced his resignation effective at the 2004 AGM and Hans Peter Ming, born in 1938, who will have reached the statutory retirement age during the term of office that ends at the AGM in 2004.
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My husband and I grinning like little kids on Christmas morning on our debut day as vendors selling our garlic scapes (7 varieties this week - 15 varieties will be ready for week #2) at the Ypsilanti Downtown Farmers' Market June 8, 2010 - photo taken by Cara Rosaen, Marketing Director for the brand new website RealTimeFarms.com.
Please check out the RealTimeFarms.com website - it is designed to connect people to fresh, local sources of food by providing "real time" information (including beautiful photographs) about the location of farmers' markets around the country along with what is available to purchase today, right now, , i.e. "real time". It is an interactive site that you (yes, you!) can also use to load up information about what you see available at farmers' markets where you live.
Help promote locally grown food by your local farmers! Your local farmers (like us!) thank you from the bottom of their hearts. :-)
Unlike grinning kids who have the pleasure of having gifts just appear on Christmas morning, my husband and I fully appreciate every aspect of both the years of hard work leading up to this moment and our extreme good fortune to have arrived at this moment. I just turned down a cancer survivorship speaking invitation because I am too busy farming, but that does not mean I have forgotten "where I have come from" to get here. I am a very grateful cancer survivor every single day, hoping that I can still help others plant and cultivate their own seeds leading to a successful survivorship journey, too.
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Even Granny.Please the river rats when you fix a pair of the Yakima 86 Inch Round Bars to your rig. These bars attach to your car or truck's roof with a Yakima tower system (sold separately), and give you a seven-foot-wide platform to stack and tie-down boats when you and your wild whitewater friends shuttle to and from the river. These large bars fit best on trucks and RVs (but can work with any auto), and they provide a strong base to protect your roof and carry just about anything you can attach.
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With so many of the older roof rack accessories it was just easier to stick with that system. Tried and true this Yakima rack with Control Towers works after years of use. Bikes, boats, boards, skis...you name it, it will carry it.
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The best Danish player of all times. A man whom Romário rates as one of the top 5 of all time and the best he has ever played with, now that says a lot when you look at the caliber of players he has played with. He did also manage to achieve the accolade of best foreign player in La Liga over the past 25 years.
A master with the ball, his anticipation and reading of the game was second to none for an attacking midfielder, he somehow seemed to know what move the forward was going to make even before the forward did, absolutely fantastic player, perfect vision elegant dribbling and had a cracking shot on him.
Romário: "The best player I have ever played with and the 4th best in the history of the game together with Zidane."
Raúl: "The best I have ever played with."
Zamorano: "Un genio!"; "The reason why I make so many goals, is Laudrup."
Maradona: "One of the greatest ever."
Guardiola: "The best player in the world, I can't believe he hasn't won the title as best player."
Beckenbauer: "Pele was the best in the 60's, Cruyff in the 70's, Maradona in the 80's and Laudrup in the 90's."
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Recent Developments in Accounting
Presented before the National Association of Cost Accountants, Detroit Chapter — January 1956
In considering the subject of our discussion, the question of scope arises immediately. What are the boundaries of time that delimit the term "recent" and what is a "development"? To broaden the choice, I suggest that we adopt a rather liberal construction of both terms. Growth in Membership of Professional Accounting Organizations Reflects Broader Field for Accounting Services
We would agree, I think, that one of the outstanding developments in the field of accounting in recent years has been the unprecedented rate of growth in the membership of professional accounting organizations.
Your own organization, the National Association of Cost Accountants,
had a membership of 38,000 at the close of last year, showing
an increase of over 103% in the last decade. The Controllers Institute
now has 4,500 members — 66% more than at the end of 1945. The current membership of the American Institute of Accountants is about 27,000 which is over 200% more than ten years earlier. All these per-centages far exceed the growth in the total population of the country since 1945, which has been about 17%.
The rolls of membership of our fellow societies in other English-
speaking countries show a similar trend. The combined Membership
in the Institutes of Chartered Accountants in England, Scotland and Wales now is about 24,000, an increase of around 24% in the past eight years whereas the population of Great Britain has increased only 7% in that time. Our neighbor, Canada, has had a population increase
of 25% since 1945 while the membership of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, now standing at about 6,000, has increased 99% in that period.
Thus it seems pretty clear that the trained accountant is finding a broader field for his talents in our society as a whole. The reason, I think, is obvious to all of us. Broadly, it lies in the ever-growing complexity of our economy and the progress we have made in better management of our commercial and industrial enterprises. Whether,


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Transactions let you build Actions that handle purchases (for example, ordering a package or buying a digital subscription). Building a transactional Action lets you create conversational ordering experiences that feel more natural than ordering through websites and mobile apps.
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Physical transactions with Google Pay (Google-managed payments) - You can set up your Action to let users easily pay with a payment method they've previously configured in Google Pay. If you have an account with a participating payment gateway, you can request payment via Google Pay, and we will send you a chargeable payment token for use with your payment processor.
Physical transactions with merchant-managed payments - If you have your own web or mobile store that uses OAuth 2.0 for sign-in, you can set up your Action to let users pay with a payment method they've saved on your site. By implementing Account Linking, you can fulfill the
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Reservations - Let users schedule reservations with your Action using the Orders API.
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Note: raw cakes are beyond easy to make, but unless you organise yourself, it may take a long time to make. Remember that the art of raw baking/cake-making relies heavily on soaking nuts and dates and leaving the cake in the fridge for several hours to firm up. So measure out all your ingredients in advance, soak what needs to be soaked, freeze what needs to be frozen at least a day in advance, and you will save yourself heaps of time.
And another note: if you don't like the taste of banana in your cake, that's fine. Just double the amount of walnuts in the cake and maybe add an extra splash of water. It will add more fats and calories, but that's up to you.
Final note: I know espresso isn't raw. It's the only non-raw ingredient of this recipe. If you know how to incorporate coffee flavour into this cake the raw way, do let me know in the comments below!
Serves 8
Prep time: 40-45 minutes total
Cooking time: none! It's a raw cake 😉
Cooling time: at least 3 hours in the fridge, plus soaking
For the cake:
3 frozen bananas, chopped
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
200g walnuts, soaked for 20 mins
100g dates (pitted and chopped)
50ml water
2 espresso shots
For the brownie base:
100g walnuts
50g hazelnuts
100g dates (pitted and chopped)
2 tbsp cacao powder
1 tbsp ground flaxseed
a splash of water, as needed
For the topping:
50-75g walnuts, some finely chopped and some roughly
50g cacao butter
2 heaped tbsp cacao powder
1 espresso shot
1/2 tsp stevia powder
1. The brownie base. Soak walnuts, hazelnuts and chopped dates in water for 20 minutes to soften. Drain them and pulse in a food processor until they begin to form a rough batter. Add a splash of water to help the processor. Add the cacao powder and flaxseed, transfer to a bowl and knead for a few minutes with your hands. The batter should be quite tough but still pliable, and hold well together. Press into a lined 8″ springform tin. Leave in the fridge to firm up.
3. The toppings. Bring the kettle to the boil. Pour some boiling water into a pot over which you'll place a bowl. Roughly chop the cacao butter, place it in the bowl and let it melt. This will take about ten minutes. Vigorously whisk in the cacao powder, stevia and espresso, then set aside to cool for five to ten minutes.
Carefully take the cake out of the spring form pan. Drizzle the cacao sauce over the cake in a criss-cross pattern, sprinkle over the chopped walnuts, and refrigerate for another 30 minutes or so.
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Girls Growing Up Too Fast
When did 7 become the new 16? For today's young girls growing up too fast, the pressure to look and act hot is greater than ever. Here's help cooling things down.
The job description for parent says you prep yourself for the dicey stuff kids are likely to ask for. So I was ready for the day my daughter would beg for a fashion doll of notoriously unrealistic proportions, or even for one of those skimpily dressed Bratz dolls. Instead, last fall my 7-year-old freaked me out a whole different way-by begging for a bra. "Two girls in my class have them," she argued. (P.S. Here's what a son and daughter really need from Mom…)
Skeptical that she'd gotten her facts straight, I checked out a local children's store. Yikes! They had a whole assortment of flirty bras and panties perfectly sized for second-graders. Staring at those crazy underthings, and at the body-glitter tubes on the counter, something creepy dawned on me. Today's girls don't just want to own a hot-looking doll, they want to be one. Girls growing up too fast these days!
Maybe I shouldn't have been so shocked. After all, my daughter and her friends are more likely to worship teen heroes like Troy and Gabriella from the High School Musical movies than to expend energy adoring cuddly cartoon characters like the Care Bears. And these girls growing up too fast are the same ones shaking their little booties when the Pussycat Dolls come on the radio, singing, "Don'tcha wish your girlfriend was hot like me?"
Clearly, something's going on, so much so that the American Psychological Association (APA) recently convened a task force on girls' sexualization. "There's a real syndrome happening, and it's picking up speed," says Eileen L. Zurbriggen, Ph.D., who chaired the APA group. "Even little girls are now feeling they should look and act alluring." Her committee found that these growing up too fast problems harm girls on several levels.
"The core issue is what they feel valued for," Zurbriggen explains. "It's as though factors like whether they're smart or funny or kind or talented at something like sports or art get erased." And their self-esteem suffers for it. "The images their idols present are so idealized, most girls can't attain them. That makes them feel bad about their own bodies, and this can eventually lead to anxiety and depression," Zurbriggen says. Preoccupation with their "hot-o-meter" score can even hurt their school performance. "A girl's mind becomes literally so full of worries about how she looks and what other people are thinking, she doesn't have enough energy left to focus on learning," says Zurbriggen.
How did things get that way, and what can parents do to counteract the situation? For answers, we have to look beyond the kiddie lingerie aisle. (Social media plays a BIG role in girls growing up too fast.)
How the Media Influences the Sexy-Girl Trend and Girls Growing Up Too Fast
The sexy-girl trend didn't start overnight. "I trace it to the mid-1980s, when children's television was deregulated, allowing TV shows to market products to kids," says Diane Levin, Ph.D., of Wheelock College in Boston and co-author of So Sexy So Soon. Companies noticed girls' love for ultra-feminine programs and their product tie-ins, and played it to the max. In the flush 1990s the media pushed harder, with the teen dial moving more toward sexy with sitcoms like Saved by the Bell.
Nowadays, "programs aimed at my daughter feature kids twice her age," complains Lisa Rinkus, of Newton, Massachusetts, mom of 9-year-old Elizabeth. "There's stuff like Wizards of Waverly Place, where girls dress up and go on dates." Even cartoons have become sexier. A recent study released by the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media found that female animated characters wear less clothing than male ones. And the current rash of reality TV shows like America's Next Top Model and My Super Sweet 16 also fuel the fire. (Do you know what your kids are really doing online?)
"They push girls to further identify with these older, more mature girls," says Levin.
Influences Beyond TV Characters—and the Actresses Who Play Them
Still, sex-tinged kids' TV has been around for a couple of decades. So why are girls growing up too fast today—more than just a decade ago? Because a whole other pop culture avalanche has hit, experts say. For starters, we've got tons of teen idols now, including Miley Cyrus (the real-life Hannah Montana) and Demi Lovato. "Even little kids look up to them," says M. Gigi Durham, author of The Lolita Effect.
These teen stars and their characters may seem mild (say, compared with the Britneys, Lindsays, and Jessicas in the headlines or even the adolescents on your block), but much of what they do and say is still over the top for tweens. "When younger girls watch them they see ways of behaving, looking, and feeling that would otherwise be outside their world," Levin says.
And now teen idols are also prime paparazzi fodder. As their personal slipups are relentlessly captured and widely publicized, even their littlest fan's consciousness is being raised in ways her parents hoped wouldn't happen for years. Donna Miller of Summit, New Jersey, faced this recently. Her daughter Lucie, 8, loves the show Zoey 101, whose star, Jamie Lynn Spears (Britney's sis), first gave birth at 17. "I tried to explain what was wrong with the whole situation," says Donna. "Lucie's answer was, 'But she and her boyfriend love each other, and you said love is important!' I think I communicated our family values about sex and babies in a way that didn't confuse Lucie. But she's so young. I'm not sure she understood all the nuances."
Certainly, fawning coverage of the birth didn't help clarify things for young fans. One tabloid cover featured a glowing picture of the teenage Spears cuddling with her daughter, calling motherhood "the best feeling in the world." Parents are still the main influence on their daughters, but kids have got to be confused when they're bombarded with contradictory messages. The psychological effects of growing up too fast are real. And can be real scary for parents.
The Impact of Marketing on Girls Growing Up Too Fast
If teen idols are a trap for young girls, it's partly because their princess obsession laid the groundwork. In just one year, Disney princess product sales totaled $4 billion. "To parents, the princesses seem relatively wholesome," says Levin, "but they do convey the message that you should spend a lot of time, energy, and money on looking pretty." What's more insidious is the way girls use them. "Give a girl a princess-type doll and she often doesn't invent ways to play with it," says Levin. "Instead, she'll act out a fairy tale script, having learned that the princess should be beautiful and seductive and catch the prince." The more time a girl plays this way, the more she'll focus on looks and coquettish behavior, and the less time she'll spend doing the open-ended activities kids need. "It puts girls on a conveyor belt to early sexualization," Levin says.
And merchandizing linked to girls' idols doesn't stop with dolls. According to a report by the NPD Group, girls 8 to 12 years old now spend $500 million a year on beauty products of all kinds, including those endorsed by their idols. Then there are the flirty fashions. "Where are the age-appropriate clothes?" asks Marie Ortiz of San Antonio, mom of 8-year-old Karina. "Even the kids' fashions at mass retailers look like they're for mini Paris Hiltons." It's a coast-to-coast lament as mothers of girls shop among racks of child-size swimsuits with padded chests and slinky underwear for 8-year-olds.
Of course, when it comes to the 7-going-on-16 phenomenon, it's easy to point a finger of blame everywhere else, but we also have to take a hard look at ourselves when looking at the trend of girls growing up too fast. It's not that parents want to shirk being gatekeepers. "There's just so much sex around, it's easy to stop noticing and drawing the line," Durham explains. But we've got to try. (Learn how to encourage good role models for your tweens and teens.)
What's a Parent to Do About Girls Growing Up Too Fast?
Forget about overreacting. Sending your daughter to school in overalls, clutching your old prairie-skirted Holly Hobbie doll is like putting a giant "L" on her forehead and a "kick me" sign on her back. The idea is to help her live in the real world while preserving her innocence and honoring your family's morals. Try these tactics to combat the psychological effects of growing up too fast:
- Cut back on the TV consumption. Her shows, your shows—just watch less. A Kaiser Family Foundation report found that the proportion of programs with sexual content rose from 54 percent to 70 percent over just seven years. And learn what the mysterious ratings at the start of kids' shows mean. Stuff tagged TV-Y or TV-G is the tamest. Other ratings require you to make a judgment call. Get the scoop from the FCC.
- Teach your daughter how to think like a critic. When she does watch, try to join her. "That way when something questionable pops up, you can point it out," recommends Durham. Levin suggests regularly exposing the ridiculous or unrealistic sides of on-screen scenarios. For instance, you could try, "Don't you wonder how London gets her homework done when she spends so much time in front of the mirror?"
- Monitor web choices. Just because a website is linked to a TV show doesn't mean it's healthy or wholesome. Try bookmarking a few quality sites like PBS Kids or Starfall, which are chockablock with fun learning games. (Discover more about how to deal with our kids' plugged-in lives.)
- Promote other kinds of idols. Show your daughter women she can admire for what they do, not for how they look, advises Richard Gallagher, Ph.D., director of the Parenting Institute at the Child Study Center of New York University. You could take her to a community musical and afterward meet the actress whose singing she loved. Or how about attending a local women's basketball game, where she can give the high-scorer postgame congratulations? And even if you aren't a fan of every female on the political scene, point out how cool it is that women are so prominent there.
- Help her explore her talents and interests. Whether it's tennis or chess, being good at something gives girls confidence. "Sports especially are great," advises Levin. "They help girls value their bodies for what they're able to do, not for how pretty they look."
- Hold the line on makeup and glittery clothes. "It's not enough to just say no," warns Levin. "Your daughter will be exposed to these things anyway, and if you clamp down entirely, it'll only set the stage for her to rebel later on." Instead she suggests moderation. If your daughter begs for a cropped top, for instance, layer it over a longer tee or tank, or let her wear it only at home.
- Mix up her peer group. Invite over a kid from another class in her grade, or sign her up for an activity that isn't school-based (such as karate or art). Spending time with other kids, other ideas, other ways of doing things widens a girl's world and reduces the pressure on her to follow the crowd.
- Guide the gift-giving. Tell grandparents and other relatives that you're trying to hold back on the sexy stuff, says Levin. Ideally, they'll shop more sensitively.
Personally, I'm taking all of this advice about the psychological effects of growing up too fast and using it with my daughter. I've been questioning what we're seeing on her favorite TV shows, as well as her fervent desire, sympathetic though I may feel, to emulate her fashion-forward classmates right down to their underwear.
And in case you're wondering whether I got her that bra, I'll admit I thought about it. But then I said no. "That's for when you're older," I told her. Then I took her to our community rec department and signed her up for our town's soccer league. Five weeks later I stood at the edge of a field, screaming like crazy as she scored her very first goal.
That, not a bra, is the kind of support young girls really need.
It's Not Just Girls Growing Up Too Fast...Boys Are, Too
While girls are getting trapped in a sexual pressure cooker, boys seem to steer clear of the worst of it. "I have 8-year-old boy-girl twins, and I see a huge difference," says Donna Miller of Summit, New Jersey. "My son doesn't feel the need to wear certain clothes like my daughter does." But there are some uncomfortable dynamics emerging. "I notice boys talking about girls being 'hot' earlier than they used to," says Gallagher. None of which, sadly, surprises him or other experts. "As girls are dressing provocatively at young ages, it's sparking the sexual inquisitiveness of younger boys," says Scott Haltzman, M.D., a Brown University psychiatrist who specializes in gender issues.
Levin also sees negative sexual standards and messages in boys' toys and heroes. "The muscles on action toys have been getting bigger," she says. "It makes boys feel like they have to be rough instead of affectionate or tender. But those gentle qualities are what they'll need for developing good relationships in the future." Furthermore, says Gallagher, a sexually charged kids' culture can make it hard for a young boy to befriend a female classmate. "If he's afraid his buddies and the girl's friends are going to taunt them, saying, 'Ooh, what are you guys up to?' he often decides it's not worth it," he explains.
The solutions? They're not so different from what they are for girls. Tone down the sex-stereotype toys and be selective about what your sons watch on TV.
"So many music videos show a guy surrounded by lots of girls, which sends boys the message that sexy equals cool," Haltzman says. And don't automatically assume your son would never hang out with a girl from his class. "At least suggest it and see what he says," advises Gallagher. It could help him like and respect girls as individuals (and prevent additional growing up too fast problems).


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Which Flights Offer Lie-Flat Beds?
Travelers hate angled business-class beds because they slide down. Airlines have been slow to upgrade to fully flat. Some have all planes with horizontal beds; others advertise them, but only have them on a small number of planes. Scott McCartney on Lunch Break has a scorecard with 30 airlines tells where to get the best bed. Photo: Delta Airlines.
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Hauppauge hails Flash drive-sized Freeview tuner
Digital TV on the USB
Hauppauge Digital today launched what it calls the "TV stick" - a digital television tuner compressed into a compact, USB Flash drive-sized package.
The WinTV HVR-900 requires only a spare USB 2.0 port, from which it draws power, so there's no need to lug a power adaptor around as is the case with plenty of other USB-connected tuners. Into the other end, you plug the bundled high-gain aerial.
With the hardware in place, a Windows XP-based PC can access up to 40 digital terrestrial TV and radio channels, along with all the local analogue broadcasts, any of which can be watched and recorded onto the host PC's hard drive.
Hauppauge said the HVR-900 gives "excellent picture quality in all but weak signal areas" - so make sure you check for Freeview availability first. Freeview's broadcast signal isn't the strongest of digital telly transmissions.
The company is bundling a two-year warranty with the gadget, which will be on sale in the UK by the end of the month, it said. ®
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Cast: Gibson Gowland (McTeague), Zasu Pitts (Trina), Jean Hersholt (Marcus), Dale Fuller (Maria), Tempe Pigott (Mother McTeague)
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Musical Accompaniment Dennis James on the Mighty Wurlitzer
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"In an era devoted to escapism and the happy ending," writes film historian Kevin Brownlow, "Stroheim's obsession with realism must have seemed insane." The director abandoned the studio to shoot on the actual locations evoked in Frank Norris's novel McTeague, so that Greed, among many other things, today offers a fascinating look at old San Francisco (including the Cliff House) and Oakland. But the realist moniker, while it was Stroheim's own, is slightly misleading, for he always uses the real to poetic effect, here creating a horrific evocation of the post-Gold Rush West and "the fearful yearning to be bourgeois" (David Thomson). Polk Street's teeming corners are seen through the dentist McTeague's window as he reaches into the mouth of his female patient (the marvelous ZaSu Pitts), by way of possessing her (and later, her $5,000 lottery winnings). Oakland's bayside sewer is the sight of one of cinema's saddest courtships; during the wedding, a funeral procession passes by. In the finale, the parched floor of Death Valley is host to the would-be bourgeois chained to the destiny he created. The film is full of visual surprises (like those looming close-ups of the cat) and we are left to wonder what might have been, had MGM not cut this film from Stroheim's carefully plotted, 9 1/2-hour original.


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East Texan Killed in Colorado Shooting Massacre Being Remembered
One of the victims of the Colorado shooting spent part of her childhood in Northeast Texas and is remembered by friends as a hard-working single mother who could light up a room with her smile and carefree spirit.
Rebecca Wingo of Aurora, Colo., graduated from high school in Quinlan, in Hunt County.
Cody Shafer was helping organize a gathering of friends Sunday in Aurora to remember the 32-year-old Wingo. He says Wingo performed his and his partner Marq's marriage ceremony in Iowa two years ago and remained a close friend.
Shafer says Wingo worked for a medical company and attended school, while raising her two daughters. She was an Air Force veteran.
She was among 12 people killed in a shooting rampage early Friday at a movie theater in Aurora.
Fire at Hollytree Country Club in Tyler Causes Smoke and Water Damage
The Tyler Fire Department responded to the two-alarm fire Sunday Morning at Hollytree Country Club in Tyler.
Employees reported the fire, which originated in the kitchen. Firefighters arrived on scene to find light smoke showing from the structure. A fast interior attack was made and the second alarm was called when firefighters discovered fire in the attic area.
The fire originated in a deep fryer. The automatic fire extinguishing system in the kitchen did not activate, but the exhaust fan in the kitchen vent hood evacuated most of the heat and smoke, which prevented further smoke damage to the rest of the building and allowed firefighters to access the seat of the fire. The automatic fire sprinkler system activated. Heat caused the fire to spread into the attic. Firefighters extinguished the fire and removed water from the kitchen and ballroom areas.
Angelina County Woman Guilty of HIPAA Violations
A 33-year-old Lufkin, Texas woman has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas.
Joneshia Cranford pleaded guilty on July 20, 2012, to wrongful disclosure of individually identifiable health information before U.S. Magistrate Judge Zack Hawthorn.
According to information presented in court, from 2005 to 2008, Cranford, an employee of a Lufkin-area health care provider, stole protected health information, including patient names, dates of birth, social security numbers, Medicare numbers, and Medicaid numbers and sold the information to Shavator Albro, 35, and Francis "Frank" Ibiok, 28, both of Houston. Cranford's actions are a criminal violation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
Cranford faces up to 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not been set. Albro and Ibiok have pleaded guilty to health care fraud and identity theft offences and face up to 15 years in federal prison.
This case is being investigated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) and the Texas Office of the Attorney General – Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (OAG-MFCU). This case is being prosecuted by Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Nathaniel C. Kummerfeld.
Longview Police Seeking Identity of Woman Passing Stolen Check
The victim of the forgery contacted Longview Police earlier this month, and told investigators he placed a check in his mailbox to be mailed around the end of May, 2012. On July 2, 2012, he realized the check had been altered and the suspect had passed the check at Ulta Cosmetics in Longview.
Police obtained several photos of the suspect. The suspect is described as a white female, with dark shoulder length hair pulled back in a ponytail. The suspect was wearing a light colored striped shirt with a dark bra and white Capri pants.
Police are asking anyone with information on the identity of this suspect to contact Longview Police Sgt. Chris Clark at 903-237-1199. If the tipster wishes to remain anonymous they can also contact Gregg County Crimestoppers at 903-236-STOP(7867) or submit a tip online at www.greggcountycrimestoppers.org.


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The ordinance requires snow to be removed from the whole width of your sidewalk and includes ADA ramps which go out to the street.
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Marshal Law - "The Club Killer" - Tuesday, Jan. 7, at 10 p.m. (ET/PT)
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The Ridgeback Solo World is a solid single speed Winter companion, best for a mixture of short hops and longer training rides. If you're looking for a straight up Winter trainer then the Solo is probably a bit overbuilt, but it's a stable and dependable cruiser for the darker months.
The heart of the Solo is a Reynolds 520 Cromoly frame, which talking to the Ridgeback designer turns out to be an evolution of the Genesis Flyer using similar tube profiles. The Flyer is designed as an urban machine and was overbuilt to a certain extent to mitigate against bumps and dings, the Solo gets this solidity too but it comes at the expense of a certain amount of ride quality. The frame is certainly stiff and puts the power down well but at times it's a little unforgiving.
There's plenty you can do to compensate for this and certainly the Continental tyres do a good job of soaking up road imperfections. Although I found the 58cm a good fit in terms of reach I tend to run quite a lot of seatpost, and there wasn't enough of it with Aluminium one suplpied, so I swapped it out for a 350mm Carbon 'post from my road bike. Call it serendipity but it transformed the ride, giving a bit of compliance where it's needed. I'd certainly recommend it as a first upgrade and indeed other component choices could probably make way for it if the bike was specced a bit differently.
Take for example the supplied clip and strap pedals. They saddle you with whole lot of toeclip overlap – especially with the mudguards on – and the first thing you'll do is swap them for your own units anyway. Better to supply the bike without the pedals and spend the money on a decent 'post instead.
Other than that minor gripe the kit is sensible and hard wearing. The Sugino 48T track chainset mated with an 18T Shimano freewheel gives a sensible 72" gear that's good for most riding. I'm not a quick or light rider but I've had the Solo up some steep climbs and cruised round some longer rides too, up to 70 miles.
The Solo is at its best when it's cruising. Bring it up to speed on the flat and the Solo is happy to buzz along for mile after mile. The handling is great at the mid-range speeds that a singlespeed will spend most of its time at. The Solo feels a little pedestrian when it's moving slowly but a bit of speed in the solid-but-fairly-weighty wheels and the momentum combined with the fairly relaxed geometry combine to give an unflustered feel. Some people will probably find it a bit too easy going, especially those looking for a Winter trainer to replicate the feel of a Summer road bike.
Going down it's plenty stable enough and pointing upwards it's a lot more sprightly than the 10.1kg all-in weight and single gear would suggest. Power transfer is good, I wouldn't expect the bog standard square taper BB to last too long given the torque you put through a single gear, but it performed fine during the test period. The bars are a bit narrow, and the hoods a bit small, to get good leverage when you hit the steep stuff and I'd rather have seen a 44cm bar on the 58cm machine. Other than that the controls, such as they are, are fine. The brakes aren't anything special but there's plenty of stopping power available.
The overall impression is of a well rounded machine that's comfortable on a longer ride but better suited to mixed use through the Winter. If you're looking for a workhorse then it may well suit, if it's a trainer you're after then you might want something a bit more lively.
Solid winter workhorse, a bit unforgiving though for a lightweight trainer
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road.cc test report
Make and model: Ridgeback Solo World
Price: 587.00
Size tested: 58cm
About the tester
Age: 36 Height: 190cm Weight: 105kg
I usually ride: Schwinn Moab, urbanised with 700cs. My best bike is: Trek 1.5 with upgrades
I've been riding for: 10-20 years. I ride: Every day. I would class myself as: Experienced
I regularly do the following types of riding: time trialling, commuting, general fitness riding, fixed/singlespeed, mtb, Mountain Bike Bog Snorkelling
About the bike
Frame material: Reynolds 520 Cromo
Fork Material: Carbon
Tell us about the bike spec. List the components used to build up the bike.
Frame: Reynolds 520 Cro Mo
Forks: Carbon
Chainset: Sugino Track 48t
Bottom Bracket: Cartridge Cro Mo
Chain: K810
Freewheel: Shimano Freewheel 18t
Headset: Sealed w/alloy spacer
Stem: 6061 Aluminium Ahead
Handlebars: 6061 Aluminium 420/440
Brakes: Shimano R450 Dual Pivot
Brake Levers: Shimano BL-600
Rims: Alex AT-400 32h black w/CNC sidewall
Hubs: Formula Track sealed
Spokes: Stainless steel black
Tyres: Continental Ultra Race Folding 700x 25c
Saddle: Ozone SLX
Seatpost: SL Aluminium 27.2mm
Pedals: Road w/clips & straps
Grips: Cork Tape black
Riding the bike
Sizing and fit: how was the bike in terms of height and reach? How did you find it, and why did you think that was?
The 58cm frame was fine in terms of fit as I tend to run a long seatpost. The seatpost supplied with the bike wasn't long enough though, so I swapped it out for a 350mm Carbon 'post from my road bike.
Was there any toe-clip overlap with the front wheel?: Plenty with the supplied pedals but once I fitted my SPD-SLs it was fine
Comfort and efficiency: was the bike stiff? Was it comfortable to ride? Tell us how you felt about the ride.
The bike's certainly stiff, sometimes to the point of being unforgiving. Running a Carbon 'post helps and the tyres are a good choice to smooth out the rough stuff.
The drivetrain
Wheels and tyres
Your verdict
Did you enjoy riding the bike?: Yes
Would you consider buying the bike?: Maybe, but given that I'd most likely be buying a singlespeed as a trainer not a commuter I think the Solo is a little unforgiving
Would you recommend the bike to a friend?: Yes
Dave is a founding father of road.cc, having previously worked on Cycling Plus and What Mountain Bike magazines back in the day. He also writes about e-bikes for our sister publication ebiketips. He's won three mountain bike bog snorkelling World Championships, and races at the back of the third cats.


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Avs staying all in the Kroenke family
First of all, there is nothing wrong with being a red-headed stepchild. I am one.
But a lot of Avalanche fans seem worried that, as colleague Benjamin Hochman ably scooped everyone this morning with the news, the transfer of ownership from Stan Kroenke to either his son, Josh, or wife, Ann, is going to mean bad things for the Avs.
Stop worrying.
Contrary to some popular belief, Stan Kroenke does not hate hockey and does not think of owning the Avalanche as some throw-in, in his control of the Pepsi Center and Denver Nuggets. Yes, he is a bigger basketball fan than hockey fan, and, yes, Josh Kroenke works in the Nuggets side of the building, not the Avs.
But Stan the Man, associates and former players say, takes a very deep pride in the Avs and his stewardship of the team. He is close with team president Pierre Lacroix, and he is appreciative of all the Avs did for him when he first began owning teams in Denver. And let's face it people, Kroenke has been a good owner for this team.
While he was a part-owner of the St. Louis Rams team that won a Super Bowl in 2000, the Avs gave him the first championship team of which he was the sole owner. For several years, the Avs were the main breadwinners in his Denver sporting empire, and he knows they can easily be that way again. So, knock off any thinking that the Avs are the red-headed stepchild of his organ-i-zation.
And I'll tell you another thing: Kroenke likes owning an NHL team a whole lot more since it got a salary cap and other guaranteed cost controls. I really do believe he might have walked away from the NHL if it had continued to be a no-cap sport, but not now.
The only lingering questions, for me, are: what does Gary Bettman think of Kroenke not technically being on top of the masthead anymore for one of his teams? That's basically what I tried to ask the commissioner last Wednesday in Philadelphia, after the NHL GM meetings had concluded for the day. I asked Bettman what he thought of the possibility of Kroenke transferring ownership to other family members, to comply with the NFL's cross-ownership rule, now that he's trying to assume 100-percent ownership of the Rams.
I kind of thought I was asking Bettman a softball question that he would bat out of the park with kind words about the potential maneuver and the Kroenke family, etc., etc. Instead, the commish seemed a little peeved and said he hadn't read anything about it (uh huh) and wouldn't comment on any "speculation." When I came back with something like "Well, it is public knowledge that Kroenke has announced his intentions to buy 100 percent of the Rams, which would mean the cross-owner….", Bettman seemed even more irritated and cut me off. "We're not having this discussion," he said.
Just caught him in a bad moment I guess. That's OK, I'm still a Bettman fan. Really, I am.
Any transfer of ownership from Kroenke to a family member or anyone else would have to meet the approval of the NHL's board of governors, of which Bettman presides. I wouldn't foresee any objections strong enough to vote down any such proposal. Any sports league would be fools to kick out a person and family of Stan Kroenke's wealth, and the NHL has had enough ownership hassles in recent years to want to open up a potential can of worms with him.
Yeah, there might be some question and minor worry from NHL bosses about it at first, but the transfer will be approved and business as usual will continue around the Avs.
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By the way, here's my list of reasons why the Blackhawks will win the Stanley Cup tomorrow night.
And, did you see this picture of Chris Pronger in the Chicago Tribune? Wow. I guarantee you Joel Quenneville is mad as heck that picture ran.