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Cross-Country Mountain Bike National Championships return to Bear Creek ThursdayWritten by Ryan
Riders will compete for medals and Stars-and-Stripes jerseys over four days in cross-country, short-track cross-country, singlespeed and super downhill competition. See the complete schedule of events here.
Learn more about the different mountain bike events, rules and qualifications here.
Among those returning to the 2014 USA Cycling Cross-Country Mountain bike National Championships are many defending national champions, including Carson Beckett (Benton, Ky./Wood-n-Wave), Stephen Ettinger (Bozeman, Mont./BMC Mountainbike Racing Team), Nic Jenkins (Colorado Springs, Colo./Front Rangers Junior Cycling), Shayna Powless (Roseville, Calif.) and Kerry Werner (Banner Elk, N.C./BMC Project Dirt), as well as 2012 Olympians Lea Davison (Jericho, Vt./Specialized Factory Racing),
Georgia Gould (Fort Collins, Colo./LUNA Pro Team) and Todd Wells (Durango, Colo./Specialized Factory Racing).
View all of the currently registered riders.
In addition to the Stars-and-Stripes jerseys that are on the line, automatic World Championship team nominations are also up for grabs for men's and women's 17-18 junior, U23 and elite winners. For more information, please see USA Cycling's world championships selection criteria.
The trails at Bear Creek Mountain Resort include 150-year-old mining switchback roads up the mountain. The trails also feature rocky, technical sections which demand as much power, skill and technique on the ascents as on the descents.
The amateur cross-country course spans just short of seven miles and includes many of the course features available on the mountain. The pro course includes the mountain's signature feature, a rock drop plus a triple log crossing and a rock jump just before the finish.
Full course maps are available online.
More information on the 2014 USA Cycling Cross-Country Mountain Bike National Championships including start lists, schedule, results, photos and daily event recaps will be available on the event webpage.
Follow the event on Twitter using the hashtag #MTBnats.
Having Fun and Staying Fit During your Mountain VacationWritten by Ryan
Check out this great blog entry from a local contributor Susie Rankin.
A vacation to a popular mountain resort sounds like a dream. Relaxation, fantastic food, spectacular views and the odd bit of skiing thrown in – what more could you want from a vacation? Well, as more than one third of the adult American population is now classed as obese, the likelihood is you want to avoid gaining too much weight whilst relaxing on your well earned break from everyday life. Luckily, a mountain resort is the perfect place for the whole family to relax, have fun, eat well and stay fit. A vacation in a mountain resort could even kick start a new healthy eating and exercise regime if you wanted it to because of the range of physical indoor and outdoor activities available. This article will outline some of the key ways a mountain based vacation can improve fitness, whilst advising on the best ways to avoid the seemingly inevitable vacationers weight gain.
Think Food – and Make Healthy Choices
OK, so when you are on vacation it is easy to eat all the delicious foods you usually go to lengths to avoid – and why shouldn't you? You are entitled to a treat, right? Whilst this is definitely true, eating the treat foods needs to be balanced with healthy foods, too for the benefit of your overall health. Gaining weight too quickly can be as damaging to the human body as losing it suddenly and care needs to be taken to avoid either extreme. Luckily, a good mountain resort will have a range of eating options available for you with a myriad of healthy foods to enjoy. A good menu will offer different choices of meat and restaurants should also accommodate alternative cooking methods – if you prefer to have your steak grilled simply ask the waiter. It can be a good idea to ask for salad dressings on the side of dishes and try to steer clear of fattening cream based sauces. Likewise, just because a menu offers several courses, it doesn't follow that each course must be devoured with reckless abandon. The chances are you will feel full after a good starter so, at the very least, give yourself breathing space in between each course.
Take Advantage of the Great Outdoors
A mountain resort can be the perfect place for those who love nature, simply because of the sheer number of outdoor activities available. The season during which you visit will largely dictate the types of calorie burning activities you can enjoy but rest assured, if you have eaten a five course meal the night previously, you will probably be itching to try every activity available. At Bear Creek Mountain resort, summer, spring and fall visitors are able to go hiking among the spectacular scenery of the mountains, biking on local trails, try their hand at disc golf and play tennis everyday – all activities which can conceivably burn hundreds of calories a session. In the winter months, the resort offers skiing, snow-tubing and snowboarding – all activities which burn vast amounts of calories and prove a huge boost to fitness. Although the amount of calories burned varies according to individual weight and activity levels, as a general rule, ski-ing or snow boarding can burn up to 3000 calories per six hour session. Obviously, this means happy vacationers can enjoy the dessert cart in the restaurant without feeling guilty.
Take Time Out to Rest Those Muscles
Of course, your vacation should, above all, be as relaxing as possible. There is no better way to unwind than by treating yourself to a day spa and perhaps a massage. In fact, relaxation is as much an essential ingredient in boosting fitness levels as cardiovascular exercise is. Muscles need time to repair themselves and failure to rest adequately can lead to joint and muscle damage. It is therefore vital that after a day of hiking, skiing or any other physical activity, visitors take time to sit back and enjoy the scenery. In fact, most good workout programs will incorporate steady rest periods so as to give the body time to rejuvenate fully. Whatever your preferred activity whilst on a mountain based vacation, be sure to take full advantage of every facility offered – be it a calorie busting day on the slopes or a luscious massage. It's your vacation and you deserve to have fun and stay fit.
Lobster Week Is Back!Written by Ryan
Summer is finally here, and the sun will return soon. Lobster week is back, that's right those colorful crustaceans from the Cape will once again be taking over the Grille Menu from June 17-22. Our Chef has planned out an entire week of lobster specials from lobster bisque, whole steamed lobsters, lobster rolls even a delicious lobster flambe. Even if you are not a fan of lobster, the Grille will still have you covered. We will continue to serve our regular dinner menu.
Do you like live music, join us on the deck Thursday June 19 from 6-9PM with live music from Tim Harakal.
Be sure to call The Grille to make your reservation, 610-641-7149.
Summer is Almost Here!Written by Ryan
All of the Summer Fun is back at Bear Creek. Most of the snow has finally melted, with the exception of a few patches on Timberline and the slopes are turning green and the flowers are blooming.
Now is the time to take advantage of the other activities that Bear Creek has to offer. Our hiking and Mountain Bike trails are in excellent condition and cover over 7 miles of our resort. If you are not ready for that big of a commitment yet you can explore the grounds with a game a disc golf. Our 18 hole course starts on parking lot 4 and encompasses both large open holes, water hazards and tight wooden holes throughout the property.
Make it a vacation and take advantage of one of our fantastic Hotel Packages. Forget about winter and take in all of the fun activities with the Spring Rejuvenation Package. If you are not quite the outdoors person, make it a Spa Day with the Spring Spa Getaway and relax on one of our large decks with a glass of wine.
These are two excellent packages, so take advantage of the beautiful spring weather and book now.
Closing Day AnnouncementWritten by Ryan
It has been an incredible season at Bear Creek, with the record setting snow falls and cold temperatures we were able to have one of the best seasons we have had in years. This was our earliest opening ever and we are now more than half way through March still with excellent conditions.
We would like to take this time to thank everyone who has made this a successful season. But like every year it must come to an end. We are sad to announce we will be closing for the 2013/14 ski season on March 30 at 4PM. That leaves you with just under two weeks to get in those last few runs of the season. So grab your friends, family or co-workers and take advantage of the conditions with these great deals.
The Wednesday Family Day has been extended and now includes Tuesdays and Thursdays through the end of the season. Family Days allow you to get up to 6 Extended Day Lift Tickets for just $53 or up to 6 Extended Day Lift Tickets and Rentals for $99!
If weekdays do not work with your busy schedule we have extended our Family Night on Sunday to and all day deal. From 8:30-10PM pay just $85 for up to 6 Evening Lift Tickets or $159 for up to 6 Lift Tickets and Rentals!
March Madness package is back and starting at $79 per person, per night (based on double occupancy). It includes your hotel room, lift tickets the night you arrive and a lift ticket for the next day. You also receive 50% ski and snowboard rentals. The package is valid Sunday through Thursday.
Now is the time to take advantage of one of these great deals and hit the slopes for some late season turns.
Thanks for the great season.
Late Winter Fun!Written by Mark Schroetel
It has been a phenomenal season so far at Bear Creek. The skiing and snowboarding has been the best we have seen in years. Pennsylvania has set records for snowfall and consistently cold temperatures, a great combination for late winter and early spring fun. We have a ton of snow on the trails and with the temperatures warming up it is a great time to get out with family and friends, soak up some rays and enjoy the soft snow!
We have some great deals to make hitting the slopes in March irresistible. We are expanding our Wednesday Family Day offerings to include Tuesdays and Thursdays through the end of the season. Family Days allow you to get up to 6 Extended Day Lift Tickets for just $53 or up to 6 Extended Day Lift Tickets and Rentals for $99!
If you can't make it up during the week, we also have Family Night on Sunday evenings, $85 for up to 6 Evening Lift Tickets or $159 for up to 6 Lift Tickets and Rentals!
For those seeking an overnight getaway check out the March Madness package starting at $79 per person, per night (based on double occupancy). It includes your hotel room, lift tickets the night you arrive and a lift ticket for the next day. You also receive 50% ski and snowboard rentals. The package is valid Sunday through Thursday. Basically you are paying for the room and skiing and riding for free, how can you resist that?
See you on the slopes!
Garlic, Garlic & More GarlicWritten by Shawn
Garlic Garlic and more Garlic! If you aren't already following the Bear Creek Pinterest page, you should be because we a pinning away in preparation for our upcoming Garlic, Cheese & Summer Mountain Festival scheduled for August 25. I can't stop searching for yummy garlic recipes. I thought that I would share two of my 'must try' favorites. Along my travels, I found this cute Garlic Lover photo.
Cheese & Garlic Lover's Recipe ContestWritten by Shawn
This summer seems to be flying by, before you know it the Cheese, Garlic & Summer Mountain Festival will be upon us! Did you know that we are now accepting entries for our 3rd Annual Garlic & Cheese Lovers Recipe Contest? That's right, calling all chefs or kitchen gurus! Our recipe contest selection team is collecting entries through August 10. Don't worry, recipes don't need to be original, they can be but you can also take something and add your own twist.
All of the details can be found on the recipe contest page HOWEVER recipe criteria are as follows: Recipes may be copied or original. If copied from another source, that source must be revealed in the submission.
- Each recipe must be an appetizer with at least 8 appetizer servings.
- Recipes must be typed or legibly written or printed.
- Directions to prepare recipe must be clear and complete.
- Each recipe for the Garlic Lover's Appetizer Contest must use at least 2 cloves of garlic.
- Each recipe for the Cheese Lover's Appetizer Contest must use 1 cup shredded cheese (4 ounces).
- Use specific standard US measurements for each ingredient with can and packages sizes listed in the order of their use in the recipe.
There will be prizes for First, Second and Third place in each the Garlic and Cheese recipe categories. The top ten finalists will be selected to prepare their recipe to present to the judges at the Bear Creek Cheese, Garlic & Summer Mountain Festival on August 25. The winners will receive:
For Cheese Lover's Recipe Contest:
- First Prize: A Mid-Week Ski and Stay Package valued at $200
- Second Prize: A $50 Gift Certificate to Bear Creek Mountain Resort
- Third Prize: A $25 Gift Certificate to Bear Creek Mountain Resort
For Garlic Lover's Recipe Contest:
- First Prize: A Mid-Week Ski and Stay Package valued at $200
- Second Prize: A $50 Gift Certificate to Bear Creek Mountain Resort
- Third Prize: A $25 Gift Certificate to Bear Creek Mountain Resort
Events at Bear Creek
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Macungie, PA 18062
Happy cooking!
Now Booking: Winter Vacation!Written by Shawn
While some of you might just be starting to think about your summer getaway plans, our minds are focused on winter! Yesterday was the start of our 2013-2014 winter season hotel bookings. If you are a frequent guest in our hotel, you may or may not know that every year on July 1, winter hotel bookings open. Those of you who are interested in celebrating Christmas, New Year's Eve & Day, President's Day or Martin Luther King Day with us should start making your plans now. Typically these are the first weekends to fill.
Summer of SeafoodWritten by Shawn
Happy Summer! That's right, today is the first day of summer. Although it's been a bit rainy this month, this weekend is looking like the seasonal summer weather will return!
Is seafood one of your summertime favorites? If so, The Grille is where you'll want to be later this month. This week is Lobster Week and we couldn't be more excited. All week we are featuring special like lobster bisque, whole steamed lobsters, lobster rolls and a delicious lobster flambe! Lobster week runs through Sunday, June 23. Be sure to call The Grille to make your reservation, 610-641-7149.
To add to the fun, Crab Night will be held on July 11 in the Rock Garden. Reservations are required and there is a minimum crab order per party. Enjoy an outdoor crab feast with your closest friends and family. Reservations must be made before July 5! Call The Grille at 610-641-7149 to reserve your Crab Night meal now.
Finally, Oyster Night returns..twice! Once again we will be hosting buck-a-shuck oyster night at The Grille. Join us on July 31, September 11 or maybe both nights for a yummy oyster feast. Our Malpeque oysters will be sure to please your palette. Reservations can be made online or by calling The Grille.
Not a seafood lover? No worries, The Grille will be serving their regular dinner menu in addition to our seafood specials. Don't miss the summer of seafood at The Grille!


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This is purely objective so dont get mad at me if you dont agree. This is all based on what i have read from mangareader.net and other people's predictions. The last chapter was certainly interseting as it opened up many posibilities to what could happen in the future. Here is my best guess at what will happen.
Big question number one: what is naruto's relation to SO6P? I think it could be various things. I have happened to notice something rather interesting. When you see SO6P, notice his hair. he has two bits sticking up that look like horns. Now notice naruto's hair when he is in bijuu mode. His hair also has the same two bits that stick up like horns. It also seems SO6P had a close relationship with jyubbi and later the nine baby bijuu, due to the baby kyubi's emotional responce when SO3P was basically saying goodbye. Naruto too, seems to be able to bond with the bijuu and be patient with them. I could go on and on about naruto and SO6P's simalarities. Plus, i dont think kishi has ever had something like that said flat out that wasnt true. Naruto is SO6P's reincarnate, or at least his direct descendant or something. Unfortunately we do not know when SO6P was around, which would be rather helpful.
Big question number two: will naruto get the rinnegan? I think that he most likely will. It does not appear that the rinnegan is like the sharingan or the byakugan in that it is passed down through bloodlines. We still dont know whether or not someone can get the rinnegan on purpose, though based on jiraiya's reaction when he saw pein (i forget pein's orginal name so im just going to call him pein even when referring to his childhood) had the rinnegan (jiraiya thought the rinnegan was a myth), i think this means that either it is extremely difficult to get it on purpose, or you just have to awaken it in a battle of some sort as pein did when his parents were killed. Despite the rinnegan being very rare, naruto is the reincarnation of someone who had it, so why shouldnt he get it? If he does get it sasuke is done for.
Big question number three: will naruto become the jyuubi jinchuriki? He will at least reunite them, if not become their jinchuriki. Though when thinking of who should be the jyuubi jinchuriki, naruto comes to my mind first. I also think that once they are the jyuubi, they would want to reside in naruto, as he is SO6P's reincarnate, and it seems they were close to him. Plus as the last page of chapter 572 a caption says "they entrusted their souls to him". If they did that then who else should be the jyuubi jinchuriki? I dont really know what will happen after naruto gets old and dies. I dont think the people of the world will be in danger as SO6P told the bijuu this "new person" would lead them down the right path, so i presume after 70+ years (if naruto lives a nice long life) they will be a whole lot nicer than they are now (towards humanity)
Big question number four: what will happen between naruto and sasuke? Well obviously they will have one big, final showdown. This will probably happen towards the end of the series as what better way should kishi end it? that appears to be the biggest subplot to the whole series. now obviously if naruto is going to merge the bijuu back into the jyuubi and get the rinnegan then that will happen before the final showdown. if naruto gets these powers, i think despite having susano'o and ameterasu, sasuke will be severely outmatched. not that i care as he is dispicable. (i didnt mind him until he became evil. now i hate him) based on this sasuke will probably get some kind of new power. kishi probably has something up his sleeve as instead of introducing all the powers one could aquire at once, knowledge of the ninja powers dispersed throughout the whole series. whatever this power is it better be good as the rinnegan is pretty kick ass when it comes to powers. let alone being a ten tales jinchuriki. i think the main conflict will be how the rinnegan and mangekyou sharingan affect eachother. we dont really know how they do so i think it will be the big mystery the fight answers. my own theory about the end of this fight is that (as naruto said that either both of them will live or die) both will die but someone will pull a naruto heals gaara and naruto will live. the reason i think sasuke will die is not because i hate him. he has basically everyone hating him except naruto and sakura. (MAYBE ino) he has ruined his life too much and it would be easier for him if he died because he would just go all evil again with everyone hating on him.
Fifth and final big question: will naruto become the sixth hokage? yeah i know this isnt being asked by everyone right now, but im sure the third ninja world war will be over soon after tobi gets killed. (of course tobi will die or at least run away as why would naruto die now? that would be a horrible ending and kishi is too good an author to not know that) i have a feeling tsunade is gonna die (which sucks but this wouldnt be the first time a good character died) so then who will be hokage? as of now kakashi is next in line so either naruto will do something that totally outshines kakashi's abilities, kakashi says no, or kakashi dies. hopefully it is not the latter and dont think it will be because i dont think kishi would kill two key characters so close together, but i guess its not impossible. I think at some point naruto will be hokage, even if it happens way later. Another thing i dont think kishi would do and is too good an author to think it would be ok is to crush naruto's dreams. So its not a matter of WILL naruto become hokage, its WHEN. i am quite sure kishi wouldnt crush naruto's dreams.
sorry this was so long but i had much to say. i hope this provides you a plausible prediction. like i said earlier, this is based on what i have read, so dont get mad if you dont agree.


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Asking the Right Questions
Kent Wilson
April 13 2012 12:16PM
It occured to me recently, after watching Brian Burke bloviate, Jay Feaster deflect and Steve Tambellini ramble during their respective year-end press conferences, that the true issue facing mediocre (or worse) teams is not whether an executive has all the answers - it's if he has the wherewithal to ask the right questions.
The goal of managing a hockey team is simple - gather as many good hockey players together (for X amount of dollars) as possible. Unfortunately, there is an innumerable number of blind alleys to go down in pursuit of that destination. Player performance fluctuates year to year due to chance, circumstance, injury and career arc. The shifting free agent and trade markets continually alter the value of player assets. Throw in the fuzzy stuff both decision makers and fans tend to attach a lot of significance to (leadership, chemistry, character, truculence etc.) and you have a baffling miasma of factors and gambles to sift through every off season. Which is why if a management team isn't endlessly curious about its outcomes or ruthlessly honest about its assets, it's possible not only to get lost in the desert but also be driving in entirely the wrong direction.
In this series of posts, I plan to look at how the wrong questions are easy to ask and difficult to avoid.
Larger Samples are More Meaningful Than Small Ones
I've noticed fans, coaches and managers of lousy teams tend to get caught up talking about relatively small stretches of games when the team tasted some success. This happened a few years ago with the Edmonton Oilers for instance. They were still terrible, but nevertheless reeled off a month of better than average results at the end of the year. This was marketed to fans by the organization that, clearly, things were looking up. Since then, they have finished 30th, 30th and 29th in the league.
I argued against this type of thinking during Feaster's first (half) season at the wheel when the Flames were the hottest team in the league for about two months. Similar narrative building is happening again in Calgary this off-season: both Sutter and Feaster have talked about how good the Flames were when half the line-up was made up of AHLers and kids due to injury. The obvious solution going forward, therefore, is to make the roster indiscriminately younger. Younger means more wins, right?
(Imagine if it was that easy)
Intuitively, it seems to make sense to seek out periods of success to try to determine what was different/better about the team at the time and then try emulate those circumstances. Unfortunately, the truth is just about every team experiences periods of better than average results as a matter of chance. Perhaps the schedule was easy, perhaps the PP got hot for a few games, maybe the goalie was standing on his head for awhile. Think about Edmonton leading the NW division for the first six weeks of the year or Minny leading the West at the mid-way point of December, for example.
The challenge is to be consistently skeptical of hot streaks when there is a longer history of mediocrity. More data is almost always more powerful than less. If a club has a few weeks of results that is apparently out of line with an established skill level, then it's important to examine the information from those games with the goal of discovering how sustainable - how true - those results were. In essence, a bad team on a good run should try to debunk its own (briefly held) success in an effort to determine if the improvement is real or not. If a club has established that it is average or worse, that should be the guiding assumption, even in the face of apparent, sudden improvement.
This is, of course, exceedingly difficult to do for fans and decision makers alike. The human brain looks for positive results and easy, causal explanations for things. Coaches and GMs will naturally focus on the good stuff because everyone prefers to win rather than lose and to be right rather than wrong. And during any transient outburst of success, there is bound to be some conveinient, intuitive explanation for the change in fortune.
Myth Making
Last year for Calgary, it was Darryl Sutter's departure and the subsequent change to the Flames culture that caused the improvement. This year, it was the energy and exuberance conferred by the rookies. In Edmonton, it was the emergence of the kids and the rehabilitation of Kahbibulin. In Minnesota, new coach Mike Yeo had the team playing together like never before! Im not sure what easy explanations popped up in Toronto when they rushed hot out of the gate this year, but I'm guessing they have disappeared into the ether by now.
Even bad teams have good stretches of games. And those outcomes are not necessarily an indication that something has fundamentally changed, that the club has truly improved. The tendency to weight those periods as more meaningful than others and to fabricate fuzzy but plausible sounding explanations for them should be avoided.
The question for average-to-below -verage teams should never be "why are we occasionally good?" Rather - "why are we so often bad?"
April 13 2012, 02:31PM
I have to be impressed when I read the word "miasma" on a blog.
April 13 2012, 03:09PM
I have to be impressed when I read the word "miasma" on a blog.
I had to look this "miasma" word up. I thought I understood what he was saying when I first read it. But when the sentence after didn't mention anything about his inhaler, I knew I needed Webster.
April 13 2012, 01:10PM
This is very good.
Makes you appreciate the teams that are good on a consistant basis like the Red Wings!
April 13 2012, 01:18PM
Makes me wish the Flames read Kent Wilson.
They need to make a movie called "Moneypuck". Burkie looks like he has been drinking too much. Must be stressful.
So I agree with you Kent. We learn a great deal more from our failures than we do from our successes.
I am going to say though that a GM being brutally analytical in the media is a quick ticket to dismissal. Whether we here like it or not, the majority of casual fans want to hear things are getting better and need that ray of hope. The GM, in his public conferences, must give that.
What I like about what Jay has done here is that he's spread the information gathering out and hired more people to give their view. In the end the decision will ultimately be Jay's but he has many more people giving input that Darryl ever did. Why this is important is that I choose to believe that these people are not just sycophants. Most of these people have in depth knowledge of the sport and help steer the ship in the right direction. I doubt very seriously that the people around Jay are saying "Buy up all the young players you can and we'll get better". However Jay does have boundaries. The owners, understandably, don't want to lose more money than they have to. This probably puts Jay in a sticky situation regarding #12.
What am I rambling about? Looking at Jay's performance I'd have to give him a B so far if I were to grade him. Yes he has talked about small sample sizes and used that to point to how the Flames will be successful. However I think that is a public line. His passing grade from me comes from his decisions to move some players out. Bring in some players, who are younger, that are talented. Slowly start to change over the old guard. With a couple missteps along they way (I'm looking squarely at Babchuk and Modin).
As for the other GM's, I cannot comment on Burke. Tambellini doesn't seem to really "get it". That's about all I know there.
This rambling and perhaps nonsensical post brought to you today by:
Lack of caffeine.
April 13 2012, 02:59PM
Should every coach and GM be given a 3-year contact? Year 1 - fool me once, shame on you; Year 2 - fool me twice, shame on me; year 3 - fool me thrice, boot me out the door!!???
Surely, these smart hockey people are not that dumb to just use small sample sizes to validate their argument?
Wasn't a year end collapse in 08-09 the problem? If I recall correctly, Edmonton was in a solid playoff position in march and a bad stretch dropped them out. It's irrelevant I know. It just seems to be forgotten.
April 13 2012, 03:20PM
I'm thinking Kent's referring to the 2007-08 finish, where the then-holy trinity of Sam Gagner, Andrew Cogliano and Robert Nilsson took off.
April 13 2012, 03:28PM
I'm sure with what's going on in Edmonton and Calgary isn't everyones cup of tea. Have to think a couple players gave their team permission to move, or just flat out asked to be traded in the coming off season.
I have to be impressed when I read the word "miasma" on a blog.
My vote's for "bloviate." Anyway, great read, Kent.
Nice piece Kent. It is truly amazing that some executives resist the wave of change happening with the understanding of hockey. Who wouldn't want their job to be easier, have more success, look smart, and not even have to spend much to do it?
I suppose it's a consequence of the tiny gene pool that is the old boys club running teams and the league.
Still angling for that elusive GM job, Kent?
Good luck to you sir, and a triple word score for including "bloviate" and "miasma" in the blog. An "ironic juxtaposition" and the pulitzer would have been yours, my friend.
April 13 2012, 05:13PM
Enlightening and articulate. Who wrote this for you? I jest of course. I found myself mystically edified. A down right good read. Thanks.
April 13 2012, 05:33PM
Kent is becoming a source of oracular wisdom on these pages. I guess this bit of sagacity can be boiled down to the somple admonition to "Know Thyself!"
April 13 2012, 05:45PM
I'm just going to treat this thread with a facetious attitude.
BTW I didn't use a thesaurus for that word.
EDIT:Our GM should be rapacious, and perspicacious; a despotism of foresight when looking to procure subliminal talent from even the shrewdest GM's.
I fear our GM is spineless, servile; incapable in accomplishing good, yet ostentatiously portrays himself as one who has, yet dangerous when seeking to do harm, he goes back to his master's feet.
He wedges loyalties to all who question his judgement so viscerally it is as the height of McCarthyism is no comparison.
To punish our GM of his ineptitude is clemency; to forgive them is the foulest and most atrocious deed, leaning toward the regrettable realm of barbarity.
April 13 2012, 05:52PM
This post and other recent ones (especially j.willis piece right after oil won the lottery again make me wonder if and if so how often oil management, players and coaches read oilersnation, listen to the gregor show, and maybe even roam sites like hfboards for entertainment.. I have tought in the past if I were to win a major lottery like a recent 600 million dollar win in the US, I would invest major coins into Katzs Oil Tycoon if he agreed to make Oilersnation leaders in the management team, give STU the gm position and I would be that guy in the office who plays the role of nobody exactly knows what he does.
April 13 2012, 06:22PM
I'm just going to treat this thread with a facetious attitude.
BTW I didn't use a thesaurus for that word.
EDIT:Our GM should be rapacious, and perspicacious; a despotism of foresight when looking to procure subliminal talent from even the shrewdest GM's.
I fear our GM is spineless, servile; incapable in accomplishing good, yet ostentatiously portrays himself as one who has, yet dangerous when seeking to do harm, he goes back to his master's feet.
He wedges loyalties to all who question his judgement so viscerally it is as the height of McCarthyism is no comparison.
To punish our GM of his ineptitude is clemency; to forgive them is the foulest and most atrocious deed, leaning toward the regrettable realm of barbarity.
Let me guess, you play dungeons and dragons.
This article is really good.
Sounds to me like Kent wants to trade Nail for Iginla. No way, sample too small.
April 13 2012, 08:01PM
Great post Kent.
I think a related issue is the propensity for results based thinking among the Tambellini and Burkes of the world.
I keep flashing back to Burke's quote on the Sloan analytics panel about Ryan Kesler. I'm paraphrasing here, but he basically said that he was watching a game featuring Kesler's NCAA team in which Kesler happened to have a particularly strong shift, and Burke decided right then and there that he was going to take Kesler in the 2003 draft.
Now, he turned out to be right about Kesler, but the process of how he reached his decision stunk. Drafting a guy based on a single shift is absurd.
Of course, that's not the narrative that Burke believes. Instead he brags about how he just knew about Kesler and uses that as evidence for his superior hockey intellect.
I think that the Oilers should really think about hiring a new coach.
I am not sure that the current coach pushes his team hard enough or that he manages the team well enough, for example, his poor player selection for shoot outs.
If they retain him I expect that he will not last the year. I would actually prefer MacT.
April 13 2012, 09:04PM
No. I just wasted my money the original way.
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I suppose it's a consequence of the tiny gene pool that is the old boys club running teams and the league."
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Title text: Real-life prospective-pairing curves over things like age can get depressing.
The equations in the comic and the graph show how many different love pairs can be made if you know number of females and males in a group. The text explains that it was inspired by TV Romantic Drama, but of course the formula is valid for any group of people. There are two graphs and equations - gay option is the case when we are looking for pairs with same gender, straight option in for heterosexual equations. The interesting/funny part about the results is that in most cases there are more possibilities when we consider the homosexual option. Also it is interesting to observe what is kind of obvious - in the heterosexual case the "best" case is if both genders are present equally and the possibilities drop very fast if there is substantial difference between genders.
- TV Romantic Drama Equation (Derived during a series of "Queer as Folk" episodes)
- [A table shows equations for possible romantic pairings in a TV show. The equation under "gay" is n(n-1) = 2+x(x-n); the equation under "straight" is x(n-x).]
- x: Number of male (or female) cast members.
- n: total number of cast members.
- [A graph plots pairings (for large casts) against cast makeup. Each of the above equations forms a curve. "Gay cast" starts high for an all male cast, dips down at 50/50 cast makeup, and then rises again for all female. "Straight cast" starts at zero for an all male cast, peaks at 50/50 cast makeup, and then drops to zero again for an all female cast. The two curves intersect at two points close to the middle.]
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This can't be right, even at 50/50, the number of gay pairings far outnumbers the number of straight pairings.184.108.40.206 20:10, 28 February 2013 (UTC) Moved from article page
- Not quite. Consider a cast of 4 with 2 male (A, B) and 2 female (C, D). Possible gay pairings - 2 (A-B and C-D). Possible straight pairings - 4 (A-C, A-D, B-C, B-D) 22.214.171.124 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
- He says for large casts. For 2000 cast members, with 1000 of each gender, the gay couplings comes out at 999,000 and straight at 1,000,000. Presumably this is the small cross over the diagram alludes to. If you substitute x = n/2 into the equations, then you get (n^2-2n)/4 for the gay combinations and n^2/4 for the straight combinations, so for gender balanced cast size of n, the straight combinations outnumber the gay by n/2 126.96.36.199 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
There is a typo in his formula for gay casts. The + should be a -. 188.8.131.52 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~) No, he's right. Notice the x-n term. x<n, so x-n is negative.22.214.171.124 03:14, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
This also the small implication that "Queer as Folk" was so dull that Randall produced this equation to occupy his mind during it. I often find my mind wandering while sat watching soaps with my other half. Drmouse (talk) 14:20, 3 January 2014 (UTC)
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Breton village in the snow
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Returning from Tahiti in August 1893, an almost penniless Gauguin arrived in Marseilles. His friend from his Pont-Aven days, the artist Sérusier, wired him 250 francs to make his way by train to Paris. There Gauguin held a sale of his art, mostly canvases from Tahiti, at the Gallery Durand-Ruel in November. This proved to be financially disastrous. Despite some monetary respite from an inheritance, in the northern spring of 1894 (probably at the end of April), Gauguin returned to Brittany in search of inspiration and a simpler, less costly life.
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There has been a long tradition in European art of snow-scapes, from medieval times onwards. The Impressionist group of painters, notably Monet, Sisley and Pissarro all favoured the subject as they sought to capture the effects of winter's snow on the landscape under changing light and different weather conditions. Gauguin continued this interest, creating several canvases of snowfalls, but his interpretation of Breton village in the snow was less transitory in appearance. Japanese woodblock prints by Hiroshige, in particular, were also influential; their strong contours, simplified shapes and flattened two dimensional space also provided a visual cue in the depiction of a landscape buried in snow.2
Breton village in the snow is devoid of any narrative or human interest that might be found in the work of Gauguin's Impressionist contemporaries. Indeed, the artist's landscape of the Breton village scene set in the Lollichon field is without life—no villagers or farmer and no animals. X-radiography and infrared tests indicate that Gauguin actually edited out an animal in profile to the left of the foreground, and a human figure to the right.
In Breton village in the snow Gauguin has produced a bleak landscape of bold forms and strong outlines set in an ice-chilled light. The artist has created heavy contours for the snow-covered thatch roofed houses of the village, the central Gothic style church steeple and the stark appearance of the tree trunks in this barren landscape. The high horizon line, with the far-off view of smoking chimney stacks and wild clouds, all evoke a sense of drama and bitter cold in a barren winter. It is both austere and forsaken.
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From Masterpieces from Paris: Van Gogh, Cézanne, Gauguin and beyond Post-Impressionism from the Musée d'Orsay exhibition book, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra 2009
- For example, Eliza E. Rathbone in Charles S. Moffett, Eliza E. Rathbone, Katherine Rothkopf et al., Impressionists in winter: effets de neige, Washington: The Phillips Collection in collaboration with Philip Wilson Publishers 1998, p. 204; Charles F. Stuckey in Stephen F. Eisenman (ed.), Paul Gauguin: artists of myth and dream, Milan: Skira 2007, p. 380.
- Utagawa Hiroshige, Kambara: Snow in the evening, quoted by Yann le Pichon and I. Mark Paris (trans.), Gauguin: life, art, inspiration, New York: Harry N. Abrams 1986, p. 193.


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Club Vu-Doo at Coral Restaurante, 908 1/2 8th Ave. in downtown Greeley, boasts a bar and pool tables and a restaurant upstairs. Downstairs, a dance club features dubstep, trance, hip-hop and Latin music. The club is open at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Cover charge is $5, with discounts for college students and veterans with ID. Customers must be 18 to get in and 21 to drink.
Sometimes, dreams are just worth the risk, especially when a big break comes along.
That's where a group of Greeley brothers and friends are — facing the daunting task of running a restaurant, bar and nightclub in downtown Greeley.
Brothers Armando Reyes, 37, Jozeph Reyes, 36, Israel Reyes, 32,, along with two friends have quietly morphed the long-running Isla Bonita restaurant at 908½ 8th Ave., into Club Vu-Doo at Coral Restaurante in the last month.
"We love music, and we love entertaining people, and we thought this was an opportunity for us to do that," said Armando, the leaseholder for the entire club and restaurant.
The brothers run King Productionz, producing rap, hip-hop and electronica music. In 2008, Armando's big break came when he was going to open for Chicano rapper Mr. Capone-E. But it was crushed almost as quickly when the promoter pulled the concert from Greeley.
"We used to do a bunch of shows and promotions, and we still do," Jozeph said. "We got to the point where, 'Hey, what's the best thing we can do with our music?' And that's to have our own club. The opportunities are there. If you have your own venue, the sky's the limit."
Isla Bonita restaurant became their next big break.
For the past 15 years, the bright restaurant that became the Greeley Ice Haus' closest neighbor served Mexican fare to a host of regulars under the ownership of Castulo and Aundrea Venegas. This year, life threw the Venegas family some curve balls , and they needed to take a break from running the restaurant. They still own the building, but have leased it to the men.
"They're taking over what we started there," Aundrea Venegas said. "We're hopeful for them. They kept a lot of the same recipes that we had and incorporated some of their own. … The night club will be something new. They have a bit of a learning curve, whereas we were in the business for a long time. If they stay focused, they'll be OK."
They've leased the place for a year.
"If it goes as planned, or better, we'll stay for a longer time," Armando said. "We're trying to test the waters. We've spent a good amount of money, time and effort to make it happen."
That's one reason why the brothers have kept their day jobs. Jozeph, an Iraq and Afghanistan war veteran who served eight years in the U.S. Marines, works in electronics in Lafayette. Armando works daily at a manufacturing plant in Windsor. Israel is a manager at an auto parts store.
Lifelong Greeley residents, the brothers admittedly have stars in their eyes.
"The vision was a big-city night club in a small-city environment," Jozeph said. "That's what we're bringing to the table. The lighting is different, the environment, the way it's been furnished, modified and set up. It has that big-city-club environment now."
The building is divided into three separate spots with two entrances. The restaurant is to the right, the bar and pool tables to the left, and the basement is reserved for the dance club, complete with laser lighting, smoke and disco-ball lighting, and capable of hosting a crowd of 100. Music will concentrate on the dance club genres, such as hip-hop, top 100 hits, even Dubstep, a techno sound that has become popular with younger crowds.
"It's all dance music," Jozeph said. The brothers call it two floors full of fun.
It took six months of talking, planning and $10,000 in renovations, permitting and licensing to get the dance club done. They're also remodeling the upstairs, and changing some of the restaurant menu.
"We scraped the bottom of the barrel and nickel and dimed it," Jozeph said. "That's what dreams are all about. Hard work will win out in the end."
Though they don't have a big marketing budget, they do intend to blanket the city with flyers, as well as outlying communities to get the word out.
During the recent St. Patrick's Day weekend, the brothers said, business picked up after a couple of weeks of lagging attendance from their Feb. 22 opening.
"We had a bunch of Somalian people in there. It was awesome," Jozeph said. "The Somalians usually keep to themselves, but that night they were open, they were talking to people, and people were talking to them. It was pretty awesome to see.
"We had Latinos, whites, blacks, and everyone was having a great time. Our goal is to bring in everybody and anybody."
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CARDIFF -- It certainly wasn't the way Nathan Sharpe envisaged ending his rugby career.
For the past 16 years, the strapping Australia lock has earned a living by smashing into rucks, leaping high in lineouts and pushing hard in the middle of scrums.
Lining up kicks from the touchline has never been on his to-do list. But there he was in Cardiff's Millennium Stadium on Saturday, 30 metres out and attempting a conversion with his last competitive touch of rugby ball.
His kick failed to reach the posts -- one of the few times Sharpe has come up short in a Wallaby jersey.
"Of course I'm going to miss it -- it's what I've done since I can remember," an emotional Sharpe said as he assessed his long, distinguished career after the 14-12 victory over Wales.
"I am going to have to find some walls to run into every weekend, just to get my head around things, ease my way out of it."
Sharpe's debut for Australia came in a match against France in 2002 and he turned out for 115 more tests, making him the Wallabies' second most-capped players after scrumhalf great George Gregan.
With James Horwill, David Pocock and Will Genia all struggling with injury in the second half of 2012, Robbie Deans turned to Sharpe to lead his tired side through its end-of-season European tour.
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"What better way of finishing a game for a great man as Nathan, our skipper who is retiring," Beale said. "We are very relieved and happy for him."
Naturally, the unassuming Sharpe refused to take any credit.
"It wasn't for me -- it was what we've spoken about all year," he said. "Games go one way and then the other, and if you stick in there you don't know what's going to happen.
"I thought that was pretty consistent with the character the team has shown this year."
Sharpe entered the national scene at senior level too late to take part in the 2001 series against the British & Irish Lions, and he is bowing out six months before the combined team from the four home unions heads Down Under again.
There will be no backtracking on his decision to retire, no matter how hard it will be.
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Sharpe ends his Wallaby career with eight international tries to his name -- and one missed conversion.
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by Howard Simon
posted Nov 22 2012 12:00AM
Do you remember the line from that classic movie "Airplane" where Lloyd Bridges character says "looks like I picked a bad week to stop sniffing glue"? I thought about that as I continued my examination of quarterbacks who could be in the 2013 draft. Looks like I picked a bad week to watch Tyler Bray from Tennessee.
This is really the first time I saw the 6-6, 215 pound Bray play, except for a handful of snaps in a game against South Carolina earlier this season and this is the problem with not watching quarterbacks on a weekly basis. You come up with a snap judgement which can be incorrect. If you saw play of the California native in the Vols 40-18 dismantling at the hands of rival Vanderbilt, you wouldn't consider drafting him.
Bray had his worst game of the season and I'm guessing one of the worst of his three year career for UT. He was 11-29 for 103 yards, was picked off twice and actually pulled from the game for a couple of series in the second quarter. He went back into the game in the second half but remained ineffective.
It was a combination of problems for the junior including bad passes from him, drops from his wide receivers, and miscommunication between QB and receiver a few times leading to throws that landed nowhere near anyone wearing orange and white. Bray even had a touchdown pass wiped out by a penalty. It was that kind of a night. You could see a look of frustration on his face and he seemed demoralized on a night where Tennessee dropped to 0-7 in the SEC for the first time in school history. I don't like to see my quarterback with that kind of a look on his face and showing the body language seen from Bray on this night.
He does have a strong arm as evidenced by a number of deep throws but none connected. He does show mobility in the pocket and he can operate an up tempo offense as the Vols ran the no huddle from time to time. He showed some pretty good zip on his intermediate range passes too.
As I said, I must have caught him on a rare off night because the Vols offense has averaged 37 points a game this season and despite his horrific numbers against the Commodores, the California native has thrown for more than 33 hundred yards with 30 touchdowns and just 12 interceptions. I wonder about his accuracy though because Bray has completed just 59% of his passes this season and has never finished a season with a completion percentage better than 59%.
In the three games prior to the Vandy contest(South Carolina, Troy, Missouri), Bray threw for more than 1300 yards, with 13 TD's and only 1 interception.
Since he is a junior, Bray can declare for the draft but he hasn't given any indication as to which way he is leaning. Tennessee just fired its coach so that could play a role in his decision and perhaps he won't want to end his collegiate career on such a sour note since the 4-7 Vols are not headed to a bowl game.
The other quarterback I watched last weekend was Ryan Nassib from Syracuse who seems to be rising up the qb chart. He had a much better night than Bray, leading the Orange to a come from behind win at Missouri enabling Syracuse to become bowl eligible. Nassib threw for 385 yards(272 in the 2nd half) and 2 touchdowns including a game winning 17 yard TD toss with 20 seconds left to give SU the 31-27 victory.
The senior from West Chester, Pennsylvania has played an integral role in the turnaround of the program which is 19-17 since he became the starting quarterback in 2010. If Syracuse beats Temple in its regular season finale, the Orange will finish 5-2 in the Big East and record its highest number of conference wins since 2001.
Nassib will leave Syracuse as the program's all time leader in passing yards. He has more career yards and more completions than Donovan McNabb. This season, Nassib and his offensive teammates rolled up more than 500 yards in six different games and they've set a school record for most total yards in a season.
As to the game with Missouri, Nassib showed a number of attributes including poise under pressure. SU was down 17-3 in the first half but Nassib never panicked. He calmly engineered touchdown drives and showed leadership. He's big and strong although most of his throws were short to intermediate range. I didn't see many deep throws in this game. His accuracy was good but he needs to work on his touch. His arm is so strong that he puts too much mustard on some of his short throws and they were too hot for the targets to handle. He has a pretty quick release and showed the ability to get the ball out on time.
As to leadership, Nassib was intercepted with the game tied at 24 and just over 4 1/2 minutes left but it wasn't his fault since his pass went off the receiver. He went over to the receiver and tapped him on the helmet while giving him words of encouragement. That turnover was cashed in by Missouri for the go ahead field goal but Nassib answered with the game winning drive. A good leader doesn't let his teammates get down on themselves and lose focus when he knows they can still win the game.
Nassib operated the offense both under center and out of the shotgun and was effective in both. Nassib, who directs the top passing offense in the Big East, did run some no huddle. He did a nice job of sliding around in the pocket to avoid the Tigers pass rush. When he was forced out of the pocket, the 6-2,229 pound senior was very good throwing on the run.
Nassib's completion rate, passing yards and number of passing touchdowns have increased every season. In this, his senior year, Nassib has completed 63% of his passes, thrown for more than 34 hundred yards, with 23 touchdowns and 9 interceptions.
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Two-time Grand Slam champion and WTA world No. 2 Victoria Azarenka is returning to Mylan World TeamTennis for the first time in four years after being selected second overall in the WTT Marquee Player Draft.
Following the San Diego Aviators protecting the rights to No.1-ranked men's doubles team of Bob and Mike Bryan in the first slot, the Philadelphia Freedoms picked Azarenka. The Belarusian previously played for the Springfield Lasers in 2006, when she earned Female Rookie of the Year honors, and also suited up for the Washington Kastles in 2010.
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Andy Roddick heads up the lineup for the 2014 Austin Aces in their inaugural season. The 2003 US Open champion and former world No. 1 will be joined by 2013 Wimbledon winner Marion Bartoli, who will be making her WTT debut.
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The Springfield Lasers picked up James Blake in a pre-draft trade with the Boston Lobsters. The former world No. 4, who retired following the 2013 US Open, returns for his eighth WTT season.
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4. Austin Aces: Andy Roddick (1st round protection); Marion Bartoli (2nd round)
5. Boston Lobsters: no Marquee Player selection
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7. Springfield Lasers: James Blake (1st round protection – acquired rights via pre-draft trade with Boston Lobsters)
8. Washington Kastles: Martina Hingis (1st round protection); Venus Williams (2nd round protection)
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The deadline passed on March 19 at 5 p.m. for those people wishing to file for county, state and national offices. Two term commissioner Gary Kofford is currently the Commissioner A and Commissioner B is held by one term Commissioner Jeff Horrocks. Both of these incumbents have filed for re-election. In the Commissioner A race, JR Nelson is the Republican challenger. For the Commissioner B race Edward A. Geary is the Democratic challenger.
In the Assessor race, Kris Bell will run unopposed. In the County Attorney race, David Blackwell will run unopposed. Brenda D. Tuttle will run unopposed in the Clerk-auditor race. Dixie Swasey will run unopposed for County Recorder.
In the Sheriff's race nine term incumbent LaMar Guymon will be seeking re-election. Greg Funk is the Republican challenger for sheriff. Treasurer Steven J. Barton will run unopposed. In the school board district number four Marie Guymon Johnson will run unopposed. In the school board district five Royd F. Hatt will run unopposed. In the United States Senate, incumbent Bob Bennett has filed along with challengers: Scott Bradley, Tim Bridgewater, David Chiu, Merrill Cook, Cherilyn Eagar, Jeremy Friedbaum, Sam Granato, Mike Lee and Christopher Stout. For US Representative: Jim Matheson, incumbent, Ed Eliason, Dave Glissmeyer, Wayne Hill, Randall Hinton, Morgan Philpot, Neil Walter and Claudia Wright. For Utah governor, Gary Herbert, incumbent, Peter Coroon, Richad Martin, W. Andrew McCullough, Daniel Van Oaks, "Superdell" Schanze. Kay McIff and Christine Watkins are local representatives to the state legislature who are also reapplying. Seventh District court judges, George M. Harmond Jr. and Douglas B. Thomas will also be on the ballot for judicial retention.
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Maria Chapdelaine
Illustrations by Clarence Gagnon
December 18, 2010 to February 27, 2011
As its title conveys, this exhibition is comprised of Clarence Gagnon's original artwork for his illustration of Louis Hémon's classic Canadian novel, Maria Chapdelaine, which was commissioned by Editions Mornay in 1928 and published in 1933. Clarence Gagnon's exquisite miniatures, all fifty-four executed in mixed media on paper, were of a different order to those that had preceded them, including the novel's first illustrations created by Marc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Côté in 1916 for J.A. Lefebvre. Greater in number, in colour rather than in black-and-white, Gagnon's work set a new standard for book illustration.
Unlike Suzor-Côté's earlier illustrations in which the landscape plays a relatively minor role, Gagnon's work gives form to the Quebec landscape and generally avoids images of individuals—even Maria herself remaining rather ambiguous. This difference in approach can perhaps be explained by the fact that Suzor-Côté was working for a Québecois audience that knew at least a little of the nature of the landscape. Gagnon, by contrast, was working for an audience that would have been quite unfamiliar with the wilderness and the often forbidding, Quebec landscape.
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My purpose in illustrating Maria Chapdelaine was to catch the spirit of Canada and the French-Canadian way of life which the book immortalizes. That book represents the struggle of a brave little minority and reveals the true pioneering instinct of those early settlers.—Clarence Gagnon
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