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Tales of the Unexpected
Aspects of contemporary Australian art
Introduction | Foreword | Essay | Works | Gallery
Rosemary Laing | Anne Wallace | Lyndell Brown and Charles Green | Kate Beynon | Sally Smart | Robert Boynes
Rendez-vous 2000
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Robert Boynes
It is like Godard's idea that what is important is what comes before and after the movie. It is the implication that this is just a slice of a continuing action . . . I think this is one of the reasons I allow myself to work with moving figures – to create this implication that something has come before and something will happen after. The scene is a particular chink of the action that you look through – a privileged moment in a continuum.
Robert Boynes1
It may be true that one has to choose between ethics and aesthetics, but it is no less true that, whichever one chooses, one will always find the other at the end of the road. For the very definition of the human condition should be in the mise en scène itself.2
Dream-like, filmic possibilities inform Robert Boynes's recent paintings of urban environments. They suggest 'fictional documentaries', drawing on observations of contemporary urban life and transmuting them into atmospheric fictions.
In overview, Boynes's art over the past three decades has shifted in emphasis between the documentary and the fictional: moving from overt socio-political work towards more abstract interventions, from the shimmering data of cities seen from above to close-up viewpoints of figures in city-spaces. There are significant continuities throughout: a passionate engagement with the art-making process, with film and with the human condition reflected through the prism of urban experience.
In the initial stages of making his recent urban paintings, Boynes photographed people in cities. He was not interested in the identity of individuals but rather in conveying archetypal urban dwellers. After taking hundreds of photographs, he would then rigorously select, edit and transform a particular image: scanning it into the computer, relaying it via a large silk-screen to the canvas and vigorously reworking the whole in the painting process. The photographic images are like sketchbook notations for Boynes. They also remain as vital documentary trace elements in the work. It is, however, in process of manipulating the painterly surface on canvas – dragging the screen in the wet paint, scrubbing and washing the surface back to the point of erasure and rebuilding it with successive layers and glazes – that the work attains its distinctive fugitive aura and luminosity.
After hours 2002
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Rendez-vous 2000 is one of the paintings that originated during a residency Boynes undertook at Artspace in Sydney's bustling Woolloomooloo. It was a fruitful but difficult time. The artist notes that the area was under construction, so there was only a quiet period of a maximum of three hours each day. 'It drove me mad at the time . . . but that sense of continuous activity gradually filtered into the work. I was observing the pattern of people, moving up and down, to and from the CBD . . . They had an urgency about them.'
The environments that Boynes's figures inhabit in the works are spaces of transit and exchange: crossings, walkways, escalators, stairways and subway stations. He notes that these are spaces that no one owns, that everyone has a right to use. They can also be lonely, dangerous spaces. 'They conceal an undercurrent of disturbance, yet they are spaces that we all need. I try to make those spaces as central and visually engaging as I can.' Works such as Rendez-vous 2000, Pyrmont 2002 and After hours 2002 suggest open-ended possibilities of people coming and going via these ambient city spaces. It is the implication of life beyond a particular 'frame' that is of utmost significance to the artist.
Another significant aspect of Boynes's work is the repetition of elements from one work to another – each with their own nuances, giving the feel of sequential film frames or different takes on the same scene. Among the repeated motifs he has used over the years is the screening device of the louvre window or venetian blind, as in the extraordinarily subtle Rear window 2001, with the implication being of something secret or mysterious occurring beyond our vision.
To attain the qualities he is searching for, Boynes often puts two or three fragments together in the same work. For The ghosts of Grand Central and the ensuing larger painting Grand Central Station 2001, he initially stood on balconies at each end of the station in New York, photographing the many people walking through.
Those people would probably be deeply surprised that they have ended up rebuilt into something that is an amalgam of all the emotions going through that space. When I'm photographing people I almost want to hold my hand up and say, 'I'm sorry, I am not photographing you'. Then the shutter goes 'click' and it seems like a lie. It seems as if I'm stealing their image but that is only a point of departure. What I'm doing in reworking the images later on, is finding another spirit that stands for something more than the specific individual.
Times Square 2000
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Through shifting, grainy, blurring passages of luminosity and shadow, of figures moving across city environments set against ambient cursive neon signs, rushing to a rendezvous or drifting ghost-like through the wet streets at night, Boynes's fragmentary 'fictional documentaries' illuminate imagination. They reveal people enmeshed in the momentum of life, passing on their journeys in the here and now and across generational divides. What Boynes ultimately suggests in his evocative urban spaces is that, in the many arbitrary aspects of daily life, there are possibilities for glimpsing something of the inherent energy, continuity and illusive mystery underlying human experience and memory. As he remarked about the making of Times Square:
It was raining like mad and I kept trying to shoot in that low light. The figure on a bicycle was moving through . . . a shrouded figure – I just liked the motion of the wheels on the zebra crossing and the light. The scene became transformed in the painting process. It is a memory that just ghosts its way across the crossing and then it's gone.
1All quotes from Robert Boynes were recorded in an interview with the author, 5 February 2002.
2Quoted by Susan Sontag in 'Godard', A Susan Sontag Reader, introduction by Elizabeth Hardwick, Penguin Books, Middlesex, UK, 1982, p. 235.
Selected further reading
Dauth, Louise Robert Boynes: 1996-1999 Beaver Galleries, Canberra, c.1999
Drury, Nevill 'Robert Boynes' in Australian Painting Now eds. Laura Murray Cree and Nevill Drury, Craftsman House, Sydney, 2000, pp.64–67
Gates, Merryn Robert Boynes: Urban Simulations Canberra, 1995
Haynes, Peter Robert Boynes, 3 Decades: a survey of the artist's works from the 1960s to the 1990s Nolan Gallery, Canberra, 1995
Waterlow, Nick 'Robert Boynes', in Robert Boynes: Selected works 1979–1990 (ex. cat.), Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Canberra, 1990


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ABERDEEN – Former Panola County administrator David Chandler's attorney asks a federal judge for more time to appeal his 2011 guilty plea, even though the deadline has passed.
Chandler, 58, pleaded guilty in to two federal counts that he defrauded the county in a garbage collection scheme and embezzled by paying himself overtime when he didn't work it.
He took the plea deal to testify against defendants in another criminal case to avoid a 22-count indictment and its likely severe punishment.
Judge Sharion Aycock sentenced him to 14 months in prison, a $40,000 fine, restitution of $33,564 and 200 days of community service in Panola County.
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During this depression, Chandler "completely lost sight of his control over the need for his decision to appeal his sentence within the required time to file a notice of appeal," Eastland states. "Mr. Chandler actually did not even remember being advised of his right to appeal his sentence by the court" or again by his attorneys after he was sentenced in February.
Chandler was Panola County administrator and a former board chairman of the local hospital when he was indicted.
His deal for the plea bargain apparently was to cooperate and testify against two men, accused in a bribery-kickback scheme at Tri-Lakes Medical Center in Batesville.
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In a press conference/pep rally this morning, before the press and Nets-related staffers, MC David Diamante introduced what he called "the brand identity launch of the Brooklyn Nets."
The black-and-white logos had already emerged, though other "secondary marks" were new, such as the "Brownstone Ballers, "Brooklyn's Finest," and "No Sleep Til Brooklyn" shirts.
He declared, "We're very excited to take Brooklyn and bring it to 215 countries around the world. We couldn't be more excited about the Jay-Z-inspired and -designed black-and-white logo, which we think is going to be a huge hit in markets all around the world.
The caps, as indicated in the photo at left, cost $26--surely not an atypical price for NBA merchandise, but a sign of how the cachet of Brooklyn can add up to big bucks.
"The Brooklyn Nets are finally part of the conversation," declared Nets/Barclays CEO Brett Yormark, and he was surely right.
Designed by Jay-Z?
Nets brass continued to maintain that the logos were designed by Jay-Z, though actual design work seems beyond his tastemaking skill set and NetsDaily's Net Income/Bob Windrem suggests another designer did the nitty-gritty work.
(David Roth, writing in Capital New York, calls Jay-Z the team's "resident Brooklyn-credibility totem."
An unscientifc poll on TMZ (right) gave thumbs down to the logo, as did New York's Seth Rosenthal, though there certainly was a lot of #HelloBrooklyn enthusiasm on Twitter and the one branding expert quoted by the Times offered praise.
A poll of sports fans on SB Nation, below left, was also positive.
Beyond the merch: tickets
Substantial if not overwhelming crowds--well over 100 people--lined up for Nets' merchandise outside Modell's (below right photo) and on the Atlantic Terminal plaza (bottom video) to buy season tickets--before either of the lines actually moved. (The line at Modell's was goosed by the promise of ticket vouchers for the first 100 people to the opening game next season, as noted in the Daily News.)
The numbers were likely diminished because it was a work day. The Nets put 1000 season tickets, at all price points, up for sale to Brooklynites.
"Screecher seats"?
How many of the $15 seats, of which there should be 2,000, were for sale? Nets spokesman Barry Baum said people could buy at whatever price point they chose.
Would the much-promised $15 screecher seats be available as single-game tickets or solely as season tickets? Baum said, "At this point, we haven't determined [it]."
The Nets Experience van (below left) was also at Atlantic Terminal.
The unresolved Nets
While the Nets brought center Brook Lopez to model a new hat, the future of the team is uncertain.
"The Nets will not bring much to Brooklyn, besides novelty and hope," wrote Roth in Capital New York.
Still, Borough President Marty Markowitz addressed General Manager Billy King with a sense of ownership: "Billy, we gotta come in with fire."
And King later responded, "We're not going to try to build slowly.... So next year at this time, we'll be playing on TV and the Barclays Center will be rocking."
Ratner revises history?
Just as Jay-Z is described as a "cultural icon," Bruce Ratner gets introduced as as "a man who has led the renaissance of Brooklyn."
Ratner said, "I looked at my calendar, and it's been one decade--ten years--since I started discussing it with Marty Markowitz. It's taken ten years 'til officially they are the Brooklyn Nets!"
If it has been ten years, since May 2002, then that further revises the creation tale told by Markowitz in a New Yorker profile, that he picked up the phone in the fall of 2002 to tell Ratner the Nets were up for sale.
After all, as I reported in April 2007, Forest City Ratner reserved the URL bball.net--for the inchoate Atlantic Yards or even an arena in Coney Island--on 3/27/02.
Hockey in Brooklyn?
After the event, there was an opportunity for one-on-one interviews. No one, I'd bet, asked about the developer's promises of jobs and housing.
An AP reporter, apparently looking for an angle, quoted Bruce Ratner as saying the arena "was made for hockey and basketball... It could easily support a hockey team."
Well, while it probably could support a hockey team, it was most certainly not "made for hockey and basketball." After all, Ratner's construction chief, Bob Sanna, said last year, "we made some pretty deliberate decisions early on: we weren't going to have a [major league] hockey team."
Nets/Barclays Center CEO Brett Yormark & Brook Lopez
The event began with Diamante. "It's especially exciting for me as a fifth-generation Brooklynite," declared the announcer, who actually was raised outside Washington, DC. "It's going to be the best sports and entertainment venue in the world."
Yormark took the mic and first thanked "our marketing team." He said he'd received emails from Italy, China, France, Spain, and Russia, asking where they could get their Brooklyn Nets merchandise. < "But most importantly, I also received an email from a young Brooklyn mother," Yormark continued. "And she said, My son is two. Today, he will officially become a Brooklyn Nets fan. Ladies and gentlemen, the Brooklyn Nets are finally part of the conversation, and I'm so thrilled to be here."
"We are thrilled to unveil the brand identity of the Brooklyn Nets, and to launch the next chapter in our team's history," he continued. "The brand identity has been created by Jay-Z. Who better than the number one tastemaker in the world to design our color palette and logos? And who knows better about Brooklyn than Jay-Z?"
"With the black-and-white colors and the design of the logos, Jay-Z has truly captured the coolness and self-confidence of the borough," Yormark said. "It truly is Brooklyn."
"The colors and logos speak to Brooklyn's strong history and heritage," he said. "They differentiate us. Just like Brooklyn is different from anywhere in the world, we will be the only NBA team with only black-and-white as colors."
"It's a bold new direction for the Nets team," he said, suggesting the the look evoked the subway system of the city during the last time Brooklyn had a home team.
"We will be Brooklyn's home team," he said, then gave 7' Nets center Brook Lopez a Brooklyn Nets hat.
Lopez, at the end of the video, stayed mostly on message, praising Jay-Z for creating the logo and citing the return of a sports team after more than 50 years. "We have been working hard to be the team that they really deserve," he said of Brooklynites.
Forest City Ratner CEO Bruce Ratner
A beaming Ratner said, "I looked at my calendar, and it's been one decade--ten years--since I started discussing it with Marty Markowitz. It's taken ten years 'til officially they are the Brooklyn Nets!"
"Ladies and gentlemen, the curse of O'Malley is officially over today!" he continued, offering many thanks. "The most important thing, I would do it again," he added, saluting "the great borough, city, and country of Brooklyn, USA."
Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz
Introducing Markowitz, Diamante said "it was his idea for Mr. Ratner to buy the Nets and move them to Brooklyn." Markowitz addressed GM Billy King with familiarity and no small amount of ownership: "Billy, we gotta come in with fire.... and show not only Brooklynites, but the country, and the world--that it all starts right here, in Brooklyn."
"The ghosts of Ebbets Field, I can see them departing, bye-bye" Markowitz declared. "Bruce Ratner, I must tell you, it was ten years ago when I started my phone calls, bugging this man, a team, what are you tawking about?"
"He didn't know which team," Ratner interjected jocularly, which suggests that Markowitz may have started before the Nets were for sale.
"He had the vision... I just wanted an arena, and a team. Of course, that's why he's so successful, because he stuck with it," Markowitz said, not mentioning that, as of now, an arena and a team--not "jobs and housing"--are what have been delivered.
"Now, we begin very very shortly," Markowitz said. "It's a game changer for our borough.
"I know what our Brooklyn Dodgers meant to the fabric of Brooklyn," Markowitz said, then, wisely didn't try to draw a parallel. "That was then, this is now. It's a new era, a new time. But how lucky the kids are, and their families, that they'll have a chance to cheer for the Brooklyn Nets, and all the other great things that'll be going on."
"To me, whatever the design is, as long as it says Brooklyn, I'm thrilled," said Markowitz, offering Ratner a declaration and a proclamation.
Onexim's Irina Pavlova
[Only partial remarks recorded]
Principal Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov wasn't there, but his deputy Irina Pavlova was, and she pledged, "We will strive to be the best, and we won't stop til we get there. After all this is what Brooklyn is all about, this is what fans expect of us, and we plan to deliver."
"We're very excited to become an integral part of the Brooklyn community," Pavlova said, saying they would show a commitment "to improving people's lives."
Yormark announces Community Week
Yormark announced the launch of Brooklyn Nets Community Week. "We're looking forward to serving an active role in our new borough, and meeting our new neighbors," he said.
The events this week include:
- Tuesday, May 1 - EDUCATION; Nets employees will read to kids at 22 neighborhood libraries throughout Brooklyn.
- Wednesday, May 2 – ATHLETICS; Brooklyn Nets CEO Brett Yormark and 500 kids (ages 12-14) from local YMCA's will compete in sports clinics at the Park Slope Armory YMCA
- Thursday, May 3 – HEALTH AND WELLNESS; LIU Brooklyn students, faculty, and staff, Crunch Fitness instructors, and health care providers from Maimonides Medical Center and MJHS will hold health screenings and classes at Long Island University Brooklyn
- Friday May 4 – COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; 50 local volunteers will participate in landscaping and painting projects in Prospect Park.
The week is sponsored by Brooklyn Water Bagel, Crunch Fitness, Foxwoods Resort Casino, Maimonides Medical Center, and MJHS (a charitable not-for-profit health system). The medical center is the team's official hospital. Several executives, led by President Pam Brier, then took the dais.
Below is the hospital's official promo video:
NBA Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver
"Brooklyn is of course a global city," Silver said, "and in many ways parallels the NBA."
"Our games are seen in over 215 countries, and televised in 47 languages, plus Brooklynese, so there's a perfect fit between Brooklyn and the NBA," he said.
"We're very excited to take Brooklyn and bring it to 215 countries around the world," Silver declared. "We couldn't be more excited about the Jay-Z-inspired and -designed black-and-white logo, which we think is going to be a huge hit in markets all around the world. And Brooklyn, welcome to the NBA."
I suspect the logo is more "vetted" by Jay-Z than "designed" by him.
Nets Coach Avery Johnson
Johnson, who's from New Orleans, doesn't sound like a local. It may not matter if, as he predicted optimistically, "when we sell out every night at the Barclays Center, and everybody's saying Brooklyn, Brooklyn, Brooklyn."
Nets GM Billy King
"Were going to put together a team that Brooklyn can be proud of," said King. "This has been talked about amongst players, GMs, and owners throughout the league. Brooklyn has something that people want to talk about. The Barclays Center is something they have been talking about. It makes my job a lot easier now."
"I think you'll see this worn everywhere," he said of the logo.
"We'll put a team on the court that's going to play hard," King predicted. "We're not going to try to build slowly.... So next year at this time, we'll be playing on TV and the Barclays Center is rocking."
Mitchell Modell of Modell's
Mitchell Modell, introduced as the most successful sports apparel retailer in the area, thanked the store's "associates" who worked through the night to set up the merchandise. He praised Ratner for his "relentlessness and "passion."
Waiting for tickets
The lines of people waiting for season tickets in the plaza outside Forest City Ratner's Atlantic Terminal mall.
Experience Van outside Atlantic Terminal
Playing hip-hop for people waiting to try their luck in a free-throw contest.


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The planned screening of "The Sandlot" at Fluor Field in Greenville with its screenwriter-director David Mickey Evans will be rescheduled due to a 90 percent chance of rain in Friday's weather forecast, according to Kristen Sugg, a representative of Fox Home Entertainment.
Sugg said a new date for the event has yet to be determined.
Greenville was planned as the second stop on a national tour celebrating the film's 20th anniversary. Evans was scheduled to introduce the film, greet fans and sign autographs.
"The Sandlot," which was released in theaters in 1993, is the story of Scotty Smalls, who moves to a new neighborhood with his momand stepdad. He befriends a rag-tag group of kids who play baseball, and they fall into adventures involving baseball, swimming pools and a ball-eating dog nicknamed The Beast.
The film, which Evans co-wrote, directed and acted as narrator, is often selected as one of the top five baseball films ever made in online polls by such outlets as ESPN, Fox Sports and Sports Illustrated. It recently released as a 20th anniversary DVD-Bluray combo edition.
"We know there are millions and millions of 'Sandlot' fans, and it felt like a good thing to do - it's my favorite film I ever made - to go and meet them and sign autographs and take pictures and have a good time in a ballpark," Evans said by phone, adding that this will be his first trip to South Carolina.
He's been blogging about his experiences at anniversary screenings at http://davidmickeyevansblog.blogspot.com and plans to include his visit to Greenville in his online journal.
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The cost of getting fast fibre broadband to the home is set to drop by up to 30% to $66 a month if the Coalition is elected in September, also set to fall is the cost of rolling out the network which under Labor was tipped to spiral to $90 Billion.
A new Coalition broadband policy set to be revealed today claims that consumers will pay 30 per cent less than Labor's current plan with similar speeds of between 50Mbps and 100Mbps.
The cost of the network is also set to fall to a forecast cost of $29 Billion this is $15 Billion cheaper that Labor's current projected cost and more than $60 billion cheaper than what the Coalition claims the current Labor government's policy will actually end up costing.
Later today Shadow Communications spokesperson Malcolm Turnbull is set to outline a new policy that will deliver the NBN at half the cost, and up to six years earlier and with same speed internet speeds as what is currently planned by Labor.
They will also promise to deliver the project by 2019 - between two and six years ahead of the government's schedule - and reprioritise the NBN rollout to tackle regions with the poorest internet services first.
The Daily Telegraph has reported that by using a mix of technologies, the Coalition claims it would be able to deliver a comparable broadband rate of between 25Mbps and 100Mbps by as early as 2016, rising to between 50Mbps and 100Mbps by 2019.
The Opposition claim that they plan to use fibre to the node (FTTN) technology, rather than the government's fibre to the premises (FTTP) model, it claims to be able to deliver cheaper services to the majority of the 12 million Australians using existing copper lines and wireless to connect the final and most expensive component of the NBN to the home.
Claiming it did not want "pensioners to subside the internet services of the rich", the Coalition claims that by putting fibre to a node in the street or the basement of an apartment block it would bring down the overall cost for all Australian taxpayers and internet customers.
Businesses and wealthy homeowners who want the premium NBN service can choose to complete the final fibre link and pay for the premium service themselves under a "fibre on demand" policy.
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott said: "Only the Coalition can do this in a cost-effective way which means that it will be more affordable for all Australians. We think it is very important that Australians have access to fast, affordable broadband but they shouldn't have to wait until 2025 to get the benefits."
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Retiring from the diplomatic service in 1953, he joined the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, N.J., and from 1956 until 1974 was professor at its school of historical studies. In the late 1950s he became an advocate of withdrawal of U.S. forces from Western Europe and of Soviet forces from the satellite countries. From 1961 to 1963 he served as U.S. ambassador to Yugoslavia, and in the mid-1960s he opposed U.S. involvement in Vietnam, regarding the conflict there as peripheral to U.S. interests. His more than 20 noteworthy books include American Diplomacy, 1900–1950 (1951), Soviet-American Relations, 1917–1920 (2 vol., 1956–58; Vol. I, Pulitzer Prize), Russia and the West under Lenin and Stalin (1961), Nuclear Delusion (1982), and At a Century's Ending (1996).
See his memoirs (2 vol., 1967–72; Vol. I, Pulitzer Prize) and the autobiographical Sketches from a Life (1989); George F. Kennan and the Origins of Containment, 1944–1946: The Kennan-Lukacs Correspondence (1997) and J. Lukacs, ed., Through the History of the Cold War: The Correspondence of George F. Kennan and John Lukacs (2010); biographies by J. Lukacs (2007) and J. L. Gaddis (2011); N. Thompson, The Hawk and the Dove: Paul Nitze, George Kennan, and the History of the Cold War (2009).
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Putting Integrity into Finance: A Purely Positive Approach
Werner Erhard
Michael C. Jensen
Social Science Electronic Publishing (SSEP), Inc.; Harvard Business School; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)
November 27, 2015
Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 12-074
Barbados Group Working Paper No. 12-01
European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) – Finance Working Paper No. 417/2014
The seemingly never ending scandals in the world of finance with their damaging effects on value and human welfare argue strongly for an addition to the current paradigm of financial economics. We summarize here our new theory of integrity that reveals integrity as a purely positive phenomenon with no normative aspects whatsoever. Adding integrity as a positive phenomenon to the paradigm of financial economics provides actionable access (rather than mere explanation with no access) to the source of the behavior that has resulted in those damaging effects on value and human welfare; thereby significantly reducing that behavior. More generally we argue that this addition to the paradigm of financial economics will create significant increases in economic efficiency, productivity, and aggregate human welfare.
Because integrity has generally been treated as a virtue (a normative phenomenon) the actual cause of the damaging effects of out-of-integrity behavior are hidden, resulting in assigning false causes to those effects. This keeps the actual source of these damaging effects invisible to us. As a result, in spite of all the attempts to police the false causes of these damaging effects, the out-of-integrity actions that are the source of these effects continue to be repeated. This new model of integrity makes the actual source of the damage available for all to see, and therefore to act on.
Integrity as we define it (or the lack thereof) on the part of individuals or organizations has enormous economic implications for value, productivity, and quality of life. Indeed, integrity is a factor of production as important as labor, capital, and technology. Without a clear, concise, and most importantly, an actionable definition of integrity, economics is far less powerful than it can be. So too finance and management.
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Keywords: Integrity, Fraud, Scandals, Morality, Ethics, Legality, Ontology, Efficiency
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Springtime brings increased sunlight, bursts of nutrients, and changing water conditions to the Gulf of Alaska. The combination promotes massive blooms of phytoplankton—microscopic, plant-like organisms that turn sunlight into food and then become fodder for some of the richest fisheries on the planet.
The top image shows the southern Alaska coast and the Gulf of Alaska on May 2, 2014. It is a composite knitted together from several orbits of the Aqua satellite and its Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS). Two comma-shaped cloud formations (image center and far left) dominate the skies over the North Pacific Ocean. These clouds were likely moving around and ahead of a low-pressure system, showing some cyclonic circulation. Dark green traces of a phytoplankton bloom are just visible off of the Alaska coast at top center.
The second image shows a tighter MODIS view of the Gulf on May 9, 2014, when a substantial bloom of phytoplankton colored the waters south of Prince William Sound with green, chlorophyll-rich life. Closer to the coast, the water has a tan tint, a sign of sediment in the water—likely runoff from snowmelt-swollen rivers dumping their excess into the sea.
The waters around Alaska are among the most biologically productive in the world. Ash from the many volcanoes and wind-blown glacial powder occasionally seed the seas with the nutrients necessary for phytoplankton growth. The rivers carry their share of rich sediments, and the stormy, turbulent waters offshore sweep up a fair bit from the seafloor. So when spring and summer bring more sunlight, the waters are primed for explosive blooms of aquatic plants and phytoplankton—and then the many crabs, fish, and whales that feed on them.
- Integrated Ocean Observing Systems (2014) Alaska Ocean Observing System. Accessed May 24, 2014.
- NASA Earth Observatory (2013, January 31) Volcanic Fertilizer.
- NASA Earth Observatory (2010, July 13) What Are Phytoplankton?
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Cute style for any day of the week! An open stitch knit fills this hi-lo hem sweater creating an all over eye catching horizontal pattern. Lightweight fabric and knit design means you'll be able to move with comfort and ease each time you wear this piece. Completed with long sleeves and an ultra feminine v-neckline, ideal for showcasing that new necklace or scarf.
Create a casual look by pairing this easy to wear sweater with denim and boots. Layer over your favorite tank, camisole or tee. Try dressing up your look with fun leggings or a skirt and heels. Perfect for a variety of occasions. A head turning must-have.Choices:
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Made of 100% acrylic. Hand wash separately in cold water, do not bleach. Lay flat to dry. Iron on lowest setting as needed. May be dry cleaned. Made in China.
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X-L: Bust: 44-1/2", Center Back: 25"
1X: Bust: 45-1/2", Center Back: 26-3/4"
2X: Bust: 49", Center Back: 27-3/8"
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An innovative neutral trainer with a bouncy and responsive feel, the adidas Energy Boost 2 offers maximum cushioning and a soft ride.
Feel energized with the adidas Energy Boost 2. This neutral daily trainer features an innovative and durable Boost midsole, designed to deliver a bouncy and responsive ride with a soft underfoot feel. Combine that with a seamless, stretch mesh upper and a sock-like fit, and you're in to experience a whole new run.
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Weight: 10.0 oz (size 9)
Stack Height: Heel (25mm), Forefoot (16mm)
Available Widths: D=Medium
How It Fits (based on width D)
The Energy Boost 2 is a maximum feature, moderate neutral shoe designed for daily training and high mileage. This shoe is MiCoach compatible.
Comments: A little about me, I have a midfoot landing, wider forefoot and run 30-60 miles a week (6'2'' 170 lbs). I have logged 130 miles on the Boost v2.0 and 500+ miles on the Boost v1.0. Both used for long and tempo runs. With both versions, I surprisingly had to go up one full size to a 13 vs wearing a 12 in virtually every other running shoe. The versions also have an upper made from a stretchy high tech sock like material that absorbs water and thus wouldn't prefer to take these out on a rainy day. The stretchiness is a positive though, forefoot and toes can expand on landings without any problems. Boost v1.0 was the first pair of Adidas I ever wore for running. I chose it partly because of gear boredom but also appreciated the responsive cushiness and lightweight feel. In the first 100 miles I had to lace the shoe very loosely towards the bottom to prevent the plastic lacing support structure (that Adidas stripe logo on both sides) from digging into my forefoot on landings. After about 300 miles the default shoelace broke on one shoe and a visible wearing in the upper on both shoes was noticed. This was caused by the plastic lacing support structure rubbing against the upper. The v1.0 are still being used (for a marathon later this month) and have really evened out nicely the more miles you put on them. The visible wearing mentioned above hasn't progressed noticeably yet I didn't want to have any problems during my training plan and thought to try the v2.0 after reading some reviews on the Adidas website. V2.0 overall is the same shoe with some adjustments. The sole looks virtually identical and that is just fine. Connects with the road and glides well. There was no break-in period with this shoe, none of the forefoot issues from v1.0. Adidas corrected this by slightly moving the lacing support structure up the shoe, which allows nothing to constrict an expanding forefoot on landings. There are some very subtle design enhancements that should also prevent that wearing issue that is common in the v1.0 shoe. V2.0 does feel a bit bulkier as the lacing support structure is made of a thicker plastic and, maybe subjective, the padding around the ankle feels cushier. It takes a little more tinkering than the 1.0 to find out how tight to lace to prevent heal slippage. My take on any shoe as far as price is based on the 500 mile mark. The Boost, despite some minor concerns in the beginning, can take a pounding for many miles and stay comfortable and offer support. I am never loyal to one brand but this distance running season belongs to the Boost.
From: Mario. San Francisco, CA, USA. July 5th 2014
Comments: Since the Energy Boost 2 is new to the market, I will offer my review of the Energy Boost 1 as they are very similar shoes. I am 6'2", 180, 5K PR of 18:38 and 1:30:00 Half. I run over 40 miles per week. I have only been running 2 1/2 years so I enjoy trying different shoes to see if they will help with performance. I alternated between Energy Boost 1 and Brooks' most recent version of Ghost during my cold and snowy winter training in northern Illinois. I used the Boost for Interval Tuesdays, Tempo Thursdays and Long Run Sundays. Pros performance = great energy return as advertised to the point where I felt like I was cheating. Light upper helped offset the weight from all of the boost in the heal. Cons Performance = if you are a mid foot striker, the heel may get in the way at times during your speed runs. I did not feel the road as much as I wanted but, my legs never fatigued and neither my feet nor my legs were sore after long runs in the 12-15 mile range. I felt liked t hey did not perform well on turns due to the high heel but that should not be an issue during a marathon. Pros Fit = I love the way the upper hugged my narrow size 12.5 feet. By the way, I went 1/2 size up to a 13 and it fit perfectly. I trained and raced in the prior version of Brooks Launch in my normal 12.5 size during 2013. They also looked good. I really like the light upper material. Cons fit - some may find the toe box a little restricting but I switched from Experia padded socks to thinner socks and the problem was solved - plus, it gave me more feel of the road with thin socks. I raced in the Energy Boost 1 at Chicago's Shamrock Shuffle 8k at 6:14 pace to see how they would perform on the streets for the marathon there this Fall and I found the ride luxurious. I did not like the way they felt during my last 400 meter sprint since they did not feel that responsive. I will likely wear the Energy Boost 2 for my first marathon this Fall but I am searching for a lighter shoe wit h less heel for track training and the 5k - 10k road season this summer. I hope that RW carries the orange/black color for Energy Boost 2 that Adidas sells on their website.
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Victorian Rose Garden Bed and Breakfast
Home is listed by the McHenry County Historical Society. Located in downtown Algonquin, it has a quiet, romantic flavor. We specialize in personal attention for our guests.
Holiday Inn Express - Algonquin
The Holiday Inn Express® Chicago - Algonquin is removed from the urban atmosphere of the Chicago area, while still conveniently close to everything you need. Leisure travelers find plenty of entertainment in the area, while corporate travelers enjoy the abundance of local business opportunities in Algonquin. The hotel is six miles from I-90, which takes you into downtown Chicago in about an hour. The hotel's complimentary shuttle service can be used to commute to business destinations within a five-mile radius of the hotel.
Victorian Rose Garden Bed & Breakfast
Welcome to Victorian Rose Garden B&B for Romantic Getaways, recreation or the Business Traveler. Only 45 miles from downtown Chicago, our quiet location in Algonquins 1835 historic district lends itself to many nearby leisure activities. Take a stroll in Towne Park or on the Fox River/Prairie Bicycle Trail, walk to several excellent restaurants, or just relax on the porch swing.
Newly renovated Budget Inn. Comfortable rooms at a reasonable price.
America's Best Value Inn - Belvidere
Welcome to the Americas Best Value Inn of Belvidere, IL. We are located in north central Illinois. Our newly renovated exterior access facility offers 44 guest rooms and 2 efficiencies. All guest rooms and efficiencies are furnished with complimentary wireless high-speed Internet access, cable TV, complimentary local calls, and wake-up service. Our efficiencies also feature a kitchenette with a stove. For your convenience, we offer fax and copy service at our 24-hour front desk and complimentary wireless Internet access in our 24-hour lobby. Take a moment to enjoy our complimentary continental breakfast served every morning and our picnic area. Come experience the value of staying at Americas Best Value Inn Belvidere/Rockford.
At Kinnikinnick Farm, you'll sleep in tents and feed off the land as you experience life in a more relaxed environment. This is a 30-acre organic market farm that sells organic produce to some of Chicago's best chefs and restaurants and direct to the public at the Evanston and the Chicago Green City Farmers Markets. In addition to organic vegetables, the farm produces eggs, raises chickens, and is the home for a small herd of sheep, hogs, 6 dogs, a rabbit named Bandit, and Shelly, the family's Nubian milk goat.
Country Inn & Suites by Carlson - Crystal Lake
80 unit mid-size hotel offering extended stay suites, meeting rooms, pool, spa, and free breadfast.
CITY:Crystal Lake
Comfort Inn is conveniently located in Crystal Lake with easy access to Route 14. The pet-friendly hotel features an indoor pool, meeting room and complimentary hot breakfast. All of the rooms offer soft and firm pillows, irons, ironing boards and hairdryers. There are also suites with whirlpool bathtubs, sofa sleepers, microwaves, coffee makers and refrigerators.
CITY:Crystal Lake
Holiday Inn Crystal Lake Conference Center
Situated in a resort-like setting, the Holiday Inn is minutes from the historic Downtown Crystal Lake Main Street filled with shopes and restaurants for every taste. Holiday Inn is McHenry County's premier conference facility and only full service hotel and conference center with 197 newly appointed guest rooms, on-site restaurant and lounge, indoor pool and health center. The conference center features 20,000 square fee of flexible meeting space.
CITY:Crystal Lake
59 rooms available. Queen beds, newly refinished. Located near shopping center. Several restaurants within walking distance. Also near a bike path.
CITY:Crystal Lake
Microwaves, mini-refrigerators and jaccuzi's in select rooms. Adjoining rooms, roll-away beds and cribs available.
Muirhead Farmhouse Bed & Breakfast
Private Master Suite surrounded by nearly 800 acres of prairie, this Frank Lloyd Wright designed home offers a private bath, historical artifacts, hearty country breakfasts and beautiful views.
Muirhead Farmhouse Bed & Breakfast
Private Master Suite. Surrounded by nearly 800 acres of prairie, this Frank Lloyd Wright designed home offers a private bath, historical artifacts, hearty country breakfasts and beautiful views.
Heritage Inn & Suites - Harvard
Fitness center, indoor pool, sauna/spa, meeting facility. Complimentary breakfast.
Step back in time and delight in the ambience of a 16th century style, greystone castle. Located in rolling farm country just south of Harvard, IL. RavenStone Castle features three Medieval theme guest rooms, private baths and European-style breakfast.
RavenStone Castle Bed & Breakfast
RavenStone Castle may look medieval, but it is the newest edition to McHenry County's collection of B&Bs. It's straight out of Camelot and is the perfect place to indulge your royal fantasies.
Located in the quite farm country on the outskirts of Harvard enjoy a quite night stay close to apple picking, farmers markets and the annual Harvard Milk Days celebration.
Crane Hollow Bed and Breakfast
Come hug an aged oak tree, watch the cranes in their early morning graze or search out the scarlet cardinal flowers. Listen to nature's whisper.
Quality Inn & Suites of Loves Park
Quality Inn & Suites of Loves Park is the perfect place to find comfortable and relaxing accommodations for the business traveler. It offers free deluxe continental breakfast, unlimited in-room high-speed Internet access, a unique business office to accommodate all of your needs, complimentary USA Today, indoor pool and fitness center to relax your mind, and many other services included in a great price. Discounted Magic Waters tickets available.
CITY:Loves Park
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites - Loves Park
Located just off I-90. As with all Holiday Inn Express hotels, our ample complimentary "Hot" Breakfast Bar and Simply Smart baths are the leaders in the industry. Complimentary WiFi and hard wired internet are included. Offers 119 beautiful rooms equipped with a mini refrigerator and microwave. A Business Center and meeting rooms are available. We also have a heated swimming pool and whirlpool with outside patio and grills, a cardiovascular fitness center. We are a pet friendly hotel.
CITY:Loves Park
Conveniently located with clean, comfortable rooms, friendly, courteous staff and affordable rates. Private hot tub rooms available. Children 12 and under are free.
A natural place to be... Welcome to the Hampton Inn McHenry. When the glaciers receded from this part of Illinois, they left behind a remarkable series of lakes, marshes and wetlands. These gorgeous natural areas have been preserved near the Hampton Inn® hotel in McHenry. Just minutes from the front door of our hotel in McHenry, you can see wildlife ranging from more than 100 species of bird to red fox and white-tail deer. For preservation of a different sort, simply walk through our downtown Riverwalk area to appreciate McHenry's commitment to its long history. And lastly, when you feel like a game of golf or a shopping excursion, you can find both near our hotel in McHenry. So come, check into the Hampton Inn hotel in McHenry. We think you'll find it a natural place to be.
Free Superstart Breakfast, High Speed Internet. Close to bike and snowmobile trail, fishing, boating, skiing and Richmond Historic District. King or double beds, Expanded cable, HBO, ESPN, CNN, Fridge-Micro In some rooms. Pets accepted - 10.00 per day.
Beautiful sunsets over the lake, delicious breakfasts and welcoming hospitality await guests of the Inn At Lake Elizabeth. Located in Richmond, IL, the Inn offers access to a variety of snow and water sports.


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Mike Wallace is more than merely the $60 million man for the Miami Dolphins.
He's also one of the freshest faces of NFL team-building philosophy.
The Dolphins made a huge splash when the free agency market opened this week, luring the former Pittsburgh Steelers deep-threat receiver with a five-year, $60 million contract that guarantees $27 million. And they did not stop there. The two linebackers that Miami signed to five-year contracts -- Dannell Ellerbe and Philip Wheeler -- came with a combined price tag of $61 million.
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This spending spree is risky business.
"Free agency can wreck your salary cap," Jimmy Johnson, the Fox Sports analyst, told USA TODAY Sports. Johnson was previously head coach of the Dolphins and before that, won two Super Bowls with the Dallas Cowboys.
"It makes you mortgage your future."
In Wallace's case, Dolphins general manager Jeff Ireland swung hard to provide second-year quarterback Ryan Tannehill with a go-to target who stretches the field with 40-yard dash speed in the 4.3-second range.
PACKIN' UP: Jennings goes to Vikings
He's sorely needed. Miami's 27th-ranked offense produced a skimpy 13 TD receptions in 2012. Wallace, coming off a down year as Pittsburgh's revised passing attack under new coordinator Todd Haley was built on shorter routes and quicker throws, averaged 17.2 yards per catch during his first four seasons.
Now, averaging $12 million per year, Wallace is suddenly is the league's third-highest paid receiver after Calvin Johnson and Larry Fitzgerald.
Fine player, no doubt. But is he worth that price?
"They got a good player," Johnson said. "They paid a lot of money for him. I haven't seen a lot of receivers turn a team around. If you draft 'em, they're a lot cheaper."
That's the heart of the matter. Some big headlines were generated this week with huge signings, but there are no guarantees.
The starting-over-again Cleveland Browns have something in common with the Dolphins. The Browns signed Paul Kruger to a five-year, $40.1 million deal. Like Ellerbe, Kruger is a promising talent from the Ravens' championship defense. But with seven starts in four years, he's still a bit unproven. It could be boom or bust, while Kruger tries to prove that he can star after getting out of the shadow of the accomplished veterans he was surrounded by in Baltimore.
Cleveland didn't stop there. It signed ex-Oakland Raiders defensive tackle Desmond Bryant to a 5-year, $34 million deal with $15 million guaranteed. Maybe he will emerge as Cleveland's version of Geno Atkins, a rising star with the Cincinnati Bengals. Maybe not.
The Browns and Dolphins, trying to reverse course and build contenders, started free agency with some of the most ample salary cap dollars to spend in the league, with combined room of nearly $75 million.
Then again, they surely had so much room because of past mistakes with personnel moves. So the big spending this week prompts a counter-reminder: The most consistent winners in the NFL -- the Ravens, Patriots, Packers, Steelers and Giants, among them -- build through the draft and complement those efforts with free agency.
Hit on the draft picks, including the mid- to late-round picks, and the salary cap advantage of paying relatively low wages for perhaps four years of service frees up the cap dollars that can be used to keep the star players who form the nucleus.
That formula, though, is contrasted so often by the teams that splurge in free agency and live to regret it.
Think of the years that the Washington Redskins, pre-Mike Shanahan, tried to elevate into a contender by winning the offseason free agency title fueled by franchise owner Dan Snyder's deep pockets. It didn't work.
The Redskins, saddled with $36 million in salary cap penalties over two years as punishment for questionable violations that the league concluded occurred during the uncapped year in 2010, aren't a major player on the market this time.
Bet the agents miss the presence the Redskins used to have this time of year. Nobody set the market like Snyder, who once signed D-tackle Albert Haynesworth to a $100 million contract in the hours after the market opened -- only to find out later just how disinterested the lineman was in becoming a nose tackle in a 3-4 scheme.
A more classic example, though, came two years ago with the Philadelphia Eagles, who after the lockout assembled such a seemingly-impressive array of talent that Vince Young, signed as a backup quarterback, dubbed them "The Dream Team."
Cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha was the headliner, with a five-year, $60 million contract. They traded for Cardinals corner Domonique Rodgers-Cromartie. Free agent signings included defensive linemen Jason Babin and Cullen Jenkins. And Ronnie Brown was supposed to provide a complementary punch in the backfield.
Bad dream is more like it. The Eagles tumbled to 4-12 last season, which led to the firing of Andy Reid as coach and de facto general manager.
Interestingly, Reid, who landed with the Kansas City Chiefs, has been among the most active participants thus far in this year's free agency market. Maybe he's learned a lesson. The Chiefs have been relatively careful with the dollars. Cornerback Sean Smith got $11 million guaranteed on a four-year, $18 million deal, while cornerback Dunta Robinson (3 years, $13.8 million, according to Spotrac.com), tight end Anthony Fasano (four 4 years, $16 million) and defensive tackle Mike De'Vito (3 years, $12.6 million) got the type of contracts that might pay off as value pickups.
None of Reid's moves would compare to the investments in Wallace or Kruger -- or to the biggest headline-grabbers with the Eagles two years ago.
It was ironic that as the market opened on Tuesday, Asomugha -- due a $15 million salary for 2013 -- was released by new Eagles coach Chip Kelly in a move that was expected for weeks. Two years earlier, he was the toast of the market, able to choose from a slew of pursuers.
The lack of success wasn't all on Asomugha, who was an all-pro with the Raiders. The Eagles had a different style of defense (and multiple coordinators), which took Asomugha out of the extensive man-to-man coverage that was his forte with the Raiders.
Asomugha's case illustrates some of common lessons -- or warnings -- that come with free agency: New system. New coaching. New surrounding cast. Locker room chemistry.
The results won't usually are never the same. In Pittsburgh, Wallace made a lot of big plays while on the other end of Ben Roethlisberger's exploits as one of the NFL's best playmakers -- with a knack for extending plays.
Whether Tannehill will provide similar big-play moments for Wallace -- either by improvisation or straight 9-route design -- will determine whether it was worth the money.
Time will also tell whether Ellerbe and Kruger -- so impressive as Ravens -- will play to the star levels that their contracts suggest they should or prove to be merely average outside of Baltimore's scheme.
Remember, they aren't the only ex-Ravens defenders to cash in big as free agents: Adalius Thomas, Duane Starks, Lionel Dalton and Ed Hartwell all left the Ravens and never emerged as big-time players. And the jury is still out on Jarret Johnson, the outside linebacker who signed with the Chargers last year. The most successful free agent defender to leave the Ravens? Bart Scott, who became a force with the Jets, but is now on the market looking for a new job.
Maybe Scott, an 11-year pro, will emerge this spring as somebody's free agent bargain.
Like cheap young talent, experienced and cheaper veteran talent can go a long way toward stretching dollars under a salary cap that is set this year at $123 million.
Meanwhile, the high-priced, risky free agents will have all the pressure.
"Free agency is a short-term cure to fix your mistakes," Johnson contends. "For 90 percent of them, if they're that great, then why were they available in the first place?"
Maybe the biggest free agent signings should come with a label for the teams that reads...
Warning: Big spending in free agency can be hazardous to your health.
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Olympic fatigue: fact or myth
Jean Lefebvre
August 16 2009 01:24PM
Flames general manager Darryl Sutter recently expressed mild concern about the potential dire consequences of having six of his players in contention for roster spots at the 2010 Olympics. He's especially worried about the possibility of having one of his high-priced Canadian warriors – Jarome Iginla, Robyn Regehr, Dion Phaneuf and Jay Bouwmeester – go down during the upcoming summer camp, which will be held at the building formerly known as the Olympic Saddledome. (Note that Flames properties Olli Jokinen and Miikka Kiprusoff have already emerged unscathed from Finland's summer get-together).
Otherwise, he's outwardly gung ho about the whole five-ring circus thing and seems ready to concede on the patriotism angle, a remarkable gesture for a man who would probably like to see the IOC grant permission for rural Alberta to enter its very own team at the Winter Games.
Left unsaid by Sutter but the source of fretting by some Flames fans is the possible negative impact of the toll the gold-chasing will have on the silver Cup-chasing once the National Hockey League schedule resumes. What toll, if any, is there on NHL teams who have plenty of potential Olympians?
Given that this is only the fourth Olympics in which active NHLers have taken part, the sample size is relatively small and a nominal case can be made either way. In 2006, for instance, the Red Wings had a whopping nine players at Torino and Detroit wound up being unceremoniously ousted in the first round of the playoffs by Edmonton, which had only three players at the Olympics (Chris Pronger, Ryan Smyth and Ales Hemsky) and wound up reaching the Stanley Cup final.
Cup champion Carolina also had a relatively modest three Olympians that year, one of whom – goalie Martin Gerber – was acting merely as a gatekeeper by the time the latter round of the 2006 playoffs had rolled around.
But if you go back to 2002, the Red Wings again had nine Olympians – including Brendan Shanahan and Steve Yzerman, who played for gold-winning Canadians – and this time the talent-laden club went on to hoist the shiny silver smokestack three months and change after the Olympic touch was extinguished. A possible mitigating factor in this case is the fact the Games were held on North American soil (Salt Lake City) and that the effects of fatigue may not have been as great as when the Olympics are overseas.
And speaking of jet lag, what about the first NHL-endorsed Olympics – the 1998 Winter Games in Nagano, Japan? Well, there were four teams that sent at least a half-dozen players to Asia that winter (Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Chicago and Colorado) are none of them had very happy springs.
The Penguins and Avalanche, the No. 2 seeds in the East and West, were upset in first-round series by Montreal and Edmonton, respectively. Philly, which had the most Olympians with nine, was a No. 3 seeded that was ousted by Buffalo. The Blackhawks, despite all that international talent, didn't make the playoffs at all.
Meanwhile, the Cup-champion Red Wings had only four Olympians in 1998 (Shanahan, Yzerman, Sergei Fedorov and Nicklas Lidstrom) while runners-up Washington has just two – Sergei Gonchar and Calle Johansson.
Make of that what you will.
"a remarkable gesture for a man who would probably like to see the IOC grant permission for rural Alberta to enter its very own team at the Winter Games."
That's gold.
hope they all go down LOL. But ready for the Olympics
I ment after the Olymipcs all the flames players have a bad rest of the season. That would be great. I dont hope injury on any player.
Flames always have something to cry about.
August 16 2009, 06:46PM
I have to see a doctor soon... I keep hearing a whine in my ears...
In the reality of the business side of the game, A injury to any of these high end boys, could end a season for a team, or someone could lose their job, or end a career.
August 16 2009, 06:52PM
@ 99thoilerfan:
I always think you are writing in rhyme cause of how you put hard returns after all your sentences.
August 16 2009, 07:00PM
@ Wanye Gretz: Sorry, I tend to have a statement... "..." is me pausing on what I said... Boy am I ever tired, I better go to bed...
*Best I can do, on short notice!*
That is damn funny I was thinking the exact same thing I hope they all go down as well that would be too funny atleast if they got hurt up until the olympics. On a side not what the hell is phenuef doing there that guy is THE biggest overated guy in the league not to mention the ugliest I mean seriously does that guy ever smile. And I have heard some pretty juicy stories on him. I think Sourey deserves to be there over that idiot
The flames don't need to worry. The d line for team Canada will have Pronger, Weber, JBO, Green, Seabrook, Burns, Boyle. Dion and Regehr won't make the lineup. Iggy and JBO will be first line on the team. I see iggy playing the first line with Crosby. Any way good luck to anyone whom makes team Canada. Go for Gold.
August 17 2009, 01:46PM
Looks like the Sutterite colony is already fishing for excuses as to why they are going to lose in the first round of the playoffs again......
August 17 2009, 02:54PM
Sounds to me like it's going to be a Toronto/Colorado cup final next year lol.
The Olympics are war as far as I'm concerned. We've got to send our best and brightest stars to win what will certainly be an epic battle! (Yes, I will be cheering for Pronger too...**...just threw up in my mouth a bit) If the coach is worried about his players getting a sore tum-tum because of the excitement that goes along with representing your nation he should keep it to himself. What? is he going to hold them back? change the schedule to favor the Canadians? move the Olympics to Calgary? Yeah...nothing you can do so shut your damn flame mouth!
No one is making any excuses it has to be a bit of a concern for any team sending players to the olympics i'm not worried though. You oiler fans are funny, your just jealous cause you prob wont have any players in the olympics. Regher will without a doubt make the olympic team. Again another example of an oiler fan being green with envy.


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By COREY BLUEMELStaff writer
The organizers of the Angel Tree program were working hard over the past few weeks, making sure all of the children in Emery County have something for Christmas. Parents submitted applications for help at the food bank or the Department of Workforce Services office.
The applications were screened and sent to the United Way for entry into the data base. This data base ensures that each family is taken care of and no one gets left out or duplicated.
Following the screening, the children's information is put on the Angel Trees located in ALCO, Utah Power Credit Union, and the lobby at Boyd's Pharmacy. People can come into these places and select a child and read the requests by that child.
After the person does the shopping, the items are returned to the tree locations and organizers compile everything. Then, the items are sorted, and reorganized into family groups and the parents of the children are notified. They come in and pick up the donated items.
Angel Tree's organizers also sent letters soliciting donations from area businesses. Their goal is to see that each child has at least one toy and one outift. More than 160 children were helped this year in Emery County by the Angel Tree organizers alone. Other organizations such as Circle of Hope, operate in the same manner and help many, many children also.
Organizers said, "This is a big effort and we appreciate everyone who donated gifts, clothes, or money. Every donation helps the children of Emery County. All together we can make it happen."


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Thirty-two teams from around the country will come to Kansas City, Mo., to compete in the toughest college basketball tournament March 14-20, 2012. While they are there to compete for the NAIA National Championship trophy, they take time out to give back to the local Kansas City area by sharing the Champions of Character message with area youth.
In the last four years more than 15,000 area youth have participated in "Teaming up for Character" events. NAIA teams will go to YMCA's and talk about the five core values: integrity, respect, responsibility, sportsmanship, and servant leadership. Local youth organizations and participating schools will also bus students in to listen and interact personally with the players followed by watching the players in action. They walk away with the understanding of how these values can assist them on the field of athletic competition and in life.
A common reaction Champions of Character staff hear from both parties is that this interaction and event was the most meaningful experience of the tournament. While the teams give back to the city that makes them feel at home for a week they also walk-away with new fans to cheer them on toward victory.