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There is no 'round-the-clock drumbeat to announce it. No scroll along the bottom of the TV screen to proclaim it. No breathless boob broadcasting ad nauseum to underscore it.
But the Big Ten is dominating the top of college basketball's polls. Three teams sit among the top six in both rankings, three among the top five in one.
Such a feat in football routinely sends the garden variety, ESPN-employed SEC shill into an absolute tizzy in September, incessantly proclaiming every other conference in the nation is toxic waste in comparison.
Meanwhile, crickets accompany the Big Ten's play through the first month of the college basketball campaign.
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Granted, the conference needs to run the gauntlet in the NCAA Tournament. Michigan State was the last squad to do so in 2000. Yet anything can and does happen in a one-game tournament scenario.
Also, it's not like the league's fraternity has been short on Final Four appearances. Six schools, including Illinois, Indiana, Michigan State, Michigan, Ohio State and Wisconsin have all been to the last dance in the past 13 years.
Indiana and Michigan both took turns atop last season's polls, and the Wolverines reached the national championship game.
Today undefeated Ohio State sits No. 2 in one poll, No. 3 in the other. Michigan State, which climbed to the top of the poll a couple of weeks ago, is fifth in both rankings and Wisconsin is No. 4 and No. 6, according to the pollsters.
Don't look for any of them to go away.
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Lots of people slept on the Buckeyes in the preseason — inexplicably. Departed leading scorer Deshaun Thomas was a fine player, but hardly the irreplaceable man. As expected, junior forward LaQuinton Ross has stepped into the role of leading scorer, and spearheads a squad returning eight of its top 10 players from a year ago.
Ohio State won the Big Ten Tournament and reached the Elite Eight last season. The Buckeyes toppled No. 1-ranked Indiana on its own floor last winter and handed Michigan it's first loss, too.
In addition, the Buckeyes boast a veteran crew that has Final Four experience from two years ago. Both Lenzelle Smith Jr. and Aaron Craft started on that team, too. Featuring that duo, coach Thad Matta has the finest defensive backcourt in the land, and his group has proved it in regular-season poundings of Marquette and Maryland.
In his most recent NCAA Tournament Bracketology report, Joe Lunardi penciled in Ohio State as a No. 1 seed in the Midwest bracket.
At Michigan State, the Spartans sport two first-round NBA draft talents in guard Gary Harris (son of Mansfield girls basketball legend Joy Holmes) and center Adrien Payne, of Dayton.
No one in the Midwest has more Final Four experience than coach Tom Izzo. With guard Keith Appling developing into a consistent scorer, MSU has enough firepower to hang around the top five all season.
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Some already insist this is Bo Ryan's finest team. That's high praise considering Wisconsin was ranked No. 1 in the nation on the final weekend of the 2007 regular season.
Still, the Badgers are off to a 12-0 start, their best since the 1915-16 campaign. Wisconsin ranks No. 1 in the RPI and has beaten nine top 100 teams, more than anyone else in the nation.
Sophomore Sam Dekker and 7-footer Frank Kaminsky are excellent players around defensive standout Josh Gasser. As usual, the Badgers are among the toughest, grittiest squads in the country.
While those three teams have separated themselves to this point, Iowa and Michigan have been and will be lurking around the national rankings, too.
In absence of a national all points bulletin, the Big Ten's basketball showing is at least worth noting.
Phillips also writes for CentralOhio.com.
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The origin of a 50-mile walk, or urban hike, dates back in the 1963 when President Kennedy challenged the American Public to actively pursue a better, healthier lifestyle. Today, although we know more about how to live better, we often make the wrong choices or are too busy to pay proper attention to our own health and creating communities that we want to live in.
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Since Daniel Torres' birth he has had to overcome obstacles that most young boys have not had to face. When his mother, Martha Gonzalez, was four months pregnant she knew her son would be born with a heart defect. Two days after he was born on Dec. 3, 2005, Daniel underwent open heart surgery at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital and his heart was successfully repaired.
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But at a routine scheduled checkup with his cardiologist, Martha and her family heard the diagnosis that would change their lives: Daniel had pulmonary hypertension (PH). "As a mother I was devastated to hear again the word 'incurable,' " Martha says, "It didn't seem possible that after all that we had been through our son would have to face another challenge." Daniel was just one year old.
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We need to get Don occupied with biking issues and leave this other stuff alone. Focus on what you are good at.
The way we do it at UNF is to run a check beforehand to make sure we're within whatever the proper noise level is. Concerts run until 10 on weekdays and 11 on weekends, after which time we shut them down (we've even pulled the plug before). When we receive noise complaints, my boss, the VP for Student Affairs, sends them a polite response, but make it clear we're not going to do away with concerts (it's a college after all). We've gotten increasing fewer complaints just in the 2 years I've been here, though we've had more events out there.The restrictions on the Southside are pretty fair and easily followed; one would expect there to be fewer restrictions downtown, especially with the hours.
Don should really lobby for the creation of a full time Bike/Ped Coordinator position either in the Mayor's office or the Planning Department. if he's so good at bike issues, why do I not hear more about pushing for this position?The local bike advocacy groups came together and gifted the Mayor with a bike a few months ago....Ok, well...what has happened since then? Isn't it about time to leverage that good will toward getting something positive done for the community?
Tacachale, I think the world of your father who has proved what a great person he is over and over again. Rick Mullaney is a scumbag, lowlife and events happened just as I outlined them. Dick Suddath and I were the people who put up the money to hire lawyer Sid Ansbacher, fondly known as "The King of Public Records Requests".An inside source in the courthouse told him about the letter of agreement between Mullaney and the Amphitheater developers that he was not releasing although it was covered by the records requests. His bar membership could have been affected had we sued him about the issue as it was a clear violation of the Sunshine law.We dodged a bullet on that amphitheater project. There have been endless problems with them where they were built both because of noise and behaviors. We got the Veteran's Arena instead and there is a concert there tomorrow night that everyone will enjoy and that will disturb no one.We also dodged a major bullet when Mullaney lost the mayor's race.
Classic Don Redman answer to everything he doesn't like... Ship them to the Westside. Brilliant! And if you have some magic beans that sprout money... I could give you 45,000 ways that public money can be spent that have a higher utility than constructing an Ampitheatre in the middle of nowhere.


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Dear Mr. Dad: I'm a sixth grade teacher and one of my students became very attached to me during the school year. Her parents divorced eight years ago and I began emailing with her dad a couple months ago. We started seeing each other but didn't let many people know because we wanted to wait until school was out. The daughter got wind that something was going on and told her dad it was wrong for him to date her teacher and begged him to date anyone but me. I wasn't expecting this reaction and we stopped seeing each other. He said he had to do what was in his daughter's best interest. I completely disagree with this, because the girl has not liked any of the past girlfriends either. I'm absolutely devastated. He thinks she'll come around now that school is over but I don't think that's ever going to happen. Is there any hope? What should I do?
A: Being a single dad myself, I can assure you that dating a divorced father is never easy (that's what women I've dated have said and I know I'm not the only one…). We come with plenty of baggage and there are always unforeseen complications. Plus, children tend to be very protective of their dads (interestingly, they're often more protective of dads than moms—perhaps because they see that moms already enjoy much more social support than dads).
Part of problem may be that the girl feels betrayed by you. Because the two of you had such a strong bond during the year, chances are good that she looked at you with admiration and respect and even considered you a friend. To have you suddenly dating her father might have made her feel that you were just using her to get to her dad.
It's also possible that the girl is worried about betraying her mother. Most kids with divorced parents secretly hope that mom and dad will get back together—even if the divorce happened long, long ago. And there's nothing like having dad start dating someone else to show a child that (a) she has no control over the situation, and (b) that her fantasy of a reunited family might never happen. So the fact that the girl really likes you muddles things even more by making her feel that she's actually helping shatter he own dream.
As far as the dad goes, you need to understand that his first responsibility (and loyalty) will always be to his child—as it should be. And while it's certainly worth trying to convince him to give things another go, his primary motivation will be to do what's right for his daughter, whatever that looks like to him.
One thing you can do to help both dad and daughter come to grips with the situation is to slow the relationship down. In other words, be friends instead of dating each other. While it would have been better to have started the relationship from this angle, going the friend route now might work by giving everyone a little extra time to get used to the new dynamic.
At the same time, be sure to give dad and daughter some space to talk things over alone. I know you want to be there to give your side of the story and try to show them that you've got the best of intentions, but don't.
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School Assembly Devolves into Surprise Anti-Gay Anti-Choice Bash Fest
Students at an Iowa high school got a strange surprise at an assembly last week when what had promised to be a (probably pretty boring) presentation about bullying and making good choices took the Christian NuMetal express train to Crazytown.
Leading the assembly was Minnesota-based Christian rock band Junkyard Prophet, a group closely affiliated with You Can Run But You Cannot Hide International (abbreviated to the still laughably long YCRBYCHI), a Christian youth ministry.
You Can Run But You Cannot Hide International (YCRBYCHI) was recently listed as an anti-gay hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Turns out school officials didn't know that.
In the clip above, Junkyard Prophet frontman (and drummer) Preacher Bradlee Dean uses his sweet assembly platform to drop some serious anti-gay and anti-choice messages on his captive student audience. (That's captive in the literal sense; according to witnesses, kids who walked out during the presentation were shouted at and ridiculed for behaving disrespectfully.)
In addition to informing his young listeners that most gay men will die by age 42, Dean also spends a couple minutes analyzing the lyrics to a Lady Gaga song which, let's be real, we've all done with our gay friends. Later, he divided the students up by sex and told the girls that they "would have mud on their wedding dresses" if they were not virgins at the time of their marriage. The presentation also featured pictures of aborted fetuses, because of course it did.
Though you could probably already guess most of the finer points, here's the You Can Run But You Cannot Hide International (YCRBYCHI) stance on homosexuality, written by Dean, taken from the ministry's official website:
The gay "movement" is part of a sexual revolution that has stripped sexuality of all moral significance for an entire generation. We cannot accept the physical prosecution of homosexuals and we cannot accept the proposal that homosexuality is either private or moral. Therefore, as Christians, we must wrestle with this human sin in order to preserve healthy, loving human sexuality for as many as possible.
Bradlee Dean, who famously sued Rachel Maddow for $50 million after alleging she misrepresented his stance on homosexuality, would also like to make it clear—like, seriously, perfectly perfectly clear—that, despite what you may have heard, he does not advocate the stoning of homosexuals in the street.
Let me make this perfectly clear — again. We are opposed to the state, in any country, no matter what its religious tradition, in executing homosexuals.
Dunkerton High School Superintendent Jim Stanton, who booked the Junkyard Prophet assembly, called a second meeting following the group's controversial appearance, to apologize to students. He later expressed continued surprise that the assembly took the turn that it did, telling local TV station KWWL:
Where did that come from? That's not what we were anticipating, and when we called the other schools where they had been… why wasn't that mentioned? […] We made a decision. It was a poor decision. And you know what? We're going to suffer the consequences of that decision. We're going to continue to do what we can to make it right.
Stanton has since proposed an "action plan" that includes creating a committee to pre-screen all future school performances (yeah duh), making counseling available for students, and trying to recover the money paid to the hate group's band.
Rock on, Dunkerton High. (Pre-screened rocking only.)


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The State Board of Education voted on May 1 to publish a proposed set of regulations regarding teacher evaluation. Those proposed regulations, which would take effect for the 2013-14 school year, will be subject to at least 60 days of public comment. The State Board is expected to take final action on the regulations on Aug. 7.
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1. What will the length of my observations be?
The NJDOE is recommending a minimum mix of long and short observations. Long observations are defined as 40 minutes. Short observations are 20 minutes. How many you have of each will depend on your years of teaching and status as a tenured or nontenured teacher.
2. How many times will I be observed?
All teachers will be observed at least three times during the school year and not less than once during each semester.
For all teachers, at least one observation will be announced (require prior notice) and at least one unannounced. The chief school administrator will decide if the third one is announced or unannounced.
3. Do I need a pre- and post-observation conference for all of my observations? Will all of my observations be announced?
Only those observations that need prior notice require a pre-conference. [See question #2, How many times will I be observed?] All observations require a post-observation conference to occur no more than 15 working days following the observation, with a supervisor who is present at the observation. However, post-observation conferences for short observations of tenured teachers can be conducted by written or electronic communication, as long as the teacher is not on a corrective action plan.
4. Will my observations be "double-scored?" Can outside observers conduct my observation?
Non-tenured teachers and those with a Corrective Action Plan must be observed by more than one certified supervisor during the year. A co-observation (done by two observers) fills this requirement, but counts as one observation. According to the law, only certified supervisors employed in the district in a supervisory capacity can conduct evaluations.
5. Will standardized test scores be used in my evaluation?
If you teach grades 4-8 language arts and/or mathematics, the state will determine your median student growth percentile (SGP) based on the NJ ASK test. For all teachers, multiple measures – including other standardized test scores – may be used to create your student growth objectives (SGOs). [See question #6, What formula will be used to determine my rating? for more details.]
6. What formula will be used to determine my rating? What percentage is given to student achievement and teacher practice?
● For tested grades and subjects (i.e., teachers who receive a median student growth percentile) – The proposed rules say student achievement shall be at least 40% to 50% of the rating. The Department of Education (NJDOE) states that for 2013-14, student achievement will make up 45% - 30% based on student growth percentiles (SGPs) from state standardized test results and 15% on student growth objectives (SGOs). Teacher practice will make up 55% of the rating.
● For non-tested grades and subjects (i.e., teachers who do not receive a median student growth percentile) - Student achievement will count for at least 15% and no more than 50% of the rating. Teacher practice will make up at least 50% and no more than 85%. For 2013-14, the NJDOE states that SGOs will make up 15% and teacher practice 85% of the rating.
7. Can the formula be changed?
Yes. The department shall provide the required percentage weight of each measure by April 15 prior to the year the evaluation rubric applies. The proposed rules do not require testimony or approval by the State Board of Education before the formula is changed.
8. How is student achievement calculated?
Student achievement will be a combination of standardized test scores and teacher- and principal-developed student growth objectives (SGOs), which may also be based on standardized tests. Teachers in tested grades and subjects have to create at least one but no more than four SGOs. Teachers in non-tested grades and subjects have to create at least two but no more than four SGOs. The number of SGOs will be determined by the chief school administrator. Please note that the distribution of student growth percentiles (SGPs) and SGOs as part of student achievement is not written in the proposed regulations.
9. How is the student growth percentile (SGP) calculated? How are test scores used?
The Department of Education will calculate the median SGP for teachers, using SGPs of all students assigned to the teacher. SGPs will be based on student test scores on the NJ ASK in grades 4-8 in language arts and mathematics. This Department of Education video explains how the state plans to calculate SGPs. Although not in the proposed regulations, the Department of Education is stating that students must be enrolled in the class for at least 70% of the year. Regulations state that a teacher must teach the course for a least 60% of the time from the beginning of the course until the standardized assessment, and that a teacher must have at least 20 SGPs for the year. If not, three years of SGPs may be used.
10. When do I get my annual summative rating?
If student achievement information necessary to determine the summative rating is available at the time of your annual summary conference, you will receive your rating at that time (at the end of the school year). If student achievement information is not available, pending results from state standardized assessments, the rating will be calculated when the assessment results become available. The department estimates that this will be in January of the following school year. The annual summary conference, however, will still take place in June.
11. How will my annual summative rating be determined?
For teachers with a student growth percentile (SGP) score, boards of education will submit your final rating to the Department of Education, which will then report your annual summative rating, including student growth percentiles, back to the local board. For teachers without SGP scores, the Department of Education will tell school districts how to calculate the rating using student achievement and teacher performance components.
12. Who gets a Corrective Action Plan (CAP)?
A Corrective Action Plan (CAP) is developed by the teacher and supervisor when a teacher receives a partially effective or ineffective rating on his or her annual summative evaluation.
13. How many times will I be observed if I have a Corrective Action Plan (CAP)? What are the rules of this observation?
Any teacher with a CAP will receive one additional mid-year observation with post-observation conference. If the CAP was developed before the start of the school year, the observation must be completed before Feb.15. If the plan is developed after the start of the school year, the mid-year evaluation must occur before the annual summary conference. The chief school administrator or principal shall determine the observation length. Tenured teachers with a CAP must be observed by multiple observers.
14. What will the length of my observations be?
Unspecified. For non-tenured staff members, the chief school administrator shall determine the length. Observations may include, but are not limited to, observations of meetings, student instruction, parent conferences, and case-study analysis of a significant student issue. There is no mention of tenured staff members.
15. How many times will I be observed?
In their current form, the proposed regulations do not specify the number of times teachers working under an educational services certificate will be observed.
However, state law still requires that all nontenured teaching staff members be observed a minimum of three times a year.
16. Who gets a Corrective Action Plan (CAP)?
A Corrective Action Plan (CAP) is developed by the teaching staff member and supervisor when a teaching staff member receives a partially effective or ineffective rating on his or her annual summative evaluation.
17. How many times will I be observed if I have a Corrective Action Plan? What are the rules of this observation?
Unspecified. The regulations do not appear to add any observations for educational services staff members working under Corrective Action Plans.
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July 25 2012 01:07PM
Fake names or not, fans who post on sites like this are real people with real lives. While that can get lost sometimes amid the goofy handles, that simple fact came back into focus for me today reading Tinfoil Tuque's item about his daughter and his participation in Road Hockey to Conquer Cancer.
It takes courage to relate very personal and often painful stories – when it comes to cancer, unfortunately almost all of us have at least one -- to a group of people you've never met, and I applaud his willingness to do so and his choice to help raise funds for the Canadian Cancer Society Sept. 22.
As anybody who knows him would expect, Jason Gregor of TEAM 1260 chimed in on Tinfoil Tuque's item, saying he might enter a team in the event. Is there a media person, any person, in Edmonton who does more in the name of charity than Gregor? No.
Tinfoil Tuque beat me to the punch today with his story, and that's fine, but I'll also be playing in the all-day event Sept. 22. Lyle Best, likely best-known by hockey fans for his participation with the Edmonton Copper Jackets and as fine a citizen as you'll find in this town, has asked me to play on his team and I've taken him up on that.
While it's been 25 years or so since I've played road hockey, I'm willing to shuffle around the rink all day if Best and his Cancer Crushers team are willing to have me. I'll be playing in memory of my mom, Joan Mary Stewart, taken by cancer when she was just 48, and my brother-in-law Arman Agustin, who passed away last July at the age of 50.
If you'd like to contribute to the cause, the link to my Road Hockey to Conquer Cancer page is here. If you'd like to enter a team of your own, you can do that here. TinFoil Tuque, Brownlee or Gregor, the name doesn't matter. The cause does. Do what you can.
. . . It's terrific to see former Oiler Steve Staios land a hockey job, even if it is with the Toronto Maple Leafs, after hanging up his skates as a player. As honest a player as you'd ever meet, Staios always gave you what he had during his NHL career. He'll do the same in his new job. Should have been a guy Steve Tambellini put a call into.
. . . Zach Parise gets $98 million over 13 years from the Minnesota Wild while Alex Semin, who has performed at an equal, if not higher, level offensively through seven NHL seasons, sits and awaits an offer as an UFA. Parise has 194-216-410 and .82 PPG in 502 games. Semin has 197-211-408 and .87 PPG in 469 games. There is more to assessing NHL talent than a spreadsheet, and Semin is Exhibit A when it comes to that.
. . . The clock is ticking on 630 CHED as the radio rights holder of Oilers broadcasts. CHED has two more years left on its deal, but if Bell Media's acquisition of Astral Media is okayed by the CRTC and partner TSN moves into the city as a radio entity, there'll be a battle for rights. In any case, if Bell gets the green light, there's going to be changes on both ends of the radio dial by the time the puck drops on the 2014-15 season.
. . . When Tambellini acquired Ryan Whitney from Anaheim for popular Lubomir Visnovsky, I applauded the deal because the Oilers were getting a younger defenseman for less money. I went as far as to say Whitney would outscore Visnovsky during their current contracts. With Whitney missing big chunks of time since with foot and ankle problems, that isn't going to happen. That said, Whitney is 29 and Visnovsky is 36 and facing the prospect of playing with the New York Islanders in his declining years. If the Oilers can re-sign Whitney at a decent dollar, which seems likely, and IF he bounces back from his medical woes, it'll wash out as a good deal. It's one I'd make again.
Listen to Robin Brownlee Wednesdays and Thursdays from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on the Jason Gregor Show on TEAM 1260.
July 25 2012, 01:58PM
i dunno...the thought of semin leaves a bad taste in my mouth*
July 25 2012, 09:13PM
Made my donation for Road Hockey to Tinfoil Tuque, and I am always so grateful to those that participate in events like these.
I am writing this from the palliative care unit where I have been with my mom for a week. I have watched the disease take everything from her in 2 short years, and now she can no longer speak or even wake up.
I hope she finds peace soon. Love you mom.
July 25 2012, 01:13PM
There's just something about Semin I don't like. His numbers are fine, but all those rumors of him half-assing it coupled with that girly fight video has kind of poisoned him in my mind as a player.
July 25 2012, 01:31PM
This seems to me like an opportunity. Offer Semin a low-ball 2 year deal (4.5?) and see what happens. He's got a lot to prove and he's good at hockey.
An opportunity to look stupid
July 25 2012, 05:04PM
@ Beaker
Just need to be the motivated buyer Beaker. Who ever thought Chris Pronger would wear an Oiler jersey, if even for one season only? The desire/need to improve your roster needs to gain some momentum after the Schultz signing.
One motivated buyer who believes in a vision/or kid, is all that's required. Edmonton could impress Buffalo,Florida or Columbus with a package.... if they wanted to. Hopefully soon they will shift out of this hold pattern they seem to have established.
FRAK. Does anyone here know for sure that the Oil or anyone else hasn't made an offer?
It doesn't work like some here suggest anyway.
Call to agent, small talk, get a feel where he's at, then let them know you will put x on the table if they don't get their number. Then you call once in a while to ask how the weather is.
If anyone thinks that no one GM hasn't done that, then.. Well nevermind, you wouldn't understand anyway.
(btw... I clarified my rationale on keeping the KlefBOMB. Shouldnt have used the phrase Franchise Player. Still say its retarded to trade a player with huge expectations before he's played one game in the show.)
And it's "should have" not "should of" da.mnit!
July 25 2012, 01:27PM
This seems to me like an opportunity. Offer Semin a low-ball 2 year deal (4.5?) and see what happens. He's got a lot to prove and he's good at hockey.
July 25 2012, 01:35PM
An opportunity to look stupid
Good one. You sure are funny. I bet you hate Ales Hemsky and Tom Gilbert too. Anyone with something worthwhile to say about it?
July 25 2012, 01:37PM
I agree with TigerUnderGlass, but I would have a lower initial offer. I would start at 3.5 for 2 years.
Does anyone know if he is fielding offers and is being selective or if he has yet to get an offer.
Imagine the forward lines if he could be had at a reasonable cap hit.
Either Hordichuk or Eager as our 10th.
Semin is not one of my favorite players and I hate to add players without good work ethic as they can be a cancer. That being said he has natural talent and maybe Krueger can motivate him to work harder.
Semin with something to prove could add one more elite forward to an already scary lineup. You could also elect to play Semin opposite Yakupov so he has another Russian speeking player on his line.
July 25 2012, 01:42PM
I agree it is a risk, but hard not to consider adding a bigger elite skilled player with something to prove if he can be had on the cheap.
For the record I am not a Hemsky fan either. He has elite skill, but he hangs on to the puck too long. He is unpredicatable which makes him hard to defend but it also makes it hard to find good chemistry with him.
It is not hard to see the frustration on his linemates face when they are open and he elects to hangon to it and then ends up turning it over.
July 25 2012, 01:43PM
I agree with TigerUnderGlass, but I would have a lower initial offer. I would start at 3.5 for 2 years.
Does anyone know if he is fielding offers and is being selective or if he has yet to get an offer.
Imagine the forward lines if he could be had at a reasonable cap hit.
Either Hordichuk or Eager as our 10th.
Semin is not one of my favorite players and I hate to add players without good work ethic as they can be a cancer. That being said he has natural talent and maybe Krueger can motivate him to work harder.
Semin with something to prove could add one more elite forward to an already scary lineup. You could also elect to play Semin opposite Yakupov so he has another Russian speeking player on his line.
No chance 3.5 happens for 2 years. If he takes that low it's on 1 year deal to prove he should get more. I doubt he'd even do that. 4.5 is a steal and just might luck the team into a second year.
July 25 2012, 01:53PM
@ Cody Anderson
What about Jonesy? We just signed Petrell?
Can't see both Harti and MPS here with the glut of average to poor forwards on one ways. Feel free to get rid of Belanger. Not sure if there is a big line up for him. Like the old lawnmower you leave with the "FREE" sign on it on your driveway. No one wants our junk.
July 25 2012, 01:55PM
I meant as our 13th forward, and then they can be rotated into the lineup depending what team we are playing.
I would be interested to findout what the record is for number of first round selctions playing on 1 team.
This would be 9 of our 12 forwards and 2 (potentially 3 if klefbom stays) of our defence and our starting goalie all being 1st round draft choices.
July 25 2012, 02:04PM
I like Jones, and he is a little more offensive then Hartikainan but not as physycal which this team is lacking. I have him on the team with the current depth chart, but Semin makes one of them expendable.
I am unsure of Semin's current offers. I would start out with a lowball because I have not heard of any other offers. I would go up to the 4.5 you are suggesting if needed.
I would be pushing the fact that he will be surrounded by elite talent and is bound to have a couple of career high seasons and rid himself of the reputation that is currently dogging him.
If Semin accepted the offer then it would make one/two of Jones, Hemsky, Petrell or Hartikainan tradeable.
I would not trade Belanger unless we are replacing him. I am not sure Lander is an upgrade. Petrell is a solid defense/PK prospect, but I would take Harti or Paajarvi over him anyday.
If no trades happen I would start Petrell in the minors.
July 25 2012, 02:27PM
Yes. You need to get rid of some guys - just not sure of market. We disagree on Belanger. Only positive is could he possibly be as bad as last year? He was atrocious. Pretty sure my German Shepard would add more offence.
What did MPS and Harti ever do to you that you would play them with Belanger? OGDP - first game out they are dubbed Doughnut line. No center.
I know Petrell is not a dynamo, but he is dirt tough. I like him better than Jones or obviously Belanger.
I really hope Eager figures it out. If he plays on or just over the edge he could be an X-factor. If not - he is JS Jacques 2.0.
July 25 2012, 02:44PM
I think Belanger will improve over last year. I am certainly open to replacing him but I don't think offense is one of the things I would be worried about in that spot. I also want a cap hit of 2 million or less on a 4th line center.
I want a center who is a descent size, physical, can win draws, and is defensively responsible. I see Harti as a 3rd or 4th line player. He is reasonably big, physical, willing to block shots and can chip in a little offensively. I would prefer to put Paajarvi on the 1st or 2nd line and see what he does with elite players, but if Semin is here there is not a spot for him in the top 6.
I like Petrell in a defensive role. I think of Jones, Harti, and Petrell; Jones has the most offense and I put Petrell behind Harti unless we are leaking goals on the PK then I would make the switch.
July 25 2012, 02:47PM
I would be looking to move Eager. I don't think we have a spot for 2 toughs and after hearing Hordichuk's recent interviews I think he is our best option for that role. I would hate to see Paajarvi, Hartikainan or Jones play in the minors so that Eager can fill a roster spot.
July 25 2012, 02:53PM
It's not that Semin is lazy or a poor forward, I think it's because he's just a flat out weird duck! Like Pitkanen weird, just wont gel with people or players!
The way GM's and teams research and reference players, I think there's a lot of information out there that GM's don't want on the team.
July 25 2012, 03:00PM
"It's not that Semin is lazy . . ."
Actually, he is lazy. "But he still produces goals and points etc . . ."
Work ethic aside, there must be big flaws in Semin's character -- I don't know him well so I can't offer specifics -- for GMs not to have lined up to get him, just going by the numbers.
GMs don't pass on players of this caliber just because they're "odd ducks."
July 25 2012, 03:06PM
Sign him, he's a top 3 forward on half (or better) teams in the league.
July 25 2012, 03:10PM
I wonder if Semin has limited himself to a handful of teams and that's why he hasn't been signed yet.
July 25 2012, 03:15PM
"It's not that Semin is lazy . . ."
Actually, he is lazy. "But he still produces goals and points etc . . ."
Work ethic aside, there must be big flaws in Semin's character -- I don't know him well so I can't offer specifics -- for GMs not to have lined up to get him, just going by the numbers.
GMs don't pass on players of this caliber just because they're "odd ducks."
Hunter seemed to have no problem with him, but media makes claims about his lazy coachkiller-ness. How many coaches did he tear through again?
It wouldn't be the first time in sports a player was snubbed for vague and mysterious reasons.
As stated by others we have a full roster in NHL and near full in the AHL. It is unlikely that the Oilers will be signing any FAs unless the can get rid of some bodies for draft picks and/or prospects. I am hoping to see a trade that cleans up/out our rosters.
July 25 2012, 03:22PM
As stated by others we have a full roster in NHL and near full in the AHL. It is unlikely that the Oilers will be signing any FAs unless the can get rid of some bodies for draft picks and/or prospects. I am hoping to see a trade that cleans up/out our rosters.
Makes sense. They should definitely avoid signing good players because they clearly have too many good payers already.
If Ralph is a great communicator as we have been told Semin on a 2 year 10 mil$ sound good to me . This then allows us to package a 3 for 1 deal . Hemsky ; Belanger & Jones for Tyutin & a 2nd rd pick . Columbus needs forwards .
Then again I would do that deal without Semin .As much as I love Hemsky you have to give to get back.
If we signed Semin, I say go for broke every time a we're up a man and play 5 forwards on the first PP. The Nuge with trigger men like Hall, Yak (reports are he has a better one timer then Stamkos did at his age), Eb's and Semin floating around. There are some deadly shooters in that group. I wouldn't wanna take a penalty against us. I wouldn't want to as is.
July 25 2012, 04:05PM
Intersting that the "out of the playoff" Ducks don't offer Semin a contract. Maybe coach Bruce B. knows whether or not it is a good idea to have Semin on his team. I am sure none of his opinions on Semin are vague.
Yak, Gag and Hemmer on him until Semin is really going.
Yak, Gag and Hemmer on him until Semin is really going.
July 25 2012, 04:17PM
Actually, I am happier with our dCorps to start the season then most seem to be. if I pick up another dman it would be to play on the final pairing or another prospect. With Tyutin's contract I would not do that deal. If I was trading with Columbus my first offer would be Hemsky, Belanger, and Omark for Murray or Johansen. Throw in a draft pick if required. (I know probably isn't going to happen but that would be my first offer.
July 25 2012, 04:21PM
I would be willing to do our 1st and 2nd round picks plus some of our smallish offensive prospects or a D prospect not named Klefbom to get eith Johansen or Murray if they seemed like they would bite.......but I am sure that is a pipedream.
July 25 2012, 04:38PM
If Lowe strikes out on Myers,Gudbranson or Murray maybe we'd be okay just going with...
Ryan Whitney-Jeff Petry
Nick Schultz-Oscar Klefbom
Justin Schultz-Ladislav Smid
If Whitney can stay healthy, and Schultz and Klefbom are better than anticipated, this would make a world of difference this coming season.
July 25 2012, 04:47PM
I would be willing to do our 1st and 2nd round picks plus some of our smallish offensive prospects or a D prospect not named Klefbom to get eith Johansen or Murray if they seemed like they would bite.......but I am sure that is a pipedream.
You would be correct, that is a pipe dream. (especially murray)
July 25 2012, 04:47PM
If Klefbom is ready my D would look like
N. Shultz-J. Shultz
with Sutton or Potter being the 7th.
If Klefbom is not ready I would replace him with either an acquired dman or Sutton and have Potter as the 7th.
Although training camp could change the order or the 6th and 7th spot. Peckam would need a huge improvement or he is an AHL defender. I would love for Fedun to come out and amaze us all. He looked great last year, but that was a small sample size and he looked great against other teams rookies and AHL call ups and compared to our worst in the league deffence.
He may be a good AHL player.....or he could surprise us with a great camp.
July 25 2012, 04:50PM
@Quicksilver ballet
I dont know why those names keep coming up. Even if there is some logic behnd them moving (cant see it) it seems likely this is one of things where only on NHL do things like this get done, in the real world when do moves like that happen?
Its like reading those NJ fans who thing they can trade us Fayne + for Hall....
July 25 2012, 04:54PM
There's not much room on this bus for a character-flawed Semin or any defenceman that doesn't bring the all-mighty crust! Regardless of price, in Semin's case.
July 25 2012, 04:59PM
@ Beaker I think we would have the scariest offense in the league if we signed Semin and got Johansen for draft picks and prospects.
then we could ice
July 25 2012, 05:05PM
Semin would be horrible for this team. Obviously teams don't want him for a reason and it has to be he totally sucks in the locker room. And sorry if i hurt your feelings tigerunderglass hope you recovered quickly.
I wouldn't mind the Oilers signing Semin and trading Hemsky for a legit top 4 defenseman. Hemsky and Semin are very similiar players, Hemsky is better defensively but the difference is minor. I don't see Semin signing for less than 4 mil per year. He can probably get that much in the KHL. I see him signing with someone in the KHL because he won't get the money he wants here.
I don't think the Oilers will even consider Semin, because they're too worried that it could affect Yak when he comes in as an impressionable young player (possibly even other of the young players).
It would be entirely too easy for Yak to relate to Semin for language reasons alone, and it would be a real shame if that was who he "learned to be a pro" from. I'd bet the Oilers would be much happier having him feel comfortable livin' it up with the kids (who seem thus far to be able to keep their noses relatively clean and demonstrate great work ethic) and then relate to Khabibulin as a mentor (DUI and bad contract aside, by all accounts Bhulin is a consumate pro).
I can't help but think Semin gets a bit of a bum rap, but right now the Oilers have some great assets with limitless potential and I'm supportive if they decide not to take any risks of poisoning the well.
July 25 2012, 05:22PM
I agree. Would not blame them for not making Semin an offer. If they have info that he is bad in the locker I would not take him if he would play for free. It is something that would take some digging. Talk to a number of past coaches and teammates
That being said it is hard to resist thinking about it, as on paper that adds a lot of points to our team and adds the last elite winger to our top 6, and he happens to have size.
July 25 2012, 05:22PM
I'm holding out until we can trade all our goats for Stamkos.
Seems like a great deal of Semin's "problem" is kind of the NHL version of DWB in the US ("Driving While Black") - "PHWR" aka "Playing Hockey While Russian".
He's an extremely prolific forward, is a solid plus player, the advanced stats suggest that he consistently makes his teammates better AND gets the play going in the right direction, and he wants to play in the NHL.
On the negative side, he's got the forever tainting yet entirely unfalsifiable "enigmatic" label, and as support a nasty quote from a mostly-minor-leaguer teammate.
Would be fantastic as far as I'm concerned to get him signed to a lowball offer - but I suspect he has a lower limit line in the sand (rumours suggest $6M), which if he doesn't get, he'll play in the KHL for $10M a year.
July 25 2012, 06:01PM
@ Beaker
Just need to be the motivated buyer Beaker. Who ever thought Chris Pronger would wear an Oiler jersey, if even for one season only? The desire/need to improve your roster needs to gain some momentum after the Schultz signing.
One motivated buyer who believes in a vision/or kid, is all that's required. Edmonton could impress Buffalo,Florida or Columbus with a package.... if they wanted to. Hopefully soon they will shift out of this hold pattern they seem to have established.
Anything can happen. The Oilers could win the cup this year. What on this team are you giving up for Gudbranson? What of that does Florida want? You can have a motivated buyer all day long but you need a motivated seller too.
Buffalo is basically building an identity around Myers they aren't going to be motivated to move him. Just like we aren't motivated to move any of the fab 4. Not impossible but goddamnit would have to be one hell of. A blockbuster, which isnt Tambos thing btw.
Murray is a big part of any sort of Hype in Columbus. Again, not a motivated buyer.
I'm sure Florida could be coaxed into a deal for Gudbranson because winning now is at a premium to get people in the stands there. However Tallon isn't an idiot he is not going to give that player up without an overpay or a very specific reason why they need to move the kid. So unless you have some inside knowledge on that there has to be some logic behind these things.
Providing he's not a total destroyer in the locker room, I would take a shot at this guy. He's big, can shoot, he was plus 9 last year, and most of his points come at 5/5.Even at his lazy rating, still had 54 points.
I have a feeling the reason he is still available, is they are looking for big bucks , something in the range of $6 million per.
Oilers need to get more NHL ready players on the roster.. lets not forget... injuries,, what if.. Hemsky, HaLL,Eberle go down ..nice to have this guy around.
Would you rather have Hemsky or Semin on your team? Me.. Semin
Really getting tired of the Belanger bashing. The guy had one bad year. Almost every player does for whatever reason. He wasn't brought in to score 30 goals. He was brought in to win draws. He did that very well and infact helped all of our young forwards in the dot. One of the reasons our PP and PK was so vastly improved this year was due to puck possession. I fully expect him to bounce back next year and all the bashers can go back to picking on Horcoff. Gee I wonder why veterans don't want to play here?
@Jordan McNugent-Hallkins
All that Semin stuff is fine, but I have to say your display name is brilliant. I suggest, however, that you update it to 'Jordan Nugent-Hallupov.'Hopefully then it won't have to get any longer after this season.
July 25 2012, 06:55PM
@ Cody anderson
I would love to see Johansen or Murray here, I especially would be ecstatic if both were involved in the same trade.
I however would never give up our first pick next year, especially next year's draft!
There are at least 5 great centers in next year's draft, not to mention 3 or 4 gifted defensemen.
The Oilers might still be a lottery team as is next year. I hate to say it but the Oilers are one or two injuries away from being in last place again.
July 25 2012, 07:09PM
Anything can happen. The Oilers could win the cup this year. [quoted for truth] The Beaker
You'd think that would be no surprise, or atleast closer to reality. A club consistantly in the top 10 of revenue generating teams for 5 yrs now. Too bad this isn't the case. Our Oilers are on the back end of a hat trick of first overalls despite these revenue advantages. [despite from what i hear is also with playing in a shiphole arena called Rexall place]
Maybe you're right Beaker, we should wait another 10 yrs and have Tambellini re reasses things. By now we know this is what perennial losing organizations do consistanly well.


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This book takes place all over the world. Lots of traveling through space and landing in weird places. Home is Seattle, but they spend very little time there in this book.
It has constant action with no break. Incredibly stressful and they are nearly killed over and over again. Weird and twisted and extremely twisted things after them. Very gruesome and gory scenes. It was so constant as far as the action goes that it was actually too much. I needed things to slow down a bit. It seemed like every page Maxine nearly dies.
The book was very dark. I like there to be some lightness, some humor thrown in my urban fantasy, and this doesn't have that. Zee and the other boys (her tattoos, protection, etc) did put a smile on my face a few times as they are just adorable (even though they are suppose to be really scary, their mannerisms just made me smile) but other then that there wasn't anything to lighten things up. Well, I guess the love between Maxine and Grant lightens it a bit, but not enough.
I have a lot of mixed emotions about this book. I really love the world building and concept. I like the characters and the plot is good but I really wish it was just a bit lighter and the action was toned down a bit. I love, love, love Zee and the other boys though. Overall it was a good read, I think I'll just take a bit of a break before I pick the next one up.
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Regional Towns
- Glens Falls
Discover Hometown USA, Glens Falls NY!
- Queensbury
Visit Queensbury, NY - a bustling town sandwiched between Glens Falls and Lake George!
- Fort Edward
Learn more about the town of Fort Edward in Upstate NY!
- Lake Luzerne
Read more about the quaint area of Hadley - Lake Luzerne!
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Learn more about the Village of South Glens Falls - a close knit community located in Upstate NY!
Regional Events
- The Great Upstate Boat Show In Queensbury NY
Dreaming of summer fun out on the water? Tubing, fishing, or simply cruising and enjoying your surroundings? Then get prepared for the 2017 boating season and visit the Great Upstate Boat Show!
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- The 2017 Glens Falls Brewfest
The Glens Falls Brewfest is a beer, wine, and cider tasting event that draws the best of the best local, regional, and national breweries, wineries, and cideries. This year the event will be held on April 1 and is conveniently located at the Queensbury Hotel!
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- The Rotary 5K & Corporate Challenge
Calling on all runners and walkers! The Glens Falls Rotary annually hosts a 5K road race in April each year. The race is held at the SUNY Adirondack campus on Bay Road in Queensbury, and the course is mostly flat and fast with just one small hill. This year the club has selected the Chapman Historical Museum and the Greater Glens Falls Senior Citizen Center to be the beneficiaries of the event.
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- 7th Annual Winter Raptor Fest in Greenwich, NY
Experience the wonder of flight when Friends of the IBA's 7th annual Winter Raptor Fest returns to the Washington County Fairgrounds on May 13 & 14. Exciting Live Bird of Prey programs introduce you to many of our native owls, hawks and falcons, including some of our most endangered species!
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- Adirondack Theatre Festival: Nikola Tesla Drops The Beat
A misunderstood genius. A rivalry for the ages. An idea that would change the world forever. Turning the volume up on one of our time's most influential (and controversial) innovators, Nikola Tesla Drops the Beat is a theatrical experience unlike anything you've ever seen. A show that can only be described as "HAMILTON meets TESLA", this epic battle of Nikola Tesla vs. Thomas Edison is set to the rhythm of a brand-new beat, in a modern and mesmerizing musical that will leave you speechless… and electrified.
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All protests prior to the Friday of the tenth scheduled week of the season shall be sent to the BAYS first vice-president, and must be postmarked or accepted within 48 hours of the game in question. Each protest must be accompanied by a protest fee of $50. The protest will be forwarded to the chairperson of the protest board. For teams in MTOC-eligible divisions, all protests starting with the Friday of the tenth scheduled week must be reported by the later of 8:00 PM or one hour following the completion of the game on the day of the protested game. For these final week protests, the protest board will meet the night of the protested game if the allowing of the protest could affect the divisional playoff pairings. The $50 fee will be hand carried to the meeting. The opposing coach and the referee must be notified at the field of the intention to protest. Failure to give this notification could lead to disallowing the protest.
The chairperson for the BAYS protest board shall establish a group of people knowledgeable about the game of soccer who will agree to be available to participate on the protest board. For a particular protest, a quorum will consist of at least three people from the protest board who are assigned by the chairperson. At least one of the assigned members must be a USSF referee. None of the people assigned for a particular protest shall have any direct interest in that protest. The chairperson shall contact all parties involved to solicit information and written materials concerning the protest, notify all parties of the protest board meeting when it is set, and see that a written decision concerning the protest is provided to all parties.
Disposition of all protests will be given within 14 days after the receipt of all required written materials, except for those protests handled under the 10th week rule, in which case disposition will be given the night of the protested game.
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While much of the talk at Sabres training camp has been on rookie Mikhail Grigorenko and his chances of earning the job of third line center, the play of the top two centers will go a long way in determining the Sabres fate this season.
A great deal is expected of 22 year old Cody Hodgson, who has one full NHL season under his belt and 23 year old Tyler Ennis, the veteran of the group with a whopping total of 140 games on his NHL resume.
Hodgson, who was acquired from Vancouver last February in the Zack Kassian trade, won't have to worry about rust being an issue when he takes to the First Niagara Center ice on Sunday to face the Philadelphia Flyers. He spent the lockout playing for the Rochester Americans.
Hodgson missed some time due to a hand injury but still ended up with 5 goals and 19 points in 19 games. He thinks that playing time will give him an edge as the NHL season gets underway.
"I think it definitely was an advantage to play whether it was in Europe or whether it was in the AHL" Hodgson said during a Wednesday morning interview on WGR. "I think it was an even greater advantage for me to play in Rochester because I had a chance to know the system and be around our coaches and get advice from them."
Ennis centered the hottest line when last season came to an end with Marcus Foligno and Drew Stafford as his wingers but Hodgson will center the top line with Thomas Vanek who has scored 230 goals in his 7 year NHL career and Jason Pominville who has netted 157 goals over the last 6 seasons.
"Playing on a line with Vanek and Pominville, those guys are pretty incredible hockey players" Hodgson said " So just making sure that I do whatever I can to play to the best of my abilities. They move the puck so well, they're fast and they get in scoring position all the time. I just have to figure out ways to complement what they do."
Playing on that line and being at the center spot can bring along with it some high expectations and pressure but Hodgson is looking forward to his chance. "You can look at it as pressure or you can look at it as an opportunity" Hodgson said. "I try to look at it as an opportunity. There's a lot at stake but at the same time, there's lots to gain as well. I just want to build off where we ended last year. I thought we were one of the better teams in the league."
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Friday, November 11, 2005
Beautiful day for bikin'
However, today reminded me that this phrase can still be said without sarcasm; even in Alaska, in November. I went for a two-hour ride along the ridge above town. There were a couple new inches of powder on the road and I had to earn every pedal stroke - but it's no worse than thick mud. The new snow clung to needles and bare branches, giving the landscape a rich contrast that comes when color is removed. Near the reservoir I met a pack of cross-country skiers on the road. We nodded in appreciation of each other and moved on, crushing through grains of snow as they sparkled in the afternoon sun.
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holey shyte...you are on crack.ReplyDelete
What a picture. Snow has got to come sooner or later to Minneapolis. Wish I could've rode through some today.ReplyDelete
This picture makes a debating whether to go on a 4-day bike tour from Boston to New York over Thanksgiving weekend, seem well, a bit wimpy. I will show it to my partner to get him to see my logic. What a little cold?ReplyDelete
That is something.
Wow, what a shot!ReplyDelete
Winter isn't looking so foreboding after all.
That's a great photo. There's a lot to be said for cycling in weather like that. At the time sometimes I think it's cold and I really want to be home, all warm and cosy. But when I do get back I always look back on the really bad weather rides with fondness. I only have one snowy cycling picture here but hope to get more this winter. We haven't had much snow in recent years in the UK.ReplyDelete


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We're eight days from the ABC Shark Tank talent search!
In a little over a week NextFab will be teeming with inventors, entrepreneurs, and creators all vying for a chance to be on the hit television show Shark Tank.
We had our first of two Shark Tank related events this past Tuesday. We offered entrepreneurs a chance to test their elevator pitch to a panel of celebrity business experts from Wharton Business School, Philly StartUp Leaders, and IP / Business law specialists. Each presenter was given valuable feedback on business stategy, financing, and negotiation.
NextFab member Howie Rosenshine participated in this event and presented his ingenious Shovelution! Howie was gracious enough to speak to us about his experience in front of the mock sharks.
1. How was your experience overall at the mock Shark Tank event?
There is no substitute for standing in front of real live stone faced strangers while trying to pitch your idea, particularly if you don't do this sort of thing often. So that was quite valuable for me.
2. Do you feel prepared to give your big pitch on May 11th?
Not really, but I certainly do need to practice loosening up and probably speaking up as well.
3. What advice can you share with other presenters?
You should always present ideas, bullets, whatever in groups of three, because people remember best in groups of three. If you have sub items, then arrange them in groups of three as well, etc.
This may take some practice, but it is worth it. It is a simple and effective communications technique.
Remember, three only.
4. How did your idea evolve from shovel to shovelution?
The patent for my auxiliary handle for a shovel was issued in 1995, and it took about a year for the patent office to process it before issuing it. And I certainly spent a number of years during the process of invention and creating and submitting the patent application. I can't remember how many exactly…my memory isn't what it never was.
5. What part did NextFab play in the development of your prototype and finished item?
Before NextFab, I knew nothing about 3D CAD, 3D printing or injection molding.
Tomorrow, I am having 2000 custom injection molded pieces delivered for the Shovelution. I did the CAD for those pieces, the 3D printing of the various prototypes on the Stratasys and the modifications necessary for a successful mold run (first try).
6. On a scale of 1 to 10 how nervous are you for the 11th?
I'm pretty nervous, typically.
7. On a scale of 1 to 10 how excited are you for the 11th?
I don't get excited, typically.
8. Any last tips, tricks, or pointers you can share?
Sure, you know how they say you should picture your audience naked to stop from being nervous during your presentation. Well let's say there are 3 people you are presenting to for the Shark tank pitch. If you take even 10 seconds for each judge/listener you've already blown 1/2 of your allotted time.
So my advice is to skip the naked reconstruction, and use the full 60 seconds for your pitch.
You can always linger afterwards.
Also, can you give us a little bio on you. What makes Howie tick! I mean besides the fact you're hilariously funny.
I have undergraduate and graduate degrees, in Molecular Biology and Computer Science, from Penn State and Penn, respectively. I spent much of my career at Sun Microsystems (which was purchased by Oracle a few years back) as a software and/or systems engineer, until Oracle decided that I needed a change of scenery.
At heart I am a problem solver. It feels the same to me whether I'm solving a software problem, a hardware problem, a mechanical problem etc. That's not to say I'm equally good at all of them, or in fact to imply that I'm any good at any of them at all. But that is how I perceive the world.


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Sharpmen.com changed its business model based on product videos.
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E-retailer and marketing platform Sharpmen.com stands among the vanguard of online merchants that eschew routine merchandising tactics in favor of inviting consumers in with video.
Sharpmen.com, which sells apparel, accessories and gadgets aimed at men, launched as a video-driven flash-sale retailer less than a year ago, then quickly morphed into a hybrid e-retailer and advertising platform when it realized it was getting more video views than direct sales, says CEO Yazid Aksas says. "We realized that the views the videos were getting were valuable for the brands we were promoting and we started thinking more about the value proposition we were bringing," he says. "We could have a mix of advertising and commerce. Usually you are one or the other."
Sharpmen.com works with a collection of brands and manufacturers to showcase their products in exchange for about a 40% cut in any sale, Aksas says. That cut includes video production costs.
He says the new business model is proving more profitable than the flash-sale model. Consumers who view a video on Sharpmen.com as it operates today convert approximately 3.75% of the time, greater than the 2.99% average of North America's top online retailers as ranked in the Internet Retailer Top 500 and Second 500 guides.
The top videos featured on Sharpmen.com's home page—there are nine that cycle through at any given time—usually run about two to five minutes each and tell the stories behind the brands. These longer, more story-like videos comprise about 25%-30% of the videos on the site. The videos comprising the remainder are generally about a minute long and are more straightforward, with a host talking up product features and benefits. Sharpmen.com shoots seven to 10 videos a week, usually all on one day, using freelance videographers and editors. Aksas says Sharpmen.com spent about $15,000 to buy cameras, lighting equipment and set up the studio space.
The storytelling approach prompted several online media outlets to reach out to Sharpmen.com to ask if they could use the longer, featured videos on their own sites, Aksas says. "Everyone is looking for content," he says. Sharpmen.com now syndicates some of these videos to about a dozen news and lifestyle sites, including EliteDaily.com, which targets Gen Y-aged consumers and MadeMan.com, a site for guys.
Aksas says sharing the content free of charge with these sites has helped increase brand exposure and draw traffic to Sharpmen.com. The brands featured in the syndicated videos also pay an additional fee, which Aksas says is low, on a cost per thousand basis for Sharpmen.com to syndicate their brand video in these channels.
For much more about how e-retailers use video to drive commerce, be sure to read the upcoming February issue of Internet Retailer magazine, to which you can subscribe for free.


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Highlands Ranch is set to get its first microbrewery as Grist Brewing Company plans to open this October in Commerce Center, across the street from Shea Stadium.
Award-winning home brewer Rob Kevwitch, who grew up in Acres Green and graduated from Highlands Ranch High School in 1994, saw the need in the area and hopes the taproom and brewery will be far from the last in Highlands Ranch.
"The more the merrier," he said. "Just because we live in the 'burbs doesn't mean we don't like to have a good time. There just aren't as many places to have a good time."
Kevwitch will get his wish about a year after opening too, when Breckenridge Brewery, the fifth-largest brewery in Colorado, relocates its Denver brewery to a 12-acre spot between Aspen Grove and Hudson Gardens in Littleton — just 2½ miles north of Grist Brewing Company.
An organic chemist, Kevwitch first got interested in brewing when he was in graduate school, but while living in Houston started getting passionate about his hobby and built an all-grain brewing system with a friend. He moved back to Colorado three years ago and plans for a brewery began to take shape.
The company, run by Kevwitch and three silent partners, has already purchased a 20-barrel brewhouse from W.M. Sprinkman Corp. out of Wisconsin, which will be installed in mid-August.
"All of our equipment we will have in the brewery and taproom is American-made," Kevwitch said. "That is something that is extremely important to us."
The taproom will feature six to eight brews when it opens in October, and Kevwitch said the brews will definitely include a Hefeweizen, a Kolsch, an American IPA, a Bock and a brown. Plans also call to add a fruit malt cider soon after opening.
The layout will feature a large taproom with an angular bar, and patrons will have the ability to watch beer being made while they sip a cold one, as the brew house will be set up on the other side of a waist-high wall. Tours will also be available to all patrons.
"We want them to really feel like they are in a brewery," Kevwitch said. "That's the idea, we don't want this to feel like just any other bar."
As far as beer to go, growlers and kegs will be available at the time of opening and plans call for a canning line around the end of 2014. There will also be limited bottling runs of specialty brews from time to time, Kevwitch said, adding that there will be no food sold at the brewery due to zoning.
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Color Run Held in Memory of Killed San Luis Obispo Teen
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. - Alex Maier, a beloved high school soccer player who lost his life a year ago, was remembered in spectacular fashion today by the San Luis Obispo community.
Over one thousand people strapped on their running shoes and hit the pavement for the SLO Color Blast Fun Run at San Luis Obispo High School. The cheers and laughter a welcome sound, after only a year ago there were only tears.
Alex Maier, at the time a senior at the high school, was behind the wheel on Highway 101 when his truck collided with another car near the Santa Rosa off-ramp. Two days later, Maier died from his injuries.
The Color Run is to remember Alex as he was, the likeable teenager that got along with almost everyone. You could say he was a person that brought some color into the lives of others.
"He was fun loving," says Cherry Maier, Alex's mother. "Things didn't bother him, he loved his friends. He was light hearted."
As an avid soccer player who spent most of his free time on the field, the location of the event was an easy choice.
"Alex had huge ties to the school," says Alex's dad, Gary Maier. "The school has been incredibly supportive. We just wanted to give back a little bit to the school."
For mom and dad, the outpouring of support was enough to brighten their day.
"It was amazing. Very uplifting, everybody was having fun and being crazy. That's what we love."
All proceeds from the run go to the Alex Maier Scholarship Fund to benefit graduating seniors.