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Personal Consumption Expenditures for Recreation: 1990–2005
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1. Includes boats and pleasure aircraft.
2. Except athletic.
3. Consists of admissions to professional and amateur athletic events and to racetracks, including horse, dog, and auto.
4. Consists of dues and fees excluding insurance premiums.
5. Consists of billiard parlors; bowling alleys; dancing, riding, shooting, skating, and swimming places; amusement devices and parks; golf courses; sightseeing buses and guides; private flying operations; casino gambling; and other commercial participant amusements.
6. Consists of net receipts of lotteries and expenditures for purchases of pets and pet care services, cable TV, film processing, photographic studios, sporting and recreation camps, video cassette rentals, and recreational services, elsewhere classified.
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts, 1929–2003; and Survey of Current Business. See also Statistical Abstracts of the United States, 2006.


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Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative
Investigation into the events leading up to 9/11 showed several instances of lost opportunities due to lack of information-sharing outside of specific agencies or communities of interest. The 9/11 Commission referred to this as "the human or systemic resistance to sharing information" and recognized that federal, state, local, and tribal governments have access to information which could help identify precursor activities of terrorist attacks.1 The challenge has been to make the necessary information available to those who need it, particularly front-line officers and first responders, in time to protect our people and institutions.
On October 31, 2007, the President issued the first National Strategy for Information Sharing to prioritize and unify our nation's efforts to advance the sharing of terrorism- related information among federal, state, local, and tribal governments, the private sector, and foreign partners. The strategy calls for the Federal Government to support the development of a nationwide capacity for gathering, documenting, processing, analyzing, and sharing terrorism-related suspicious activity reports (SARs) generated at the local, regional, state, or federal levels, and in a manner that rigorously protects the privacy and civil liberties of Americans.
While suspicious activities have been documented by law enforcement agencies for years, this effort seeks to standardize SAR processes by leveraging community oriented and intelligence-led policing strategies, leading to more proactive policing strategies to prevent terrorism-related crime. To achieve this goal, state, local, tribal, and federal partners, along with several national law enforcement organizations, have collaborated to develop the Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) Initiative (NSI).
Over the past 2 years, the Program Manager for the Information Sharing Environment (PM-ISE), in conjunction with a number of partner organizations, conducted a suspicious activity reporting evaluation environment (EE) at state and major urban area fusion centers across the country. The purpose was to test and evaluate policies, procedures, and technology concepts needed to implement a unified process for the gathering, documenting, processing, analyzing, and sharing of SARs that are reasonably indicative of potential intelligence gathering or pre-operational planning related to terrorism or other criminal activity.
As a part of this effort, the International Association of Chiefs of Police created a front- line officer training. One of the purposes of the front-line officer training is to help officers distinguish between behavior reasonably indicative of pre-operational planning related to terrorism or other criminal activity and that of people who are engaged in constitutionally protected activities. In addition, the training also discusses the SAR documentation process and how the SAR will be sent to the fusion center where a trained analyst will review and vet the report for potential terrorism connections.
Training for supervising officers, investigators, and analysts were also developed and provided by the Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, and the Major Cities Police Chiefs Association to ensure that everyone involved in the multiple levels of review are appropriately trained on legal collection thresholds and other privacy protections. These trainings, combined with local initiatives already in place, provided a broader support network for the EE sites.
The NSI process has already proven successful in the evaluation environment sites. In Los Angeles, the LAPD has input more than 1,900 terrorism-related SARs to the shared space, 126 of which have been referred to FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force. There have also been more than 40 arrests in Los Angeles as a direct result of SARs filed by front-line officers. The FBI's eGuardian system currently has more than 1,500 SARs, 66 of which have shown a probable nexus to terrorism.
While the NSI process has been successful at identifying behaviors related to terrorism, most participants in the ISE-SAR Evaluation Environment have found that the process can also be leveraged to meet the all-crimes mandate of their departments. For example, while investigating a suspect on weapons violation, LAPD discovered that the suspect was attempting to broker weapons sales abroad to a known terrorist organization. LAPD worked with the FBI to build a case against the suspect and made an arrest.
The ISE-SAR EE concluded on September 30, 2009, and a final report documenting "Lessons-Learned" and "Best Practices" is scheduled to be completed by the end of the year. The plan for the NSI is to transition it from a pre-operational environment to a broader nationwide implementation. As part of the nationwide effort, the responsibility for coordinating the initiative will transition from the PM-ISE to a national Program Management Office (PMO) that will be established and managed by a federal agency as yet to be determined. Although the PMO will be housed in a single host agency, the vision is for it to be an interagency, intergovernmental organization representing the needs of all NSI participants. Consequently, PMO staff will be provided by federal, state, local, and tribal stakeholders participating in the NSI. While the PMO is being established, planning for the nationwide implementation of NSI will continue. For more information regarding NSI, please contact PM-ISE at 202-331-2490 or visit www.ise.gov.
- 1Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, July 2004: 416-419.

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This '80s sitcom inspired the phrase "jump the shark."
"Happy Days"
Some people thought "Happy Days" went downhill fast after Fonzie literally jumped over a shark with his motorcycle. Hence the phrase for the moment when a show declines in quality and never recovers.
"Diff'rent Strokes"
"Gimme a Break!"
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Name the '80s sitcom by workplace: the Stratford Inn.
"Silver Spoons"
"Kate & Allie"
The Stratford Inn was the bed and breakfast run by Dick and Joanna Loudon on "Newhart."
Question 3 of 30
Name the '80s sitcom by workplace: Sugarbaker & Associates.
"Designing Women"
Sisters Julia and Suzanne Sugarbaker were the designing women.
"Bosom Buddies"
Question 4 of 30
Name the '80s sitcom by workplace: "FYI" TV newsmagazine.
"Murphy Brown"
Murphy Brown and Jim Dial were the anchors of "FYI."
"Barney Miller"
"One Day at a Time"
Question 5 of 30
Name the '80s sitcom by workplace: Blue Moon Detective Agency.
"Mr. Belvedere"
"Too Close for Comfort"
Maddie Hayes and David Addison were the partners of Blue Moon on "Moonlighting."
Question 6 of 30
Name the '80s sitcom by workplace: Jack's Bistro.
"Three's A Crowd"
Jack Tripper opens Jack's Bistro in the later seasons of "Three's Company" and continues into the spinoff, "Three's a Crowd."
"Growing Pains"
Question 7 of 30
What was the nickname of Rudy's friend Kenny on "The Cosby Show"?
Kenny, who insisted on being called "Bud," appeared in 32 episodes of the show.
Question 8 of 30
Bud on "Married … With Children" created this alter ego to help his luck with the ladies.
Lance DeGroove
Chester Love
Grandmaster B
Grandmaster B was just as successful as Bud's other romantic efforts — that is to say, not at all.
Question 9 of 30
Tony Danza starred on this sitcom before making the leap to "Who's the Boss?"
Danza was Tony Banta on "Taxi."
Question 10 of 30
The sister of this famous actor played Scott Baio's mom in both "Happy Days" and "Charles in Charge."
John Lithgow
John Travolta
Ellen Travolta played Chachi's mother on "Happy Days" and Charles' mom on "Charles in Charge."
Nicolas Cage
Question 11 of 30
What was the name of Norm's never-seen wife on "Cheers"?
Vera Peterson was seen in exactly one episode — with a cream pie covering her face.
Question 12 of 30
Which football team did "Coach" coach?
the Minnesota State Screaming Eagles
Hayden Fox led the Screaming Eagles.
the Central Illinois Bobcats
the Western Washington Titans
Question 13 of 30
"Head of the Class" starred this actor from "WKRP in Cincinnati."
Tim Reid
Loni Anderson
Howard Hesseman
Howard Hesseman — Dr. Johnny Fever on "WKRP" — was teacher Charlie Moore on "Head of the Class."
Question 14 of 30
What was Punky Brewster's real name?
Anne Marie
Punky didn't enjoy being called Penelope.
Question 15 of 30
On "Night Court," Harry is a major fan of this singer.
Sonny Bono
Mel Torme
Mel Torme appeared as himself nine times on "Night Court."
Dean Martin
Question 16 of 30
Where was Balki from on "Perfect Strangers"?
Balki was a shepherd on the fictional island of Mypos.
Question 17 of 30
Name the spinoff of the '80s sitcom: "Golden Girls."
"Mama's Family"
"Empty Nest"
Dr. Harry Weston of "Empty Nest" was a neighbor of the Golden Girls in Miami.
Question 18 of 30
Name the spinoff of the '80s sitcom: "The Cosby Show."
"Family Matters"
"A Different World"
Denise Huxtable went off to college and spun off into her own show, "A Different World."
Question 19 of 30
Name the spinoff of the '80s sitcom: "Growing Pains."
"Just the Ten of Us"
Mike and Carol Seaver's high school gym teacher — and father of eight — Graham Lubbock got his own show, "Just the Ten of Us."
"Too Close for Comfort"
"Who's the Boss?"
Question 20 of 30
Name the spinoff of the '80s sitcom: "Diff'rent Strokes."
"Designing Women"
"The Jeffersons"
"The Facts of Life"
The Drummonds' housekeeper, Edna Garrett, took a new job as a house mother at the Eastland School — and the star of "The Facts of Life."
Question 21 of 30
Name the spinoff of the '80s sitcom: "Perfect Strangers."
"Family Matters"
"Family Matters" featured Harriette Winslow, the elevator operator of Larry and Balki's apartment building.
"Who's the Boss?"
"Gimme a Break!"
Question 22 of 30
Name the spinoff of the '80s sitcom: "Happy Days."
"Silver Spoons"
"What's Happening Now!"
"Mork & Mindy"
Robin Williams showed up as alien Mork on a 1978 episode of "Happy Days," and the rest is sitcom history.
Question 23 of 30
Name the show with this family: Jamie, Sarah and Adam Powell.
"Charles in Charge"
Jamie, Sarah and Adam were Charles' charges.
"One Day at a Time"
"Too Close for Comfort"
Question 24 of 30
Name the show with this family: Heather and Wesley Owens.
"Mr. Belvedere"
Mr. Belvedere is the Owens family's butler.
"Silver Spoons"
Question 25 of 30
Name the show with this family: Samantha Micelli and Jonathan Bower.
"Bosom Buddies"
"Who's the Boss?"
Samantha was Tony's daughter, and Jonathan was Angela's son, brought together by circumstance on "Who's the Boss?"
Question 26 of 30
Name the show with this family: Lynn and Brian Tanner.
"Small Wonder"
ALF lives with the Tanner family.
"Gimme a Break!"
Question 27 of 30
Name the show with this family: D.J., Stephanie and Michelle Tanner.
"Mama's Family"
"Married … With Children"
"Full House"
The Tanner girls were the "Full House" sisters.
Question 28 of 30
Name the show with this family: Karen, Wayne and Kevin Arnold.
"Barney Miller"
"The Wonder Years"
Kevin Arnold was the narrator of "The Wonder Years."
Question 29 of 30
Name the show with this family: Becky, Darlene, D.J. and Jerry Garcia Conner.
"Family Matters"
Jerry Garcia was Roseanne and Dan's surprise last-season baby.
"Gimme a Break!"
Question 30 of 30
Name the show with this family: Alex, Mallory, Jennifer and Andrew Keaton.
"Family Ties"
The Keatons were on the "Family Ties."


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SPOKANE, Wash. - The Spokane River is over flood stage and people are starting to watch the water creep toward their homes.
Flood stage is 27 feet and the river is already over that mark. It's expected to peak this weekend around 27 and a half feet.
Sand trucks are staging in certain areas of the city and residents are being told to call the city if they need sandbags.
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"Just keep an eye on it and make sure I don't have to get out the sand bags," Beightol said.spokane river at flood stage
Just in case the city has a dump truck with sand standing by.
"Every day I'll check on it before I go to work. It was down last week and just overnight it's raised up a couple feet," he added.
The Spokane River is forecasted to peak this Sunday at 27.56 feet just above flood stage.
"Before I go to bed I usually just put my water wings on," Beightol said.
Upriver from Peaceful Valley parts of the Centennial Trail are submerged, forcing walkers and joggers off the trail and onto the road.
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Right now the Upriver Dam has three gates open; during flooding in 2008 all gates were open.
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Finish the day at the Joint Youth Division Member Reception from 6:00 to 7:30 at the Marriott Courtyard's Grand Ballroom. Light refreshments will be served. Cash bar.
Finish the day at the Joint Youth Division Member Reception from 6:00 to 7:30 at the Marriott Courtyard's Grand Ballroom. Light refreshments will be served. Cash bar.
==ALA Events of Interest==
==ALA Events of Interest==
Revision as of 20:59, 8 September 2013
Registration, Travel, & Hotel Information
ALA's 2014 Midwinter Meeting is January 24-28 in Philadelphia. Bundled registration for both ALA's Annual and Midwinter conferences will open September 9, 2013. Early Bird registrationand housing for Midwinter will open October 1, 2013. Early bird registration closes November 6.
The majority of the conference will take place in the Pennsylvania Convention Center, but there are also some sessions at various hotels, depending on the unit sponsoring them. Detailed location information for sessions will be available in November when the Scheduler opens.
Selected YALSA Events
Monday, January 26
It's the most exciting day in youth literature, as the annual Youth Media Awards are announced, from 8-9:15 AM (eastern) Monday morning. Be there to find out who wins the Printz Award for literary excellence, the Edwards Award for for significant and lasting contribution to young adult literature, the Alex Awards, honoring the top ten adult book with youth appeal, the Morris award honoring a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens, YALSA's Nonfiction Award for excellence in nonfiction, and the Odyssey Award for excellence in audiobook production for youth.
Be sure yo get your ticket for the Morris & Nonfiction Award Program & Presentation from 10:30 AM to noon.
Come celebrate the 2014 honorees and winners for the Morris Award and YA Nonfiction Award! Enjoy coffee, tea and danish and listen to the winners and finalists speak about their honored titles. After the speeches, mingle with the authors and pick up free copies of their books. The Morris finalists and Nonfiction finalists were announced the first week of December.
Finish the day at the Joint Youth Division Member Reception from 6:00 to 7:30 at the Marriott Courtyard's Grand Ballroom. Light refreshments will be served. Cash bar.
ALA Events of Interest
- ALA is working on a re-design of the ALA web site. Two possible designs can be viewed at kiosks in the registration area, and individuals can provide feedback via a survey on site.
- ALA's HRDR is having an Education Forum Fri. Jan. 11th called "Research to Practice."
YALSA's Booth in the Exhibit Hall
Come visit YALSA's booth #435 in the Exhibit Hall for these great give-aways:
- Teen Tech Week cups
- List of Recommended Games for Libraries poster
- A YALSA Booth Exclusive: an advance reading copy of ghostgirl, by Tonya Hurley, compliments of Little Brown Books for Young Readers.
- YALSA pens
Holly Black, author of the Spiderwick Chronicles and the Modern Tale of Faerie series, will be signing in the YALSA booth on Saturday afternoon, courtesy Simon & Schuster on Saturday, Jan. 12 from 1-2 p.m. The first 60 attendees will get a free copy of one of Black's books!
Enter for a chance to win $50 worth of Teen Tech Week materials from ALA Graphics or a basket of goodies from Dungeons & Dragons.


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Here's an example of everyday simplicity taken to elegant heights—a lovely chickpea and vegetable salad, topped with warm strips of lamb. Hearty yet light for a warm night, this supper could be followed up with Iced Lychees.
Nutrition Profile:
Diabetes Appropriate
Gluten Free Diet
Healthy Weight
Heart Healthy
High Fiber
High Potassium
Low Calorie
Low Cholesterol
Low Sat Fat
Serves 6
Prep Time 30 min
Total Time 30 min.
Step 1
1.Preheat grill to high. Sprinkle lamb with 1/2 teaspoon salt and pepper. Grill the lamb for 2 to 4 minutes per side for medium, depending on the thickness of the steaks. Transfer to a cutting board and let rest for at least 5 minutes before thinly slicing across the grain.
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Second Annual Kirkland Car Show at Carillon Point
The Woodmark Hotel is proud to welcome the second annual All Porsche Grand Display at Carillon Point in Kirkland, Washington. On Sunday, September 22nd, discover all things Porsche! Displayed at stunning Carillon Point on Lake Washington, this family event in Kirkland will feature several Sports Cars, Sedans, SUVs, Tractors and more!
At our Kirkland boutique hotel, the display will include some unusual, unique and historic road and track cars. In addition, vendors of Barrier Porsche, Queen City Auto Rebuild, Road Scholars and others will be in attendance. Enjoy jazz music and food throughout the day!
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Daniel Ekker, Enoch Elementary School principal, 4701 N. Wagon Wheel Dr., Enoch, Utah 84721, said the school received a letter in November congratulating them as a "recipient of the 2013 Utah High Performing Title I Schools Recognition."
Ekker said this is his second year as principal at Enoch Elementary, and the school has achieved the honor both years he has been at the helm. However, he said the tradition did not start with him - it started with the principal who came before him, Lenore Roundy.
"We've had the recognition for years back," he said. "I think one year they earned a blue ribbon school, which is a national recognition."
Utah State Department of Education Title I Coordinator Ann White said that Enoch did indeed earn a national recognition awards for their high performance as a Title I school. In fact, White said they have received national recognition twice for being a Distinguished High Performing Title I school in the state of Utah, in 2006 and 2008.
Every year, White said each state chooses two schools for national recognition that have shown exemplary achievement in maintaining high scores despite some of the adversities that come along with being a Title I school. She said that Enoch Elementary is one of just a few schools in the country to receive the award twice.
White said it all started when Enoch Elementary received a warning that they were falling below adequate yearly progress standards – a system which she said they no longer use – and they were in danger of being noncompliant with Title I requirements for learning a little more than a decade ago.
She said the school made a swift turn around and by the next year; they had not only met the minimum requirements, but had leapt into the top percentage for test scores. In addition to the national award, she said that the state honors the top 15 percent of high scoring Title I schools annually, and that is what the 2013 award is.
"They have maintained it over that many years," White said. "I don't think they have ever dropped below the reward recognition since then."
According to the National Association for the Education of Young Children, found at www.naeyc.org/, "Title I, formerly known as Chapter 1, is part of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and is the foundation of the federal commitment to closing the achievement gap between low-income and other students."
The Utah State Office of Education, found at www.schools.utah.gov, reported that Iron County currently has six Title I elementary schools: Cedar East Elementary, Cedar North Elementary, Enoch Elementary, Three Peaks Elementary, Parowan Elementary and Escalante Valley Elementary. Of the six Title I schools in the Iron County School District, a press release reported that all, but East Elementary were considered to be within the top 15 percent of the highest performing Title I schools in the state in 2013.
The designation as a Title I school allows schools to access additional grant monies that help to purchase additional educational tools to help enhance the educational experience of students who may have had fewer opportunities and experiences in life.
Ekker said Enoch Elementary has recently used Title I funding to purchase SMART board technology for each classroom to help teachers and students become more interactive during lessons.
White said that what sets Enoch Elementary apart from the rest of the schools in the district is not so much that they have achieved the top 15 percent recognition, but rather the consistency in which they have maintained that achievement.
Ekker said that the recognition isn't something that the school has set out to attain. Instead, he said it is a byproduct of the actual goal, which is to provide a high quality educational experience to youth who are attendants at Enoch Elementary.
"This year I believe we even rose above a lot of the schools that were not economically challenged," Ekker said.
Iron County School District Elementary Education Director Terry Pickett said he is proud of all of the schools in the district. He said Enoch has a passion that is simply unmistakable, and he believes that is what makes them unique.
"In my opinion every one of our schools here in Iron County are just doing a super job," he said. "But Enoch elementary has taken it up to a level that it's a passion for them to excel."


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After landing a record deal with Lyric Street Records, Rascal Flatts recorded an eclectic mix of country and pop for the trio's self-titled debut. The album arrived in 2000, and "Prayin' for Daylight" became the group's first smash single. Rascal Flatts ultimately sent four singles to the Top Ten before the band's second album, Melt, appeared in October 2002. Co-produced by the bandmates themselves, Melt sold a million copies in eight weeks and yielded the band's first number one country hit "These Days." By this time, Rascal Flatts had established themselves as a highly successful country act, with a particularly strong following among younger listeners (an elusive demographic to most country stars). A live album served as an amiable segue between Melt and 2004's chart-topping Feels Like Today, while Me and My Gang arrived in April 2006. Rascal Flatts' 2007 release, Still Feels Good, enjoyed a similar reception, going platinum before the year's end and yielding another number one hit, "Take Me There." Unstoppable followed in 2009. After Lyric Street Records ceased operations, the trio signed with Big Machine and released their seventh studio album, Nothing Like This, in 2010. Nothing Like This was another hit, thanks in part to the Natasha Bedingfield duet "Easy," and the group released The Best of Rascal Flatts Live in time for the Christmas season of 2011.
Changed, Rascal Flatts' seventh studio album, and the first with the Big Machine Label Group, appeared early in 2012. "Banjo," the first single from Changed, hit number one on the U.S. Country charts and "Come Wake Me Up" peaked at number eight, but the album overall became the group's first record not to go platinum. Perhaps that's the reason the band decided to shake things up for their next album, hiring Howard Benson -- a producer known for his nu-metal, alt-rock, and pop hits, including records by Kelly Clarkson, 3 Doors Down, DAUGHTRY, and My Chemical Romance -- to produce Rewind. Preceded by its title track as a single (which peaked at six on Billboard's country charts), Rewind appeared in May 2014. Two singles got stuck in the 20s on the country charts -- "Payback" followed by "Riot" -- before "I Like the Sound of That" went into the Top 10 in 2015. The next year, Rascal Flatts released their first holiday album, The Greatest Gift of All. ~ Andrew Leahey & Rick Cohoon, Rovi


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Skating was more popular before Tonya/ Nancy than it is now. It's at an all time historic low. Blaming the scoring system for not being easy is one way to view it. The scoring system says rotation and not landing gets points. Rotating and not landing wasn't really even counted in 6.0!! Maybe the plan of a jump bumped up a base score but so would starting order. It's true that Patrick Chan can fall and not be that damaged. Of course he was at the WTT. But that was way more about underrotated 4T fall and no 3A. So it was not about the falling but the rotating.
COP also is a system in which technically there is no symapthy for people. If you make a mistake or underotate than there can be no consistent winner. Kwan won so many times in a row and that is because she can do what she could do and always be placed first. If she was good she was first. Now you need to be on the watch for people with harder more point getting stuff. So US has had no consectutive champ since Kwan. That is something. For most of the time the same people won between olympics or were silver. Now it can be 1st 10th 3rd 14th 1st.
As I said in previous thread(s), the reason is complicated. Ratings for ALL sports (except the NFL) have gone down over the years. You're seeing coverage of even major sports now heading to cable & niche channels (as well as online). It's a MUCH different media world now than it was 10-15 years ago. I think skating is just now starting to figure out how to adapt to and survive in this new media world. It was only this year that ISU and USFS started becoming more active on social media, for example.This is not an ISU issue, it may be an USFSA issue - it's their job to promote their sport in their country - but to say the judging is the reason it's not on tv is not giving the issue the correct discussion. The IJS is not entirely why skating's tanked in the US. It was already losing a lot of focus by 2002.
NJS, the SLC scandal, media fragmentation, lack of a US star in ladies...all part of it.
I remember figure skating becoming very popular in the early 90's, before the T and N scandal. After that there were a lot of skating specials for a few years, but from say 2000 to maybe 2006 it was still fairly popular, and readily accessible on television.
When ABC dropped the figure skating contract is when things really went bad. All the ESPN coverage disappeared, beloved commentators Dick and Peggy were gone, it was harder and harder to find. . .it was getting better with Universal Sports, but now that that channel is gone, the sport is more or less done as a spectator sport on television.
There is a problem with the COP. However, seriously, if that were the judging system in the US in the 90's, does anyone think Michelle still wouldn't have won most of those years? That's not what's killing the US girls, it's their mediocrity and inconsistency.
The COP does take a few fun aspects out of watching it, however:
1. There's no drama about someone falling, as we've seen. Fall away, but if your edges are the best, you still win.
2. There's no drama in knowing which country gave which score
3. If you think someone should have won but didn't, it's like your fault because you haven't memorized a 200 page rule book. There's no fun in arguing that one person was beter than the next, because the person who disagrees with you measured the feet with a protractor and saw the angle of their edges, plus they analyzed the music and noticed that the winner was skating to a 4/4 count and not a 3/4 count--OK, I guess that's fun
4. There are serious complaints that the programs all look the same, and there is less creativity in a contest to rack up the points.
Universal Sports isn't gone, unless I missed something.it was getting better with Universal Sports, but now that that channel is gone, the sport is more or less done as a spectator sport on television.
I think (s)he means that Universal Sports' audience has shrunk significantly after they switched to niche cable channel only.
right....this.If you think someone should have won but didn't, it's like your fault because you haven't memorized a 200 page rule book. There's no fun in arguing that one person was beter than the next, because the person who disagrees with you measured the feet with a protractor and saw the angle of their edges,
In the US, I think the shrinkage of skating from TV began in 2004. This was the last year ABC televised Worlds in prime time, before it went to ESPN and all that. Coverage of most of the skating season was then on ESPN, with the exception of the pro-am Campbells/Marshalls events (remember those?), Skate America, and Nationals. Then, in 2007, ABC dropped US Nationals, leaving NBC to pick it up and killing the pro-ams in the process (they've since been replaced by Japanese ones). Then the following year, ESPN dropped the Grand Prix series, meaning that the only skating on TV here was Skate America & Nationals. Ice Network came about to pick up the slack, thankfully. During the 2009-10 Olympic season, NBC began airing most of the GP events including the final, and have continued to do so since. This year was the first network coverage of a foreign worlds, I think, since ABC in 2008.
So...I wouldn't say skating has totally disappeared from US TV. But, perhaps it's not being promoted well enough since there are so many complaints about it not being on.
On this topic, Disson Skating is reducing the number of skating specials on NBC down to 5 for next season (typically there are 9-10 events).
And what 5 events can keep any skater in enough money to excel? Pitiful!
I personally don't think that COP has anything to do with the popularity of the sport with the general public in Canada. Most members of the general public don't even know there is a new judging system. It's just skating to them. It's the fans that get themselves twisted in knots about it, generally either pining for the good old days with it's freedom, angst, and high drama, or touting the higher level of technical development and more transparent judging standards. I think the issue with the sport's popularity is really a combination of reasons, and I'm sure this is not a comprehensive list:
- many people don't understand the sport, and therefore don't consider it a sport. It's entertaining like a dance show, but it isn't a real sport. They have no clue what great athletes skaters really are.
- the SLC scandal confirmed for many the suspicion that competitions are about beauty contests, corruption, reputation, and are predetermined. With the beliefs confirmed, it really isn't a sport, and therefore many stopped paying attention altogether. They have no clue that there is a new judging system to remove most of the concerns. But if one reads these boards too much, and listens to some of the comments from long-time coaches and fans, one might get the impression that there is still much work to do to remove judging bias, reputation judging, and politicking. This sport will not survive another judging scandal, and any tweaks to the system must improve transparency, integrity, etc in the SPORT of skating.
- participation is down in general because skating is expensive, there are many other choices now, and why spend a lot of money on what is essentially a glorified beauty contest that can create other problems in some kids (ie. poor body image, eating disorders, etc.). For girls, hockey is very popular and it can be more fun because it provides a team environment instead of being an individual pursuit. For boys, the stereotypes that exist make it very hard for some dads to allow their boys to figure skate and ice dance, and boys who do often put up with a lot of abuse from their peers, sometimes just mental and emotional, but sometimes physical too. Role models like Scott Moir, Kurt Browning, Andrew Poje, Patrice Lauzon, Aaron Lowe and some of our really cool and fun pairs guys are all doing wonders to improve the situation. But let's not kid ourselves that boys in the sport are very few, and they often have to put up with a lot. I'm sad that Battle of the Blades was cut. It was doing great things to build bridges between hockey and figuring skating, and breaking down some wrong-headed attitudes. With participation down, fewer are paying attention, and the audiences are smaller.
- As others have noted, there is a lot more content for TV to compete with skating, and many sports really. I remember watching world cup skiing on Saturday afternoons before dinner when I was a teenager. It's pretty hard to find these days. Now, our friends in curling seem to be able to score hours and hours of coverage with TSN, but Canadian championships in skating can't even be properly televised once per year, and they mess with the integrity of the whole event with the crazy schedule. But perhaps that's also Skate Canada's responsibility. Combine general cynicism with lower participation rates and limited coverage on TV and in newspapers, the audience is shrinking.
- Stars on Ice and shows get some strong fan support, but with all of the above, and people running very busy lives, the audience is shrinking. When competitions are run in small population base areas, it can help promote the sport in the local area (the folks in Moncton were very helpful and nice) but this does not fill arenas or diminish the idea that the sport is declining in popularity as evidenced by empty seats. Add to this the fact prices to events are expensive in harder economic times, and less people will part with their dollars. Now, I am certain that London Worlds next year will be packed for at least pairs, dance and men's. But that has a lot to do with how close London is to the main training centers of many of the competitors, at least in dance and pairs, and the home clubs of many Canadian skaters. London is hometown for Tessa and Scott. The house will be packed. These kids, along with other local skating talent like Andrew and Kaitlyn, get very good coverage in the local media.
- I don't know about USFSA, but I do think Skate Canada needs a lot of help to build a brand and an image, which will help with sponsorship. Over the last couple of years, we have lost major sponsors, TV coverage is low, and membership is down. Yet we have some fabulous athletes who are at or near the top of the world. It should be a gold mine for them. We need some business experts at the top to complement our skating experts in order to completely overhaul the marketing, to secure sponsors, and to lobby government with other sports to update and improve the funding model so more kids can afford to stay in the sport. And a good marketing and education campaign can raise the profile of the sport, educate the public on the improvements that have been made to improve the integrity of the sport, and sponsorship can reduce the costs of big events so that there are more people in the seats. With better promotion of the current athletes, and not just at the top, more kids might be interested in staying in skating instead of finding other sports instead.
Well, I think you can acknowledge the difficulty and athleticism in many of the moves skaters do, and yet still not consider FS a sport altogether...- many people don't understand the sport, and therefore don't consider it a sport. It's entertaining like a dance show, but it isn't a real sport. They have no clue what great athletes skaters really are.
USFS is in the same boat, believe me. But it's interesting to hear the same thing is happening in Canada (reduced interest, etc.). I'd have thought Canadians would be all over it with the stars they have in Patrick Chan, Virtue/Moir & Joannie Rochette. At least USFS can say they don't have a female star, but even if we did get one it's not going to be the ultimate fix to our skating woes.I don't know about USFSA, but I do think Skate Canada needs a lot of help to build a brand and an image, which will help with sponsorship. Over the last couple of years, we have lost major sponsors, TV coverage is low, and membership is down. Yet we have some fabulous athletes who are at or near the top of the world. It should be a gold mine for them.


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DANA POINT – In time, No. 21 Dana Hills will proudly hang the school's first Sea View League Champions banner from the rafters of its gymnasium.
But that banner – one that has been 38 years in the making – might be the only one the Dolphins get a chance to raise before next season.
Despite defeating visiting San Juan Hills, 28-14, on Friday night to claim a share of the Sea View League title (along with Laguna Hills and Capistrano Valley), Dana Hills, by virtue of a series of coin flips, finished as the league's No. 3 representative.
Since the five-team Sea View League allots just two guaranteed playoffs spots, the Dolphins (4-6, 3-1) will have to be chosen as one of the two at-large teams in the Southwest Division to continue their season.
"It's a great accomplishment for the players, especially the senior class," Dana Hills coach Todd Rusinkovich said of the school's first league title. "This championship will be their lasting legacy as we continue to develop a Dolphins dynasty."
Halfback Marcus Hughes, who missed much of the second half of the season because of an injury, finished with 105 yards on 16 carries.
"Marcus Hughes came back from his injury with a big neckbrace on, looking like a beast out there, and he ran like it," Rusinkovich said. "He allowed us to control the football and grind down the clock in the fourth quarter.
"He's a senior leader, a senior captain, and played a heck of a game. It was outstanding to watch."
After falling behind by a score early, Dana Hills turned an interception by Matthew Slade into seven points on Hughes' 5-yard TD run.
On the Dolphins' subsequent possession, Logan Warren hauled in a 21-yard TD pass to give the hosts a second-quarter lead they wouldn't relinquish.
"Our kids played outstanding," Rusinkovich said. "They came out a little too fired up, jumping offsides a couple times on the first drive, but after that, our defense was great and our offense got rolling after the first quarter."
Dana Hills' defense held the Stallions (7-3, 1-3) to minus-13 yards rushing, a number that includes five sacks and a number of rushes for negative yardage.
San Juan Hills backup quarterback Jack Gillen threw for 99 yards and completed a 70-yard TD pass to Scott Hoover.
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As the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index (SPY) hits an all-time high, traders are scouring ever more obscure places in search of bets against the market.
Witness the especially high demand to borrow — that is, to short — the complex exchange-traded note known as XIV. This one, whose full name is the VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX Short-Term ETN (XIV), tends to benefit from lower market volatility. But it plunges when things get rough. Shorting it, then, is something of a proxy for worrying about the market.
The orange line in this Markit chart is the demand to borrow shares — which is at the highest in at least a year. The blue line is the price of XIV, which is up by roughly 40% during 2013.
The worry that less experienced traders are piling into bets like XIV — on the long side — has been voiced recently by old hands like Christopher Cole at Artemis Capital Management, who last month said the following to the FT's Izabella Kaminska. In particular, note his use of the term "vol tourists." "Vol" is short for volatility. These are folks who could get crushed if the last several months' trend of levitating stocks and falling volatility turns around:
In a yield hungry world you have a lot of people turning to the easy trade of shorting front month volatility in a believe that the Fed will always have their back. A lot of these players don't truly understand the asset class but nonetheless are overconfident based on the recent performance and simplicity of directional short bets in vol using simplistic VIX ETNs.
A powerful convexity is being built into short term volatility futures due to excessive programmatic shorting, levered ETNs, and these 'vol tourists'…
If 2013 begins to look anything like 2007, 2010, or 2011 given the recent expectations of the VIX futures markets these 'vol tourists' are in for a nasty surprise.
Like what you see in this chart. The big slump happens in the summer of 2011, as Europe's debt crisis (and D.C.'s debt dumbfoundedness) heated up. XIV's price fell from the high teens to single digits.
Lately you see more money piling into high-risk, potentially high-return bets against all this, like the shorting that's going on in XIV.
Meanwhile, traders have plowed about $18 million the last week into the leveraged and volatility-bullish VelocityShares Daily 2x VIX Short-Term ETN (TVIX), plus another $83 million into ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF (UVXY), XTF data show.
The pair's year-to-date inflows are just south of $600 million, even as they're down more than 60% on the year. For two investments that fall in value so rapidly, this money constitutes some pretty significant anticipation that stocks will encounter trouble.
The unleveraged version of this pair, Barclays iPath S&P 500 Short-term VIX Futures ETN (VXX), has scooped up another $600 million on its own.


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President Obama announced Thursday that he is sending 300 military advisers to Iraq to help train Iraqi security forces. Sec. of State John Kerry will also be traveling to Iraq. VPC
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"American forces will not be returning to combat in Iraq," Obama pledged Thursday.
The troops going to Iraq will be small teams of Special Forces advisers that will provide assistance to Iraqi security forces and provide the Pentagon with eyes and ears on the ground. Obama said he would commit no more than 300 people.
The advisers will avoid "offensive operations" and will be positioned at the brigade level and above, according to a senior Defense official speaking on condition of anonymity because the official was not allowed to talk publicly about details of the mission. The advisers will not be on patrol with squads or platoons.
But the battles in Iraq have no distinct front lines, making it difficult to avoid combat. During the Iraq War, rockets and mortars often targeted headquarters, and militants place improvised explosives on the roads, making movement risky.
"In the sort of war we've seen waged in Iraq ... it is very difficult to draw those fine distinctions," said Peter Mansoor, a retired Army officer and author of Surge: My Journey with General David Petraeus and the Remaking of the Iraq War. He served as a brigade commander in Iraq.
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Like I said before, think he stored the other members for a while, for an important reason. Think that will come into play now.
Don't think we'll be seeing the last of him yet. I see a possible couple times where they think they killed or stopped him, and him coming back.
I mean he is the master of deceptions.
But it was great to see how huge Tsuna's attack has gotten. He really seemed to take out most of the island, and if he was further back, he could have taken out more.
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Seems like the quality of Reborn has gone down in recent weeks, though it would be a nice twist if Daemon escaped from Mukuro's body and it was subsequently destroyed.
It'll probably be Vongola + Shimon family vs. Daemon for one last clash.


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The Harrisburg High School boys' golf team took down Du Quoin 157-208 Tuesday afternoon at Shawnee Hills Country Club.
Alexander Tison birdied the first three holes en route to a two-under par 34 to take medalist honors.
Harrisburg head coach Mike Tison elected to sit Ben Fowler, Ryan Williams and Patrick Bittle in an effort to get his junior varsity players some experience.
"Du Quoin is struggling this year and I hated having Ben, Ryan and Patrick sit out but I wanted our better JV players to play and they did very well," Tison said. "In basketball, the coach can sit the starters after the first half, but we can't do that. it's all or nothing."
Garrett Jenkins carded a 40 for the Bulldogs, while Dillion Street shot a 41. Bryce Beal finished with a 42 and Jacob Mills shot a 48, while Marcus Taylor finished with a 49.
The Harrisburg girls golf team lost to Marion 185-196, where Alexa Burtis took medalist honors by firing a 42 at Shawnee Hills Country Club.
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The fate of channel 26 was addressed in the Emery County Commission meeting. Commissioner Gary Kofford said the county needs $120,000 to upgrade channel 26 to digital plus the operating costs of the channel. He said the county isn't getting what it needs out of the channel and it isn't a money making proposition. When it was first launched, the schools were supposed to film ball games and put them on the channel and the junior prom and other activities, but this hasn't been done for a long time. There were also commercial advertising spots on the channel. Commissioner Kofford said there have been around 30 calls from county residents to keep the channel. Now that television is going all digital the cost to upgrade channel 26 is hard to justify said Commissioner Kofford so the channel won't be coming back. There has been a contract between the county and Susan Dorsch who has operated the channel for the county for the past 11 years. The commission voted to terminate this contract of $1,100 per month and pay Dorsch through the month of February for her services.
Commissioner Jeff Horrocks also mentioned Emery Telcom is coming out with a local content TV channel which they said will be available for community announcements. He also suggested getting a plaque to honor Dorsch for her years of service to the county. Commissioner Laurie Pitchforth said it isn't feasible to continue channel 26 and there weren't that many calls in support of the channel and the money involved can best be used somewhere else.
Bill Bates the Division Director for the Division of Wildlife Resources, southeastern region was on hand to deliver the PILT money to the county. The check was for $2,751.30 and helps to reimburse the county for DWR lands within Emery County that cannot be taxed.
The commission reappointed Mack Huntington and Bill Dellos to the planning commission. The Emery County Public Lands Council has four two year positions open. The commission appointed Chuck Semborski, Gary Petty, Randall Stilson and Mike Olsen to the lands council. Mistie Christiansen and Monroe Magnuson also applied for the positions.
There is one vacancy on the Emery Water Conservancy District board which is Morris Sorensen's spot and that position will be advertised. The Castle Valley Special Service District has two openings the seats of Neal Peacock and Tom Humphrey and the Emery County Special Service District #1 has two openings, Merrill Swasey and Richard Jensen. People interested in these positions can obtain an application from the clerk's office.
Commissioner Kofford reported the old sheriff's office building has been demolished and they did agree to pay back the $1,500 which was paid for the building but a component of the stand-by power had been removed from the site so only $750 will be returned to the purchaser from the auction.
A concerned citizen wondered about the bond that was supposed to be placed on the building. Commissioner Kofford said the building was sold the morning of the auction, but the county originally wasn't going to sell the building. The underlying thought behind the purchase of the building was the purchaser could salvage the building and put offices there. Castle Dale owns the property the old sheriff's office was on. State statute states you can't just sell county property. It must be declared surplus property and the proper steps must be taken. But, the building was sold with the stipulations including the bond and verbal commitments. They were supposed to bring a plan for the demolition of the building, but that never came so the county took the steps to take back the building and see it was demolished.
The commission approved a culvert along the South Moore Road. The commission approved to advertise in the Energy Edition, which comes out in March and is published by the Emery County Progress and the Sun Advocate.
The commission approved the equitable sharing agreement with the sheriff's office and the federal government for the sharing of any seized assets.
The commission discussed two items regarding the new Aquatics Center. Shannon Hiatt, pool director, said there have been a number of people with young families who asked if they could have some kind of payment plan for a yearly pool pass. If they could make three payments on a yearly pass it would help them out as they can't afford to pay it all at once. If the payments quit coming in then the pass would be pulled. Commissioner Kofford said they would have to look at the tracking of such a system and the administrative duties involved. Hiatt said it could be tracked on the computer.
The next item considered was whether there should be any pass exceptions allowed such as for people in wheel chairs, etc. Hiatt said these are some of the questions they are asked at the pool for which they don't have answers. Commissioner Kofford sees the best solution is to form a policy advisory committee including Hiatt, Brenda Dugmore, county clerk, Mary Huntington, personnel director, David Blackwell, county attorney and himself to form policy for the pool. The discussion was tabled and will be brought back to the commission for decisions when the committee forms a pool policy.
Commissioner Horrocks reported he had attended the Utah Association of Government meetings and they are concerned about budget cuts. In the judicial system there will be a 7.5 percent cut which could result in employees there being required to take a 26 day furlough without pay. Thirty positions have been lost in the Utah Highway Patrol and they are looking at doing away with their two air service helicopters. Commissioner Horrocks said Emery County is still in good shape financially unless anything should happen to PILT or mineral lease money. UAC will meet every Thursday during the legislative session and he will be there for those meetings. He said the elected officials have a legislative day on Jan. 30 to meet with local legislators.
Commissioner Pitchforth said she has had a busy three weeks. She met with the recreation department board. Clinton Olsen gave a demonstration of how people can register for the sports online. The board will decide if they want to go this route in the future. They had a basketball tourney where 21 teams and 200 players participated. The recreation department is having a fly tying class and held a racquetball tournament. The Buckhorn Archers use the recreation building every Wednesday for their shoots. A dodgeball tournament will be held on March 21. The Desertview Pro Rodeo is on July 30, 31 and Aug. 1. The Emery County Fair will be Aug. 5-8 with a free concert.
Commissioner Pitchforth met with the library board and the aging board. She said she wanted to express how much the commission appreciates the local citizen volunteers involved on the many boards in the county. She will be attending newly elected county officials training and legislative day in Salt Lake.
Commissioner Kofford said they received a letter from the Department of Environmental Quality and they have approved the landfill plan for covering the first cell. The cover will be loose mancos shale in a layer of three feet not compacted. The county will be required to do soil checks and a topographical overview for slopes. He complimented Morris Sorensen and the landfill employees for how well taken care of the landfill is. The county receives many compliments from the state all the time on the landfill.
On the Moore Road, Nielson Construction gave a proposal to go with a different grade of asphalt. Most state jobs only allow the Superpave product, but it didn't look like the Superpave would be available so the Moore Road could be asphalted this year. The proposal has been submitted to UDOT and it must be approved by them before a different grade of asphalt would be allowed. Commissioner Kofford said they are meeting with UDOT in Richfield to go over the Moore to SR-10 portion of the project which includes a mile and a half, this portion of the project could go out for bid in March. That would be a $4 million project when bid and completed. The completion for that project is November 2009.
Later this year the money will come from UDOT for the portion of the Goblin Valley Road that still needs surfacing. This is a $2 million project from the State Park Access Fund.


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When our DT bloggers took the Brooklyn streets in Buffalo David Bitton Jeans recently, they found two things: the bi-polar weather requires a cardigan back-up plan, and wearing Buffalo shorts makes it way easier to catch a cab. Editorial intern Ashlee rocked a pair of cuffed, dark-wash semi-bleached out Jackson short with an ethnic-print red knit tank and turquoise bead-rope necklace.
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Officers say at about noon, an anonymous caller, called 9-11 saying, there was a bomb at the high school.
The high school was evacuated and students were moved to a nearby middle school and church.
Police say the investigation is closed, and after a sweep of the school they did not find any explosives.


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The official marketing text of Da-Lite Fast-Fold 213x320 Da-Tex 3:2 as supplied by the manufacturerProjecta supplies an extensive series of portable projection screens that are extremely easy to set up. Projectors are becoming more and more manageable and lighter. Combining a projector with these features with a portable projection screen makes it possible to project at any desired location. Examples of this would be applications within the rental industry, during events, in the audiovisual sector, at conference centres and in education.
Portable, easily set up tensioned screen (to 427 cm wide) for use at any desired location.
Adjustable height starting from 5 cm in increments of 15 cm.
- Supplied in robust plastic transport case on wheels.
- Frame height is adjustable to desired viewing height.
- Lightweight, folding frame is easily set up without tools.
- Matte White D: vinyl film; gain 1.0, viewing angle 50º L/R, weight approx. 374 gr/m² and thickness approx. 0.25 mm. Seamless until 4.8 m wide.
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- Da-Tex rear projection screen fabric: translucent, grey vinyl; gain 1.8, viewing angle 30º L/R, weight approx. 490 gr/m² and thickness approx. 0.26 mm. Seamless until 4.8 m wide.
- Aluminium, anodised tubular frame (32x32mm) with handy hinges and corner locking forms light, but sturdy construction for frame and legs.
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Cozelle® 2" Gel Infused Memory Foam Mattress Topper
The most comfortable sleeping solution, this Cozelle® mattress topper instantly transforms your bed. Filled with lofty memory foam, this topper creates a soft and supportive resting place. Featuring a machine washable shell, this mattress topper is a must-have for complete comfort.
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Materials: Dipping fork
Press the tines of the dipping fork gently into the chocolate coated top of the praline as soon as the chocolate layer starts to slightly set. Do not wait too long! The chocolate still needs to be fluid to achieve satisfying results.
Promptly lift the fork straight up. Don't pull or scrape with the fork over the surface of the chocolate.
Materials: Gold leaf printing device (24K)
You can apply this finishing as soon as the chocolate coating has started to set. It must not be fully hardened because then the gold would not be properly secured to the chocolate and the slightest movement could detach it. Press the knob on the gold leaf printing device to push out some of the gold leaf strip.
Press it lightly against the top of the praline.
This leaves a small speck of gold leaf behind - a very elegant touch.
Materials: Plastic foil with a silkscreen print in chocolate or sugar
When the pralines are just dipped and the chocolate is still
Press one piece of silkscreened foil (with the printed side down) gently onto the top of the praline. Be gentle: don't shove!
With the back of the dipping fork tap softly on the top of the foil.
Only remove the foil when the chocolate coating has completely hardened. Otherwise you can damage the chocolate shell. The foil gives the chocolate coating an outstanding sheen and the print gives it a unique character.
Materials: Slivers of plastic foil with a fine to medium relief motif.
When the pralines have just been dipped and the chocolate is
still slightly fluid:
Press one piece of the relief foil gently against the top of the chocolate. Be careful: don't shove!
Next, slide a stainless steel ruler gently all around the foil so that it makes full contact with the chocolate surface.
Remove the foil only when the chocolate has hardened completely! Otherwise you may pull off the chocolate shell. The relief motif from the foil should now sit on the gleaming surface of the praline.
* Paper piping bags (Callebaut CORNET-Z)
* Tempered milk chocolate, dark chocolate or white chocolate of your choice
When the chocolate round the pralines has completely set:
Fold and fill each piping horn with a different tempered chocolate. Choose a contrasting colour for these decorations.
Pipe lines, a leaf motif, your initials…. onto the top of the praline and allow to set. For fine details, such as lines, circles…. pipe in brisk movements from a few centimetres above the pralines. For thicker or coarser details: hold the piping cone (nearly) against the praline surface and make slower movements.
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The basic types with standard viscosity () are perfect for these finishings. They have the ideal viscosity for producing fine to medium details. For coarser detail work, it is better to use a less fluid chocolate type, containing 2 to 6% less cocoa butter than the basic viscosity type. Because of their lower cocoa butter content these are less fluid and can pipe a slightly thicker strand. You can identify these by the letter B to F before the basic code ().
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If you want detailed piping with white chocolate, you should choose a less fluid type. The standard viscosities, due to their composition, are a little too fluid for producing careful detail work. The ideal the types with 2% to 6% less cocoa butter. You can identify these by the letters B to F before the basic code ().


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Computers & Business Machines
Imagine the loss, 100 years from now, if museums hadn't begun preserving the artifacts of the computer age. The last few decades offer proof positive of why museums must collect continuously—to document technological and social transformations already underway.
The Museum's collections contain mainframes, minicomputers, microcomputers, and handheld devices. A Cray2 supercomputer is part of the collections, along with one of the towers of IBM's Deep Blue, the computer that defeated reigning champion Garry Kasparov in a chess match in 1997. Other artifacts range from personal computers to ENIAC, the Altair, and the Osborne 1. Computer components and peripherals, games, software, manuals, and other documents are part of the collections. Some of the instruments of business include adding machines, calculators, typewriters, dictating machines, fax machines, cash registers, and photocopiers
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Remington Rand Univac Minimum Latency Calculator Slide Rule
- Description
- This circular device was an aid to programming the UNIVAC solid state computer. It consists of a paper disc, with equal divisions running from 1 to 200 near the edge, and a clear plastic rotating disc. These are pivoted together at the center. The upper disc is marked in red with two perpendicular diameters. The lower disc is marked: MINIMUM LATENCY CALCULATOR FOR THE UNIVAC SOLID-STATE COMPUTER. The UNIVAC had a magnetic storage drum on which locations were specified numerically. The latency calculator allowed programmers to write code for the machine to make the most efficient possible use of the drum memory.
- The back of the instrument gives a list of instruction codes and corresponding execution times for words. It is marked: Remington Rand Univac. It is also marked: U1767 Rev. 1 PRINTED (/) IN (/) U.S.A. The rule was received in a paper bag.
- Reference: Sperry Rand Corporation, Simple Transition to Electronic Processing, UNIVAC Solid-State 80, (1960), 18–26.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- after 1950
- maker
- Remington Rand Univac
- ID Number
- 2005.0271.01
- accession number
- 2005.0271
- catalog number
- 2005.0271.01
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
The Milometer slide rule computer
- Description (Brief)
- A WWI machine gun fire control computer, labelled the Milometer. This slide rule-like computer was used by forward observers to pinpoint the indirect fire of machine guns and small arms. Copyrighted by G. P. Wilhelm in 1917, it was manufactured and distributed by Edward C. McKay of Cleveland, Ohio. The sliding part and the top are cream celluloid; the bottom is clear yellow celluloid.
- Directions for the slide rule's use can be found in the book Machine Gun Fire Control by Captain Glenn P. Wilhelm, published in 1917 by Edward C. McKay.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1917
- ID Number
- 2006.0098.1569
- catalog number
- 2006.0098.1569
- accession number
- 2006.0098
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center


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Some of the most famous advertisements of all time have appeared during the Super Bowl. How much do you know about these pricey marketing ploys? Take this quiz to find out.
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Question 1 of 30
A 1992 Nike ad showed Michael Jordan playing hoops with what cartoon character?
Bugs Bunny
Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny played their informal game on Mars against Marvin the Martian.
Donald Duck
Question 2 of 30
The Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny commercial was so popular that it inspired what?
a movie
The 1996 movie "Space Jam" was a box-office success, but it received mixed reviews.
a TV show
a Looney Tunes reunion cartoon
Question 3 of 30
How much did an ad spot during the very first Super Bowl cost?
$37,500 was a good chunk of money in 1967.
Question 4 of 30
How much did companies pay for a 30-second ad during the Super Bowl in 2015?
$8 million
$4.5 million
Advertisers paid $4.5 million for an ad in 2015, but the commercials reach so many people that the price is actually worth it.
$3 million
Question 5 of 30
What year did Apple's famous Macintosh ad appear?
The commercial was eerily reminiscent of George Orwell's "1984" and only aired once.
Question 6 of 30
How many frogs appear in the memorable Budweiser lily pad ads?
Each of the three frogs sounds out one syllable of the beer's name.
Question 7 of 30
The Bud Bowl commercials showed beer bottles facing off on a gridiron. How many Bud Bowls were there?
Bud Light won two years; Budweiser won the other six.
Question 8 of 30
What was the first year that a Super Bowl ad cost more than $1 million?
Prices have skyrocketed since 1995.
Question 9 of 30
What's the most likely reason that SodaStream's commercials were rejected in 2013?
They mentioned competitors by name.
Attacking Coke and Pepsi by name would have infuriated the major advertisers.
They had partial nudity.
They had bloody violence.
Question 10 of 30
The most-shared ad from the 2015 Super Bowl featured a puppy and what else?
a Clydesdale horse
The two nuzzled each other in an effort to promote Budweiser beers.
a car
a pickup truck
Question 11 of 30
Apple's 1985 commercial compared average PC users to what?
The commercial is based on the misconception that lemmings commit mass suicide. The clip was dark, gritty and not very popular.
Question 12 of 30
What percentage of the U.S. population watches the Super Bowl?
30 percent
Nearly a third of the country watches it.
60 percent
80 percent
Question 13 of 30
Which year was the Super Bowl first saturated with ads from online companies?
The dot-com bubble burst shortly afterward, and all of that advertising money went to waste.
Question 14 of 30
What was the first big-budget movie to start its marketing during the Super Bowl?
"The Rock"
"Independence Day"
The gamble paid off, and the movie was the highest grossing of 1996.
Question 15 of 30
The NFL does not allow companies to advertise which product during the game?
electric vehicles
In addition to fireworks, companies can't advertise distilled spirits or tobacco.
products containing trans fats
Question 16 of 30
A McDonald's ad from 1993 featured which two basketball players topping each other's incredible shots?
Michael Jordan and Larry Bird
Michael Jordan and Larry Bird even shoot from the tops of tall buildings.
Larry Bird and Magic Johnson
Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan
Question 17 of 30
About how much time is dedicated to commercials during the Super Bowl?
35 minutes
40 minutes
50 minutes
Nearly an hour of the broadcast is filled with ads.
Question 18 of 30
Which car company reimagined "The Matrix" in a 2014 commercial?
At $8 million, the Kia spot was incredibly expensive.
Question 19 of 30
One of the first and most notable ads showed a bullet hitting what product?
a padlock
It was a Master Lock on a red-and-white bull's-eye.
a car window
a Coke glass
Question 20 of 30
How long was the most expensive Super Bowl clip in history?
45 seconds
90 seconds
two minutes
The two-minute ad featured Eminem driving around Detroit in a Chrysler. It cost $12.4 million.
Question 21 of 30
What is the first small business to have a commercial air during the Super Bowl?
A commercial for toy company GoldieBlox ran during the 2014 Super Bowl. The company had about 15 employees at the time.
Barley Labs
Locally Laid Egg Company
Question 22 of 30
Which ultra-famous supermodel sexily drank from a Pepsi can in a 1992 spot?
Helena Christensen
Heidi Klum
Cindy Crawford
The ad featuring Cindy Crawford introduced the Pepsi can's new look.
Question 23 of 30
What company created the most-shared Super Bowl ad of all time?
In 2011 Volkswagen made the controversial decision to release its commercial, "The Force," online days before the Super Bowl. The risk paid off — the commercial has been shared about 5.3 million times.
Paramount Pictures
Question 24 of 30
Which product invited consumers to shoot their own commercials in hopes of airing the ads during the game?
The concept scored Doritos some of the highest marks for ads in 2006.
Question 25 of 30
Burger King promised a cash prize to anyone who could spot a commercial character named what?
Mick the Geek
Herb the Nerd
The plan flopped because no one knew what Herb looked like.
Mork the Dork
Question 26 of 30
Which company used IndyCar driver Danica Patrick for many of its ads?
GoDaddy famously directed viewers to its website to see "uncensored" versions.
Question 27 of 30
Which famous world leader appeared in a Pizza Hut commercial in 1997?
Mikhail Gorbachev
Gorbachev was in the ad, which was filmed in Moscow.
Bill Clinton
George H.W. Bush
Question 28 of 30
In 1992 a McDonald's clip about youth football inspired which director to produce a movie?
Steven Spielberg
Spielberg hired James Ferguson to write the screenplay for the flick "Little Giants."
George Lucas
Martin Scorsese
Question 29 of 30
In 2004 Bob Dylan (and his song) appeared in an ad for which company?
Victoria's Secret
In the Victoria's Secret clip, Dylan strolls around while a woman prances in angel's wings.
Question 30 of 30
On average, the price of Super Bowl ads has increased by what percentage every year?
6 percent
8 percent
10 percent
It has increased by 10 percent every year. The value of these ad spots is critical, so companies are willing to pay the price.


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By Bill and Karen DellosOrangeville
On Nov. 2, the people of Emery County used their right to vote and sent a clear, loud voice that they wanted changes as citizens of Emery County. These people were registered as Democrats, Independents, Republicans, and unaffiliated.
Candidates run for a position every four years and every four years the candidates take a chance and hope to be re-elected. Some people are re-elected for one, two or several terms. Elected positions are not given as a permanent position for a person to keep as long as he would like. Sooner or later the people will want a change. Changes are part of our life, like it or not. The people of Emery County listened to all of the candidates and used their right and privilege to vote and move on and should not be criticized. Those who did not vote do not have the right to complain.
LaMar Guymon will be retiring after 36 years of dedicated work. We can appreciate the good things he has done. His retirement will be generous after serving for 36 years. There are not many people that are re-elected that many times and receive a decent retirement.
I would like to thank Gary Kofford for the work and time he has given to better Emery County in his eight years of service.
When Jan. 3, 2011 rolls around Emery County will have new leaders. These men will bring changes. They have the determination and ability to continue making Emery County the best place to live. We, as citizens of Emery County, need to continue to support all of our elected officials and help them accomplish the great future that lies ahead for Emery County. These individuals have our full support.


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Though critics might say that the South by Southwest festival in Austin has moved away from its indie/maker roots, there were still plenty of edgy technologies to see. NASA wowed SXSWers with its full size reproduction of the James Webb Space Telescope (pictured above), which became the site of the world's largest astronomy lesson -- a new Guinness World Record. You can look it up.
Among the music, film and games, three big tech trends emerged from the 5-day SXSW Interactive conference: 3D printing, big data and gesture control. Below is a sampling of the buzz surrounding these technologies.
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