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The Rangers waited nearly a month into the 2013-14 season to play their first game at Madison Square Garden, but the wait did not prove to be fruitful as the Blueshirts were shut out by the Montreal Canadiens 2-0 in their home opener Monday night. The loss marked the third time in ten games already this season that the Rangers have ben shutout.
Henrik Lundqvist returned to action, making his first start in nine days after sitting out last week with an undisclosed injury, and was very sharp between the pipes for the Rangers. Lundqvist stopped 25 of 27 shots, looking right on top of his game despite his recent absence.
However Montreal's Peter Budaj---starting instead of No. 1 netminder Carey Price---was even better on Monday night. Budaj stopped all 27 shots he faced to earn his 11th career shutout. He has allowed only one goal in two starts so far this season.
While the Rangers did not force Budaj into making many difficult saves, the 31 year old goaltender did stone J.T. Miller on the doorstep nine minutes into the third period to help preserve Montreal's slim 1-0 advantage. With four minutes remaining in regulation Budaj did it again, this time denying a wide-open Mats Zuccarello after a slick passing sequence by the home team.
Shortly thereafter the Canadiens scored the backbreaking second goal as Alex Galchenyuk beat his man down the ice to convert a pretty feed from teammate Lars Eller with 2:51 left to play.
Despite largely shutting down the Canadiens offense and holding a 21-18 shots advantage, the Rangers found themselves trailing 1-0 at the second intermission. Tomas Plekanec finished a neat passing play through the neutral and offensive zones, breaking in behind the Rangers defense to beat Lundqvist on the backhand for a power play goal at 16:34 of the second.
Plekanec's team-high sixth goal of the season came on Montreal's fourth power play of the night, a questionable roughing call against New York's Brian Boyle at 15:56. The Rangers had done an excellent job on Montreal's first three power plays of the game, denying the league's sixth ranked power play to generate prime scoring chances against Lundqvist for the most part. However a quick burst of passes from Brian Gionta to Michael Bournival to Plekanec speeding up left wing burned the Rangers and landed them in the 1-0 hole.
The somewhat dubious roughing call on Boyle was just one call against the home team that raised the ire of the sold-out crowd. With the Rangers on the power play early in the third period Chris Kreider was called for an interference penalty when a pair of Canadiens seemingly ran into one another and fell down in front of Kreider allowing Derick Brassard to skate in alone on Budaj until officials whistled the play dead and sent Kreider off the ice.
Both teams played solid defense, with most shots coming frm the perimeter and long distance in the opening 40 minutes. Kreider did have a golden opportunity to give the Rangers an early lead, but his point-blank putback at 1:45 of the first went off Budaj and then off iron. Four minutes later Montreal had a terrific chance to jump out in front when Lundqvist was caught out of his net, but an alert Michael Del Zotto dove across the crease to swat a loose puck away from his own goal.
Rookie Jesper Fast, making his Madison Square Garden debut, had two slam-dunk chances at scoring a his first NHL goal late in the second period, but Budaj was strong in his net, making two pad saves to keep Fast, and the Rangers, off the scoreboard. Fast also stood out earlier on the penalty kill blocking a rocket off the stick of Andrei Markov, and later helping clear the puck at the end of the Canadiens third power play of the night.
The Rangers killed off five of six Montreal power plays, but were 0-for-5 on their own power play. Boyle led the Rangers with four shots on goal, while Kreider delivered a team-high five hits and was credited with that lone shot in the first period.
With no time to dwell on Monday's defeat, the Rangers return to action Tuesday night when they skate against the Islanders at the Nassau Coliseum.


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Conveniently located off I-70, our pet-friendly hotel in Vandalia offers an ideal location near the Old State Capitol Building along with premium amenities to ensure you have a comfortable stay. Our hotel provides quick access to area attractions such as the Fayette County Museum, Lakes Carlyle & Vandalia & the Madonna of the Trail Monument. Our hotel offers premium business services, which include a 24-hour business center, free high-speed, wireless Internet access & a large meeting room with A/V equipment & catering options. While lodging at our smoke-free hotel enjoy the first-class facilities, which include a state-of-the-art fitness center, a heated indoor pool & a relaxing whirlpool spa. Every morning, help yourself to a cinnamon roll from our hotel's complimentary hot breakfast bar.
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Welcome to the Days Inn - Vandalia. A Chairman's Award winning hotel with Robbi's Restaurant and Lounge on premises, just off I-70 at Exit 63, and just minutes from Lincoln Historic Sites, the Oldest standing state capitol building, the Fayette County Museum, the National Road Interpretive Center, Archway Skydiving, Keck's Marsh, Buckstop Archery, Antique Shops, and restaurants. Minutes from Carlyle Lake, & Cahokia Mounds.
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A Comfortable and Affordable Lodging Experience The Guesthouse Inn & Suites Salem IL hotel offers the convenience of a Denny's Restaurant and Cocktail lounge on site. Our Salem Hotel offers a 24 hour front desk service, free local calls, parking, USA Today Newspaper, coffee, hot chocolate, tea, and complimentary popcorn. We are a pet friendly Salem Inn, pet fee apply.
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Nicknamed "Bird" by his Phi Kappa Psi brothers at Stanford University, Yardley was a real showman on the court. However he did not let his ornate style of play interfere with his scoring, as he would become the first NBA player to score 2,000 points in a season and the 1957 NBA Scoring Leader. Yardley was a two time All-American at Stanford. He played amateur basketball while serving in the Navy, leading his team to the 1951 championship. After being drafted by the Fort Wayne Pistons in 1953, he was named NBA All-Star from 1955 to 1960.
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The 'Safe Haven' stars sat down with USA TODAY and shared some interesting details about their guilty pleasures and pre-awards show routines.
This Nicholas Sparks adaptation, out Valentine's Day, blends romance with thriller elements.
BEVERLY HILLS -- It's a safe bet that to get Julianne Hough laughing, just hit her movie premiere incognito, in full costume.
In fact, when Duhamel showed up to last year's Rock of Ages L.A. premiere with his wife, Fergie, bare-chested, in a long black wig and holding a beer, "you didn't even recognize me," he teases Hough over lunch at the Four Seasons.
"By the way, that's like, who I am," says Hough. "I like doing stuff like that. I was like, oh, he's awesome. That's so great. How fun is this going to be?"
Shortly after, they flew to North Carolina to begin filming Safe Haven (out Valentine's Day), the newest Nicholas Sparks adaption, which stirs suspense for the first time (think Sleeping with the Enemy). Hough plays Katie, a woman on the run from a dangerous man in Boston. After booking a bus ticket south, she lands in Southport, N.C., a sleepy beach town where she meets Alex (Duhamel), a widower with two children who runs a small general store.
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"It didn't feel like we had to force anything," says Duhamel, who overcame his initial reservations about the role through the author's encouragement to muss up his character. "We talked a lot about what we wanted this movie to be. And we didn't want to fall into the traps of what people were going to expect from this movie."
Safe Haven "feels a little bit more adult, a little bit more mature," says Hough, compared to previous Sparks films, such as The Notebook, Dear John or A Walk to Remember. "This is not about first love. This is about second chances."
Director Lasse Hallstrom (Dear John, Cider House Rules) says Duhamel and Hough found common ground quickly on set. "I could certainly tell the first day of them working together they both had this easygoing nature in common," he says. "They were both playful and up for improvising. They were a good match in that respect."
Alex (Josh Duhamel) quizzes Katie (Julianne Hough) on why she came to Southport and how long she is staying.
How did their famous partners (Hough dates Ryan Seacrest) feel about the requisite love scenes? Both stars easily shrug it off. "(Fergie) knows that Julianne respects her relationship, just like I respect her and Ryan's relationship. And they both are secure enough to know that whatever happens is not real life," says Duhamel.
His Valentine's Day style is low-key, especially because the Hallmark-approved day comes just a month after his anniversary. "But I know that I can never go wrong with jewelry," he says. "Or a bag. But the longer we're together the more creative I try to get with it." As for those baby rumors, "every three months she's pregnant," in the press, he says. "It'll happen. We're on our own schedule with that."
Hough is looking for some creativity. "I'm so not about buying things recently," says Hough. (She similarly dismisses wedding hype. "I think about who I want to be with and what I want my life to be like more than like, the wedding day," she says. "I'm happy where we're at. I don't need a certificate.")
"On Valentine's Day," she continues, "I'd like to stay up all night and just like, talk."
"Oh, god," Duhamel teases, brown eyes wide. "Stay up and talk on Valentine's Day?
Hough laughs, indignant. "Or do it," she jokes. "But I mean, I don't care, like, about a trip or jewelry or anything."
Duhamel looks mischievous. "What if Ryan came out in – like you came home and there he was like laying on the bed in something sexy?"
Hough: "That would be awesome. Because it would be really funny. And we would laugh about it."
Duhamel: "I'm actually going to try that."
Hough: "Now you've made me feel self-conscious about my answer! I didn't mean, talk, like some boring girl!"
A waitress interrupts. "Dessert?"
Hough laughs. "I think we just had it."


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English champions Harlequins kick off their Heineken Cup campaign against two-time finalists Biarritz at the Stoop on Saturday.
English champions Harlequins kick off their Heineken Cup campaign against Biarritz at the Stoop on Saturday.
The 2011 Amlin Challenge Cup winners host the two-time Heineken Cup Finalists and reigning Challenge Cup champions arguably the most important clash in Pool 3.
Harlequins failed to reach the knock-out stages in last season's Heineken Cup despite beating four-time winners Toulouse away from home as they stumbled at the last hurdle against Connacht (with whom have have been drawn again) on the lsat day of the pool stages.
Harlequins have never faced Biarritz in the tournament but skipper Chris Robshaw is well aware of the importance to get off to a winning start.
"We want to push through to that quarter-final stage. It's all about winning your first couple of games. As soon as you let those slip away you're playing catch-up," he told the ERC website.
Biarritz made a flying start to the Top 14 season but have lost their last four games.
Bairritz have named former Crusaders and Leinster playmaker Mat Berquist at fly-half while ex-England full-back Iain Balshaw also starts.
French internationals Imanol Harinordoquy and Dimitri Yachvili are absent due to injury while Damien Traille is on the bench.
There are five changes to the Harlequins team that started against Exeter Chiefs last weekend.
Tom Williams has recovered from a hip injury and starts on the right wing, while Danny Care returns at scrum-half.
Among the forwards Joe Marler comes in at loose head, with Rob Buchanan making his first start of the season at hooker where he replaces Joe Gray, who is having treatment to an injury which will prevent him playing for a number of weeks. Gray's injury status will be updated following a specialist's opinion.
Maurie Fa'asavalu returns to the starting line-up with captain Chris Robshaw and Nick Easter completing the back row.
Among the replacements, Dave Ward will look to make his first senior appearance, while Ben Botica and Seb Stegmann provide cover for the backs.
The teams:
Harlequins:15 Mike Brown, 14 Tom Williams, 13 Matt Hopper, 12 Jordan Turner-Hall, 11 Ugo Monye, 10 Nick Evans, 9 Danny Care,8 Nick Easter, 7 Chris Robshaw, 6 Maurie Fa'asavalu, 5 George Robson, 4 Ollie Kohn, 3 James Johnston, 2 Rob Buchanan, 1 Joe Marler,
Replacements: 16 Dave Ward, 17 Mark Lambert, 18 Will Collier, 19 Charlie Matthews, 20 Tom Guest, 21 Karl Dickson, 22 Ben Botica, 23 Seb Stegmann,
Biarritz: 15 Iain Balshaw, 14 Taku Ngwenya, 13 Dane Haylett-Petty, 12 Seremaïa Burotu, 11 Aled Brew, 10 Mat Berquist, 9 Yann Lesgourgues, 8 Talalelei Gray, 7 Wenceslas Lauret, 6 Magnus Lund, 5 Thibault Dubarry, 4 Erik Lund, 3 Francisco Gomez Kodela, 2 Arnaud Heguy, 1 Fabien Barcella
Replacements:16 Benoit August, 17 Lodewicus Blaauw, 18 Thomas Synaeghel, 19 Pelu Taele, 20 Benoit Guyot, 21 Julien Peyrelongue, 22 Damien Traille, 23 Benoît Baby,
Date: Saturday, October 13
Kick-off: 18:00 BST
Venue: Twickenham Stoop
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Leo Colgan (Ireland), John Carvill (Ireland)
Television match official: Marshall Kilgore (Ireland)
Timekeeper: Bob Ockenden (England)
Assessor: Fergus Neil (Scotland)
Citing commissioner: Alberto Recaldini (Ireland)


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Don and Stephanie Gardner and Clinton Collard announce the marriage of their daughter Cally Collard to Wiley Pope, son of Rick Pope and Kathy Crisp. The couple was married on March 17. An open house will be held on July 12 from 6-8 p.m. at the home of Cally's grandparents, Duane and DeAnne Collard at 493 North 400 West in Huntington.
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This game is absolutely awful.
Unless you enjoy an FPS where people are stronger then you right off the bat and it takes a month to be at an equal footing.
It is just a generic fps.
i thought it was 3rd person shooter? Er however you describe a game that you aren't looking through the characters eyes.
Regardless, a lot of my friends were very excited about it. They all pre ordered it and played it for a few days. Basically none of them play it anymore at all. : /
I thought it was awesome at first, but then I realized you needed to grind for a solid day to actually have any customization choices. Thenit became a grindfest, but third person.
not on equal footing?
them im to assume you need to grind your way into getting certain weapons/classes/equipment?
TF2 did it well but i think its the only fps i know that does.
Not every shooter is going to be cookie cutter style with no progression. Be a little more open-minded maybe?
Okay, now I know you're trolling. It's an MMORPGTPS - it's a shooter, but it also has a level grind. Why don't you go play one of the hundreds of other non-progression shooters out there if you don't like Global Agenda? Lots of people do like it (i'm one of them)They shouldnt have an advantage at all.
Also it should take 0 days to get max level
Also the conquest is going to be a very interesting aspect if you are into that.
The RPG element is nearly extinct once you hit the required level.
So it is just a shooter.
So I have 3 days of the RPG part of the game and it turns into a shooter.
So I have to grind for 3 days to see if I fully enjoy the shooting part, which is the vast majority of the game.
Therefore, I can safely say that the game is barely an RPG because you say so yourself that it takes very little time to get to that level.
Therefore, I can safely say that if I want to play another class I have to do the same 3 day grind to see if I fully enjoy that class.
Therefore, I can safely say that it is NOT a balanced mix.
It repels the FPS players because they do not want to grind.
It repels the MMO players because the grind is too little.
It's the best type of grind: Killing other players.It repels the FPS players because they do not want to grind.
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Is Rihanna's dress like a walking glitter shield and that's it?ReplyCancel
Olsen twins remind me of creepy old cat ladies. The creepy old lady from the book about Pip, his benefactor the con man, too much allergy medicine can't think of the stupid name.ReplyCancel
I don't know what a Greta Gerwig is, but she looks like a stah!ReplyCancel
Great expectations. Mrs. Havishism?! Maybe I should stop while I'm a headReplyCancel
Yikes..until arriving at Munn…then Yikes, again.ReplyCancel
Surprise the Olsens channel Stevie Nicks!
RiRi nice see thru dress too bad we saw it all many times in the past.
Lupita has a nice African look there.
I was soon close on the name! Thanks ChopChopReplyCancel
Jennifer is working that Bitch face. Damn.
Blake is a little too Barbie Doll looking for me here. But she does indeed having an amazing bod and style.
Olsen Twins, Come on, change it up. I love black too! Just not deathly black.
Why does Emmy always look to be trying so damn hard?ReplyCancel
I really like Emmy Rossum's dress.ReplyCancel
Emmy definitely has a "try too hard" vibe.
Anna Wintour continues her slide into retirement by presenting Rhianna with an award. NSFW pics of the front and rear of the dress. (I like Anna's dress, though.)ReplyCancel
Lovely dress on Emmy, but in a bad color for her.
Blake looks like she smells something awful in the air.
Zac looks like he is wearing heels.ReplyCancel
If CamColty says Rhi is perfect she is perfect. I choose to agree!ReplyCancel
I disagree about Rihanna. I say utterly imperfect. Tacky and the farthest thing from who should have received a Fashion Icon Award.ReplyCancel
Who else is there to give the award? No matter who got it, folks would piss themselves in faux protest.
Besides, give credit where it's due. Rih-Rih has the body to pull it off and actually looked good. It wasn't shocking, really. She tends to walk around nude most of the time, anyway. This is no big deal.ReplyCancel
The Olsen Twins… This is what I imagine when The Ghost of Christmas Present opens his robe.ReplyCancel
Ever since Enty RTed the Emmy Rossum "looks like her head was put on backwards" tweet, I can't unsee that.ReplyCancel
I think RhiRhi looked good and if I could wear something like that I would. It just showed her nipples and her butt cheeks but otherwise she looked amazing. Maybe people just don't like her but you can't say she didn't wear it well.
The Olsen twins now..They looked like the offspring of the Crypt Keeper.
Solange looked good too.
I guess I just loves me a sparkly dress dammit!ReplyCancel
I love Rihanna's look. Free the boobs! If I could pull off a look like that I sure as hell would. You gotta do that shit while you're young so you don't end up doing it when you're old like Madonna.ReplyCancel
Blake, no to pink lip and pink accessories with a gold look, ever. Gold can accent a pink look, but red or blue should have been your choice lively lovely.
Sigh to Riri. At least she wore a nude thong, So déclassé (thx for a great word Ramona Singer)ReplyCancel
I now know what Rhianna's nipples look like, thanks to that "dress". I never really wanted to find out what they looked like. The "dress" is fug to begin with. If you wanna show your boobs, at least pick a decent outfit to do so in. You can buy a dress like that at the local sex shop. She makes bold fashion choices, but this is just tacky.
I agree with disco, the Olsens are assholes.ReplyCancel
Interesting trivia – Olivia Wilde wearing a dress previously owned by Anjelica Huston. She originaly wore it in Cannes 1974 (and her date was Jack Nicholson back then). Looked good then. Looks good 40 years later. Now that is a timeless dress.ReplyCancel
Blake has the perfect body, agree. Also agree The Olsens are assholes.ReplyCancel
Mimi is so jealous of a walking glitter shield. Look for hers or jho's next week.ReplyCancel
That wasn't Munn just another random Olivia. So hard to keep them straightReplyCancel
Blake doesn't do it for me. She is way to skinny and to fake looking sometimes.
Luv Lupita's outfit!
Solage and Olivia look great. And Rhi is on fire as usual.
I think Rihanna's dress would have looked better with a slip under it, but that girl has game – her body is amazing – and her face last night was perfection.
Mimi – what in the sam hill?ReplyCancel
I think Olivia's dress (despite the vintage value) screams of her feeling self-conscious about her post-birth body. Which actually looks pretty damn good, so not sure why she would be.
This is my theory, anyways, because historically, Olivia tends to wear very form-fitting outfits.ReplyCancel
Rihanna, Rose McGowan's on the line–she says she did the whole naked thing first, and better, at the VMAs back when she was engaged to Marilyn Manson.ReplyCancel
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Sorry, I'm not a RiRi fan nor am I envious. Her face and skin are pretty, they make up beautifully. Her body is feminine, and that's nice, but as seen in that side view, I think she looks "thunderous". Beefy. She also has a tonnnnn of make up on. Anyway, I think she kinda looks foolish. IMHO. AND trashy.
I prefer Blake's hair pulled back like that. I never thought she was all that til I realized tbe was her in Our Town movie. Her hair was that style and a lil more ashy brown and I though she was Gorg!
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Here's the news from yesterday's first-ever Department of City Planning (DCP) public meeting on Atlantic Yards:
--the City Planning Commission (CPC) seeks an eight percent scaleback in the project, with reductions in the heights of three buildings and the width of another
--most cuts will be in market-rate units, but the number of affordable units might shrink
--the CPC would like open space to increase one acre
--city officials admit they have no assurances that Phase 2 (est. 2016) of the project would be built on time, if at all, thus jeopardizing planned open space and most of the affordable housing
--some 30% of the housing in Phase 1 (est. 2010) would be affordable, a somewhat larger amount than suggested in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)
--the commissioners have no interest in dicey planning issues like the creation of superblocks, inaccessible public space, and an enormous surface parking lot
--the commissioners have some interest in issues like affordable housing and jobs, which are out of their purview, but they don't know very much about them, and staff didn't help too much.
It made for a major contrast with the launch of BrooklynSpeaks, which, despite some questionable aspects, still provides more informed criticism than did those trusted to serve the city.
The recommendations must first be ratified by the commission and memorialized in a letter that will be discussed at the commission's meeting Wednesday. But it was hardly a contentious debate; after all, the plan for an eight percent scaleback was said to be under discussion by the developer earlier this month.
(Coverage in the Times, the Daily News, and the Post failed to point out that the scaleback would bring the project back to its original size. The Times at least quoted City Council Member Letita James as calling the cuts "inadequate" and Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn Daniel Goldstein deeming them "insignificant.")
A reduction of 700,000 square feet could mean the reduction of as many as 700 market-rate units, bringing the number of condos down from 2360 to 1660. Then again, there also could be a reduction in the number of rental units, currently planned at 4500, with half of them designated as affordable.
Why's DCP involved in the first place? A Memorandum of Understanding requires the ESDC to consult with DCP concerning the override of zoning and other local regulations, though it's unclear what power the city agency actually has.
Brooklyn's representative on the CPC, Dolly Williams, didn't participate. She's recused herself because she's an investor in the Nets.
Staff presentation
The review session got off to an inauspicious start as Regina Myer, director of the DCP's Brooklyn office, described the project as "incredibly transit-oriented," on "primarily state-owned land," and located "in Downtown Brooklyn," all highly debatable assertions that got some in the crowd muttering, including James—who represents the Prospect Heights project location.
Myer led commissioners through a slideshow about the project, offering periodic kudos, citing "this incredible skyline" and suggesting that the Urban Room, the combination ticket window/team store/hotel lobby/office lobby billed as publicly-accessible open space, contained a "soaring glass space… reminiscent of Bilbao," Atlantic Yards architect Frank Gehry's landmark Guggenheim museum in Spain. (Note: That's the first I'd heard of the team store.)
Reflecting commission chair Amanda Burden's concern that there be storefronts along Atlantic Avenue near the planned arena, Myer described a "b-market," a narrow strip of retail to accommodate smaller shops.
While buildings along Atlantic Avenue would be tallest, there would be "a dramatic stepdown to Dean Street, which is the northern edge of Prospect Heights," she said. (Many would say that Pacific Street, one block north and bordering the MTA's Vanderbilt Yard, is the northern edge.) Such an adjustment had already been announced in May.
Myer described the use of curvilinear, fragmented, and traditional forms, which, she suggested, would "start to break down the bulk" of the project.
And she suggested that DCP had produced specific design guidelines for each building, capping the size (but allowing variety, rather than being shackled by zoning), designating architectural features, and prescribing open space. [Update 1/09: Those actually came out of Gehry's office.]
Changes and cuts
So, what about Miss Brooklyn, the 620-foot (650-foot, with mechanicals) flagship tower that even Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz thinks is too big, dwarfing the iconic 512-foot Williamsburgh Savings Bank? "We really do believe the height it's proposed at is really appropriate," Myer said. (Really? Or does that leave Miss Brooklyn for a negotiated trim at a later date?)
However, she declared that the building has "too wide a shoulder base," which, sounding like a term out of couture, means its middle-section—240 feet across Atlantic Avenue—needs to become slinkier.
Three other buildings, two of them in Phase 1, would be reduced significantly. Building 3, at the northwest corner of Dean Street and Sixth Avenue (currently home to Freddy's bar), would be cut from 428 feet to 240 feet. (It still would dwarf the row houses it would replace, or that would remain on the south side of Dean Street.)
The building at Site 5 (below), in the block bounded by Fourth and Flatbush Avenues and Pacific Street, would be cut from 350 feet to 250 feet "to provide a better transition." (This was And Building 6, the middle of three buildings over the railyard between 6th and Carlton avenues (and built in Phase 2), would be reduced from 334 to 220 feet, thus making "a tremendous difference in terms of variety," according to Myer.
DCP also recommended that open space be increased from seven acres to eight acres by reconfiguring it. That still doesn't address the significant deficit in the open space ratio, given an enormous incoming population.
Commissioners curious
When the commissioners got a chance to ask questions, they were curious, if not always well informed. Commissioner Angela Battaglia asked about displacement caused by the project.
Myer turned the floor over to the ESDC's Rachel Shatz, Director, Planning and Environmental Review, who gave a defensible but narrow reply. She said that the state Eminent Domain Procedure Law required a relocation plan for anyone who had to move. But she didn't mention the contentious issue of displacement in the area around the project, a phenomenon the DEIS discounts.
Commissioner Irwin Cantor asked about the evolution of the project, saying that the original proposal was "significantly more modest" before it grew. Myer gave a technical answer focusing on the configuration of buildings: the number of towers around the arena had grown from three to four, and Site 5 was added at a later date.
She didn't explain that the project was originally proposed at about 8 million square feet, was increased to 9.132 million square feet, and was cut to 8.659 million square feet. An 8 percent reduction would bring Atlantic Yards just below its starting point, to 7.959 million square feet.
Affordable housing & jobs
How long would the affordable housing last, asked Commissioner Kenneth Knuckles. Thirty years, the term of the bonds, said Rafael Cestero, Deputy Commissioner for Development at the Department of Housing Preservation & Development (HPD).
Knuckles asked how many jobs would be created. Myer responded that there would be 15,000 construction jobs, though actually there would be 1500 jobs a year over ten years.
Knuckles wanted to know about jobs directed to the local community. (He apparently hadn't heard of the Community Benefits Agreement.) Shatz said that was an issue between Forest City Ratner and the CBA signatories, so she couldn't speak to that. Her non-answer seemed to buttress the argument, as some politicians have made, for formally incorporating this side agreement into a governmental process.
And what about the permanent jobs? There are numbers in the DEIS, but Shatz passed and Cori Packard of the New York City Economic Development Corporation (EDC) was called to the podium. She cited a June 2005 document (p. 6) that projected 7100 office jobs. However, the amount of planned office space has since been cut by two-thirds, but no one saw fit to point that out.
Commissioner Richard Eaddy asked about the minimum number of affordable units. Cestero said that 30 percent of all the units in Phase 1—600 units—would be affordable. That suggests 600 affordable rentals, 600 market rate rentals, and 800 market-rate condos. That would be a distinct contrast from what's suggested in the DEIS: 404 affordable rentals, 404 market-rate rentals, and 1542 market-rate condos. In essence, that's a total reduction from 1946 market-rate units to 1400 market-rate units.
(Or did he mean that 30 percent of the planned affordable units would be in Phase 1, suggesting that only 2000 affordable units would be built?)
"We don't know if it'll be 4500 [rentals] or 4300," he said, since the project reduction isn't complete. He said that Phase 1 would include 1200 rentals, with half of them affordable. Projections in the DEIS said there would be only 808 rentals.
Is there a commitment for completing Phase 2 in a certain time, asked Commissioner Jane Gol. "There is no commitment on the time," Cestero replied. In other words, depending on market forces and other factors, the majority of the affordable housing and the open space may not be completed by 2016 as currently billed.
How would the affordable housing commitment be enforced, asked Commissioner Lisa Gomez. "It will be memorialized in the funding agreement," said Cestero, referring to the package of bonds and other subsidies not yet made public. That agreement, according to a representative of the city's law department, is being developed now, with the first disbursement scheduled for after the project is approved. (That could be later this year.)
How do we get the 2250 affordable units, asked Commissioner Angela Cavaluzzi, pointing to a document that indicated "approximately 2250" units. Cestero gave a slightly different description of the funding agreement, saying that it would be memorialized in a document HPD would sign with the EDC regarding infrastructure.
"We have a commitment for 30% of the units in Phase 1, and will seek the balance in Phase 2," Cestero said.
More questions
What kind of parking and transit improvements would there be? Shatz mentioned the reconfiguration of Fourth Avenue, the use of remote parking and shuttles, the potential to offer a 50% MetroCard discount, and the extension of rush hour schedules later into the night—mainly mitigations that the Tri-State Transportation Campaign has found wanting.
There was a question about the "intergenerational facility," which Winston Von Engel, Deputy Director of DCP's Brooklyn office, explained as a mixed senior center and day care center. He noted that it was a project that Forest City Ratner had agreed to in the CBA. There were lingering questions about the size of the facility, but nobody pointed out that 100 day care slots would make a tiny dent in a new population of more than 15,000.
Critics not pleased
Afterward, Stuart Pertz, a former planning commissioner and now an advisor to the Municipal Art Society on its Atlantic Yards project, observed, "It's not very timely. It's not very vociferous." Given the failure to lock in the second phase, he noted, "They could be left with a hole in the ground and a lot of parking."
DDDB's Goldstein observed, "Three years into it, it was clear that the planning commission didn't know much about this project. It's been Forest City Ratner's project, which violates Kelo." He was referring to the Supreme Court case which said that the exercise of eminent domain for economic development was justified only if it was derived from a municipally-approved plan. Whether Atlantic Yards does in fact violate Kelo will likely be tested in court.
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My 22 month old is still nursing, and we are quite happy. The only problem is that I have 2 small raised moles on my breast, and she likes to pick at them. I tried just letting her do it, but it really, really bothers me when she does it. I tried explaining to her that it hurts mommy, but that doesn't help. I don't know what to do! Today, desperate, I said, "No more nursing if you touch the mole," but that just made her cry a lot. I don't feel comfortable with this situation, because it bothers both of us for me to constantly be pulling her hand away from the mole and my body altogether or trying to redirect it to another patch of skin. Any suggestions?
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how about covering the w/a bandaid for a while, just to break the habit? how about wearing a nursing necklace that she can fidget w/?
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Does she have "full access" as it may. Are the moles exposed when she nurses or does she have to feel for them under your shirt? Maybe a more restricted outfit allowing her just the parts she needs! I know my mother held our hands while she nursed us, so that might be an option for you. Maybe move her hand towards her own ear or bellybutton for fidgeting? How about a fake mole? Get one at a costume shop or mound up a bead of paint!
Oh, I am brainstorming!
I have a similar problem with my 18+ month old playing with my eyes while she nurses. I have to keep my eyes closed, which isn't always convenient, and every now and then she stabs me pretty hard. Sometimes when I redirect her hand, she'll leave it down, and sometimes she brings it right back. When she's getting rough, it does work to remind her to "be gentle." I look forward to hearing the ideas you get!
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id try a nursing necklace.
my past few partners have had moles and im like obsessively rubbing them. for me its absentminded and comforting. helps me think even. it might take some reminding to redirect her.


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I am hoping that this forum will answer a few questions that I have which require a working knowledge of Koine Greek.
I was raised in a strongly evangelical home, became a Christian as a child, and as a young person studied for three years at the Bible College of New Zealand. I started at BTh level. Unfortunately ill health prevented me from continuing at degree level after my first year. I continued to attend lectures with the other BTh students but did not sit the external exams. I took NT Greek in my first year only so have a very limited understanding of the language. I am ashamed to say that the declension of verbs got the better of me! My first year at Bible College was 30 years ago so what I learned then is very rusty. I have a copy of Stephens Interlinear and use the online version of Strongs quite a bit. I have looked at Codex Sinaiticus online at times too.
Throughout my childhood years through to early twenties I was a very strong evangelical Christian. From my mid twenties I
began to move away from evangelical belief and over a period of about 20 years finally came to a position of unbelief. Throughout this time I have continued to read the Bible and think about some aspect of Christian belief every day. I am interested in how the history of Palestine and the wider area influenced the biblical writers. I enjoy reading about customs of the period, writing styles, the use of Midrash etc etc
I participate in an online forum which has a mix of believers and unbelievers posting. We have vigorous discussions about the Bible. Whilst posting there I often wish that my knowledge of Greek was more extensive than it is. (None of the other participants appear to have any knowledge of Greek apart from a couple who demonstrate the ability to look up Strongs.)
My reason for wanting to join this forum is to ask a few questions in the Beginners section for clarification of syntax so that I can help others in this online group with the meaning of a few passages that we have been discussing recently.
I want assure you that, although I am no longer a Christian, I have no intention of mocking anyone of the Christian faith.
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Is Dion Phaneuf Really The League's Most Overrated Player?
Jonathan Willis
January 11 2012 11:53PM
According to the venerated hockey website Sports Illustrated, the answer to that question is yes. In a poll of 161 players, Dion Phaneuf ranked as the most common answer to the question of which player is the most overrated in the National Hockey League.
Of course, Leafs' GM Brian Burke figures any player dumb enough to fill out the poll has a "room-temperature IQ."
Phaneuf wasn't the only Maple Leafs' defenseman on the list. Also included (at 10th overall) is the greatly-lauded Mike Komisarek, who is feted nightly on Canadian television.
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If anything it means that opposing players hate Phaneuf, which puts a big smile on my face.
Phaneuf is nowhere close to the most overrated. The Sports Illustrated writer is a total fool. Everyone know that the extremely soft Jay Boumeester wins this debate hands down. Over six million a year and he has scored 2 goals in 83 games? And the reason he holds the consecutive games streak is because he never hits anyone so he is never in danger of being injured.


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Prior to Florida A&M and Mississippi Valley State kicking off the MEAC/SWAC Challenge, FAMU's Marching 100 took the field for the first time since being suspended in November of 2011 following the hazing death of drum major Robert Champion.
ORLANDO – Two years after a hazing incident caused the death of a drum major and led to the suspension of the famed band at Florida A&M, fans welcomed the Marching 100's return to the football field Sunday.
"It felt good to be back on the field," said Thaddeus Stegall, the band's field commander.
The band entered the Citrus Bowl before kickoff and gave its return performance at halftime of Florida A&M's season-opening game against Mississippi Valley State.
Anthony Siders, president of FAMU's Student Government Association, called it a stellar show.
"It was nothing short of a Marching 100 performance," he said.
The band had not performed at a football game since the Florida Classic in November 2011, after drum major Robert Champion collapsed and died following a hazing ritual on a bus parked at an Orlando hotel. The ritual occurred shortly after the band had returned to its hotel after performing at the game.
Fifteen former band members were charged with manslaughter and felony hazing in Champion's death. Seven have accepted pleas that included probation and community service-related sentences. Another has pleaded guilty but hasn't been sentenced, and the rest are awaiting trial.
School officials lifted the nearly two-year suspension for the band in June as the latest in several changes FAMU made in an attempt to end a culture of hazing. The fallout from Champion's death included the departure of the band's longtime director and the abrupt resignation of the university's president, James Ammons.
At a news conference last month to formally announce the band's return performance, FAMU's interim president, Larry Robinson, reiterated the school's measures, including a new student code of conduct, new procedures to report and investigate hazing, an anti-hazing website, assigning faculty to research hazing and more.
"This band will be a model of excellence for other bands across this nation. It will actually focus on its founding principles of character, academics, leadership, marching and service," Robinson said of the band's return. "When you look at all these actions that we've taken in total, we are fairly confident that we are about to launch a new era and a new understanding and appreciation as to why hazing is not necessary to advance these principles."
The band is back but noticeably smaller – the band's 145 members are less than half of the 420 it had before the Novermber 2011 suspension. The section in which the Marching 100 sits also has noticeable gaps.
"We're able to be closer with our band members and get to know them on a more personal level," Stegall said. "We're hoping it motivates our members to have a cleaner show."
Champion's parents, Pam and Robert Champion, Sr., said in a phone interview with the Associated Press that they were opposed to the band's return right now, calling it a decision based on extra revenue the school stands to make with the band's return.
"I do believe that it's too soon," Pam Champion said. "I don't see anything that's different to ensure the safety of those students. Everything that has been put in place is not something that was done voluntarily."
She also said she hoped sentences for the remaining defendants in the criminal cases will send a message.
"What I would say is what I've said all along. There is an opportunity to send a strong message, and it's the only thing that will be a deterrent," she said. "So far that message has not been sent to eradicate hazing all together."
The Champions have pending wrongful-death lawsuits against FAMU and the company that owns the bus in which the hazing took place.
Robinson attended a pep rally with the band Saturday. He said the group still sounds like the best band in the nation.
"They have a sound you can hear a mile away and say, 'That's the Marching 100,' " Robinson said. "The band is back. Now we need the fans back."
Jennifer Ceten, a FAMU fan and mother of the team's long snapper, Tyler Riley, said having the band back brings a new level of excitement to games. Last year, without the band, she said there was something missing from the FAMU football experience.
"Last year was fun but it's just hard when you can't get that full band experience," she said.
Tommy Mitchell, president of FAMU's Alumni Association, said the band's return is sure to put fans in seats.
"We've got the No. 1 and No. 2 bands in the nation," he said jokingly. "The third spot is vacant and everyone in fourth is just trying to play catch-up."
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Rocky Mountain Pro Rodeo Finals, was held on November 9-10 in South Jordan. The Top 12 in each event (based on money won through out the circuit for the year) get to compete in the finals for both a "finals Champion" and "Year End Circuit Champion". The year began in November 2011 and ended Sept. 29, 2012. RMPRA sanctioned Rodeo's located from Downey, Idaho to Pahrump, Nev. and all points in between (Castle Dale's Memorial Day Rodeo is one of the sanctioned rodeos. There are 38 total rodeos not including the finals. RMPRA consists of approx 800 members.
Total prize money paid out during the year by RMPRA Sanctioned Rodeos is $527,683.00. (Total awarded at the finals $52,050).
Approximate miles traveled by the 108 contestants that made it to the finals is 1.8 million miles.
Four Emery County Cowboys made it to the finals: Justin Truman, Huntington, went into the finals standing fourth. In round one of the finals he roped and tied a calf in 9.5 seconds putting him in second for the first round Friday night. In round two, Saturday night he quickened up with a time of 8.3 seconds but broke a barrier and got a 10 second penalty which moved him out of the money for the finals. He ended up fifth in the year end standings.
Chase Sherman and Kashe Potter, both of Huntington qualified in the bull riding, Sherman going into the finals number two and Kash number 12 in the standings respectively. In the first round, Sherman drew "Not So Purple", the 2011 Bull of the Finals and was bucked off at just a little over 5 seconds. In the second round he rode "El Classico" for 83 points which was enough to keep him in second and walk away as Reserve Champion of the 2012 season. Kashe Potter bucked off both bulls.
Preston Sessions, originally from Heber and now living in Ferron (He married Brandee Behling, the daughter of Mike and Kayleen Behling), qualified in Bareback riding and going into the finals in the number two hole. In round one he split second place with Brian Jones with an 80 point ride on Purple People Eater. In round two he drew Painted Robin and made a 73 point ride which moved him into third place for the finals, but enough to win him Reserve Champion Year End titles for the circuit.
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The start of the Triassic period (and the Mesozoic era) was a desolate time in Earth's history. Something—a bout of violent volcanic eruptions, climate change, or perhaps a fatal run-in with a comet or asteroid—had triggered the extinction of more than 90 percent of Earth's species.
But it was also a time of tremendous change and rejuvenation. Life that survived the so-called Great Dying repopulated the planet, diversified into freshly exposed ecological niches, and gave rise to new creatures, including rodent-size mammals and the first dinosaurs.
By the start of the Triassic, all the Earth's landmasses had coalesced to form Pangaea, a supercontinent shaped like a giant C that straddled the Equator and extended toward the Poles. Almost as soon as the supercontinent formed, it started to come undone. By the end of the period 199 million years ago, tectonic forces had slowly begun to split the supercontinent in two: Laurasia in the north and Gondwana in the south.
The giant ocean called Panthalassa surrounded Pangaea. Areas near the coast were pummeled by seasonal monsoons, but ocean-circulation patterns kept the isolated and vast interior warm and dry. Even the Poles were ice-free. The Tethys Ocean filled the C and was the zipper upon which Pangaea began to split apart. Earlier failed attempts at the split formed rift valleys in North America and Africa filled with red sediments that today contain the best preserved fossils of Triassic life.
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The oceans teemed with the coiled-shelled ammonites, mollusks, and sea urchins that survived the Permian extinction and were quickly diversifying. The first corals appeared, though other reef-building organisms were already present. Giant reptiles such as the dolphin-shaped ichthyosaurs and the long-necked and paddle-finned plesiosaurs preyed on fish and ancient squid. The bottom rung of the food chain was filled with microscopic plants called phytoplankton; two of the major groups still in the oceans today first appeared.
Frogs, salamanders, crocodiles, turtles, and snakes slunk and slithered on and off the Triassic coast, lakes, and rivers. Pterosaurs, a group of flying reptiles, took to the air. On firm ground, moss, liverwort, and ferns carpeted forests of conifers, ginkgoes, and palm-like cycads. Spiders, scorpions, millipedes, and centipedes thrived. Grasshoppers appeared. But perhaps the biggest changes came with the evolution of dinosaurs and the first mammals in the late Triassic, starting around 230 million years ago.
One of the earliest true mammals was the three-foot-long (one-meter-long) Eozostrodon. The shrewlike creature laid eggs but fed its young mother's milk. Among the first dinosaurs was the two-footed carnivore Coelophysis, which grew up to 9 feet (2.7 meters) tall, weighed up to a hundred pounds (45 kilograms), and probably fed on small reptiles and amphibians. It showed up about 225 million years ago. A few million years later came the 27.5-foot-long (8-meter-long) herbivore called Plateosaurus.
The Triassic closed in the same way it began. Something—perhaps a volcanic belch or an asteroid collision—caused another mass extinction. Dinosaurs, however, survived and went on to dominate the Jurassic.
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Austria's bathing paradise
Carinthia | Carinthia is Austria's most southern Federal state and next to the mountains which are a common feature for the Alpine Republic is also shaped by many lovely seas: Lake Wörther, Lake Ossiach, Lake Millstätt and Weissensee are only some of the biggest and most well known. Due to the maritime climate in the southern Alpine region the seas get warm quickly in the summer and offer pleasant temperatures all the way through to early autumn. At most seas there are designated bathing beaches with respective service facilities which provide for a relaxing and nice beach vacation. Of course you will find a number of water sport activities on offer.
If you prefer something more than just water then Carinthia's mountains and valleys might appeal to you. Outdoor trend sport activities such as mountain biking, paragliding or rafting are very popular. But just a nice hike or cycling tour through the mountainous and hilly landscape of Carinthia can be equally enticing. A great day trip in this region is the high wire garden in Greifenburg big and little climbers can test their mountaineering skills. The adventure mining is a prominent topic in "Terra-Montana" at Bleiberg-Nötsch. Here one is provided with interesting insights into the history of mining ("Terra Montana") and the creation of earth ("Terra Mystica"). You will also be able to go on an underground ride through the tunnels. This will not only be a memorable experience for the little ones.
The most popular places for a holiday home vacation in Carinthia are according to atraveo customers Faak am See, Bad Kleinkirchheim, Klippitztörl, Millstatt, Ebene Reichenau and Sankt Gertraud. Further information and tips on the selection of holiday homes in Carinthia as well as possible recreational activities can be found in the holiday home selection for Carinthia. Or take a look in our blogs on Austria.
Neighbouring holiday regions Lesachtal
Property no. 127487
from GBP 355for 1 week
Maria Luggau, Carinthia (Lesachtal)
Holiday home for max. 2 adults + 2 childrenApprox. 25 m², 1 bathroom, pets not allowed
Property no. 127486
+ 1 morefrom GBP 337for 1 week
Maria Luggau, Carinthia (Lesachtal)
Holiday apartment for max. 4 personsApprox. 60 m², 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, pets not allowed, TV: 1 TV, WLAN
Property no. 127485
from GBP 451for 1 week
Maria Luggau, Carinthia (Lesachtal)
Holiday home for max. 8 personsApprox. 130 m², 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, pets not allowed, satellite TV