text: I was watching this video on Youtube, and I noticed just after 0:34 the skater does a hop which looks like a bunny hop at first glance, but actually isn't. Instead of taking off on the left, landing on the right toepick, and pushing onto left, it takes off the same but lands on the same toepick, then pushes onto the right foot. A couple of friends and I tried it and it looks quite good when done well (as in this video) and probably weird when not done well (eg. me). It took me a few tries to get confident enough to do it off the barrier. I found it marginally harder/more scary than a bunny hop, mostly because you have to jump high enough to get your pick properly off the ice so you can re-land on the same pick before pushing off. You can also do them "in combination" with a normal bunny hop (bunny hop first, unless you switch feet and do a right-left-right hop, which I can't). Anyway, the point is, does anyone know what this thing is called? I think probably other skaters have done it in a footwork sequence or something, but I can't remember specifically seeing it.


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Little things that matter
August 28th, 2008 | Published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Seemingly small improvements can make a surprisingly big difference to people who use our products every day. Take Google Calendar, where over the past few months we've made a bunch of little improvements in direct response to feedback from our most active users.
Emailing guests
We've long offered the ability to email meeting attendees, which can be extremely useful for sharing last-minute details or distributing meeting minutes afterward. But it was an all-or-nothing affair -- if you wanted to email only those people who hadn't responded, for example, you needed to manually fiddle with a list of email addresses.
In response, we made several improvements to the email guests dialog. You can now select guests based on their response status or pick-and-choose them individually with checkboxes.
Adding a friend's calendar
Displaying another person's calendar used to be a many-stepped process. It wasn't such a big deal if you only did it occasionally, but many of you do this numerous times a day, especially if you manage co-workers' calendars. It's much easier now: you simply start typing a name in the "Add a friend's calendar" box and we'll match against your address book. Click the name, and the calendar will be added.
Dragging to create new events
Making a new event from the Day or Week view is really easy -- you simply click on the time, drag the duration and enter a name. But if you have a busy calendar (and who doesn't?) you probably bumped into some problems. If an event is already scheduled for that time, there was no way to click and drag without messing up the other events on your calendar. You told us you often worked around this by creating the meeting in an open slot and dragging it to the desired time. Lots of extra work.
Here's proof that little things really do matter -- in this case, just a few pixels. We added a "gutter" to the edge where you can click-and-drag no matter how many events you already have at that time. Here's a before and after:
Flexible reminder times
We got lots of feedback about our event reminders, and particularly the limited number of time choices. One Googler actually asked for the ability to set eight minute reminders. Why eight minutes? He found that 5 minutes wasn't enough time to get to his meetings and 10 minutes was so early he tended to ignore them. Not everyone needs such precision, of course, but everyone deserves more flexibility. As of today, you can now set a reminder for any time between 4 weeks and 5 minutes before your event.
Perhaps big launches and shiny new features get most of the attention, but little things matter too. Even just a few pixels can turn "arrghh!" into "ahhhh!"

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Representative List of Recent Publications / Exhibitions: G. E. Hein, Progressive Museum Practice: John Dewey and Democracy, Left Coast Press, 2012.G.E. Hein, Learning in the Museum, London: Routledge, 1998.G. E. Hein, "A Progressive Education Perspective on Evaluation," In B. S. Engel and A. C. Martin, eds. Holding Values: What We Mean by Progressive Education, Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2005, pp. 176-181.G. E. Hein, "The Challenge of Constructivist Teaching," in E. Mirochnik and D. C. Sherman, editors, Passion and Pedagogy: Reflection, Creation, and Transformation in Teaching, Peter Lang: New York, 2002.G. E. Hein, "The Logic of Program Evaluation: What Should We Evaluate in Teacher Enhancement Projects?" in Friel, S. N. and G. W. Bright, Reflecting on Our Work: NSF Teacher Enhancement in K-6 Mathematics, Lanham, MD: University Press of American Inc., 1996.
George E. Hein, originally trained as a chemist, turned to science education and then museum education, joining Lesley University in 1975. He became Professor Emeritus in 1998. He was a Fulbright Research Fellow in Science Education at Kings' College, London (1990), visiting faculty member at the University of Leicester Museum Studies Program (1996), Howard Hughes Visiting Scholar at the California Institute of Technology (1998), Osher Fellow at The Exploratorium in San Francisco (1999), Visiting Professor at University of Technology, Sydney (2000), Research Fellow at the Center for Education and Museum Studies at the Smithsonian Institution (2009-10), and Guest Scholar at The J. Paul Getty Museum in 2011. He is the author, with Mary Alexander, of Museums, Places of Learning (AAM, 1998), Learning in the Museum (Routledge, 1998), and Progressive Museum Practice: John Dewey and Democracy (Left Coast Press, 2012), as well as numerous articles on visitor studies, museum education and museology. He has lectured widely in the United States and abroad including Austria, Brazil, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Iceland, Mexico, Norway, Spain, and Taiwan. He has been active in ICOM/CECA serving as both secretary and president of CECA in the 1990s. His primary current interest is the significance of John Dewey's work for museums. For more information and online publications and lectures, see http://george-hein.comView Dr. Hein's Curriculum Vitae.
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Winnipesaukee ice still unsafe
By LARISSA MULKERN
Sunday News Correspondent | January 05. 2013 8:54PM
Signs warn of thin ice conditions off the Wolfeboro Town Docks, where it was open water Thursday for as far as the eye can see. (LARISSA MULKERN/Union Leader Correspondent)
Veteran Lakes Region pilot David Emerson of Emerson Aviation flew over Lake Winnipesaukee Thursday morning and saw mostly open water on the state's biggest lake.
Only Paugus Bay appeared to be frozen over. So anyone thinking about setting out across the lakes on snowmobiles, snowshoes, or hauling the bobhouse for the season, may want to wait a while.
Emerson, who calls Ice-in and Ice-out every season, said the ice just started to form Wednesday, when he saw that Paugus Bay had frozen over.
"The rest of the big lake is wide open," he said, adding that current conditions are normal. Ice-in usually occurs the third week of January. He said that windy conditions move the water around making it harder for ice to form, even in frigid temperatures.
Local fire and safety officials are cautioning - if not urging - people to stay off the thin ice.
Alton's ready
Alton Fire Chief Scott Williams said on Thursday that ice had just formed on the shore to the mouth of Alton Bay.
"Conditions are terrible," he said. "My recommendation is 'don't trust the ice, whatsoever.'"
Ditto, from Tuftonboro Fire and Rescue Chief Adam Thompson, who deemed conditions unsafe at Tuftonboro's 19-Mile Bay, where many fisherman flock during ice fishing season.
Wolfeboro Fire Rescue Deputy Chief Tom Zotti said some spots appear to be iced over, but thickness is questionable. "The Broads are not frozen over. The water is still moving and the wind is blowing," creating bad conditions for ice formation.
Prepared to save lives
Local officials have not yet reported any mishaps recently, but if an emergency occurs on the lake during the winter - with or without ice - they are prepared.
Thompson said Tuftonboro has the cold water rescue suits as well as an 18-foot air boat that can travel over ice. Alton's department is equipped with snowmobiles, a Polaris Ranger all terrain vehicle, and rescue sleds.
Wolfeboro Fire Rescue department's equipment includes a boat, an inflatable canoe designed for on-water rescue with open sides, and a rescue sled with room for the patient and a care provider. Another new tool is an inflatable rescue device that can provide a platform on which to rescue someone in the water.
Wolfeboro Fire Rescue personnel are scheduled for ice and cold water rescue training on Jan. 19, said Zotti, who noted a second regional rescue training event will be held in Moultonborough in February.
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So, I'd just build this box and set it over the top of my two nucs together? Or each one separately? And since the bottom is open, that's how they'd get out for cleansing?
You make one big box and all under it. When it is cleansing time, you take big box off. Or, you make a opening, where bees may fly all the time in and out.
Ok, then one last question about this box...How tightly should it fit to the nucs? Should I leave a gap? And also, wouldn't this trap moisture inside the nucs (or does the open bottom provide sufficient ventilation)?Thanks!


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An elite group of global policy makers and specialists will convene on the University of St. Thomas campus to discuss United States-European Union economic, trade and diplomatic relations from Oct. 3-4.
The Transatlantic Conference: "Which Transatlantic Relationship after the Global Crisis?" will be hosted by the University of St. Thomas Center for International Studies, Stephen F. Austin State University and Laboratoire Européen d'Anticipation Politique.
The goal of the conference is to explore the future of the transatlantic relationship in light of the changes produced by the crisis in global leadership. This conference seeks to untangle the confusion by addressing how the transatlantic relationship is preparing to accommodate a new era in international politics and commercial development.
"I think some people probably don't realize how important the European Union is to Texas," said Dr. Brian Murphy, dean of the College of Liberal and Applied Arts at SFA and one of the conference organizers. "Texas is the largest beneficiary of European direct investment. That $58.2 billion translates into 212,000 Texas jobs, and exports from Texas to Europe have doubled in volume from 2000 to 2009."
The conference will begin at 1:30 p.m. Oct 3 in the Crooker Center Ahern Room. Biancheri and Norland will participate in a 2 p.m. discussion titled "The Global Crisis: The Path to the World Afterwards." The final session of the day begins at 4 p.m.
The conference resumes at 9 a.m. Oct. 4. Harald Greib, a German civil servant at the Ministry of Interior, and Zsolt Nyiri, director of Transatlantic Trends for the German Marshall Fund, will discuss the futures of the European Union and the United States. A luncheon at noon will feature a roundtable discussion with consul generals from France, Germany and Italy. A session at 1:30 p.m. will feature Hamilton and Murphy.
Murphy said policy recommendations that reflect a consensus among the participants will be compiled and published.
"The current crisis in global leadership is of historic magnitude not experienced since World War II," Murphy said. "A vastly revised international landscape is on the horizon. This conference seeks to untangle the confusion by addressing how the transatlantic relationship is preparing to accommodate a new era in international politics and commercial development."
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• The Global Crisis: The Path to the World Afterwards: How has the world changed in the past two decades from the U.S. and EU perspectives?
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• The Global Crisis and the Future of the Transatlantic Relationship: In light of the changed international landscape, what is the likely direction of the U.S.-EU relationship? Keynote speakers include: • Franck Biancheri, Director of Studies at LEAP, Laboratoire Européen d'Anticipation Politique
• Daniel Hamilton, Director, Center for Transatlantic Relations, Johns Hopkins University
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text: I've seen some clubs that hold "mock" competitions, and I really like the idea. However, I am not sure about all the ins and outs about setting one up. Basically, the club sets aside one or two hours of ice and members sign-up as they would for a competition. The skaters are put into warm-up groups, they perform their competitive programs, and possibly, it is combined with a judge's critique. The idea is to give skaters a feel of competition so that they can "practice" competing, while additionally getting feedback on their performance. The skaters usually pay an entry fee (although, I'm guessing the club subsidizes the ice rental fees). It's a good way to practice competing and get feedback without the higher cost of entering competitions. But, before I begin the process of setting up something like this for next year, I'm wondering whether anyone has any experience doing something like this. I'm looking for some BTDT advice and experience so I'm not making too many mistakes right off the bat. I am currently our club's test chair, so I have some experience in acquiring judges and wrangling skaters. Thanks!


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The following plants are all easy to cultivate within their home ranges and, once established, may not require any attention outside of harvest. There are many virtues of raising locally native plants: decreased use of water, fertilizers, and pesticides; promoting regional identity; and providing for wildlife. Those, however, aren't my main motives for sharing these untamed delicacies. These often-overlooked foods are, quite frankly, delicious, and in some cases they offer superior nutrition. "In vitamins, minerals, and protein, wild foods can match and even surpass the nutritional content of our common foods," writes Delena Tull in her book Edible and Useful Plants of Texas and the Southwest.
The following plants are indigenous to large areas of the United States. Many nonnative and even invasive plants also provide good eats, but in the interest of space, I'm limiting the list to natives.
Eastern Persimmon
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Evening primroses
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Pequin chile pepper
(Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum)
Chile pequin (or bird pepper), precursor to most familiar peppers including jalapeños, is perennial where winters are mild. It has small but potent fruits that spice up a pot of spaghetti sauce or beans. Crush them and add to scrambled eggs or salad dressings. They are great pickled or dried for use anytime.
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The correct way to consume wild edibles: Harvest from sizable colonies and always with permission from the landowner. Understand that whether collected from natural areas or from plants in your garden, otherwise safe and nutritious foods may become toxic in large amounts. As with any new addition to your diet, add small amounts at a time until you know how your body will respond. Before eating any wild food, be absolutely certain of its proper identity. Many plants have lookalikes. When in doubt, do not eat it.
Wild Green Grape Pie
Shift away from the usual thinking about grapes, when they are dark, sweet, and summer-ripe, to the tiny immature fruits that are pea-to-not-quite-marble-sized. Pay close attention to the window of development before the seeds get crunchy. This is when they are just right to harvest for making this deliciously tart green grape pie that pairs nicely with vanilla ice cream. Recipe courtesy of Larry Butler and Carol Ann Sayle of Boggy Creek Farm in Austin, Texas.
- 2 pints tiny fresh green grapes (1/4 to 3/8 inch in diameter)
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup water
- 2 tablespoons butter, plus additional for topping
- 1 tablespoon flour (for thickening)
- Freshly grated cinnamon and nutmeg
- 1 9-inch double piecrust
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line a pie pan with one of the crusts. Destem (twist stem off instead of pulling) and wash grapes. Simmer with the sugar and water in a pot for 15 minutes. Mash with a potato masher, then stir in the 2 tablespoons butter and the flour. Pour into prepared piecrust and top with lattice. Sprinkle with cinnamon and nutmeg and dot with additional butter. Bake for about 45 minutes.


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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by kpaav, Oct 10, 2013.
This one is on NBA tv for all the outta towners.
Pistons blew a 24 point second quarter lead as they allowed the Wiz to catch and tie them with about 6 mins left in the game.. but a couple 3 balls , one by CB who had four, gave them an 8 point lead and they held on to win in the end. Final score 99-96 Pistons. Billups looked OK, glad we resigned Bynum. Dre got schooled by Sarapin in the 4th. No Josh and of course no Stuckey or Jennings, so you needed the clutch play of Bynum and Billups since Silva and Pope still played like the rookies that are. Pope still struggling from the field and seems to be taking too many threes. Monroe got his stats like he always does and led the big men ....he also held Glen Rice Jr in check on the last play of the game as we all knew he was going to launch the last shot for the tie.
Good to see a game again. Hard to get a feel for this team without Jennings in there and with all the substitutions.
Great to see a game on TV. Lots of excitement as we saw a few players get dunks off alley oops - Pope one, Drummond several, and Mitchell a time or two. Mitchell also made an outside shot. Harrellson was plus 13 I see in just 6 minutes. His only make was an outside shot. No bounds though. Defense looked good enough. We got out to a huge lead, something like 50 - 29, real early in the 2nd quarter. After that, Washington played better. They caught up, but we won, with Mr. Big Shot hitting a 3 inside the 2 minute mark. His 4th of the game. Matter of fact, Billups only scored those 12 points off his threes. And provided 6 assists to 2 turns. They announced at first that Pope would start along side Billups. Which would have begged the question of who would come in at point guard later between Siva and Bynum. Instead though, it was a Billups - Siva backcourt to start the game. Each player took turns acting as the point. Billups obviously showed he can play the role of a spot up shooting guard in this game. And Siva showed some range hitting a 3 himself. Smith sat just because it was his turn to sit. So our starters were Billups, Siva, Singler, Monroe, Drummond. Drummond was all over the boards, though we ended up losing the board war by just a bit. Drummond scored some with his usual put backs and dunks, but he also hit a hook shot to show a little promise of what he could do in the future. And while on that subject, I say pay Monroe for what he is doing now rather than not do that based on projections of what Drummond will do in the future. Don't get cheap. Monroe can score in the post, and that is something every team should have. And our starters did great to start the game. About plus 12 if I recall before we made a sub. Singler nailed 3 triples in the game on his way to 14. He also fouled out of the game, but not before hitting a late 3 (along with the one from Billups) that helped win the game in crunch time. Meanwhile, his competition, JJ, hit a bunch of shots too. But you know, playing guys like Singler and JJ on our front line when we are already trying to hide Monroe defensively to an extent in not necessarily the way to go. I think Washington got wise to our weak front line after slightly more than one quarter and we got into trouble the rest of the game. Pope did nail one 3. Better than nothing. Showed some real ups toward rebounding too, decent defense. He was plus for the game. And hey, him and Bynum, after a few moments, helped the Pistons to an 18 - 2 run. Defense and offense working. One of the little noticed plays of the game, a knock - a - way by Drummond in that last minute of play to cause a shot clock violation for the Wiz. Bynum did well in this one. Good decision making on fast breaks especially. Yes, he did find himself just too short, with no plan to compensate for it, in a couple of instances. But at least one time he did what he is suppose to do and get up into the legs of the taller player to make his presence felt. If he could do that more often, I for one would like his play a lot more. Bynum got lob dunks for 3 players, Pope, Drummond, and Mitchell - who was plus also and 4-4 in the game. Is Beal that good. The only thing keeping Washington in the same game was Beal to start the game. Or is Billups just that slow and our perimeter D was that bad? Yes, I would like to see a Jennings - Pope starting backcourt sometime soon against this same Washington team and see how Beal does against that. We played a ten man rotation, with CV also getting 3 minutes before back problems cut his night short. And we have several players out injured who we plan to play a lot yet - Datome, Stuckey, Jennings, plus Smith who sat out. Since I know we are not planning to run more than a ten man rotation, there is a lot of decisions to be made on who plays yet. Both Singler and JJ are making their cases by shooting the ball straight. Three triples for Singler. He could still end up being the starting shooting guard, if he can do that consistently. The theory there, sure, Singler is too slow to play shooting guard, but he would add rebounding to the position and be able to post up smaller shooting guards. He posted up one tonight, making 1-2 after the resulting foul. Again, if he can keep hitting 3's, its a possibility that he could start. Got to mention that Drummond has been our most consistently negative player of late. Hard to fathom since he is such a presence around the basket. Especially rebounding. And yet, if you look at the last game (+17 with the starters), and the opening of this game (+12 with the starters), you can see that the problem really lies in Drummond playing with bench units, not with the starters. So I am not too worried, since when healthy, the Pistons have the option to play Dummond just with the starters, as many minutes as they care to play him really. 29 assists, just 12 turns. This was a preseason game, and yet we had an excellent turnover to assist ratio. As always, I give credit to the starting point guard first of all for this stat. And that was Billups, or Siva, since they shared the point guard duties for this game as the starters. Siva did make a rookie mistake early in the game, making a weak pass way too close to Ariza for the turn. As a shooting guard though when Billups was playing the point on a possession, I don't think he exactly put fear into anyone. He did make that 3, but he needs to make a lot more before teams respect him enough for that role. Ok, let me see, what can I think of at the moment on a player by player basis. We got at least one loose ball after Mitchell was helping to fight for it. Bynum did well scoring inside a time or two. Billups helps create some of his shots with shot fakes. Its not all hitting wide open triples when left open. Pope dove for the ball, just to knock it away further to run their shot clock down more. Great effort. And then it was time for him to come out. Just scheduled to come out, nothing he was doing wrong. They were pretty much subbing Billups and Siva out as a pair and bringing in Bynum and Pope as a pair - until the end of the game when it started getting tight - Bynum and Billups closed the game out. Note, in the 2nd half, Bynum coming in did not turn the tide any. We kept giving up lead. The whole team was having trouble in the 2nd half. Both Singler and JJ did some inside scoring. JJ had that strong move from the left hitting a floater / half hook from in front of the basket. Singler just kind of caught them looking once. Siva scored inside on a reverse off a well timed pass from Monroe after Siva had set up the play by feeding Monroe in the post. The late 3 by Billups was assisted by a good skip pass from Bynum. Ok, the coffee is wearing off. About time to end this post. Getting late. I am sure I will watch the game again and post more tomorrow night. GO PISTONS!!!!!
Savor this one. Let it wash over you in waves of bliss.
Day-twah ran against Warshington last night. ...some observations:I'm wondering what the heck the Popester did to get himself benched at the zero minute mark of the game. They announced that he was starting and then he wasn't there. Maybe he had White Castle for lunch and had to drop a deuce at tip-off. If you're gonna draft a kid at #8, why not play him in some preseason games to get him some reps against a guy like Brad Beal.Speaking of the Pontiff, someone needs to make a point of pointing out this kids hustle stats. 6 (six) rebounds in the miniture minutes that coach Mo so graciously set aside for his development last night. Absolutely LOVED that hustle play in the 4th when he chased that loose ball down to the Wizz's end and dove on the floor to try and snag the posession. I'm not sure what Maurice is thinking by not rewarding this kid with more opportunities.Tony Mitchell is one of those guys who always looks like he's completely stoned. I have a friend named Robert who has this same issue. However, in Robert's case, he is actually always stoned. For his birthday last month, I went to Walgreens and bought him one of every kind of eye-drops that they sell.In addition to being a teen wolf, Will Bynum is the Mayor of Lob City-East. Mayor Bynum was tossing alley-oops to everyone last night. For a minute, I half expected to see George Blaha leave his announcer's chair, go backdoor and throw down one of Will's lob passes.Will Bynum had 9 dimes 2 TO's. Siva AND Chauncey had 9 dimes, 4 TOsCharlie Villanueva played about 4 minutes. These were 4 of the most uninspired minutes of NBA baketball that I've ever seen anyone play. He should never EVER see the court when the games start counting.Jorts could be a rich-man's Charlie Villanueva. Dude has a nice looking jumper for a 7-footer. He doesn't exactly lumber around out there like BoT does either. He's got a little bit of JYD in him.I'm really curious about Pizza Guy.Tale of 2 halves: 1st half = Pistons could not miss and were absolutely locking the Wizz down on D. The Wizz were shooting 8% at one point! 2nd half = The Pistons dug out the "switch" from the Flip Saunders days and stopped playing.Vintage Chauncey Billups in the final minutes when the game was close. Bup Bup simply grabbed the ball, calmed everyone down and won the freaking game. He might be the best player in the NBA when your team is up 2 with less than a minute left. He just manages the situation so freaking well and rarely makes a mistake. IMO, Chauncey's Mariano Rivera closer skills will be worth 4 additional wins this season.Go Pistons!Why is Greg Monroe wearing one of those shooting sleeves on his right arm? Dude's left handed and he's deathly afraid to shoot from beyond 2 feet anyway. Shooting sleeves are stupid. ...Vinnie Johnson never needed one of those damn things!
Yeah, I forgot about Chauncey. Hopefully he avoids getting an old man injury because he really is useful. Frustrating that we're not going to see the team at full strength for a while. Have to wait for Jennings and Datome, then for Cheeks to warm up to Pope.
I was proud of Lee for posting that. It probably wasn't easy.
Agreed. We may not begin seeing what this team is capable of doing until December. November will be like preseason #2 once BJ, Stuckey and Pizza Guy get into the mix. What is it going to take for Maurice to warm up to KCP? I've only seen 3 of the preseason games so maybe I'm missing something. Every time I see him play, he looks like he looks like the best back-court defender on the team. He competes for every loose ball and rebound. Yeah, he hasn't shot the rock as good as he is expected to but it seems like the PREseason is a perfect time to work out those kinks. When he's open - he drains it. When he has a man on him, he rushes things. A mid-October game against the Washington Generals seems like a great opportunity to feed him 30+ minutes for him to get straightened out. FREE POPE!
Mo has said that he loves KCP. Mo said he will find minutes for KCP even if he isn't shooting well because of his defense.
Mo seems to be a believer in making it tough for rookies. He was in the league a while and was a rookie himself of course, so there may be something to that method. Sort of a hazing thing. Pope Kentavious seems to be trying very hard, so maybe it's working. As long as he "wins" the starting spot quickly, I'm happy (call it 20 games). Also, as much as I like Billups, my fear is that he gets burned out physically or injured. He's the most experienced and poised on the team and he still has most of his faculties, so bringing him off the bench at to stabilize games and for pressure situations at the end is what I am hoping his role will settle into. Worse case scenario is that the coach overplays him as part of the KCP hazing ritual and CB goes out for a multi-month period.
I'm hoping Billups has a mentoring-type effect on Jennings, irregardless if he is injured or not.
If we can beat Washington in the preseason, anything is possible.
You think he's showing him how to brush his teeth and floss?
Good observation. Pope is adjusting to the speed of the NBA game. Soon, he will realize that it is best to take enough time to make the shot, and not be worrying quite so much about his shot getting blocked. Basically, he is blocking his own shots by rushing them. On the flip side, if he actually hit those shots that he puts up that fast - say with a bit more reps, it would make him a pretty awesome offensive force. I definitely say start the guy, let him shoot all he wants to get it figured out. Yeah, sure, if his shooting is shooting us out of a game, he will have to slow down, gets to the bucket a time or two, get us back into the game, before jacking up any more shots.
Pope gets enough hustle stats to earn himself a few missed shot attempts. Dude was by all accounts, one of the best shooters in the '13 draft. I have absolutely no reason to think that he won't start draining jumpers with more reps.
It felt so good to WATCH a Pistons game. My 2 cents....not that anybody asked. In order to get above .500 and make the playoffs: Drummond has to perfect that little half hook and get the FT% up above 55%. Until then he's a younger JeVale McGee or Deandre Jordan. Monroe seems to be aware that he has to take and make jumpshots this year, now if only he can make them! I like Singler as the SF off the bench, Pizza Guy is going to have a hard time taking his minutes. When will the CV horror show end!?!?!? Chauncey is the perfect complement to Jennings. BJ will want to play 100mph 100% of the time, CB will bring great balance to that. That said Jennings might be the perfect PG for THIS team, we need a 3 point chucker to spread the floor and that's what he specializes in. Tony Mitchell can battle JJ for those scrap minutes at PF. KCP's shooting percentage has me concerned, but MY GOODNESS his defense is impressive!!! Last night he didn't miss a single defensive assignment or rotation, fought through every screen and didn't get beat not 1 single time! Not to say that his man never scored, but it wasn't because of bad defense. Concerned with his offensive game but man this kid is superb in every other aspect of the game! But I don't like how we use him in the half court offense, he kind of just stands around the perimeter, move the kid around for crying out loud. Get him some cuts to the baskets, some backdoor lobs, run him off some screens.....something other than just standing there. Will is still one of the best PG's in the league to BRING OFF THE BENCH! Siva ain't ready. Hope everybody plays tomorrow against Minnesota.
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Dre is much more "teachable" than these two hockey pucks. His basketball IQ is like Bill Russell compared to D-Jordan and McGee. All three are athletic freaks who can't shoot free throws. That's where the comparrison ends for me.
Right before player intros: Cheeks - So, that's the game plan guys. Everybody got it? Any questions? KCP - Coach, why you treat that woman like that man?
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Irsay showing his true colors
It seems that once an Irsay, always an Irsay. All the talk about how the son is different from the father must end now, with the way he's been handling his team and treating the guy, Manning, who WAS the franchise for the past 14 years, and the only reason they have stayed in Indianapolis and gotten a big nice stadium.
I like one of the comments below this story, which goes something like: "Peyton, please be quiet so I can sell some tickets between now and the day I will cut you. -- Irsay"
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I think you're a little of my base. Jim Irsay is no way nearly as bad as his father but I get your point. I see a divorce coming here and it's a shame. Peyton put that franchise on the map.
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Irsay now gets to show everyone what he can do to rebuild a football team that stunk up the field in 2011.If Manning goes, It will be safe to assume that the colts are average again. Nothing wrong with the colts missing the postseason for a long while. Hope the indiannapolis fans don't abandon the team. LOL
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I feel bad for Pagano for going into that snakepit.
Robert Irsay was the Big Weasel, Jimmy is the Little Weasel.
I'd love to see Peyton go to the Jets and lead them to the playoffs and beat Indy on the way."Nothing stops these Baltimore Ravens. Beat them, injure them, shove them to the bottom of the standings, drag them into a hostile environment and mount a big lead, and they just keep trudging forward like nothing fazes them." (Bleacher Report)
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I don't think the Younger is as bad as the Older, but I've always felt the whole franchise was overrated as a "model of consistency."
The fact of the matter is, they stunk for a long time w Jimmy in charge, and weren't any good until Polian and Manning showed up. Now, both of those guys are gone, and, imo, they're going to stink for a long time again. UNLESS, Luck is everything he's hyped up to be, and despite what many believe, that is no guarantee.
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How does this show him to be on par with his father?
If I were an owner, I'd be upset too my star QB is running his mouth.
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But I do think he hasn't accomplished a whole hell of alot in the league, except luck into drafting Manning 14 years ago, and if he hadn't done that he would have uprooted that franchise from Indy too.
And if he didn't want his star QB to give an interview, which wasn't even inflammatory, maybe he ought not run his fucking mouth to Rob Lowe about Peyton Manning's intentions. Manning doens't deserve that respect after all he's done for that franchise?
I sure as hell think so, and if I was Manning, I'd be pissed too.
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I don't think he's as bad as his father. I haven't seen Irsay flying into the LA Coliseum to drum up interest in a move. Not, so far as I know, has he called plays. But then again, the way Caldwell was using time outs, it might have helped if he had.
Be that as it may, the thing that Manning is pissed about is in the same vein as Irsay Sr. Manning's quote was that people that he's worked with in the building were showing up and finding that their keys weren't working. It would seem that according to Manning, they were showing up and found they were out in the cold. Which is basically what happened that March in 1984. House was cleaned out and that was it. Fortunately for them, it's just Manning that's moving and not the entire team.
Manning thought he was entirely different from the father. I put the quote into an earlier post, but to paraphrase, Manning asked if things couldn't have been done better, was there a better way than to have people show up and find they've been fired?
In the same vein, but not quite as bad. And FWIW, the son did hire a good head coach.---
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This is why I was suprised Pagano chose to go to that franchise. That organization is going through such a strange time right now. They're just two years removed from playing in a Super Bowl. One losing season (granted, debacle of a season) costs nearly the entire FO and coaching staff their jobs, the franchise QB is clearly unhappy with the way the owner is running things. Other than having the top pick in the draft, not much going for them as far as easing into a new head coaching gig. But, Pagano was the one who decided now was the time to be a head coach.
That said, Irsay making those comments was not Bob Irsay like. You'd expect that kind of behavior from half the owners in the league. The closest thing that Jim Irsay did recently which had me scratching my head is when he started a twitter contest to give away SB tix to whoever guessed the next Colts HC. BEFORE he had picked one. You're already turning your head coaching search into a promotional contest? I'm almost wondering if he looked at the majority of responses to decide who to hire..
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Some of it though doesn't make sense to me. You want a new head coach? A new GM? Sure, that's your perogative.
But do you really need to fire the strength coach? WTF did he have to do w a 2-14 season? And you have to do it right in the middle of his workout w Manning?
It seems to me, and others have speculated, Irsay is just flapping his dick around to do it and put his stamp all over the organziation.
For some reason, I don't that's going to work out for them. Before Polian and Manning, they were a fucking joke. I suspect the same will be true afterwards.
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The fact is everybody in the NFL knew who Manning was from high school. And every team in the NFL would have taken him #1 that year if they'd been LUCKY enough to have the #1 pick. This wasn't some scouting and development job; they had the #1 pick the year Manning came out so they took him, just like everybody else would have. It's called luck. They stunk before Manning and they'll stink after Manning.
And firing everybody in the building, a week before you host the Superbowl, sure isn't going to speed the recovery process up.
They were an awful team this year. They'll be worse next year. Even if Luck is the second coming of Manning, which is highly unlikely, they're still going to have to rebuild that team around him. It's going to take a few years before they're respectable even. I wonder if we'll be hearing about what a great owner Jimmy is when they win 14 games in half a decade and they're being blacked out.


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I ask my chemist friends, then, to restrain their knees from jerking and to consider the potential value of establishing an aesthetic for visual thinking and representation, and using that aesthetic as a tool for understanding.
F. F. Tell us how these ideas began.
R. P. and S. F. We first rendered molecules in this form to illustrate the versatility of adaptively sampled distance fields or ADFs, the underlying shape representation used to create the images. ADFs are a unifying representation of shape that integrate numerous concepts in computer graphics, including the representation of surface and volume data and a broad range of processing operations such as rendering, sculpting and collision detection. ADFs are especially effective for quality reconstruction of complex shapes—artistic and organic forms, precision parts, volumes, high-order functions and fractals, for example. To illustrate organic forms and volumetric data, we used ADFs to represent and render the electron probability distribution of a cyclohexane molecule in an ACM SIGGRAPH publication that introduced ADFs. [SIGGRAPH is the Special Interest Group on Graphics and Interactive Techniques of the Association for Computing Machinery.]
The initial molecular renderings were so striking that we created several others for an art piece called 'Desiderata" (created by Alyn Rockwood, Thouis Jones along with us) that depicts the dichotomy between the aesthetic beauty of certain molecules, rendered this way, and their destructive, addictive qualities. Some images from "Desiderata" were published in Computer Graphics and eventually caught the eye of Carl Carlson, the director of the 2002 NOVA documentary "The Search for a Safe Cigarette." We ended up creating several animated sequences of rendered molecules for the documentary to illustrate nicotine and the formation of carcinogenic compounds from elements in tobacco.
F. F. How much of your thinking addressed real information about molecular shape?
R. P. and S. F. These renderings are geometrically accurate—we extracted the relative position and atomic radius of each atom from the Worldwide Protein Data Bank (www.wwpdb.org). The images were created using volumetric rendering where a turbulent texture was used to depict the amorphous nature of the electron probability distributions.
F. F. What is your plan now that you will be refining the representations, making them more informative?
R. P. and S. F. Sarah recently joined the Computer Science faculty at Tufts University, where she is building a research lab focused on computer graphics, physics-based modeling and scientific visualization. This summer we have begun to refine the ADF representation for molecular rendering. We are looking at incorporating additional data to identify individual atoms, different types of bonds, electrostatic charge, and properties such as locations of hydrophobic or hydrophilic regions by using local variation in color, texture and density in the renderings. We are also beginning to look at simulating interactions between molecules by exploiting the ADF representation to model intermolecular forces.
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Discussion in 'Great Skate Debate' started by ks777, Feb 13, 2010.
Did he leave ABC/ESPN? I see him on Universal sports covering olympics..
I don't know but I sure ain't complaining! WHEEEE TERRRY!!!!
As far as I have read, his contract is for coverage during the Games, but no mention if that contract extends beyond the games. He mostly does Basketball commentary for ESPN since they lost skating. I'd assume this is just temporary until Basketball season resumes (isn't there usually a break in Feb?). Although I'd love for NBC to hire him for figure skating!
Especially if they can assign him to stuff a plug in Scott's mouth and kick Sandra Bezic every time she says something stupid. He's big and strong, and should be able to accomplish both simultaneously while still making intelligent comments for us listeners out here.
He has simply one of the most comforting voices in sports broadcasting.
I live for Terry Gannon! Can't wait for the skating show on Universal!!
All we need is him and Mr. Button in the same booth - good times, good times.
I love Terry. He always does a great job So glad to have him involved with skating again, even if it's only on the daily afternoon show.
I'm just happy is talking about skating again.
No, there is no break in the basketball season (college or professional) in February. His contract with ESPN must allow him to do other work, or he must have gotten permission from ESPN to do this. I agree that this is great for skating fans in the U.S.
Mind you I don't get Universal Sports, but what are you guys talking about?
Is Olympic Ice back on tv? Where can I see Terry???
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So happy that FSU posters can agree one one thing: Terry Gannon is made of awesome.
A big shout out for Terry Gannon. One of the highlights for me as well.
What a joy to see Terry back!
Yay, Terry!
Must email Universal Sports and thank them for this...
Sorry, but not all of us agree. I find him lackluster, boring and uninteresting. I just don't get the Terry Gannon excitement.
I heart Terry - so happy to see him covering the Olys! I miss listening to him at Nats.
He was so sassy today. So funny with the researcher.
I think the show is still finding its sea legs and you can see he's trying to figure out how to keep an hour long talk show going- it's different from just doing play by play on an event with some summary at beginning and end.
But I liked seeing his sense of humor- he normally doesn't get that much time to show off the funnies. Though with this expanded time slot you can really see that Peter Carruthers is just painful to watch and listen to as an on-air personality. Hope they get more behind-the-scenes footage in once competition gets going- and send Peter out of the studio.
I liked seeing the combo of Terry with Lindsey Soto the day before. They were pretty cool together- nice chemistry and back/forth. Hope this turns into an expanded gig for Terry.
They should replae Tom Hammond with Terry for the Figure Skating commentary. While they're at it, replace Scott with Paul and Sandra with Susie Wynn or Tracy...get the whole ESPN back together!
Oh, yeah. Dick and Terry played off each other so well. Peggy rounded out the trio, though she didn't say much that was funny or informative. Just chemistry, I suppose.
Throw Tara in the mix. We would get Uncle Dick and his looniness, Terry reigning him in, and Tara giving competent commentary.
Terry Gannon is hot, too.
I loved it when Peggy and Dick would politely massacre the women with bad laybacks...memories .
Because he's one of the rare (dare I say ONLY) non-skater commentators that doesn't treat figure skating gigs like he drew the short straw. He approached figure skating with an open mind in the beginning and subsequently grew to love the sport. That's why many love him. He's shows respect to the sport, and in turn the fans show him respect.
My dream team for this show would be Terry and Mary Carillo - how awesome would they be together?!
I first read this as "dream podium" for this show
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In addition, he admitted that when he began, he didn't know much. However, he wanted to learn; made the effort, and did so.
In an interview, at 2009 Worlds, he admitted how much he missed covering skating.
As a champion athlete himself; he understood the mentality in other people, and knew how to convey that to the audience.
What I also like about him is that he seems to honestly enjoy the skating and the skaters. In today's show he asked about Stephane Lambiel's chances because he feels like he's hanging in a little under the radar and may have the momentum to challenge. It shows that he's invested enough that he is able to form opinions and predict outcomes like any skating fan.
When I listen to other non-skater sportscasters talk during the skating segments, I always feel they're just reading what the researchers have prepared for them and that they're not interested enough to express opinions or make accurate calls. I feel like he actually remembers the skating history that he's witnessed and can weave it organically into the conversation.
^ Definitely. I remember at 2007 Nationals with the controversy over Flatt's triple-triple, and Dick was like "Oh it was a flutz. I agree with the judges," but Terry was like "That wouldn't matter whether it was downgraded or not."
Online chat he did a couple of years ago:
I also remember him saying during a GP event at least 5 years ago that he thinks every sports fan should experience a couple of athletic feats live because TV doesn't do justice to how awesome they are. I remember one was seeing and hearing Tiger Woods hit a golf ball a couple hundred yards, the other was Shen & Zhao doing a throw triple jump.


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Just picked up an SR9. Curious if anyone else has one and can give me their experience with it??
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Just picked up an SR9. Curious if anyone else has one and can give me their experience with it??
I bought a stainless SR9 two years ago. It is very accurate and has very light recoil. I loved it so much that I also picked up a stainless SR9c a few months ago. The SR9c is also an excellent 9mm pistol with better trigger than the SR9's.
Did your SR9c have any trigger issues like the original SR9's had? From what I've read Ruger went and revamped the trigger assembly on the SR9's a few years ago when they had some issues with them firing is dropped. I will be complete a CCW course here in NE and I'm not sure if i want to carry the SR9 or something smaller.
Yeah, I bought the SR9 long after the trigger mod so my SR9 has the newer trigger type with the D shaped mag release (its serial # is 331xxxxx). The SR9c trigger is much smoother which also improved the accuracy remarkably. I have had no problems with both of them so far.
I went straight to the CHL renewal class right after I picked up the SR9 so I did not have the time to clean it (I gave my carry pistol to a relative so I needed to use the SR9 for the class). I shot 50 rds for range qualification then another 50 rounds for fun since we finished the range qualification in only 30 mins while our instructor booked the range time for 1 hr. The instructor held my SR9 in his hands to have a good look then said "Damn good gun!". Gotta love the SR9 & SR9c!!! I plan to buy an SR40c also.
IMO, I suggest you get the SR9c later for concealed carry because it's as accurate as the bigger SR9 and it has better trigger, is much easier to conceal too.
Thanks for the input I'll look into the SR9c at my local shop and see how they are for price. I'm looking forward to getting out to the range probably wednesday or thursday to shoot.
Please remember to give it a good clean before shooting. I'm sure you'll be very pleased with it. http://www.getsmile.com/emoticons/sm...3/w/thumbs.gif
I have an SR9c. It's awesome. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it. Have fun.
Just an update for everyone. I went range on Friday with my SR9, put 150 rounds of 9 mm Blazer aluminum ammo with no malfunctions. I did clean and oil the gun before heading to the range. On another note though, I picked up my ammo from my local Cabela's since it was on the way to the range the first day. I went back yesterday to pick up a couple more boxes of Blazer aluminum ammo and decided to ask one of the employees i'm pretty familiar with what he had heard about the ammo. Initially he had said people were loving it and it was flying off the shelves which it was for 9.99 for 50 rounds. When i talked to him Saturday he told me he was recommending people not shoot it because he was having customers coming in complaining that shells were beginning to melt, cause the barrel to get very dirty very fast and it was not easy to clean. Personally I did not have any issues. I ran my bore-snake through the barrel before I left the range and it looked clean as a whistle just like it did when i started. I'm in the process giving it a good cleaning at work right now... haha. Anyone else use this ammo on a regular basis??
I haven't used the Blazer in 9mm. I do however have an SR9, and am not at all surprised that yours functioned flawlessly! I have had mine for over a year now and have shot it quite a bit and never had any problems no matter what ammo I put through it!
I have a friedn that has the SR9c and his is flawless as well!
I've used many rounds of Blazer, Winchester WB, Federal as well as a few other brands which were all brass cased. I've had one fail to fire with the very first 50 rounds (Blazer) and then around round 750 one feeding jam with Winchester WB. I'm right at 2000 rounds including FMJ and HP and it is my go to gun at home. I've been very happy with it, but I've been biten by the CZ bug and I don't feel as though I need 2 9mm pistols. I'm trying to sell it, but if I don't I'll end up using at my local USPSA for fun.
SR9 great weapon!!! The shells were melting?????? WTF???? Blazer is a dirty round but so are most inexpensive brands. The SR9 is so easy to break down and clean cleaning it should be no problem. It is a great gun. Pay no attention to the trigger issue that is ancient history. Enjoy the gun, it is accurate and pretty dang good shooter. For about 30 bucks you can improve the trigger on the SR9 by a ton. at www dot ghostinc dot com you can get the ghost ultimate trigger bar.........dude it is worth every penny and a snap to install.
Enjoy the gun and shoot it often!
No SR9 but I own a SR40 and recently purchased my daughter a SR40C. They are fantastic guns and shoot like a dream. I would guess the SR9 would be no less of a performer.
Recoilguy, I have looked into the ghost trigger bars and seriously considering it. I haven't totally made up my mind yet to keep it stock or not. As for the ammo I had not problems with any of them and i would have bought more if they weren't sold out. I took everything apart to clean it and i did not see any issues. I definitely think the SR series by Ruger is somewhat of a hidden gem for the pistol lovers. To bad they couldn't have came out with it years ago, then it wouldn't be having to fight Glock and other's long standing reputations. How's the recoil on the SR40c. I'm going to get my CCW but and the full size is a little big for me to conceal. I'm not sure if I want a 9 mm or a 40.
The stock trigger is ok and if you have nothing to compare it too it is pretty good. With the trigger bar it is very much improved! The differeance is notricable. It has kless travel a crisper break and is t goes from what ever the # trigger pull is to 4.5#. I shoot a lot and I appreciate the improvement. It isn't that the SR trigger is a sigma trigger or a similar type it is just way better for 30 bucks.
Enjoy the gun and be safe!
I have the SR9c, the SR40c and the SR1911. They are all great guns and great shooters, for the price you cant beat any of them and if u go with the compact version they are very easy to carry. Ruger makes a great gun and these are some of the best they offer. I really have no issues with the triggers on any of them but might look at the ghost trigger to see if it makes a major difference.
I own 2 SR9's I would not own more then 1 if there were a problem. I had no real issues with the trigger either but that doesn't mean it can't get better. I was just making a suggestion how for 30 bucks you can make a very good weapon even better and more enjoyable. It was not a knock on the gun at all. I do however appreciate a nice smooth short trigger alot! The SR9 has a good, middle of the road trigger stock, which works just fine. If I can improve what I have I will normally attempt to do so.
My dad had one till i traded him a S&W model 36 1977 98% snubby.It will shoot a dime size hole out of a target. Great little carry gun
I bought one about 4 yrs ago & really liked the way it shot & loved the original trigger. I just recently returned it for the trigger group replacement and although I haven't fired it yet, I surely do not like this newer trigger. They should've figured a way to keep the old style trigger. Take a look at the Smith's. They have a similar trigger style that the original SR9's had and there's no mention of a recall from them.
That aside, the gun is probably the best fitting semi-auto handgun I own. It's a great design & for a grip that slim that'll hold 17+1 rounds is amazing. I'd recommend this gun to anyone.
I'm sure by this time, NE_SR9, that you've had a good chance to find out what a great shooter it is. You won't be sorry that you purchased it.


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Samantha Russo, 22, of Nashua, reacts after being crowned Miss New Hampshire by outgoing titleholder Megan Lyman earlier this year. (APRIL GUILMET/Union Leader Correspondent)
"It's been a bit of a whirlwind," said Russo, who was crowned Miss New Hampshire last April and has been prepping for the national pageant ever since.
"We all have very busy schedules this week, and really the only time we have to slow down is at lunch," said Russo late last week. "We just look at each other and say, 'Can you believe we are here?' I am having such a great time."
On Tuesday, she won a $2,000 scholarship in the talent competition, singing "Don't Rain On My Parade" from the Broadway musical "Funny Girl," which starred Barbra Streisand. Russo said she picked the song because of the positive feedback she received after performing it during the Miss New Hampshire competition - despite being cautioned by friends the song was too difficult to pull off on such a grand stage.
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After being crowned Miss New Hampshire, Russo was awarded a $13,500 scholarship, which went toward paying off her student loans. She earned her bachelor of science degree in broadcast journalism from Emerson College and is pursuing a career in sports journalism.
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"The Miss America organization provides more scholarship money to young women than any other organization in the entire world," said Russo. "It really values the everyday woman, the girl next door and intelligence."
She has her share of supporters back home, as well. A former employer tweeted last week: "Congrats to our ex-Chunky's employee Samantha Russo ... for winning the first night of preliminary competition in the Miss America pageant yesterday! We guess she won't be picking up shifts any time soon! GO SAMANTHA!!!"
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