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A map of Soldotna's parks, trails, river boardwalks and bike paths was pinned onto a bulletin board. To its right, a similar aerial photograph displayed Soldotna 30 years ago; it lacked many of the other's features.
Soldotna resident Dawni Giuger examined the maps with a friend, pointing at unfamiliar trails.
"I'd like more trails that allow dogs," she said. "That's a big deal. I think people feel safer when they have an animal with them. It's pretty limited with what's available."
The City of Soldotna invited residents to an open house Thursday at the city's council chambers to discuss the future of trails and recreation. It hired a planning consultant to write a Soldotna Parks and Trails Master Plan, which will shape recreational opportunities in the area for the next 20 years. The public is encouraged to offer input for a month then the consultant will move onto the next phase of planning.
The open house offered Soldotna residents a chance to view the history of the city's trails and discuss ideas with stakeholders. They also were asked to complete a recreation survey.
"We want to hear from them about what they like and what they don't like. Is there a sector of the public that is underserved? We'll also look at emerging trends like new sports or activities growing in popularity," said Nancy Casey of Casey Planning & Design, a landscape architecture company on the Kenai Peninsula.
The consultant is shaping the rough draft of the master plan based on recommendations highlighted in the "Envision Soldotna 2030" comprehensive plan, which states, "Parks, campgrounds, green space, trails and the sports center are important assets for Soldotna … Use of these resources by the community promotes the health and well-being of individuals as well as sense of community."
The top Parks and Recreation goal in Envision 2030 is the development of a master plan, which will evaluate demand, inventory available resources and opportunities and develop a list of improvement recommendations, among other goals.
Part of the consultant's first phase of the master plan is the inventory. It is gathering information about the current facilities and trails. The second half of the plan's beginnings is public input.
Envision established additional goals for parks and recreation as well, such as providing missing links in the existing trail system — West Redoubt Avenue across the river to Kenai Peninsula College, Kobuk Street to Fireweed, Fred Meyer to Soldotna Creek Park, just to name a few — and considering the expansion of the Adopt-a-Park program.
All the aforementioned goals will be part of the conversation, Casey said.
"When the city and stakeholders work together, we may decide that there's potential for expansion, and that's all part of the public input phase," she said.
Conducting an inventory of the trails and facilities will help the consultant compare Soldotna's offered services to national standards. Basically, how the city enhances and maintains those services, Casey said.
The recreational use survey includes 20 questions. It asks residents how often they use areas like parks and trails, what park they believe is most important to the community and the facilities that deserve upgrades, among many other questions. It also asks for personal information, like age and income, but answers will be kept confidential. Residents can find a link to the survey at http://www.ci.soldotna.ak.us/rec_trails.html.
Colleen Denbrock, co-chair of the Soldotna Planning and Zoning Commission, attended Thursday's open house. The commission is important to the master plan, as its success is based upon cooperation of multiple government entities.
She offered her own recommendations. The condition of Aspen Park, in particular, concerns her. It should be converted from a playground into a dog park. Also, Centennial Park has space for trails; a lot of visitors who come to fish use the park, and the rest of the family should have something to do, she said.
In the last ten years, the City of Soldotna has made great strides toward improving parks and overall infrastructure. Everyone seems to be working toward the same goals, Denbrock said.
"For example, Soldotna Creek Park gets lots of praise, but Memorial Park, which was such a controversial issue, turned out beautiful," she said. "To me, that's our star. We came to an agreement with everyone involved, and it turned out great. That was a sign of being able to get through the issues and come out with a successful project.
"Just drive through it, it is a wonderful park."
A rough draft of the master plan is expected by April, and a second round of public input will follow its release. And the master plan will be 95 percent compete on June 11. The involved parties will definitely meet that goal, said parks and recreation director Andrew Carmichael.
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This week we return for the conclusion of our series examining the likely impact of the new Call to Arms system debuting in patch 4.1. If you're looking for last week's article, you'll find that here: Shifting Perspectives: Tanks, bribes, and player behavior.
To summarize the observations and argument of the first article as quickly as possible, Cataclysm returned players to the difficulty of The Burning Crusade instancing model without the benefits that tanks gained from building a reputation as competent players -- namely, the reasonable expectation that groups would cooperate with kill orders and any requests for crowd control. The dungeon finder, arguably a tool better suited to the ease and speed of Wrath of the Lich King heroics, has left tanks in an unfortunate position: They now attempt to lead groups through more difficult content with the unreliable vote kick as their sole defense against obstreperous players. That DPS queue times have soared under the present circumstances shouldn't arrive as a shock.
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Roasting carrots caramelizes their sugars so they take on a resemblance to sweet potatoes or butternut squash. The distinct, sharp flavor carrots are known for turns into something altogether different. Mild and sweet, but not overly so, they retain a savory side capable of converting any carrot hater.
When you add the brightness of fresh lemon, pungent garlic and zingy ginger to the mix they transform into something magical and irrefutably delicious! By far these are my favorite way to eat carrots. I'm convinced roasting is the best thing for them!
3 tablespoons lemon juice
5 cloves, garlic, minced
1-inch piece of fresh ginger, minced or grated
sea or kosher salt and fresh black pepper
3 cups fresh carrots, peeled, sliced on the diagonal into 1 – 1 and 1/2 inch pieces*
a pat or two of butter, optional
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Grease a 8×10 or 8×8 baking pan.
2. In a large mixing bowl whisk together oil, lemon juice, garlic and ginger. Season well with salt and pepper to taste. Add carrots and toss well using your hands to massage the oil mixture into the carrots.
3. Pour into pan and spread out evenly. Bake for about 40 minutes or until carrots are tender. Halfway through cooking time remove from oven and toss again with a pat or two of butter if desired. Serve immediately, scraping up any bits left in the pan over top of the carrots.
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Prof. John Horgan Publishes Article on Unmanned Drones in March Issue of National Geographic
Professor John Horgan (Director, Center for Science Writings and Department Head of Science Communication) published an article in the March issue of National Geographic. His article, "Unmanned Flight", explores the technological and societal implications behind the use of unmanned drones in the United States.
"I was delighted when National Geographic asked me to write about drones, because I find them fascinating. They have so much potential for ill or good, and they're evolving so quickly," Prof. Horgan said.
"Unmanned Flight" reveals the history behind the use of unmanned drones as a defense tool against terrorists, as well as their impending technological impact in the U.S., including potential uses for border patrolling, crop dusting, and citizen surveillance.
Prof. Horgan, a seasoned author and career science writer, said that the College of Arts and Letters' new program in Science Communication will train students to communicate technical information in a meaningful way.
"We need people who can research and write about complex SciTech stories like this, which is why we have started the new Science Communication program at Stevens."
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I come home at different times based on my work schedule. Some days, I'm home at 6:00, others, not til 9:30. Either way, its routine that I give them some food as a snack once I'm home. They meow and trail me like I'm the Pied Piper of cats. Its a parade of cats from the back door to the bedroom (I feed them all in the bedroom due to Callie getting at their food otherwise -- its too high up for her in the bedroom)
Do you kow how many times I come home to poor pitiful straving kitties? Every night. Do you know how many times I go through this dance, only to find there is still food in their bowls from hubby falling prey to their starving kitty dance? 0nce or twice a week.
Now, if they still have food in their bowls, WHY would they tell me they were starving and needed me to feed them?
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text: 5. Conservative party in Kansas City: Chiefs coach Todd Haley and his talented staff are showing a conservative approach can work in his pass-happy league. The Chiefs lead the AFC West with a 4-2 record built on running and smart defense. The Chiefs are averaging 35.2 runs a game with an incredible 5.0-yard average. Jamaal Charles and Thomas Jones are both on pace for 1,000-yard seasons. But the surprising numbers are on defense. Chiefs defensive coordinator Romeo Crennel is playing it smart and conservatively on defense. According to ESPN Stats & Information, the Chiefs have blitzed less than any team in football. Crennel has rushed an extra defender on only 18.9 percent of the pass plays. Last year, D-coordinator Clancy Pendergast blitzed on 32.4 percent of the pass plays, but quarterbacks had a 106.2 rating against Kansas City. This year, opponents are completing only 46.3 percent of their passes against Chiefs blitzes. Crennel is stressing coverage.


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LAMBLY, JOHN ROBERT, sail-maker and registrar; b. 25 Jan. 1799 in Rochester, England, eldest child of Captain John Lambly, harbourmaster of Quebec, and Frances Richardson; d. 31 Jan. 1863 in Leeds, Canada East.
The parents of John Robert Lambly had been married at Quebec on 31 Aug. 1797, and lived in Rochester before coming back to Quebec on 18 May 1802. At age 14 John Robert, although hoping to become a sail-maker, began to study for the notarial profession. The boy's wishes finally prevailed and in 1816 he was sent to London, England, to serve his apprenticeship as a sail-maker. Letters from his father in Quebec contained good advice for his son to "write French often and keep constant attention to that language," to attend church, and especially to read the bible and prayer book. John Robert evidently completed his apprenticeship in the fall of 1819, and sailed for Quebec in the spring of 1820. An item in the Quebec Gazette of 1 Aug. 1820 announcing the opening of a sail loft on 12 June 1820 by John Robert Lambly confirms that he set up a business immediately upon his return from England.
Lambly did not continue long at the sailmaking trade. He became one of the first settlers in Halifax Township, in the Eastern Townships, moving there, it is believed, in 1827. He may not have relished the sail-making business as much as he had anticipated. Moreover, the building of Craig's Road to connect Quebec with Richmond may have been an incentive to leave Quebec, especially since two of his future brothers-in-law were moving into the area on the northeast shore of Lake William. They established their families in forest clearings, as did Lambly, who married Ann Mackie of Quebec City on 23 April 1828. Seven children were born of this marriage. The Lambly family had thus settled in the region prior to the coming of the Scots from Arran in 1829.
On 30 May 1843 Ann Lambly died; on 15 Jan. 1845 John Robert married Elizabeth Pierce Bailey of the township of Ireland, and they had ten children. On 3 April 1844, he had been appointed registrar of Mégantic County by the government and had moved with his family to Leeds where the registry office was located. Thus at 45 John Robert returned to a type of notarial work for which he apparently had had some early training.
He remained registrar until 1862 when the county seat was moved to Inverness and his son William Harvard succeeded him. John Robert was also president of the Mégantic County Agricultural Society for many years, and first mayor of the municipality of Mégantic in 1854 and of Leeds Township in 1855.
Wesleyan Methodism in Mégantic County seems to have had its oldest organized existence in the Leeds circuit with preaching at various stations before 1864. John Robert Lambly was one of the local preachers who filled appointments in Ireland, Saint-Ferdinand-d'Halifax (Halifax), Inverness, and Saint-Sylvestre (Beaurivage), and he canvassed the county in the interest of temperance reform. In 1855 he became deputy grand worthy patriarch of the Society of Temperance. His religious influence was reflected in the careers of his children. Two sons, Osborn Richardson and James Bankier, became ministers, and William Harvard became internationally known for his work in prohibition.
John Robert Lambly died in Leeds on 31 Jan. 1863, having made a worthwhile contribution to the development of Mégantic County and the Eastern Townships.
ANQ-Q, État civil, Anglicans, Cathedral of the Holy Trinity (Québec), 23 April 1828. Private archives, Harry Lambly (San Francisco), "The Lamblys, lore and legend." Christian Guardian, 11 March 1863. Men of today in the Eastern Townships, ed. V. E. Morrill and comp. E. G. Pierce (Sherbrooke, Que., 1917), 22. D. M. McKillop, Annals of Megantic County, Quebec (Lynn, Mass., 1902), 65.
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DURANT, OK -- Friends and family of a local nurse who was critically injured in this week's medical helicopter crash are coming together to help her, and are asking for the community's support.
Loving, energetic and always smiling, that is how one friend describes Tosha Whitmire, the flight nurse who is recovering from the helicopter accident in Talihina. They say although there is a lot of healing ahead, they're confident she'll make it through this tragedy.
This was the scene Tuesday night, after an EagleMed helicopter en route to Tulsa crashed about 20 yards from the Choctaw Nation Health Care Center in Talihina. The crashed killed 49-year-old Michael David Wilson of Bethel, and critically injured flight nurse and Coleman native Tosha Whitmire.
"She is one of those people that was always there helping others. That's why she went into the nursing profession," friend Christy McDonald said.
Whitmire graduated from Coleman High School in 2003, then graduated from nursing school at ECU in Ada. Whitemire recently took the job with EagleMed, and still works part time as a nurse at MCSO in Durant. She remains in a Tulsa hospital.
"She is still in a critical point in her recovery. They still need lots of support, lots of prayers. But she is stable at this point. She has a long ways to go but she's a fighter," McDonald said.
While Whitmire heals her friends and family are doing what they can to help her along the way.
"72 hours ago she was on her way to do her job, to help someone else. And now it's our turn you know, to give back to her," McDonald said.
There will be a benefit dinner and silent auction at the Community Center in Coleman on Sunday, June 23 from 11 to 3 p.m.
If you'd like to make a donation for Whitmire's medical expenses, a fund is set up at all Landmark Bank locations. Donations should be given as "For the Benefit of Tosha Whitmire".
You can also drop off donations or items to be auctioned at the benefit dinner to Ma and Pa's Grocery in Coleman, the Calera Police Department or Open MRI in Durant.
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WHY bother to hold a funeral for Ned Kelly?
That was the burning question Monsignor John White tried to answer for 450 people at the bushranger's Requiem Mass.
In short, he explained, it was God alone who would finally judge men, not us mere mortals.
At least half the mourners had flocked to St Patrick's Church at Wangaratta because they are proud descendants of Kelly's siblings.
The rest were a mix of Kelly fans, local parishioners and people who came just out of plain curiosity and a rare sense of occasion — a moment in Australian history that was 132 years in the making.
The Mass lasted barely an hour and inside the L-shaped church was almost as hot as the outside temperature of 39.5 degrees.
Soft music played as Kelly family members filled into the old nave, a structure that young Kelly himself saw taking shape in 1869 and where he may have possibly worshipped at times.
Non-family folk were directed to a modern church wing, which happens to display an large marble plaque bearing the Ten Commandments, including a couple that Kelly broke more than once.
As the organist played If you ever go across the sea to Ireland, a man in a green Irish cap strolled in, and a few like Jason McCormack wore Ned Kelly T-shirts.
Monsignor White was a fitting choice to preside, being a son of Jerilderie, which the Kellys once held up, and a past priest at Euroa, where the Kellys robbed a bank in 1878.
He still conducts Masses at Glenrowan, just around the corner from the siege site in 1880.
"As a small boy I was fascinated by the story of Ned Kelly," he said.
"I feel humbled and privileged to offer the ritual of the Catholic Church."
He acknowledged the Kelly story still divided Australia — "some are for him and some against".
And he revealed he had received abusive phone cals and emails attacking the holding of Mass.
So why hold a Mass for Ned Kelly now?
Monsignor White explained that Kelly became "a child of God" when baptised at Beveridge in the summer of 1854-55 and ended his short life attended by priests at Old Melbourne Jail.
Yesterday Monsignor White sprinkled holy water on the coffin containing the bones of Kelly, though not his skull, as a preparation for the family burial service tomorrow.
"The life that Ned lived is not the point today," he said in his homily.
"We are not celebrating the man, but celebrating the merciful love of God.
"We don't make judgments — we leave that to Almighty God."
Monsignor White said a delay of 132 years didn't matter, and it was important for the family who loved Kelly as one of their own.
"His body was denied to his family and his mother Ellen — imagine how she would have loved to receive his body," he said.
"Today we are righting a wrong, if you like. Let me remind us all that we have a church of saints and sinners and we are not here to say which category Ned fell into.
"We cannot refuse to pray for the dead, and we leave (the rest) to God."
Fathers John Ryan and Frank Hart assisted, but there was no eulogy apart from Monsignor White's homily.
As six family members carried out the coffin under a bouquet of Australian natives, the congregation rose and sang In the sweet by and by, We shall meet on that beautiful shore.
It was Ned's favourite hymn, which he sang in his cell on his last night.


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Well, they got us again today, didn't they? Market started off with a nice tumble, flitted around for most of the day, then surged at the end. This gets old.
I am surprised I missed this before, but here's a fascinating angle on the Russell 2000 from a Fibonacci perspective. Using Fibonacci extensions, you can see the predicted high on the Russell based on prior high/low extremes (the high being in 2000 and the low being in 2002). This week, the Russell ($RUT) touched this line almost perfectly, within less than one point of the predicted level. Worth noting.
Yesterday was a chart heavy day, so today just a couple for your consideration. Fluor (FLR):
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I had the privilege of knowing Aaron Swartz, who passed away yesterday, over the past seven years. He was a truly incredible person, and his work was inspirational to me personally and our non-profit PPF's mission – and that of our sibling organizations, the Participatory Culture Foundation and Fight For the Future. Aaron was sui generis for real.
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Beyond Sound: An Interview with Consider the Source
A few weeks ago, I had just gotten out of work on a Friday and a friend of mine asked me if I wanted to catch a show in Providence that night. Living in Boston, I wasn't too keen on making the trip, until he showed me this video:
Wonderfully intrigued by a guitarist with a double neck guitar, a bassist who (pardon my French) slapped the shit out of his bass, and the band's overall sound, I headed to the Spot Underground to experience it for myself. My initial thoughts were if you took Primus and Tool, mixed them together with a dash of Middle Eastern flavoring, you would have Consider The Source. After seeing the show, I realized this is a band that is very hard to categorize using traditional genres, but more on that later.
Fundamentally sound would be an understatement – I did not hear one flubbed note all night. That is not an exaggeration. To some of you, I am preaching to the choir, but to those of you who have not heard of Consider the Source, I can only expect you will be more and more.
I had a chance to talk to guitarist Gabriel Marin and bassist John Ferrara about the band's origins, their instruments, the merit of lyrics, an upcoming tour overseas, and more.
How did Consider the Source come to be? Where did the original trio meet?
John: Consider the Source started when myself, Gabe and [original drummer] Justin Ahiyon first played together at a studio in Manhattan. Justin and I had grown up playing music together and Justin met Gabe through a mutual friend. They realized that they both had similar musical interests and Justin immediately called me and said that we all needed to play together and when we did we all knew that we had a very special chemistry. After some time of playing, and performing we decided to make it official.
Since then Justin has moved on to other musical endeavors and Louis Miller filled in for the past 6 months. We love Lou both personally and musically, but didn't end up working out with him in the end. Now we have Jeff Mann who's on his third week of shows with us and is doing a killer job with the songs and the live performances. Many of our fans have commented on the musical "bromance" going on between us. Right now we're still getting him up to speed on our tunes but we look forward to continuing the musical chemistry to and to begin writing music with him in the near future.
To someone who has never heard you before – how would you describe your sound?
John: For short we always tell people Sci-fi Middle-Eastern Fusion. We feel that's the best way to sum us up in 3 words.
What would you say, either individually or as a group, are your musical influences? My initial reaction was Primus/Tool, but it seems to go much deeper than that.
Gabriel: Well we grew up listening to bands like Tool, so that music is definitely an influence, but it's been years since we actively listened to that sort of stuff. As a band our influences are all over the place, and we all go thru phases of listening individually, so that comes out in the jams. Music from Turkey, North and South India, the Balkans, Middle East, Central Asia are mixed with a lot of modern jazz and prog-rock/fusion to get our sound. One of the cool things about this group is that we each have room to be ourselves musically and have our own individual styles mesh together to form the sound of the band. John may play a really funky riff, but then I'll choose to respond to that with some Eric Dolphy stuff and the blend sounds like us.
Tell us a little about your instruments. John, your bass seemed very Wooten-esque. And Gabe – the uniqueness of your guitar speaks for itself. Can you give a little background as to how you decided it was the right tool for you to achieve your desired sound?
John: Wooten-esque indeed. It's a 4 string Fodera Monarch. I have been playing Fodera for years and as you've seen/heard with Wooten it's the best bass for slapping/tapping amongst other things. We play a lot of fast unison stuff in this band and sometimes the music gets pretty aggressive but can also get really soft and pretty. So I picked an instrument that lends itself to all those musical sides and molds with my personality as a player.
Gabriel: I play a double neck guitar where the top neck is fretless and the bottom neck is normal. At first I got this so I could play Eastern music on the top neck and Western on the bottom, but as time went the lines are blurred, which I like. I can make a normal guitar sound very un-guitar like. But having the fretless is a love/hate thing. Sometimes it feels like I never want to play a normal guitar again, and then the next day I'll hate the fretless and only want to play with frets, so I think having the balance between both of them is the right idea.
The intricacies of your music are amazing. Would you say there is a place for lyrics in your music? Or do you feel they would overall detract from your sound?
Gabriel: We don't think so. Lyrics really tie a song to a specific thing, and to a specific person, the singer. We are free to express different emotions in the same song night after night since we aren't tied down to words. With lyrics or vocals in general, at least in the west, all the other music and musicians are secondary to the voice, but we are a totally equal trio in every way which I feel is something very special.


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We posted an item in February about the Newburgh, New York-based Motorcyclepedia Museum acquiring Pit Lengner's Wall of Death, which has been on display at the museum since late last year. Previous owner and Wall of Death stunt rider Pit Lengner was on hand to kick off the opening of the exhibit by performing some of his gravity-defying feats, and now Lengner will return for an encore this Saturday, April 21.
The museum has also recently acquired the Wall of Death car, a chain-drive, wood-framed, roadster-bodied car with what looks to be a 1920s 1,301cc side-valve four-cylinder Henderson engine and transmission powering the rear axle. After undergoing some repairs, it should be available for viewing the day of the event.
Four shows will be presented during the course of the day: 10 a.m., 12 p.m., 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Tickets are $20 and include admission to the museum. For more information, call 856-566-9065 or visit MotorcyclepediaMuseums.com.
The museum also announced that it will host a MidAmerica Motorcycle auction during its spring festival on May 19. The auction will offer more than 300 new and antique motorcycles. For more information and a list of early consignments, including this 1960 Ariel Leader, visit MidAmericaAuctions.com.
I really enjoy seeing a great rider do his thing on the w.o.d.take's me back to the '60's.
how can i buy this an put it in the park we are opening?
I would like an introduction or discusion.
In the UK The Fairground Heritage trust, a charity that looks after and allows people access to the UKs National Fairground collection, will be holding a Wall of Death celebration weekend on June 16 and 17th featuring the Ken Fox Wall of Death. Kens wall is well known in the UK as it features as a video between programmes every night on national TV channel BBC1.
See http://www.fairground-heritage.org.uk for further details
whayne,rhett rhotten has a w.o.d..i saw him in mpls in '07 i think.look him up.
In India the WOD is still quite the attraction, I saw a vid of 3 bikes and 3 very small ( yugo sized ) cars. No helmets and the people were not behind any fence at the top.


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anybody know how to change ur birthday on ur tama after u set it with out resetting ur tama? . . ?? my brother set the birthday on his tama wrong. .and then he gave it to me. .. so now i wanna chae it to my birthday. ..
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I hate to say it, but just like your tama's name, the b day you chose can't be changed either.


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So I'm getting closer to this whole moving thing I am doing and I had a chat with Virgin after they pestered me with a 'DON'T LEAVE ME!' E-mail. I was all set to go back to them (I can't fault my experience with the service), but sadly, they can not provide at my new address.
Because I've been very nice with the guy, he's looked into it a little further and told me that my best option is BT as he could sell me a package via that, but it would cost me a stupid amount when I might as well just go straight for them and cut out the Branson middle man.
Does anyone here use BT broadband? Have experience with it? Trying to get a general feel for it for when I call them tommorrow. I don't really have an alternative so I'm going with them either way, just gives me a good idea of what to expect really.


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Idk how realistic this offseason plan is, but its just something I would like to see.
For one I definitely wouldn't bring back Swisher, he cannot hit in the playoffs and its time to move on, plus he probably wants too much.
I would definitely pick up Granderson's option, maybe explore trading him but I would probably bring him back and hope to fix his strikeout problem this season and get back to 2011.
I would try to trade A-Rod, I think its time to just move on. It was a awful contract and its something the Yankees are just going to have to eat. Maybe they can get someone to pay 10-15% of it, while the Yankees pay 85-90% of it.
I would try trading for Chase Headley, I wanted to trade for him before he really broke out. 28 years old, 31 HRs as a Padre, .376 OBP. Switch hitter who rakes as a LHB and smashed RHP last season. I would use Brett Gardner as trade bait.
In FA I would sign BJ Upton, lots of talent as a all around player, brings speed and defense, along with some power. Move Granderson to LF and have Upton at CF.
Then I would re-sign Ichiro to play RF next season, shouldn't cost much. I wouldn't feel comfortable having Gardner and Ichiro as corner OFers, but with Upton signed, we have some power so can afford less with Ichiro and his bat is good for YS.
I would want to get a better catcher than Martin, his bat is really bad. I'd take a look at A.J. Pierzynski. I wouldn't overpay, hes 35 years old but hes a upgrade as a hitter and hes a LHB.
Re-sign Kuroda and Pettitte, if they want to come back. Both showed they are still effective. Oh and I wouldn't be against trading Phil Hughes while he has trade value, in case he falls again.
I would not give Soriano a multi-year deal, qualifying offer at best. He'll get 1 year $16 mil from us.
C-AJ Pierzynski L
1B-Mark Teixeira S
2B-Robinson Cano L
SS-Derek Jeter R
3B-Chase Headley S
LF-Curtis Granderson L
CF-BJ Upton R
RF-Ichiro Suzuki L
If we can't trade A-Rod, I would DH him.
I'd resign Ichiro and not exercise the option on neither Swisher nor Granderson. To me, those two represent exactly why Cashman has set up this team to fail in the playoffs. Swish and Grandy are nice regular season fantasy players who hit HRs off mediocre pitching and then they are MIA in the playoffs when you face top tier starters.
Move Arod to DH. Not getting anything goo in return for Arod anyway. Move Jeter to 3B and maybe try to get Jose Reyes from Miami in a salary dump.
Trade for Cliff Lee in a salary dump from the Reds. That takes some pressure off CC who has been great but I am concerned he's breaking down. Go with a rotation of Lee, CC, Hughes, Nova and Pineda/Phelps.
Resign Soriano and bring back Mo.
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All this nonsense about Arod to Miami for Heath Bell and money. Yanks would have to eat at least $60 mil of his contract plus take on Bell who is owed another $20 mil so that's $80 mil essentially the Yankees are paying for Heath Bell and btw that money still counts toward the luxury tax.
I think they should heavily look into trading for Choo. There is little chanc th Indians can resign him and I think h can be had for a MLB ready player.
Lee plays for the Phillies and they probably aren't trading him.
Where is all of the money from "salary dump" players coming from? The Yankees have stated over and over again that they're looking to set a $189-million payroll.
But I do agree with you on Ichiro/Gardner.
I also think the idea of moving Jeter to 3rd is interesting, but can/would he make that move? Is he a good fit there? I'm not sure if he has enough arm.
I also think that the Yankees should kick the tire on Dan Haren. He could slide nicely into that rotation, and despite a down year showed great control and could be had cheaply.
Add hopefully bringing back Andy and Kuroda and the rotation is pretty decent.
everyone is making it sound like the Angels don't want to pick up the 15.5 mil option and pay Grienke.
Jonathon Niese
Report: Joe Girardi made call to press box to protect Alex Rodriguez' feelings
The report was confirmed in Heyman's story by Yankee general manager Brian Cashman, who said Girardi was trying to protect Rodruguez' feelings.
For the GM to confirm this it's pretty obvious the Yankees FO are trying to embarrass ARod to the point where he says, "get me out of here"..
Pull up a chair and watch the show the next 4 months...
Tender the offer to Soriano. Don't tender Swisher.


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LAKE PLACID - The theme of the upcoming Lake Placid Sinfonietta's 2013 summer season, which runs from July 3 to Aug. 11, will be titled "Imagining."
"I'm thrilled to bring music that sparks imagination and simultaneously reflects the composer's initial concept" said Sinfonietta Music Director Ron Spigelman. "You can expect tremendous performances this summer."
The core of the summer's program is the six concert Symphony Series at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts that starts July 7 and continues on consecutive Sunday evenings through Aug. 11. "You're going to be amazed at the talent we will have on stage this summer," Spigelman said. "We've got Lake Placid debuts for some of the world's top soloists and are thrilled to welcome back two showstoppers from last season."
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All performances are at 7:30 on Sunday evenings, with the exception of July 28, which has been moved to 8 p.m. to accommodate Ironman race-day traffic. Tickets to these performances are now available at the LPCA box office or by calling 518-523-2512.
While you can always buy tickets to a single concert, the Lake Placid Sinfonietta continues to offer Symphony Series tickets in a series package of all six or any four concerts of your choice. Purchasing tickets in a series offers the comfort of having the same seating at each performance, a guarantee of renewal seating the following year, eliminates frequent trips to the box office, and can be purchased at a discount if you are a current Lake Placid Sinfonietta member (donor).
Prices for tickets are the same as last season. A six-concert series can be purchased at a member price of $110 if you are a Lake Placid Sinfonietta member and the member-discounted price a four-concert package is $77. The non-discounted ticket packages are $132/$88 respectively.
As an incentive to enthusiasts who may be considering a subscription for the first time, the orchestra has announced that last summer's Buy-One-Get-One incentive will be continued in 2013 and will be extended to the first 46 new full series subscriptions. (New subscribers are those who have not have purchased a series within the last five years.)
Summer Series
This summer's Symphony Series begins on July 7 when "Adirondack Health's It's D'Amore" brings the world of opera to the Lake Placid stage with arias and orchestral music from Donizetti's "L'elisir d'amore," Mozart's "Magic Flute," Lukas Foss's "Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," along with a taste of musical theater with Lloyd Webber's "All I Ask of You" from "Phantom of the Opera". Singers will be bass-baritone George Cordes, a veteran of six seasons with New York City Opera, and multiple Live from Lincoln Center broadcasts, and soprano Natalie Polito who has been seen on stages across the country from the Santa Fe Opera to Vermont's Green Mountain Opera Festival in.
On July 14, "Debutante" will include Beethoven's First Symphony, Britten's Sinfonietta No.1, and pianist Di Wu making her Lake Placid debut with Chopin's "Concerto No.1". A 2009 Van Cliburn Competition finalist, Ms. Wu has been a featured soloist with orchestras around the world from Philadelphia to Shanghai and is described as playing with "fire and authority" by the Washington Post.
"Basquing in Spanish Glory" on July 21st will showcase emerging classical guitar protege Celil Refik Kaya in Rodrigo's "Concierto di Aranjuez." This young talent has just won the JoAnn Falletta International Guitar Concerto Competition and will appear in Lake Placid on his way to a doctoral program at the University of Texas in the Fall.
On July 28 Music Director Ron Spigelman is exploring a program he's calling "Deconstructed" in which each selection will use a different configuration of instruments. The evening will feature the return of exceptional pianist Navah Perlman performing both Mozart's "Concerto 21" and a "Piano Quartet in Eb" along with a works by Ibert and Gounod.
The Lake Placid Sinfonietta will have the sponsorship of the Victor Herbert Foundation for "American Dreams" on Aug. 4 that feature concertmaster Daniel Szasz in a virtuosic piece by African-American composer William Grant Still, and flutist Anne Lindblom Harrow in the elegant "Poem for Flute and Orchestra" by Charles Griffes. Mr. Szasz is also the Concertmaster of the Alabama Symphony and a frequent soloist with orchestras around the world, and Ms. Harrow is the former principal flute of the Florida West Coast Symphony and a professor at the Eastman School of Music. This concert of music by American composers will also feature selections by Aaron Copland and Elliot Carter.
The final concert of the season on Aug. 11 will feature the first Lake Placid appearance by internationally known Cellist Amit Peled, who the New York Times described as having "a glowing tone and seductive timbre." Mr. Peled has an extensive solo career, has released three CDs on the Centaur Records label, and has been featured multiple times on radio including NPR's "Performance Today."
Each of these concerts will include a complementary post-concert meet the artist reception, and the opportunity to hear these musicians perform in the small, intimate theater that the Lake Placid Arts Center offers. Additional information about the programs and biographies of the artists and orchestra musicians can be found online at www.LakePlacidSinfonietta.org.
For more information about the orchestra, the Wednesday evening Park Series, or 2013 Adirondack Series concerts in the communities of Tupper Lake, North Creek, Saranac Lake and Ticonderoga, visit the website or call the Lake Placid Sinfonietta office at 518-523-2051.


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No photography was allowed, so the following 3 photos were courtesy of the Ga. Aquarium:
Planet Shark: Predator or Prey will feature:
- Full-scale shark models cast from real specimens, including an 18-foot Great White shark caught in South Australian waters – the largest caught by recreational fishing.
- Extensive collection of real shark jaws, teeth and fossils dating back 350 million years
- Shark cages and authentic artifacts from the movie "Jaws"
- An amazing "frozen in time" display featuring a real, frozen 700 lb Bluefin tuna and its natural predator, a real frozen adult Mako shark
- Stories on human/shark encounters as told by survivors and shark experts
- An examination of their size, biology, hunting strategies and amazing sensory systems
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Limited Partnership
The first federal lawsuit seeking equal treatment for a same-sex couple in the U.S. is recounted in Thomas G. Miller's 73-minute documentary timeline of interviews and news clips, "Limited Partnership."
Filipino-American Richard Adams met and fell in love with Australian Tony Sullivan on Cinco de Mayo in 1971, as the feminist and gay-rights movements were gaining steam. In order to keep Sullivan from being deported from Los Angeles back Down Under, where his wealthy, yet abusive, family had disowned him due to his sexuality (his mother wanted to lobotomize him), the pair found county clerk Clela Rorex, who was issuing same-sex marriage licenses in Boulder, CO.
They flew north to marry on March 26, 1975, followed by an "official consummation" -- "the shot heard 'round the world," Sullivan jokes. Now legally married, the couple filed for a green card. Sullivan received a response from the Immigration and Naturalization Service stating, "You have failed to establish that a bona fide marital relationship can exist between two faggots."
Immigration reform was not discussed, but the couple and Boulder's licenses caught national attention through monologues by Johnny Carson and Anita Bryant, and Adams and Sullivan took their case to the court of public opinion via Phil Donahue and Jane Pauley, where they encountered some support but a lot of naked hatred.
Then Ninth Circuit Court Justice Anthony Kennedy found "no extreme hardship" if the couple was to be separated, so their legal strategy ended. Adams lost his job, and the husbands were forced to leave Adams' extended family and their L.A. home to tour England and Europe for several months. In October 1986, they illegally reentered the U.S. through Mexico and went into hiding.
Some immigration reform in the early 90s was kinder to homosexuals, but Senators such as Jesse Helms championed the Defense of Marriage Act ("one man/one woman"), which was signed into law by Bill Clinton. Adams and Sullivan weathered California's Proposition 8 being enacted and rescinded, and planned to "re-legalize"/renew their vows in Washington State, which they had written to say "as long as there is love" rather than "'til death do us part." But longtime smoker Adams died at age 65 on December 7, 2012, before the ceremony could be conducted.
So Sullivan is still illegal. He needs the government to recognize his 1975 marriage as valid in order to qualify for a green card as a widower of a U.S. citizen. The Supreme Court will decide his status in June 2015. In the meantime, watch this film to meet the brave men who broke ground for national equality.
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Not only that, he wasted a liver that could have been used for a lifetime by a person who should have gotten it
Most assuredly, this liver was used for a lifetime by Steve Jobs.
Jobs was a known bad transplant risk (for cancer that had already spread to multiple organs, a common reason to take a person off the lists entirely), and that liver only bought him a couple of years, if that. There are plenty of people who gain 20 or 30 healthy productive years from a liver transplant - in fact the best estimate currently for how long a transplant patient will live if they make it through the first few months when organ rejection is likely is now averaging 30 years. So yes, Jobs got a lifetime like anyone else, but not all lifetimes are (re)created equal.
depends on whether or not he sold the home at market rates or reasonably close thereto.
Just because it's a mansion doesn't mean it's actually worth a lot. We just had a friend of the family die who owned a property with 3 buildings on it, where similar properties down the street were going in the 2-2.5 million range, the one in question got just under 500k. Because as it turns out, no one had updated the electrical system since the switchover from 25 to 60 Hz power, and 75 years of bats living in ceilings doesn't do buildings any favours. Who knew?
If you read the TFA's (and god are there a lot of them) the house was, pre 2008, appraised at between 1.3 and 1.4 million. And was the mansion for the university chancellor. Jobs bought it for 850k. Which, considering memphis has seen year over year price drops of easily double digits wouldn't be a huge shock. (http://www.trulia.com/home_prices/Tennessee/Memphis-heat_map/). Also keep in mind that the Steve jobs LLC probably paid cash.
From TFA, Eason paid 850K, which is the same as the LLC paid, I think.
So what I would read into this is that housing prices for Million plus dollar homes in memphis crashed by 40% from 2008 to 2009, or at least expensive house prices crashed, and then there was the specific house in question, which, having been a chancellors mansion for the university might have only a limited clientèle of people who would actually want it. (Location maybe? I've never been to TN let alone memphis so the address means nothing to me).
So sure, Steve probably got himself a deal from the government who were and are desperate for money on a house that wasn't going up in value any time soon. Whether or not it was actually an unfair deal is much harder to say. When housing prices are falling expect to get less than you were asking, and less than you appraised for.
I agree it wasn't right. That said, I hope you're never in such a desperate situation where you're dying and grabbing at anything to live. I wonder if you'd live up to your own high standards? I like to think I'd refuse to take advantage but having never been there I can't say. It's easy to Judge when you haven't been there.
Legal, perhaps, but morally bankrupt. Jobs was a bad man.
It boils down to a question of is medicine a for profit industry or not. A major political question only in the USA. Regardless of what it "should" be, for profit or socialized, medicine clearly currently is a for-profit industry, here, at this time, so what he did obviously perfectly fits our moral code and obviously did not make him a bad man. He may have been immoral or bad in general or for other reasons, but merely participating in our healthcare system is not going to have an effect on his moral st
Clearly LCHG means "Livers Can't Hinder Greatness" - he wanted limited liability for his failing organ.
Dibs, called it again.
Someone else take his ex girlfriend. Do not want.
Someone else take his ex girlfriend. Do not want.
I would imagine the feeling would be mutual.
(Nothing personal, it's just that this is Slashdot)
Ok, so. It's a gossip piece, but it belongs on Slashdot's homepage because it involves Steve Jobs in a semi-tangential sort of way? Right, OK.
It is extremely common for people who happen to know another person to be cut a nice deal when selling property. In fact, I might even say that is normal. Jobs knew a guy, guy wanted to buy his house, Jobs sold it to him, end of story NO ONE GIVES A SHIT.
I'm not even sure what the summary is implying, and I really don't feel it is worth taking the time to find out. This isn't even "news", it's just sensationalistic crap (I'm assuming, I only skimmed the summary).
But, correct me if I'm wrong, there is zero evidence that happened, correct? Only innuendo and "questions"?
Maybe it's also time for Apple to answer the question of whether or not Steve Jobs liked to rape chickens? I'm not saying he did, mind you, I just think the question should be asked.*
*Note: I'm not actually asking the question, because it's stupid. Just like this story. The only point in "asking" a question like this, without actual evidence, is to incite outrage. Nothing more. I'm sure someone on the
Well the thing is, this isn't about jobs. I fully expect someone with as much money as him to want to do whatever is in his power to get himself a replacement liver....even breaking the law. I dunno about you, but I put my own health above the law and if some law was standing in the way of what I saw as something that would allow me to live longer or live normally longer, guess what, I would probably do it too.
Thats why, the rules are not for the patients, they are for the doctors, the people who make the d
I dunno about you, but I put my own health above the law and if some law was standing in the way of what I saw as something that would allow me to live longer or live normally longer, guess what, I would probably do it too.
The law is largely irrelevant, but I put honour above my health. I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I received a transplant that someone else needed more.
First they kill Michael Jackson, then they kill Steve Jobs. And they charge a month's salary to see them for 10 minutes.
We have to get rid of these doctors from society, what good do they do?
First they kill Michael Jackson, then they kill Steve Jobs. And they charge a month's salary to see them for 10 minutes.
We have to get rid of these doctors from society, what good do they do?
Roll up your sleeves and bend over.
You're about to find out
Seriously who DOES care? Odds are whatever happened wasn't illegal as it would have came out.
Exactly. This isn't even tabloid level news.
Here's a clue for those who don't understand how LLCs work or why people use them: This kind of thing is done every. single. day. Rich people form LLCs and trusts to move and shelter assets and to avoid taxes. Not-so-rich people do it, too, because it's a good vehicle for keeping business costs outside personal finances. Something almost exactly like this happens all the time with everyone from the small profitable restaurant owner up through corporate middle mana
This is the type of stuff that always happens when there is a prohibition on something. It makes the gatekeepers so powerful that people will use whatever means necessary to influence them.
Acknowledging that people own their bodies would allow them to sell parts of their bodies. Those that can be harvested while they are alive like bone marrow, kidneys, parts of the liver, would be pretty straight forward. Those that are harvested after death might involve getting a deal on life insurance if you transfer ownership of your organs to the insurance company after death, or you could will them to a family member.
This would make organs so readily available that no black market would exist.
There are a few reasons for a market prohibition. The first and foremost is that it coerces the poor. Imagine someone in extreme poverty: he'll no doubt sell one of his kidneys (IIRC, it's the most required organ), permanently impairing himself.
A more reasonable way is to make organ donation compulsory after death and/or live transplants only from family members older than, say, 35.
With fava beans and a nice Chianti?
It's amazing. Just when I think Slashdot can't possibly find a subject I'm less interested in than Orbitz's decisions about what to promote to Mac users
I wondered why Tennessee. Is Tennessee the first place you would go to get extremely high-risk major surgery?
This article explains the process a bit better and how it helps to have money. That is, he did beat the system by shopping around, but he did not have to bribe anyone to get to the top of the list.
http://www.businessinsider.com/how-steve-jobs-got-sick-2010-04 [businessinsider.com]
Actually Tennessee, and Memphis in particular, has some of the finest hospitals in the world. The UT system, St. Judes, etc.
Nashville, too.
While on the outside the situation has the appearance that there could have been impropriety, the appropriate thing of course is to look at the hard evidence.
Giving a sweet deal on real estate to a friend and doctor for excellent medical care is not illegal. (While I haven't received a house, I get homemade baked goods all the time.) Giving a sweet deal on real estate to a friend as a kickback for being pushed up the transplant list is highly unethical. But there's an easy way to find out: have the state medical review board take a peek at the transplant waiting list records over the time period. If Steve Jobs mysteriously moves up the list for no good medical reason, or is listed in front of other patients with more pressing need or waiting time, then you have your smoking gun. Otherwise, if everything is appropriate with the transplant waiting list, then it sounds like the system worked as designed.
Here's the house in question: http://binged.it/OqU6VF [binged.it]
It sold in 2005 for $1.325M
And then in 2009 for $850K to LCHG
And then for $850K in 2011 to James Eason.
It's last appraisal was $1.28M
$500K off the original price seems a little steep. The housing market didn't crash nearly that bad around here. Maybe a 20% drop but that'd be about it.
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Brendan Rodgers took charge at Liverpool this summer and promised to give youth a chance.
If you're good enough, you're old enough, and the Anfield boss has been true to his word - Liverpool have the youngest squad in the Premier League this season, with an average age of 25.6 years old.
The likes of 17-year-old Raheem Sterling, 18-year-old Suso and 19-year-old Andre Wisdom have all been handed Premier League starts by Rodgers, as the former-Swansea coach attempts to mould a young, creative, attacking team capable of challenging the league's title contenders.
The Daily Mail has revealed the top 10 youngest squads in Europe, and the top 10 in the Premier League. In the Premier League table, the Merseyside club just pipped Newcastle United (25.7 years old) to top spot. The Magpies can count on 20-year-old Sammy Ameobi and 19-year-old Gael Bigirimana, who scored for Alan Pardew's side against Wigan on Monday night.
Manchester United, Arsenal, Norwich and Aston Villa all feature high up in the Premier League table as well. But England's top flight clubs pale in comparison when you look at the Bundesliga and Ligue 1.
The French and German first divisions dominate the top 10 youngest squads in Europe - Liverpool don't come in until number 15.
The two leagues' commitment to youth is commendable, and is paying off big time for their national teams.
Germany in particular have some of the best young talent in the world playing their club football in the Bundesliga. Andre Schurrle, Mario Gotze, Marco Reus, Mats Hummels, Toni Kroos, and Julian Draxler are all 23 or younger, and playing regular football in the German top flight.
And Joachim Low is the grateful benificiary. The 1996 European Champions reached the Euro 2012 semi-finals this year, and their young side probably should have reached the final.
Borussia Dortmund are the ideal Bundesliga case study. The city in north-west Germany boasts one of the most exciting young squads in Europe, and the back-to-back Bundesliga champions have taken the Champions League by storm this year - topping a group containing Manchester City and Real Madrid.
All with an average age of 24.3 years. Reus, Gotze and co are not just the future, they are the present.
But even Dortmund can't match Werder Bremen. The German side have an incredibly young squad - at an average age of 23.1 years.
The north-west German club currently sits eighth in the Bundesliga - just four points off the Champions League places. Apart from 31-year-old captain Clemens Fritz, Bremen's entire squad is between the age of 18 and 25.
In France, Rennes lead the way with an average age of 23.8 years old. The French club, spearheaded by international midfielder Yann M'Vila, currently lie seventh in Ligue 1.
The two Eurozone giants firmly commit to youth - France with the famed Clairefontaine academy, and Germany with the DFL-led youth development process. All teams in the top two divisions of German football must invest in high-quality academy facilities.
The English FA may have finally cottoned on - the recent opening of St George's Park is a step in the right direction - but it takes time for the effects to filter through. France waited 10 years before Clairefontaine produced a World Cup-winning team - Roy Hodgson may have to wait longer.
World and European champions Spain may be reaping the rewards of a current 'golden generation' but the big Spanish teams just don't compare to their French and German counterparts.
Real Madrid - 26.5 years old - find themselves just behind Barcelona - 26.3 years old - a good three years older on average compared to Bremen. And here are the stats to prove it...
Youngest squads in Europe
1. Werder Bremen (Germany) - 23.1 years old
2. Hoffenheim (Germany) - 23.7 years old
3. Rennes (France) - 23.8 years old
4. Nice (France) - 24 years old
5. Bayer Leverkusen (Germany) - 24.1 years old
6. Borussia Dortmund (Germany) - 24.3 years old
6= Freiburg (Germany) - 24.3 years old
7= Lyon (France) - 24.5 years old
7= Nancy (France) - 24.5 years old
8. Sochaux (France) - 24.6 years old
9= Pescara (Italy) - 24.7 years old
9= Toulouse (France) - 24.7 years old
10= Nuremburg (Germany) - 24.9 years old
10= Greuther Furth (Germany) - 24.9 years old
Top 10 youngest Premier League squads
1. Liverpool - 25.6 years old
2= Newcastle - 25.7 years old
2= Aston Villa - 25.7 years old
3= Manchester United - 26.2 years old
3= Norwich City - 26.2 years old
3= Arsenal - 26.2 years old
4. Southampton - 26.4 years old
5. Manchester City - 26.6 years old
6. Sunderland - 26.9 years old
7. Chelsea - 27.1 years old
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Lahore: Pakistan's disgraced pace bowler Mohammad Asif on Monday said he expects to get justice when his appeal against the ICC ban is heard by the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) in Geneva in February next year. (Agencies) Latest News from Sports News Desk
Asif said he was a victim of the bias of the PCB and the ICC, which he claims "influenced" the hearings in his court case in London.
"My appeal will be heard in February and I am confident I will get a fair hearing and the justice which I didn't get from the International Cricket Council (ICC)," Asif told the reporters here.
Asif, who is serving a five-year ban from the ICC Anti-Corruption tribunal, made a quiet return on Eid day to attend the funeral of his mentor and coach Mohiuddin Chishti.
Asif, who spoke to the media after much persuasion, said he had not got a fair deal from the ICC since the spot-fixing scandal first broke out in September, 2010.
"They didn't ban Mervyn Westfield until the court reached its verdict. In my case, the ICC banned me even before the court proceedings had begun and I see this as bias," he said.
"Even when the trial was going on last year I felt the ICC was influencing the hearings and I am forced to say they are biased against me," he said.
Asif, 29, who played 23 Tests and 38 One-dayers, was named with Salman Butt and Muhammad Aamir in the spot-fixing scandal in 2010 when Pakistan team was touring England.
The ICC suspended the three players and its Anti-Corruption tribunal banned the trio for a minimum of five years in February, 2011 and in November a crown court in London sent them to jail for the same offence.
After completing his jail-term, Asif preferred to stay back in the United Kingdom but returned home because he was very close to the deceased Chishti, who mentored many international level players for Pakistan from Sheikhupura. Asif said he was disappointed by the ICC and PCB attitude throughout the case.
"I was not given a fair chance by anyone to prove my innocence. I reiterate that I have never indulged in corruption and that is why I have appealed against the ICC ban," he said.
Asif said he and his family had faced a lot of difficulties since the spot-fixing scandal began and he was also passing through a financial crunch.
"But I know the hearing in February is my biggest chance to prove I was not given a fair hearing or trial," he said.
He also said that he was planning to bring out a book in which he would reveal a lot of things including the truth about spot fixing.
Lahore: Pakistan's disgraced pace bowler Mohammad Asif on Monday said he expects to get justice when his appeal against the ICC ban is heard by the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) in Geneva in February next year.
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Century's College Theater
1584 Flatbush Avenue,
4 people favorited this theater
Opened in 1938, this little Art Deco style house has a raised back section of seats that served as kind of a balcony.
In the 1960's, this was a great place to see sub-run double features. When Century Theaters closed the Rialto Theatre, it moved that theater's first-run policy here.
But as the neighborhood changed, the theater's business waned, and the fate of this small theater was inevitable. (Oddly the local of the projectionists' union used to occupy the offices above the theater.) It was closed in 1984.
Both they and the theater no longer inhabit the building.
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Those are great images- it wasn't all that when I was there, but, it was easy to see it once being that good.
This April 1967 NYT item gives the address as 1590 Flatbush Avenue.
A two-alarm fire swept through nine three-story buildings at Nostrand and Flatbush Avenues in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn last night and early this morning, causing heavy damage and injuring four firemen. The nearby College Theater, a movie house at 1590 Flatbush Avenue, was also evacuated as a precautionary measure.
That is an interesting photo. Thank you.
I wonder if other theaters sold war bonds/stamps as it appears the college did.
My express bus used to pass the College theater every day when it turned onto Flatbush Avenue. (It also passed the closed Rialto, now a Church and came within 2 blocks of the still-closed, though not demolished, Loews Kings.) I was only in this theater twice with my wife to see Olivia Newton-John in "Xanadu" and "The Amityville Horror." I remember absolutely nothing distinctive about this theater and although I am now out of Brooklyn, I am totally unsurprised that it has closed up.
Sometime in the early 80s, the then President of Brooklyn College and a team from the Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts visited the closed theatre in the hopes that it might be acquired by CUNY to take some of the performance load off the Center's four theatre complex. Their theatres were having a hard time servicing all the events that they hosted every year. A fifth theatre would be able to ease the bottle necks they often ran into.
This theatre would have been perfect as it is directly adjacent half a block from the large U shape building and can be seen in the aerial view to the left of the theatre building on the next corner. All at that meeting, including President Hess, agreed the theatre would be a perfect addition to the Performing Arts Center.
Unfortunately CUNY in its wisdom would not purchase the property and now, decades later when the Center is pushed beyond its physical limits, CUNY and the City are forced to spend between 75,and by the time it is done, 85 million dollars do build a theatre exactly the same size of the College Theatre. Ironically, the PAC is designed with faux art-deco elements and so the College Theatre would have been a perfect match.
Gary C. is mistaken; the theatre had some wonderful and yes very distinctive art-deco elements including the lighting fixtures and structural lines made with aluminum plating. The stand-alone external box office itself is a very unique structural design indicative of that period and almost never seen today. Many times we can look directly at things and not realize how special they are.
The College Theatre didn't close because it was unremarkable, it closed, just like so many others, because of the slump caused by commencement of the video age. Also because Century Theatres by this time had become nothing but a real estate company with little interest in operating theatre; they were making profits by selling off it property holdings before dissolving their east coast operations. They were letting all of their theatre simply run into the ground. An independent operator who knew (and loved) the theatre business could easily have made this or any of the other Century Theatres operate profitably.
Why didn't anyone else take up the gauntlet on these theatres with great locations? Because Century had in its sale contract an encumber that stated the property could not be used as a movie theatre. This lovely, modest theatre should not be faulted because of the stupidity of greedy corporate types.
My grandfather was the projectionist here. I remember the walk past the manager's office and up the several stairs to the projection room. I must have seen Rocky -5 times in one day. I'm glad it's closed, so the memory of my grandfather was preserved with its closing.
I remember seeing Sgt Pepper, Jaws 2 and Amityville Horror there, each on opening night. Nice little theater. Shame it's gone.
Opened 1938 and closed 1984.
I remember seeing a number of AIP releases during my 1970s childhood. FOOD OF THE GODS, THE LITTLE GIRL WHO LIVES DOWN THE LANE and THE AMITYVILLE HORROR as well as a few Universal movies in the 1980s.
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Editor's note: There are several family ties throughout Major League Lacrosse's rich history. Starting with the Gaits and Powells and all the way through to the Leveilles, Spallinas and Untersteins, brothers have continued to compete with or against each other throughout adulthood. Today we take a look at Brian and Joe Spallina and learn about what fuels them.
There are three things that Joe and Brian Spallina value and embody above all else: family, passion and winning (in that order). Although winning is third on the list, it still matters more to them than nearly anything else, but family will always be number one with the Spallinas.
"We were both really fortunate to have just an incredible family," Joe, who coaches the New York Lizards, says. "My best childhood memories are the family times that we had together, the holidays and those types of things. The things that define you as a person but not necessarily define you as an athlete. Just the things we used to do all together as a family."
The Spallinas started off as a hockey family. Brian, a star defenseman for the Chesapeake Bayhawks, is named after New York Islanders legend Bryan Trottier and even wears his number 91 as homage to Trottier's 19. The boys would play hours of street hockey in the front yard, recruiting neighbors, friends or anyone they could find to compete in a game. They would play until the sun went down or until mom yelled at them to come in for the 47
th time.
The boys competed in everything. Street hockey, water polo, you name it, they played it. An average game of Ping-Pong resulted in the two throwing their paddles at each other, screaming and yelling, with mom coming in to break them up. "My dad used to say, 'not everything is the Stanley Cup Finals guys,'" Joe recalls. "We used to treat everything like it was do-or-die."
When Joe reached the 7
th grade, several coaches started to realize the potential each of the boys had and invited them to play lacrosse. Having never played the sport, Joe decided to give it a try and fell in love with it immediately. "Once you get bit by the bug, it's tough to stop playing. It's a very addicting sport."
Brian, however, had not yet reached the age where he could play lacrosse competitively, so he stuck with hockey. In 1988, he played at a national dek hockey tournament in Massachusetts. By the end of the tourney, Brian's team was crowned champion and he was named MVP. It may have been the first time Brian won something on a big stage, but it most certainly wasn't the last.
"I remember how excited he was about that and how deserving he was," Joe says. "Brian was always a guy that had to work a little bit harder than the guy next to him. Him being the MVP of the hockey nationals is something I remember being very proud of him."
"[Being named MVP] was certainly a nice achievement at that time as a kid, but I remember us being defined as the underdogs," Brian adds. "Winning the tournament was more of an achievement [than being named MVP]."
That's always how the Spallinas have been. It's more about the team than it is the individual. It's something the two boys had to learn growing up with three other siblings.
Brian started playing lacrosse in the backyard with Joe and his other older brother, Eric, but had yet to play competitively. That all changed when he reached middle school and was able to play on organized teams. He was one of the big boys now, and could finally play the sport he fell in love with, just like his brothers. Meanwhile, his oldest brother was now 18 and ready to take the next step.
When time to pick colleges rolled around, Joe decided early on he wanted to attend Adelphi University in nearby Garden City, New York. "Honestly, I'm a bit of a momma's boy so it was pretty close to home and I was able to have the best of both worlds."
At Adelphi, Joe started all four years in the midfield, helping the Panthers win two D-II National titles. He proved such a strong athlete that the men's soccer coach asked him to walk on to the soccer team, where he lettered for two years. Joe wanted to continue his lacrosse career, but the lack of a professional league at the time prevented him from doing so.
While Joe realized his playing days were over after graduation, Brian thought his own career might have been coming to an end
before college. In his senior year of high school, Brian received zero phone calls from Division I schools. Regular season turned into postseason for his high school team and Brian still had not received a call.
Then, before one of Brian's playoff games, his brother Eric tried to convince his college coach at Hofstra to come and see Brian play. It was a desperate act by a brother who just wanted to help out a family member. Luckily for Brian, it worked.
Brian attended Hofstra in the fall, where he played as a short stick midfielder in his freshman year before being switched to long stick the next season. When Brian graduated from Hofstra in 2000, Major League Lacrosse was still just an idea. It wasn't until a year later that playing in the league came as an actual opportunity to him.
Strengthening their Craft
Brian was drafted 70
th overall by the Long Island Lizards in the 2001 inaugural MLL Collegiate Draft. The Lizards dominated the first three seasons of Major League Lacrosse, winning the Steinfeld Trophy in 2001 and 2003. Playing alongside the likes of the legendary Gait brothers and Casey Powell, Brian had already earned two rings in his first three years in the league.
"I was so young and so naïve to what was really taking place," Brian says. "That was just an incredible team with so many talented players. I was just very fortunate to play and be a part of that."
In 2004, Brian went to the Philadelphia Barrage where he played for five seasons. The now-veteran defenseman won back-to-back titles with the Barrage, collecting rings in 2006 and 2007.
After another stint with the Lizards, Brian was picked up by Ohio "for half an hour" before he was traded to the Bayhawks in the 2011-12 offseason. In his two seasons at Chesapeake, he's again won back-to-back titles, raising his ring total to six, a Major League Lacrosse record.
"Now that I look back after winning the sixth one, it's pretty humbling," Brian says. "Some people don't make it six years in the league, for whatever reason. The fact that I've been fortunate enough to be a part of six championship teams is very humbling."
Joe, on the other hand, was making his name in coaching the women's game. Starting with his alma mater, Joe led Adelphi to at least the NCAA semifinals in all four years coaching there. The team won three straight D-II National Championships (two with undefeated seasons) from 2009-11 and was named IWLCA National Coach of the Year those three seasons. In his final two years with the Panthers, Joe was pulling double duty, also serving as an assistant coach of the New York Lizards.
After his success at Adelphi, Joe moved on to a bigger challenge at Stony Brook. The Seawolves had won just 11 games in the three seasons Joe was leading Adelphi to its national championships. In his first season with Stony Brook in 2012, the team won 14 games. Last season, they won 17, going undefeated in their conference and making their first NCAA tournament appearance. Much like Brian, Joe proved that he was a winner at any level.
Just six months after Joe made the switch to Stony Brook in June 2011, the Lizards named him head coach of the club. Much like Stony Brook, Joe turned a losing club into a winning one, coaching his team to an 8-6 record and a playoff appearance. After the season, he was named 2012 Brine Coach of the Year. And oh yeah, he was also coaching his son's team at the time, too. Not bad for a guy coaching three teams.
"Winning Coach of the Year was tremendous," Joe says. "I think it was a great testament to our guys. I'm thankful for the organization having faith in me to be able to do it and my coaching staff for great support."
But in 2013, the Lizards took a down turn. The team finished second-from-last in the league, with a paltry 4-10 record. The Spallinas are not ones to make excuses, but Joe did point out the major differences between coaching women's college lacrosse and the pros.
"One of the toughest things for me in the MLL is the limited amount of time I have with the team. At Stony Brook, I have the women's team six days a week, I can make sure they're being conditioned the right way, while the MLL is basically a self-maintenance league. I'm used to having hold of a team, but you have to work via email or phone and stay on the guys to make sure they're doing their conditioning and stuff like that. It's a big challenge. But I love it. It's a great challenge to be able to coach the game at the highest level offered and something I don't take lightly. I enjoy every second of it."
Brothers, Teammates, or Opponents?
Because the age gap between the two was so large, Joe and Brian were never able to play on the same organized team. However, when Joe was attending Adelphi, he would come back for the summer and coach Brian's summer league team.
"Coaching Brian is probably when I realized I wanted to get into coaching because you're able to make an instant impact on kids," Joe says. "At that point I was playing college lacrosse so the kids that we were coaching looked up to us. I think I realized then as a freshman in college, you realize the impact you can have on people. And at that point, because there was no pro league, you want to stay connected to the sport and coaching was the way to do it."
"It was always nice to have him come back," Brian adds. "In some ways, it was an honor to have him coaching, and in some ways, it was just fun. It was a great experience to have him on my side coaching, especially at that stage in my lacrosse career."
The two wouldn't stand on the same field again until Joe joined the Lizards in 2010. After two years on the same sidelines, Brian moved to Chesapeake and made a bit more awkward at Spallina family gatherings.
"It's bittersweet," Joe says of being on different teams. "Once we step on the field, we're going against each other. Obviously there's a mutual respect, but I don't want to lose and I know he doesn't want to lose so it's something where it's different but it's fun. Our family enjoys it as well and that's what it's all about."
"I think we both understand when we play against each other that we both still want to win," Brian says. "I guess it'd be better for our family if we were on the same side but it just happened to work out this way in the MLL that I'm in Chesapeake and he's in New York and for two times each year, we have to butt heads. It's unavoidable. For those two hours, I want to win, he wants to win. However it goes, it goes. But not really, because we both want to win!"
The Spallina brothers may not seem very similar in their styles: Joe the thinker,
planning a way to beat you, while Brian will just beat you, but the two are nearly one and the same. Their answers nearly identical to some questions give or take a few words. But above all else, both emphasize the importance of family, passion and winning (in that order).
"I'm very passionate about what I do," Brian says. "I'm fortunate to be playing at the ripe old age that I am at the level that I do. But I think you have to be passionate when you make the sacrifices that we make, basically on a daily basis. If you're not going to be passionate about what you do, then I think you're wasting your time."
"I don't like cutting corners on anything so I always say I'll rest when I die," Joe adds. "Hopefully that's not any time soon, so I'll just try to keep doing my thing and like I said, if you love what you do, you'll never work a day in your life, and that's the way I look at it."


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1. On the Lufthansa plane I was served a bottle of Warsteiner Premium Verum.
2. At my hosts' home I had a bottle of Waldhaus "Ohne Filter Extra Herb." (unfiltered, extra hops)
3. Then a bottle of Rathaus Pils Tannen Zaepfle (this brewery is owned by the state of Baden-Wurtemberg)
4. During a day trip to Colmar, France I had glass of Kronenbourg draft.
5. Freiburger in Freiburg, From the Ganter brewery.
6 &7. One evening in Freiburg we went to two brewpubs which served the beer made on the premises. First Feierling unfiltered, then Martin's Hefe Weisse.
8. At a cafe on the way to Bavaria I had a glass of Koenig Ludwigs Dunkel.
9. At Neuschwanstein Castle I had a glass of Hofbrauhaus Munchen Helles.
10. Lowenbrau Pils draft.
11. (See photo) My beer-drinking highlight- in the beer garden of the Englischer Garten in Munich a glass of Hofbrauhaus Munchen Hefe Weisse, with a grosse pretzel.
12. Spaten Pils draft.
13. Lowenbrau Urtyp (old style) from one of those funny bottles with the flip-off top.
14. Rupaner Pils, from Constanz, while on the ferry boat to Constanz.
15. Feldschlossen in Zurich
16. Radeberger at the Frankfurt airport
17. Yuengling in Philadelphia (does this count?)
MC, you may hate me for this, but I went to the Hofbrauhaus in Munich, the Mecca of beer, and walked through it like a tourist and took pictures but didn't have a beer. I hope I made up for this later by my beer and giant pretzel in the beer garden. It was a family situation and moderation was required.


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European technology key to early development of NASA crew vehicle
Lacking the ability to finance costly manned space missions on its own, Europe has long had ambitions to serve as a junior partner in a collaborative campaign that would send astronauts beyond low-Earth orbit.
In January, the European Space Agency (ESA) found the right partner in NASA when the U.S. space agency announced plans to put Europe on the critical path for early development of its Orion/Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, a vessel designed for mission to cislunar space, near-Earth asteroids and perhaps Mars.
Under the agreement announced Jan. 16, ESA will leverage its International Space Station experience with the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) into a critical-path responsibility: an ATV-derived service module for one and possibly two test flights of the Orion atop the new Space Launch System (SLS) that NASA is developing for manned exploration of the moon and beyond.
Top officials at both agencies credit their long-standing partnership in the 15-nation International Space Station (ISS) as the basis of a budding alliance that could place European astronauts aboard future U.S.-led deep-space missions. Specifically, ESA's pledge to provide five ATV cargo resupply missions to the six-person orbiting space lab between 2008-14, a barter agreement that covers Europe's share of the ISS common operating costs through 2017.
Instead of continuing ATV production, elements of the EADS-Astrium ATV will be adapted for NASA's Exploration Space Mission-1, an unpiloted 2017 test flight of the Orion capsule and an initial version of the SLS on a flight to the lunar environs, says William Gerstenmaier, NASA associate administrator for human exploration and operations. Spare service module components developed under the new agreement, if available, could be rededicated to the service module portion of Exploration Space Mission-2, a 2021 piloted test of the Orion and SLS on a similar trajectory.
The preliminaries, including hardware responsibilities and contractor roles, have been in the works for months. ESA ministers pledged a 60% commitment of their cost—about €455 million ($600 million) in late 2012. The balance could come in mid-2014 if ESA's 20 member states commit the remaining money in a new multi-year spending plan, says Thomas Reiter, a former astronaut who heads ESA's human spaceflight and operations division.
"This is the normal process," Reiter says. "There is a clear path forward and a clear commitment on a basic programmatic ground for the time until the end of this decade."
The service module contribution has strong backing from Germany, which has shouldered 40% of Europe's spending on the space station to date. Others, notably Italy, reduced their contribution to the program through 2014, while France—ESA's second-largest contributor—is cautioning only provisional support for ISS through the end of the decade.
"France is ready to pursue ISS to 2020 provided we are able to master the costs," Joel Barre, head of operations for French space agency CNES, said Jan. 15 in Paris. "We also believe there should be better balance between Europe and the U.S., and hope [Orion] could redirect our operation to a more balanced relationship in the decision-making process."
Still, the two agencies expressed cautious optimism about the future course of the partnership, the first international involvement in NASA's deep-space ambitions, which are focused on a human mission to a near-Earth asteroid in 2025.
"When we talk about international cooperation, it is not talked about lightly here," Gerstenmaier says. "We probably would not have done this without the experience we had on the space station. We have learned the real meaning of cooperation is not actually counting on your partner to be there. It's actually giving up a piece of the spacecraft. That was not done lightly."
Reiter agrees: "We are looking for synergies in technical and programmatic ways. ESA has proven to be a reliable partner in the context of the ISS. Based on that, especially the ATV, this is a good choice to make for exploration—synergies that have been developed in the past that can be beneficial for reaching a common objective."
Under the terms of the agreement, NASA will furnish the Orion capsule, launch-abort system and adapters that protect the capsule's heat shield. NASA will also merge the service module to the SLS as well as jettisonable fairings.
ESA—most likely through ATV industrial prime contractor Astrium Space Transportation—will provide the actual service module structure, holding propulsion and solar-power components as well as the life-support needs of the Orion crews. The first service module will integrate spare NASA shuttle Orbital Maneuvering System components. The Europeans will also provide sustaining engineering for their hardware, which could be used for the second Orion flight in 2021. Beyond that, however, Gerstenmaier says Europe's continued participation in Orion is unknown.
"We have made sure we have kept the right intellectual property that's available to us on the NASA/U.S.-government side so that we can manufacture the follow-on service modules if we need to on our side, or if we decide it is advantageous to us to continue on those future flights with the Europeans, we can work with the Europeans to do that," Gerstenmaier says. "We've really made no decisions about those future flights."
In the meantime, Bernardo Patti, ESA director of operations for the ISS, says industry will operate under a tight schedule to develop and integrate the service module hardware in time for NASA's planned 2017 test flight. Although industry contracts have not been awarded, he expects the project to achieve preliminary design review (PDR) in 2013.
"We are placing industrial contracts and we are facing the very challenging schedule that will bring us to PDR by the second part of the year," Patti says. "The team is extremely excited and enthusiastic [and] looks forward to the PDR to confirm that all the expectations we are building will materialize further."
NASA has no plans to alter its $6.6 billion agreement with Lockheed Martin, Orion/MPCV prime contractor, says Mark Geyer, NASA's Orion project manager. Plans for a late-2014 unpiloted test flight of the Orion atop a Delta IV heavy will not be affected by the ESA agreement. That test will feature a high-speed reentry of the capsule to test the heating shielding and verify other systems prior to the capsule's planned critical design review.
ESA decided a sixth ATV would cost more than the €455 million the agency's member states owe to cover Europe's share of ISS common operating costs through 2020. Instead, NASA accepted the ATV-derived service module proposal, leaving ATV's supply role to new U.S. commercial resuppliers, SpaceX and Orbital Sciences Corp. The propellant that the ATV furnished will not be needed, as past operations show the station's propulsion needs can be handled by future Russian Progress flights, said Mike Suffredini, NASA's ISS program manager.


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