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The phones have been ringing off the hook for Eastbourne Eagles rider Timo Lahti after he produced two shining performances last weekend.
The Finn, who rides in reserves for the Lifestyle Eagles, top-scored in the meets against Swindon and Belle Vue on Saturday and Monday respectively.
Since then, speedway outlets from across Europe have been trying to tempt the young rider to join their leagues.
However, while Trevor Geer admits they can't ball and chain him to the Arlington stands, they're reluctant to let him go to countries where racing is a lot more fierce, especially after fellow Eagle Simon Gustafsson picked up an injury racing in Poland last month.
Geer said, "Timo has just got better and better with every meet. He was unbelievable this weekend and I think we truly have a star in the making.
"The phones have been red-hot for him from Poland, Denmark, Sweden, everywhere. He already rides for a Danish team, although we obviously have first call on him. Of course we don't want him to go but we can't stop the boy making money."
Lahti notched up an impressive 18 points when the Eagles hosted Swindon Robins last Saturday and nearly matched it with a top score of 16 against Belle Vue two days later.
The double victory weekend made it four in a row for the Eagles as they cemented second place in the Elite League table.
And, according to Geer, the wins were exactly what they needed to keep on track for a serious title challenge this year.
"We absolutely needed that win on Monday night. It puts us in a really good position in the league now where it looks like we will secure a play-off spot.
"If we'd have lost on Monday night I think that would have been it, I don't think we would have stood a chance.
"But we managed it, even with Lucas Dryml and Denis Gizatullin under-par. Cameron Woodard looked a lot better too, which was pleasing.
"We don't make it easy for ourselves as we still went 10 points down before turning it around. In the end, though, I could not be more delighted with them."
The Eagles are almost back to full-strength with Joonas Kylmakorpi inching closer to a return for the Arlington outfit.
He will ride in Poland this weekend and is due to take part in a GP qualifier at the beginning of June, hopefully giving him some match practice before he makes a reappearance in the Eagles team.
Eastbourne don't race again until June, 2 when they host last year's Elite League winners, the Poole Pirates.
Kylmakorpi and Gustafsson will both be unavailable for that meet due to the aforementioned GP qualifying meeting.


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Iran's trumpeting of what it says are major advances in its uranium-enrichment activities overshadowed another announcement Tehran made Wednesday – that it has formally accepted an invitation from international powers to return to talks on its nuclear program.
But the two are closely related, nuclear experts say, because they reveal how Iran is trying to build up its image as progressing toward nuclear mastery even as it accepts a return to negotiations.
"With these kinds of announcements, the Iranians are making their best attempt to increase their negotiating leverage and enter these talks from a position of strength," says Daryl Kimball, executive director of the Arms Control Association in Washington. "This is designed for an international audience, but it's also for domestic consumption."
Iran announced Wednesday that its chief nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili, has formally accepted an invitation sent to Iran in October by the European Union's foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, to talks with the so-called P5+1 group of countries – the Security Council's five permanent members plus Germany.
It was not immediately clear under what conditions Iran had accepted returning to talks. European officials had said that Iran, at a minimum, would be required to suspend enriching uranium to 20 percent purity and to accept international inspectors to verify that suspension.
The EU's Lady Ashton is scheduled to meet in Washington Friday with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to discuss the Iran developments, among other issues.
In another move aimed at Europe, and which also sought to portray Iran as a hard bargainer before any impending talks, Tehran suggested to six European countries still importing Iranian oil – France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Greece, and Portugal – that it might start cutting back on oil shipments. Just last month the EU approved an embargo on Iranian oil imports, to take effect in July after current contracts expire.
One Iranian press service initially announced that shipments to the six countries had been stopped. The report sent the price of oil to a six-month high of $119 a barrel.
In Iran, announcement of Mr. Jalili's letter of acceptance was buried under Iran's chest-thumping over several advances in the country's uranium enrichment capabilities.
Official reports claimed that the country's first domestically produced fuel rods were installed at an aging, American-made research reactor north of Tehran. The reactor, used to create medical isotopes, requires 20 percent enriched uranium fuel, which is also required for producing the highly enriched uranium – 90 percent purity – needed for a uranium-fueled nuclear weapon.
Iran also claimed to have installed the first of a new generation of faster and more efficient "P-2" centrifuges – the machines that spin uranium to achieve higher purity – at its major nuclear facility at Natanz.
Separate Iranian reports also publicized an official announcement that a new underground nuclear facility at Fardo near the city of Qom is now fully operational.
The announcements demonstrate that Iran "continues to make slow but steady progress on its uranium enrichment capabilities," says the Arms Control Association's Mr. Kimball, even though the steps announced do not suggest Iran has attained anything near the "nuclear self-sufficiency" it is claiming, he adds.
"They are still not in a position to fully fuel the Tehran research reactor," he says. "The P-2 centrifuges are still not fully installed."
Still, he calls it "a matter of some urgency" to restart negotiations and reach a deal before Iran crosses those thresholds.
But others worry that Iran, while seeking to increase its negotiating leverage, is also signaling that it has no intention of giving up the progress it has already made.
The announced advances are "a diplomatic talking point for the Iranians," says Henry Sokolski, executive director of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center in Washington. But he adds that "they are also making it very, very clear that they are not going to back down on making fuel and on getting to the edge of weapons."
Accepting that Iran simply stop enriching uranium to 20 percent in exchange for returning to negotiations should not be good enough for the Western powers, Mr. Sokolski says, because any level of enrichment makes verification of exactly what is occurring very difficult.
"Once countries get into making nuclear fuel, you're allowing them to keep on trying to do more, and keeping an eye on what they are doing depends on trust," he says. "I think they [the P5+1] have to say to the Iranians, 'Stop making fuel – full stop.' "
Kimball, on the other hand, says the international community should use the opportunity that appears to be opening to "test" Iran's earlier offer to suspend its 20 percent uranium enrichment. If international inspectors are allowed in to verify that suspension, then the way could open to the kind of fuel-swap deal Iran was on the verge of accepting in 2009, he says.
Under such a deal, Iran would receive from an outside source the fuel it needs for its research reactor, in exchange for sending out of the country enough of its stockpiled enriched uranium to ensure world powers it is not amassing the fuel for developing a nuclear weapon.
The progress Iran has made in nuclear fuel production since 2009 would seem to make such a deal more difficult, but some experts believe that the difficult economic straits Iran is navigating as a result of toughened international sanctions are also putting it in a mood to negotiate.
Dennis Ross, who until recently was Secretary Clinton's special adviser on Iran and the Middle East, told a Washington audience this week that the latest sanctions on Iran's central bank and oil exports, as well as Europe's embargo on Iranian oil imports, are having an impact in Iran and putting the Iranian regime in a mood to return to the negotiating table.
Speaking at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, where he now works, Mr. Ross also said it is his understanding that Israel – which has long called for "crippling" sanctions to compel Iran to change its nuclear course – is willing to give the sanctions now in place a chance to achieve their goal before taking any decision to attack Iran's nuclear sites.


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Editor's Note: This is the third and in all likelihood last in a series of posts, in which we just post random stuff on Jays reliever Dirk Hayhurst's book, The Bullpen Gospels. It's available tomorrow at a fine bookseller near you and all over the internets...and seriously, if you come to this blog on a regular basis, then there's precious little that I could tell you that is going to do anything more to encourage you to go by the book. At this point, buy it or don't. It's your deal. I really don't have any skin in this particular game.
When I got my review copy of The Bullpen Gospels in the mail this winter, I immediately tore into it. Maybe it was because I was excited at the prospect of having been included amongst those who were being given a sneak peek at the book: Costas! Olbermann! Neyer! Tao! (And that slow-footed ambler Bastian!)
Or it could be because I felt vaguely duty-bound to help promote the book. I respect that Dirk Hayhurst has taken the time and energy to share his particular and peculiar story with us, and I want him to succeed as much at this new endeavor as I want him to succeed on the mound. This became all the more urgent when Hayhurst went down with what is ostensibly a season-ending injury.
And maybe it is because I harbour my own literary ambitions, and want to make sure that I have a successful baseball author in my corner to whom I can send my own galleys for his review and maybe even a blurb. (Someday, someway...)
Whatever the case, I'll confess to be a bit of a cheerleader for this book. You can take my review of the tome with as many grains of salt as you wish. The book is, after all, written by a member of my favorite sports team, and I have a limited ability to detach myself critically from anything to do with the Blue Jays. I don't particularly believe in objectivity, so let me say that I've done my best to demonstrate some enlightened subjectivity.
So with all that as prologue, maybe the best compliment that I can give Hayhurst's book is this: With the book still freezing cold from its time in my mailbox, I laughed heartily three times in the first four pages.
(And yeah, one of those laughs was generated by the thought of someone getting hit in the nuts. But don't go pretending that you're not as likely to enjoy such a passage.)
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A final thought on The Bullpen Gospels
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- sarah said...
I think everyone is a cheerleader for Dirk and his book. It's hard not to be.
- March 29, 2010 at 11:10 AM
- Mark said...
I actually got my copy last Thursday from Amazon. Wanted to finish up some other reading first, but I'm really loving it so far. About 1/3 to 1/2 way through right now. Definitely recommended.
- March 29, 2010 at 11:21 AM
Arghh, my groin!
- March 29, 2010 at 12:07 PM
I am going to buy my copy at one of his signings.
Any word on the details yet?
- March 30, 2010 at 11:35 AM
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Yet another tumbling blocks pillow, but this one will live in my house.
After the last pillow talk swap, the boys in the house were really loving the tumbling blocks design - they like everything that looks 3-D, so I decided to make another one.
This time I chose natural linen and aqua colors because they fit in well with the living room sofa and coordinate with the other existing pillows. I also used a gray linen and lots of different prints of aqua fabric.
I used 2" 60 degree triangles this time, so my blocks are a bit bigger. I also got to try out my new free motion quilting design which I've been practicing for the ORBC FMQ QAL ~ translation: Old Red Barn Company Free-motion Quilting Quilt-along led by Debbie Brown. ha! That's a mouthful! Here's a close-up...
And on a completely different note: I made key lime cupcakes using a recipe recommended by Emily of Crazy Old Lady quilts - I made cupcakes instead of a cake because we are on a cupcake kick at our house. OMG! So Yummy!! I modified the recipe by adding some lime zest to both the batter and the frosting oh and I used regular white cake mix because my store didn't carry lemon. Delish!! Try it out!


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Matthew McConaughey and Jada Pinkett Smith are calling on fans to pay tribute to the lives lost in the tragic Connecticut school shooting last week by holding a moment of silence this Friday (21Dec12).
Eva Longoria and supermodel Tyra Banks have also vowed to take part in the remembrance, a week after gunman Adam Lanza massacred 20 kids and six staffmembers at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown (14Dec12).
The stars retweeted the message "Join me in observing a momentforSandyHook victims, in silence, this Friday at 930am ET", and Pinkett Smith added, "May tomorrow also be in remembrance of all of those who have lost lives to senseless violence. momentforSandyHook"
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Drayton Manor Theme Park will remain shut on Wednesday as a mark of respect after an 11-year-old schoolgirl died after falling from a water ride.
The youngster, from the Leicester area, fell out of a boat on the Splash Canyon ride during a school trip to the Tamworth-based theme park on Tuesday.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has said it was making initial inquiries into the tragedy alongside the emergency services, while the girl's school said it is "liaising with the relevant authorities".
According to one parent at the Jameah Academy, an integrated Islamic day school for girls in Leicester, the girl fell from one of the boats when it hit a rock.
She told the Mail Online: "When the girl got up to change seats just then it hit a rock and she got knocked out of the boat and fell in the water and the water currents dragged her in."
The parent, who asked not to be named, said the girl disappeared from view after falling from the ride.
In a statement her school said it was providing "support to pupils and staff" and asked that the girl's family and the school community was given "time to grieve".
Drayton Manor's company director George Bryan, whose grandfather opened the park in the 1950s, said they were "truly shocked and devastated" by the death.
He appeared shaken as he read a statement at the park on Tuesday afternoon in which he said specially-trained staff were on the scene "immediately" after the alarm was raised.
West Midlands Ambulance Service said it was called to Drayton Manor Theme Park at 2.18pm and sent paramedics by land and air to the site, with the first crews arriving within seven minutes.
A spokesman said crews discovered a girl "with serious injuries who had been rescued from the water by park staff" on arrival.
After receiving advanced life support she was flown to Birmingham Children's Hospital with a doctor continuing treatment en-route.
"Unfortunately, shortly after arrival at hospital it became apparent nothing could be done to save her and she was confirmed deceased," the spokesman said.
The girl has not been publicly identified, and Staffordshire Police said specially-trained officers were supporting her family following the "tragic incident".
The ride, which opened in 1993, and features up to 21 boats each with a capacity of six people, was closed following the incident.
Offering a "a wild ride" with "fast-flowing rapids", riders must be at least 0.9m (3ft) tall, although those under 1.1m must be accompanied by an adult.
A spokesman for the HSE said on Tuesday: "The HSE has been made aware of today's incident at Drayton Manor and is making initial inquiries along with emergency services."
Drayton Manor officials said on Facebook on Tuesday: "The HSE have not asked us to close the park tomorrow. The decision has come from the team and the Bryan family as a mark of respect to the girl's family."
Cllr Philip Atkins, Staffordshire County Council leader, said the Bryan family "will be absolutely devastated by this accident and will undoubtedly do all they can to help find out how this tragic accident occurred".


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When David Clark arrived at Marion High School to teach vocal music five years ago, he was greeted by the then-new USD 408 Performing Arts Center.
Since then, the 550-seat auditorium has been the home of concerts, plays, musicals, school programs, assemblies, and community church services. Clark said having the facility elevated all of those performances.
"When they have something beautiful to perform in, it enhances their experience," he said.
Clark, who retired this spring, said a couple of other schools, including Sterling, looked at the performing arts center before building their own facilities.
"Marion's facility is really top-notch," he said. "It's one of the better ones in the state, really."
He said someone would have to go to Wichita to find a better concert hall, whether at a school, college, or civic facility.
The performing arts center opened in December 2007 as part of a bond project, along with the USD 408 Sports and Aquatics Center, which serves as a gymnasium for basketball, volleyball, and wrestling and includes an indoor swimming pool.
USD 408 Superintendent Lee Leiker said the facilities contribute to the local economy by attracting events to town. They have been the site of the state large group music festival in recent years. Other events have included basketball and wrestling tournaments.
The summer swimming team has swelled in numbers to more than 100 members, thanks in part to the construction of the indoor pool. The team has to divide into two teams at swim meets.
"Both our school and community have a lot of pride in these facilities," Leiker said.
Leiker hopes more cultural experiences can be brought to the performing arts center. He has spoken with band director Chris Barlow about inviting college bands to perform in town.
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Today RealNetworks is launching a "Freedom of Choice" advertising campaign that aims to leverage their Harmony software along with deep discounts on downloads to lure iPod owners away from the iTunes Music Store. The company is slashing individual song download prices to US$0.49 and is offering full-album downloads for US$4.99 for a limited time. Although RealNetworks say the campaign is not specifically targeting Apple and ITMS, their ads suggest otherwise.
Then there's the ads, featuring an iPod-as-padlock with its lock in the open position and the tag line "Half the price of Apple. Welcome to freedom of choice."
This is a risky attempt for RealNetworks to attract new customers to their Rhapsody music service but the move may not pay off in the long run. Previous price cuts have boosted sales, but the increased sales have not translated into profitability for the company. Also, according to their press release, RealNetworks was expecting a loss of $0.03 to $0.04 a share in the third quarter and they expect this move to negatively impact their earnings another $0.01 a share.
Some analysts see RealNetworks' campaign as a desperate move to carve out a spot in the music download arena before Microsoft throws their hat into the ring. But this promotion may not last long they are inviting a lawsuit from Apple who issued a stern warning to RealNetworks after news about Harmony broke. Nevertheless, RealNetworks feels confident enough to embark on this advertising campaign that promises to give iPod owners a choice in music services. The ball is now firmly in Apple's (and iPod owners') court.


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At an interim meeting of the board on Tuesday, presided over by vice-chairman Tao Gang and attended by seven directors, Sinovel director Wang Yuan was elected as the new chairman, and vice-president Liu Zhengqi was appointed as the new president.
Sinovel said Wei had handed in his resignation yesterday. In addition to chairman, Wei was also a board director and acting president. He did not give a reason for the decision.
Wei replaced former chairman and Sinovel founder Han Junliang less than two months ago as the board chairman. Han cited personal reasons for the resignation.
Wang has served as a member of the board since July 2008. He has been a vice-president of Dalian Sinovel Heavy Industry Group since January 2012.
Liu was a director of the board from 2006 to 2008. He has been a vice-president of Sinovel since February 2006.
In August, Wei took over the post of Sinovel president from Han, in an attempt, as Sinovel claimed, to separate the roles of board chairman and company president.
In 2012, the Chinese wind power industry entered a complex adjustment stage, which brought about unprecedented pressures on turbine makers.
Sinovel reported a CNY 582 million ($94 million) loss in 2012, down 197%, and lost CNY 249 million in the first quarter of this year, down 969%.
To stabilise performance and improve the Sinovel's fortunes, Wei tried to reshuffle the company structure. Wei put 351 staff — about one third of the headcount at the firm's Beijing headquarters — on a "paid vacation" at the end of 2012.


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Two suspects were captured as the result of an aggravated assault and kidnapping that took place in Port Arthur in the early hours of Tuesday morning, July 2.
According to a news release from the Port Arthur Police Department, officers received a call to 2705 Memorial Blvd. in reference to a "frantic female subject." Upon arrival at the scene, officers questioned the woman and learned she had been robbed and kidnapped at gunpoint from her residence in the 1500 block of Augustine Ave. The woman reportedly told police that she and her boyfriend were at the residence when they were accosted by several men who were hiding around the side of the house. The suspects held the woman and her boyfriend at gunpoint and the woman was taken into the house by some of the suspects while the man was help outside by one. Officers suspect the female victim was sexually assaulted.
The suspects then took the woman to an ATM on Memorial Blvd. and demanded money. The woman was able to alert the clerk inside the store and get away at that time. The suspect fled the scene in the victim's vehicle. The woman was transported to St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont for treatment of her injuries. The male victim was not injured.
Officers located two suspects and are questioning them at this time.The names of the victims and suspects have been withheld, and the Criminal Investigations Division is investigating.
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As someone who, in all likelihood, will be selected somewhere from the middle to late in the first round of the NFL Draft, there's been a high amount of speculation connecting UCLA defensive lineman Datone Jones and the Green Bay Packers.
How exactly Jones would fit into Dom Capers' 3-4 defensive system is similarly under speculation in the world of social media.
Conjecture ranges from the next coming of J.J. Watt to being woefully underweight at a position where he'll be asked to hold the point of attack.
Jones weighed in at 283 lbs. at the NFL Combine in February, and it appears as if he'll hold off on adding any bulk to his body until it becomes official which team selects him and what they expect.
"It depends on where a team needs me to be," said Jones at the Combine. "I can't really judge it. My starting point is 284."
Measuring in at 6-4, Jones possesses a length that's in short supply on the Green Bay defensive line. No other Packer playing in the trenches is more than 6-3.
Judging from Jones' frame, he would appear capable of putting on weight, but how much is another matter. And whether he can be an effective player at any weight is similarly up for debate.
One thing is for sure, Jones played well in UCLA's 3-4 defensive front in 2012, a season in which he made 62 tackles, 19 for a loss and 6.5 sacks. That came just one year after he made 41 tackles, 6.5 for a loss and three sacks.
Among Jones' best qualities are his flexibility, the type of player that has been used all over over the defensive line.
"I moved around everywhere, from strong-side defensive end to three-tech," said Jones. "Sometimes you'd see me at nose. I played all across our defensive line."
Jones credited new UCLA coach Jim Mora for instilling a sense of accountability previously unseen in Westwood for his own personal success as a senior and that of the entire team that won the Pac-12 South title and went 9-5 overall.
Those wanting to see Jones' ceiling in the NFL can point to Watt who was a similar size to Jones when he weighed in at the Combine in 2011, although slightly bigger at 6-5 and 290 lbs.
Watt has obviously gone onto much success in professional football, being named the league's Defensive Player of the Year last season in the Houston Texans 3-4 scheme. Watt was selected 11th overall in the first round and has since bulked up only five lbs. to 295.
"A guy like J.J. Watt," said Jones when asked if there's an NFL player he patterns himself after. "I feel like the game is changing. There's more versatile defensive linemen in today's game.
"You don't really see every-down defensive linemen now. You see a guy who plays first and second down, then goes and sits down. Then another pass-rush specialist comes in on third down and takes his spot. I want to be a guy who can play every down."
In terms of pure athletic ability, Watt trumped Jones when it came to the measured drills at the Combine. Jones ran a faster 40-yard dash (4.80 vs. 4.84) but Watt had more bench press reps (34 vs. 29), a higher vertical jump (37 inches vs. 31.5) and horizonal jump (120 inches vs. 112), a faster three-cone drill (6.88 seconds vs. 7.32) and short shuttle (4.21 seconds vs. 4.32).
Another player with similar size to Jones is former Packers and current Chargers defensive lineman Jarius Wynn who's 6-3 and 285 lbs. For three years in Green Bay, Wynn could never carve out much more than a part-time role as a situational pass rusher. Even then, his contributions were modest at best.
The argument can be made that Jones is better fit as a 4-3 defensive end where he can utilize his quickness off the edge instead of fighting in close quarters. But to Jones' credit, using his hands to ward off blockers is another strength.
Hand placement is something Jones continues to work on in preparation for the draft, including a move learned from a famous former New York Giant.
"In Michael Strahan's last game––in the Super Bowl––he did a move," said Jones. "He called it his 'Hall of Fame Move.' It's where he got his last sack. It was a cross-chop rip.
"You've got to get off the ball fast. You've got to beat the offensive lineman off the ball, give a nice head fake, get his hands down with the cross chop, then rip and you're through. I've been trying to perfect that. I think that'd be real critical to my game. Hopefully it'll help me in the future."
Another positive about Jones is that he has no character or major injury concerns. He suffered a broken foot in 2010 but has since played in 24 games without issue.
In terms of football character, Jones has it in spades.
Asked what a team will be getting if they drafted him, Jones said, "They're getting a guy who plays with maniacal effort. A guy who wants to be the best, the best guy out there. That's what they're getting.
"I don't care if DeMarcus Ware is on the team or whoever, I want to be the best player. I'm not saying I'm better than those guys, but I want to be the best on the team. A guy who wants to make every play possible. When you talk about NFL football, I want you guys to talk about Datone Jones."
Brian Carriveau is the author of "It's Just a Game: Big League Drama in Small Town America," and editor of Cheesehead TV's "Pro Football Draft Preview." To contact Brian, email [email protected].
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I recall years ago when George Washington's and Abraham Lincoln's Birthdays were observed separately, February 22nd and February 12th respectively. Now they have been combined on one day wherein both of these U.S. presidents' birthdays are celebrated. As I reflect upon the histories of these two great leaders, I often think about the adversities Washington faced amidst the American Revolution as well as those Lincoln faced during the Civil War. I am grateful for my ancestors who followed their leadership and sacrificed to provide the freedoms I enjoy today with my family.
Do you have ancestors who were in some way a part of the American Revolution or the Civil War?
Perhaps our own ancestors went by different names and maybe they were founding fathers in another land. Perhaps in our hearts we hold as much respect and love for our founding fathers and mothers as we do any of our own ancestors, perhaps not so well known. They were likely people who had little or no claim to fame, but performed the mundane and essential tasks it took to take care of their family and provide freedom to your nation.
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BEIJING (May 1, 3:30 p.m. ET) — German automotive plastics supplier Dr. Schneider Group officially opened its first Asian plant April 26 in the northeastern Chinese city of Liaoyang. Company leaders discussed the development on the day prior in Beijing, where the firm was exhibiting at the Automotive News China Conference.
The facility will begin by assembling plastic molded cosmetic mirrors for two lines of BMW cars – the 3 Series and 5 Series – said Klaus Fricke, president and CEO of Dr. Schneider Holding GmbH. Fricke said his firm has rented space in an existing facility from a local partner, and refitted it to match the layout of its other plants in Germany and elsewhere. The group has been represented in China for many years by a sales and sourcing office.
Yubo Wang has been named managing director of the Chinese operation, officially named Dr. Schneider Automotive Parts (Liaoyang) Co. Ltd.
The hinged housings for the mirrors are made from a polycarbonate/ABS resin blend, and are ceiling mounted in the vehicles. Fricke said he anticipates output of 12,000 mirrors a month from the Liaoyang plant. The components will be imported from Germany until the company starts molding them in China.
Plans are to invest 2.5 million euros in the new facility by the end of 2014, he said. Phase two of the project will involve installing an unspecified number of injection molding presses within the same time frame. Dr. Schneider currently runs 353 injection presses worldwide and uses primarily KraussMaffei and Engel models. The project's third phase will add painting capabilities – but not before 2015, Fricke said.
The new plant now has about 30 assembly workstations and began training workers and installing equipment in December. Fricke says the Chinese workers are every bit as good, quality-wise, as their German counterparts. He expects the plant to employ a work force of 100 once the operation adds molding capabilities.
The resin is at least as expensive in China as is Europe, Fricke noted, but he still does not rule out the possibility that the China plant eventually could mold and assemble parts such as the mirrors and cost-effectively ship them back to Germany. The goal is for the group to make in Liaoyang all the components that it produces for the Chinese market, he said.
Based in the Bavarian town of Kronach-Neuses, Dr. Schneider Group makes a variety automotive components such as air vent systems, cup holders, door frames, center consoles and instrument panel modules. Founded in 1927 and still family owned, the firm counts as customers automakers such as Audi, BMW, Jaguar/Land Rover, Mercedes, Porsche and Rolls-Royce. It has production at four plants in Germany, as well as in Brazil, Slovakia, Spain, Poland and the United States.
The company continues to look to emerging markets for growth. As previously reported by Automotive News Europe, Dr. Schneider in late January confirmed plans to invest another 2.5 million euros to build a new, 100-employee plant in Zacatecas, Mexico. Construction will begin this fall, with production due to start next spring. Fricke confirmed those plans remain on track, and that the Mexico plant will be affiliated with the company's U.S. factory in Howell, Mich.
Dr. Schneider Group reported a 12.1 percent increase in 2011 sales, to 314 million euros ($415 million), from 280 million euros in 2010. The company employs about 2,800 employees worldwide.


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American Experience: 1964 Prominent figures, inlcuding President Lyndon B. Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr., Barry Goldwater and Betty Friedman, start to turn the United States onto a new course during a pivotal year. 8 p.m. KOCE
Pretty Little Liars Hanna, Aria, Emily and Spencer (Ashley Benson, Lucy Hale, Shay Mitchell, Troian Bellisario) hope to find some answers in Ali's (Sasha Pieterse) diary, but all the entries are in code in this new episode. 8 and 10 p.m. ABC Family
NCIS: Los Angeles While in Afghanistan, Kensi and Granger (Daniela Ruah, Miguel Ferrer) work with their team back home when they learn a slain federal agent had ties to an ancient money transfer system. Chris O'Donnell, LL Cool J, Linda Hunt and Eric Christian Olsen also star in this new episode. 9 p.m. CBS
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AUGUSTA — Maine gambling regulators say tax revenue from the state's two casinos is up significantly over last year.
According to figures from the Maine Gambling Control Board, the state has taken in more than $35 million in revenues from slot machines and table games from Oxford and Bangor-based casinos during the current fiscal year. That's more than $10 million more than at the same time last year.
Most of the increase can be attributed to the Oxford Casino, which opened in June 2012.
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The board collects 46 percent of net slot machine revenue and 16 percent of net table game revenue from the Oxford Casino.
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Beachgoers take in the sights of a dead fin whale at Seahurst Park in Burien. After washing up on Saturday, researchers believe a collision with a ship was its cause of death. The area has since been cordoned off to deter people from touching the corpse.
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More than half of the population in Brazil now belongs to "class C", which became the largest slice of Brazil's classic "social pyramid" for the first time this past year.
Known as the digital middle class, these Brazilians made up 42 percent of the country's Internet population in 2010, and are highly coveted by digital marketers, despite their average monthly income being only US$581.
This historic shift has forced Brazilian brands and marketers to figure out how to engage 101 million people to whom they never really had to pay attention before.
Social media nation
An impressive 45 percent of class C Brazilians are active on social media. Brands, therefore, have focused their marketing efforts on channels such as YouTube, MSN Messenger, Twitter and Orkut, the Google-owned social network that still trumps Facebook in Brazil.
Popular chocolate brand Lacta, for example, partnered with Orkut on Fazendinha, Brazil's answer to Facebook's Farmville game (the name literally translates as "little farm"). When players plant a cacao seed on their virtual farm, the seed grows into a tree that produces MiniBis, Lacta's new chocolate snack.
These social networks have also given brands access to a previously elusive demographic: middle class women. According to research, 83 percent of class C women access the Internet on a daily basis, and 40 percent of them spend more than two hours a day on social networks.
In order to engage this underserved market, popular Brazilian clothing chain Marisa launched a flashy new website that includes a virtual changing room where shoppers can "try on" clothes on a variety of body types.
Different market, different rules
Brazilian brands have learned that the products and strategies they've used to reach class A and B consumers can't simply be "pushed down" to class C.
This new middle class is, after all, making the transition from a very different economic reality in which a can of condensed milk was considered a luxury item to be offered as a gift on special occasions.
Brazil's emerging consumers will be loyal to brands and products that cater to their unique needs and norms. Sales at the Casas Bahia retail chain skyrocketed after the brand figured out that class C customers loved furniture with mirrored doors because it made their small homes appear bigger.
And since many class C customers live in isolated areas where electronic products such as mobile phones are essential, Casas Bahia added a video series to its shopping website to explain in plain language how to use these unfamiliar items.
Class C-targeted ads also tend to be more didactic and direct. Most middle class Brazilians access the Internet from pay-by-the-hour Internet cafés (LAN houses) and don't have time to ponder the pros and cons of buying a product while surfing on the clock.
With this reality in mind, department store chain Ponto Frio, one of the largest in the country, has added video and 3-D presentations on its website to reel in customers.
Class warfare goes digital
If wider access to credit lines over the past decade is largely responsible for allowing class C to participate in the economy, Orkut gets credit for putting class C on an even social footing, at least online.
About half of Orkut's Brazilian users come from the digital middle class. Meanwhile, the upper classes are quietly fleeing to rival Facebook to escape Orkut's rapid "favelization," a term commonly used to describe the influx of lower income users.
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Before the 1978 season, the NFL's owners passed a shit-ton of rules that were designed to scale back the role of physical contact in the game. Under the new rules packages, wide receivers could not be bumped more than five yards from the line of scrimmage. Offensive lineman were allowed to use your hands. Even changes to the field were made, the hashmarks were brought closer to the middle of the field. In the evolution of the professional game, these 1978 changes are widely considered to have had the greatest impact on the game.
The rulebook today gets minor edits by comparison, and the more notable changes have less to do with the play of the game and more to do with protecting the multi-million-dollar assets on the field. The most obvious of these is the crackdown on quarterback hits; too far down, in this asshole's opinion. Whether they be late, below the knee, between the earholes, or while the defender holds a piece of non-kosher meat, these hits are being called as penalties more often than not. "Horse-collar" tackles and hits below the knee also are now being penalized, in light of prominent players (and in some cases, their teams) having their seasons and ligaments ripped out from under them after being injured as a result of these techniques.
These extra rules are just one concession that teams are forced to make, based on player supply. Many followers of the game have argued that, with 32 teams consisting of 53 players per roster, there aren't enough good players to go around. This does not seem to stop teams from releasing the average player after less than four years of service, but never mind that for now. With players more expensive, their health remains critical to the bottom line. The violence that has been a staple of this sport for so long, that has led to players being spit out by this league, time and again, may itself be on the downside of its usefulness.
Fortunately, this league, this game, has collisions and unpleasantness to spare; smashing your body into that of another person at a high, heterosexual speed remains a staple of football, and it always will. The real danger is where the judicious forces could take control of the league yet again, and warp it into something deemed better for the sake of competition, only to dissolve the game's essence even further. That shouldn't be an issue today, where the league will finally do what it does best: get the hell out of the way while millions of people watch grown men beat the shit out of each other.


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The Winder City Council's final meeting of 2012 is tonight at 6 in the Winder Community Center. The agenda is extensive. It includes annexation approvals to extend the city's boundaries to Exchange Boulevard just north of Highway 316 as well as a six-month contract extension for consultant Mike Rice, who is assisting in the annexation initiative.
Two of the more substantive items on the agenda are major overhauls of city regulations for solid waste services and home occupation licensing. Both items are "first readings" of the revised Solid Waste Ordinance and the amendments to the Home Occupation Regulations. "Second readings" are required next month, unless the second reading is waived in order to take action tonight. The solid waste regulations affect all residential garbage customers within the city limits, and the home-occupation regulations affect operators of home occupations.
For full coverage of the meeting, read the Dec. 5 edition of the Barrow Journal
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Working in physics: Have PhD, will travel
Life as a postdoctoral researcher offers opportunities for making independent contributions to science, but there are pitfalls too, as Margaret Harris explains.
What do you call someone with more skills than an apprentice but not enough to be a master? Europe's medieval guilds recognized such people as journeymen, skilled workers paid by the day (in French, journée) who travelled between masters, gaining the experience needed to set up their own workshops. Modern academia uses another name — postdoctoral researchers.
Despite important differences between postdocs and their medieval predecessors (regular pay, for starters), the basic rationale for seeking a postdoc position has not changed. Newly minted PhD graduates may be well on their way to becoming experts in their fields, but most will have little experience in planning new research projects or managing students. A stint as a postdoc can fill this experience gap. By working with an established mentor for a short period of time (typically 1–3 years), new researchers gain not only subject-specific training but also help with "soft skills" like preparing grant applications and giving presentations — just what fledgling physicists need to develop into independent researchers. The results can be impressive: a 1999 survey by Science found that 43% of articles published in the journal that year had postdocs as the first named authors.
One reason for this prominence is that the expertise postdocs bring to their new research group often allows them to tackle existing problems in a new way. Another is the greater independence postdocs enjoy relative to PhD students. Although both work under the direction of a more senior scientist, postdocs are far more likely to set their own research agendas within a defined project — especially when the permanent faculty member is busy, senior or fond of attending conferences.
Recipients of funded postdoctoral fellowships — such as the research fellowships available in the UK from the Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC) or the Royal Society — enjoy even greater autonomy. These awards provide an independent source of research money, allowing fellows to run their own mini-groups of PhD students and a postdoc or two. Above all, a postdoc position allows new researchers to focus on the science, without needing — as established academics do — to juggle teaching and administrative responsibilities.
What to look for
The most important thing to consider when evaluating a postdoc position is the research topic. "A physicist undertaking a postdoc should understand why they're there, because the expectation is that they get off to a quick start," says Mildred Dresselhaus, a nanophysicist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US and past president of the American Physical Society. The topic is also important because researchers are more likely to pursue careers related to their postdocs, rather than their PhD subjects, she believes. "[Postdocs] hone in on what they're best at and what interests them the most," she says.
Less obvious factors can also influence the outcome of a postdoc. A 2005 survey of US-based science postdocs by the research society Sigma Xi found positive correlations between postdoc satisfaction and the levels of training and structure universities provide. Postdocs in programmes that were structured also rated their faculty advisors more highly, reported fewer conflicts, and, intriguingly, published more papers per year than their counterparts in more informal environments.
Levels of training and structure vary between universities, although efforts are under way to improve this situation. In June 2008 a consortium of UK universities and funding bodies adopted a set of principles, the The Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers, aimed at promoting good practice in training early-career scientists. A similar initiative, the European Charter for Researchers, was adopted by the European Commission in 2005.
At a more local level, some universities have dedicated offices or ombudsmen for postdoc affairs, who can help solve non-research-specific problems like conflicts with senior staff or difficulties adapting to a new environment. Others have active branches of groups like the UK National Research Staff Association, EURODOC or the US National Postdoctoral Association. Such groups can help individuals address problems where they arise, and often assist new postdocs with settling in and building a social life.
In addition to preparation for a research career, a postdoctoral position can offer the chance to experience a new culture for a few years, particularly if one moves abroad. The advantages can be both personal and professional, with the opportunity to raise one's profile and make important contacts internationally going hand in hand with the fun of living somewhere pleasantly exotic.
Indeed, for physicists from small countries, a move is often an essential step towards obtaining a permanent post. This was certainly the case for Arttu Rajantie, a native of Finland who did a postdoc at the University of Cambridge in the UK. "There is a very good group in my field in Helsinki, but one has to go abroad to develop as a researcher," says Rajantie, who is now a lecturer in theoretical physics at Imperial College, London.
Bumps on the road
The down side to life as a modern journeyman is that too much mobility can be destabilizing. This is particularly the case for researchers with families, who often face the "two-body problem" of finding employment for both adults. They may also be reluctant or unable to move children to a new city or country. For those who find themselves doing multiple postdocs in the hope of finding something more permanent, these problems are compounded — particularly if the sought-after post is never obtained.
Interestingly, the number of years spent as a postdoc varies significantly between fields. A survey by the Institute of Physics in 2000 found that nearly a third of astronomers, astrophysicists and particle physicists spent more than seven years in non-permanent positions. For physicists in other sub-disciplines the figure was just 15%.
The stark truth is that in most cases a postdoc is not a ticket to a permanent academic job. The Institute's poll found that although three out of five physics postdocs wanted a permanent faculty position, only one in five had secured such a post 5–10 years later. A similar fraction were still stuck in postdoc positions.
"Keep in mind that a postdoc is supposed to be a fixed-term position and is unlikely to lead to a permanent position, no matter what the job ad says," cautions Damian Audley, a research associate working on cryogenic detectors in Cambridge University's astrophysics group. "Think about how it fits into your career goals and what your next step will be."
The employment picture from the poll was not all gloomy. Of those surveyed, 91% had found jobs that used their research skills, even though more than half were no longer working in higher education. Common employers for former physics postdocs included IT and financial firms, as well as government and industrial research labs. The survey also indicated that industry placed a high value on the presentation, self motivation and problem- solving skills that postdocs developed.
As for salaries, postdoc pay is relatively poor. The Sigma Xi study found that while a postdoc in their early 30s (the median age for postdocs) could expect a median salary of $38,000, the comparable figure for a young thirty-something with only a bachelor's degree was $45,000. With grim humour, the authors noted that after factoring in their median 51 hour working week, a postdoc's hourly wage is only slightly better than that of a janitor or caretaker at Harvard University.
However, the study included responses from postdocs in the life sciences as well as physics, and median salaries for physicists tend to be higher. Postdocs working in government labs can also expect a bigger paycheck; salaries for postdocs at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, for example, currently start at $67,400. Surprisingly, the Sigma Xi study did not find any relationship between salaries and postdoc satisfaction: better-paid postdocs were no happier than their poorer peers, published only marginally more papers per year, and were slightly more likely to report conflicts.
Other directions
Physics postdocs whose long-term interests lie outside the ivory tower (including the 40% who never seek an academic post) have traditionally had the option of doing a postdoc in industry. That avenue is more limited today. Dresselhaus, who has been involved in numerous studies of scientists' career paths, cited the demise of Bell Labs (see page 39, print version only) as both a cause and an indication of reduced industry opportunities for physicists doing pure research. However, postdocs involving collaborations between industrial and university partners are still possible, and funding bodies are keen to promote such cooperation.
"The research councils are trying to exploit the research that they support such that we create wealth and have an economic impact," says Alan Thomas of EPSRC. Thomas, whose job is to build business-focused skills for researchers, notes that all EPSRC-funded postdoctoral fellowships can be done in partnership with industry. "People's familiarity with the industrial environment and the drivers there will stand them in good stead in the future," he says.
Whether in industry or academia, life as a postdoc has its advantages. "The opportunity to be paid for thinking about the early universe and continue to do this for a real career was too good to miss," says Steven Gratton, a postdoc in theoretical cosmology at Cambridge University. "I've had the chance to interact and collaborate with some really inspiring people [and] I've learned all sorts of skills, including computer programming and giving presentations." Despite the stiff competition, Rajantie thinks that if you are serious about doing research, a postdoc is essential. "You should go for it…it is worth trying, and in any case you will gain some valuable experience."
Further information
Statistics and surveys:
- sigmaxi.org/postdoc/highlights.pdf
- aip.org/statistics/trends/reports/emp.pdf
- iop.org/activity/policy/Publications/file_26615.pdf
- books.nap.edu/catalog/9831.html
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About the author
Margaret Harris is reviews and careers editor of Physics World.
This article originally appeared in the October 2008 issue of Physics World
Image credit: Jorge Cham, www.phdcomics.com
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Scooter is very cute. And he does look fat and happy, as his owner claims, but behind those masked eyes, you know he is totally thinking, "Tonight, when you go to sleep, I am going to use my strangely human-like hands to destroy your family like I've destroyed this collection of trash you keep behind closed doors."
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Charles McDiarmid, Wickaninnish Inn | BCBusiness
"It's Darwin in action. Those who aren't strong enough will not survive, and we need that because it allows those who can weather these storms to be there at the end," McDiarmid says of the volatile hospitality industry.
Charles McDiarmid keeps the Wickaninnish Inn at the top of its game by weathering the storms.
The forces of nature never seem to stray far from Charles McDiarmid's mind. He built his business, after all, around the storm-watching phenomenon on Vancouver Island's west coast, luring folk to the Wickaninnish Inn, which juts out into the Pacific in his native Tofino. And today the elements abound as we talk about the vagaries of the hospitality industry.
"The tide comes in and the tide goes out, and right now it's a good time for clam digging," the inn's managing director says philosophically, as we watch surfers slice waves below The Pointe, the hotel's restaurant.
When it opened in 1996, the Wick – as it is known – scored success quickly. Cornell University-educated McDiarmid's dogged courting of Relais & Châteaux resulted in the hotel being accepted in the upscale association within 18 months (normally a three-year wait). Among myriad accolades, in 2002 the 75-room/suite establishment scooped Travel + Leisure's top resort in North America designation, and starred on the magazine's World's Best Awards for a decade.
Canadian and British guests have remained strong over the past few recessionary years, but the decline in its key U.S. market is only now rebounding. "We knew we were going to run reduced occupancies, but that was the price we had to pay not to compromise who we are," the 56-year-old explains. Slashing rates was not part of the "clam-digging" game plan, he adds; revamping rooms (to the tune of $2.7 million) and being more efficient with budgets, were.
"It helps not being the new kid on the block," opines McDiarmid, citing his previous 13-year career in operational and sales management roles for the Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts across North America. "It's Darwin in action. Those who aren't strong enough will not survive, and we need that because it allows those who can weather these storms to be there at the end. And, as things pick up, the survivors will benefit."
The overall strategy appears to be paying off. Seeing the re-emergence of a "general level of optimism" with an uptick in advance corporate group bookings, he surmises, "We're getting the feeling that while things may not be great, the worst of it is over. In today's economy, flat is the new up."
Downturn or not, his enthusiasm for the Wick is undented. Over a modern-looking fresh tuna melt ("not my mother's version," he says with a laugh), McDiarmid talks animatedly about his desire to build a viewing area looking into the ocean underneath the restaurant. He's also excited about burgeoning tourism in Tofino, which has jumped in population from a few hundred residents to a couple of thousand since his family moved from Winnipeg in the 1950s. His late father, Howard, was the region's doctor, and the family owned most of the inn's neighbouring Chesterman Beach (it was later sold off, partly to fund property taxes, before the hotel was built). "I'm proud that the Wick has been a pioneer in making [Tofino] such an international destination," McDiarmid says. "By being part of the global Relais family, we certainly introduced people to the region who might otherwise not have heard about it."
For him, the ocean and forest is a "magical Huckleberry Finn/Tom Sawyer playground." McDiarmid may no longer be "a short-board maverick," but the long-time surfer sponsors local long-boarder Emily Ballard, and teaches the sport to Kennedy, his eight-year-old daughter with wife Kari-Anne. He has two sons, Ryan, 23, and Kevin, 21, from a previous marriage: "I would encourage them into the Wick, but I'm happy to let them make their own decisions," he says.
While he loves fishing, McDiarmid finds it less time-consuming to squeeze in nine holes on nearby Long Beach Golf Course. The links are right beside the local airport, which is currently seeing a multi-million-dollar resurfacing of its 5,000-foot runway. "We're hoping this will be a catalyst to get air direct access from Seattle and perhaps Calgary," he says.
To truly switch off, his wife, who works at the hotel as an administrator, believes in family breaks outside of Tofino. "She insists we get away," admits McDiarmid, who is rosy from one such trip to the Baja Desert. "Otherwise, I could be hooked in here 24/7." Whatever the economic climate, he might add.


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Google's engineering VP Vic Gundotra may not be bullish on mobile applications, but that doesn't mean that his employer isn't serious about cellphones.
Just after announcing its plans to go it alone with the Android phone, Google has made another step into the mobile marketplace. The search giant already extending its AdWords network to mobile devices. Now you can get mobile measurement through Google Analytics.
What does that mean for brands? Better measurement and actionability on campaigns across platforms.
As part of an upgrade to Google Analytics announced today, Google is introducing a numer of useful enhancements, including the ability to track traffic to both
mobile sites and applications, and explanations of what device is being used. Meaning that marketers will be able to track digital campaigns across web and mobile platforms.
During the company's third-quarter earnings call this week, CFO
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Amy Chang, group product manager for Google Analytics, says that this move into mobile is just a step in the right direction. And while there is a lot further to go, "The idea is to give advertisers the actual data they need to make
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I was surprised that Loury defended Warren so much.As Glenn tells his own story — growing up poor on the south side of Chicago — he would be someone a law school admissions committee would pick out for multiple factors and not a simple race-balancing, box-checking approach to affirmative action. And unlike Elizabeth Warren and other individuals with a claim to some Native American ancestry, Glenn does not have the power to check and uncheck the box depending on whether or not an advantage is available. He can't be creative about his conception of himself when it comes to race.
His career exemplifies what's best about affirmative action: Making an extra effort to find people with potential who would otherwise be overlooked.
Hers exemplifies the worst aspects of affirmative action: A cynical numbers game that doesn't benefit anyone whose light is actually hidden under a bushel.


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"Get lost, Bryan."
With their scorching of the Flames Thursday night, the Jets have now scored an astounding 10 goals in their last 2 games.
Now, I may be speculating a bit too soon here, but that makes Paul Maurice the greatest coach in Winnipeg Jets history.
Of course, it's still hard to gauge Maurice's impact on the ice (though he may be making waves off-ice). The new coach has only been able to hold a couple practices since stepping into the captain's chair this past Sunday, but the squad already looks more motivated in-game than they have all season.
Despite the high score, this was a sporadically exciting game. Both teams were so scrambly with the puck one has to assume there may have been a problem with the ice (or maybe it's that neither team is very strong, who knows). The second period featured only a combined 9 shots by both sides, and other than a nice powerplay goal by Jokinen, neither team looked particularly strong on special teams. Much of this game was spent in the corners.
Though the game was a wee mucky, every Jet line had their moments. The Little line started off the scoring, and remained a threat throughout the game. The Jokinen line found themselves in trouble occasionally, but had several extended shifts hemming and confusing the Flames in their own zone. Chris Thorburn looked like a mildy-concussed Pavel Datsyuk, dangling around Smid in the first, and finishing with 2 points (along with linemates Scheifele and Wheeler). Even the fourth line seemed to spend the majority of their time in the offensive zone.
That being said, the Calgary Flames are not good.
The aforementioned Thorburn-Scheifele-Wheeler line played well, amassing 6 points between the three of them. Scheifele had a rare jump to his game, and took turns with Wheeler leading the rush. Wheeler did what he did best all game, constantly disappearing from his opponent's view, only to pop up in a dangerous area when the puck was near. Thorburn's 2 points were both secondary assists, but his chip pass to Wheeler on the Scheifele goal was impressive.
Michael Frolik is growing into one of Winnipeg's most important players. After spending the first half of the season playing a defensive role, his recent promotion to the first line has allowed Frolik to stretch out his wings, so to speak. Frolik has a great sense of when to pass and when to keep. His assist on the Little goal was a great display of Frolik's hockey sense, throwing the puck in Reto Berra's feet to create a rebound.
Ondrej Pavelec only faced 22 shots, but came up with a handful of key saves in the third period. The goals against Pavelec were a deflection and an insane far-top corner wrist shot through traffic from captain Mark Giordano. Pavelec did a good job of tracking the puck and getting set early.
Mark Stuart seemed to have some trouble keeping up with the game's pace, which isn't good because it was quite slow. Traditionally, a stay-at-home defenceman like Stuart is a good pairing for an offensive puck-mover like Trouba, but Stuart always seems a step behind the play. Trouba (and rookie defencemen in general) needs his partner to bail him out as he gains experience, and Stuart should not be that guy.
I know he had 2 points, but I am still not impressed with Olli Jokinen. There's no doubt the veteran centre is a skilled player, but he appears lazy. Too many times this season have I watched Jokinen see a loose puck and make the decision to let one of his linemates go after it. Those kinds of effort (or lack thereof) will be harder to miss when the Jets aren't playing the lowly Calgary Flames.
Those two guys in the crowd who were kicked out of the game for fighting in the third.
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Keira Knightley Goes Topless and Talks Body Image in Allure
Keira Knightley posed topless for Allure's December 2012 issue, which hits newsstands Nov. 20. Between her body-baring shots, the 27-year-old Anna Karenina star wore a black sequined Chanel jacket and a silk tuxedo by Tom Ford. We chatted with Keira recently about her role in the period film, and the actress got just as candid with the magazine about her career, body image, and feminism. Here's more from Keira Knightley in Allure:
- On accusations she was too skinny, and on her figure being Photoshopped: "The anorexic stuff — all of that — it's always going to have an impact, so I think it did hit pretty hard. I knew I wasn't anorexic, but maybe my body is somehow not right. They always pencil in my boobs. For a King Arthur poster, they gave me these really strange droopy tits. . . . I thought, 'Well if you're going to make me fantasy breasts, at least make perky breasts.'"
- On feminism: "I am a feminist, but I clearly objectify myself — so that right there is a total contradiction to feminist principles."
- On her career: "It's very, very hard on women who get older. . . . I can say that when I'm 27, you know. Talk to me when I'm 37."


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Monet painting part of New Canaan copper heiress's collection
Important paintings by Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir are among 400 items that will be sold from a reclusive heiress' private trove at Christie's this spring, the auction house announced Friday.
The sale of Huguette Clark collection comes after a feud over her estate was settled in the fall. Some of the pieces were acquired by her father, a Montana copper king, railroad baron and senator who founded Las Vegas. Clark owned a chateau on a 52-acre estate in New Canaan, which is on the market now for $19.5 million, but was initially listed at $25 million. Though she bought the 12,766-square-foot estate in 1951, she never moved into it.
Monet's shimmering "Water Lilies," which Christie's said has not been publicly exhibited since 1926, is estimated to sell for $25 million to $35 million.
Another masterpiece in the sale is Pierre-Auguste Renoir's "Young Women Playing Badminton," with a presale estimate of $10 million to $15 million.
Both will be offered May 6.
Other items from the collection will go on sale June 18. They include a Stradivari violin, Gilded Age furniture, rare books and other paintings.
The total collection is expected to bring in more than $50 million. Selected highlights will go on view in London, Hong Kong, Tokyo and in New York prior to the sale.
Clark was the last surviving child of U.S. Sen. William A. Clark, who was born in a log cabin in Pennsylvania and became one of the wealthiest men of his day. He is the namesake of Nevada's Clark County and established its county seat, Las Vegas.
A onetime socialite who became a social shadow, Huguette Clark died at 104 in 2011. In addition to her New Canaan manse, she owned a penthouse and two other apartments with a combined 42 rooms on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue, and a 21,666-square-foot home in Santa Barbara, Calif., but she elected to spend her last 20 years in a hospital.
With no close relatives, she left a roughly $300 million estate and a swirl of questions about the input she'd gotten from a close circle of caregivers and advisers and about the extensive gifts and bequests she'd given them in return. She signed two wills within six weeks at age 98, the first bequeathing her riches mostly to about 20 distant relatives and the second cutting them out.
The September settlement mainly benefited arts institutions and the distant relations.
The auction proceeds will go to the estate to be distributed.
Some of Clark's real estate and possessions have already been sold. A 2012 Christie's auction of 17 pieces of her jewelry, including a ring with a rare pink 9-carat diamond, brought in about $21 million.


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