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I read with great interest my friend John Agoglia's June article: "What's In Your Cart?" It was an edited summary of Fitness Business Pro's Purchasing Power Survey…a document I did not see firsthand. And I must say that the article alternatively amused me, confused me and left me with the persistent thought: "What were they thinking?"
In case you didn't read the article, John wrote about small clubs' shopping lists for 2005 and 2006. In summary, here's what he found out:
Cardio equipment: 56%
Strength equipment: 48%
Children's equipment: 37%
Aquatics equipment: 36%
Lockers: 30%
Free weights, pool accessories, yoga products, Pilates products, flooring, sports-specific equipment, locker room amenities and spa products: between 22% and 26%
Physical rehabilitation equipment, vitamins and supplements, facility supplies/maintenance, group exercise supplies, food and beverage equipment, and entertainment products/systems: between 13% and 17%
Pro shop items: 8%
Here's what interested me: out of 21 major purchase categories, only one…computer software (33%)…even remotely relates to investment in management expertise.
Now, granted, the original survey probably didn't include things like: investment in consulting services, sales systems, retention programs, mentoring, conference education, business analysis, membership surveys, demographics studies and data management. (By the way, if not, why not?)
Here's what amused me: that in 2005, in the 30th year of "modern fitness facilities," owners are still placing emphasis on equipment and amenities. That's like saying that if you purchase a new refrigeration unit it will increase sales in your restaurant.
Here's what confused me: why are owners (especially small, independent owners — the most competitive segment of the fitness industry today) busy making sure they are just like everybody else? Geez, if that's the case, why don't they all just get together once a year, buy all the same stuff, divvy it up by facility and get huge volume discounts for being just exactly like their competitors?
My persistent thought is: "What are they (YOU) thinking?" ARE you thinking? Or are you just reacting? Why would you continue to build and re-build the identical model that no longer works like it used to (evidenced by our retention statistics) in a national marketplace that is seeing massive entry of new clubs every month? Why do you persist in offering same old-same old in an environment just crying out for difference? It just doesn't make sense…not unless you are purposely trying to drive people to either the low-priced end of the market or the high-priced specialized segment. And I don't think that's what you are trying to do — are you?
Let's approach this from some common perspectives:
It is well documented that people don't come to clubs for the equipment alone. (Granted, a tired, ill-equipped facility will not last long in today's setting, but we also know that equipment is just a means to an end — healthier people — and not the end itself.)
It has been said by many over the years that a dollar invested in training and education will repay itself three, four, five, 10 times over. (When's the last time a treadmill taught you anything you could use to increase your revenues?)
If equipment and amenities are so important, why has our national-attrition ratio (the percentage of members who leave clubs every year) hovered at 40 percent for the last decade-and-a-half? (Most people today don't cancel memberships because of lack of equipment or poor facilities; they quit because they don't get personal attention as a customer.)
In the "middle of the market" (read that as 75 percent of the fitness facilities in the country today), clubs unremarkably look pretty much like each other…and are equipped like each other…and offer just about the same classes as each other…and on and on and on. What's the difference? Apparently, just location. (Why don't you just advertise: "We're just like that other club around the corner. Our paint job's a little different, but otherwise, we're about the same as everybody else. It's just that we're a block closer to you. Come feel unspecial with us rather than with our competitors.")
Fitness, which started out many years ago as an experiential business, has unquestionably become a commoditized business. Joseph Pine and James Gilmore wrote a must-read book titled, The Experience Economy (Harvard Business School Press, Boston, MA 1999). One of their sub-chapters read "You Are What You Charge For." In it, they said: "If a fitness center were truly in the transformation business…it wouldn't charge (solely) via membership fees or by the amount of time the members spend on machines. Rather, it would charge for meeting the health and well-being aspirations of its members. If the aspirations weren't met within a fixed period of time, the fitness center…would be paid less, on some sliding scale commensurate with the progress achieved."
They went on to describe the "echelons of customer value:"
If you charge for stuff (for our purposes think of equipment and classes), then you are in the commodity business. (I assert that 90 percent+ of all health clubs charge for stuff, thus we are a commoditized industry.)
If you charge for the activities you execute, then you are in the service business. (I believe that maybe 5 percent of all clubs today are in the service business.)
If you charge for the time customers spend with you, then you are in the experience business. (I can count on one hand the number of clubs that I can say are in the experience business.)
If you charge for the demonstrated outcome the customer achieves, then and only then are you in the transformation business. (A couple hundred personal trainers nationally may qualify as transformers.)
In a future column, I will illustrate four universal elements that make up how businesses create customer value. They have nothing to do with "shopping lists." And I will tell you why I think fitness facility operators don't place a high value on education and training.
Michael Scott Scudder, a 30-year veteran of the fitness industry, is a personal business trainer who offers private workshops, phone and online conferencing on pertinent fitness business matters. Questions and comments are welcomed by Michael at 505-690-5974 or [email protected].
Author's Note: A personal thank you to all of this column's readers who sent condolences to Phyllis and me following the death of our daughter, Susan. Your thoughts were much appreciated.
Michael Scott Scudder is a 30-year veteran of the fitness industry. He is a personal business trainer operating Fitness Focus, a consulting company that offers private workshops on pertinent fitness business matters. Questions and comments are welcomed by Michael at 505-690-5974 or [email protected].


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I just upgraded my sencha touch app from 184.108.40.206 to 2.1 and sencha cmd 3.0. All good except the performance is poor in Android Chrome only (even Android default web browser performs well). Anyone knows this issue?
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I just upgraded my sencha touch app from 126.96.36.199 to 2.1 and sencha cmd 3.0. All good except the performance is poor in Android Chrome only (even Android default web browser performs well). Anyone knows this issue?
What type of performance are you referring to? There are lots of known scrolling issues that are supposed to be addressed in either 2.1.1 or 2.2.0; also, Android 4 in particular has known issues with the default browser.
Same issue here. The scrolling are terrible in 2.1 with chrome (lists and panels) in android 4.2.1 (Nexus 7). You can use the kitchen sink 2.0.1 and 2.1 and you see big difference in performance (framerate on scrolling).
When do you think 2.1.1 will be out ? I have to choose to get back to 2.0.1 or to wait for the update.
The biggest problem is that in ChromeMobile the ScrollPosition-translatable is used. When you change that to the CssTransform one, you will see major performance improvements.
However there is also one disadvantage, text will look blurry in some places.
I opened a ticket to get this fixed and also moved this thread to the bugs forum.
With Dolphin, scrolls are acceptable. It's not as smooth as in the previous version but lot better than Chrome. The scrollbar looks the same on Chrome and Dolphin: opaque black rectangle (no corner radius / no opacity 0.5). But they looks correct in 2.0.1.
How can I use the CssTransform in 2.1 ? I would rather have blurry text than unusable scrolling. Hope a workaround will be available or a fix from Chrome.
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Wow ! My list are now scrolling correctly and the text in the liste remains sharp !
The panels also scrolls very well but with blurry text... I can live with that...
Thanks for this quick workaround
This will be the default in upcoming versions. You may also want to remove the use of scroll in the Card animations.
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Are you able to provide me with a similar workaround (override) for ST1.1
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At the beginning of August a female hiker picked up an American Dog Tick while hiking the Fun Loops at the beginning of the Escarpment Trail by Rt 23 in Windham. It was not discovered until 5 days later. At that time it was removed with the "Twirling Method" and preserved for Tick Testing at UMASS. Five days later a large speculated rash developed about 5 inch in diameter. She was put on antibiotics.
It should be noted that this region of the Catskills, as well as, Round Top has a large population of American Dog Ticks. About 1% of this type of tick carry the Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever ("RMSF"). Prior to this, RMSF had not been found in the Catskill Mountains, but had been found in the Hudson Valley. RMSF results in death in about 30% of the cases.


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Cuevas, Jaime; Montesinos-López, Osval A; Juliana, Philomin; Pérez-Rodríguez, Paulino; Burgueño, Juan; Guzman, Carlos; Montesinos-López, Abelardo; Crossa, Jose, 2019, "Deep kernel of genomic and near infrared predictions in multi-environment breeding trials", hdl:11529/10548180, CIMMYT Research Data & Software Repository Network, V4In genomic prediction deep learning artificial neural network are part of machine learning methods that incorporate parametric, non-parametric and semi-parametric statistical models. Kernel methods are seeing more flexible, and easier to interpret than neural networks. Kernel met...
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Montesinos-López, Osval A ; Montesinos-López, Abelardo; Crossa, Jose; Cuevas, Jaime; Montesinos-López, José Cricelio; Gutiérrez, Zitlalli Salas; Lillemo, Morten; Juliana, Philomin; Singh, Ravi, 2018, "A Bayesian genomic multi-output regressor stacking model for predicting multi-trait multi-environment plant breeding data", hdl:11529/10548141, CIMMYT Research Data & Software Repository Network, V1A new statistical model is presented for genomic prediction on maize and wheat data comprising multi-trait, multi-environment data.
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BT MBORCPosted: Friday, December 9th, 2011 at 16:57 by Neil Watson
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However, the BT network has been affected. Some parts of our overhead network were damaged in the storm. We are doing all we can to make the repairs, but we will need time to complete all the work. Our fault stacks in the affected areas are rising as we receive fault reports.
We are therefore declaring this as a Matter Beyond Our Reasonable Control (MBORC) incident with effect from 14.00 today, Friday 9 December 2011.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) Tim Hardaway Jr. had 17 points and a career-high seven assists to help No. 2 Michigan rout Eastern Michigan 93-54 Thursday night.
The Wolverines (12-0) are off to their best start since winning the first 16 games of the 1985-86 season.
The Eagles (6-4) have lost two straight since beating Purdue.
Michigan trailed 6-2 in the opening minutes, then took control with a 20-0 run. The Wolverines led 40-24 at halftime and enjoyed an even bigger cushion for much of the second half.
Eastern Michigan's Daylen Harrison scored 13 points and Glen Bryant had 10.
Michigan's Trey Burke had 11 points and eight assists. Nik Stauskas made three 3-pointers in the first half and finished with 16 points, while fellow freshmen Mitch McGary had 10 points and 11 rebounds for his first double-double and Glenn Robinson III added 13 points for the Wolverines.
Burke, the reigning Big Ten player of the week, took the ball from Jalen Ross on the first possession of the game and made a layup.
Ross responded with a 3-pointer and Bryant made another shot from beyond the arc to give the Eagles a four-point lead that proved to be their highlight of the night. Michigan used a balanced offense and aggressive defense to build a 22-6 lead.
The Wolverines then seemed to show some mercy - briefly playing five freshmen, including two that seldom play - and didn't add much to their lead in the first half.
Ross had nine points in the first half but the rest of the Eagles' starters scored just seven points combined. Ross didn't score after halftime.
Jordan Morgan made a low-post shot and a mid-range jumper on Michigan's first two possessions of the second half. The Wolverines led by 30-plus points with 14 minutes left and coasted to another lopsided victory.
After beating No. 25 North Carolina State by seven points, Michigan won its next five games - against Bradley, Western Michigan, Arkansas, Binghamton and West Virginia - by an average of 19-plus points to reach its highest ranking since the 1992-93 season, the second year of the Fab Five era.
The Wolverines have one more tuneup - Dec. 29 at home against Central Michigan - before facing Big Ten competition.
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Chris Woodward-Temple Cake Stand
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Interview with chris woodward : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. chris woodward : I wanted to design a contemporary cake stand that was user friendly, hygienic and suitable for todays lifestyles and needs. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. chris woodward : I wanted to achieve a product that would be more adaptable and efficient than the cake/food stands currently available. .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. chris woodward : My ultimate goal would be to have Temple produced and used around the world. .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. chris woodward : The idea developed over a period of a few months in between other client projects. This enabled me to re-visit the concept with fresh ideas and provided the opportunity to re-evaluate the design. .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. chris woodward : There was a glaring omission within the baking market for a modern looking cake stand. There were a wealth of great products available for preparation and cooking of baked goods but very little for them to be displayed on. .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. chris woodward : I would love to launch the product myself but this will require backers or funding. I would consider selling the design on if this facilitated its production and distribution. .Frank Scott: What made you design this particular type of work?. chris woodward : I wanted to explore my other skillsets after having spent 17 years designing consumer electronics. The kitchenware market was a completely new area, that enabled me to consider a new range of priorities for the product. .Frank Scott: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?. chris woodward : The honesty of materials seen in contemporary dining ware was something that I wanted to maintain and develop. I was very keen to retain the use of beech for the cake stand spine as it is a real, natural material with its own properties. .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. chris woodward : Anyone who likes to entertain at home or outdoors or has limited space within their kitchen/dining areas. The product would also look great serving afternoon tea in hotels/restaurants or coffee shops. The product would also be appreciated by design savvy individuals due to its aesthetic and functionality. .Frank Scott: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?. chris woodward : Its a fresh approach to a very traditional product that has not really been revised for todays uses. .Frank Scott: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?. chris woodward : Balinese Temples have the same tiered structure as the product - hence the name Temple. A Temple is often the centre of a community which reflected the central nature of the product as a table centrepiece. .Frank Scott: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?. chris woodward : A range of hand sketches , card models, 2D cad, 3D Cad, prototyping and 3D printing. Also interviewing skills and problem solving. .Frank Scott: What is the most unique aspect of your design?. chris woodward : The intuitive, simple way to assemble and disassembly for storage. .Frank Scott: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?. chris woodward : I worked on the product alone but took onboard feedback from hobbyists and contemporaries within the kitchenware industry. .Frank Scott: What is the role of technology in this particular design?. chris woodward : Technology did not have a role in the product other than the tools used in the design process. I wanted to create something that was structurally advanced rather than technologically so. .Frank Scott: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?. chris woodward : Research was based on interactions with hobbyists and contemporaries within the kitchenware industry. .Frank Scott: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?. chris woodward : The biggest challenge was keeping the manufacturing process cost efficient. .Frank Scott: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?. chris woodward : I felt the design would appeal to an international audience. .Frank Scott: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?. chris woodward : I learnt to keep on re-evaulating the design concept whilst maintaining the design drivers but also learning when not to overwork something. .Frank Scott: Any other things you would like to cover that have not been covered in these questions?. chris woodward : I would like to highlight the simplicity and originality of the product which is what I am most proud of. .
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Materials Characterization: From Intermetallic Compounds to Snow and Ice
Ian Baker, Sherman Fairchild Professor of Engineering, Thayer School of Engineering
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This talk will survey work performed by the speaker on intermetallic compounds, ice and (snow) firn. The work on intermetallics has progressed from understanding phenomena such as the yield stress anomaly and strain-induced ferromagnetism in compounds such as FeAl and Fe2AlMn to understanding the strengthening mechanisms in recently discovered high-strength FeNiMnAl spinodal and eutectic alloys. The talk will emphasize the use of a variety of transmission electron microscopy-based techniques and atom probe tomography in these studies.
The talk will also outline our progress in characterizing the microstructure of ice cores and firn cores using both X-ray micro computed tomography and scanning electron microscopy coupled with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and electron backscattered diffraction.
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Ian Baker obtained a B.A. (1st Class Honours) in 1979, and a D. Phil. in 1982 both in Metallurgy and Science of Materials from the University of Oxford, England. He joined the Thayer Faculty in 1982 and has served as both the departmental Chair and M.S./Ph.D. program Director, and is currently Senior Associate Dean. He is a Fellow of both ASM international and The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining and is a Chartered Engineer (U.K.), and is listed in the ISI citation index of highly-cited Materials Scientists. Recently, he became the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Materials Characterization.


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ALthough this web site will remain online, the FishWatch project has now come to an end. The results and discussion of the FishWatch study are now available in a report entitled Seasonal and inter-annual changes in offshore reef fish assemblages associated with hydrographic, meteorological and climatic conditions [.pdf].
Many thanks to Karen Swanson (SCDNR), Tim Snoots (SCDNR), and Chris Williamson for the contributions to the design and development of the Fish Watch web site. Trent Moore and Cheryl Ross (SKIO) established the automatic archive of Fish Watch data and maintain the hardware systems.


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The Belfast skate scene has come together to organise a skate jam in memory of local ripper David "Dee" Corr, who sadly passed away late last week.
Get along to Bridges Skatepark on Saturday April 7th from 12:30pm to shred in memory of Dee. Entry will cost £1 with all proceeds covering the cost of a plaque for Dee at the park, with donations also being taken for the charity Carlisle House. There will also be various best trick style comps throughout the day with prizes and trophies up for grabs.
Keep an eye on the Boggin Forum for further info.
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It would hardly be the fond imaginings of any tourism board today, but visitors are still channelling the inquisition of American author Henry James's boat trip into the East End of Victorian London.
Fast forward to the 21st-century, and I've joined a group of locals and tourists from as far away as Hong Kong, Bangladesh, Australia and South Africa eager to see the rise of the new Olympic Park, ahead of the XXX Olympiad being held this summer in one of the poorest postcodes in the English capital.
No matter how you cut it, the once-industrial epicentre still has little of the glamour of the media tart that is the West End, with its hub of high-end hotels, eateries and theatres. But the eastern cousin is set to steal more than a few column inches by showcasing a history and transformation that's no less exciting even on this cool wintry day.
We effortlessly find Fred - our buoyant Blue Badge Tourist Guide (the professional qualification for sightseeing guides in London) who's helpfully emblazoned with a Union Jack baseball cap - at the heart of this regeneration blitz. It's not an altogether pretty sight: outside the Bromley-By-Bow Tube station meeting place is a busy highway; opposite, a derelict ripe-for-development block with graffiti and smashed-in windows greets us, too.
Not surprisingly, the former teacher scoots us quickly past both, for less than a block away the real drama of the tour unfurls. With an introduction to myriad winding canals of the Bow Back Rivers of the River Lea and its cobbled paths, one of the area's star turns looms ahead: a robust brick 18th-century tidal mill - complete with slate turrets, gleaming white clock tower, and architecturally arched windows. The juxtaposition between the earlier grit and this serene vignette à la 1776 leaves us speechless.
If only James could have seen how spruced up it is all looking now. With the House Mill's original role in harnessing the water to grind grain for a famous London gin distillery long gone, its multi-stories are today a mix of museum and business - and the waterway surrounding it conjures up not a jot of "blackness, duskiness, crowdedness." Heck, even the cormorants on the rooftops signal that there's fish once again in those cleaned-up canals (just as the return of salmon signalled the de-pollution of the neighbouring Thames).
Here, the energy of the Olympics is already strangely palpable this Saturday morning. Like a scene from an audition for Idol or The X Factor, a torrent of chipper lithe bodies are skipping out of the nearby 3 Mills Studio. The cavernous shooting location for films such as Slumdog Millionaire, Brick Lane, and Lock, Stock and two Smoking Barrels is testing out potential candidates for the opening and closing ceremonies - to be whittled down to 450 from 10,000 hopefuls.
Less athletically, we stroll on for the next few minutes through a newly-laid park with runners, cyclists and families walking out on once-abandoned land. Come the sunshine, there's even the potential for a spot of ping-pong with the arrival of stone tables complete with nets ready for action. On the horizon are the industrial meccas such as the so-dubbed Cathedral of Sewers, a Gothic behemoth built for the 19th-century's arrival of the sewage system by Joseph Bazalgette; the giant skeletonlike circular frames of the old gas works; and the giant Bryant & May match factory.
By the intricately painted narrowboats and a part of the canal called the Prescott Channel, Fred even recounts how Doric column stones from the famous giant Euston Arch - which had 'disappeared' during the restoration of the central train station in the 60s but later turned up in the canal where it had been dumped to plug a leak - were raised as part of the Olympic overhaul. (Monty Python's Michael Palin now heads a campaign to have it restored to Euston.) For the East End, many of its own restorations are already in place. We can't miss one of the many tower blocks - this is called Tower Hamlets after all - that's been recoloured in the five Olympic hues (blue, yellow, black, green and red) or the terrace homes owned by the local council that have been repainted and re-roofed.
It all makes for an intriguing precursor to the new Olympic playpen, which suddenly makes its debut around our final corner. We head up towards the Greenway- a strip of revitalized land from which the View Tube offers a corking panorama of the recycled white poles of the exhaustive Olympic Stadium (which even gave David Beckham "goosebumps" when he saw it for the first time), the Water Polo Arena and the wave-shaped roofed (and later its nighttime shimmering-yellow windows) of the Aquatics Centre.
Much may still look like a building site - with trucks still piling in and hard hats pinballing everywhere - but this no less an official tourist site with more than 100,000 folk making the pilgrimage. For my Australian walkers, they knew they would not be back for the Olympics, but were intrigued to see the park. ("London's a bit like Sydney was before the Olympics - a bit worried about how it will be," the senior says, "but that will all change once they start.") For a Parisian family, it was a chance to see just why London won over their bid from the City of Lights ("The Entente Cordiale is still in place," the father quips. "We love this city.")
Our collective reward of the two-hour trip? Seeing up close the snaking red steel of the Orbit sculpture by Turner Prizewinning artist Anish Kapoor. Okay, it's looking not unlike a giant roller-coaster on its side, but it will eventually boast the five rings synonymous with the Games and a dining area on top of its vertiginous 115 metres, the largest piece of public artwork in Britain. Kapoor's design riffs on the Tower Hamlets theme, challenging the normal linear form seen all around. (As with all things Olympics, sponsorship rules supreme - it will be known as ArcelorMittal Orbit, with a hefty nod to its chief benefactor, steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal.)
Along with Westfield shopping centre (Europe's largest urban shopping mall) at nearby Stratford, which also offers another cool viewing spot from John Lewis - a nationwide department store, the Orbit's legacy is as an Eiffel Tower of the East End. Long after the 2012 Games, organizers are banking that this and plenty more will be a magnet for both inquiring and fastidious minds to the East End for many decades. Plenty, it seems, with apologies to Henry James, to "initiate you into the fastest, the highest, strongest, the intensely Olympic character of London."
Lucy Hyslop is a Vancouver-based writer and winner of Canadian Tourism Commission's Top Travel Story award for 2011.
Join the Blue Badge Tourist Guides Olympic tour every day at 11 a.m. at Bromley-by-Bow for £9 (approx. $14): toursof-2012sites.com (Book ahead.) There is a free tour that takes you on a bus inside the park run by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA), although these are heavily over-subscribed. Call 011 44-300 2012 001 for details.
Check out the viewing gallery on the top floor of the View Tube (theviewtube.co.uk) on the Greenway. Rent a bike (011 44-20 8980 7998); have a coffee and a bite at the Container Café (011 44-7834 275 687).
For more substantial epicurean and artistic offerings, walk to its sister café and gallery space, Counter Café, around 15 minutes' away at Stour Space, 7 Roach Road, Hackney Wick (thecountercafe.co.uk). Also, see its next-door neighbour, Forman's (formansfishisland.com), the pink-hued (yes, like a salmon - it specializes in smoking the fish) building that's recognizable from most corners of the Olympic Park. It also houses a gallery and restaurant. Both venues have glorious views of the stadium across the canal.
Remember how the Sea to Sky Highway was frequently closed in spots for improvements before the 2010 Olympics? Before you start your London journey, check for Tube closures at tfl.gov.uk.
Nearest Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station to the Greenway and Olympic Park is Pudding Mill Lane or Stratford international station; or by Tube to Bromley-by-Bow or Stratford If you can't resist shopping, head straight to the new Westfield shopping centre at Stratford (uk.westfield.com/stratfordcity).
The House Mill at Three Mills is open every Sunday from May to October and on the first Sundays in March, April and December. Costs £3 (approx. $4.70) (housemill.org.uk)
For flights to London, see Air Canada (aircanada.com), British Airways (britishairways.com), Air Transat (airtransat.ca) and Virgin (virginatlantic.com).
For hotels, in East London there's the Radisson Edwardian New Providence Wharf (radissonedwardian.com) or between the neighbouring City of London and the West End, a good spot is One Aldwych (onealdwych.com). Good restaurants in town include Providores, 109 Marylebone High Street (theprovidores.co.uk), the Savoy (especially for its tea; fairmont.com/savoy), and Indigo at One Aldwych.
If you're feeling homesick, head to Dulwich Picture Gallery for its much-praised exhibition on the Group of Seven (dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk).


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All that tract or parcel of land lying, being in the Second Land District, Land Lot No. 99, consisting of 5.000 acres, more or less, Appling County, Georgia, and being more particularly described as Tract 2, according to that certain survey and plat thereof by M. Jerry Tomberlin, Jr., GRLS #2942, dated March 31, 2009, and recorded in Plat Book 19, page 195, in the Office of the Clerk of Superior Court, Appling County, Georgia. Said plat by reference herein is made a part hereof for all purposes.
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The debt secured by said Deed to Secure Debt and any renewal thereof has been and is hereby declared due and payable in full because of default pursuant to the terms of said debt and the Deed to Secure Debt securing same. Notice has been given of intention to enforce collection of attorney's fees and foreclosure in accordance with the terms of the debt, the Deed to Secure Debt, and as provided by law.
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What you see up there is a icon for a new KDE App Picmi, a kinda sudoku like game but more fun.. It's still a work in progress but I think its looking nice and retaining that level of fun that games like this have...
It was to me a bit of retro gaming style so I opted to bend traditional oxygen icon style a bit to fit what the game was all about.
And that served as a great excuse to talk about some of my personal plans for 4.10....
No mater what some people might say I don't think the Linux desktop is dead, I mean my KDE is working wonderfully here, fits my needs as a work desktop that I mostly interact with with a keyboard and a mouse.
So for 4.10 I plan to work on that basic experience people know as the KDE desktop, you know the plasma-desktop shell, the oxygen theme a new wallpaper and a few more things I find time to do.
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Family, friends mark somber 10-year nightclub fire anniversary
100 killed in Station nightclub blaze
Rhode Island is marking the 10th anniversary of a nightclub fire that killed 100 people.
The Feb. 20, 2003, fire in West Warwick was started when pyrotechnics for the 1980s hard rock band Great White ignited flammable foam that had been installed as soundproofing.
"They were just good people -- liked to listen to concerts have a good time," said Michael Keegan, who lost friends Tommy Barnett and Jason Osborne in the inferno.
Edward Gonsalves, lost his brother Mike, a local disc jockey, in the fire.
"He was the local disc jockey – introduced Great White. He was my brother," he said.
Relatives of those killed and survivors are marking the day in different ways. Some are staying home from work to spend time with family. Others are taking trips out of town.
Some will pay their respects with a visit to the site of The Station nightclub, where more than 100 handmade crosses dot the ground.
"It just doesn't seem real, still," said Daniel Autieri, who lost a family friend in the blaze. "I was actually thinking about the last time I saw him – you don't think that's the last time you're going to see someone."
A foundation working to build a permanent memorial at the site held a ceremonial groundbreaking Sunday.
"I'm just happy there's some sense of peace with what's going to happen with the land here. But as far as having friends and family back, that never goes away," Autieri said.
Keegan said he is upset by the lack of progress that has been made in building the permanent memorial.
"How can you come by and look at this? I don't know what happened in the 10 years, but it's not right, that's for sure," he said. "It's nothing like I thought it should be."
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Last week: 7-9. Season totals: 102-86-4, Pct. .542. Best Bets: 17-22, Pct. .436.
Home team in capital letters; point spreads (opening line) in parentheses after underdog team; selections with point spreads in bold.
Denver 21, OAKLAND 13 (+10 1/2) - It turns out that we've seen essentially this same movie, very recently - two weeks ago, when the Broncos were double-digit road favorites over another AFC West rival (the Chiefs) and struggled just to win the game outright. Worse yet, Denver is at risk for looking ahead to next week's game in Baltimore that will have huge seeding implications in the AFC.
JACKSONVILLE 16 (+1), N.Y. Jets 13 - After considerable speculation, cooler, to say nothing of more mature, heads prevailed and Mark Sanchez will start here. And break up the home team in Jaguars games when it comes to covering the spread! Jets have taken an 0-for-3 lifetime collar in Jacksonville and have been outscored 90-20 doing it.
Baltimore 20 (+1), WASHINGTON 14 - The biggest things the Redskins have going for them in the NFC East race are the December histories of Tom Coughlin (35-36 in his career in the month, as opposed to 126-90 in the rest of his games) and Tony Romo (who "improved" his lifetime December record to 9-13 Sunday night). But they will have to overcome the dreaded letdown, and the short week - and Joe Flacco is 19-10 as a starter on natural grass, compared with 6-11 in road games on artificial turf.
BUFFALO 24, St. Louis 13 (+3) - Like the Redskins, the Rams also have letdown issues - and they are one point (a 34-33 win in 1998) from sporting a six-game losing streak to the Bills, and are 4-10 against the spread in their last 14 cold-weather games.
PITTSBURGH 20, San Diego 10 (+6 1/2) - Since Ben Roethlisberger's injury does not involve a concussion, there shouldn't be any last-minute snags that would keep him from returning. So that makes the dominant theme of this game San Diego's 0-14 lifetime record straight up and 1-12-1 against the spread at Pittsburgh in regular-season play, over which the Chargers have been outscored 394 to 200.
Atlanta 27, CAROLINA 14 (+3 1/2) - Coming off their widest margin of victory at home all season, the Falcons might actually be peaking at the right time despite their 11-1 record and already-clinched NFC South title - and perhaps not since Archie Manning has one player on one team had to go it alone to the extent that Cam Newton is now doing.
TAMPA BAY 37, Philadelphia 20 (+9) - Nick Foles is improving game to game, but the water gets much deeper for Bryce Brown, as the Bucs lead the league in run defense, where Dallas and Carolina rank 17th and 25th respectively. And can't see the Eagles being competitive three weeks in a row given their present circumstances.
CLEVELAND 17, Kansas City 14 (+4 1/2) - The Jovan Belcher tragedy seems to have imbued the Chiefs with a sense of purpose - and the Browns aren't good enough to blow anybody away so take the points.
CINCINNATI 31, Dallas 10 (+2 1/2) - Dallas has never covered the spread in the City of Satan (0-4, and 1-3 straight up) and is 14-29 straight up (and 15-26-2 against the spread) since 1995 as a visitor in cold weather. Back to blowout mode for the Bengals after winning a close one in San Diego.
INDIANAPOLIS 23, Tennessee 13 (+5) - I'm tired of making excuses for the Titans - and I would ask this of those who have already penciled RG3 in as Rookie Of The Year: Isn't Andrew Luck doing more with less?
Chicago 20, MINNESOTA 16 (+1) - Brian Urlacher will be out for the time being (severely strained hamstring), but the Bears have beaten the Vikings six in a row both ways by a combined 97 points.
SAN FRANCISCO 21, Miami 14 (+10) - It's fitting how the 49ers are giving 10 points the week after Colin Kaepernick gave away 10 points, and the game, to the Rams. Miami defense that comes off holding New England to season-low 321 yards and 23 points keeps this close.
N.Y. GIANTS 38, New Orleans 17 (+5) - Cold-weather blowout number two - and this one's in the late time slot; home team has also been hyper-dominant here, going 7-1 outright and 6-1-1 pointwise in the last eight, with only two of the games decided by less than 17 points. Saints are also 6-11-1 against the spread in cold weather dating back to 1997.
SEATTLE 28, Arizona 10 (+10 1/2) - From Rex Ryan to Ken Whisenhunt, maturity seems to be breaking out all over these days, Whisenhunt's contribution coming in the form of Wednesday's announcement that the misbegotten Ryan Lindley experiment is over and that John Skelton will start at quarterback. But Whisenhunt has picked a tough spot for Skelton's comeback, in that the Seahawks are 7-1 both ways in their last eight at home and even managed a huge win on the road last week.
GREEN BAY 35, Detroit 13 (+7) - Cold-weather blowout number three - and this one's at night; and the Lions have lost an inconceivable 21 consecutive road games to Green Bay (and are 5-16 against the spread) and Detroit hasn't won as a visitor in cold weather since December 17, 2000, with an 18-game losing streak that is four shy of the NFL record established by Atlanta from 1983 until 1998.
NEW ENGLAND 27, Houston 24 (+4 1/2) - This could be the week that Houston's defensive injuries will finally matter - and even the new and improved Texans have struggled on artificial turf, with a 1-5-1 spread record thereon in 2011-12. But should the Patriots really be favored by this much over a team they trail by two games and is the NFL's lone unbeaten team on the road at 6-0?
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30 jobs expected in Oklahoma from KC-10 workPublished: Tuesday, October 6, 2009 7:00 am By: Debbie Blossom
The U.S. Air Force's new nine-year contract with Northrop Grumman Corp. for contractor logistics support for its KC-10 Extender refueling tanker aircraft should create about 30 jobs in Oklahoma.
Northrop will create a KC-10 Engine Program office at its current location near Tinker Air Force Base, company spokeswoman Leah Smith said.
No definite date for the office's opening was given, and Smith could not say what positions would be available. The office will support and work with the Air Force, she said.
"We are excited to partner with the Air Force on the KC-10 CLS program and are committed to working with the Air Force to ensure the KC-10 is ready to support air mobility requirements anywhere, anytime," Ronald Sugar, Northrop's chairman and chief executive officer, said in a statement.
Plane is in service
Under the contract, Northrop Grumman will provide supply chain management, depot-level logistics integration and support, engine maintenance, aircraft maintenance and modifications for the KC-10 refueling tanker airplane with several other team members, including Illinois-based AAR Corp., British Colombia-based MTU Maintenance and Chromalloy Gas Turbine LLC.
Chromalloy, a business unit of New York-based Sequa Corp., has a facility in Midwest City capable of providing repairs, overhaul and manufacture of turbine vanes and blades, compressor stators, seals and cases for military and commercial gas turbine engines.
The contract has an estimated value of $3.8 billion, Smith said. Chromalloy's portion is valued at $540 million over nine years, said company spokeswoman Cathy Gedvilas.
The KC-10 tanker/cargo aircraft is part of the Air Force' Air Mobility Command arsenal and has supported anti-terrorist and humanitarian operations around the globe. Production work on the planes will take place at Northrup's facilities in Louisiana and North Carolina.


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Triple-A Baseball. A Rich History. A Bright Future.With a history dating back over 130 years, Triple-A Baseball has been in existence longer than the NFL, NBA, or NHL. Today, you'll find 30 teams throughout the United States developing talent for Major League affiliates while providing affordable, family entertainment for fans of all ages.
Triple-A Baseball consists of two Leagues at Minor League Baseball's highest classification. Our most senior league, the International, will play its 136th consecutive season in 2019, which will also mark the 117th season for the IL's counterpart, the Pacific Coast League. Even at that ripe old age, America's pastime is going stronger than ever.
Millions of fans coast-to-coast pack Triple-A Baseball parks annually. That popularity spans the entire United States, from Norfolk, VA to Sacramento, CA (view our geographic footprint here). Amazing new ballparks are taking the excitement to new levels. Since 2010, ballparks in Charlotte, El Paso, Nashville, Omaha, Reno, Scranton/WB, and Tacoma have been built or totally renovated. Triple-A Baseball facilities are second to none in the minors.


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Onboard and Cooler Magazine, Toasted Snowpark Technologies, Serfaus Ski Resort, Blue Tomato and Red Bull team up with Nikita Clothing for the first European Nikita Chickita Snowdown, a slopestyle event open to all girls to be held in Serfaus, Austria from April 14-15th 2007.
After two successful years in the US, it is time to bring the Nikita Chickita Snowdown to Europe. The highly successful "sponsor me" slopestyle event has, much like Nikita clothing, quickly gained popularity amongst girls who ride.
The day long event will take place in Serfaus, Austria on April 14th -15th and bring out the most talented up-and-coming girl snowboarders in Europe. At the end of the day the top three qualifiers will split the prize money, but the winner will also be offered a two year contract with Team Nikita, along with some of the biggest names in woman's snowboarding.
"After two successful years in the US it is time to bring the Nikita Chickita Snowdown to Europe as well," says Nikita's owner and designer Heida Birgisdottir. "Female riders in Europe deserve their own event and recognition and we want to bring that to them. We want to show how good the girls actually are, and have fun doing it."
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The 6 PM evening, hosted by Spider-Man and Cyrano star Patrick Page, will honor Taymor (The Lion King, Spider-Man, The Green Bird) for her visionary career and support of Sonnet Rep's mission of "classic theatre for the modern planet."
Also scheduled to appear are John Behlmann, Ayo Jackson, Sondre Lerche, Martin Luther McCoy, Rema Webb and Alton F. White. Video tributes will be offered by Alan Cumming, Helen Mirren and Alfred Molina.
The benefit will feature music by Elliot Goldenthal, Sondre Lerche, Ray Leslee, PigPen Theatre Company, Will Reynolds, Heidi Rodewald and Stew, and Ben Toth and Todd Almond.
Tickets, beginning at $100, are available by visiting sonnetrep.brownpapertickets.com. The 92YTribeca is located at 200 Hudson Street.


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Blood Lions follows acclaimed environmental journalist and safari operator Ian Michler, along with Rick Swazey - an American hunter - on their journey to uncover the realities about the multi-million dollar predator breeding and canned lion hunting industries in South Africa. It's immoral, unethical, against the animals welfare and has no place in this century.
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It is a story that blows the lid off claims made by these operators in attempting to justify what they do. Last year alone, over 800 captive lions were shot in South Africa, mostly by wealthy international hunters under conditions that are anything but sporting.
Ian has been following this story since 1999 and he goes onto the breeding farms to witness the impacts that decades of intensive breeding is having on the captive lions and other predators.
Aggressive lion farmers and most within the professional hunting community resent his questioning, but the highly profitable commercialisation of lions is plain to see – cub petting, volunteer recruitment, lion walking, canned hunting, trading and the new lion bone trade are on the increase. All are being justified under the guise of conservation, research and education. In parallel, we follow Rick, who purchases a lion online from his home in Hawaii. He then travels to South Africa to follow the path canned hunters do. We also speak to trophy hunters, operators and breeders as well as recognised lion ecologists, conservationists and animal welfare experts.
The film shows in intimate detail how lucrative it is to breed lions, and how the authorities and most professional hunting and tourism bodies have become complicit in allowing the industries to flourish. There is also hope in our story as we cover the very latest developments with the Australian government announcing a complete ban on the importation of all African lion trophies into Australia. Blood Lions is a compelling call to action and shows how you can get involved in a global campaign to stop lions being bred for the bullet.
The Back Story
About four years ago, Pippa Hankinson visited a private lion breeding farm for the first time where she found approximately 80 lions in small enclosures - many visibly inbred and clearly stressed. She was deeply disturbed by her experience. Determined to find out more, she learnt that there were between 6000 and 8000 lions living in similar conditions on other breeding farms around South Africa – part of a multimillion-dollar industry – where the majority are sold into the captive "canned lion" hunting industry or to Asia to supplement the "tiger bone" trade. Most shocking of all was not only that the industry was legal, but how few people seemed to know anything about it.
She often quotes Martin Luther King Jr. when he said "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter". Animals have always mattered a great deal to Pippa, but Africa's wildlife and particularly lions are very close to her heart. A documentary seemed the most effective way to raise awareness around the exploitation of these captive-bred lions but never having made a film before, Pippa set about gathering a proficient and committed team of professionals around her. Along with the extraordinary generosity and support of individuals and organisations from around the world, they helped her make this film. Support Blood Lions and get involved here to stop canned hunting. If we bred puppies to shoot you would be shocked. Breeding lions is unethical, immoral and all about money - not conservation.
Breeding lions for trophy hunting can never be justified. http://www.bloodlions.org/get-involved/
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Kirkland's, a home décor and gifts store, will hold a grand opening in Bel Air Plaza in Bel Air on Feb. 9, the retailer announced.
The store at 567 Baltimore Pike, one of 324 nationwide, will employ up to 18 people and offer decorative items, gifts and seasonal goods, including mirrors, candles, lamps and rugs.
Shoppers who stop in on either Feb. 9 or Feb. 10 can register to enter a $500 gift card drawing, to be selected on the 10
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It's once and always Stanley Cup Champion Washington Capitals hockey, all day, all night, all the time . . . or when I get around to it
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
"I expect him to be a Washington Capital for a long, long, long time."
Hey, don't look at me; I didn't say it. Ted Leonsis did, to Tarik El-Bashir in the Capital Insider today.
Reaction was swift...
Eklund: "e-yuck"
Larry Brooks: "Ovechkin doesn't belong to the Caps, dammit! He doesn't!!...He belongs to the Rangers!! He has to...every player does!!"
Bruce Garrioch: "Sources say this is a prelude to a trade with Nashville for Radek Bonk."
Jack Todd: "It's a crime, I tell ya...a crime!...well, it oughtta be, anyway."
Ted Kulfan: "Hey, then he can afford to buy a ticket to follow Glen Hanlon out of Washington..."
The Hockey News: "pfft...philistines."
"As a defenseman, you can learn a lot from Karl Alzner..."
So said Thomas Hickey -- defenseman for the Seattle Thunderbirds and #4 overall pick in the 2007 NHL entry draft (Alzner was selected 5th overall).
With respect to Alzner's presence on the Canadian junior team participating in the world junior championships, Hickey added of his teammate..."we're fortunate to have returning guys like him."
For more, check the rest of Brad Holland's story at nhl.com.
Meanwhile...in the East
A TWO point night!...Caps 6 - Senators 3
That is what the combined score is between the Caps and the Ottawa Senators this season following the Caps third win in three tries against the Senators – a 6-3 come-from-two-goals-behind win yesterday at
That the Caps should be 3-0 against the top team in the Eastern Conference and 1-2-1 against a club such as the Florida Panthers is one of the things that makes sports an often head-scratching affair. But the Caps are now 10-5-4 since Bruce Boudreau took over behind the bench, and it isn't as if they've done it against tamata cans, either.
It sure didn't look like a Caps kind of day early in the game. Chris Neil took a long pass from Christoph Schubert and skated past a flat-footed Jeff Schultz before the game was two minutes old, then deked goalie Olaf Kolzig to the ice before sliding a forehand into the net to give the visitors and early 1-0 lead. Dean McAmmond followed that up by taking a pass from Neil and splitting Milan Jurcina and Tom Poti before lifiting a backhand over Kolzig, and before the game was five minutes old, it seemed as if the Senators would inflict some stiff payback for having lost the first two games of this series.
Then, Viktor Kozlov made an appearance.
Nicklas Backstrom, who is showing a veteran's ability to create space and time for himself, did just that in spinning away from Andrej Meszaros in the left wing corner and rifling a pass to Kozlov pinching in on the weak side. Kozlov buried the puck – his first goal in 23 games -- and the Caps were back in it.
At that point, Senators goalie Martin Gerber's game went into the dumper. With the teams playing four-on-four, a drive by Jeff Schultz was bobbled by Gerber, and the puck was left lying next to his right pad. Michael Nylander swooped in before Gerber could locate the puck and batted it into the net to tie the game. Before the announcement of the Nylander goal could be finished, Mike Green circled in his own zone, then broke out with the puck. Alexander Ovechkin occupied two Senators at the
Three goals in the space of 2:19…that ended Gerber's day.
Ray Emery took over and was victimized shortly thereafter on a simple case of simple hockey…Brooks Laich circled out of the right wing corner in the Ottawa zone and sent the puck to Mike Green at the point. Green fired the puck wide to Emery's left and off the end boards. When the puck squeaked out the other side, Boyd Gordon trying to stuff the puck in, but Emery stopped the first drive. Gordon, Donald Brashear and Laich took turns whacking at the puck in the Senator crease, Laich having an attempt stopped by defenseman Wade Redden's leg. The puck came back to Laich, and from his knees he lifted the puck into the net to give the Caps a two goal lead (the goal that would make Emery the losing goaltender of record for this game).
The Caps would score (finally!) on a 5-on-3 power play less than a minute into the third period, and although one can't say that the competitive portion of the game was over – these being the Senators – it looked really good from there on out. The teams exchanged goals to complete the scoring, the Caps scoring theirs on a Boyd Gordon empty netter with 1:51 left.
Some observations:
That was the first time in 11 games that the Daniel Alfredsson-Jason Spezza-Dany Heatley line did not register a goal. Heatley and Alfredsson had single secondary assists.
Alex Oveckin had five hits…it seemed like each of them was going to require the facilities staff to replace glass. He seemed to save his best for Chris Phillips.
Kolzig gave up three goals, which is probably going to reap the wrath of a fair number of Caps fans. But the first two were the product of awful defensive breakdowns that left first Chris Neil, then Dean McAmmond alone on goal. The last of the three was a perfectly placed shot over Kolzig's blocker by Andrej Mezsaros. Granted, neither Neil nor McAmmond will make anyone forget Sidney Crosby or even Kris Letang on a one-on-the-goalie situation, but those kinds of defensive breakdowns need to be addressed. As for Kolzig, the Caps essentially put the game in his hands after the fifth goal (the Caps were outshot 24-11 in the final two periods). He was more than up to the challenge, making some fine stops (he stopped 27 of the last 28 shots he faced), especially when the Senators were pressing in the third.
Alex Semin injured his tailbone. No, really. That's the report. He took only five shifts for 1:45. The bench was made even shorter when Tom Poti went off for the day mid-way through the second period with an "upper body" injury. That the Caps could dominate short a forward and their minutes-leader on defense is rather amazing. But the club will find it difficult to sustain their recent success if these two are out for any appreciable amount of time.
Wade Redden was -5 for the back-to-back set…tough week.
David Steckel had a tough game and one odd judgment that could have had some dire consequences. With a chance to nullify an icing call about to be made by merely touching the puck, he decided to brace for a closing Senator and tie up the puck. The Senator touched the puck first, the icing call was made, and the faceoff was brought back to the Caps end of the ice. We kept thinking, "you'd better win this faceoff, now."
Speaking of faceoffs, one has to applaud a player who recognizes as certain weakness in his game and tries to turn it to his advantage. When a Cap was tossed from the dot, and Alex Ovechkin skated in to take the draw, he didn't even pretend as if he was going to try to win the draw. He set up on his forehand to just rifle the puck out of the zone. He did…trouble is,
Shaone Morrisonn stepped up in this two-game set. Plus-four over all (+3 yesterday) and six blocked shots. He chewed up some of those minutes Poti yielded when the latter was injured (25:47 for the game). He was on the ice for only one Senator goal (of nine) – a power play goal on Saturday – in this two-game set.
Mike Green is turning into his own highlight reel with these 175-foot rushes. He's on a pace for 21 goals, which would be the most since Sergei Gonchar had 26 in 2001-2002.
In the "the-event-didn't-live-up-to-the-hype" department…what the #@$% was that between Brian McGrattan and Donald Brashear? The whole arena knew it was coming, and what happened?...McGrattan looked like he was, in the words of Herb Brooks, "humping a football." Or maybe it was some obscure wrestling move that allowed McGrattan to end up on Brashear's back, trying to land punches from behind. The yapping continued to the penalty box, where Brashear was standing with his arms out in a pleading pose toward McGrattan. We suppose he was asking, "what, you couldn't buy me dinner, first?"
Speaking of McGrattan…three shifts? For the game?? Why did coach John Paddock bother to dress him? At least Brashear had an assist and was +1 in his 11:37 of play.
The odd statistic…McGrattan, Cody Bass, and Nick Foligno – combined – didn't have as much ice time as Brashear (11:12 to 11:37).
Joe Corvo did a passable impression of Alex Ovechkin in one respect…he had nine shots on goal. In another respect, he didn't…none of them found the back of the net. He was also -3.
Matt Pettinger might have spent another day off the score sheet, but he had some oomph in his game. It took a fine save by Gerber on a backhand and later a big stop by Emery to keep him off the score sheet, and Pettinger had four shots on goal total.
Nice teamwork on the second Green goal (the 5-on-3)…Green on the left wing to Nylander on the right side, and when Mike Fisher turned to take a peek out to the point it created a passing channel that Nylander jumped on. The pass back to Green needed only to be one-timed into the net.
In the midst of all this good feeling, there is a note of caution. Olaf Kolzig alluded to it in the post game…
"We're starting to believe. We're a different team than we were six weeks, a month ago. But we got ourselves in such a big hole at the beginning of the season that we're slowly but surely creeping our way back into things."
Here is the meaning of the "big hole" reference…the Caps are 10-5-4 under Bruce Boudreau. If they keep up that pace over the last 42 games, they will finish the year with 90 points. That might win them the Southeast Division, given current trends. But it requires that the Caps maintain this pace. Such was the "big hole" they dug. Can they do it? Well, 19 games is a fairly representative portion of the season. And, in the process of going 10-5-4, they've earned points against the likes of the Senators, Red Wings, Devils, Rangers, Hurricanes, and Penguins.
However, they are entering a dangerous portion of the schedule with their next five games coming against
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Should I create this by hand? (I want to save in it some alias.)
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Sporting Stand in Way of All-Spanish Europa Final
Athletic Bilbao are looking to continue their remarkable continental campaign and set up an all-Spanish Europa League final as they prepare to take on Sporting Lisbon in the semifinal first leg on Thursday.
Marcelo Bielsa's side have already beaten Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester United and Schalke 04 this season and the brand of football favored by the Argentine since his arrival at San Mames last summer has won admirers across Europe.
Now they are seen as favorites to beat Sporting and qualify for their first continental final since losing to Juventus in the UEFA Cup showpiece in 1977.
"We have plenty of experience of playing in difficult games, we have two World Cup-winners in our squad (Fernando Llorente and Javi Martinez), and we play in what is probably the best league in the world," said young midfielder Ander Iturraspe, one of those who have flourished under Bielsa's tutelage.
"But Sporting are a compact side with good attacking players and that counts for something.
"We are one of four teams left in the competition. We all have a chance of winning and it is hard to predict what will happen. But we will give our all to try and go all the way."
The first leg will be played at Sporting's Jose Alvalade stadium, where Athletic will have the backing of 3,000 travelling fans.
However, Sporting boast a fearsome home record and will be looking for an eighth consecutive European win in front of their own fans on Thursday to set themselves up for next week's return leg.
The club from the Portuguese capital have endured a difficult season domestically and currently lie in fourth place in the Portuguese Liga, 13 points behind leaders Porto.
However, since replacing the sacked Domingos Paciencia in February, Ricardo Sa Pinto has overseen six wins in eight league games and helped the Lions past English giants Manchester City on their way to the last four.
Sa Pinto played in the Sporting side that reached the final of the UEFA Cup in their own stadium in 2005, only to lose to CSKA Moscow.
If they can go all the way to the final again, they will come up against either Atletico Madrid or Valencia in Bucharest on May 9.
This is the second time in three seasons that these clubs have faced off in the competition.
In the quarterfinals of the inaugural Europa League in 2009-10, Atletico beat Valencia on away goals, advancing after Valencia were denied a blatant penalty in the second leg in Madrid for a tug on the shirt of Nikola Zigic that ripped his jersey in two.
Unai Emery's team are therefore gunning for revenge, even if a run of just one win in their last six league games suggests that they could be in better shape as they head to the Vicente Calderon.
"Now is the time for us to stand up and be counted," said Valencia's Spain left-back Jordi Alba.
"This is a different competition. We are 180 minutes away from a final and that is a great source of motivation.
"None of the fans or players that were there two years ago have forgotten what happened because it was unfair and now we want to beat them."
Atletico went on to win the trophy in 2010, beating Fulham in the final, and they are a force to be reckoned with once again under Argentine coach Cholo Simeone.
They can also count on Colombian striker Radamel Falcao, who scored the winning goal for Porto in last season's Europa League final and has 25 goals in 26 appearances in the competition.
"To win this trophy when so many people had no faith in our squad would be a great way of showing that this club can achieve things and that Atletico Madrid is a big club in Spain," said Falcao. "It would be very special to win it."


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Taboo II
Studio: Standard DigitalC
Series: Taboo
Director: Kirdy Stevens
Approximate Running Time: 01:40:10
Released: 1983
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The story of seduction continues from the Scott family to the McBride's, where mother and son, brother and sister, father and daughter enter a world of perverse pleasures.
Barbara Scott (Kay Parker), still luscious, is now living with the voluptuous Gina. She lusts for absent son Paul until a chance meeting with his friend, Junior McBride. Then throbbing with desire, she succumbs to the boy who reminds her of her own son.
From there, Junior seduces his mother and his sister (the luscious Dorothy LeMay).
After this chain of sexual dominoes, crowned by an orgy including a wet and dripping daisy-chain of unbridled lust, Sherry seduces her own father. TABOO II brings you on an all-star cast plus a bevy of new and beautiful nymphettes.
Categories: Classics -> 80'S For Women -> Classics For Women -> Features For Women -> Kinky Appearance -> Natural Look Plot Oriented -> Classic Character -> Family


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Scutaro's rehab could shift to Triple-A soon
SAN DIEGO -- Second baseman Marco Scutaro could move several steps closer next week to rejoining the Giants, if he can remain physically whole for another day or so.
Scutaro was expected to play six innings with San Francisco's Arizona League affiliate Saturday night. If Scutaro, sidelined all year by back problems, appears fit when he's examined after that game, he'll likely report to Triple-A Fresno to continue his Minor League injury rehabilitation stint. Giants manager Bruce Bochy conveyed this probability Saturday.
Entering Saturday, the 38-year-old Scutaro had played 17 innings at second and was batting .182 (2-for-11) with a double. If Scutaro were to advance to Fresno, he'd work on steadily building his stamina until he could play nine innings. At that point, the Giants would seriously consider reinstating Scutaro, the Most Valuable Player of the 2012 National League Championship Series who hit .319 in 188 games as a Giant from 2012-13.
Entering Saturday, Giants second basemen were hitting .174, next-to-last in the NL, and owned a .559 OPS (on-base plus slugging percentage), 13th in the league.


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I Know You Heard Me - NOW LISTEN!Blog Post: February 23, 2009
Very good post. I sometimes find myself with an answer to the first few ideas out of a clients mouth and then I roadblock the rest of what they say in my mind until I can blurt out what I think could be a prize-winning solution (and often misses its mark as the first few ideas require the rest of what they were saying to make any sort of logical business sense).
I'm still 10 months new to SEO and there are times where I need to take a step back and focus more on giving the client what they need instead of trying to prove myself.


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Give your desktop a custom look
There are several ways to give your desktop—the background area of your screen—a custom look.
Change the picture you see on the desktop
In Desktop preferences, you can choose the picture that's displayed on your desktop. Your Mac comes with dozens of desktop pictures to choose from, but you can also use your own pictures, or choose a solid color.
Tip: To quickly use a picture you have in the Photos app, select the picture in Photos, click the Share button in the Photos toolbar, then choose Set Desktop Picture.
Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, click Desktop & Screen Saver, then click Desktop.
On the left, find a picture or color:
Pictures and colors that come with your Mac: Click the disclosure triangle next to Apple, then select Desktop Pictures or Solid Colors.
Your pictures: Click the disclosure triangle next to Photos (or iPhoto if available). If your pictures are in the Pictures or another folder, click the triangle next to Folders, then select a folder.
To add a folder, click the Add button , navigate to and select the folder, then click Choose.
If you don't see anything when you select the folder that contains your pictures, the pictures might not have the right file format— JPEG, PICT, TIFF, or PNG. To change a picture's format, open it in the Preview app, then save it in the new format. If pictures look fuzzy, try using larger ones, such as 1024 x 768 pixels.
On the right, click the picture you want to use.
The desktop immediately changes, so you can see how the picture looks. When you use one of your own pictures, you can choose whether it should fill the screen, be centered, or be otherwise arranged. It's easy to click around and try different pictures and arrangements until you find the one you like best.
If you can't settle on just one picture, you can cycle through all the pictures in a folder. Select the "Change picture" checkbox, then choose how often you want the picture to change—for example, every hour. This option may affect the performance of some apps, such as games, that use many graphics. To use just one picture again, deselect the checkbox.
You can use a picture you see on the web as your desktop picture. Control-click the image, then select Use Image as Desktop Picture.
Use a screen saver
In Screen Saver preferences, you can choose a screen saver to hide the desktop when you're away from your Mac.
Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, click Desktop & Screen Saver, then click Screen Saver.
Click a screen saver on the left, then set options for how it will look.
Source: Click the pop-up menu, then choose the pictures to show in the screen saver. You can use pictures that come with your Mac or choose pictures from your Photo Library or another folder.
The preview area shows how the screen saver will look; give it a moment to preview your selection.
Shuffle slide order: Select the checkbox to show pictures in a random order instead of their order in the source.
Set other options for the screen saver.
Start after: Click the pop-up menu, then select the amount of time you want your Mac to wait before starting the screen saver. For example, if you select 5 Minutes, the screen saver will start after your Mac is inactive for five minutes.
Show with clock: Select the checkbox to show the time in the screen saver.
Hot corners: Select the checkbox to set a shortcut for starting the screen saver.
To stop the screen saver and return to the desktop, press any key, move the mouse, or touch the trackpad.
If you want more security when you stop the screen saver, see Require a password after waking your Mac.
Make your menu bar and Dock dark
You can give your desktop a darker look by setting your menu bar and Dock to be dark.
Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click General.
Select "Use dark menu bar and Dock."
Change button, menu, window, and highlight colors
Use the General pane of System Preferences to choose new colors for buttons, menus, windows, and selected text.
Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click General.
Click the Appearance pop-up menu, then choose a color to use for buttons, menus, and windows.
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"Kate Kretz creates a poetic space in which tenderness and fear can confront one another. It is an absolute dedication to the threat of uncertainty through handiwork, and achieves the consistency of an art that protects life itself."
– Adriana Herrera, EL NUEVO HERALD
Kate Kretz embroiders pillowcases with eyelashes and human hair… the result is both delicate and creepy… "
– Karen Rosenberg, NEW YORK TIMES
"Few acts of sexual and romantic love are as oppressive and shocking as Kretz's triumphantly perverse sewn tributes to maternal overinvestment. "
– Felicia Feaster, ArtscriticATL.com
"The paintings of Kate Kretz…. have the power to stop people in their tracks."
– Candice Russell, CITYLINK
"A reverence, a quiet bubble of awe, is experienced upon viewing her work."
– Tamsen Ellen, HAIR IS FOR PULLING
"Kate Kretz's needle art is amazing. And I mean that literally. When I look at her work, my mouth falls open and I go into a kind of trance, enthralled by her concepts and captivated by her exquisite technique." – Denise Felton, CRAFTGOSSIP.COM
Kate Kretz's paintings are explorations of identity in various states of extremity, symbolized by the often dramatic or downright lurid effects of light (These effects, incidentally, are what distinguish Kretz as an exceptionally promising younger artist.)"
– Jerry Cullum, ART PAPERS
"Lush and luminous, paintings by Kate Kretz speak of dreamy nighttime worlds alive with possibilities and portents. "Beauty Wrest" is her show of painstakingly, immaculately crafted oil paintings…."
– Elisa Turner, MIAMI HERALD
"Powerfully resonant and enticingly complex, Kretz's paintings are crafted – one might almost say wrought – with an exquisite detail that draws the viewer in, unfolding before the viewer's gaze, and only with an investment of time and effort…."
– Nora Heimann, PhD, Catholic University, Beauty Wrest catalog
"Kate Kretz… known for labor-intensive art of intellectual heft."
– Candice Russell, CITY LINK
"With a bluntly primal wit, Kretz claws at the guts……"
– Carlos Suarez De Jesus, MIAMI NEW TIMES
"Kretz's work is decidedly literary… everything plays against other elements and viewer expectation and experience to create stories capable of penetrating the television-addled consciousness of contemporary viewers."
– Neil Herring, ART PAPERS
"It's unusual in this TV/Internet/YouTube age for a painting to captivate the nation, but that's exactly what Kate Kretz did with her piece, 'Blessed Art Thou'… "
– Adam Bernard, FOAM Magazine
"With the skill of a Caravaggio and the mindset of a Gloria Steinem, Kate Kretz paints disturbing images of the emotional life of women….."
– Verna Safran, thl.yourvillage.com
"Edgy, seductive, work of a most unusual artist…..miraculous beauty…. How typically clever of the artist to take a conventional genre and turn it upside down. But then there is cleverness throughout this welcome exhibition."
– Candice Russell, CITY LINK
"Kre(n)tz traffics in the unspoken and unacknowledged, even the private thoughts that can be our own undoing…"
– Cate McQuaid, THE BOSTON GLOBE
"The erie glow that emanates from so many of the canvases…is a result of being raised 'on a regimen of Catholicism and Technicolor movies.' It's an odd but apt convergence of influences, with the conflicting impulses of the Vatican and Hollywood coming together to create the emotional turbulence and instability that always seem to lurk just below the deceptively calm surfaces of Kretz's images."
– Michael Mills, NEW TIMES MIAMI
"Tableaux as portentous as ones assembled by David Lynch; details of light and shadow combined with dramatic elements of color and composition…"
– Jerry Cullum, ART PAPERS
"Kate Kretz…wowing viewers in a variety of media, from oil on canvas to sculpted bas-relief encaustic to embroidery. Her obsessive, detail-oriented images pull us into their magnetic orbit."
– "Best Bets", NEWS & OBSERVER
"Kate Kretz's paintings are amazing. Realistic and phantasmagoric, she details every inch of the canvas with ardent descriptions of past and present. Her palette is spectoral and the images she paints in both oils and acrylics show her mastery of the craft."
– Margurite Gil, MIAMI SUNPOST
"Kate Kretz's solo exhibition was another display of her impressive work… her work in two & three dimensions is highly taut with emotion that is complex and sensitive."
– Onajide Shabaka, MIAMI ART EXCHANGE
"These astonishing "pillow drawings" are as affecting for their execution as for the way they unblatently describe a psychological maelstrom."
– Elisa Turner, MIAMI HERALD
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