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The Australian Federal Police says it made a mistake in accusing a lawyer for Channel Seven of a crime as part of a probe into the network's suspected lucrative interview deal with drug smuggler Schapelle Corby.
The error was made in applying for an order which would support warrants to raid the network's Sydney offices.
Armed police raided the offices on Tuesday amid reports Seven had paid Corby several million dollars for an exclusive interview.
Australia has proceeds of crime legislation to ensure criminals do not profit from their crimes.
On Friday, the AFP wrote to Channel Seven's legal representatives, saying it was incorrect to state the lawyers could be suspected of having committed the offence stated in the relevant warrant.
It says the order was issued under Section 246 of the Proceeds of Crime Act.
"The letter refers to the Section 246 Order, which is addressed to 'Justine Munsie or any other employee, Addison lawyers' and states that the issuing Magistrate, His Honour Magistrate Graeme Curran, is satisfied that 'you are reasonably suspected of having committed the offence stated in the relevant warrant'," the AFP said.
"The AFP accepts that this statement was incorrect and it should not have been made. It is a regrettable error, but an innocent word-processing error."
AFP deputy commissioner of operations Michael Phelan says an application form police used was copied from one relating to a different case, but a paragraph that referred to a criminal offence was not deleted.
The AFP says it regrets any "hurt, embarrassment or offence which this error has caused".
"This regrettable error does not invalidate the search warrants, or the order itself," it added.
Seven has previously said it was complying with an order to produce documents under the Proceeds of Crime Act, issued by the AFP on February 11.
Channel Seven has been calling for a full apology for the raids.
Its commercial director, Bruce McWilliam, has also defended the network's right to negotiate with Corby.
"It's not a crime to negotiate with a criminal to do an interview - and it's not a crime to pay a criminal for an interview. Everyone should be quite aware of that," he said.
"The only crime, the only thing that the act permits is that the government can seize any proceeds paid."
Minister knocks back Corby family interview bid
Meanwhile, members of Corby's family have been denied a request for her to take part in a media interview.
Media outlets are reporting that Schapelle's sister Mercedes and her Indonesian husband travelled to Jakarta to present a letter to Indonesia's justice minister, Amir Syamsuddin, asking him to allow Corby to do the interview.
But Mr Syamsuddin reportedly rejected the request on the grounds her parole conditions state she must not cause "restlessness" within the community.
Mr Syamsuddin says the Bali office is handling the case correctly.
Corby has been freed from prison but must remain in Bail for three years under her parole conditions.


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We know several common buzzwords for determining security strategy of a company (or an individual). Let's try to define them once again, for completeness sake.
- Security by ignorance
Easily summed up by "what you do not know cannot hurt you" and is obviously wrong. Typically happens at the early stages of software developer's career when a person is uneducated about security and simply does not know any better. Blissful ignorance usually ends rather abruptly with a cold shower of security education or a security breach.
- Security by obscurity
The typical position of most software companies, hiding the secrets somewhere they themselves would not find oblivious to the fact that thieves typically know very well where you stash your money and jewelry. This is an actively negative position asking for trouble that does not take too long to appear usually. In companies, this is often the end result of near-sightedness of management, worried only about their quarterly bonus.
- Security by completeness
The typical "very advanced security" position of many companies. This approach actually works quite well but only thanks to the fact that there are more companies in the above two categories. Completeness means the company extends the quality assurance by security relevant testing, design and code reviews, vulnerability testing and such things. In the end, one has to remember that correctness is not the same, and cannot be a guarantee of, security. When implemented correctly, can provide a really potent false feeling of security and serve as a shield against charges of incompetence and negligence.
- Security by isolation
An approach touted by many security and non-security relevant companies as the ultimate solution to security problems of today. The idea being that you run your application in an isolated environment and throw away the application together with the environment afterwards, or whenever you think you have a sight of a security problem. This way, security breaches are contained to a small disposable portion of software and do not cross over to the system at large. There are a few problems here, not the least one being the nurtured feeling of complacency and false security. Breaches can go in from the isolated environment to the system at large, the data is never completely thrown away, for why would you then compute that data in the first place, and so on. This is a dead-end of false security.
- Security by design
This is a concept that is most unfamiliar to most of people. Typically, this is the case where the system is specifically designed to be secure. The environment is not taken for granted, malicious abuse is assumed, and care is taken to minimize the impact of the inevitable security breaches. Since this takes a lot of careful planning, thinking ahead, designing and verification, these products are always too late in the market and nearly never succeed. So we have no idea what it is like to use secure systems. Mainframes (that's what "clouds" were called twenty years ago) were a bit like that, I feel…
So, what's left then? Is there a practical approach to security that would not be so expensive that the companies would stick a finger to it but still provide a good solid security?

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August 1st, 2006
EMVA Newsletter
Dutch firm Adimec Advanced Image Systems Bv provided the high-resolution cameras that were used on the orbital boom sensor system (OBSS) which was on board Space Shuttle Discovery during a recent mission into space.
"Adimec's cameras are known for their image quality, reliability and durability, and we were happy to be involved in such a mission-critical application with NASA", said Jay Rice, Vice President of Sales & Marketing for Adimec in North America.
Adimec provided multiple high-performance cameras to NASA, which were coupled to a Pleora iPort IP engine to enable high-resolution images to be streamed to a laptop inside the shuttle over a standard Ethernet link. The imaging system was mounted at the end of the space shuttle's 15 m (50 ft) robotic arm. The crew were able to control the camera via the 'engine' as they carefully inspected the shuttle's thermal protection system. These images were analyzed for fine details - for example, the gap filler between tiles - to assess potential damage and overall shuttle safety.
The Discovery flight was the most photographed shuttle mission ever, with more than 100 high-definition, digital video and film cameras documenting the launch and climb to orbit.
The Shuttle and its crew landed on July 17, 2006 after a thirteen-day, 8-million kilometre (5-million mile) journey in space. The mission succeeded in testing improvements made to the spacecraft's safety systems, repairing a 'rail car' on the International Space Station and producing detailed images of the Shuttle during and after its launch on July 4, 2006.


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NickelBus, an Online Bus Trip Planner, Launched by Stevens Class of 2012 Alumni
Stevens Class of 2012 alumni Nick Catania and Ralph Mattiaccio have founded a company which provides an online service to travelers searching for the most convenient and affordable bus routes between cities.
NickelBus, currently in Beta version, is a one-stop-shop for inter-city bus travel, providing price comparison, automated routing and centralized ticketing for long-distance trips using multiple bus companies, if necessary. Simply put, NickelBus.com does for buses what Kayak.com does for flights. The NickelBus database includes thousands of bus prices, schedules and station locations in numerous cities across the nation, including Washington, D.C., New York City, Albany, N.Y., and Portsmouth, N.H.. In addition, they have created a travel blog interconnected with the search system to share travel opportunities with users and spotlight different attributes within cities.
"Our mission is to provide millions of people with new travel possibilities and unique trip opportunities," Catania said. "Traveling is about the entire adventure – the bus ride is just part of it."
Catania, President of NickelBus, and Mattiaccio, CEO, came up with the idea for an online bus aggregator during their senior year at Stevens, when they were looking to travel with their friends but couldn't, because Google searches weren't leading them to the travel solutions they were looking for.
"We realized that the bus travel possibilities are out there, but there is no central database – like the airline industry – to find the information, so it was up to us to build our own search service to help out fellow travelers," said Catania.
This led them to pitch the idea of NickelBus to mock investors during the annual Elevator Pitch competition at the 2012 Stevens Innovation Expo.
"We enjoyed watching the Elevator Pitch competition for a number of years, and decided it was the perfect time to debut the idea and feel out the grounds for making a serious business commitment," said Mattiaccio.
Although they didn't win, Catania and Mattiaccio were encouraged by the Elevator Pitch experience. What's more, it was there that they gained the interest of Travis Kahn, executive director of TechLaunch, NJ's first business accelerator program. They applied to TechLaunch after graduation and were one of ten portfolio companies selected. Over a three month period, they received valuable training, support and 1-on-1 mentoring from successful entrepreneurs and industry experts. The program helped Catania and Mattiaccio refine their business, connect with professionals in the field, and network with investors. In fact, NickelBus has already received investment funds from TechLaunch, which includes sponsors from Jumpstart NJ, an angel network, and the NJ Economic Development Authority.
"We have learned an extraordinary amount of new business skills, and we feel very prepared and confident for the road ahead," said Mattiaccio.
"Buses happen to be a very economical means of travel, and there is a huge market need for the NickelBus service." Catania said. "The inter-city bus industry has been experiencing its fastest growth in more than 40 years, with the emergence of new 'curbside pickup' companies like Megabus and Boltbus that have fares starting for the first customer at $1. By centralizing this data, we are making NickelBus 'Your #1 Bus Stop.'"
"Right now we are just scraping the surface with the technology we plan to build and expose," said Mattiaccio. "The Beta launch is a huge step for us and it's a fantastic accomplishment. As far as the future of the company, we have lots of great ideas to grow and move forward. For now, just like our company motto, 'We're all about the adventure!' That's what motivates us."
Catania and Mattiaccio met during their first day of Stevens' Pre-Orientation and have been great friends ever since. As students, the duo have worked together on a number projects, from websites to an electric car.
At Stevens, Catania earned a dual degree in Engineering Physics and Music & Technology. He also served as President of the Student Government Association and was on the winning Stevens team of the Northeast Regional Ethics Bowl.
Mattiaccio, who earned a degree in Computer Science, was involved in a Cybersecurity research project through the Stevens Scholars program. In his final year, he created an app with his senior design team and the National Weather Service, allowing lifeguards to track rip currents and collect data to aid researchers.
"We are so grateful for the numerous opportunities Stevens has offered us," Catania said. "We never imagined ourselves taking on this type of venture before college, but Stevens motivates you and gives you the resources, in this tight-knit technological community, that are hard to find at many other institutions."
"At Stevens, you're required on a daily basis to overcome your challenges, and persevere to succeed – a good foundation for running a corporation," Mattiaccio added. "The alumni before us serve as a great inspiration, and we aim to make our own path and successes just as they have."
You can visit their newly-launched Beta site at www.NickelBus.com.


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Johnson County conservation building "LEEDs" by example
F.W. KENT PARK– "If we can't live by example, then we're not fulfilling our mission," said Johnson County Conservation Director Harry Graves, as he showcased his department's new headquarters building at Kent Park.
The almost 13,000 sq. ft. building houses conservation staff offices and shop facilities in what Graves describes as "about the greenest county building." Going green wasn't negotiable, as far as Graves was concerned.
"It's the right thing to do."
The Conservation Board decided they wanted to "do everything we could to make it green."
The structure, which was completed in March of this year, replaces an office/shop building built in 1970. The original building was constructed as a maintenance shop and subsequently added onto three times. It has since been returned to a garage to house equipment.
"It was very cramped quarters, the air quality in there was zilch," Graves said of his former digs. He added that the County's insurance inspector didn't like the old facility due to a host of air quality and safety concerns. Despite having outgrown the building, Graves did like one feature of the converted shed.
"It was a warm building in the winter," thanks to a hot water heat system he and his crew kept patched together. With a new roof and siding, it looks better than it ever has, he said. However, Graves said the building's capacity was maxed out, with 12 regular employees crammed into it, and seasonal workers needing room to work.
In 2005 or 2006, Graves said the Conservation Department and the Board of Supervisors started talking about a new facility. In 2008, the Board approved a bond issue for a new County Conservation headquarters and shop building, but two snags slowed the project.
"There are 1,082 acres of land in Kent Park and next to no flat spots," Graves said of what he described as "second rate broken topography." In other words, preparing a site for the building would be a challenge. Then, "there was the unpleasantness of December 2008," he said referring to the general financial crisis. However, in the end, Graves said, it was a blessing in disguise as construction began in April of 2009.
Apex Construction of Iowa City was the low bidder on the project, with a total bid of $1,915,000 divided into $1,043,675 for the headquarters building and $871,325 for the maintenance facility. When all was said and done, however, the project came in under the bid amounts, at $1,112,000 and $808,736 respectively.
Both structures are connected in a way that pressurizes the administrative areas, helping to keep vehicle and equipment exhaust out. An exhaust diverter system is also used to cut down on the fumes which permeated the previous facility.
"We've got the room to work and we're grateful," said Graves.
Graves noted his staff's ability to make or fix anything. Well, almost anything.
"They can't fix the crack of dawn, or mend a broken heart," Graves said with a smile, "but they can do anything else."
The facility is built of structural insulated panels; essentially expanded Styrofoam sandwiched between chip board, making sturdy and well-insulated walls. Windows are triple pane and the most efficient the department could buy. A computer monitored geothermal system heats and cools the structure and provides radiant heating in the shop area. While the initial investment in the geothermal system is expensive, Graves pointed out over time it will have a tremendous payback.
Occupancy sensors control lights throughout the building, and plumbing fixtures like the toilets are low volume/high efficiency, dual-mode. Waste products are flushed to a septic tank. In the tank, solid materials settle out while the liquid is routed through wetland cells where the roots of plants, soil and rocks purify the wastewater.
Another unique feature is a safe room built into the center of the building for use as a storm shelter– a safety feature for staff, and a potential refuge for campers.
Recycled materials abound in the building and can be found in such things as Dakota Burl paneling which utilizes agricultural fiber bi-products, in this case sunflower hulls, to create unique cabinetry, as well as ECO Consentino counters and work surfaces made from crushed bits of porcelain, glass, ash, mirrors and stone scraps held together with a corn based resin.
Graves said the cost of the recycled material was comparable to more traditional products and noted the cost is continually coming down.
As often as possible, materials were brought in from within a 500-mile radius to further green the project by reducing the amount of transportation necessary.
The efforts paid off not only from an environmental standpoint, but also as points toward LEED certification.
LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, and was developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) in an effort to encourage and facilitate the development of what they call "sustainable buildings." Projects are awarded different levels of certification (Certified, Silver, Gold and Platinum) based on a scoring criteria. By achieving 42 documented and approved points, Gold certification was awarded on July 14 of this year.
"This is the most decorated of the County buildings," Graves said proudly. "The end result was worth the wait.
"We practice what we preach, we don't just wear it on our shirts."


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Online Technology Entrepreneurship Class At Stanford Postponed... Because Of Copyright
from the first-lesson:-fix-copyright deptThe Constitutional clause often referred to as the Copyright Clause involves granting the power to Congress:
To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries.Many people get confused and don't realize that the "Science" part was really about copyright (not the "useful arts.") And, by "science" they really meant "learning." In fact, the very first US Copyright law, in 1790, was entitled:
An ACT for the Encouragement of LearningSo you would think that the use of copyright law to block the encouragement of learning would be unconstitutional. Unfortunately, it happens all the time. Jon sent over the news that the online Technology Entrepreneurship class he'd been looking forward to taking from Stanford University has apparently been postponed due to copyright issues. According to the classes' professor, Chuck Eesley:
Unfortunately, the launch of my Technology Entrepreneurship online course has been placed on hold, due to delays surrounding copyright and intellectual property clearance issues. We are working on this and I anticipate providing you with an update within the next few months.In an age where there's lots of support and interest in online education, to find out that copyright law, of all things, is being used to block education seems like a complete travesty.
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I use PUGs to gauge a lot of player response to content, the new LFG tool has made it that much easier and given me a broader spectrum to poll. A lot of times I'll bring it up in random banter and ask people what they think of the current content and such. Occasionally I'll join a PUG raid on my Hunter in an attempt to gear her up outside of the guild's assistance, but also to see how the pugs are doing on raids and ask questions without "Lodur" around. I'm guessing you're wondering what this has to do with the "Hyjal / Sunwell" effect, and indeed what is the effect anyways? Well, I'd like to share some recent and past observations with you.
Let me explain to you what the Hyjal / Sunwell effect is.
Back in BC when end game raiding was all the rage, you had Black Temple, Hyjal and then the culmination of all things raiding for that time Sunwell. Hyjal Summit was an interesting raid instance. You sat in one of two camps and waited for trash waves to come to you. After you were done killing the trash waves a boss would spawn and come for you. The zone had 5 bosses. 4 of those bosses could be broken down into tank and spanks after their various tricks were discovered. Aside from the last boss it was a very easy instance and at the very least on my server, the zone up to the Archimonde fight was easily PUGable and there were many many Hyjal PUGs weekly. I know because I used to go to them on my hunter. So we can assume a level of ease at least for the first 4 bosses, with one boss that was a PITA but still killable.
Then came the Sunwell, and everything changed. People ponied up and the PUGs surged forth expecting to roll over some trash and get some trash drops and maybe even down a boss or two along the way. Then they encountered the first pulls, and it was like watching a charging bull hit a steel wall. Giant arcane powered robot wiped the raid in nothing short of what could be called a spectacular explosion of brightly colored bodies. I heard stories of established raiding guilds having to work hard on some of the trash and in some cases still wiping, let alone hitting the bosses. Trash required solid use of CC and careful maneuvering. The bosses were complex and required coordination in order to succeed. I never saw a PUG get past Kalecgos, and the ones I heard got there, only barely beat trash. That is at least how it was on my server. There were PUG / Farming groups that would go and kill trash, then run out and reset and lather rinse repeat in order to farm gems, gold and trash drops, but those groups required a certain level of gear (and they did check) before they would consider you. And that's just for trash farming! People pissed and moaned that Sunwell was "soooo hard", my argument was that Hyjal made people complacent.
Enter Wrath of the Lich King. The raiding scene in wrath mirrors pretty well that of BC but builds upon it. Naxxramas became our new Kara. Ulduar provided us deep lore and some decent challenges. and then came ToC (25). Trial of the Crusader offered an easy loot system (the tier available for badges alone), an instance with NO trash only bosses, and to be honest fight mechanics that weren't terribly difficult. While it did require some coordination, I have seen more PUG groups successfully complete it then any other raid instance. The 4 bosses leading up to the final boss are gimmick fights like Hyjal was, with the final boss being a tank and spank get out of the way healers just heal fight. I'm not saying they aren't fun, and as much as I hate to admit it Faction Champs is a blast watching my raiders run around like chickens with heads lopped off, but it just mirrors Hyjal a little too much as far as it's placement in raid progression, content and general feel of the zone.
Now in Wrath we have Ice Crown Citadel. It mirrors Sunwell almost perfectly as well, especially with Chill of the Throne being so very similar to Sunwell Radiance. The fights are markedly harder and the trash is capable of killing a raid. The trash pulls require use of CC like priest shackles and paladin fears / stuns as well as requiring careful positioning of the raid. Random triggers cause giants to spawn that can interrupt spell casting and saber lash a tank into nothing in no time. The bosses while not overly complex, still require a certain amount of raid awareness and coordination and use of abilities such as CC to win. Lady Deathwhisper is a pain when not done right and it requires a lot of coordination to get all the components down pat. Saurfang is a beast of a fight currently and while people have beaten him I have yet to find one strategy that doesn't call for at least two people to be sacrificed. That says something right there. What amuses me the most is the people who were pugging ToC (25) went rushing headlong into ICC (25) and in most cases hit the trash on the first landing and splatted. On my server I can't find a PUG for ICC (25) on my Hunter, as a matter of fact she has an easier time finding ToGC (25) pugs. And while the argument can be made that the 10 mans are puggable, I say that while I've seen some pugs do ICC (10) the players almost always out-geared the 10 man tuned version. I also hear it from some of my raiders. We've been having fun with Saurfang. Random things like moonkin's pushback randomly not working, Tanks dcing, starting the fight and immediately having 8 raiders get Mark of the Fallen champion. These are things that make new instances fun for me.
But I hear the murmurs in the crowd. I have some raiders in my group that think ICC is too hard, I've been in pugs with my hunter that people have done nothing but complain about the difficulty of the new fights. This is what I call the Hyjal / Sunwell effect. ToC gave us a certain level of apathy. Sure Heroic Faction Champs is a hell of a fight, but once you get the basic concepts down for it is it really that hard? ToC spoiled us with easy loot and fast content, and as such continued the cycle of Hyjal / Sunwell. The effect is in the disparity between two level of content on such a level that it is noticeable among the general population. So now I hear people complain that Marrowgar hits too hard, or Saurfang is tuned too high. Personally I love it. I love content that makes me think and re-evaluate my raider assignments. I love actually having to go through trash to get to that boss and fight mechanics that while they may not be new are interesting in the way they are combined and presented. I love going through cut scenes and NPC conversation and hearing the lore behind the raid zone and feeling like I'm in epic content. The difficulty will only go up as each wing and each new boss and it's mechanics are unveiled, and personally I can't wait. I'm also excited that the vast majority of my raiders feel the same way and not everyone is suffering from the Hyjal/Sunwell effect.
What about you guys? Have you noticed people complaining about the difficulty? Raiders or PUGs? How do you feel about the new content so far?
Until next time,
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MARIETTA, Ga. - Scouts gathered behind home plate on Field 2 at the East Cobb Complex to watch Tyson Messer and the Dirtbags Gold cruise to a 12-0 victory over the Akadema Warriors BBA in the 2013 16u WWBA National Championship.
Radar guns registered 89 mph on some of Messer's fastballs and sat between 84-87 with an 81 mph changeup and a 75 mph curveball.
"(His) fastball is very live," Dirtbags coach Axel Smith said. "It moves a lot."
Messer threw four shutout innings of one-hit ball to earn the win. He walked only one batter and struck out four, using primarily his fastball.
"My go-to pitch when it's working is probably my curveball, but today it was the fastball," Messer said. "I wasn't really getting on top of my curveball as well."
"He got ahead of his hitters today and that's key," said Smith. "He did what he had to do, putting hitters away when he got two strikes. He was pretty much on today."
Messer sent his first victim down looking at an 87 mph fastball that painted the black on the outside corner to end the top of the first inning. His second strikeout victim went down looking at almost the exact same pitch. His last two strikeout victims went down swinging at the fastball, which was sitting around 85 mph in the fourth inning.
The 6-foot-1 right-hander explained what he tries to do when he gets two strikes on a hitter and what his approach is to different batters.
"If I'm throwing a curveball, I'm trying to get it past him (the hitter). If I throw a fastball, I'm trying to get it past him, and change-up I'm trying to get him to roll over for a ground ball. I throw my curveball more to left-handers cause it kinda breaks down at their feet."
The Lillington, NC native remained an unsolved mystery to the Akadema Warriors today, as it took him just 52 pitches to get through four innings of work and collect the complete game.
"My game plan is usually to just go out there and get outs and make my defense work," said Messer. "I don't really try to strike a bunch of people out. I just try to get ground ball outs and the defense works for you."
Messer went 4-4 with a 2.86 earned run average this spring for the Harnett Central Trojans, his high school team. He collected 62 strikeouts in 44 innings on the bump and was the go-to guy in the team's pitching rotation.
Although he hasn't been on Perfect Game's prospect list for long, Messer is moving up in the ranks quickly. The righty is the top ranked right-handed pitching prospect in North Carolina for the class of 2015. He hasn't always been a pitcher, though.
"I just turned to pitcher in sixth grade, when I was about 12-years-old," Messer recalled. "My coaches noticed that I could throw pretty good so they just tried me up there and I did well."
Messer, like his Dirtbags coach, is pretty new to the organization, but he already feels comfortable in the new uniform.
"It's good to be surrounded by a bunch of good guys," Messer said. "It's good to be with players that can back you up defensively and can hit the ball, which we did."
The Dirtbags Gold moved to 2-0 in pool play. They won their first matchup, 2-1, and won their second game convincingly.
"We came out swinging the sticks real good, a lot better than yesterday," said Smith. "We had, I think it was, six two-strike hits today, three of them were doubles."
The Dirtbags plated 12 runs on 13 hits and four walks. Five Dirtbags hitters tallied multi-hit games in the big win, including first baseman Conner Leonard, who went 2-for-3 with a double, three RBI, and two runs scored.
"(My) first at-bat I wasn't expecting a first pitch curve, but it was hanging so I took a big cut at it and it worked out – got us the first two runs," Leonard said. "From then on I didn't think I was gonna see anything else but curveballs and I ended up getting a fastball that I hit down the third base line."
Bradley Keller and Cole Hart also had big days with the bat for the Dirtbags Gold. Keller went 2-for-3 and collected three RBI. Hart was 2-for-2 with two RBI, including an RBI double in the second inning.
Smith, a second year coach for the organization and former college player for North Carolina-Wesleyan under current UNC coach Mike Fox, praised the Dirtbags organization and what they offer.
"The organization from top to bottom is a class act. I just enjoy it," said Smith. "I wish I got into it sooner because this is a blast for me."
The Dirtbags do their best to get their players to the next level, and think that tournaments like the WWBA can help.
"I think coming to tournaments like the Perfect Game gets them exposure," Smith said. "We like coming to his kind of venue to get the kids exposure."
The organization has seen 137 of its alumni drafted since 2002 and has put 14 players in the Major Leagues. Over 450 college scholarships have been taken by Dirtbags players in the short time span.
Nine former Dirtbags players were taken in the 2013 MLB Draft, including University of North Carolina All-American and ACC Player of the Year Colin Moran, who went 6thhh overall to the Miami Marlins.
Tyson Messer and Conner Leonard hope to follow in the footsteps of some of the great Dirtbags alumni, but first they have business to take care of in the 2013 16u WWBA National Championship
"We came out here wanting to win the pool and keep moving on," Leonard said.
The team is off to a good start at 2-0, outscoring their opponents 14-1, but with five pool play game left, they'll have to stay focused if they want to accomplish what they came here to do.


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As it turns out, the residents of these four states seem to like the fiscal stance of their winning governors, who favor tax cuts and spending restraint.
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Student pharmacists of the Class of 2017 will recite the "Oath of a Pharmacist" in front of their peers, professors, community and families at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy White Coat Ceremony, to be held on Sunday, October 13 at 3 p.m. in the UH Hilo Performing Arts Center. The event is open to the public.
The Class of 2017 is the College's seventh class of students and the first to take the oath under the name of the late senator from Hawaiʻi, Daniel K. Inouye. The ceremony is a rite of passage into clinical practice for students entering their first year in the professional program to affirm their commitment to professionalism, respect, integrity and compassion.
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|15th century Spanish"Admiral carpet
Those rugs came from Moorish Spain, an extension of the Islamic world that once reached the Pyrenees and brought medieval Western Europe into direct contact with eastern art and culture.
From the first Arab-led invasion Moorish invasion in 710 to the defeat of the last Muslim kingdom in 1492, the Islamic presence in Spain spanned nearly 800 years.
During that time, the expanse of Muslim holdings rose and fell in contests with Christian powers, but major weaving carpet weaving centuries flourished for centuries in cities including Seville, Granada, Almeria, Malaga, and in the province of Murcia.
The carpets they produced furnished the luxurious palaces of the Moorish Spain but also were exported to other parts of the Muslim world and northward to Europe, where they were highly prized.
Often the carpets moved first to the Christian Spanish kingdoms in the north of the Iberian Peninsula. There they became part of Christian court life and moved further north to the castles of France, Italy, Britain and beyond.
Just when the Spanish carpet trade began is uncertain. But as early as the 13th century, when Spain's rug industry was fully developed, writers were already speaking of it as long established.
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When Eleanor of Castile, the wife of Prince Edward of England, arrived in London in 1255, chroniclers noted that rugs, presumably from Murcia, were ceremoniously displayed in the streets and at her lodgings at Westminster.
And even today, in the Palace of the Popes in Avignon, one can see a fresco from the first half of the fourteenth century that almost certainly depicts a Spanish carpet.
Who wove the Spanish carpets and what did they look like?
The weavers are generally believed to have been Moors, the Berber population of North Africa, and were part of a skilled artisan class in direct contact with contemporaries in other parts of the Islamic world.
The weavers were both aware of, and much influenced by, trends in the other great Islamic art centers of the time, including Cairo, Damascus, and Baghdad, and catered to a courtly culture that was largely the same across the Islamic world.
Here is a photo of the interior of the famous mosque in Cordoba, whose construction began around 784 to 786.
Not surprisingly, earlier Spanish carpets or carpet fragments show the geometric forms associated with early Muslim art.
They include six- and eight-pointed starts, circles, triangles and cartouches and, often, borders with religious inscriptions in highly stylized and geometric Kufic script.
But in the fifteenth century, Spanish rugs changed dramatically.
By that time, the powerful kingdoms of northern Spain had pushed far to the south in their centuries-long effort to evict the Moors from the peninsula.
The important rug weaving center of Murcia fell into Christian hands and the Moorish weavers who stayed worked for European masters interested only in the European market.
The change created one of the most distinctive features of Renaissance-era Spanish rugs: their odd proportions. They are usually very long in proportion to their width, suggesting they were deliberately woven for the long, vaulted halls of churches, monasteries, and castles.
One thing European noble families desired most was carpets that could serve as highly personalized status symbols. Specifically, they wanted carpets that displayed their own family coat of arms in center field, in the place where a medallion usually might be.
Mildred Jackson O'Brien describes armorial carpets nicely in her 1946 work, "The Rug and Carpet Book:"
"Fifteenth century rugs show western heraldic emblems and coats of arms curiously combined with Oriental decoration. Birds and animals begin to appear, floral forms, and a more rhythmic flow of line. This is probably the greatest period of Spanish rug weaving. Often there are many elaborate borders and the field is divided into diamond-shaped panels or covered with large wreaths or circles. The influence of Italian Renaissance silk and damask patterns with their pomegranates, acanthus leaves and ogee panels is apparent."
Another rug expert, M. S. Dimand, a curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, notes that Anatolian animal rugs were clearly well known in Spain, as evidenced by the fact they appear in several paintings from the mid-fifteenth century.
He notes that among the Muslim element in some of the armorial rugs is "an inner border with a lozenge diaper containing a swastika – a motif that may be found in Anatolian rugs of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries."
Such eastern elements often competed for space in the border with bears, boars or wild men in a tree landscape that were clearly elements of European inspiration.
Among the oldest surviving rugs of this kind are the "Admiral carpets," so-called because their fields are overlaid with the coats-of-arms of the fifteenth-century admirals of Spain.
But there are indications the practice of commissioning carpets bearing owners' blazons originated still earlier, with some inventories mentioning such rugs even in the fourteenth century.
The Admiral carpets are surrounded by three to seven borders and on some carpets the human figures even include women in low-cut European-style dress.
The rugs are named Holbeins after the early sixteenth European painter Hans Holbein the Younger because they closely resemble a type of Anatolian rug he depicted in a number of his paintings.
Dimand notes that the Spanish Holbein's design "recalls Eastern Islamic marquetry decorations of wood and ivory," again showing the cross-borrowing between different fields of Islamic art so characteristic to classical rug design.
It is perhaps inevitable that Spain's Moorish weavers, once isolated from the rest of the Islamic artistic world by the Christian Reconquista, would eventually lose their creative momentum.
The fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries – known as the Mudejar period to refer to Moorish craftsmanship under Christian authority – produced many handsome rugs.
Nazmiyal Collection in New York,
But by the end of the seventeenth century the last of the Moorish craftsmen had departed and Spain's oriental carpet era came to a close.
What's left for us to enjoy in museums across Europe is a legacy of weaving that tells one of the carpet world's most dramatic stories.
It was a time when part of Europe became part the Muslim world, and then part of the world of Islamic art became part of Europe. And it was the beginning of a long history of cultural exchange that continues today.


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»Lissa Kaufman, Student Legal Services, was appointed to the Multnomah Bar Association Board of Directors. She has served as the association's Equality & Diversity Committee Pipeline co-chair. She has also volunteered in the legal community as a pro bono a
»Jeff Renfro and Jenny Liu, Northwest Economic Research Center, had their study, "Carbon Tax and Shift: How to Make it Work for Oregon's Economy," awarded the 2013 best report in print by the Association for University Business and Economic Research during
»Mel Gurtov, Political Science emeritus faculty, gave three talks in Riverside, Calif., on his latest book, Will This Be China's Century? at Riverside Community College, at the World Affairs Council of the Inland Empire, and at the University of California
»David Johns, Political Science faculty, presented a plenary address, "The Politics of Ensuring the Survival of Wildlands," at the 10th World Wilderness Congress in Salamanca, Spain, Oct 6.
»Beth Lloyd-Pool, Institute for Sustainable Solutions faculty, was a presenter for the session So, You Think That's a Sustainability Course?!? at the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education conference in Nashville, Tenn., Oct.
»Anne McClanan, Art + Design faculty, presented "The Poetics of Time and Place: Reassessing Notions of Hellenism in Cavafy's Byzantine Poems" at Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia.
»Jilma Meneses, Global Diversity and Inclusion, was a panelist for the session Stronger Together: Collaboration Opportunities for Campus Diversity Officers and Campus Sustainability Officers at the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Highe
»Dustin Morrow, Theatre + Film faculty, gave a TED Talk, titled "Better Living Through Music," at TEDxBellingham in Bellingham, Wash., Nov. 12. His talk addressed the themes of his recent award-winning feature film musical, Everything Went Down.
»Tracy Prince, Portland Center for Public Humanities, was the keynote presenter with her book, Culture Wars in British Literature: Multiculturalism and National Identity, at the AmeriCymru and Portland Center for Public Humanities event Culture Wars: Other
»Alex Ruzicka and Melinda Hutson, Geology faculty, presented a paper, titled "Evidence from Silicate-Bearing Iron Meteorites for the Nature of Asteroidal Differentiation," at the Workshop on Planetesimal Formation and Differentiation in Washington, D.C., O
»Heather Spalding and Vicki Wise, Enrollment Management and Student Affairs, facilitated the workshop Creating Leadership for Sustainability in Student Affairs at the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education conference in Nashv
»Talya Bauer, Business Administration faculty, co-authored an article, "Organizational Citizenship Behavior, 2.0: A Review and Qualitative Investigation of OCBs for Knowledge Workers at Google and Beyond," published in the August issue of the journal Acade
»Enrique Cortez, World Languages and Literatures faculty, authored "Canon, Hispanismo y Literatura Colonial: El Inca Garcilaso en el Proyecto de Historia Literaria de Marcelino Menéndez Pelayo," published in Modern Languages Notes (Hispanic Issue), Vol. 12
»Charles Deemer, English adjunct faculty, authored a book of poems, A Majority of One, published by Round Bend Press, 2013.
»Jill Emery, Library faculty, authored "It's a Small World After All: Traveling Beyond the Viewpoint of American Exceptionalism to the Rise of the Author," published in the journal The Charleston Advisor, October 2013.
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Barker came to the Wild in February of 2010 in a trade with Chicago that sent Kim Johnsson and Nick Leddy to the Blackhawks. Barker, the third overall pick in the 2004 Entry Draft, scored a goal in his first game in a Wild uniform, but only scored one more in his following 70 games (an overtime winner against Phoenix on January 2).
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Was The US Hockey Gold Medal in 1980 A Miracle?
Do you believe in critical thinking? If not, stop reading. The movie "The Miracle," about the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team, provides a great opportunity to use critical thinking, which shows that the game against the Soviet team was not as big a "David vs. Goliath" story as the movie made it out to be.
But first, it's a good movie. Kurt Russell portrays coach Herb Brooks well. Brooks was a good coach who did a great job of preparing his team. The hockey scenes are exciting. The team spirit and patriotism in the movie seem sincere and genuine. Thumbs up.
But back to the "David vs. Goliath" angle. Was team USA a "David?" In hindsight, we know that twelve of the U.S. players went on to play in the NHL. Some very soon after the Olympics were over. Some had long and fine careers. So the talent was there. At the end of the movie, we're told what the players are doing now. But no mention of their NHL careers. If they had mentioned this, we might not have seen them as such a little "David." So the director only told us what he wanted us to know, to play up his angle.
If we compare the U.S team in 1980, to the team in 1960, which also won a gold medal, we can see how good the 1980 team was. Only two players from the 1960 team made it to the NHL and one had a career of only 12 games. Now, in 1980, there were 21 teams in the NHL and in 1960, there were only six. So if it were 3.5 times easier to make it to the NHL in 1980, we might expect 7 players from the 1980 to make it if they had the same talent level as the 1960 team (3.5*2=7). But many more, 12, did. Furthermore, the 12 from the 1980 team played a total of about 6,000 games in their NHL careers while it is just 675 for the 1960 team. So it seems even more miraculous that the 1960 team took the gold since it looks like they had much less talent than the 1980 team. The 1960 team also beat the Soviet Union, who were the defending gold medal winners. Haven't heard about a movie for the 1960 team.
Were the Russians invincible? No. But the movie shows the U.S. players watching the Russians beat a team of NHL all-stars 6-0 on TV just prior to the Olympics. If you know nothing about the history of hockey, you might say to yourself while watching the movie, "wow, how can these young kids beat a Soviet team that clobbers the NHL's best?" Well, that 6-0 loss was part of a three game series in which the NHL won one game (4-2) and the other was close (5-4). In 1972, a team of NHL all-stars beat the Russians in a seven game series. In 1976, a team of NHL all-stars won the Canada Cup tournament, which pitted the best national teams of the world against each other. This included the Russians, who won 2, lost 2 and tied 1. Also, these NHL all-star teams did not spend six months practicing together as a team like Team USA did in 1980. If they had, they would have done even better and the Russians would not have looked so invincible. It takes both talent and team work to win.
The old format of the NHL All-Star game also shows the value of teamwork. In 1950s and 1960s, the defending Stanley Cup Champions played a team of All-Stars at the start of the NHL season. Obviously the All-Stars had more talent than could be assembled on any one team. But the all-stars only won the series 10 wins to 7, with two ties. The Detroit Red Wings beat the all-stars 7-1 in 1950. In 1959, the Montreal Canadiens beat the all-stars 6-1. So sometimes all-star teams get beat pretty bad because they have not had a chance to practice together as a team. To make an issue out of one game (the 6-0 game mentioned above) is to reach a conclusion based on a small sample size. That can be very misleading.
In the final seconds of Team USA's victory over the Soviet Union in 1980, the announcer Al Michaels shouted, "Do you believe in miracles?" Calling something a miracle does not make it so. If you believe in critical thinking, you won't be so easily fooled. Maybe the movie should have simply been titled "The Upset." But an upset is not as compelling as a miracle, now is it?
You can actually see pretty much what I wrote as a comment at IMDB. Click here to see it. You just have to scroll down a bit. You can see the date it was posted. Look for "Good but misleading, 12 February 2004."
Also, an article about me that was published in the Chicago Sports Review in 2004 mentions the article. Click here to see that. You will see that it was posted August 13, 2004 09:55 PM (GMT). Look for where it says about me and my website: "He even includes an essay he wrote debunking one of this country's most cherished myths: that the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team's win over the Soviet team was a miracle. Morong's essay calls it an upset, yes, but by no means a miraculous victory."
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Let's see about this. The 80 USA team was a minor league team that beat maybe the best team ever.
The USA a minor league team? But they had 12 guys make the NHL you say. Okay, a team with 12 guys who make the NHL with an average team age of 21 and no #1 picks is a minor league team.
The 80 team played 4 average NHL teams in its exhibition season and lost them all by an average of over 2 goals a game.
The 80 team played each of the CHL teams twice and had a pretty good record. And the CHL was probably not as good as the AHL.The 80 team would have been a good minor league team.
The US did not have a lot of good pro players in 1980 of any age. There were no NHL goalies who were from the USA during this time. There were virtually no all-star caliber players in the NHL from the USA.
The Russians outscored the NHL stars in 1979 13-6. The NHL stars had a winning record against Stanley Cup champs. That would make Russians better than the average Stanley Cup champ.
The Russian Red Army team (which had most of the USSR players) played 9 NHL games in 1976/1980 against teams that had an average of 98 points - they went 5-3-1 record against them.
so, they were better than a 98 point NHL team, and then they get to add in some more players.
In 1976 the Canadians did practice a lot before the Canada Cup series and did not want to lose after their 1972 showing. The USSR was not as strong in 76 and 77 as their team was in transition.
So you have a minor league team playing against a team that was as strong as any NHL team.
- April 9, 2010 at 8:24 AM
- Cyril Morong said...
What you are missing is my point that I focused on how the movie only presented certain facts, facts that fit the miracle theory.
My point about the players from the US team in 1980 that maded the NHL was that it needed to be compared to the team from 1960.
Who were the NHL teams they played during the exhibition season? How early on in their training was this? Maybe the point of playing those teams was to learn and improve.
I will have to take your word for it on the CHL vs. the AHL.
I don't see the point of how many good pro players the US had in 1980. None of them could have played in the olympics. The point is to look at the talent level of the players who did play. The movie never mentions that many of them went on to play in the NHL.
You talk about the Russians outscoring the NHL stars in 1979 then mention the all-stars record vs. the Stanley Cup champions. But by 1979, it had been many years since the all-stars played the Stanley Cup champions (the mid-60s). So we don't know if the Russians were better than the average Stanley Cup champs. They could have been, but we can't know based on this.
You mention the Russians being better than a 98 point team. But 98 point teams will lose a few games each year to inferior teams and no one calls it a miracle.
I don't know how much the Canadians practiced in 1976. I doubt it was nearly as long as the US olympic team practiced together in 1980.
I don't think we can conclude that the US team was a minor league team. They were very talented and had practiced together for a long time.
Again, the movie only mentioned one game the NHL all-stars played against the Russians and this exagerates how good the Russians were. That particular game was against a bunch of all-stars who had not practiced much together. So my point was to show how the movie was misleading.
You might be right about the relative qualities of the two teams. I don't deny that the Russian team was better. But it is the movie I addressed and how it tried to portray the match up as "David vs. Goliath." But it was not as much like that as they said.
- April 9, 2010 at 8:55 AM
NHL Exhbibition games - all average opponents Margin 24-8. They were games 11-14 for the team, in late Sept, early Oct
Minnesota North Stars 4:2 USA.
St. Louis Blues 9:1 USA
Atlanta Flames 6:1 USA
Washington Capitals 5:4 USA
My point of USA pro players was that the USA was not a hockey power in 1980, and even their best players would be big underdogs against the USSR. The USA finished 7th at worlds in 1979; the USSR dominated.
I only brought up the NHL all-star game because you did.
The 98 point was a minimum level; I would think they would be considered a much better team than that.
After the 1972 series, the Canadiens did everything to win the 1976 one. The USSR also lost their best player, Kharlamov around then, and were not as good in 76-77. Using this series just shows how good Bobby Orr and the NHL players were versus USSR 4 years earlier.
A team with 10 guys that will play pro hockey, no number 1 picks, no future all-stars, average age 21 is a minor league team.
The USA was a minor league team. They had about 10 guys who played NHL hockey. I checked the hockey database for the best team in the CHL that year - they had more than 10 guys who went pro.
The US went 14-3-1 (w/l/t) outscoring the chl teams 85-57. They were a good minor league team.
The movie tried to make a point about how good the Russians were. Obviously the 6-0 game exaggerates that. To be more fair they could have used the 1 goal game. But they were using facts, not making them up, like the Texas Western movie did.
They were as good as anyone in the
world. They won the 1979 worlds easily.
A minor league team beat the best team in the world.
- April 9, 2010 at 2:39 PM
- Cyril Morong said...
If you look at the link I have in the beginning, it shows their draft picks. It looks like one guy was a #1 and some others were high. I would not call them a minor league team if so many guys ended up in the NHL. I suppose their is room to quibble, though. It would be interesting to look at that CHL team and see long their careers were in the NHL.
They also had to beat the national teams of several other countries and I think their experience against both NHL and minor leaguers improved their skills and gave them the experience they needed.
I only mention the all-star games because the movie did. And I only mention that some of the players went on to play in the NHL because the movie failed to mention it but they did say what those guys were doing 20 or so years later.
- April 9, 2010 at 3:02 PM
One last try
80 USA had 6,041 pro games from its 20 players, with more than 1/2 (3,178) coming from 3 guys Broten,Ramsey, and Christian. 10 guys played more than 143 games, #11 was Craig with 30. Goal scorers 6 and 7 did not make the NHL, number 5 got 4 games.
To compare, Salt Lake City, the top team in the CHL, got 3,777 games out of its top 20 players in games played. All but 2 made the NHL, but only 1 played more than 1,000 games, Joe Mullen, who almost played on the 80 USA team. So the difference between them and the USA team were 2 guys who played 1,000 pro games.
To compare to an NHL team, 2 teams tied for last in the league in 80.
Colorado had 10,878 pro games on its top 20 players. Winnipeg got 8,145 pro games out of its top 20.
So, the USA team had far less pro games on its roster than the worst 2 NHL teams. Those teams got 51 points.
CHL champ ~4,000 games
worst 2 NHL ~9,000
Also, the average age for the top 10 guys for Team USA who played in the NHL was 20.6 - the oldest 22. So none of them were in their peak years.
So, Team USA was worse than the worst NHL team -a 51 point team based on NHL games played. Add into that whatever aging adjustment you want.
I still have a good minor league team beating the best team in the world.
- April 9, 2010 at 8:21 PM
The Soviet teams won ALL the Super Series in the seventies and eighties, plus Challenge Cup -79 and Canada Cup -80, and all World Championships around that time. So yes it was a miracle and yes the Soviets were the better team, but shit sometimes happens.
- November 4, 2013 at 9:42 AM
- Cyril Morong said...
Thanks for dropping by and commenting. Where are you getting this info about the "Super Series?"
In 1972, a team of NHL all-stars beat the Russians in a seven game series.
It is not just about who won what, it is also about what information the movie used. The movie would have you think the Russians always beat NHL all-stars and always by a lot.
- November 4, 2013 at 10:13 AM
- Unknown said...
The 1980 U.S. defeat of the Soviet's was still a big upset but even before they lost to Team USA the Soviet's looked vulnerable in their wins against Canada and Finland. The biggest reason I think the Soviet's looked vulnerable was their Goaltending was bad that Olympic Year (1980) and their #1 starting Goalie Tretiak was in a terrible Goaltending slump that Olympic Year. Of course what helped the U.S. Team the most that Year is that they also had the best GOALTENDER that Year in Jim Craig and their Coach Herb Brooks prepared the U.S. Team in a very smart way with PHYSICAL CONDITIONING and TACTICS! Other upsets have happened in Winter Olympic Ice Hockey History with GOALTENDING usually being the biggest reason why like in 1936 with Great Britain winning the Gold Medal behind the GOALTENDING of Jimmy Foster and the Czech Republic winning the Gold Medal in 1998 behind the GOALTENDING of the Dominator Hasek!
- August 24, 2016 at 1:47 PM
- Cyril Morong said...
Bob, thanks for all the great insights. Surprised to get a comment after all this time
- August 24, 2016 at 6:17 PM


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DWTS Season 11 – Post Media After The Finale
The DWTS fun continues. First up, Erin Andrews was interviewed about the finale this week by Movie Line. She discusses the judges' weird scoring, Jennifer Grey's pain tolerance, and the best moments of the season. Here is a take.
Did you think Bristol stood a shot of winning throughout the episode?I didn't know because of the way it had gone all season. It was so unpredictable. The only thing I thought that was very telling was just how far apart the scores were. Jennifer had really separated herself and I was just thinking to myself, I remember sitting in the audience after I got the boot last year — I remember Evan was probably five points away from Nicole, and I was sitting next to Cheryl [Burke] and she was like, "It's too much. He's not going to be able to make it up; Nicole's going to win." I remember looking at Kyle and Bristol's scores and thinking, "It's too much of a lead. I don't think Kyle's going to win and I don't think Bristol's popularity votes will matter." But then I kept saying to myself, "It can't be this predictable, right? It can't be this predictable. Something's going to happen." So I wasn't surprised Bristol got there. In all honesty, of all the dancers left, I think third was the best spot for her. I don't think she danced better than Kyle or Jennifer, but I congratulate her and think third place was a huge accomplishment for her.
Watching Kyle's freestyle, I thought, "This is something Erin will love."I loved it. I just really love his personality and was cheering for him. The one thing I will say about Kyle in the finale — I don't agree with his scores. I don't think he was scored correctly at all. I thought a lot of the stuff he did in the finale was right up there with Jennifer. I do agree with Jennifer's scores though; I thought hers were perfect. But I don't think he was scored high enough. That bothered me.
I thought the scoring was downright mysterious. Bristol was scoring straight 9s again? What?Oh, her freestyle? She got better scores on her freestyle than I did. I said, "Wow. That's amazing." It's very interesting. I would love to know from the judges where they were coming from with the scoring. Even last night, the dances they did — Kyle got an 8 from Len, and Bristol got a 9 from Len. I was just curious where he was coming from. But that's part of the whole thing; the [producers] don't hold the judges accountable. They don't need to explain their scores. I just don't think Kyle was scored high enough.
There was plenty of ridiculousness in the finale. Any particularly cuckoo moments you liked most?I thought the finalists didn't have any ridiculous moments, but I thought the skits were hysterical. I thought the David Hasselhoff thing was great. Nothing else struck me as, "Oh my gosh, this is ridiculous." I did love the part — once I figured it out — the watermelon thing with Jennifer Grey. I thought it was perfect. "I carried a watermelon." That came up again and again in my mind. I loved that Kyle and Lacey did the Tootsie Roll. It was phenomenal. He's so stinkin' cute. I think if anything, I'm bummed out. I mean, I'm happy with Jennifer winning, and I thought she was phenomenal — particularly for someone who ruptured her disc? That must've been some major drugs she was on. My dad has two herniated discs in his back, and he said, "Ruptured discs? How do you even walk right now?" I give her kudos for everything she put her body through. I just don't think the scoring difference between her and Kyle should've been as great as it was. But I don't mean to take the mirror ball trophy away from her — she was phenomenal.
Mark updated his blog on USA Today. Here are his thoughts on the finale. He also speaks of his future plans which you can read more on at the link.
I think I'm ready to sleep. For a week!
After the exhaustive 14 weeks of the show, which included not one day off, I didn't know what to do with myself on Thanksgiving. Fortunately, I was able to sleep in and spend the day with family and friends. After a nice meal, I went to see a movie with my mom and Derek (Hough). It's great to have the time again to spend with family!
The whirlwind of Tuesday night's finale lasted for 24 hours. Immediately following the end of the show, we did press in the ballroom. Then we hopped a plane for a red-eye flight to New York. As you can imagine, we really didn't sleep much on the plane because of the excitement. With bloodshot eyes, we arrived and went directly to Good Morning America for our live segment. That was followed up by a visit on The View, then straight back to the airport to fly back home. I was only gone for 21 hours. That's crazy!
When I was headed to the airport in NYC, I said goodbye to Bristol. It played out like a sad movie scene: The door closed to the car and she placed her hand on the window after we waved goodbye, and the car sped away with me looking back, Bristol getting smaller and disappearing in the horizon.
Sure that's a little dramatic, but I'm really going to miss my time with Bristol. It's not possible to live and experience what we went through and not remain close or miss each other afterward. This really was the most memorable season for me and I'm sad that it's over.
Mark also posted this fun picture of himself and Derek for their "annual Christmas card noting how many championships their extended family has to its name". He also posted a picture of his Mom, Shirley (who has helped 9 of the current DWTS pros). Be sure to see it too at the link.
Speaking of pictures, here's one Brandy posted on her twitter of her and Maks where she said, "You will forever be my champion!! Love you so much:) " (a little "awww" moment there 🙂 )
Zap2it has a fun Photo Gallery up of all the best and worst moments on the show this year. Be sure to see it HERE !!!
Jennifer was also interview by Zap2it. Here is take of her talking about her injuries this week before showtime.
"I think it might have been one of those flips or kicks or splits," Grey says, with a blue icepack slid behind her tasseled pants. "When you dance with a 25-year-old, it's a risk you take."
But now that show is over, so is any anxiety over the toll on her body. Thanking Derek, her family and the fans, Grey is quick to point out the small group who really kept her in the game. "My doctors kept putting me together," she says.
Looking back on the experience, Grey says that, win or lose, she got what she wanted from the series. "The destination for me was the journey," she says, "and in the truest since of the word, this journey was the gift… It's so much fun, glamour and sillyniess. It's a great gift to be part of a show that gives people so much joy."
Lastly, don't miss seeing this funny skif of Tom Bergeron on the Jimmy Kimmel Show this week if you missed it. "The Burden of being Tom Bergeron". lol ;
Ok, that is all for now! Dance the day or night away whichever is best!! 😉 xxx