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Adventure Goes Out of Style; Deemed Unsafe, 60's Playgrounds Are Being Replaced
By BARBARA STEWART
Published: May 20, 1999
In the eyes of 6-year-old Margherita Cicognani, the twirling tire swings at a deliberately rustic Central Park playground on East 72d Street are deliriously giddy fun. ''I don't like regular playgrounds,'' explained the forthright little girl with the luminous dark eyes. ''They're boring.''
But to Gail Meckel, sitting sedately on a bench and keeping an eye on her 7-year-old son, Brad, as he raced through the park, the area fully deserves a local nickname, the ''dangerous playground.''
''I'm of the old school,'' Ms. Meckel said. ''I want to sit on a bench and talk to the other mothers and be able to see my child. Maybe it's not as exciting for the kids. This place is definitely more creative. But moms want to sit and chat.''
The subject was one of the city's few remaining adventure playgrounds, relics of the 60's that represented a small but potent revolution in recreation for urban children. Thirty years ago, there were at least a dozen of them, mostly in Central Park but also in the other boroughs. Today, only five are left, all in Central Park. They have gone out of style.
With features like nooks and crawl spaces, pyramids outfitted with slides and footholds for climbing, along with concrete walls that undulate through multitiered surfaces, these playgrounds were designed to stimulate creative play. Their style and philosophy mirrored the free-spirited era in which they were born.
''They have beautiful designs,'' said Thomas Mellins, the author, with Robert A. M. Stern and David Fishman, of ''New York 1960,'' a study of architectural design in the city. ''They were well thought out, like someone paid attention to what they're doing. The trees and play equipment and the sand and dirt that were naturally there seem more tied together.''
Many parents, along with many public officials, worry that these playgrounds do not conform to increasingly tough Federal playground safety guidelines. Supporters of adventure playgrounds dismiss those concerns as political correctness run amok.
''We are protecting the child too much,'' said M. Paul Friedberg, the eminent landscape designer and father of the adventure playground. ''We want the child to be living in a padded box. A child has to have the real world, fraught with challenges to overcome.''
Three years ago, the target was the adventure playground in Central Park near West 67th Street, one of several designed by the landscape architect Richard Dattner. But parents fought back ferociously, and the site was merely modified. Now, a drastic redesign has been proposed for the Dattner adventure playground at East 72d Street, and the city has long-term plans to eventually renovate all these unfashionable talismans, according to Henry J. Stern, the Parks Commissioner. Although the plans are still under wraps, some parents -- and preservationists -- are nervous.
The $1.2 million plan for reconstructing the East 72d Street playground was drawn up by the Central Park Conservancy, the organization that operates Central Park. ''We don't want slavish adherence to the past,'' Mr. Stern said. ''Ideas change. Equipment develops.''
Under the plan, the comfortably messy mix of structures would be razed. In its place would be clearly demarcated sections for different age groups, with equipment for various kinds of play. At one end would be swings; at the other, a treehouse and a soft-surfaced mound.
In the center would be a little round pool with gushing water, surrounded by an open area designated for ''imaginary/social play.'' There would be a wavy tube that alters the sound of a child's voice, curving walls on which the alphabet is painted and a tower suggesting a spaceship. The Conservancy is to present the plans to Community Boards 7 and 8 next month. According to Mr. Stern, the proposal is part of a long-term project to modernize all 22 of Central Park's playgrounds.
''These adventure playgrounds represent a period of time -- much like the monkey bars of the 30's,'' said Christopher Nolan, chief designer of the Conservancy. ''These playgrounds are not museums. They're not snapshots in time. They have to evolve.'' His design for the site, he said, would brighten the ''drab'' coloring, lighten the feel of the ''heavy, massive'' concrete expanses and eliminate potential dangers like the concrete and the crawl spaces.
The aim is to create a space that is soft and safe enough to satisfy the most protective parents but exciting and demanding enough for rambunctious youngsters, one in which children can be in sight of an adult at all times but will have some illusion of privacy. Play equipment rooted in 60's idealism would be replaced by the flashier mass-produced equipment of the 90's in a way that planners hope would not upset those residents who prefer the playground as it is.
A decade ago, Central Park lost its first adventure playground when the city razed the one at West 81st Street. In 1996, when the Conservancy proposed a radical redesign of the one at West 67th Street, some parents were upset -- and quickly spread the word. After heated confrontations, tumultuous meetings, a flood of letters, and months of negotiations, a compromise was reached. A few of its original structures were removed or simplified for safety -- diminishing, but not crushing, the original spirit.


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It's worth noting that the Wildcats were ranked 16th in the same poll one year ago, before ultimately finishing the year with a 23-12 record and first round exit in the NIT.
The optimism around the program is largely due to having one of the Pac-12's deepest rosters. Led by seniors Solomon Hill, Kevin Parrom and Mark Lyons, the Wildcats also added one of the nation's top recruiting classes.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. Ś As he chugged champagne following his first podium finish in eight races, James Hinchcliffe knew he had decisions to make about his future.
He had an offer from KV Racing to replace Indianapolis 500 winner Tony Kanaan, and the team made it clear last weekend at the Grand Prix of Houston it was anxious for an answer. With sponsors on hold because of financial agreements that had been previously structured around Kanaan, KV wasnĺt interested in a lengthy courtship of Hinchcliffe.
But Hinchcliffe, a three-race winner this season, was in no hurry.
ôIĺm not in a rush,ö said Hinchcliffe, who finished third Sunday at the Grand Prix of Houston. ôThere are still some things I need to fall into place. I donĺt feel the need to find something tomorrow to make sure that Iĺm going to be in a car.ö
Current team Andretti Autosport is still trying to secure the sponsorship package needed to offer him a contract extension, and GoDaddy has yet to formally announce whether it will have a role in IndyCar next season.
Also, Hinchcliffe has also never been ruled out at Chip Ganassi Racing. Although Kanaan signed last week for the fourth seat that many assumed Hinchcliffe was a candidate to drive in 2014, Hinchcliffe could be in play at Ganassi for a hybrid role across multiple series.
The team has already said its looking to add a second entry next season in the merged Grand-AM and ALMS sports car series, and Ganassi probably will need a fill-in Nationwide Series driver for stand-alone races that Kyle Larson canĺt get to next year once heĺs moved up to the Sprint Cup Series. Ganassi does not discuss driver negotiations publicly.
Waiting to see how things play out with Andretti and Ganassi makes sense for Hinchcliffe.
When he announced Kanaanĺs signing, Ganassi also said he was moving to Chevrolet next season. That immediately led to speculation Andretti must consider a manufacturer swap back to Honda Ś a partnership that produced three championships and two Indianapolis 500s from 2003-11. An Andretti return to Honda could also align Hinchcliffe with Honda Canada, a longtime supporter of Canadian drivers.
With Ganassi, thereĺs also the potential of teaming with longtime Ganassi sponsor Target, which expanded in Canada this summer. Although Target sponsors the IndyCar entries for Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti, and the NASCAR effort that Larson will drive next season, it could have interest in pairing with a Canadian driver now that its adding stores in that country.
Hinchcliffe said he was looking at his long-term future when considering all scenarios.
ôObviously, it would be nice to have something done in time for the last race of the year and know what youĺre doing going into the offseason,ö Hinchcliffe said. ôBut at the end of the day, we have a couple things in the works, and if any of them come together, Iĺm a very lucky guy. So itĺs an interesting thing. Itĺs a new kind of position I find myself in.
ôI need to make sure itĺs the right decision that sets me up for the future. I canĺt see short-term in this.ö
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A year ago, Dale Earnhardt Jr. had to suddenly pull out of his home-track race because of a concussion.
Now heĺs back at Charlotte Motor Speedway for Saturday nightĺs race in what will be his 500th career Sprint Cup Series start. Only 33 drivers have made 500 starts.
Fittingly for Earnhardt it comes at Charlotte, where he made his Cup debut in the 1999 Coca-Cola 600 in a car fielded by his late father. The then-24-year-old started eighth and finished 16th.
Earnhardtĺs first pole at Charlotte came in 2000. Heĺll be looking for another one in Thursday nightĺs qualifying, which is also his 39th birthday.
Although he won the 2000 All-Star race at Charlotte, Earnhardt has never won a points race at the track. Should he win Saturday night, heĺd join Richard Petty and Matt Kenseth as drivers to win in their 500th start.
Last year, when he sat out the October race with a concussion, it was the first time since Sept. 3, 1979, that an Earnhardt was not in the field. Earnhardtĺs father, seven-time NASCAR champion Dale Earnhardt, was killed on the last lap of the 2001 Daytona 500.
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Motorsports consultant Humpy Wheeler has formed a short track alliance designed to unite the 1,2000 grassroots tracks so they can have buying power to receive high-volume discount from vendors.
The alliance, called Speedway Benefits, represents more than $200 million in buying power, said Wheeler, the former promoter at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Speedway Benefits is a marketing alliance that is free to join.
ôWe are going to stick strictly to these grassroots tracks and not the big tracks of NASCAR, Indy and NHRA. This collectivism of all the short tracks will change the face of racing,ö Wheeler said. ôShort track racing, including ovals, drag strips and road courses, are the backbone of our sport and yet they have been shorted on television, advertising and media coverage. It is our intention to help fire the rockets to change this. There is more excitement in racing at such tracks as Carolina Speedway, Lebanon Valley, Skagit, Bowman Gray, Eldora and Thunder Road in Vermont than most superspeedways.ö
Speedway Benefits is expected to grow to 50 employees and create 1,000 new jobs across the country, Wheeler said.


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Tuesday isn't merely St. Patrick's Day. It also starts the countdown of the final 30 days of the regular season.
There's a lot to squeeze into that month, too, starting with finalizing the seeding order for Cleveland, Boston and Orlando in the East. We've also still got six teams in the running for the eighth seed in the East. And we have seven teams, from No. 2 to No. 8, separated by a mere four games in the ever-wild West.
A rundown of the 30 most un-missable games in those 30 days follows here, inspired by the breakdown we do every summer when the schedule is first released and with the benefit of five months of buildup to help us pick out the must-see fare that should help sort out all of the above:
March 17: Orlando at Cleveland
It has to be good to trump the Celtics playing on their holiday in Chicago. Dwight Howard hooking up with LeBron James qualifies.
March 18: Chicago at Oklahoma City
Rookie of the Year favorite Derrick Rose meets up with with the uber-athletic Rookie of the Year challenger who's coming up strong from the outside: Russell Westbrook.
March 20: Boston at San Antonio
Some of us would dare to describe this as a potential NBA Finals preview. Are you with us?
March 22: Philadelphia at Sacramento
This is the Kings' final game against an Eastern Conference opponent this season. Which makes it Sacramento's final opportunity to beat an Eastern foe if it hasn't happened by then.
March 25: Boston at Orlando (ESPN)
It's very possible that this'll be a showdown for the East's No. 2 seed as opposed to the top spot. Still must-see viewing, though.
March 31: New Orleans at Sacramento
The first NBA player we ever wrote about professionally back in 1989 -- Vlade Divac -- gets his jersey retired at Arco Arena with friend and countryman Peja Stojakovic on the other bench. We hope to be there, too.
April 1: Miami at Dallas
No foolin' Dwyane Wade has not played a game in Big D since the 2006 Finals. Mavs fans are in for some haunting flashbacks.
April 2: Cleveland at Washington (TNT)
If Gilbert Arenas plays a single game this season, let's hope it's this one. If not, Utah at Denver ain't a terrible consolation prize.
April 3: Portland at Oklahoma City
Very bold prediction: Greg Oden will be in uniform to throw down with his old friend Kevin Durant and trump Cleveland at Orlando and the Ron Artest-Kobe Bryant rematch in Rockets at Lakers.
April 5: Phoenix at Dallas (ABC)
With a lot to choose from on this particular Sunday -- San Antonio at Cleveland and Deron Williams at Chris Paul, just to name two alternatives -- Suns at Mavs stands out as a game that threatens to snuff out whatever scant playoff life Steve Nash's crew can still claim at this point.
April 7: New Orleans at Miami
With apologies to Dwight and Yao Ming in Orlando at Houston, CP3 versus D-Wade is the duel du jour.
April 8: Phoenix at New Orleans
This will almost certainly be the last Suns game of the season that matters with another Wiz-Cavs date in Cleveland on the undercard to tempt Arenas.
April 9: Houston at Sacramento
In the 78th game on Sacramento's schedule, Ron-Ron finally returns to Arco for a game that counts after an exhibition appearance in October. (Don't worry: We're just as stunned as you are that a Kings game made this list three times.)
April 10: Los Angeles Lakers at Portland
What sort of reception do you suppose awaits Trevor Ariza? Another pertinent question: Will Utah at San Antonio in the evening's other standout offering tell us who gets the No. 2 seed in the West?
April 12: Boston at Cleveland (ABC)
It's the last showdown for any two residents of the East's top three until the second round of the playoffs.
April 14: Miami at Atlanta
The evening's other two games are on TNT -- Boston at Philadelphia and Jazz at Lakers -- but the seeding stakes might be highest at Philips Arena when the two teams most likely to finish No. 4 in the East hook up.
April 15: Regular season ends
With 28 teams playing on Tax Deadline Day -- everyone except the Lakers and Jazz -- it's too soon to know which of the 14 games will mean the most in the standings. Three safe bets: Houston at Dallas, New Orleans at San Antonio and Denver at Portland.
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There are four teams in the league, three of them from the East, that have made zero alterations to their rosters since opening night.
Can you name them?
The answer can be found at the bottom of this item.
And here's some more good material for those of you looking to craft your own trivia question: From the start of the 1986-87 season -- my senior year of high school -- through Feb. 27 of this year, not a single NBA player went for at least 40 points, 10 assists, six rebounds, four steals and three blocks in the same game.
In the past 14 days, Miami's Dwyane Wade has done so twice.
Wade does have some work to do, though. His three 40-point, 10-assist games in 2008-09 place him only fifth on the all-time list for a single season. Kansas City-Omaha's inimitable Nate Archibald actually had 14 such games during the 1972-73 season. Michael Jordan (1988-89) and Allen Iverson (2005-06) have each posted five 40/10 games in a single season. Denver's Michael Adams had four in 1990-91.
Iverson is the active leader in 40/10 games with 12 in his career, followed by LeBron James (six). Wade is tied for third among active players with five alongside -- yes -- Boston's Stephon Marbury.
As for the answer on the first topic: Atlanta, Indiana, Philadelphia and Utah are the only teams whose rosters remain untouched since opening night.
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For the privilege of holding off Oklahoma City in the Pops Mensah-Bonsu Sweepstakes, assuming you're going to let us get away with giving this signing that kind of weight because of our fondness for Pops, Toronto is paying Mensah-Bonsu $175,787 for the rest of the season.
A bargain, dare we say, for a 25-year-old who snagged 25 rebounds in his first 43 minutes as a Raptor.
A leftover from last week's Weekend Dime that didn't quite make the cut -- courtesy of an Eastern Conference scout who was asked to pick out which teams will grab the seventh and eighth playoff spots in the East:
"Without deeply analyzing the schedules, I'd go with Philadelphia and Charlotte. Milwaukee has too many guys injured even though Scott Skiles has them playing really hard. And I like Charlotte more than Chicago or New York or anyone else down there. They play together. They defend. They seem to be buying into [Larry Brown's] stuff.
"The way [Boris] Diaw plays has helped [Emeka] Okafor. You have to go out on the perimeter to guard him because he can shoot 3s, but he can drive by you, too. Larry likes guys he can play through and he can play through Diaw.
"But it's mainly because they're a team that, to me, seems to be pointing up. I can't say that about a lot of teams around them."
Minnesota coach Kevin McHale acknowledged recently that he and Wolves owner Glen Taylor were quickly rebuked by NBA commissioner David Stern for their willingness to publicly address the growing pessimism about league business stemming from the worldwide economic downturn and possible changes that might be coming to the NBA's collective bargaining agreement when it expires after the 2010-11 season.
McHale presumably absorbed the harshest scolding after saying that "a correction is needed to be made" and cautioning that the NBA Players Association should brace for "a lot of changes coming down the road."
"I'd be shocked if there weren't major changes in professional sports it's happening everywhere else," McHale said on March 3, adding that players shouldn't expect "a lot of sympathy from fans" given the NBA's average salary of more than $5 million.
Yet it's not just the Wolves who've been muzzled.
The league doesn't want team personnel anywhere discussing such matters, fearful of inflaming tensions at a time when Stern and union counterpart Billy Hunter have spoken optimistically about starting serious negotiations on a new deal as early as this summer. An early start is a must with barely two years left for the sides to try to hatch a revised agreement that (A) accounts for some of the never-been-seen issues caused by today's slumping economy, (B) somehow narrows the widening gap between the revenues generated by big-market and small-market teams and (C) puts the tweaks in place before the current deal expires in June 2011.
How hard will all that be? As one of our trusted salary-cap experts noted this week: "The problem is that it's not going to be easy to find a system that can be fair to both New York and to Memphis."
The overriding fear, then, is that we'll get to June 2011 without a new deal, which would almost certainly lead to an extended work stoppage.
So the league office, trying to hush outward pessimism as much as it can, issued a memo to all 30 teams on Tuesday which, according to a copy obtained by ESPN.com, prohibits any team representative or employee -- including owners, general managers and coaches -- from "making any unauthorized public comments about collective bargaining" or "having any unauthorized communications with any player or representative of the Players Association concerning collective bargaining."
The memo did not specify the penalties that would be invoked by violating the latest directive, but I was advised that "huge fines" are a safe guess.
Small clarification on last week's item about Drew Gooden's signing with San Antonio.
The most San Antonio could offer him as of Thursday, when Gooden officially signed his contract for the rest of the season, was $1,410,411, roughly $74,000 less than originally calculated here.
Since Mark Cuban threatened to clear out his entire roster in the wake of a lifeless road loss to the Kevin Durant-less Thunder -- the most stinging comments he's ever issued about his own players in nine years of ownership -- Dallas has delivered three of its best wins all season, following up a home victory over San Antonio by sweeping a back-to-back on the road this week in Phoenix and Portland.
But it wasn't Cuban's first such eruption of the season.
Team sources say he was actually a lot louder and angrier in January after the Mavs absorbed a 28-point road hammering from the Suns. Unlike this month, when his comments were dispatched via e-mail to the media, Cuban flew in to greet the team in Sacramento and personally deliver the threat about being shipped out for a lack of effort.
The immediate results weren't so great last time, with Dallas ultimately blowing a double-digit lead and losing to the lowly Kings. The repeated lack of pep from the Mavs this season -- when they were supposed to be liberated by the firing of the hard-driving Avery Johnson -- was one of the factors leading to the hiring two weeks later of Darrell Armstrong as an assistant coach to help manage the locker room, after Armstrong's successful stint as a veteran counselor on the Mavs' team that went to the 2006 NBA Finals.
The Mavs' outlook, however, has brightened somewhat entering Sunday's ABC showdown with the Lakers ... or at least it seemed so before Friday night's deflating loss at Golden State. Fears that they might miss the playoffs entirely have largely been replaced, thanks to the Suns' ongoing fade, with legit hopes of finishing somewhere other than eighth to avoid a dreaded first-round matchup with L.A.
Then there's the recent intriguing pronouncement from Cuban on "The Michael Irvin Show" on ESPN Radio (103.3 FM) in Dallas, during which he suggested that the Mavs will be on the short list of teams that can be classified as buyers this offseason when a growing number of clubs will likely be looking to slash payroll. The rising expectation in front-office circles holds that the likes of Tyson Chandler, Vince Carter and Richard Jefferson -- as well as other big names that have yet to be identified -- will again be made available via trade.
"I think we've got the No. 1 trading asset available and that's money," Cuban said. "It's not so much cap room. It's are you willing to take back money from other teams, particularly in these [tough economic] times."
It happened only once last season and hadn't happened this season before Thursday, when the Lakers triumphed in San Antonio to become the first team since Boston on March 17-18 of 2008 to win road games on consecutive days in the state of Texas.
On the NBA Today podcast, Marc Stein and host Jason Smith review L.A.'s back-to-back wins over the Rockets and Spurs this week and how they've kept Kobe Bryant right there with LeBron James and Dwyane Wade at the heart of an MVP discourse which seems to be getting louder by the day.• Listen to the interview
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Orlando's Dwight Howard, defending his team after the Magic nearly squandered a 22-point lead to the shorthanded Celtics in Boston on Sunday and throwing in an unsolicited defense of his coach after Shaquille O'Neal's recent slams of Stan Van Gundy.
It seems safe to suggest the playoffs are no longer an option for Shaq's Suns, but it seems equally safe to expect the "Master of Panic" tag he stuck on Van Gundy last week -- after first taking pokes at Howard ("Everything he's done, I've invented") and Toronto's Chris Bosh ("the RuPaul of big men") -- to be dredged up again during the postseason, depending on how Orlando fares.
After being called out for a crime he has long decried -- flopping -- Shaq went after his former coach as hard as he's ever gone after anyone publicly, which is obviously saying something. But that really hasn't surprised folks who have firsthand knowledge of the depths of O'Neal's discontent under Van Gundy in Miami, which was never discussed much publicly because of the role Pat Riley was perceived to have played in Van Gundy's exit just 21 games into a roller-coaster season in 2005-06 that ultimately, stunningly delivered a championship.
I can't forget the story I heard from one of O'Neal's old teammates, who insists he spied Shaq wiggling three fingers near his ear at practice one day while Van Gundy was lecturing Heat players about their lack of focus and acceptance. The ex-teammate says it was Shaq's way of reminding everyone who caught the gesture that he had won three rings to that point compared to Van Gundy's zero. As long as Riley was in the same organization, with four rings of his own at that stage, Shaq wanted Riley on the bench without ever publicly lobbying for it.
I'm told that similar scenes to the ear story played out during Terry Porter's final days in Phoenix. The drills and teachings of Porter's practices were never embraced by a variety of Suns vets -- not just Shaq -- but that widespread resistance apparently prompted O'Neal to at least once note the nearby presence of assistant coach and eventual Porter successor Alvin Gentry and crack: "We won't be doing that when Alvin takes over."
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Two of the best point guards ever, pictured here in a 2002 encounter in Dallas, showed no fear of wearing No. 13: Mark Jackson, who ranks second all-time in assists, and two-time MVP Steve Nash. (See Box 7.)
I love finding out, through some Friday The Thirteenth research, that triskaidekaphobia is not rampant in our league.
Fear of the number 13?
Not in the NBA, where more than half the teams -- 16 to be exact -- field a player who wears my favorite number.
I can already hear you. My fondness for No. 13s will be dismissed as merely the latest example of my over-the-top loyalty to Steve Nash. But that's not it.
The guy who got me hooked on No. 13 is actually Mark Jackson, who in my knock-on-wood, thoroughly storybook professional life path went from being my favorite NBA player in high school and college to playing point guard on the first NBA team (1993-94 Los Angeles Clippers) that I covered as a beat writer to being stuck next to me on an "NBA Fastbreak" set as an ESPN teammate.
I love this game.
And I love having the platform to decide that this is the ideal time and place to honor No. 13s in the NBA, since March is the second month in a row with one of those Friday The Thirteenths that freak out so many of you.
So here are three lists to commemorate the occasion, which could not have been compiled without the amazing data available at the imperious basketball-reference.com:
Retired No. 13s: Golden State (Wilt Chamberlain); Los Angeles Lakers (Wilt Chamberlain); New Orleans (Bobby Phills); Philadelphia (Wilt Chamberlain); Portland (Dave Twardzik); San Antonio (James Silas).
Active No. 13s: Maurice Ager (New Jersey); Chucky Atkins (Oklahoma City); Matt Carroll (Dallas); Marcin Gortat (Orlando); Jerome James (New York); Mike James (Washington); Steve Nash (Phoenix), Joakim Noah (Chicago); Patrick O'Bryant (Toronto); Mehmet Okur (Utah); Gabe Pruitt (Boston); Luke Ridnour (Milwaukee); Quinton Ross (Memphis); Von Wafer (Houston); Sonny Weems (Denver); Delonte West (Cleveland).
My All-Time No. 13 Team:
G -- Mark Jackson
He wore No. 13 with six different teams (Knicks, Clippers, Pacers, Nuggets, Raptors and Jazz), ranks No. 2 all-time in assists (10,334) and serves as my inspiration here.
G -- Steve Nash
I'll go out on a limb to suggest that the two-time MVP would happily slide to shooting guard on this squad.
C -- Wilt Chamberlain
Don't really have to explain this selection, do we?
F -- Moses Malone
He wore No. 13 in his second ABA season with the Spirits of St. Louis -- not long before my beloved Buffalo Braves acquired Moses and scarred me forever by trading him after just two games -- and was built more like a power forward back then. So we can get away with slotting him in alongside The Dipper.
F -- Frank Selvy
He'd have been way too small to play small forward in the modern game, but wearing No. 13 as the first of six numbers he sported in the NBA nudged Selvy in. He was the No. 1 overall pick in the 1954 draft, twice named an All-Star and is also responsible for the only 100-point game in Division I history, which he uncorked for Furman in '54. Which means that the only 100-point games witnessed in the NBA and the NCAA's top level belong to guys on this list.
Sixth Man -- Glenn (Big Dog) Robinson
Another former No. 1 overall pick who was twice named an All-Star and dominated the college game. One of my editors insisted that he should swap spots with Selvy. I instinctively disagreed but did consider it.
Bench -- Larry (Mr. Mean) Smith, Sarunas Marciulionis, Mehmet Okur, Silas and Slick Watts who gets bonus points for making headband-wearing in the NBA a sport unto itself to narrowly swipe the last spot from Dave Twardzik.
Coach -- Doc Rivers
He's one of only four active coaches with a championship on his résumé and he was born on Oct. 13, 1961. Which, as you might have guessed, fell on a Friday.
Editor's note: Click here to see all 140 players who have worn No. 13 in the NBA and compile your own All-Time No. 13 Team.
Q: I think a lot of us expected your move from New Jersey to Milwaukee to be a huge culture shock. Were we right?A: That was overstated. I grew up in Glendale, Arizona, moved to Tucson, Arizona, then I played in East Rutherford for seven years. Yeah, I lived in New York while I was with the Nets, but I spent the better part of my life in smaller cities. I'm almost 30 years old, so to get [back] to a smaller city, it wasn't that much of a shock. It was more [significant] just leaving the [New Jersey] organization.
Q: How do you assess your first season as a Buck so far?
A: I have not played as well as I would have liked this year, but I'm still getting better. I think with all the injuries and all the things going on, we haven't been able to get that full rhythm as a team. And I think that [affects] you individually also. But for me I'm judging myself on how much I can help this team improve and I feel like we've done that.
Given all the injuries and all the situations that have gone on, we still improved from the previous team, won more games than last season already, won more road games and we're still right there in the playoff [hunt]. We've pretty much been in that spot all season. Somebody has to come in and play better than us to take that spot.
So the way I look at it is, even if my individual numbers aren't what I'd like them to be, our team has improved. And I think that's why they brought me here, to try to change the mentality of the team.
Q: You've been mentioned in trade rumors before and were just traded last June, but it seems like your name was mentioned more than ever around this season's trade deadline. Are you used to it all by now or is it still unsettling?
A: At the end of the day, it's nothing new. I'm a professional. I respect both sides of it teams wanting me or a team trying to see what they can get for you. People make too much of a big deal of all the trade rumors. Because at the end of the day, what was the biggest trade that went down?
After all the names and all the speculation -- (like) Shaq in Cleveland or Cleveland is trying to get Antawn Jamison and Caron Butler -- so much of that stuff is just media-based and teams throwing it out there to see what the fans might think or to see if the other team will bite. So really there's a little bit of irresponsibility going on with the teams and the media when it comes to that stuff, because nothing really happened.
Q: So you don't feel like you were as close to getting traded as it seemed to a lot of us media folks?
A: It's not like I didn't feel there was a possibility. But I just think that of all the trades that were mentioned or possibilities of people that are on the trading block, of the 100 of them that are mentioned as possibilities, typically two of them happen every single year. For me I don't lose too much sleep. If something happens, you move on. But most of the time those things don't happen.
Q: I'm guessing that the Bucks wouldn't have even looked at trading you so soon if it wasn't for the bad economy and how it has teams looking to save money any way they can. But I'm also guessing that it has to feel good on some levels to hear that teams like San Antonio, Cleveland and Portland might be trading for you. Right?
A: It does. But at the same time I really feel like we have unfinished business here. This organization has a lot of pride. We're trying to re-establish that, so I would have been a little disappointed if I would have gotten traded. If we can make the playoffs and they trade me this summer, then I can say: "Hey, we went to Milwaukee and after all the things that have gone on, we made the playoffs after not making it for four or five years. We improved as an organization and then I moved on."
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CORRESPONDENT | June 22,2013Out with the old and in with the new was a theme of the Rutland Town Select Boards meeting this week, as board members discussed going paperless and using iPads.
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Classic French Roast
a complex and intense cup of coffee. full-bodied with an exotic aftertaste of bittersweet chocolate.
Espresso Dolce
this blend of classic roasts produces a coffee that is sweet and smooth with a deep chocolate flavor that lingers on the palate.
French Breakfast
a tres bien way to begin your day! this rich and mellow coffee has a slightly smoky aroma and sweet chocolate aftertaste.
Viennese Blend
the blend of dark and medium roasts is a lively and clean coffee with a toasty aroma, full body and a lingering chocolate aftertaste.
Windsor Court Blend
a noble blend of the finest quality, this coffee has a mild, sweet and clean flavor with a hint of sweet walnut.
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Anniversary Blend
this special, full-bodied blend commemorates the founding of pjs with a sweet, caramel, aroma and smooth overtones of chocolate.
Carnival Blend
this nutty, balanced aroma of this blend evokes memories of mardi gras time, but we enjoy this spicy, medium-bodied brew anytime of the year.
Colombia Supremo
a flavorful, medium-bodied coffee with a sweet, nut-like aroma and a smooth taste that is easy to enjoy every morning.
Ethiopia Yirgacheffe
with its sweet, fruity aroma and delicate floral notes, this coffee will brighten any day.
Guatemala Antigua
taste the smoky and spicy tones of this medium-bodied guatemalan coffee surrounded by a sweet, caramel aroma.
Kenya Aa
this large and intense coffee has a fruit-like aroma and full-body surrounded by lingering currant notes.
Sumatra Mandheling
a full-bodied coffee that captures the flavors of the earth, but still possesses sweet, caramel accents.
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Pjs Coffee Is A Year-round Tradition. As The Seasons Change, So Do Our Seasonal Flavored Coffee Selections. Enjoy Old Favorites And Taste New Offerings Throughout The Year. We Enhance Our Medium Roasts Beans With Liquid Flavorings To Create The Unique Flavors And Aromas. Southern Pecan Is Our Most Popular Selection... Look Out For Other Favorites Including
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pjs has over twenty different coffees and offers three freshly brewed choices a day. selections change daily.
Cafe Au Lait
new orleans specialty, made with delicious pjs coffee and a generous splash of steamed milk.
Cafe Latte
it is the grown up way to drink your milk steamed mingled with espresso.
equal parts espresso and steamed milk with a crown of froth.
the ultimate coffee commitment pressurized water is used to extract the rich essence of our finely ground espresso dolce. served straight up.
equal measures of espresso and hot water create a strong and flavorful coffee that has an all-american appeal.
meaning marked in italian, it is a traditional serving of espresso, marked with a dollop of foamed milk.
Mocha Latte
ghirardelli cocoa, espresso and steamed milk with a swirl of whipped cream.
Hot Mocha
cafe au lait sweetened with ghirardelli cocoa and topped with a whipped cream spiral.
Mocha Cappuccino
espresso and frothy steamed milk with a generous helping of ghirardelli cocoa and a swirl of whipped cream.
White Chocolate Cappuccino
frothy steamed milk and espresso with ghirardelli white chocolate and a spiral of whipped cream on top.
Vienna Creme
a warm coffee treat made with pjs viennese blend cold-drip coffee and milk, sweetened and frothed together, then sculpted with a swirl of whipped cream.
Caramel Creme
rich caramel, pjs viennese blend cold-drip coffee and milk frothed into a frenzy topped with whipped cream and drizzles of caramel.
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Pjs Famous Iced Coffee
pjs famous iced coffees are brewed daily using a special cold-drip process that protects the flavor and strength of the beans while producing a coffee that is 2/3 less acidic. pjs has been using this technique for more than 30 years. most places still make iced coffee by pouring hot coffee over ice, resulting in an inferior beverage. pjs cold-drip viennese blend with just a splash of melipone vanilla is paired with milk, served over ice to create this classic favorite made famous in new orleans. customize by adding your favorite flavor, such as vanilla.
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nice over ice, with rich chocolate syrup blended in.
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classic latte meets chill served on ice.
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'Modern Family' is Wednesday's top show in the key demo
FOX's coverage of the National League Championship Series drew a bigger overall audience than the network's normal airings of "Hell's Kitchen," but it drew a smaller demo audience. No matter how those numbers laid out, though, FOX still couldn't top CBS' regular lineup on Wednesday.
In other notable ratings news, "Law & Order: Los Angeles" got a big, difficult-to-explain bump from last week, reversing the show's negative post-premiere course.
Among adults 18-49, CBS averaged a 3.1 rating for the night, topping FOX's 2.6 rating in the key demographic. ABC's 2.5 rating was a close third, with NBC's 2.1 rating following. The CW was fifth with a 1.0 rating.
Overall, CBS averaged an estimated 12.1 million viewers to go with a 7.3 rating/12 share. FOX was second with 8.32 million viewers and a 5.1/8, which held off the 4.9/8 and 7.48 million viewers for NBC and ABC's 4.6/8 and 7.34 million viewers. The CW's 1.5/2 and 2.31 million viewers finished fifth.
8 p.m. -- "Survivor: Nicaragua" controlled the 8 p.m. hour for CBS with an estimated 12 million viewers and a 3.5 demo rating, both slightly off from last week. FOX's baseball was second with 8.66 million viewers and a 2.7 demo rating. ABC's "The Middle" and "Better with You" were up from last week in viewers with 7.75 million and steady in the demo. NBC's "Undercovers" averaged 5.87 million viewers and a 1.5 demo rating, essentially flat from last week. The CW's "America's Next Top Model" averaged 3.034 million viewers and couldn't quite equal "Undercovers" in the demo.
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Megachurches in New England
Across New England, evangelicals who didn't make it to church in person could listen to rebroadcast services on CD or via audio stream on the Internet and, throughout the week, to head to church for athletic activities, support groups, and classes on topics ranging from the Biblical approach to recovery from addiction to the management of family finances.
Although it's clear that evangelicalism has made inroads in New England, what's less clear is why. Successful proselytizing may have something to do with it, although evangelistic outreach does not seem to have focused disproportionately on New England in recent years. Part of the reason may be shifting demographics and an increased number of immigrants looking to embrace a Christian lifestyle. It's possible, too, that the disillusionment of some Roman Catholics with the Church's policies and practices has spurred an interest in evangelical denominations. (At Faith Church, for instance, members with Catholic backgrounds make up the single largest constituency.)
It may also be that the regional reign of intellectualism over religiosity has diminished as the general population tips toward one that is more mobile, less entrenched, less influenced by a culture in which the church on the town green holds more architectural than religious relevance.
Yet if New England demographics have changed in recent decades, so, too, has the evangelical movement. Instead of the old church model, which entailed establishing a religious structure and expecting conformity, many pastors are tailoring their places of worship to the felt needs of those they hope to attract. Jubilee founder and senior pastor Bishop G. A. Thompson has referred to this tactic as "scratching where they itch." Faith Church cites as part of its mission a desire to help people "fulfill their personal destinies by discovering the winner within them through a relationship with Jesus Christ."
What they're talking about is Biblically derived self-esteem. Fortuitously for its cause, the new evangelical perspective focuses less on a punitive, vengeful God than on a loving one who wants His children to succeed. Churchgoers, by extension, are taught to view themselves through a similar lens. At Faith, Senior Pastor Frank Santora calls it "seeing yourself as God sees you." Santora can talk tirelessly about the theme of the New Testament: grace, which translates as God's favor, he says. According to Santora, God is the ultimate affirmer of human worth.
The fact that Santora and other evangelicals tend to define Christianity in terms of the New Testament and Jesus, whom they see as a merciful manifestation of God, has an important regional implication. In a place where the stringencies of Puritanism long held sway–early New Englanders were taught to be far more God-fearing than Jesus-loving–perhaps a kinder, gentler Christianity offers particular appeal. Puritanism set forth an unbridgable chasm between sinful humanity and a righteous deity. And that–if you listen week after week to the messages now preached at evangelical churches across New England–is no longer the case.
Grace Chapel, founded in 1948, sits on a back street in Lexington, not far from the Minuteman statue on the town green. As it grew into a megachurch through the 1980s and '90s, Grace was an object of considerable curiosity and, in some cases, outright suspicion: Was it a cult? A haven for right-wing intolerance? Over time that suspicion seems to have dissipated. So too have worries that Grace would draw from the town's existing congregations. In recent years, community groups have begun meeting at Grace, and one recent July a youth theater troupe gave its performances of Willy Wonka there, evidence of Grace's current place in the town and perhaps of the popular view of it as just another church.
But Grace isn't just another church. A recent 75,000-square-foot expansion doubled its size and added, among other things, a gym, a cafe, and a computerized child registration center. If a baby cries while being looked after in the child-care center, a pager flashes in the sanctuary, summoning his or her parents. More than 3,000 people attend four Sunday services, and the number swells to 5,000 on Christmas and Easter. Unlike those of its nearby Episcopal and Unitarian counterparts, the parking lots at Grace are full almost every day of the week.
On one Monday night, more than 100 people gathered for "Celebrate Recovery," Grace's local branch of a national program, which, according to materials given to newcomers, seeks to reach those who believe they're "being held back from experiencing God's best plans due to a past or current hurt, habit, or hangup." The evening began with a meal of deli-style sandwiches and salad. At one table, a boy told stories about his cat as his mother smiled at him and at the surrounding adults in whose attention he basked. At another table, a woman spoke in low tones about her sobriety. "It's day by day," she told a fellow attendee. "You know what I mean."
After dinner, the group gathered in another part of the room to sing. Some swayed and others stood stock-still as words appeared on a monitor: How wonderful, how marvelous, is my Savior's love for me … Between songs, the music director addressed the group. "You'll notice that we sing about God's love an awful, awful lot," he said. "That's because a lot of us try to get love and can't from people. God is always there."
"Amen," said a woman, to a chorus of echoes.
Individual introductions were not unlike those at a 12-step meeting, with And I'm a grateful believer in Jesus Christ added at the end. A man in a pink polo shirt approached the front to offer testimony of his recovery. The group listened as he described his issues: "depression, divorce, abuse, addiction, and"–he offered a small smile–"until last week I didn't realize I suffer from codependency, too."
People laughed and then grew somber as the man described his childhood. "It was a house of anger," he told them, a place with deadbolts on the doors to every room. By 13, he was breaking into homes, targeting those he knew because he couldn't stand their happiness. There was an accident and a lengthy hospitalization. The man glanced at his watch. "I'm running out of time, and I'm barely getting started."
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Trish Hafkey will be offering Dog Obedience classes beginning in May. An informational meeting will be held at the fairgrounds begining in May. An informational meeting will be held at the fairgrounds beginning at 6:30 on May 17th. This meeting will be for trainers only. The class fee will be $45. Please bring the class fee and a copy of your rabies certificate to teh informational meeting.
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Posted 09 February 2012 - 03:13 PM
The Twins claimed speedy outfielder Darin Mastroianni off of waivers from the Toronto Blue Jays (who made room on their 40 man roster for Francisco Cordero). The Twins previous were at 40 on their roster, so someone will need to be DFAd to make room for Mastroianni. There are certainly several options. The 26 year old went 0-2 with a sacrifice bunt in his one game with the Blue Jays in 2011. He was a 16th round pick of the Jays in 2007 out of the University of Southern Indiana, a Division II school. He had spent the 2005 season at Winthrop where he was a teammate of former Twins pitcher Kevin Slowey. Because he has options, Mastroianni likely will play in Rochester in 2012.
Posted 09 February 2012 - 04:51 PM
The Twins designated RHP Esmerling Vazquez from the 40 man roster to make room for Mastroianni. The Twins had claimed Vazquez off of waivers from the Diamondbacks the second-to-last day of the 2011 season.
Posted 09 February 2012 - 06:25 PM
Not that Vasquez was anything special, but dedicating a 40-man spot to Mastroianni? Eh... Also, do we think he was irreparably harmed as a player and human being from playing on the same team as Slowey in college?
Posted 09 February 2012 - 10:26 PM
Souhan does. I didn't have ver high hopes for Vasquez, so this doesn't bother me. I gotta think that maybe Mastroianni has a shots the 4th OFer in a Repko kind of way. Do we know if he has options? If Hughes can't go, I could see Mastroianni joining Nishi, Plouffe & Butera as the bench. Ill also point out that he could be the other half of a platoon w Revere.
Posted 10 February 2012 - 07:52 AM
The fact that he'll be 27 in August makes his stats a lot less intriguing. That's just about 3 years older than Ben Revere. He could be AAA roster filler, or he could be a backup for the Twins. It looks like he's pretty good defensively in center field and can at least draw a walk without striking out a ton. Factoring in defense, does he really look like a worse option than Plouffe or Tosoni?
Posted 10 February 2012 - 01:19 PM
Definitely worse than Plouffe, who actually has a chance to hit. I'm not big on Tosoni, but I'd probably take my chances on him over Mastroianni given that he's a year younger and has a more big-league friendly offensive skill set.
Factoring in defense, does he really look like a worse option than Plouffe or Tosoni?
Posted 10 February 2012 - 01:36 PM
Anybody know his defenisive rep? I notice he had quite a bit of time in LF, not CF, in 2010.
Posted 10 February 2012 - 04:32 PM
I think that they will want Benson and Tosoni to play every day. If there were an OF need early in the year, I think Mastrioanni would be the guy called up so Benson and Tosoni can play. Mastrioanni looks like the Repko replacement to me. He could potentially push Plouffe as 4th OF. Just seems like good depth with good OBP.
Posted 13 February 2012 - 08:29 PM
Vazquez cleared waivers and was outrighted to Rochester. 66 players in camp!
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A rational ruled surface with $e>0$ has a unique irreducible curve with negative self-intersection, so any automorphism has to fix that. Therefore it cannot have a transitive automorphism group. (Actually it also has to fix the ruling, because it has to fix the cone of curves and the negative curve and the fiber of the ruling are the generators, but of course that in itself would allow for a transitive action as the fibers cover the entire surface).


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bought a truck box from Tractor Supply yesterday... right now they are running a sale on this particular box (has to be black and this depth) it was on sale for 249 which i didn't think was too bad... when i first mounted the box with the "J" hook bolts they provided, when tightening, they had a tendency to want to lean to the outside of the box... for some reason it just wasn't working so i had to pick up a new set of "J" bolts from Lowes... the new ones had a different curve on them and proved to be perfect... once tightened, they were still standing straight up... i also installed better (thicker, heavier duty) rubber dampeners under the box where it meets the bed... also bought from T.S. they are actually suppose to be foot grips for drop down trailer ramps but were just about the perfect length and width and worked out great... the flimsy 1/8th inch thick foam strips the factory included just wasn't going to cut it... all in all i am very happy with the way everything turned out... the black matches pretty well... good enough for me anyways... about the only other modification i might make is to remove the Tractor Supply emblem from the box... it's just held on with those push-in "pine tree" type fasteners... just remove the emblem and push in two new circular shaped low profile pine tree fasteners in it's place so water doesn't get in...
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