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NEWPORT, R.I. -- Less than two years.
Adjust your timetables and throw common sense out the window. That's how long it took the Big East to bounce back and prove everybody wrong.
On Jan. 2, 2006, West Virginia defeated Georgia in the Sugar Bowl, 38-35, prompting many to call it the biggest upset in Bowl Championship Series history. Instead, it was the symbolic turning point for the fortunes of a conference abandoned by heavyweights Miami, Virginia Tech and Boston College.
Many of the conference's coaches pointed to an across-the-board commitment by the schools to commit resources to their programs, allowing for faster growth. Instead of letting the situation gradually revert to the way things used to be, they made sure it was even better.
"When we reorganized, every athletic director in the conference truly believed we would rebuild the league," Rutgers coach Greg Schiano said. "We chose to shut our mouths and go to work."
As with any rebuilding job, you need a blueprint, and West Virginia's Sugar Bowl victory laid the groundwork for the reemergence of the Big East.
First came the stars -- the Mountaineers' victory doubled as the coming-out party for the speedster duo of quarterback Pat White and running back Steve Slaton. Running coach Rich Rodriguez's read-option offense to near-perfection, they've steamrolled opponents who can't decide which threat to devote resources to, only to see the other one sprint into the end zone. When the critics said Georgia's physical defense, an SEC trademark, would finally be the brick wall, Slaton responded with 204 rushing yards and three touchdowns.
"It was just our speed," Slaton said at the time. "They couldn't match up with us."
Apparently, there are other ways to win football games, and there are other conferences who can win them, too.
That victory meant a reevaluation of the recruiting landscape. Louisville started the new trend when they secured commitments from local stars Michael Bush and Brian Brohm. Bush has moved on to the NFL and Brohm is a leading Heisman Trophy candidate for the upcoming season. They've shown that it's not Miami or bust.
"Louisville was, arguably, a basketball school," said Cincinnati coach Brian Kelly. "But with guys like Brohm and Bush sticking around, they've shown that you can stay home and still be successful."
Kelly, South Florida coach Jim Leavitt and Pittsburgh coach Dave Wannstedt, all of whom coach teams in the middle of the pack in the Big East, say their recruiting efforts have been significantly more fruitful in the aftermath of West Virginia's win.
"If you would ask someone from California two years ago, they would say, 'Oh, that's a nice conference,'" Wannstedt said. "That probably was the turning point and the conference needs to give them credit."
Last season, again ahead of schedule, was the next giant leap forward for the Big East, with three teams finishing in the top 12 (No. 6 Louisville, No. 10 West Virginia, No. 12 Rutgers). Those teams, as well as South Florida and Cincinnati, won their bowl games, marking the second time since the BCS began that one of the "Big Six" conferences went undefeated in a bowl season. The non-conference winning percentage of .800 was the highest in conference history.
Not to mention the emotional connection to a team like Rutgers, rising from irrelevance to national stardom, commanding the attention of national media. The aura of the team directly correlates to the perception of the conference.
Which directly correlates to that exciting evening about a year and a half ago.
"A lot of people are excited about what we did," said Rutgers defensive tackle Eric Foster. "We gave New Jersey life, and we use that as motivation because there were times when (the conference) was at rock bottom.
"I remember watching that (Sugar Bowl) game, rooting for those guys, because it's a snowball effect. It doesn't matter if it's the SEC or ACC, we've proven we can play."
And what about Rodriguez, who orchestrated the victory that set this sequence of events in motion?
He's thrilled about all this, of course, but downplays his excitement. There's still a long way to go, especially since it appears his team will be in the hunt for a national championship. But he'll take the victories along the way.
"I guess the glass is more than half full now," Rodriguez said.
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The Micmac Indians of Eastern Canada was first published in 1955. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. The culture of an Indian tribe over a period of 300 years is described in this comprehensive ethnographic study by a husband and wife anthropologist team. The earliest accounts of the Micmac Indians were written by seventeenth-century French explorers and missionaries. These give historical perspective to the work done by the Wallises, whose research is based on field trips that bridged a 40-years span. Dr. Wallis first observed the Micmac tribes in 1911a12. He and Mrs. Wallis revisited them in 1950 and 1953, assessing the changes in material cultural and in orientation, drives, and motivations. In addition, they have preserved a rich collection of Micmac folktales and traditions, published as a separate section of the book.Rich with historical and cultural value, these works are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.
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The whole issue of petroleum, oil and hydrocarbons seems to bring a lack
of understanding of basic economics.
In a recent letter to the editor the author states that we get most of our
imported oil from other than the Middle East. He insists we therefore
should not have to pay what is the world market price because we are
buying from neighbors.
Apparently he has not purchased apples in the fall, rented a motel on a
summer weekend or ridden the ferry to Mackinaw Island. The market price of
things is set by demand and commodity availability, including delivery
Further this author points out that oil is traded on the commodities
exchanges where investors buy low and sell high. Pretty naive to believe
that investors only buy low and sell high on the exchanges.
Commodity exchanges are a zero sum trading environment where every dollar
made is a dollar lost. If you make it big because you guessed right,
someone else lost big because they were on the other side of the trade.
How much can we endure when some continue to spread the same myths as
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Good stuff
I always turn first to the Spectator column written by Steve Tuttle. He
is erudite, witty and his topics are well chosen. His latest, Spinning
Until Were Woozy is right on!
Many voters believe the spin constantly spewed forth by those who have
committed unconscionable acts. The perpetrators make excuses for their bad
behavior or their votes which are harmful to the very people they are
purported to represent. Too many people blindly accept spin as truth.
Steve has exposed the practice of spinning with relevant examples. I
was particularly interested in his comments re: Senator Walkers recent
votes on education. Senator Walker is helping public education to quickly
become mediocre education, and helping his pals to proclaim, PRIVATIZE,
SAVE EDUCATION! (aka: lets make money on our kids.)
Steve is one of Traverse Citys finest examples of a public schooled
person made good. Id like to think that his TCAPS public schooling helped
him become the pithy, fine writer and thinker he is today. Welcome home,
Steve, and thanks for your thoughtful columns.
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Bad behavior
On June 14, at the Leelanau County Commissioners meeting, representatives
from the Leelanau Clean Water Committee (LCWC) presented information from
a report entitled TOST: Time of Sale or Transfer Program of septic
systems and wells http://www.barryeatonhealth.org published by the
Barry-Eaton Health Department. Representatives provided this report so
that commissioners could learn how inspections of septic systems on point
of sale or transfer can result in a significant reduction in the flow of
illicit sewage.
Commissioners learned that over a three year period, 2,297 sewage
evaluations occurred in these two counties and found 602 faulty systems.
The repair or replacement of these deficient systems resulted in an
estimated reduction of 26.7 million gallons of illicit discharge into the
lakes, streams and wetlands in these two counties.
How did the Leelanau Commissioners respond to this data? Were they
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contrary, attendees reported that commissioners reacted with snide
remarks, interruptions, an unflattering reference to the Benzie-Leelanau
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The commissioners apparently are unwilling to entertain any information
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Floods in Mexicos State of Tabasco devastate agriculture
The south-eastern Mexican state of Tabasco has suffered the worst floods in more than 50 years after a week of heavy rain. Since 28 October, torrential precipitations have caused river levels to rise, flooding at least 80 per cent of the oil-rich state, including the capital Villahermosa. About 500 000 people have been made homeless and more than one million people, or about half of the state's population, have been affected. According to official statements, almost the totality of food and cash crops grown in the state has been lost to the floods.
Less than ten per cent of the states territory is devoted to agriculture, while the vast majority is covered by rain forests and mangrove. Tabascos agriculture is essentially rain-fed and oriented to permanent crops such as cocoa, (it is the first national producer with 25 000 tonnes, or 65 per cent of national production), plantains and coconut. Regarding cereals, the area cultivated with 2007 spring/summer crops amounted at some 45 000 hectares of maize (less than 0.6 per cent of national area) and some 13 000 hectares of paddy (about 18-20 per cent of national area). Harvesting operations started in October, before the floods, and were expected to end at the beginning of 2008. Production of 2007 spring/summer maize and paddy crops was forecast at 78 000 tonnes and 47 000 tonnes, respectively. While at national level the food supply situation will not be seriously comprised, at the regional level a difficult food security situation is anticipated for small farmers who have also lost their cash crop production. Severe crop losses have also been reported for citrus, coffee, pineapple and beans. Although harvesting of sugar cane crop was completed just before the floods with about 1.5 million tonnes (representing some 3-4 per cent of national output), plantations are likely to have suffered damage due to excessive soils moisture.
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A Gresham woman is in serious condition after a one-vehicle crash on Oregon 224 Friday in the Ripplebrook area, about 25 miles southeast of Estacada.
Roxanne N. Wilcox, 25, remains under care at OHSU Hospital.
Lt. Gregg Hastings, Oregon State Police spokesman, said Wilcox was driving a 2001 Infiniti west on Oregon 224 near Milepost 45 around 5:30 a.m., when it went off the road and crashed head-on into a concrete post in a bridge railing.
Wilcox was rushed by American Medical Response ambulance to OHSU.
Hastings said Wilcox was not wearing safety restraints when she crashed. He said the airbags in her car deployed on impact.
State police were assisted at the crash scene by a crew from the Estacada Fire District.
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Local author Helen Collier shared her storytelling wisdom May 15 at Lake Dolloff Elementary.
She explained the components of a story — characters, conflict, climax, ending — and even improvised a tale about her sparkling cowboy hat. She read from her book "Looking for Trouble" with Meow the Louisiana catfish and encouraged the kids to come up with their own ending.
"A painter uses a paintbrush to paint a picture," she said. "A writer uses words."
Collier shared advice on bullies and staying out of trouble. She also reminded dozens of kids to say to themselves "I am important" — a message that the kids waved on paper plates.
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Is Carly Fiorina a feminist?
The answer, according to the Republican presidential candidate at a Monday rotary club luncheon, is it depends. A young man questioned Fiorina and received bipartisan laughter at the event in Manchester, New Hampshire after she asked him for his definition of the term, and he said it was someone who fights for equality for men and women in the workplace, and who tried to boot sexism out of it.


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Matt Gamblin, seen here surrounded by senior Vikings basketball players during a time out, is now the head coach of the Mount Allison Mounties women's basketball team
SACKVILLE - The Matt Gamblin has been named the new head coach of the Mounties' women's basketball program.
Gamblin begins his role as head coach effective immediately.
"I am very excited to become part of the Mount Allison family. I will instill high expectations into our players and a defense-first mentality to the team," said Gamblin. "I am eager to contribute to an already well developed basketball program and look forward to building a championship culture here at Mount Allison."
Gamblin's appointment as head coach at Mount Allison means he will departing as head coach of the Amherst Regional High School Vikings, which won the 2013 Division 2 provincial championship.
"We are very pleased to introduce Matt as the new head coach of our Mounties' women's basketball program," said Pierre Arsenault, Mount Allison Director of Athletics and Recreation. "I am very impressed with Matt's professionalism when it comes to preparing his teams for success.
"We are serious about our varsity programs having competitive success and I have great confidence that Matt and his coaching staff will elevate our women's basketball program in many tangible ways," he added.
Joining Gamblin on the move to Mount Allison will be April Scott and John Caufield.
Scott was a first-year head coach with the junior varsity Vikettes basketball program at ARHS in the 2012-2013 season, and Caufield was working as Gamblin's assistant in the Vikings' high school boys' program.
Gamblin will take over the program from the departing Al Hart, who retired from Mounties' basketball after 17 years as head coach.
During that span, the Mounties won four ACAA championships.
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Blighted views
The editorial "Facing cellphone towers instead of ducking the issue" (Dec. 4) highlighted the double standard in our region that residents and the media apply to regulating scenic impact. Cellphone towers inside Portland are presented as ugly, yet 400-foot wind turbines in the Columbia Gorge are not? Shouldn't the same consideration be given to any kind of development that destroys scenery, especially in a scenic area that draws visitors from around the world?
I don't think a tourist would complain about Portland's cellphone towers, but the turbines proposed for Whistling Ridge in Washington near Hood River are clearly out of place for our region's tourism crown jewel. What people see outside their windows, outside their cars or outside when enjoying recreation matters. Gorge residents and visitors "shouldn't be forced to live with ugly," as the editorial says regarding Portland.
When located improperly, wind power's impact is far more destructive than what a cell tower does to the view in an urban setting. Let's get our priorities straight; the cell tower brouhaha makes me think we're living in the Portland National Scenic Area.
Modern teaching
In Ron Haybittle's Dec. 4 letter, "Learning Issues," he claims there are no syntax or spelling standards in today's classrooms and that numbers don't matter in "new math." I encourage him to research the current standards online and talk with teachers about their curriculum methods.
Writing instruction focuses on ideas, organization (including paragraph indents), sentence fluency (including run-ons and fragments), conventions (including punctuation, capitalization, spelling and grammar), word choice and voice. Math standards focus on goals such as mastering multiple models for a given operation, demonstrating fluency in basic facts and applying skills to solving complex word problems.
The "whole language" and "new math" debate ended 15 years ago and bears little relationship to instruction in today's classrooms; funding problems and other challenges do. Public schools teach all students, regardless of income, parental involvement, disabilities or language differences. Many elementary classes have 30-40 students. These are our real challenges.
CYNTHIA J. McGEAN
Northeast Portland
McGean teaches third and fourth grades.
Oregon's death penalty
Regarding "Death penalty: Respecting the will of voters" (Dec. 4): This commentary by district attorneys Eric Nisley and Mark Beglau has less to do with respecting the will of the voters than the fact that district attorneys do not like it when someone challenges their personal idea of the rule of law. The challenge comes at times from courts or juries, but it is especially painful when it is from the governor.
Nisley and Beglau say prosecutors rarely ask for the death penalty, so they could be said to be disrespecting the voters themselves. They list some prisoners on our death row for horrifying crimes, but they do not list those they let take life without parole, such as Ward Weaver, who killed two young girls.
The truly "unique intersection of democracy and justice" would be for Oregonians to reconsider using the death penalty at the same time we are thinking about "more effective ways to reduce crime and recidivism," as suggested by The Oregonian editorial board the same day.
Politics and compromise
Amy Gutmann and Dennis F. Thompson got it right in their Dec. 4 commentary "Failure to compromise: Art of deal lost on Congress." If members of Congress won't do the job of governing because they refuse to value compromise, then we must use the next election to remove them.
How can Republicans who have pledged their allegiance to Grover Norquist and Americans for Tax Reform -- and who have signed a pledge that they will never raise taxes -- ever compromise? We need representatives who are free to make their own decisions and are not held hostage by a pledge. If, like Speaker John Boehner, they won't compromise because they "reject the word," then it's time that we replace these politicians with candidates who will actually do the job of governing.
Northwest Portland
GOP debates
I have learned a delightful new word: "schadenfreude," which means taking pleasure in the discomfort of your opponent.
I would like to thank Herman Cain, Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry, Newt Gingrich and the other players in the current Republican circus for all the schadenfreude I have enjoyed these past weeks.
King City
Business as usual
Regarding the 14-year term for Rod Blagojevich, former Illinois governor: Considering our current political corruption status, I feel that the only thing Blagojevich did wrong was to get caught.
Family connections
Regarding the commentary "Family connections more stable for displaced kids" by Lois Ann Day, director of Oregon's Child Welfare Program (Dec. 5): I know from personal experience that placing a child in need with a relative is not always best for that child. Upon our mother's death, my three sisters and I were placed with an aunt and uncle because "that was best." Their motives were free labor for their farm, a monthly income and to "put one over" on the other relatives. We experienced deprivation and abuse -- mental, physical and sexual. We were chattel for the relatives to argue and scheme over until we were able to flee. No thought was given to what we wanted.
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I recently visited Arlington, where I lived until I graduated from high school in 1968, for the first time in over 10 years. Having lived in Southern California for almost 40 years, my vision of future retirement has been that of living at least part of the year in the small town atmosphere coupled with above average infrastructure that Arlington provides.
I had previously visited Arlington on several occasions and observed steady growth in the area and was impressed with a populous that was willing to support the expansion of the infrastructure, including Cascade Valley Hospital, which had gone from the small hospital with limited emergency and surgical services of my youth to the facility it became in 1986 with expanded emergency and surgical services.
During this last visit, I was absolutely amazed by the growth in the area in the 10 or so years since my prior visit and that Cascade Valley Hospital had remained virtually unchanged size-wise for 20 years.
I believe that the people being served by Cascade Valley Hospital are very fortunate to have it, along with the many fine doctors it attracts, and should support the expansion of its facilities to keep up with the growth in the areas population. They should also be aware that a lack of community support of Cascade Valley Hospital may eventually result in a decrease in services or, as has been the case in Southern California, the closure of emergency room facilities.
I look forward to the possibility of once again being part of the Arlington community and doing my share to support and keep Cascade Valley Hospital viable.
I urge all of you within the Cascade Valley Hospital district to support it now and for the future by voting yes on Proposition 1.
Donald Meier
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edit Ukraine Structure
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- Influence on culture (parody of Wikipedia as they have this section very often)
Anton (talk) 17:13, May 1, 2013 (UTC)
Actually I think we should do "Ukranian Military" as well. Put influence on culture in "Cultire" section. Sir ScottPat UnS CUN VFH and Bar (talk) 21:12 25, October 2016
I don't think it will look right: Culture:
- ......
- .......
- Influence on culture
Anton (talk) 12:29, May 2, 2013 (UTC)
- If put here, it would look better if the heading were The military influence. Or have a separate section Military with subsection Influences on the culture. The best organization won't be clear until we see what you've written. Spıke Ѧ 12:44 2-May-13
- PS: For your sections such as Ancient History (1991-1997)--Maybe introduce each one with a name as though it were archaeology, such as "Yanoukovinian Epoch." Spıke Ѧ 13:26 2-May-13
Bit confused there as to what I'm meant to name Yanoukovin (as we've called him (need to check the history mistakes as a lot I copied from original article)). Thanks. Sir ScottPat UnS CUN VFH and Bar (talk) 21:12 25, October 2016
Actually I get what you mean. Sorry, thanks. Sir ScottPat UnS CUN VFH and Bar (talk) 21:12 25, October 2016
- Scott, I was wondering if we could make a joke about Ukrainian president. The reader might be confused about why we call him Yanoukovin. Maybe we should tell, for instance, that he changed his name from Ianoukovitch to Yanoukovin when he saw that Putin became the Russian president. You can leave this for me and I will add it to the history part. Anton (talk) 10:10, May 3, 2013 (UTC)
You do that Anton. Sir ScottPat UnS CUN VFH and Bar (talk) 21:12 25, October 2016
Sure. Anton (talk) 16:39, May 3, 2013 (UTC)
edit Probability theory final
Spike, thank you for correcting my grammar mistakes, that is my biggest problem!
Scott, after your great review I have worked a lot on my article and I think that I have improved everything I had to. If someone has any suggestions about it, feel free to share! Anton (talk) 12:27, May 2, 2013 (UTC)
edit Past versus perfect
"Also, in 2000, Vladimir Putin has become Russian president"
When you are describing a single event in the past--which is the case here and which will usually be the case in an encyclopedia, real or satire--the simple past tense is the best. In 2000, Putin became president.
When you are describing a period stretching from a past event to the present, this is when you use the perfect tense: Putin has been president (continuum) ever since he became president (event) in 2000.
When describing a period stretching from a past event to another past event, use the past perfect: Putin had been president (continuum) from 2000 to yesterday, when Russia slipped into the ocean (event), probably to be closer to California, which had done so (event prior to another event) the day before. Spıke Ѧ 00:00 4-May-13
Thanks. Anton (talk) 07:15, May 4, 2013 (UTC)
Please expand on my "Economy" section of the Ukraine article if you want. Sir ScottPat UnS CUN VFH and Bar (talk) 21:12 25, October 2016
I will try to. Anton (talk) 07:19, May 4, 2013 (UTC)
Thanks. I'll do some work on it as well but I was just asking you to add to it to develop some more humour ideas behind the economy. Sir ScottPat UnS CUN VFH and Bar (talk) 21:12 25, October 2016
edit More on Ukraine (when will we ever get onto a new talk page topic!)
I personally don't like the picture of the supporters of the Ukrainian animal party as although I can see the joke I don't find it particularly relevant (or very funny) and think that there should be either no picture there or a picture that is actually to do with the Ukraine itself. Thanks. Sir ScottPat UnS CUN VFH and Bar (talk) 21:12 25, October 2016
I am taking the Construction tag off. Not because it is finished but because people can read it as an article in its current state. Sir ScottPat UnS CUN VFH and Bar (talk) 21:12 25, October 2016
Ok. Thank s for editing 'economy'! I will work on the policies part and I will delete the animal picture. Anton (talk) 14:30, May 4, 2013 (UTC)
Thanks. By the way while you are doing that could you please consider write an article for UnSignpost as we need some desperately. Thank you. Sir ScottPat UnS CUN VFH and Bar (talk) 21:12 25, October 2016
I think we are almost done except for language. I don't think we should have an "influence on culture" section or "important people" section unless you have any really good ideas. Once you've finished everything you want to do let me know and I'll send it off to the proofreader.
On the subject of "language," I'll let you do that paragraph. My idea would be to have really bad grammatically structured Russian and then pass it off as Ukranian:
Example: Ukranian: Good the day is too sir you! (in Russian) English: Greetings sir.
I trust you speak Russian to be able to do that. However I had second thoughts on this idea as English people won't get the joke and we are on an English Uncyclopedia so you'll have to think about that one. Sir ScottPat UnS CUN VFH and Bar (talk) 21:12 25, October 2016
Sure, I have some ideas. Yesterday, I couldn't answer your supply for help about UnSignpost: do you want me to write an article for the next one? Anton (talk) 11:38, May 5, 2013 (UTC)
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I have finished the language part. Do you want me to write an article for the next UnSignpost? Also, I had a question: what happens to the article if it doesn't pass the VFH? Does it immediately go to the Votes For Deletion? Anton (talk) 13:30, May 5, 2013 (UTC)
- No no no. VFD is for really bad articles and VFH is for really good ones. As yet I've never had an article I wrote fail VFH although I did nominate BNP and that got hounded down because it was to cruel on racists (well more that the article was too political). If it does fail VFH it either can get Quasi-featured (not sure what that is. Ask Spike) or it simply carries on as a normal article.
edit UnSignpost
- UnSignpost. Please do write an article for UnSignpost and send it to the press room. It has to be a humorous article about something that has happened in the World of Uncyclopedia in the past month (next issue probably June as busy period for me now). Sir ScottPat (talk) VFH UnS NotM WotM WotY 16:45, May 5, 2013 (UTC)
- Are we done? Shall I notify the proofreader? Sir ScottPat (talk) VFH UnS NotM WotM WotY 16:45, May 5, 2013 (UTC)
- Yes. So, what happened this month? Can I write about the featured articles? Anton (talk) 08:35, May 6, 2013 (UTC)
Sure, write about anything, just don't make it into an advertisement for yourself. All I know has happened so far this month is:
- I got scolded by Spike on my talk page. (As usual so not really news)
- User:Llwy-ar-lawr set up a new Welsh Uncyclopedia and had a row about Wikia.
- Noob of the Moment finally got touched after a month of inactivity. (Ok, that was self-promotion but still people need to vote for or against or make a comment not just leave it).
That's all I can think of now. Sir ScottPat (talk) VFH UnS NotM WotM WotY 08:46, May 6, 2013 (UTC)
- If I may translate: He is saying, "Write about ScottPat"! Indeed, me scolding Scott is not news. The fact that Uncyclopedians learn the ropes is not news. You are free to make sport of me but be sure it is clearly different from the criticism leveled in seriousness; as when writing about races, nationalities, or other issues with strong viewpoints, keep it deliberately light.
- That an article is featured is not news; it's just what we do here. However, UnSignposts always have lists of links to click on, and your opinion that a given page is worth reading is useful.
- The Welsh business is dicy for treatment in the UnSignpost, as a user rage-quitting and blaming Wikia (falsely, I assert), and the re-airing of several old issues, is not funny business. It would certainly do to lead with a classic misinterpretation (including links to view the real news) that this website is about to be rewritten in Welsh and all Uncyclopedians will have to learn a second language.
- Scott, another criticism of the last UnSignpost: Voting on personalities on VFH is something we always fight and will never overcome. While it compliments me that two of my noms have a Reaganesque landslide of 5-to-0, the question of who is the nominator should never be a factor, and listing the nominator invites personality voting. Spıke Ѧ 09:55 6-May-13
Sorry I presumed you wrote those articles as I was trying to credit the writer (didn't know who to credit for Zsa Zsa Gabor). And yes I admit that my last comment was self-promotion. I attempted to tie my hands behind my back when I saw it coming but my teeth still managed to operate the keyboard. Sir ScottPat (talk) VFH UnS NotM WotM WotY 10:00, May 6, 2013 (UTC)
PS - And the hypocracy after telling Anton not to self-advertise! Sir ScottPat (talk) VFH UnS NotM WotM WotY 10:01, May 6, 2013 (UTC)
Spike, could you help me about my talk page, please: it has become a real mess and I don't know where to store all the information that I don't need write now? By the way, you have criticized all Scott's topics so I have nothing left to write about. Anton (talk) 10:04, May 6, 2013 (UTC)
I'm not Spike but I might be able to help:
UnSignpost articles can be about any news on the site. Check out village dump.
To clear your talk page: make a new page like User:Anton/Archive1 cut and paste everything here into it and then link it to this blank page. Sir ScottPat (talk) VFH UnS NotM WotM WotY 10:26, May 6, 2013 (UTC)
Ok, thanks! Anton (talk) 10:33, May 6, 2013 (UTC)
Oh, thanks, Spike! Anton (talk) 10:35, May 6, 2013 (UTC)
But...(sob)...I...(snivel)...but I thought it was hypocracy with the same style ending as Autocracy and Monarcacy. Sir ScottPat (talk) VFH UnS NotM WotM WotY 10:55, May 6, 2013 (UTC)
Thank you sir. I should make you a noble too. You can be head of my secret police. The Egoistic, Self-centered, Hypocritic state of ScottPat. Sir ScottPat (talk) VFH UnS NotM WotM WotY 12:20, May 6, 2013 (UTC)
- And where should I put my UnSignpost article while it's being created, please? Anton (talk) 13:33, May 6, 2013 (UTC)
In the press room find it by clicking here. If you can't find it put it on my talk page. Thanks. Sir ScottPat (talk) VFH UnS NotM WotM WotY 13:46, May 6, 2013 (UTC)
I would love to have your article by Wednesday and then I can create an UnSignpost for next weekend. I want to get UnSignpost back up to full speed from being monthly to weekly. Thanks. Sir ScottPat (talk) VFH UnS NotM WotM WotY 16:49, May 6, 2013 (UTC)
- Scott, returning UnSignpost to weekly is a fine goal for the long term (when Uncyclopedia gets as active as it used to be when the UnSignpost was weekly), but don't push it in the absence of news, because if there is no news, then the only content is to cajole users to do stuff they didn't come here to do; and don't pursue the goal if it risks making you feel you are working too hard on the site (leading to burn-out). Spıke Ѧ 18:12 6-May-13
- Sorry, maybe it is a stupid question but I went to the press room and did not find the place where you put articles. Scott, in the press room you said to put any articles below, so I just write it directly under your comment? Anton (talk) 07:57, May 7, 2013 (UTC)
edit Congratz!
Congratz! Belgium Mountain Troops article is featured in Uncyclopedia! V V I P ® 19:23, May 5, 2013 (UTC)V V I P
Thank you. Perhaps use my talk page instead of Anton's. Sir ScottPat (talk) VFH UnS NotM WotM WotY 19:45, May 5, 2013 (UTC)
edit VFH Comment
HI Anton just to let you know that because of your comment on VFH just know and your comments on your talk page under one of the Ukraine sections I thought that I would remind you that VFH is where you vote for the best articles. If you think that the article is as good as it is going to get or good enough to be the best article of the day you vote for. It is not like pee review. Judging by your comments earlier you seem to think that if an article fails VFH it goes to VFD. It is not voting for articles to be excepted into mainspace.
I only say this as you wrote in your for vote on VFH that you think it requires a lot of improving and gets boring at the end. I am not here to make you change your vote and by all means keep it up if you think that your point still stands but please understand the concept of VFH. Sir ScottPat (talk) VFH UnS NotM WotM WotY 13:53, May 6, 2013 (UTC)
- Ok. I just gave a lot of comments because I hope Al will improve the article but I voted for it because I still think it's more good than bad. Anton (talk) 14:00, May 6, 2013 (UTC)
If you think it is more good than bad but not the BEST then put a comment (abstain) and don't vote for or against. This is acceptable. Sorry to get at you Anton. Sir ScottPat (talk) VFH UnS NotM WotM WotY 14:02, May 6, 2013 (UTC)
As long as that is what you mean. I don't want to put you off voting for it if you think it is good enough for the front page. Sir ScottPat (talk) VFH UnS NotM WotM WotY 14:06, May 6, 2013 (UTC)
- The ancient Greeks, I was once told, had a fine and workable system under which any legislator who filed a bill that was not enacted was executed. But Scott states it correctly; failing to win VFH does not disparage the article or the author; it only means that users voted that it (in its present state) should not represent Uncyclopedia on the main page. Thus, vote for what exists; if it is not yet good enough, let's put something else on the main page, and that article can easily be renominated later. Sending an article to VFD solicits votes for its deletion, though it might also attract the interest of one or more rewrite artists; and VFD requires that the nominator look through the history for a preferable edition first. Spıke Ѧ 14:28 6-May-13
edit Ukraine - The FINAL discussion (please book in advance limited spaces available)
The ULTIMATE question:
Anton...Are we ready to get the Ukraine article proofread? Sir ScottPat (talk) VFH UnS NotM WotM WotY 16:12, May 6, 2013 (UTC)
- Yes. I think it's finished. Also, is Llwy already gone from Uncyclopedia? Anton (talk) 16:14, May 6, 2013 (UTC)
Fraid so she's set up his own Welsh uncyclopedia so good luck to him. Sir ScottPat (talk) VFH UnS NotM WotM WotY 16:37, May 6, 2013 (UTC)
- Isn't Llwy a girl? She said so on her user page. And what is the address of that Welsh one? Anton (talk) 17:58, May 6, 2013 (UTC)
Sorry my bad she is. She never said what she was to call the Welsh one. Why do you speak Welsh? Sir ScottPat (talk) VFH UnS NotM WotM WotY 18:13, May 6, 2013 (UTC)
Really? I'd have thought that every Russian speaks Welsh as his second language. Sir ScottPat (talk) VFH UnS NotM WotM WotY 16:10, May 7, 2013 (UTC)
Over here in England anyone who speaks Welsh will be frowned upon and called a "savage native" by passers-by. It is my dinner now (Spike's comment) so I'll be back in half-an-hour. Thanks. Sir ScottPat (talk) VFH UnS NotM WotM WotY 16:47, May 7, 2013 (UTC)
We just shoot savages with that new invention: the machine gun. Work wonders with Kitchener's men in the Sudan, you know. (Yes Anton wordreference.com doesn't have a translation for Sudan or Kitchener as they are both names. Look them up on wiki to find out more about them). Sir ScottPat (talk) VFH UnS NotM WotM WotY 17:11, May 7, 2013 (UTC)
PS - Only kidding Anton I know you are not that bad at English (or are we speaking Welsh?). Sir ScottPat (talk) VFH UnS NotM WotM WotY 17:11, May 7, 2013 (UTC)
- Considering that it is my second language, I think that I am not bad at all. (How modest!) Anton (talk) 07:22, May 8, 2013 (UTC)
edit UnSignpost article
- I have finished writing it. Tell me if it is really bad and tell me if I put it in the wrong place. I am waiting for your comments and suggestions, please! Anton (talk) 08:51, May 7, 2013 (UTC)
- I have put it here. Anton (talk) 12:14, May 7, 2013 (UTC)
It is in the right place. Thank you for that Anton. Hopefully Ukraine will get proofread soon and then I think we shall go for VFH as I can't stop laughing when I read it sometimes and I already know the jokes because I wrote half of it. If it does get through VFH I am not sure what the rules count as for a feature. I think we will either both claim it as a feature or both claim half a feature. I'm sure Spike will give a proper answer to this. Sir ScottPat (talk) VFH UnS NotM WotM WotY 16:27, May 7, 2013 (UTC)
Ok then. Thanks for your help on the article Spike. Do you think it is VFH material? Sir ScottPat (talk) VFH UnS NotM WotM WotY 17:04, May 7, 2013 (UTC)
edit Vandals
Who is that person who wanted to spoil Flemish and Ukraine? Anton (talk) 07:22, May 8, 2013 (UTC)
- They vandalised a lot of articles not just these. Probably just random. The only reason it seems was to show hatred for Spike which as I have explained is unjust and senseless. Don't worry though thanks to Spike, Simsie and Uninunium the vandal's work has been reverted. Sir ScottPat (talk) VFH UnS NotM WotM WotY 08:02, May 8, 2013 (UTC)
Thank you for voting for Probability theory! Anton (talk) 08:34, May 8, 2013 (UTC)
- That's ok. You are a brilliant writer and I find all your work very funny. Sir ScottPat (talk) VFH UnS NotM WotM WotY 08:38, May 8, 2013 (UTC)
Well, that's a huge compliment! And I wrote only 2 articles (well, and one fourth). Anton (talk) 08:43, May 8, 2013 (UTC)
- No, no, no. You wrote half the Ukraine article, you gave me great ideas for bits I wrote and we both helped each other out. It was your article as much as mine. Thank you for your help. I always said that your Normandy article was good especially for a first article. The Probability Theory article is just my type of humour. I think we share similar humour interests which helps. We should do another collaboration. Sir ScottPat (talk) VFH UnS NotM WotM WotY 08:54, May 8, 2013 (UTC)
Well, thanks a lot. I am actually planning to write another article myself (maybe some How To, maybe Brittany, as Spike said that Uncyclopedia needed a good one). After that I want to work with you again. Actually, I wanted to ask you, what if the article is already featured but it's really bad and should be rewrited? Anton (talk) 17:33, May 8, 2013 (UTC)
- Re-write, please. Whether it was featured or not was an opinion made at the time. Some featured articles are out-of-date, meme ridden or were voted for as a joke. Anything can be improved. Sir ScottPat (talk) VFH UnS NotM WotM WotY 18:01, May 8, 2013 (UTC)
Ok, then I have a lot of ideas! Anton (talk) 18:03, May 8, 2013 (UTC) Thank you for reviewing Normandy! I will edit it and I hope it will be good enough for VFH! Anton (talk) 18:05, May 8, 2013 (UTC)
- Good luck!Sir ScottPat (talk) VFH UnS NotM WotM WotY 18:10, May 8, 2013 (UTC)
- Hello! And yes, feature articles can be improved or touched up, but not, imnho, very much and not to just add more or extend them (unless you are the principal author). At least that's how I'd put it, in that our features are "Features" and stand around like statues most of the time. There is one here that some people really wanted to change but or course the established users won't let them. It was featured, and should be left as it was written, and I think it's a classic. imnho, please don't overly edit features unless the idea for the edit is so good you can't stop laughing. Thanks. Aleister 18:10 8-5-'13
edit Pee Review
I don't want to be a nuisance but could you possibly review one or two of my other articles on pee review. Perhaps "Emu War" and/or "Last King of Scotland." That would be great if you could. Thanks. Sir ScottPat (talk) VFH UnS NotM WotM WotY 18:33, May 8, 2013 (UTC)
- Scott, sure. That's what I want to do but, you see, I am also rather active in my real life (returning to our previous conversation) and now I barely have the time to answer you on my talk page. Anton (talk) 18:35, May 8, 2013 (UTC)
That's fine. I'm not trying to rush you. Thanks for answering that comment. Sir ScottPat (talk) VFH UnS NotM WotM WotY 19:04, May 8, 2013 (UTC)
- Well, I actually have time but I just wanted to post a big answer to Llwy on the Forum. My (and also your) achievement (to bring her back) of which I am proud can reveal itself useless, if she goes away now. Anton (talk) 19:18, May 8, 2013 (UTC)
edit Ukraine Final Editing
We need to add links to the article. I've done the first two paragraphs. Could you please add some links to as many paragraphs as you can. Thanks. Sir ScottPat (talk) VFH UnS NotM WotM WotY 08:25, May 9, 2013 (UTC)
Wow! Sorry, I know you have spent a lot of time on it but don't you think the beginning of the article has too many links? Anton (talk) 16:23, May 9, 2013 (UTC)
Not really as on Uncyclopedia we generally tend to have too few links compared to wiki. The introduction to the wiki Ukraine article has a link for every word. Thanks for your comment though. Sir ScottPat (talk) VFH UnS NotM WotM WotY 17:04, May 9, 2013 (UTC)
edit Anton's short answer to Scott's comment on putting a lot of links in the Ukraine article
I will. Anton (talk) 19:10, May 9, 2013 (UTC)
edit Scott's question as to why every single comment now requires a header
Why did you use a seperate header. Simply incoporate you answer into the header above. Sir ScottPat (talk) VFH UnS NotM WotM WotY 19:13, May 9, 2013 (UTC)
I don't know, I thought that was funnier. Anton (talk) 07:40, May 10, 2013 (UTC)
I'm writing another long comment on your talk page. Give me two minutes and I'll be done. Sir ScottPat (talk) VFH UnS NotM WotM WotY 07:46, May 10, 2013 (UTC)
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May, 10th 2013 • Issue 183 • Uncyclopedia set to have a bright future. Sunglasses stocks are running low.
Should we be adopting a Russian style approach?
A full week has passed since our last edition and the news is piling up, notably the story for which we'd "clear Page One" if we ever had more than one page: This week was just like last week. The only exeption being that more evidence has led certain users to believe that Uncyclopedia is being controlled by a higher power. The evidence is listed here:
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Aleister kicked off with bringing the topic into a conversation with SPIKE on a completely unrelated forum, SPIKE immediatly reacted by calling off play and deciding to move to another pitch as this one was too wet and reminded Aleister that this strategy had been used twice before to no avail.
Undetered Aleister replied by claiming that the first change worked but the second change reverted the content warning to the original and this time we'd get it right. Aleister then preceded to run up the pitch dribbling the ball through the midfielders. ScottPat ran down the wing screaming at Aleister to go for the goal now. Aleister who was about to storm off the pitch thanked ScottPat and continued.
Shabidoo then charged down the other wing hurling attacks at the original content warning defenders who seemed to be non-existant before swearing so much he collapsed into a ball. Startled ScottPat replied that he didn't want top have anything to do with anti-Wikia extremism and Aleister lined up the ball for the shot into goal.
Aleister placed the ball into the back of the net with a vote for the new content warning. ScottPat ran up to him patting him on the back and giving him a "for" followed by Simsie and Puppy. SPIKE then struck back attempting to shoot the ball into the back of the new content warning supporters' net with the opinion that readers don't care about the content warning although he saw that the other team were fierce and wrote to Wikia asking the content warning to be removed as it was no longer needed.
Aleister, Puppy and ScottPat defended against him with three replies while Mhaille ran up the pitch and saw a goal scoring oppurtunity with another content warning proposal however Scottpat was unsure that that oppurtunity would get them the goal that the team were aiming for. Puppy stood with the ball wandering whether to pass it to Mhaille afterall but remained indecisive.
That was a report of the game so far, more to come next week.
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While the proposed Joe Paterno statue in State College has elicited "no stance" from the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape and a "neutral" response from the borough of State College, PennLive readers are unequivocally passionate about the gesture that could "honor [Joe Paterno] without Penn State's help."
PennLive asked readers: Should there be a Joe Paterno statue in State College? Is it possible to embrace that part of his legacy, though, without also perpetuating reminders of the Sandusky scandal in which he was embroiled? Both of these facets are intractable parts of who Paterno was, so should they -- or can they -- be isolated?
According to readers: yes. Commenter Lyn Kreuz said,
"He did so much for Penn State besides being a coach. I remember him walking back from football games by himself, past Beam Hall when my now husband lived there and we would all be standing outside and he would always be so humble and say, 'Hi guys' before we even said hello yet. He was cordial to everyone. He was viewed as a father figure away from home...hence 'Joe Pa'...always made you feel safe and part of something. Saw him pick something up that someone in a group of students had dropped...he hustled to get it before it blew away and hustled to catch up with them to give it to them. Always helping and caring and humble when I had seen him around campus. Never pompous."
But just because the majority of readers voted in favor of the statue does not mean there is no opposition. As a commenter known simply as JoeKnew pointed out, "It's another example of Paterno's biggest supporters showing no respect at all to Sandusky's victims."
What do you think: Should there be a Joe Paterno statue in State College? Let us know your take on the issue in the comments.


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May starts today.
It's actually mid-May on the calendar, but for Delgado baseball coach Joe Scheuermann and the No. 2-ranked Dolphins, those words are the motivation that's propelled them this season to another chance for the Junior College World Series.
Delgado (40-10) clinched the Region XXIII championship Sunday for the eighth time in nine years and punched its ticket to the South Central District tournament, which begins Friday in Neosho, Mo. If the Dolphins win the three-team, double-elimination tournament, they'll trek to Grand Junction, Colo., for their third JCWS appearance and first since 2007.
But first, Delgado plays a doubleheader Friday - vs. Seminole State College (Oklahoma) at 1 p.m. and vs. tournament host Crowder College at 7 p.m. The Dolphins reached this same cusp of the JCWS in 2013 but made a quick exit after two losses to Connors State.
Scheuermann said being the only one of the three teams with experience from last year's tournament should be an advantage against No. 8 Crowder (45-15) and No. 20 Seminole State (38-16).
"The fact that we're there is the key," Scheuermann said. "No matter who we play, we just have to play baseball. You can see the kids carry themselves a little differently in May.... They're all wearing these green bracelets that say, 'May starts today.' Here we are in May, we have to keep it going."
Delgado won three games this past weekend behind a dominating pitching performance and has won 13 of its past 14 games. Delgado out-scored Baton Rouge Community College and Meridian (two games) in the Region XXIII tournament, 13-1.
"Everybody talks about how well we swing the bat, but our pitchers gave up one run in 34 innings this past weekend," Scheuermann said. "That's phenomenal, especially at the junior college level."
Sophomore pitcher Jordan Priddle threw 7 1/3 innings in Sunday's 6-1 victory in 13 innings against Meridian. Priddle (6-2) said the Dolphins were jittery last year with so much on the line, and even though Delgado lost seven starters from that team, he expects a more relaxed Dolphins squad this time around.
"Last year we were a little tight," Priddle said. "Our sophomores who hadn't been there last year maybe didn't quite keep their poise like we should have. This year that will be different because we've been there and saw how tight we played, not to the best of our ability."
Delgado won't have the luxury of playing at home this weekend, which has proven a valuable advantage for the Dolphins. They sport a nearly unblemished 28-1 record at Kirsch-Rooney Stadium this season.
Crowder College also defends its home turf well with a 30-6 record there this season. But the fact that Delgado reached 40 wins after an intense rebuilding this season has Scheuermann optimistic.
"We turn our roster over about 50 percent every year, but this year was an extraordinarily big year for our roster," Scheuermann said. "Other than our third baseman and starting catcher and one of our infielders, it was a total rebuild."
And there's no better time than May to rise to your best national ranking of the season.
"In the fall, you put your head down and work hard like we've been doing, but then you look up and it's May," said outfielder Josh Watkins, one of Delgado's leading hitters and a Southeastern transfer. "This is what we've worked so hard to do."


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REX, the Museum's remotely operated underwater vehicle
Scientists from the Museum and the University of Southampton are researching this little-explored area of the ocean off a remote island in the Bahamas.
They are investigating what kind of creatures live there and observing them alive in their natural habitat - they're almost certain to find sharks as the waters of the Bahamas have recently been declared a shark sanctuary!
They are also collecting the results of an experiment that they hope will have enticed strange bone-eating worms.
Bone-eating snot-flower worms, Osedax mucofloris, living off decaying whale bones on the seabed
The Museum's ROV is called REX, which is short for Remotely-operated vehicle for Education and eXploration.
REX uses the latest HD technology and will be sending back high definition images and video straight from the twilight zone. It will be the first time REX has ventured to a depth of 200m.
Nature Live host Ivvet Modinou is travelling with the scientists and reporting back as the team perform their cutting-edge research. She is giving daily updates via a blog, video clips and 3 live video-link events at the Museum.
This is part of the Museum's Field work with Nature Live that began last month, following scientists as they investigated plant biodiversity in Costa Rica. There are also videoconferences for schools.
The 3 baskets of whale bone were laid at different ocean depths in the Bahamas in October 2011 to attract bone-eating worms.
'It's really exciting that we are able to engage our visitors and schools with Museum science, live, while it's happening on the other side of the planet,' says Ivvet.
Bone-eating worms belong to the Osedax genus and live off decaying whale bones that have fallen to the sea floor.
Last October the team laid whale bone bait to try to attract them and on this trip they are going back to collect the results.
The bones were laid at depths of 19m, 30m and 55m, and this last one was at the edge of a trench, and the scientists are hoping that it won't have fallen into the abyss.
One of the underwater experiments in the Bahamas
Osedax worms have been found in most of the oceans where they have been looked for. However, no one has found them in the Caribbean so far. This will be the first Osedax record in tropical waters if the team do find them in.
Museum marine biologist Adrian Glover is on the field trip and was part of the team that discovered and described the first of the bone-eating worms, Osedax mucofloris, in 2005.
Adrian says, 'Although our main science goal is the retrieval of a set of important colonisation experiments, I am secretly most excited about taking our little underwater robot "REX" to its deepest depth rating, 200m.'
Close-up of the feathered plumes, or gills, of a bone-eating worm. The worm uses them to take oxygen down to its root structure, which is embedded in the bone.
Museum zoologist Nick Higgs studies the animals that live on dead whale skeletons and how this affects the formation of whale fossils. Last October he was involved in research that revealed how to detect traces of bone-eating worms in fossils that were millions of years old.
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Syracuse, NY -- Olive Garden landed in the Central New York in the mid-1990s, opening restaurants in DeWitt (on Erie Boulevard East) and in Clay (on Route 31 in front of Great Northern Mall). They were instant hits. But the owner of the chain says sales aren't so good nationally for Olive Garden right now. Read on...
From Nation's Restaurant News:
Second quarter not so hot for Olive Garden
Darden Restaurants Inc. said Tuesday its earnings for the second quarter would be lower than previously forecast, partly due to persistent sales trouble at its Italian casual-dining Olive Garden brand.
Orlando, Fla.-based Darden estimated that same-store sales for the second quarter ended Nov. 27 would be down 2.5 percent at 750-unit Olive Garden, while it expected increases of 6.8 percent at Red Lobster and 6 percent at LongHorn Steakhouse.
Darden said Olive Garden's sales decline had accelerated during the quarter, slipping 0.8 percent in September, 1.5 percent in October and 5.7 percent in November.
That led Darden to estimate earnings per share of about 41 cents per share in the quarter, considerably lower than analyst expectations of 54 cents per share. Darden, which operates more than 1,900 casual-dining restaurant units, expects to release final second-quarter earnings Dec. 16, before the market opens.
"At Olive Garden, we're addressing the erosion in one of the brand's essential attributes, its value leadership in casual dining," Darden chairman and chief executive Clarence Otis said in a statement.
Otis said Olive Garden in the quarter worked to contain check growth with promotions and in-store merchandising. "This helped temper the guest count decline for the quarter, but not as much as expected," he said. "As a result, there was more earnings pressure than anticipated."
Otis said the Olive Garden division, to enhance value, would develop new menu offerings across price points, introduce new advertising and remodel older restaurants to enhance the guest experience.
Andy Barish, an analyst with Jeffries & Co., said in a note Tuesday that Darden could manage to turn around Olive Garden's performance, "but it will take some time."
While Olive Garden's second-quarter sales were disappointing, Barish added: "We believe the company is doing the right things to get its core Italian brand back on track. We remain optimistic given Darden's impressive momentum at its key development vehicles [LongHorn and the Specialty Restaurant Group] and strong acceleration in underlying trends at DRI's most challenged and economically sensitive brand [Red Lobster]."
Across its three main brands, Darden said it expected same-store sales growth in the second quarter to be 1.8 percent. At its Specialty Restaurant Group, which includes Seasons 52, The Capital Grille and Bahama Breeze, same-store sales were expected to rise 3.9 percent.
My comments: Not a good spin right now for this popular chain -- and Darden seems quite concerned about it, especially considering sales went up at its other chains. So you can't point fingers at the country's lingering financial woes.
I'm guessing we'll be seeing some fresh promotional campaigns for OG in the coming weeks and months. Darden isn't going to let this bump in the road get in the way, as analyst Barish notes.
And I know... so many of you aren't in favor of chain Italian restaurants when we have so many great locally owned ones in this market. But Olive Garden has its fans, and its traffic -- just not as much as it needs at the moment.
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Whether Gov. Tom Corbett violated the law by having campaign staff join meetings in the governor's office might be a matter for interpretation by lawyers.
A less complicated assessment to make is the public's perception of Corbett mixing the meetings, and it's one on which midstate analysts have already reached a conclusion: It just doesn't look good.
"Someone else can decide on the legality of it, but you need to avoid a perception that campaigning is being done out of the governor's office," said G. Terry Madonna, Director of the Franklin & Marshall College Poll and professor of Public Affairs at Franklin & Marshall College. "He's governor today because he was the most high-profile attorney general in (the state's) history."
Voters expect the "clean image" Corbett took to the governor's office after having served as prosecutor during the Bonusgate government corruption scandal, Madonna said.
"It's the appearance of potential impropriety that he wants to be careful with," Madonna said.
Given his record of prosecuting Bonusgate, people expect Corbett to be "hyper-attentive" to separation of campaign and official business, so Corbett might be called out for even the most minor offenses, said Chris Borick, professor of Political Science and director of the Muhlenberg College Institute of Public Opinion.
"If Governor Corbett is trying to avoid any possibility of looking like he's blending governing and politics, he would probably be better served by not allowing such overlap," Borick said. "Anybody would be naïve to think the governor and the people who work in his administration... are not going to have an interest in the campaign. But you don't want to make it so blatant. It's pushing the boundaries of what's both legal and ethical."
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Barry Kauffman, executive director at the government reform organization Common Cause, is not an attorney.
But as someone whose group is 'working to restore the integrity of the legislative process,' he said ethics laws are clear about public officials using public resources for political purposes, especially if those resources (the governor's office) aren't available on an equal basis to all candidates.
There would be no problem, perception or otherwise, if Corbett had opened the meetings to Democratic opponent Tom Wolf, the press, and the public, Kauffman said.
"Corbett needs to draw a pretty clear line," he said. "Otherwise, he's going to look like a hypocrite."
But everybody does it
Borick and Madonna said most politicians aren't able to keep a tidy divide between politics and official business.
"It's all blended," Borick said. "That's the reality."
Madonna said he has seen "plenty of political operatives running around the Capitol" over the past couple decades.
But candidates need to keep the amount of overlap "de minimis," or minimal, he said.
Voters expect some degree of blending, he said, because the average voter doesn't have a very high opinion of politicians.
But he said voters would still disagree with it.
"I don't think they would think it would be right to campaign out of an office, but I don't think they would be stunned," he said.
The meetings came to light Tuesday after the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported that Corbett's official calendar as governor shows campaign advisers attended numerous meetings with Corbett and his state-paid staff.
Corbett spokesman Jay Pagni told the Associated Press that the governor wants input from all his advisers in shaping state policy and that the participation of campaign aides was "appropriate and legal."


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If I were a CBS executive, I'd be more than a little unhappy and nervous about his extracurricular activities.
But how do I feel as a fan?
Well, if Americans were to boycott every entertainer with a less-than-exemplary personal life, we'd basically kiss good-bye to television, movies and professional sports, not to mention the biggest stars of talk radio.
In fact, one of the most baffling aspects of the Letterman scandal is why anyone — including the alleged blackmailer, who is widely described as a savvy television producer with a reputation for womanizing — would see Letterman's peccadilloes as blackmail material.
I mean, c'mon. Pssst: Famous entertainer has slept with co-workers!
Are we really shocked? Doesn't that pretty much sum up virtually every Hollywood memoir ever published?
And in this case, it's not even interesting sex. No famous names. No kinky details. No drama, outside of fallout from the blackmail attempt.
Sticking true to his Midwest persona, Letterman's hookups weren't his celebrity guests, but ordinary women from around the office. By all accounts so far, the relationships were consensual. In sleeping with co-workers, he may have been violating company policy, but it was a company he owns. (CBS airs Letterman's show, but it's actually created by Letterman's production firm.) While sexual harassment is a potential issue, consider that no woman has raised that issue yet.
You can't even label Letterman as an adulterer; the relationships apparently occurred before his marriage in March.
I don't want to get Letterman completely off the hook here. To be sure, he can be justifiably labeled an unfaithful cad — his dalliances at work overlapped his 23-year relationship with the woman he married in March, who also happens to be the mother of the couple's 6-year-old son. And as an unfaithful cad with a history of office romances, he's left himself open to an expensive divorce, not to mention harassment suits. But honestly, not our problem.
The fact is, Letterman is not a politician who has championed the cause of family values. He's not a priest who's taken a vow of celibacy. He's not an entertainer on the Disney Channel held up as a role model for America's youth. Nobody's looking to late-night comedians to set America's moral agenda.
If the alleged blackmailer was seeking to embarrass Letterman, he has certainly succeeded at that.
But Americans' utter fascination with sleazy behavior is paired with a remarkably high tolerance for celebrity misdeeds. In that sense, Letterman's dalliances barely pass the snooze test.
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For the better part of five years the Wanda Miller property at 10 Railroad Street in Clarendon Borough has been listed as 'old business' on the Warren County Redevelopment Authority's agenda.
The authority has worked to determine who owns it, what the liens are and what can ultimately be done to remove the dilapidated structure that is open with grass growing up to the windows .
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Now, after the authority's Tuesday morning meeting, it looks like progress is being made .
"She is more than happy to sign a deed to convey the property to the redevelopment authority," Andrea Stapleford, solicitor of the authority, said of Miller.
Wanda Miller is the owner of the 10 Railroad St. property in Clarendon. The property was put in her name on March 29, 2012.
There are $1,714.65 in back taxes and $1,322 in outstanding sewer bills on the property, Stapleford said.
"We can't use our money to pay sewer bills and back taxes to get rid of those," she said about using Community Development Block Grant funds from the state Department of Community and Economic Development to remove the blighted property.
The authority learned the property is in the first-year phase of judicial sale because it had been pulled from the sale last year after all the parties involved were not notified.
"We need to take action," authority member Pam Matve said.
"If it's sitting in the redevelopment authority's court it's stickier than if it was in Clarendon Borough's court," development authority member Paul Pascuzzi said. "It's of no value to anybody...the problem is it's still a blighted property."
"I think that's your best move; give it to the borough and the borough pursues tax forgiveness from the taxing bodies and the lien holder. Get free and clear of that and the only thing you have hanging over it is just the demolition costs," authority member Dan Glotz said.
Authority member Terry Hawk made a motion to move the property from Miller through the redevelopment authority to Clarendon Borough to take ownership, pending its approval.
"It goes directly through the redevelopment authority to Clarendon Borough and they take ownership of it," he said. "I make a motion that Andrea, contingent upon Clarendon Borough's board approval of the acceptance of this property, that Andrea make the connection with the existing owner and accept the property on behalf of Clarendon Borough."
County Grants Administrator Lorri Dunlap told the authority the demolition process will entail examining and removing asbestos and writing a request for proposal to demolish the structure.
She said CDBG funds could possibly be used to construct a park once the property has been cleared.
That will leave time for the borough, if it approves the transfer, to work with the taxing bodies, Pascuzzi said.