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A couple of things concerning the Carrier Dome on the brain today...
1. A little off topic, but did anyone see this blog item by Mark Bialczak on Syracuse.com yesterday about the possibility of Bruce Springsteen coming to the Carrier Dome?
I know the acoustics in that building are not ideal, but for the love of God it's freaking Springsteen! I can't stress this enough. THIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
I went to see Bruce in Buffalo a couple weeks back and it was incredible. That man plays with more passion on stage than is humanly possible. It was a great, great show and how great would it be to see him right here in Syracuse?
The blog item linked above mentions September or October as possible dates for the show. October would be perfect because there are no SU football games slated for that month in the loud house.
2. Did anyone happen to catch this article on ESPN.com? The NCAA games being played tonight in Houston and Detroit are going to be a little different...
From ESPN.com...
"The NCAA tournament is experimenting with a new-look configuration during the regionals in Detroit and Houston, putting the court on the 50-yard line of football stadiums instead of tucked toward one end."
Many of you have asked me over the years, including someone just the other day at the SU-UMass game, if this can be done at the Carrier Dome.
I have had conversations about this a few times with SU officials and they tell me they would like to do it, but it would prove very difficult to do.
All the electricity, cables for TV, and everything required to make a basketball game happen at the Dome is at the current location where the court sits for game. To have a game at the 50-yard line would require a complete re-wiring of the Dome, which I'm sure is not a very cheap thing to do.
Even with the current configuration, the Dome continues to be one of the largest possible venues for NCAA Tournament play in terms of attendance.
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MOBILE, Alabama -- The Class of 2011 took its place in the Mobile Sports Hall of Fame Thursday night before a sellout crowd at the RSA Tower ballroom.
Willie Anderson, Joey Jones, Antonio Lang, Susie Redman, Chris Samuels and Delores "Dolly" Brumfield White were inducted in ceremonies held for the first time at the RSA Tower, the planned future home of memorabilia and other items honoring hall members.
"I think the editorial in the Press-Register said it best: these aren't only great athletes, but role models," MSHOF president Randy Patrick said. "These are the type of people this city has been producing for many, many years, and this year's class, we wanted to produce a wow factor, and so far this is a wow factor. It really is a wow class.
"We wanted to get momentum heading into the 25th year next year, and we wanted to get momentum to get behind the RSA Tower museum, and I think right now our gameplan is working perfectly. Now we'll see if the community comes in behind after this and the buzz continues."
The newest members were honored and humbled at the ceremony. "It means that dreams can come true," said Redman, who played on the LPGA Tour for 20 years.
Joey Jones said honor 'means a lot to me'
South Alabama head football coach Jones, an All-SEC player at Alabama and former Murphy High standout, said the evening meant a great deal to him and his family.
"When I heard about it I was really excited, and the more you think about it the more you realize it's a pretty big deal," he said. "There's so many people in this hall of fame that I call big-time -- nationally known players and people. Just to be a small part of that means a lot to me.
"My grandkids and kids will be able to look at the plaque hanging up in the future and that's a big honor, just the fact that it's Mobile -- there may not be another one for me but, regardless, this is the one that means the most."
Lang, who won two national college basketball championships at Duke and a state championship at LeFlore High, was happy to be honored by his hometown.
"I'm just blessed and honored and happy, and I'm just going to enjoy it," he said. "To be brought in with a group like Hank Aaron, Satchel Paige, Kenny Stabler, Willie Anderson -- I can keep going -- it's an honor. I thank God for the opportunity."
Similar feelings were expressed by Samuels, the former Shaw High star, Alabama All-American and Outland Trophy-winning offensive lineman and All-Pro. "This is a special moment for me. Being from Mobile, it's truly a blessing," he said.
White, who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League and went on to a successful career as a coach and teacher, also said the night was special for her. "Coming home and being with friends from several states who have come to share the event with you, it's just been outstanding," she said.
Anderson -- a former Vigor High and Auburn star and Pro Bowl offensive lineman -- said membership in the MSHOF is prestigious.
"Being my hometown, it's very special," he said. "We look at the hall of fame in our respective fields, but you sometimes forget about the hall of fame in your hometown and how much history and prestige is here in Mobile. It's definitely an honor to come back here to be honored this way."


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Syracuse, N.Y. — Catcher Sandy Leon hit a one-out solo homer in the bottom of the 11th to push the Syracuse Chiefs past the Buffalo Bisons 5-4 on Monday night at NBT Bank Stadium.
Leon crushed a 1-1 pitch from Buffalo reliever Luis Ayala for a low-liner over the right field fence.
The sizzling Chiefs twice rallied from two-run deficits to force extra innings.
Syracuse starter Zach Kroenke pitched five innings, giving up three hits and two runs. He walked three and struck out two. Reliever Michael Gonzalez (1-1) pitched a scoreless 11th to pick up the win.
The Chiefs chipped away with single runs in the seventh and eighth to tie the game at 4.
Tyler Moore's one out solo homer in the eighth off reliever Brett Cecil pulled Syracuse even.
The Chiefs began their comeback with one out in the seventh when Bisons starter Aaron Sanchez plunked Brandon Laird. One out later, Laird took second on a wild pitch and then moved to third on a balk. Josh Johnson followed with a single to bring home Laird and cut the deficit to 4-3.
Buffalo pushed back against Syracuse relievers Zach Jackson and Manny Delcarmen to take the lead in the seventh.
With the score knotted at 2, Jonathan Diaz led off with a double against Jackson and Kenny Wilson's sacrifice bunt moved him to third. Jackson induced Ryan Goins to ground out and was relieved by Delcarmen.
Kevin Pillar then drilled a grounder deep into the hole that Syracuse shortstop Emmanuel Burris tracked down, but he had no play and Diaz came home. Dan Johnson capped the rally with a double to bring in Pillar.
The Chiefs tied the game at 2-2 with a pair of runs in the sixth off Sanchez. Leon led off with a single and Johnson followed him with the same product. Emmanuel Burriss moved both runners over with a sacrifice bunt.
Jeff Kobernus lofted a sacrifice fly that just barely plated Leon, and Steven Souza Jr. followed with a single to score Johnson.
Buffalo broke ahead with two in the second. Kratz worked a one-out walk and A.J. Jimenez tripled him home. Andy LaRoche's sacrifice fly brought in Jimenez.
The game started in 90-degree temperatures and tempers quickly heated up from there.
In the bottom of the first, Souza came up with two outs. Before Sanchez had a chance to throw a pitch to him, Souza twice called time out and stepped out of the box.
That angered Kratz, who gestured at Souza and said something to him. Souza then grounded out, and Kratz trailed him down the first base line behind the play.
Kratz continued his conversation with Souza as the two advanced toward each other. Neither initiated any significant physical contact, although both dugouts emptied and the bullpens sprinted toward the confrontation.
The flashpoint quickly diffused though, and none of the opposing peripheral players came to close to reaching each other to escalate the situation.
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Having stepped back from plans to sell its building, the Fraternal Order of Eagles has turned its focus to raising money to pay its property tax bill.
It likely won't cover much of the nearly $38,000 that the organization owes, but Post 612 is conducting rummage and bake sales Friday and Saturday.
"We are keeping our head above water," Trustee Virgil "Dino" Caler said.
The Fraternal Order of Eagles Post 612 will conduct a rummage and bake sale from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday at 301 Detroit St. to help pay its property taxes. Anyone wishing to donate items to the sales can do so at its location between noon and 7 p.m. this week. For more information, contact the organization at 782-5622.
Eagles membership has been declining over the years, Caler said. It stood at 780 in February. The economy, job losses and high gas prices are not helping to increase membership, although some former members are becoming active, he said.
The building at 301 Detroit St. is not on the market, but a future sale has not been ruled out, said Ron Altenberger, trustee for the organization. He said there was interest from potential buyers when the property was listed in February at $775,000.
Owners of The Rocket nightclub were interested, but nothing materialized.
Eagles leaders need to rethink how they would like the building to be marketed and may put it back up for sale, Altenberger said.
Since putting the building up for sale, the group has been raising money by holding rummage sales, Bingo and Texas Hold'em games, having live entertainment and dinners. Soon the group will raffle off tickets to the Oct. 25 Michigan State University-University of Michigan football game in Ann Arbor.
"People are starting to work together," Wagner said. "A lot don't want to see the club go down. I don't, either."
The trustees said they appreciate the help and participation they have received from the community and that it is starting to pay off. However, the group declined to reveal how much money it has raised by holding the events.
"It's working out pretty good," Wagner said. "It's going to take a lot of time."
The group is seeking more donations for both sales from both members and non-members, said Jim Wagner, an Eagle trustee. Leftover items from the rummage sale will be donated to the Special Olympics, he said. Employees from the State of Michigan building donated some goods to start the Eagles off, he said.
The Eagles are not the only local fraternal organization with challenges.
"We are having the same problems," said Jerry Ostrander, administrator of the Moose Lodge, 745 Lansing Ave. "It is very difficult to exist nowadays."
He said membership has fallen to about 65. Years ago it was at 3,000.
The lodge holds bingo events three times a week at 11 a.m. Monday, and 6:30 p.m. Thursday and Saturday and other events to generate revenue, he said.
The group had problems paying its property taxes years ago, he said.
"It's really tough," Ostrander said. "Mainly bingo keeps us going. We are not alone in that capacity."


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North Syracuse, N.Y. — A local bridal shop owes New York more than $442,000 in back taxes, according to the state Department of Taxation and Finance.
So far, the state hasn't seized the business, New York Bride of Syracuse, and the shop remains open. A tax warrant was filed against the business earlier this month.
Nearly all of the money owed is related to sales taxes. A small portion of the debt involves withholding tax, said Cary Ziter, a spokesman for the tax department.
The shop is working on the issue with the state and already has an agreement in place to repay the debt, said Tracy Burke, New York Bride's owner.
The back taxes resulted from errors made by the store's former accountant several years ago, Burke said. Much of the debt involves penalties and interest, she said.
New York Bride isn't in danger of shutting down and has already repaid some of what it owes, Burke added.
The business is actually planning to open a new location in Raleigh, N.C. It already has a store in Charlotte, N.C., in addition to the North Syracuse shop.
Burke has plans to open three new stores in the Carolinas in the next five years.
"We're healthy," she said. "We're growing."
The filing of a tax warrant allows the state to collect the back taxes through measures like deductions from paychecks and bank accounts. The state could ultimately seize the business as well.
The tax department generally tries to work out payment plans for businesses that owe back taxes before resorting to seizures. The state also often makes deals with businesses after they're seized, allowing them to reopen.
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Howard at Oregon State
When: 7 p.m. PT today. Where: Gill Coliseum, Corvallis
On the air: Radio on KEX (1190); TV on Pac-12 Networks
Records: Bison (3-8), Beavers (7-2)
Probable starters: HU – G Calvin Thompson, G Prince Okoroh, G Simuel Frazier, F Mike Phillips, C Alphonso Leary. OSU – G Ahmad Starks, G Roberto Nelson, F Jarmal Reid, F Eric Moreland, F Joe Burton.
Briefly: It's another not-so-fearsome, non-conference test for the Beavers, who hope to cruise into the Pac-12 season with an 11-2 record after going 10-2 a year ago. ... Check out Roberto Nelson's averages over the past three games: 25.3 points, 3.3 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 3.7 steals, 62% FG, 80% 3FG%. Nelson's three-point percentage (51.4) for the season leads the Pac-12. He is just shy of the minimum three-pointers made to be listed among the national leaders; otherwise, he would rank No. 8 in the nation. ... The Beavers have made Joe Burton a team captain, replacing fellow senior Angus Brandt, who is out for the year after ACL surgery. Junior Ahmad Starks is the other captain. ... Oregon State leads the Pac-12 in scoring (77.6 points) but is 11th in field goal defense (41.3 percent). ... For the Bison, this game is sandwiched between a home game in Washington, D.C., on Monday and a date with Rutgers in New Jersey on Friday.


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TUSCALOOSA, Alabama -- Sophomore linebacker Xzavier Dickson is a big guy.
The Griffin, Ga., native came to Alabama last year at 260 pounds and is now checking in at 270. He's one of the biggest players at his position.
Dickson just isn't Courtney Upshaw big.
"Courtney was a great player," Dickson said today during his first interview session with the Alabama media. "I just try to do what I do best."
And that is...
"I think I'm in better condition," Dickson said. "I worked hard in the off-season to get myself in the right condition for practice during camp."
That hard work appears to have paid off. Dickson has consistently worked with the first-team defense at the Jack linebacker position.
You know, Upshaw's old position.
"A very great guy played the position last year," defensive end Damion Square said. "Xzavier knows the shoes that need to be filled at that position. The position is very important on our defense to make a lot of plays. Xzavier is stepping up and filling in that role to the best of his ability.
"We have confidence in Xzavier. He'll get it done."
Dickson's a quiet guy, but he said more than this in the video interview at the top of the page. If you haven't already, check out a portion of Square's interview that is already on the Alabama football page.


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For their senior project at Calvert High School, Zach Dutro and Aaron Englehart set up about 3,000 crosses on the school lawn to represent the number of babies aborted each day in the United States. Dutro said some of the crosses had been made for a previous project, but about 500 had to be replaced with paint sticks donated by Tiffin Ace Hardware. He estimated it took four to five hours to set them in place and paint the school rock. May 3, the school had a dress-down day. Morgan Smith and Christian Huss designed pro-life T-shirts for students to purchase and wear to support the cause. The profits from the T-shirt sales are to be donated to Heartbeat, a non-profit agency that assists expectant mothers. Also, the Revs. Kishore Kottana and Joseph Sybka are to celebrate a pro-life/family Mass at 5:15 p.m. Thursday at St. Joseph Church. A rosary is to be recited after Mass, and a meeting is to take place in the Upper Room for those interested in getting involved in pro-life issues and activities.


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BEDFORD – When Florida-based truck driver Bruce Vanuskirk drives through Pennsylvania, his dispatcher chimes in over his radio with a clear message to bypass the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
"It's costing too much. It's killing trucking companies," said Vanuskirk of Peninsula Logistics. He's paid about $200 in cash in the past two days to drive his Class 7 tractor-trailer on the Pennsylvania Turnpike from Ohio.
Some worry trucks will roll through local roads more frequently as turnpike fees increase today by 10 percent for cash customers and 2 percent for E-ZPass customers.
Vanuskirk stopped for lunch at a convenience store near the turnpike's Bedford interchange on Friday.
"We take whatever side roads we can get," he said.
With the rate increase, E-ZPass customers who see about a 17 percent savings on tolls will save about 25 percent, on average, compared to cash, the commission states.
A turnpike ticket for a passenger vehicle between Bedford and Murraysville will cost $9.60, but E-ZPass customers will pay $7.45.
Drivers of Class 7 trucks weighing between 62,000 and 80,000 pounds will pay $43.70 for a ticket or $37.13 with E-ZPass between those same two points.
Increased truck traffic on local roads wouldn't surprise Bedford County Commissioner Paul Crooks. He expects truck traffic on U.S. routes 30 and 220 to increase.
"The trucks aren't going to be much of an inconvenience for Bedford and Everett because there are alternate routes. Bedford has Route 30 and 220, and there's 30 in Everett," he said. "But truck traffic on Route 30 west of Bedford and east of Everett will inconvenience motorists in smaller municipalities."
The toll increase is needed, a Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission press release stated, to satisfy the turnpike's obligation to help address a transportation-funding shortfall.
Under Act 44 of 2007, the turnpike continues to make annual contributions of $450 million to PennDOT. Of that, $250 million is used for public-transit agencies and $200 million is used for off-turnpike road and bridge projects, the release stated.
With this latest turnpike increase, rates will have risen 35 percent for E-ZPass customers and 71 percent for cash customers since 2009.
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NWAC sets 5 team records at Regional Championship
North Whidbey Aquatic Club members earned a gold medal and five team records at the Northwest Age Group Regional Championships in Federal Way March 20-24.
The meet included the top swimmers from Alaska, Hawaii, Inland Empire, Montana, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, Snake River and Wyoming area clubs.
Taliah Black, Patrick Caldwell, Jerrin-James Concepcion, Ashleigh Merrill and Olivia Tungate represented NWAC and achieved a 72 percent personal-best success rate.
Tungate, 13, led the local group with a gold medal, three bronze medals and two NWAC records.
Tungate won the 200 butterfly (2:07.24) and was third in the 400 individual medley (4:38.82), 200 backstroke (2:06.56; bettering Emily Huffer's 2012 record of 2:08.60) and 100 fly (59.3; bettering Kelly Huffer's 2012 record of 59.5).
Tungatge also placed fourth in the 200 IM (2:10.29) and ninth in the 100 backstroke (1:01.06).
Caldwell, swimming in his first Regional Championships, swam PRs in all five events and set three NWAC team records.
He was sixth in the 200 back (2:13.92; bettering Josh Jepsen's 2006 record of 2:20.76). The other team records were in the 50 freestyle (25.72, breaking Kyle Ciminski's 1999 record of 25.86) and the 100 back (1:04.16, breaking Jepsen's 2008 record of 1:05.87).
NWAC junior swimmers Black (30th, 100 breast; 25th, 200 breast), Concepcion (24th, 200 back) and Merrill (18th, 100 free; 23rd, 200 IM; 22nd, 100 fly; 26th, 200 free) added to NWAC's successful results.
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Audit will look at Langley officials' pay, whistleblower issues
Officials from the Washington State Auditor's Office strongly hinted that several of the controversies that have dogged Langley in recent months will be examined as part of the state's early audit of the Village by the Sea.
City officials met with three representatives from the auditor's office on Wednesday for an "entrance conference" that kicked off an early audit prompted by citizen complaint calls to the state auditor.
Mayor Paul Samuelson, Finance Director Debbie Mahler and the entire council attended the meeting with Casey Dwyer, an audit manager from the state auditor's Everett office, and two other auditors.
In the audience during the 20-minute meeting were Planning Director Larry Cort; Public Works Director Challis Stringer; Kathleen Landel, special assistant to the mayor; and a half dozen residents, including Russell Sparkman, who resigned from the city council this past month.
Dwyer outlined the review process, and said it will center on an accountability audit on the use of public resources and legal compliance.
"That broad area really covers a lot of topics," she said, noting the tailored list of areas that the audit will examine.
The audit will evaluate accountability and compliance with state laws and regulations on contracts and agreements, compensation of elected officials, hotel-motel tax disbursements, the Open Public Meetings Act, records retention, whistleblower policy, citizen advisory committees, manual warrants and indirect cost allocation (basically, charges made to utility funds).
"It is very specific to the city," she said.
Langley has been in near-continuous turmoil since July, after city hall learned that Mahler had asked the county prosecutor to investigate her concerns that Samuelson was getting paid for vacation time he hadn't earned.
City hall also came under fire for high costs associated with a contract for the city's building official.
Two whistleblower complaints were filed against the building official, which claimed he had padded his hours in bills while making $93,420 in 2008 and earning more than $259,000 over the past three years while development and building activity had plummeted in the city.
Critics complained a proper investigation was not conducted on the whistleblower complaints, and said city officials dragged their feet before looking into the matter.
Langley is audited by the state on a two-year cycle. The city was last audited in 2009, and that review covered the span between January 2007 and December 2008.
That audit was released in late September 2009, and was accompanied by a "management letter" sent to city officials that listed a number of concerns over payroll and payment issues.
The management letter noted the council and mayor were responsible for providing oversight of payments to vendors and city employees "to ensure they are allowable and to safeguard against misappropriation of public funds."
The letter said auditors found seven instances where a series of warrants — 251 in all — were not documented on claim vouchers or mentioned in the minutes of council meetings. Warrants are basically checks that a city issues for payment, and function the same as a typical bank-issued check for payment.
Auditors also discovered that the council did not approve three months of payroll expenditures in 2007 and 2008.
Dwyer, the audit manager who signed the management letter, told city officials during Wednesday's meeting that the field work in Langley is scheduled to end on Nov. 19, with an "exit conference" with city officials coming about a month later.
The release of the audit would follow a month or two after the exit conference.
The audit will cost the city $9,432 plus travel costs.
The rest of the audit — a review of the city's financial statements — will be wrapped up in 2011.
"I look forward to the results," Councilman Bob Waterman said at the close of Wednesday's meeting.
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Hide captionPlankton are tiny organisms at the bottom of the food chain in the ocean.M. Ormestad/Tara Oceans
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Hide captionThey are microscopic organisms, but put together make up 98 percent of the biomass in the world's oceans.Jennifer Gillette/Tara Oceans
Hide captionPlankton also generate about half the world's oxygen, so credit your every other breath to these tiny creatures.Eric Roettinger/Tara Oceans
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As you take in your next breath of air, you can thank a form of microscopic marine life known as plankton.
They are so small as to be invisible, but taken together, actually dwarf massive creatures like whales. Plankton make up 98 percent of the biomass of ocean life.
"This invisible forest generates half of the oxygen generated on the planet," Chris Bowler, a marine biologist, tells Guy Raz, host of weekends on All Things Considered.
And, as climate change alters the temperature and acidity of our waters, this mysterious ocean world may be in jeopardy.
It's Bowler's mission to learn as much as possible about plankton — before the tiny creatures disappear. Bowler is the scientific coordinator of an around-the-world voyage named the Tara Oceans expedition. Aboard an 118-foot schooner, a team of marine scientists culled the world's waters for 21/2 years, studying plankton.
"By understanding the plankton communities, which are associated with areas that are more or less polluted, or more or less acidic, we hope that we'll get a feel for what sort of organisms prefer which kinds of conditions," Bowler says.
So as the oceans change in the future, he says, "we will be able to sort of see — predict which of these species are likely to go extinct, which ones are likely to migrate, which ones are likely to take their place."
Though the main voyage has ended, the work has only just begun. The biggest catch so far? Discovering up to a million new species of microorganisms.
"That's sort of a reflection of our ignorance of ocean life," Bowler says. "Particularly the microscopic world, which is difficult to study."
The expedition brought home around 27,000 samples, "a snapshot of the state of the oceans at the beginning of the 21st century," Bowler says.
"It's certainly going to be at least 10 years before I think we've gotten to the bottom of these samples," he says.
By then, he says he hopes they will start to develop a picture of how the oceans might look after a hundred years or more of climate change.
"It's going to be a continual discovery process, I think," he says.


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Beaverton police are searching for suspects who reportedly stole thousands of dollars in merchandise during a burglary of a local board shop early Tuesday morning.
Just before 3:20 a.m., police responded to an audible alarm that was sounding at Sublimity Snow and Skate Shop, located at 12404 S.W. Broadway St., said Officer Pam Yazzolino, Beaverton police spokeswoman. Arriving officers found the glass, front door shattered in what appeared to be a "smash-and-grab" burglary, Yazzolino said. The breaking glass triggered the alarm.
The business owner reportedly arrived and took inventory of the business. Stolen from the store were 21 pairs of gloves, 14 watches, seven snowboards, five long-board skateboards, two wallets and one belt, Yazzolino said.
The stolen merchandise, Yazzolino said, was worth $6,900. Police have no suspect information and no surveillance video is available from the store.
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Hoho, Well,over the years I have "assisted the court" as an expert witness dealing with just these issues, and yes, some of my best friends are...... The burden of the tale is that a dB is a more or less constant ratio between two signals that is needed to before one can be judged stronger or weaker than the other, independent of the signal level. These statements imply a more or less unidimensional "pure tone" signal. The situation of picking out specific signals from an S7 roar is a lot more complex, and you are right to say that a dB more or less is of little account. Psychophysics can handle this with more elaborate models based on Signal Detection Theory, however. And SDT works for machines as well as people, so the convergence of psychology and physics is pretty good in this area. If we go back to the simpler cases, then a dB will make all the difference in working weak signal cw, for example. Hence the obsession with single dBs not so silly. For normal DXing one dB will result in a significant improvement in countries worked over a period, even if the effect is not readily observable on any single QSO. Another angle: 3dB = doubling tx power. It is not impossible that the cumulative effect of putting in a better feedline, stripping and cleaning joints in a beam etc etc could add up to as much as 3dB, ie equivalent to doubling power. Hence the obsession over dBs may not be all that silly. And when the operator believes that everything is going as well as it possibly can, he/she is more confident and likely to be a better performer regardless. Great on Palmyra. One of many islands I have yet to visit. end 73 Barry Kirkwood PhD ZL1DD Signal Hill Homestay 66 Cory Road Palm Beach Waiheke Island 1240 NEW ZEALAND www.waiheke.co.nz/signal.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: Stu Greene <email@example.com> To: Barry Kirkwood <email@example.com> Sent: Friday, 07 September, 2001 1:15 PM Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Re: [AMPS] True Or Not True #2 > At 12:24 PM 9/7/01 +1200, you wrote: > >See Stevens, S.S. Handbook of Experimental Psychology. > >If this is psychobabble then so are physics texts. > >cheers > > Barry -- I'm a solicitor/barrister and you're obviously a psychologist and > never the twain shall meet. > > I've done plenty of dxpeditioning as well as dxing, and simply put, I want > to hear. I suspect that at my age if I am unable to hear a voice or a > Morse character, an increase of transmitted power of one decibel would make > no difference. > > In no way am I jesting any longer. This thread has become ridiculous. I > will readily admit that three decibels make a strong difference -- that's > half an S unit on a calibrated receiver; possibly two. But if I'm at the > other end of a pile up, I promise I will work stations with strong signals > (power, propagation, antennas) and I will work dirty stations to get them > out of there. > > I remember on one occasion I was the sole phone operator on Palmyra in 1988 > looking for Europe. I worked the strong stations and then there was a > steady S7 roar over the twenty kHz I was scanning. I could not pick out a > single phonetic. And that one dB would have been lost in the shuffle. > > As a practical matter, I feel that operators spend far too much time and > money to capture that elusive decibel and, Barry, in the real world ...you > know the rest > > A nice day and 73 > > Stu > > List Sponsored by AN Wireless: AN Wireless handles Rohn tower systems, Trylon Titan towers, coax, hardline and more. Also check out our self supporting towers up to 96 feet for under $1500!! http://www.anwireless.com ----- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/FAQ/towertalk Submissions: email@example.com Administrative requests: firstname.lastname@example.com Problems: firstname.lastname@example.com
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The Sydney Mines native, a member at the Ben Eoin layout, repeated as Cape Breton Roadbuilders champion on July 13 at Lingan Golf and Country Club. The 20-year-old played in last year's qualifier for the inaugural Cape Breton Celtic Classic, but just missed out on reaching the PGA Tour Canada event by one stroke.
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I'd try to start it anyway when you're ready to watch, and if no soap, call in.
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Most likely your account is setup to not allow impulse purchases, or whatever they call it, or it has a really low limit on the amount on money can be charged to PPV on your account over a certain period of time. That means you can't pay for PPV without calling in and talking to someone. If you call DirecTV and explain the situation they should be able to get it fixed.
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I'm just getting into the primal lifestyle - started on July 2 and kind of eased into it as I learned more and more about what to and not to eat. I would say on average for this month I've probably been about 70%/30%, but it's a little hard to guess.
About two weeks in, I experienced the lo-carb flu that everyone talks about - I was exhausted and couldn't concentrate, and that lasted several days. Then I started to feel better and had more energy, but certainly not the boundless energy that converts talk about. So, I figure I'm still going through that transitional phase.
What's worrying me is that my depression has been worsening gradually all this time, and the last few days I feel about as bad as I did when I finally broke down and went to the doctor last summer. I've been on anti-depressants for one year now, and they've been working great up until now.
Could this just be part of the transitional phase as my body adjusts? Has anyone else had this experience? All I read about is how everyone's depression magically went away, so this is especially concerning. Is primal eating messing with my brain chemistry?
(Notes - I gave up Diet Coke (6 or so per day) at the beginning of this month also. I exercise five mornings a week - three of those are heavy weight lifting and the other two are yoga or light cardio of some fun nature. I am also on hormone replacement therapy due to early onset menopause (at 38) I'm 41 now)
I'd appreciate any thoughts or advice anyone could give me - I'm miserable today and very worried about backsliding on the depression.


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BOONTON — A mother walking with her 3-year-old son in Boonton late Tuesday night was shot and killed and her husband injured in what prosecutors are saying appears to be a targeted shooting. The family was taking a stroll after Ramadan's traditional evening meal, authorities said this morning.
Neighbors said they heard between five and eight shots ring out on quiet Cedar Street in the Morris County town about 11:30 p.m., killing Nazish Noorani, 27, police and relatives said. The child, who was in his stroller, was not hurt, but her husband, Kashif Pervaiz, was taken to a local hospital with gunshot wounds, they said.
"This investigation is ongoing and the release of information at this stage would compromise the progress of same," said Morris County Prosecutor Robert Bianchi. "From what we have already determined, however, it should be noted that this shooting clearly appears to be target specific and that there is not a continuing danger to the general public at large."
Bianchi wouldn't say which family member or both appeared to be the target.
Town police Chief Michael Beltran would not comment on reports from local television and radio stations that three people were involved in the shooting.
Asked if the couple could have been targeted because they are Pakistani-American, Beltran said, "We've had Muslims in the community for over 50 years and very few problems with hate crimes."
A first-aid responder who was among the first at the scene, Katie Bakstad, said Noorani was shot near her heart and likely killed instantly. Her husband was shot in the ankle and shoulder, she said.
Bakstad, who is now no longer with the squad, said Noorani's body was lying in the street, and that her husband was on the sidewalk. The stroller, with the boy inside it, was about four feet from Noorani and a nearby resident was trying to calm the boy, Bakstad said.
Bakstad's mother, Susan Zaniewski, who lives on Cornelia Street nearby, called the shooting "freaky."
"This stuff doesn't happen here," she said.
Dominico DiBiase, who lives next door to Noorani's family, said he was watching a baseball game when he heard gunshots.
"This is a quiet area," he said. "For years, people go to work and come home."
Another neighbor said he heard a series of what he thought were firecrackers.
"Then I heard someone yell, 'Help! Help! Help!,'" Shaun Gonzalez said.
The couple were walking from one relative's home to another after Iftar, the nightly meal that breaks the daily fast during Ramadan, a law enforcement source said.
A man who identified himself as the young man's father, Shafiq Hassan, said that the couple lives in Brooklyn and was visiting family in Boonton, where Noorani is from.
Pervaiz's sister, Zareen Hassan, 23, answered the door of the couple's Brooklyn home today.
"We are too in shock right now," she said. "I'm still shocked and I'm still crying."
She said the Brooklyn home, which sits on a row of middle-class single homes and apartment buildings in Brooklyn's Flatbush section, belongs to her father.
Pervaiz and his wife lived in the three-story, single-family home with other family members, according to his sister.
Pervaiz, who works as an architect and engineer, and his family are Brooklyn natives. Noorani comes from Boonton. According to a self-published, online autobiography, Parvaiz has advanced degrees in both architecture and structural engineering and cultivates an interest in Russian architecture and self-published a book on the subject in 2010. He has owned Riyaan Developers, a Brooklyn construction firm since 2007.
Zareen Hassan said she had no idea what motivated the gunmen to attack her brother and sister-in-law.
"Whatever's on the news is what we're hearing," she said. "I'm still shocked and I'm still crying."
Zareen Hassan said she had no updates on the condition of her brother.
"He's still in the hospital," she said. "I have no news."
Pervaiz, a doctoral student at Harvard, is a graduate of Columbia University, a relative said.
Morris County Prosecutor's Office spokesman Capt. Jeffrey Paul would only confirm that investigators are on the scene and would release information at a later time.
Bakstad, who joined the Boonton Kiwanis First Aid Squad about a month ago, said she went into shock soon after getting to the shooting scene.
"It's nothing like I've experienced in my life," she said.
Staff writers David Giambusso, Mark Di Ionno and Ben Horowitz contributed to this report.
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GRAND HAVEN -- Authorities are evacuating a neighborhood on Grand Haven's east side after a sulfur dioxide tank used at the city's wastewater treatment plant began leaking about 4:35 p.m.
A hazardous materials crew is on the way to the area of the plant, 1525 Washington to determine how to stem the gas release.
Police are going door-to-door to clear the area of the plant, and there are no reported injuries or illnesses at this time, according to the county's central dispatch.
In municipal treatment plants, sulfur dioxide is often used to neutralize chlorine during the cleaning and disinfection process. Chlorine is toxic to aquatic life and the plant sits adjacent to Grand River tributaries.
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In response to Martin Stever regarding arborists picking up work because of the changes in the SMP: ANSI standards are actually a decent thing. There are ANSI standards for your toothbrush, believe it or not.
A300 standards are the generally accepted industry standards for tree-care practices. They are voluntary industry consensus standards developed by TCIA and written by a committee called the Accredited Standards Committee A300, whose mission is to develop consensus performance standards based on current research and sound practice for writing specifications to manage trees, shrubs and other woody plants. Learn more about the history of ANSI A300.
I absolutely believe that even if I weren't a professional arborist I'd prefer the people I hire for completing one of the most dangerous jobs in the world to be knowledgeable and up to date with current safety practices and regulations for my area.
So, why is needing to hire a professional a bad thing? As an educated consumer, who else do you want working on what could be considered one of the best assets to your property? There are more and more qualified, safe and experienced tree professionals working in our area than ever before.
Mr. Churchill also said, "I am easily satisfied with the very best," and this too might be how we start to critique the services we are hiring rather than the law put in motion for a reason.
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Just enjoyed four nights over Easter at Hotel Bagues. The hotel is in a perfect location on La Rambla, the staff are very friendly and efficient. The room was great (especially the shower!) with views over La Rambla and the easter procession. The rooftop terrace was also put to good use in the evening sun. Excellent! Thank you for a great break!
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My wife & I have just returned from a 4 day break at your excellent hotel. The location is superb, right in the heart of things, whilst offering a tranquil haven. The suite was beautifully decorated and the terrace and hot tub a welcome surprise. Whilst all the staff were very friendly and helpful I would particularly like to thank Mercedes & Ivo at Reception who couldn't have done more to help us during our stay, they are great ambassadors for your hotel & company.
In summary an excellent hotel, location & staff, we will certainly commend it to our friends and family and will absolutely be returning before to long! Thank you for help making our trip so special to what is a wonderful City.
Just returned home after spending 4 great nights in your wonderful hotel
The room and view was better than expected
Your staff was amazing and friendly
Thank you for making my trip memorable
Superior Hotel. From the moment we arrived the staff anticipated our every need: the bellman who was at the car immediately when we pulled up was professional, warm and treated us as though we were important guests. At check-in, Elina Saakyan set the tone with a high level of service along with M. Noguera and M. Romero. Throughout our stay the front desk provided quality service, made our business needs a pdriority and always suggested ways they could make our stay more pleasant. The staff at the restaurant knew us by name/room which made us feel special, the food was was excellent whether breakfast or other requests for special items.
Room was great with a view of both the cathedral and La Rambla. Location is superb with easy access to attractions, Metro, restaurants, etc. The hotel rooftop pool, lounge area offered fantastic views, ambiance and service. We will definitely recommend Hotel Bagues to our friends and colleagues and will choose this hotel next time we are in Barcelona.
Dear Mr&Mrs. Vias,
First of all i would like to thank you very much for taking time to post such a good review.
All the staff is working very hard to provide a high standard service and that is why you found what you were expecting.
I would like to mention what you say about "knew us by name / room" because that kind of details are what make us different with respect to other luxury hotels.
Thank you very much and i hope to see you again.
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The staff was the best I have ever encountered in any hotel I have stayed in for business or pleasure. The rooms were typical European (a little small compared to the US), but beautiful and the beds were comfortable. Location could not have been better - near the market and cntrally located on La Rambla. We walked everywhere, but the Metro is also right there. I had never stayed in a small luxury hotel before, but I'm a believer now. I hope I come back to Barcelona just to be able to stay in the hotel.
We stayed for 7 nights (July 7th – July 14th) and from the moment we arrived, it really felt like a five star hotel. Indeed right in the middle of Barcelona's largest cultural and shopping areas (excellent location), close to all landmarks, within walking distance from the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Gran Teatre del Liceu opera house, the Cathedral, the Boqueria market, even from La Pedrera, Casa Batlo or Museum of Picasso. But if you are not into walking then the hotel is really close to the metro approximately 100 meters. I cannot imagine a better location.
It's a very classy hotel, modern with spacious elegant room with large king size bed. Our room was facing Las Ramblas and was pleasantly surprised how well the room was soundproofed. There were also lovely additional touches from robes and slippers to nightly turn-down service.
The service was excellent/ fantastic from the moment you step out of a taxi. We were left with the best impressions! The staff is very professional, very polite, helpful and of course English speaking staff. Catering to our every need. They never said no! And the service was prompt and friendly. Every recommendation and especially with regards to restaurants was spot on. I only wish I could remember their names so that I could thank each and everyone separately for their professionalism and all their help.
We highly enjoyed the service. I would recommend staying at Hotel Bagues!
We can't wait to come back!
Thank you all for a wonderful staying and for making our trip to Barcelona memorable!
Lovely Hotel.
Great location with easy access for walking to landmarks, great shopping and resturants, metro, or buses. Hotel staff was very accomidating and friendly, and provided a bottle of wine to help with the birthday celebration. Rooms were well appointed with a comfortable feeling. Room was facing Las Ramblas, and was pleasantly surprised how well the room was soundproofed. We could also open the door to the balcony to experience the city - best of everything. Lovely additional touches from robes and slippers to nightly turn-down service. I would definately recommend this hotel.
We just got back from a long weekend at this hotel. It is a fairly small hotel in the middle of La Rambla. It is a great location for sightseeing and easy train access. We enjoyed our balcony facing La Rambla. Not too loud in the room. The staff was great and very helpful with any questions we had. The room was very nice and clean. Highly recommend this hotel.
On Barcelona's famous boulevard La Rambla, a mere minute's walk from the bustling Boqueria city market and adjacent to the delightful Gothic Quarter, who could ask for a more elegant place to stay in the heart of Spain's most exciting city?
We stayed five nights. Our fears of excessive noise proved unfounded, thanks to effective double glazing. Our corner room was tastefully appointed in dark wood, leather and muted gold with comfortable bed and stylish bathroom. To the side was a fantastic close-up view of the facade of the Bethlehem Church and at times we opened the doors onto our tiny front balcony simply to watch the passing show below. The hotel staff were professional and courteous. El Regulador bar-brasserie (on the ground floor) serves an excellent breakfast ... and in the evening an outstanding gin & tonic! The roof top bar has city views. Keep a look out for package deals.
We stayed for four nights just before Christmas. The hotel is located on las Ramblas and is ideally situated for exploring Barcelona. The hotel staff are very friendly and attentative. Although the rooms aren't the largest this is no reason to complain, as they have all the facilities that you would expect from a member of the Small Luxury Hotels of the world. It's also worth noting that the rooms are totally soundproofed which allows for an uninterrupted nights sleep. To conclude we would definitely book this hotel on our next visit to Barcelona.
The staff were friendly and helpful. The location is perfect. Nice and rich breakfast. Everytin was good. We were satisfied this hotel


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More than one-quarter of a million official permits were issued in fiscal year 2011 for work on city streets by utilities, construction companies and contractors.
Staten Islanders know only too well the impact of all this roadwork on traffic. So we welcome the new plan by the administration of Mayor Michael Bloomberg to reduce congestion in the city by minimizing the number of times streets are dug up.
Under a program called the Street Works Manual, the Department of Transportation is supervising the city's most far-reaching effort to coordinate and limit roadwork.
"We're going to improve something that's aggravated New Yorkers since we've had paved roads - streets getting torn up, repaved, and then sometimes getting torn up all over again for another project," said Mayor Bloomberg. "We've designed a new online program to improve coordination of street projects, keeping more streets open for traffic and cutting costs."
The Street Works Manual formalizes agreements made with the utility industry to share information on which streets are scheduled to be dug up, giving others the chance to make their own repairs before the street is resurfaced.
Street excavation permits, resurfacing schedules and utility project schedules will now be shared and updated regularly on the city's website (www.nyc.gov).
Via the online NYCityMap, all municipal agencies have started posting information about capital projects that are under way or being planned. Utilities, contractors and other city departments can now see the status of all roadwork and coordinate their street-related work rather than re-excavating and re-surfacing streets.
"Many New Yorkers have experienced the frustration of watching work crews tear up a street that's just been repaved," said Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan about the impact of roadwork. "The streets are the foundation for the city's infrastructure and this landmark agreement will help reduce the toll of construction on our streets and keep them open for business."
With enhanced permit and inspection procedures, the Department of Transportation can now issue 90 percent of all permits electronically, with most issued within just one or two days of an application.
Now the idea is to make sure non-emergency repair work does not begin soon after a road was resurfaced or another utility was working in the same location.
For its part, Con Edison has welcomed the opportunity to use the Street Works Manual. It has called the initiative a "valuable tool" to enable its
14,000 employees to deliver electric, gas and steam service.
National Grid also vowed to coordinate its work on gas projects with others who are doing roadwork. It called the new effort "smart planning" to improve city streets.
Beyond this encouraging new effort, there may be something more the city can do in the constant need for milling, paving and filling potholes.
A few days ago on Staten Island, a New Hampshire-based company, Kasi Infrared, demonstrated a way it says would cut labor, costs and repair time for potholes. It is said to have the potential to save millions of dollars.
The infrared asphalt repair technology was displayed in the parking lot of the Hilton Garden Inn in Bloomfield for City Councilman James Oddo and several city Department of Transportation officials.
Mr. Oddo suggested that the DOT purchase at least one of the specially equipped trucks to run a pilot program on the Island to see if the claims bear out. It's an idea that ought to be pursued in the effort improve our roads.
The city and the Department of Transportation have already shown their openness to innovation with the Street Works Manual. They deserve credit for looking into new ways to keep our heavily traveled roads in good shape.


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Sparta police say evidence suggests a man died due to a drug overdose on Thursday afternoon at an apartment on Court Street.
Police were called to the Brookside Apartments, 307 N. Court Street, at 2 p.m. on June 13 for an unresponsive person, 31-year-old Michael Libke.
Libke's autopsy was completed on Friday, June 14 in Madison, but the results have not been released yet. Sparta police are continuing their investigation.
If you have any information on this case, contact the Sparta Police Department at (608) 269-3122, or the Monroe County Crime Stoppers at (608) 269-STOP.


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This is what he's been working on all weekend. Just halfway done, but it's looking rockin'! He cut every single on of those pieces, none of the premade crap, which has saved us hundreds. And I doubted his skillz :p
P.S. Guess who motivated him? That's right... ME. lol
Looks like someone will be having lots of fun ! A while back, I found some drawings my DH made of a playhouse he wants to built for DS. Course, he's only 7 months now.
SO made DD's toybox. It's huge, but it came out great. I want him to build something like what your DH is working on, but he keeps wanting to do other shit in the backyard. Boo.


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TILLMAN'S CORNER, Alabama -- Commedia del Arte will host "The Original Tale of Peter Pan" at 7 p.m. on May 4 at the Tillman's Corner Community Center.
The Mobile-based Commedia del Arte is a non-profit theater. A portion of the productions proceeds benefits the National Federation of the Blind.
Admission at the door for adults is $12, children under 10 is $5.00. Advance tickets for adults can also be purchased or $10.
For advance tickets or for more information, call 251-510-0654 or visit www.commediadelarte.org.


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This deal has ended.
This Tour Edge Golf Bazooka HT Max Hybrid Club drops from $99.99 to $26.09 at Rock Bottom Golf. Shipping adds $9.99. The best price we could find anywhere else is $50. It features a graphite shaft. It comes in the #3 and #4 hybrid and it is offered in two flexes. There is no sales tax (except NY and VA).No longer available


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Larry Fitzgerald has had quite a year. Quarterback Carson Palmer has definitely been a part of that, but the scheme on offense has been an integral part of Fitz's success as well.
Former NFL safety Matt Bowen diagrams in the video above how the Arizona Cardinals have once again made Fitz such a dangerous weapon.
What do you think of the Cardinals this year? Can they make the playoffs?
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Not anymore we aint, not if this bunch of swivel eyed evil bastards get their way. It will be forbidden. No more space travel no more sea travel no more air travel for us plebs, just the privileged few. We peasants can rot where we were born and aspire to nothing but drudgery and disease and an early death. Don't expect to get to my age kids, you are going to all be dead by 30.
We have to agree to be poor, to live in a hovel and eat only sustainable local produce. Yes we have no bananas, we won't have them tomorrow either, and Strawberries in January will become a Capital crime. The WWF (might as well call them the Waffen SS and be done with it) are an old, formed in the sixties, venerable (to many, Govts , UN Panel on Climate Change) extremely well funded and influential global organisation. But they apparently want to burn down the village to save it. Oops, not burn it down, jeez think of the carbon! no carefully dismantle and recycle it. Unpave Paradise and put up a stinking swamp, as it were.
All power must come from renewables by 2050 (that will be bugger all then) but not only that, insane enough as it is, the WWF think they can do it by not using nasty stuff like steel, Glass and concrete. Umm Windmills and solar panels need a hell of a lot of all of that, and the essential element in making the windmills work are rare earth metals. Well they don't call them rare for nothing, and they leave a nasty gash in the ground extracting them, no way round that. But very Animal Farm eh? some gashes bad (carbon fuels) some gashes good (rare earth) or do you think that the WWF just haven't thought this all through, and can't do sums for toffee? I look forward with considerable interest to the Windmills made of blancmange and marshmallow pies though, and cabled by Spaghetti don't you?
This is all so evilly insane I don't know where to stop or start here. I have said many times that the only realistic future that mankind has is to get the hell off this planet and colonise new ones. We cannot sit here contemplating our navels till the sun goes out, or we go out with it. But that's just what the likes of the WWF want us to do and be Morrissey with it!
I'm sure my fellow kitty kounter Lynne would have done a much better job of this post, but as you know, we are having a bit of a torrid time round here, and I wanted to keep the momentum going for as long as is possible.
Here's the article that sets it out far better than I just have.
H/T to my friend, and long term commenter on Samizdata, Alisa.


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The traditional Russian Team Chess Championship (both men's and women's divisions) was held from April 8th to 16th in the Loo district of the resort city Sochi on the coast of the Black sea. From 2005 to 2011 I have been playing in the women's tournament, but this year decided to try to compete among men. The reason for this was prosaic: the club I am playing for, AVS, has decided to skip the event this year and go straight for the Eurocup (we are the reigning Eurocup champions, so we don't need to qualify there from the Russian Championship). Also, the ECU rules forbid players from competing for two clubs simultaneously in the same league. However, the men's division is different. As a result, I joined the friendly and mostly young team "Rakita". Our line-up looked like this: 1. GM Ivan Popov, 2605; 2. GM Boris Savchenko, 2580; 3. GM Alexandr Danin, 2539, 4. GM Alexandr Ivanov, 2433; 5. IM Grigory Oparin, 2487, 6. IM Mikhail Antipov, 2435; 7. WGM Natalia Pogonina 2449; 8. Vitaly Babynin 2021. In each match 6 players took part, while two took a rest. Our team was seeded 11th. The tournament itself was a Swiss event with 18 teams participating.
Previously nearly all the world's top players have been competing in the Russian League, but lately the financial crisis has taken its toll, and some of the big names were missing. Nonetheless, about half the world's top-rated grandmasters showed up. The rating favorite and reigning champion, SHSM-64 was equipped with six 2700+ grandmasters and led by the world's #7 player Fabiano Caruana. Economist-SGSU had 5 2700+ players and was headed by the inimitable Alexander Morozevich. World Cup Champion Peter Svidler, Russia's #1 young hope Sergei Karjakin, and European Champion Dmitry Jakovenko were the leaders of the teams Saint Petersburg Chess Federation, Tomsk-400. and Ugra respectively. The full team compositions can be viewed here. It is worth noting that the St-Petersburg team is the reigning champion of the Eurocup, so this time we had 5 qualifying spots instead of the usual 4. The top-5 teams mentioned above were vastly superior as compared to the others, although the short 7-round distance offered the underdogs certain chances to qualify, or at least affect the final standings.
In the very first round my team Rakita had to face the super club Economist-SGSU which hails from my home city Saratov. The guys are my friends, and I have always been rooting for them. This case was an exception. The match was hard-fought, and we were quite close to drawing it. However, in the end our opponents clinched the victory: 4-2.
Economist SGSU vs Rakita. Photo by Mariya Fominykh, chesspro.ru
In the first round all the five super clubs won their matches. Especially merciless was Tomsk-400, which wiped out Zhiguli with a perfect 6-0 score.
Now that some of you are probably bored from reading about other players' feats, I would like you to actually work on your own chess and solve a few nice puzzles from the 1st round's games. First try to find the solution yourself, and then check out the annotations, by clicking on "move list":
In the second round two of the favorites clashed: Saratov-SGSU vs Ugra. ShSM-64 had to face the #6 club Polytechnik. The guys from Nizhni Tagil usually have a strong and interesting team, but so far they haven't achieved anything significant. This year they were in contention for the qualifying spots. Nonetheless, SHSM-64 won with an impressive 4.5-1.5 score. In the main confrontation of the day Economist defeated Ugra: Morozevich beat Jakovenko and Eljanov scored against Malakhov. Alexander Morozevich is a true fighter! In round 1 he blundered terribly against our player Ivan Popov and lost, but in round two he came back and basically crushed the reigning European Champion Dmitry Jakovenko.
Economist-SGSU vs Ugra. Photo by Mariya Fominykh, chesspro.ru
The second round didn't bring any real upsets as well. Our club drew the Kemerovo team. Before the round Alexandr Danin had been telling me stories about how two of his teammates drew their games against Kemerovo last year while both being a piece down. He even showed me the games. After the match we had a good laugh at the team meeting: I also drew Cheremnova being a piece down. As a result, Alexandr was asked to provide me with winning examples next time.
Here are three more challenges for you to try to deal with:
To be continued…
I'm pretty new to chess(competitive chess at least) and I've been wondering why there are womens and mens divisions/tournaments? I can kind of understand in sports and athletics due to size differences and such the point of gender specific play. But for something like chess I really don't understand why in modern times there would be a specific women's division and not just equal open competition.
Very good positions and article presentation, but there is a big diagram problem (In the right part of the chessboard there are the solutions written,so it is almost impossible not to see them before to find a solution
very good presentation
Nice presentation of game analysis
r excellent
Thank you for taking the time to write this amazing article , well done ! Any time I can study tactics is great! Thanks for using your talent at chess to share and teach. You have the job I wish I had.
Beautiful combination. Thanks.
I think it's great that you competed among the male group. I'm male myself and always find it odd that men and women are differentiated in chess. To my mind there is no reason why this should be so. Maybe it's just that chess is a form of warfare and the male mind (stereotypically) is more suited to destruction/warfare than the female mind, yet the female (stereotypically) is more creative so it should balance out...
At my local club we only have a few girls playing, they're all young, and I find it very frustrating when they sometimes defeat themselves psychologically against male opponents before they even reach the board. As the lead tutor in out club always says... play the board not the person!! ( be they male, female or otherwise!!)
You are an excellent world class chess player and beautiful..... great combination!
gud job.
verry nice.........speacially last end game tactics........joss........
Great problems, especially the endgame problem. More endgame tactics please!
Topalov wouldn't play, because he was worried there might be a computer hidden in the Loo district.
Always a pleasure to read. Informative and personal at the same time. Thanks.
excellent stuff.
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Jim Stephens first spotted Darold Slack on June 16, 2008, standing in the crowd at the Portland Pride Parade.
"I kept looking back at him, and he kept grinning at me, and I knew it was love at first sight," says Stephens, blushing behind a dark goatee, wiry glasses and boyish smile. "He was h-o-t-t-t."
More than two years later, the two men in their mid-40s will have a ceremony with all the feel of a marriage rite at Cathedral Park in North Portland this September. It's a rite Stephens is familiar with—he was once a priest who performed 300 marriages.
Oregon voters banned same-sex marriage by approving Measure 36 in 2004, but the 2007 Legislature enacted domestic partnership rights for same-sex couples.
Stephens and Slack hope their ceremony will do more than make them domestic partners, a status that lets them buy joint health insurance but still leaves them without a married couple's federal right to avoid estate taxes after a partner dies. They say the ceremony will give them a sense of validity and, they hope, contribute to the larger same-sex marriage movement.
Basic Rights Oregon is working toward that same goal collecting stories of same-sex couples in a "Cards From the Heart" campaign, probably in anticipation of a 2012 ballot measure aiming to reverse Measure 36. BRO hadn't yet heard the story of Stephens and Slack, but here's why we think it should be part of its campaign.
Stephens and Slack's love story would make even the most cynical smile, and it's intriguing because Stephens once was a Catholic priest.
Stephens was 5 years old and living in Eastern Oregon as the youngest of six children when he knew he wanted to be a priest. He realized in his early 20s that he was gay, but he felt that the "calling" for the priesthood was so strong he went on to become ordained in 1997.
In 2004, he decided if he couldn't be out of the closet, he wasn't being true to himself or his congregation, which was by then the Central Oregon parish of St. Patrick in Madras.
Very few statistics exist on how many of the country's 40,000-plus priests leave each year. But the married priest support group Corpus estimates about 25,000 priests have left the active ministry since the 1960s, though their reasons aren't broken down into separate statistics.
"I would still be a Catholic priest today if I could be openly gay," says Stephens.
Instead, Stephens, 45, is a housing specialist at the Portland nonprofit Outside In. He worships at St. Andrew Parish, a church on Northeast Alberta Street that welcomes gay and lesbian parishioners despite Vatican teachings that homosexuality is wrong.
And it was as a member of St. Andrew that Stephens marched in the 2008 Pride Parade and saw Slack, an athletic 46-year-old dental service technician.
The two men wouldn't actually meet until a month later, when Slack was visiting a sick friend at Providence Medical Center, where Stephens was the resident hospital chaplain on duty.
Stephens describes a "vibe" that compelled the two men to shyly get coffee together. Slack laughs as he tells the story of that first coffee date.
"I was actually getting ready to leave because he was late, and then he comes walking up all nonchalant," Slack says. "Seven minutes or an hour late, it's all the same to me. He almost messed the whole thing up!"
Just two months later, Slack stood up in front of the couple's friends and serenaded Stephens with one of their favorite Michael Bublé songs—"Baby (You've Got What It Takes)."
Slack wore an old costume that was half dress and half suit stitched together, and swiveled his profile to sing both the female and male voices. The performance ended with Slack getting down on one knee and asking for Stephens' hand in marriage. Stephens accepted, saying he had been planning to ask Slack the next day atop Angel's Rest near the Columbia Gorge.
Their nickname for each other? "Yobo," the Korean word for sweetheart, since Slack is Korean-American. Backward, Stephens likes to joke, it spells, "O boy!"


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Smith knows Asomugha because every NFL wide receiver knows Asomugha.
Smith knows Asomugha because he hung with him at Reggie Bush's house this offseason.
And Smith knows Asomugha because he's already been instructed to prepare for him.
"Our coaches told us immediately after (Sunday's) game, 'You're going against the best corner in the league, hands down,'" Smith said Monday, one day after the Giants knocked off the Chiefs. "It's a great challenge; we're all excited to play against him."
Offenses don't usually look to excited to play against Asomugha. In fact, quarterbacks normally don't throw his way for much, if not all, of the game. But as the Chargers showed in Week 1 when Philip Rivers hit Vincent Jackson for a touchdown on a nice move past Asomugha, the seventh-year cornerback who was also the NFL's highest-paid player (on a per-season basis) before Eli Manning and his new contract showed up, is human.
And Smith believes the Giants will attempt to beat him.
"We want to throw his way," Smith said. "We want to be one of the teams that makes plays on his side, despite (the fact) he's a great player."
Smith isn't so bad himself. In case you haven't checked lately, his 34 receptions, 411 yards and 4 touchdowns are all tops in the league.
That's right: through one quarter of the season, a member of the Little Receiving Corps That Could is leading the NFL in all three of the top pass-catching stats, which might lead Oakland to put Asomugha on Smith all day long.
"I don't know," Smith said with a laugh when asked if he'd be treated by Asomugha as a big-time No. 1 receiver. "We'll see."
One thing Smith knows for certain is Asomugha will be physical.
"The coaches were just telling us he's got long arms and he tries to take advantage of you on the jam, which is something I like," Smith said. "I like the press. If he wants to press me, that's good."


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Resa writes, "Is there any way to get a recipe for McKenzie's Bakery Lemon Meringue Pie? What a beautiful and tasty treat for spring and summer. It's a shame we no longer have that bakery."
Sadly, no. But I have a good family recipe for this traditional springtime treat. My sister makes wonderful lemon meringue pies, and she cooks the filling in the microwave, a trick she says she learned years ago from a pastor's wife.
The recipe is from Bell's Best, a thick cookbook published in the 1980s by the Mississippi Chapter No. 36 of the Telephone Pioneers of America.
Lemon Meringue Pie
Makes 6 to 8 servings
1/3 cup cornstarch
1-1/4 cups sugar
Dash salt
1-1/2 cups hot water
3 egg yolks, beaten slightly
1 tablespoon butter or margarine
2 teaspoons grated lemon rind
1/3 to 1/2 cup lemon juice
1 baked 9-inch pie shell
3 egg whites
6 tablespoons sugar
Microwave directions: Combine cornstarch, 1-1/4 cups sugar and salt in a large microwavable bowl. Gradually stir in hot water. Microwave on high at 2-minute intervals (if you have a high-powered microwave) or 3-minute intervals, until the mixture is thick and clear. Stir well at each interval.
Stir several spoonfuls of this mixture into slightly beaten egg yolks to temper them, and mix well. Stir the yolk mixture back into the large bowl. Return to the microwave and cook again at 2 to 3 minute intervals, stirring at each interval, until mixture bubbles and is a thick consistency.
Remove from microwave and stir in butter and lemon rind, and gradually stir in lemon juice. Cool 5 minutes, then pour into pie shell.
Stovetop directions: Combine cornstarch, 1-1/4 cups sugar and salt in a medium saucepan. Gradually stir in hot water. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce heat and cook until thick and clear, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir several spoonfuls of the hot mixture into egg yolks and mix well. Pour back into saucepan. Bring to boil, then reduce heat and cook 4 to 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; stir in butter, lemon rind and gradually add lemon juice. Cool 5 minutes, then pour into pie shell.
To make meringue: Beat egg whites until fluffy throughout. Add 6 tablespoons sugar, 2 at a time, beating after each addition and blending. Continue beating until mixture stands in peaks. Pile on filling and spread to edges of pie crust. Bake in preheated 425 degree oven for 5 to 10 minutes or until delicately browned. Cool thoroughly, at least 4 hours.
MAKE YOUR OWN CUSTOM HAM GLAZE: A press release from Spice Islands made me realize how simple it is to create your own flavored ham glaze for Easter. This should be a cinch for the good cooks of southern Louisiana who are so adept at seasoning.
All the recipe developer did was add ground spices to a half-cup of honey or corn syrup. (You can also put a rub on the ham after scoring it, before cooking and glazing.) Both glazes included cinnamon and cloves in lesser amounts. Pour or brush it over a scored ham in the last half-hour of cooking.
Custom Ham Glaze
8 to 10-pound fully cooked ham, shank end
1/2 cup honey or corn syrup
About 2 teaspoons favorite ground spices, plus cinnamon and cloves
With a sharp knife, score the fat of the ham in a 1-inch grid pattern. Place ham in a baking pan and cook according to package directions. Mix honey or corn syrup and spices in a small bowl and brush on the ham, or pour over the ham, in the last half hour of cooking.
Let ham rest 20 minutes before serving
Cooks break down into two camps: Those who can improvise and those who must have a recipe. For the second category, here's the recipe for the ham with the rub and a glaze.
Spiced Honey and Black Pepper Glazed Ham
8 to 10 pounds fully cooked shank-end ham
1 tablespoon cracked black pepper
1 tablespoon powdered mustard
1 tablespoon garlic powder
1/2 cup honey
1-1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Score ham at 1-inch intervals with a sharp knife; place in baking dish. If ham appears dry, moisten surface with water. Combine black pepper, mustard and garlic powder in a small bowl. Rub pepper mixture over surface. Roast according to manufacturer's directions.
Combine honey, cinnamon and cloves. Drizzle over ham during the last 30 minutes of roasting. Remove ham from oven and let rest 20 minutes before slicing.
STRAWBERRY PRESERVES: "Dear Judy," writes C.S., "On Friday morning, some friends will arrive and we will be canning. Going to do a batch of green tomato pickles (sweet) and some strawberry preserves. Do you have a good recipe for the strawberries? I like them for putting over ice cream or cake when the summer is gone.
"Thank you for all your help."
C.S., this is one of my favorite recipes, but you will need to start before your friends arrive on Friday.
The strawberries are like jewels in a pure syrup that's perfect for serving as a sweet sauce.
A couple of notes: A heavy pot is essential, and don't try to double the recipe. Make two batches instead.
Carleen's Strawberry Preserves
3 cups whole strawberries
3 cups sugar
Place berries in a heavy pot and pile sugar on top. DO NOT STIR. Turn heat to medium. When first bubbles appear around edge of pan, set timer for 20 minutes. DO NOT STIR. Pan will fill with pink bubbles. Take from burner and remove foam from top. Pour into a glass bowl; place plate on top, and let sit overnight.
The berries will absorb the juice and be very plump and juicy. Pour into hot sterile jars and seal in a boiling water bath, or just cover and keep in fridge. Delicious served over vanilla ice cream.
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The Saint Louis business directory for 1853-4 /
Anthony, William, fruit store , 48 Levee, bnbetween Locust and Vine.
Appleton, E D., atty at law , at N. P. wswest side Main, bnbetween Olive and Pine.
Archer, J., book-keeper , 37 Levee.
Arbessier, James, chimney sweep , 106 Poplar, bnbetween Third and Fourth.
Aremdes, F., tailor , eseast side Carondelet bnbetween Lesperance and Cotte..
Armstead, R W., house and sign painter , wswest side Fifth, bnbetween Market and Wal-
Armstrong, D. H.notary public , nsnorth side Locust, bnbetween Main and Second.
Armory of National Guards , se corsouth-east corner Main and Vine.
Armstrong & Casey , dealers in lace goods, wswest side Main, bnbetween Pine and Ches-
Arnold, A., clerk 70 market.
Arnold, F., shoe maker ss south-side Frank av,Franklin avenue bnbetween Tenth and Eleventh,
Arnold, R., jeweler , nsnorth side Vine, bnbetween Third and Fourth.
Arnold, P. & P. , tailors, 15 nsnorth side Locust, bnbetween Main and Levee.
Arnot, A., O'Blennis livery stable , sssouth side Chesnut, bnbetween Second and Third.
Arress, J. W., clerk , 62 Market.
Ashdown, W. G., gas fitter , wswest side Third, bnbetween Pine and Chesnut.
Ashkenazi, . Dr., physician . ss Wash, bn Ninth and Tenth.
Ashton, James, wire-worker and cage maker , sssouth side Walnut, bnbetween Third and
Asinger, N., baker , sw cor Wash av and Twelfth.
Atinger, Charles, gunsmith , 27 Market, bnbetween Main and Second.
Attena, J. & Son , lumber dealers, nw cornorth-west corner Carondelet avavenue and Marion.
Attwood, N. B., druggist , 19 Levee, bnbetween Walnut and Elm.
Augston, C. G., wagon maker , sw corsouth-west corner Third and Rutgers.
Auler, Mary, milliner , 69 Carondelet, bnbetween Wood and Miller.
Aureal, L. & Bro. , sugar refinery, nw cornorth-west corner Edmond and Hickory,
Austos, Frederick, blacksmith , Frank av,Franklin avenue bnbetween Ninth and Tenth.
Avery, C., broker , sssouth side Pine, bnbetween Second and Third.
Avis, C. B., book-keeper , 135 Main.
Avis, C. A., salesman , 50 Main.
Ayton, J. H., second hand iron store , 221 Market.
Babst, William, cigars and tobacco , ne cornorth-east corner Eighth and Frank av Franklin avenue .
Bach, John, shoemaker , 185 Frank av Franklin avenue .
Bacher & Holderle , confectioner, sssouth side Park av,avenue bnbetween Tenth and Eleventh.
Bacigalupo, J. B., fruit and oyster saloon , ne cornorth-east corner Second and Vine.
Bacon, James H., atty at law , se corsouth-east corner Chesnut and Third.
Bacon, A. M., wire factory , 49 Market, bnbetween Second and Third.
Bacon & Co.company , grocers and commission merchants, 25 commercial alalley .
Bacon, Hyde & Co.company , wholesale druggists, 87 Main, bnbetween Olive and Locust.
Bæœnbrock, John, barber , 35 Third, bnbetween Pine and Chesnut.
Bæppler, Gustavus, family grocer , ne cornorth-east corner Fifth and Olive.
BǦr, Charles, carriage and wagon maker and blacksmith , sssouth side Carondelet
av,avenue bnbetween Barry and Marion.
av,avenue bnbetween Barry and Marion.
Bagley, E., clerk , 44 Market.
Baily, S. H., candy manufacturer , nw cornorth-west corner Second and Pine.
Bailey, G. S., dry goods and groceries , s cor Levee and Walnut.
Bailey, C. C., salesman , 133 Main.
Baisatoux, J. C., ne cornorth-east corner Broadway and Wash avWashington avenue .
Baker, A., barber 82 Third, bnbetween Olive and Locust.