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Since it has been slow on topics and I want everyone to keep a sense of enthusiasm before the season starts. I wanted to post this blog for discussion. It was posted about a week ago. This blog reflects my feelings from my original post "nowhere to go but up". He also mentions of what I perceive to be the "contingent" few here on this site. When I first read it I could not help but think he was speaking about us here at TOPBUZZ. I might be wrong but I haven't seen any other site that has as much activity or any activity in the off-season for that matter. He must be talking about us.
In any case, I feel he reflects what most of us feel about the upcoming season. I don't know about you but talking about the Clips in the off-season gives me a sense of closeness to the team and fans alike. It's as if I'm addicted to a drug and I need my daily fix thus defining me as a true FANATIC.
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By ClipperSteve
Posted on Sat Aug 18, 2007 at 03:23:01 PM PDT
It's entirely possible that I'm reading too much into this, but the injury to Elton Brand seems to have affected some of the citizens of ClipsNation in a way I did not anticipate. There is a contingent, perhaps small but nonetheless out there, who have been energized by the situation. Given the importance of Brand to the team, my own immediate inclination was to despair, and without question there are plenty of citizens in that Clipper boat as well. But then I started to think about it, and suddenly it all made sense.
I would submit that 05-06 was the greatest season in the history of the Clippers, and that 06-07 was the worst. This is only my opinion of course, though most would agree that coming within a game of the Western Conference Semis qualifies 05-06 as the franchise's high water mark. But how could 40-42 represent the worst season when we're talking about a team that has won fewer than 20 games on six different occasions, including as recently as 2000? The answer is simple: expectations. There has never been a Clippers' team with higher expectations than last year. Sure, in 92-93 we thought they could be good (and they didn't really disappoint, finishing at .500 and making the playoffs). And 10 years later in 02-03 we had high hopes for Kandi, Brand, Odom, Maggette and Miller. But those expectations were to maybe make the playoffs - last year we were planning for top 4 in the West, hoping for even better than that. ClipsNation is entirely accustomed to mediocrity. But let's face it: the team has traditionally had to overachieve just to get to mediocre. It's an entirely different experience to underachieve, and some of us didn't know what to do with that feeling.
When Bill Fitch won 17 games in 97-98, I told anyone who would listen that he deserved to be the NBA Coach of the Year. Seriously. 17 wins with that group? Lamond Murray and Rodney Rogers are your two best players?
With Shawn Livingston and Elton Brand out indefinitely, the Clippers are in very familiar territory. No one expects them to do well. And for some fans, those low expectations are comfort food: the Kraft Macaroni and Cheese of the NBA off-season. It's not any good, but we grew up eating it.
There's something to be said for being better than expectations, if not actually any good. I've never understood how anyone could root for the Yankees. So what if you win the World Series? Weren't you supposed to win the World Series? Where's the pride in rooting for a team with a payroll three times the league average?
The simple fact of the matter is we're NBA fans in LA - if we wanted the easy way out, we'd root for the purple and gold. (OK, so it's not really so easy right now, but there was a time when it was easy for them.) We're Clipper fans not necessarily in spite of the low expectations, but very often because of them. We support underdogs. We would never jump on a bandwagon (which is why so many Clipper fans are transplants who chose the Clippers over the Lakers), and last season we started to see some trombones and maybe a flugelhorn in a minivan, if not exactly a wagon. To then fall far short of those expectations was particularly painful, and a different kind of pain to which we were wholly unaccustomed.
So by this reasoning, the season will be a success as long as it exceeds expectations. The key therefore is to make sure that expectations are as low as possible.
With a probable opening day lineup of Chris Kaman, Tim Thomas, Corey Maggette, Cat Mobley and a soon to be 38 year old Sam Cassell, my expectations are pretty damn low. Perfect. Pass the Mac and Cheese, please.
I agree with most of what ClipperSteve says (he has a great Clipper blog BTW). Though I have to say that those crappy 16 and 17 win seasons were way more painful than last season. With Sammy gone for much of last season it was kind of to be expected that the team wouldn't do as well as 05-06 when he was such a huge difference maker. Also ClipperSteve seems to have pretty low expectations for this season. I'm not so sure about that- yet. I can envision them as a .500 team at this point- not to discount EB's importance to the team or anything. If another key piece like Cassell or Maggette go down then er- yeah- pass the mac and cheese!
Brand being out is the best thing to make this team better. It's not the media or fans expectations that matter this year, it's the Clippers players expectations that is gonna matter. You could see and hear the shame that flowed from our players when we finished 40-42. They know they gotta do better...i think they will rise to that occasion. Brand's absense puts the ball even more in their court.
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Last yr we tanked because of injuries both physical and mental and HUGE locker room squabbles. We played like doo-doo the first half and still should have made the PO's It wasn't because of lack of talent. This ain't the Clipps of old. Sterling wants to win and he's opened his cash stash but we need some good luck and everyone has to up. On a given day CK(???), Corey and Sam can pop 20. Cat's streaky but there. What about the new and improved Q? With some luck the bench will be stronger. What if Davis/Thornton give us some. What's your problem? Even without EB, not a bad team
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The purpose of the blog was to NOT PUT HIGH EXPECTATIONS this season . When we do that , the highs become highs and the lows are to be expected. The let down isn't that bad...if you will. He compared this to COMFORT FOOD. At least for me, it is safer to go into the new season not EXPECTING too much(.500) but HOPING for the BEST(winning the division). That to me is the Mac and Cheese.
I don't agree with last year being the the worst though, david got it right in pointing out the reasons for the shortcomings of last year's outcome. I kind of saw it as a default year due to injuries. Even with that, we still had a chance of making the play-offs on the last day. Toohipcliptoslip also points out that Sterling attitude has changed. He has proved that but sometimes even money can't buyout injuries to our best players. But the good news is that all the stars are lined up for a better future for our team but not until we get our guys back on the court. The squabbles are gone, Cassell isn't injured, and Kaman is working to fill the void of Eb and redeeming him self from last season. But the fact remains that EB will be out for a while. No matter how you slice it, that isn't COMFORT to anyone. Like I said, the Mac and Cheese is (.500) till EB comes back. That I know this team can achieve. Now if they can over achieve... more cheese for my mac!
I don't completely agree with everything that was written but I agree with his notion. This notion will keep me from pulling out my hair when my high expectations are not met. This will keep me from throwing a chair across the room when we're playing sub-par. This will keep me from screaming at the televison when I don't agree on the match-ups. This will keep me sane till EB and Livingston come back.
One might say I lowered my expectations . They might be right but that in no way means they have been lowered to the 80's and 90's standards. I just dropped it a few notches for a little while. The best way to put it is I am not settling on the Mac and Cheese but rather the GOURMET Mac and Cheese!
I agree guys- let's hope for some gourmet mac & cheese with generous chunks of lobster tail sprinkled on top.... Let's see how Al Thornton will step up and help. I know we shouldn't expect too much from a rookie but in this case he's gonna be thrown in there right away and I have a feeling that he will do well.
It's a good squad. Many solid vets, but no all-stars. Maybe they will play as a team and avoid squabbles. I think Cassell will be a better leader than as a player in Minne. They should compete in every game. Here's my line-up to finish games and make the "big" shot:
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What do you think: is it good to run with music? Disclaimer: I am totally biased on this issue.
I did a quick Google search on "running with music" just to see what I'd find: The top five results were all about how listening to music can "improve your performance" and "eliminate boredom." The sixth result, from Wikipedia, hints at some of the controversy; then the rest of the results on the page were again about the benefits of running with music.
It's true. Music rocks. That is evident in the success of such races as the Run Hit Wonder--now the Run Hit Remix--(which Nike no longer holds in their hometown, by the way) and the Rock n' Roll Marathons. What better way to keep moving when you're ready to drop than by hitting your Power Song on your iPod or, if you're old school, telling yourself to just make it through the next set of commercials. I've got friends that get their daily news listening to NPR on runs or listen to entire Tolstoy libraries they've downloaded to their mp3 player. You gotta admit, there aren't too many things you can do while running; and most of us are so busy that we can't afford not to multitask.
Much of running is mental, and music can help you tame those demons that tell you when it's time to quit. An uptempo tune can get you to the crest of the hill or past that woman wearing the cut off shirt that is driving you nuts. Motivation is the hardest thing for most people to battle when they're faced with a slow 20 miler or even a 3 mile jaunt in the rain.
Another cool thing about listening to music while running is that it can actually help you perform with the use of personal trainers, vocal encouragement or, as with the new Nike Plus system, help you by alerting you at each mile or telling you how far you have to go. In rowing, that is the whole point of the coxswain--when you're in the boat you don't ever even have to think for yourself when you've got a good cox. You can focus, not on the pain and hard work, but on doing what someone is telling you. (Even if you're a little stubborn, trust me, it works.)
There is a whole category devoted to music for athletes. iPod, Nike, Sony, adidas...all of these companies have used the trend in their advertising, developed new products for runners and most definitely cashed in on it!
On the flip side, however, listening to music has created a lot of controversy raising questions about safety and even courtesy. Granted, there are runners who simply prefer to listen to nature, cars, whatever; simply because they spend the rest of their lives surrounded by noise. But more importantly, runners whose ears are occupied are less likely to be aware of their surroundings--when being aware of your surroundings is the most important thing to keeping yourself safe, as any self-defense class will teach you. You can't tell when someone is coming up behind you, whether it's the bogey man or just someone moving a lot faster than you. Even if they announce, "on your left," you may not hear them. You choose to take a turn when they're passing you and you could both end up on the ground.
An even scarier situation is that when a car or bike is involved. Here in Oregon, we are lucky that so many people choose an active lifestyle, but there are still people who are completely oblivious to runners (and cyclists for that matter). A car or bike can get going pretty fast and if you're plugged in, you may not hear them. Suburbs, where runners tend to take to the street to take advantage of asphalt over concrete, and downtown, where cyclists often ride on sidewalks (that's another post...) are both dangerous situations where hearing is vital to your safety.
Some races are getting serious about it. Grandma's Marathon in Minnesota tells athletes outright that they'll be asked to surrender their electronic music devices or they won't be allowed to compete, under USATF rule 144.3b:
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EAST LANSING — The more ESPN's Todd McShay watches Darqueze Dennard on film, the more there is to like about the Michigan State cornerback.
The NFL team that drafts Dennard — a consensus All-American who McShay currently has projected to go late in the first round — is likely picking up someone who could contribute right away, not always the case with rookie defensive backs.
But Dennard has shown the instincts, and smarts, to do it, McShay says.
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"This is a very serous matter that goes to the heart and soul of government," Cordray said.
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The march began and ended at City Hall. Marcher Carol Gordon said Mayor Charlie Hales spoke to the crowd before the protesters set off. Gordon was walking with her 135-pound Tibetan Mastiff, Bodhisattva. It was her second year marching with the protesters.
"The Mastiff's have a spiritual connection with Tibet," Gordon said. Owning five Tibetan Mastiffs makes her feel connected to the country and the culture, she said.
The purpose of the march is to raise awareness and show support for Tibetans, said L.T., who wished not to share his full name because doing so could complicate future travel to see his parents in Tibet. L.T. was born and raised in Tibet, he said, and has participated in a rally on March 10 every year since moving to the United States 16 years ago.
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AMHERST – Amherst town councillor Frank Balcom is the new chairman of the Cumberland Regional Library Board that administers libraries across the county.
Lisa Ward, a town councillor from Parrsboro, is the vice chairwoman while Springhill town councillor Harold Delaney is the new treasurer.
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The commission received 95 entries, with Samantha Thomas, Lexie Floyd, Selena Alamir, Allison Hook, Abdullah Abdul-Maani and Kari Adkins submitting winning entries. The students recieved ribbons and were honored with a proclamation from Westlake Mayor Dennis Clough. Students Lydia Choban, Kerrigan Ponsart, Eric Kronz, Sophia Ricaurte, Mai Lin Conway and Kara Wilkinson earned honorable mentions.
All students who submitted an entry were invited to the city's Arbor Day ceremony on April 26, as well as to place their handprint in the city's Tree of Life project from the 2013 Rain and Garden show. The contest was held in conjunction with the naming of Westlake as a Tree City USA. Students illustrated their posters in a variety of ways to show the importance of trees and why they should be preserved in Westlake. All of the posters are on display at the Westlake Recreation Center.


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Syracuse, N.Y. — The biggest free agent name with ties to Syracuse cashed in on the opening day of the NFL's free agency period.
Defensive end Arthur Jones, who played at Syracuse from 2005-09 and won a Super Bowl with the Baltimore Ravens in the 2012 season, has reached an agreement on a deal with the Indianapolis Colts that is expected to pay more than $6 million per year, according to a report by the Baltimore Sun. The deal, according to ESPN, is worth $16 million guaranteed.
Colts nation here I come!!!— Arthur Jones (@Artj97) March 11, 2014
"He is an outstanding producer down after down versus the run and pass," Colts general manager Ryan Grigson said in a press release."He's a guy who plays at a championship level week after week and lays it on the line every time he steps out on the field. He is a great fit for our team."
Jones, who had 53 tackles and four sacks last season, reunites with head coach Chuck Pagano, who served as the defensive coordinator for the Ravens in 2011.
The brother of former Syracuse and current New England Patriots defensive end Chandler Jones, Art left SU as the school's all-time leader in tackles for loss by an interior defensive lineman (38.5).
Among the former Syracuse players who remained unsigned: safety Steve Gregory, linebacker Jameel McClain and running back Curtis Brinkley.
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But the good news is that the Minutemen only have to play at Alfond Arena in Orono only once - Dec. 12 at 4 p.m.. And they can be encouraged by last Saturday's trek up there by the University of Connecticut.
The Huskies, coming off a tough year in Atlantic Hockey, stunned Maine by gaining a 3-3 tie before 4,149 fans. The previous night, the Black Bears had pounded UMass-Lowell 8-2 in the season opener, and one could have expected Saturday to be even more one-sided.
But UConn took the power out of Maine's power play by killing off all eight of the Black Bear power-play attempts, including a two-man advantage to start the overtime session.
Goaltending had been a problem last year for UConn, but Saturday night sophomore Garret Bartus made 40 saves.
The UMass game at Maine is big because it's the last Hockey East game before semester break. The Minutemen don't have any other conference games until they return home to meet Northeastern and New Hampshire Jan. 7-8. They also play a pair of non-conference games at powerful Wisconsin Dec. 30-31
Speaking of UConn, you won't have to go to Fenway Park to see college hockey played outdoors this season. The Huskies are playing Sacred Heart Feb. 13, 2011 at 1 p.m. at Rentschler Field. Prior to that game, the UConn men will hold an alumni game, and a family skating session at Rentschler. Then at 4 p.m. the UConn women will face Providence College, which is guided by former UMass men's hockey assistant Bob Deraney. Deraney was the top UMass assistant from 1993-98 under head coach Joe Mallen. He is now in his 12th year as the head women's coach at Providence. Last year, the Friars posted an 11-5-5 mark in Hockey East to capture its third regular season title.
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Mr. and Mrs. Floyd L. Webster will observe their 60th wedding anniversary Nov. 7, 2013.
They were married by the Rev. H. Bell at St. Luke Lutheran Church, where they are members.
Mrs. Webster, the former Mary Jane Gilbody, is a native of Sunbury. She is the daughter of the late Mary and Eric Gilbody. She graduated from Williamsport High School in 1951. She retired in 1984 from YWCA and in 1997 from Lycoming Child Care.
Mr. Webster, a native of Williamsport, is the son of the late Clara and Norman Webster. He graduated from Williamsport High School in 1949 and served in the Air Force during the Koran War from 1950 to 1954. He retired in 1984 from Williamsport Hospital and in 1989 from Commonwealth Bank. He was employed by Sylvania for 12 years.
They are the parents of two daughters, Mary Lee Bellott, of Williamsport, and Jill C. Mihoces, South Park, Pa., and two sons, Keith, of Williamsport, and David, of Sayre.
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In 11 years, the plan for West Burnside has changed three or four times, depending on how you count.
The latest change? In June, Mayor Sam Adams ditched plans, at least four years in the making, for turning West Burnside and Northwest Couch streets into a pair of one-way streets with a new streetcar line.
"It was a good proposal," Adams said in June of his $80 million push to make the two westside streets a couplet. "The money hasn't materialized."
Instead, Portland will pursue what Adams has called an $18 million "stripped-down" version of the earlier proposal without a westside streetcar, as The Oregonian wrote in June.
In an interview Wednesday, Adams declined to offer further details about the Portland Bureau of Transportation's current plans for West Burnside, saying he needed to talk to businesses and residents along the street first. Adams has been in charge of PBOT since 2005.
But he defended taking four years to pull the plug on the streetcar-plus-couplet model, saying he had been focused on other transportation projects -- including the now-completed revamp of East Burnside Street.
"We're all frustrated," he said.
The $2 million figure includes outside contracts and staff time. The city provided the tally Sept. 21 to settle a records request from June 23 seeking all contracts from 1999 to the present and a record of spending on the project. The figure does not include Portland Development Commission or Oregon Department of Transportation costs.
Improving West Burnside for motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians is one of Adams' top priorities before leaving office in 2012, he said: "I want to bring it home."
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•12 large calamari (about 2 pounds)
•1/2 pound cooked shrimp, chopped
•1 1/2 cups seasoned bread crumbs
•8 Gaeta olives
•3 tablespoons grated Italian cheese
•3 tablespoons rinsed capers
•3 tablespoons chopped parsley
•4 tablespoons olive oil
•1 pound linguine, cooked according to package directions
•1/4 cup olive oil
•2 cloves garlic, chopped
•1/2 cup dry red wine
•1 can (28 ounces) crushed tomatoes
•Salt and pepper, to taste
•Pinch of crushed red pepper
Wash calamari and dry; chop the tentacles. Heat oil in skillet; add garlic. Add tentacles and stir-fry for about 2 minutes. Add bread crumbs, chopped olives, capers, parsley, cheese, salt, pepper and shrimp. Mix well.
With small spoon, stuff the calamari halfway and close with wooden toothpick. Using a large skillet, heat a small amount of oil; add garlic and cook for about 1 minute. Add wine and cook for another 2 minutes. Mix in tomatoes, salt, pepper and red pepper.
When tomatoes are simmering, add calamari. Simmer about 1 hour, partially covered. Test for tenderness. If sauce gets too thick, add a little water. Makes 4 to 6 servings.
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For me, cancer isn't the big scary thing, brain malfunction is. No one in my family has had cancer other than a tiny spot of skin cancer on my mom's nose. I used to get benign tumors all the time, so it doesn't feel like a real threat to me (delusion is a wonderful thing).
On the other hand, my maternal grandfather had Alzheimers, my dad had Parkinsons, and [I]his [/I]dad was [I]always [/I]a bit bizarre. I've had 7 concussions, so brain problems are a real issue in my life. When you feel that going wrong, that's some scary shit, and I'm not sure I could handle being messed up beyond a certain point.
As far as death goes, it's a 100% diagnosis for everyone unless something drastic happens scientifically speaking, and I'm fine with knowing I will die someday. The only difficult part for me is worrying how my sons, boyfriend and mom will deal with it. I'm more worried about losing my loved ones than I am myself.


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Bachelor's Awarded after 50 Years
Posted on Thursday, June 04, 2009
After leaving Hobart College, Martin Howard, DMD went on to Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, then the University of Pittsburgh, Post Graduate School of Dentistry. By the time he retired from practice, he had contributed to five textbooks, lectured in the U.S., Europe and Asia, achieved Diplomat status as an endodontist, and earned 28 patents in the dental and chemical field. Howard, however, does not hold a bachelor's degree.
Now, more than 50 years after leaving Hobart early to attend professional school, he and five of his classmates - Gerald Forman, DMD; Neil Greenberg, DMD; Martin Peskin, DDS; Marvin Nahmias, M.D. and Robert Baron, LLB - will be awarded honorary bachelor's degrees as part of Reunion weekend.
"These six men so distinguished themselves at Hobart that they earned seats in reputed medical and professional institutions after only three years of undergraduate study," says Mark D. Gearan, president of Hobart and William Smith. "They have led lives of consequence - in professional practice, teaching, research and in their personal lives - and we are proud to recognize them as degree-bearing members of the Class of 1959."
Howard, Forman, and Greenberg all applied and were accepted to Tufts at the end of their junior year and graduated in a class with an extraordinarily high rating on national boards. Many of their cohorts went on to dental specialties, teaching or research. The three Hobart classmates joined the military upon graduating from Tufts in 1962, in the early stages of the Vietnam War. Forman and Greenberg joined the U.S. Army, and Howard joined the U.S. Navy, remaining in service for 10 years and rising to the rank of Lieutenant Commander.
Nahmias earned his medical degree, specializing in podiatry, and retired in 2007.
Martin Peskin went on to dental school after three years of Hobart, earning his degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dentistry before joining the U.S. Army and rising to the rank of Captain. For him, the honorary B.A. fills a 50-year void.
"This was always something missing in my life; I always wanted to get my bachelor's," he says. "I got in to Penn because of the great training I got at Hobart after three years and went on to a successful career. Getting my bachelor's degree wasn't something I needed professionally, but it was a personal thing."
Peskin spent three years in the U.S. Army Dental Corps following dental school, and then went on to earn a degree in postgraduate periodontics and oral medicine at New York University, College of Dentistry. While he had documentation on the wall of his practice to reflect each accomplishment, he saw a hole where the bachelor's would fit. "People would ask where I went to college and it was like a blank on my wall."
Baron didn't have any preconceptions about leaving Hobart early, but rather did so at his father's urging. "I was very happy at Hobart and things were going nicely," he says. "I got a call from my father, who was a lawyer, and he said I could get in to law school after only three years at Hobart. It seemed like a great idea to accelerate my career."
Baron applied and was accepted to his father's alma mater, St. John's Law School, and joined his father in private practice following graduation. He was admitted to the Bar in both New York and Florida and maintained his family's practice. Baron is now semi-retired.
While he says he inquired about the possibility of receiving his bachelor's from Hobart around the time of his graduation from law school, he hadn't considered it again in the past several decades. When he received the call on behalf of Alumni Relations from Eric Hall Anderson '59 he was very surprised and happy to hear it.
Both Baron and Peskin returned to tour campus when their children were looking at colleges, keep in touch with classmates and receive the publications of the Colleges. They, like other classmates in this situation, appreciated the time at Hobart and recommend the college to other people-including their own sons.
"My Hobart chemistry professor used to let me study at his house because his son's room was empty and it was quiet. As it turns out, 15 of my patents ended up being in chemistry," says Howard. "I told my children to look to small schools because at a small school, you can get a relationship like that."
As for receiving a bachelor's after making names for themselves in professional careers, Howard sums it up best, "Better late than never!"
In the photo illustration above are (l to r) Nahmais, Forman, Baron and Greenberg.


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Draft Environmental Study Released for Blythe Solar Project in Riverside County
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today released a draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) and the California Energy Commission (CEC) released a staff assessment (SA) for the proposed Chevron Energy Solutions/Solar Millennium (CESSM) Blythe Solar Power Project in eastern Riverside County, Calif.
CESSM has requested a right-of-way (ROW) authorization from BLM to construct and operate four solar-thermal power plants with an expected capacity of 968 megawatts using commercial solar parabolic-trough generating stations. Approximately 7,030 acres of BLM-administered public land are needed to develop the project. The project site is eight miles west of Blythe and three miles north of Interstate 10. The facility would be constructed in four phases.
The joint DEIS/SA, which also includes a possible BLM land use plan amendment, is available online at http://www.energy.ca.gov/sitingcases/solar_millennium_blythe/documents/ . An official 90-day comment period will begin upon publication of the notice of availability in the Federal Register by the Environmental Protection Agency expected shortly. BLM and CEC will hold at least one joint public hearing or meeting on the project. The exact date, time and location for the public hearing or meeting, as well as the end of comment period, will be published on CEC and BLM websites and announced in local media. The BLM and CEC will use the public comments received to prepare a Supplemental Staff Assessment and Final EIS, with a decision expected later in the year.
Information is available at: www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/cdd/alternative_energy.html and at: www.energy.ca.gov/releases/2010_releases/2010-03-11_blythe_solar_SA-DEIS.html .
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Gary coined the term Cocktailian to describe those who have delved deeply into the history and alchemy of the cocktail. Gary has devoted a lifetime to this study and was one of the original pioneers who managed to transform his bartender job into a career devoted to sharing his knowledge while continuing to learn more about the subjects of spirits, cocktails, and the craft of tending bar. After much experimentation and researching arcane recipes, Gary arrived at his own formula for orange bitters, an aromatic bitters that was a popular ingredient in cocktails prior to Prohibition. He eventually partnered with the Sazerac Company to produce it commercially. Ted Dr. Cocktail Haigh designed the medicine-show style label and now, Regans Orange Bitters No.6 is quickly becoming a staple behind every upscale bar, both here and overseas.
But Gary is perhaps best known for his other projects: He is one of the most prolific cocktail writers around with six books to his credit, four of which were co-authored by his wife/ partner Mardee Haidin Regan, (the most popular is Joy of Mixology). The Regans website www.ardentspirits.com, is a favorite resource and their Ardent Spirits e-letter is informative and entertaining. Garys a pro at spinning a yarn, a lost art these days, especially in an era when lofty mixology shop talk can almost border on the clinical.
Gary literally grew up in pubs - his folks ran two in Lancashire, England. Thats where he literally began to crawl, and its amusing to note that decades later he still enjoys nothing better than a good pub crawl.
As one of the founding fathers of the mixology community, Gary enjoys many spirits, but it is the spirit of amusement he enjoys most. He holds his popular Cocktails in the Country sessions at his favorite neighborhood inn, Painters, which is a two-day workshop that focuses on the craft of the Cocktailian bartender. There is lots of exchanging of ideas, and learning about the craft from each other, as well as from Gary, of course.
For more information on Garys Cocktails in the Country, visit www.ardentspirits.com
The Country Cocktail
(Adapted from a recipe created by Dale DeGroff for a Cocktails in the Country cocktail dinner in 2003)
1 1/2 ounces Gin 1/2 ounce Velvet Falernum 1/2 ounce Simple Syrup 3/4 ounce Fresh Lime Juice 1/2 ounce Berentzens Apfelkorn 1 wide slice English Cucumber Skin, for garnish 1 thin wheel of English Cucumber, for garnish Kosher salt mixed with dry thyme
Shake and strain into a chilled cocktail glass rimmed with the salt/thyme mixture. Add the garnishes.


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BRIDGETON – Garton's Riggin has two goals during pool play of the Bridgeton Invitational Tournament.
First, of course, is to win each of its three games and advance to the elimination round. The second, and almost just as important, is to allow as few runs as possible.
Seeding in the elimination round is determined by how many runs each team allows.
Garton's is off to a good start on both fronts. It scratched across just enough runs and starting pitcher Mike Dickens was pretty stingy on the mound as Garton's defeated Max's Fat Kid Pizza, 3-1, on Monday in a South Jersey Division game at Alden Field.
"We were hoping for zero (runs), but one works, too," Garton's coach Chris Williams said.
Dickens surrendered a solo home run to Andrew Lawrence in the fifth inning. Otherwise, the Deptford High School graduate yielded just three singles over seven innings and struck out 10, including the side in the seventh, to collect the win.
"Me and my catcher (Paul Earl) were on the same page all night," said Dickens, who retired the first 11 batters. "We have been together for three years now. We were keeping hitters off balance, working the ball inside and outside. And I had good velocity."
He ran into trouble in only the fourth and final inning. After setting down the first two hitters, he allowed a single, a walk and hit a batter to load the bases in the fourth inning. He induced a ground out to escape the damage.
In the seventh, Max's managed two singles with two outs, but with the tying run at first, Dickens caught lead-off hitter Joel Bacon looking to end the ballgame.
"My hand got sweaty in the fourth and I couldn't get a grip on the ball," said Dickens, who attends Neumann College. "But I made some adjustments and figured it out. In the seventh, I knew I had two outs and they didn't hit the ball hard off me. I just bore down and got the job done."
So did the Garton offense, which scratched and clawed for its runs.
Kyle Green walked to start the first inning, stole second and scored on an infield error. Efren Fernandez doubled to open the third and handed Garton's a 2-0 cushion by beating out a throw to the plate on a passed ball. Later in the frame, Holvin Figueroa knocked in Chris Bell with a single.
Garton's is off today and returns Wednesday against the Seabrook Storm and wraps up pool play on Friday with the Joyce's Stars.
"This was a pretty big game and win for us," said Figueroa, who graduated from Sacred Heart this June. "We came up short during our regular season and we said we were going to take the tournament very serious. And you could see tonight that is what we are doing."
• NOTES: The Philadelphia Phanatic will make his annual appearance at the tournament tonight, when a team made up of the Philadelphia Phillies Ball Girls takes on the Bridgeton All-Stars, which is made up of former local players, in a softball game. … It was announced that Phillies third baseman Placido Polanco will be a guest on the day of the championship game on Aug. 9.
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Other highly recommended Jersey Shore dining spots from previous years include (in no particular order):
Bobo's 33 - Atlantic Highlands
Brandl. - Belmar
Brennan's Bayside - Sea Isle City
Island Grill - Cape May
Lucky Bones - Cape May
La Spiaggia - Ship Bottom
Plantation - Harvey Cedars
Sea Salt - Stone Harbor
Black Trumpet - Spring Lake
Tucker's Seafood & Steak - Somers Point
Windansea - Highlands
Black Duck on Sunset - West Cape May
Claude's - North Wildwood
Piccola Italia - Ocean
Red's Lobster Pot - Point Pleasant Beach
Steve & Cookies - Margate
Sweet Vidalia - Beach Haven
Tomatoes - Margate
Tre Figlio - Egg Harbor City
Anjelica's - Sea Bright
Whispers Spring Lake
Blue - Surf City
Yellowfin - Surf City
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TUSCALOOSA, Alabama -- For the second consecutive year, Don Kausler Jr. and Andrew Gribble will rank -- in reverse order -- Alabama's 17 sports programs (men's and women's track and cross country will be combined) based exclusively on how they fared during the 2012-13 season. More than just the final record will be considered, but we'll be keeping the focus almost entirely on the recent past.
We'll continue this year's countdown with a program that didn't get as far in the postseason as it had the past two seasons.
Men's basketball
Last year's ranking: 7th
Last year's finish: 21-12 (9-7 SEC, 5th), won one game at SEC tournament, lost to Creighton in second round of NCAA tournament.
This year's finish: 23-13 (12-6 SEC, T-2nd), won one game at SEC tournament, lost at home to Maryland in third round of the NIT.
Two-sentence season review: In one way, the Crimson Tide exceeded expectations, because it was picked to finish sixth in the SEC but finished in a three-way tie for second place. But it failed to reach the NCAA tournament after getting there the year before, and it fell short of reaching the NIT semifinals after going to the finals two years ago.
MVP: Junior guard Trevor Releford, who led Alabama in scoring (15.6 ppg) and steals (61), was a first-team All-SEC selection and made the six-man SEC All-Defensive Team.
High point: In the regular-season finale, Releford launched a shot from just beyond midcourt at the buzzer that swished and gave Alabama a 61-58 victory over Georgia and the No. 4 seed in the SEC Tournament.
Low point: December losses at home to Dayton, Mercer and Tulane came back to haunt the Tide on Selection Sunday for the NCAA tournament, and the loss to Mercer stung the most. The Tide blew an 11-point lead with a little more than 10 minutes to go and lost 66-59. "Let's just be real about it," said Anthony Grant, who now is coming off his fourth season at Alabama. "We didn't show up to play for 40 minutes today. We didn't. ... Let's not sugarcoat it." He went on to say that it was "embarrassing, really, to admit that" the Tide lacked "effort, focus and pride in performance."
Reasons for optimism: Releford will be back. Redshirt freshman guard Retin Obasohan showed dramatic improvement from the start of the season to the end, and sophomore guard Levi Randolph finished the season strong. If junior center Carl Engstrom can rebound from a knee injury that ended a promising season last December and forward Nick Jacobs can be in shape from start to finish, they can carry the team while freshman big men Jimmie Taylor and Shannon Hale develop.
Reasons to worry: Two starters - guard Trevor Lacey and center Moussa Gueye - are transferring. Forward Devonta Pollard is facing conspiracy to commit kidnapping charges. Two additions - guard Ricky Tarrant, a transfer from Tulane; and forward Michael Kessens, a transfer from Longwood - won't be eligible this season. It appears the Tide will go into the season with nine eligible players on scholarship.Previously
11 - Volleyball
12 - Soccer
13 - Women's track
14 - Rowing
15 - Men's swimming and diving
16 - Women's swimming and diving
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Skip to comments.Doctors prove that the Iceman was shot to death in the Alps [ Oetzi ]
Posted on 01/28/2009 7:00:56 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Doctors who studied the Iceman, a mummified Stone Age hunter found in Italy in 1991, announced conclusive proof Wednesday that he was shot to death with a flint-tipped arrow rather than dying of exposure as once thought. "He only lived for a short time after the arrow impact," said Andreas Nerlich, who headed a joint study by Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich and experts from Bolzano, Italy. Shortly before he was shot in the back, the Iceman suffered a non-lethal blow with a blunt object, possibly a stone from a slingshot, Nerlich's team said in a letter to the online journal Intensive Care Medicine... They said their findings, using new immunohistochemical techniques, of a fatal shot in the back supported the hypothesis that Oetzi was being chased at the time he was killed. The lesion from the blow was just below the arrow strike... A deep cut in the Iceman's hand, which has already been studied in the past, happened several days earlier, possibly in an accident with his flint knife. "In the space of a few days he had two injury sequences, which could possibly indicate two separate attacks on him," Nerlich said. Other scientists estimate Oetzi, who is now on display in the South Tyrol Archaeology Museum in Bolzano, died at age 46. His clothing and weapons offer a window into Stone Age lifestyles.
(Excerpt) Read more at earthtimes.org ...
Talk about a cold case
no offense, but does this matter?
To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list.
· Discover · Nat Geographic · Texas AM Anthro News · Yahoo Anthro & Archaeo ·
· The Archaeology Channel · Excerpt, or Link only? · cgk's list of ping lists ·
Not to Oetzi. At least not anymore.
History always matters.
When do they examine Vince Foster?
*sigh* They still want to believe that he was just a peaceful man who was ambushed while traveling.
Our Oetzi was a warrior.
Buried with a copper axe, shield, bow and broken arrows. The rest of his belongings were taken by his fellow warriors and they buried him in a ditch with his shield over him, and then covered him in snow to prevent scavengers from getting to his body.
The wound in his hand wasn't an accident with a flint knife, it was a battle wound, as were the other injuries.
He was a warrior, and he died a violent death.
To somebody.
He must have died of global warming and of course it was all George Bush's fault. (sarcasm)
CSI: Neolithic
If it wasn't for global warming he might never have been found. Then we wouldn't have Civ entertaining us tonight with this delightful story. :-)
Any charges to be filed? ;-
The truth, at long last, it is satisfying.
Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
Was the weapon one of those Assault Bows?
No, it's proof that we need more gun control.
Time to ban flint-tipped arrows. ;~))
Seriously. I'm not much of a bleeding heart, but they have studied this poor guy up one side and down the other, and they still have him on display in some museum somewhere.
IMHO, we have learned all we can and it's time to give him a proper burial and let him rest in peace. I feel the same about all the old Egyptian and Inca mummies collecting dust in museums around the world. Yes, they may have had something to tell us, but it reaches a point where they simply become a Ripleys kind of spectacle.
Even though they are ancient, they were once living, breathing, intelligent humans and one of God's special creations. Their remains deserve to be treated with the kind of dignity we would accord to the recently departed and not as some curiosity or tourist attraction.
Just my humble opinion.
John Conyers is planning to prosecute President Bush over this (more war crimes).
Oh no, not The Iceman!
At first I thought you were talking about Richard Kuklinski.
....I agree Ditto....there have been several specials on TV about this and it looks like they've investigated thoroughly....maybe it's time to lay the matter to rest.
Ah, I remember the gotcha stories that our out of control warming thawed enough glacier to reveal a 5,000 year old body....
But doesn't that mean it was fairly warm 5,000 years ago, compared to today's temperatures. Maybe dinofarts were responsible.
War is as ancient as mankind. It was the special evolutionary pressure that drove the development of advanced intelligence far beyond the natural need to find food and shelter. The leftest idea that war can now be stamped is a dangerous fantasy.
Bill of rights number 2: the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed!
Anyone else out there getting a stimulus they are about to be stabbed in the back?
"...he was shot to death with a flint-tipped arrow
Time to ban flint-tipped arrows. ;~))"
Agree with your further comments, but...
maybe he shouldn't have been wearing skins during hunting season?
What is pretty interesting is our 2nd Amnedment came from those parts. The Framers modeled it after Switzerland - see William Tell etc. The Swiss has been able to own weapons since at least Tell's time around 1307 AD.
Our snow warrior also buried not very far from the Beretta HQ. Beretta has been in existence since 1526 AD or 483 years! Their logo has arrows in it.
Hopefully SCOTUS will stand up for the Constitution before the usurper destroys it.
I have no doubt. Aren't greenass gasses responsible for global warming today?
Fighting another man or tribe, and cut his hand while stabbing another?
"But does this matter?"
You now decide what matters? Only the things you are interested in matter??
Why read and post if it doesn't matter to you?
Why, oh why do you have to do this? It will be hours before I can sleep.
This is the break we've been waiting for! We can finally shut down the Mastadon Mafia!
ForGod'sSake what do we need to do to put a 100% blocker on pics of these grizzley? Wrecks one's whole frame of mind!
Last thing I remember is the freezing cold
Water reaching up just to swallow me whole
Ice in the rigging and howling wind
Shock to my body as we tumbled in
Then my brothers and the others are lost at sea
I alone am returned to tell thee
Hidden in ice for a century
To walk the world again
Lord have mercy on the frozen man
Next words that were spoken to me
Nurse asked me what my name might be
She was all in white at the foot of my bed
I said angel of mercy Im alive or am I dead
My name is william james mcphee
I was born in 1843
Raised in liverpool by the sea
But that aint who I am
Lord have mercy on the frozen man
It took a lot of money to start my heart
To peg my leg and to buy my eye
The newspapers call me the state of the art
And the children, when they see me, cry
I thought it would be nice just to visit my grave
See what kind of tombstone I might have
I saw my wife and my daughter and it seemed so strange
Both of them dead and gone from extreme old age
See here, when I die make sure Im gone
Dont leave em nothing to work on
You can raise your arm, you can wiggle your hand
And you can wave goodbye to the frozen man
I know what it means to freeze to death
To lose a little life with every breath
To say goodbye to life on earth
To come around again
Lord have mercy on the frozen man
Lord have mercy on the frozen man
-James Taylor
Looks more like the shooter to me...
Maybe, maybe not. But no offense, is it interesting to people who might be interested? Maybe you aren't interested, so it wouldn't matter, as you say. Just a little intrigue from the past. A little relief from bailouts and Obamalosiplugs.
Hell, yeah, it matters. Besides, it's interesting. Evne if it didn't matter, knowledge is good for its own sake.
I gained some important knowledge tonight. A flint spear might kill you, but a picture can scar you for life.
Well, not exactly. For fairly obvious reasons is was more closely modeled after the English Bill of Rights of 1689, which guaranteed the right of Protestants (only) to keep and bear arms. The US version just expanded it to cover all citizens.
Greiving (spinster) great aunt.
The crazy one who lives in the cave on the other side of the mountain.
It matters if one is interested.
When it's a crime to have flint-tipped arrows, only criminals will have flint-tipped arrows...
That's right!
So remember to keep your head on a swivel when hiking in the Alps in leather pants and moccasins.
We went to the museum last month and saw him, and yeah, I would have to probably agree. The one interesting thing, I guess is how his body was preserved, but I guess a picture could do that. The clothes and everything were interesting, but it just feels kind-of morbid. I do feel the same when I see mummies, too.
thank you SunkenCiv! my husband and i have been following the tale of Oetzi since they discovered him. it's almost like he's an old friend. lol very old friend. :-|
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I had a slight reality check the other day while walking through a local store.
On the shelves were colorful leaves, pumpkins and other symbols that fall is just around the corner. That means the high school fall sports season will be kicking off soon and the kids will be back in school. It is a good time.
Then, like a slap to the back of the head, it hit me, Saturday night is the Night of Features at Fonda Speedway. The end of the regular season at the Track of Champions. Wow, weren't we just at the car show at the Rotterdam Square Mall?
Now we will be watching to see if Bobby Varin can hold off Pat Ward through a pair of 20-lap features to pick up his fourth modified track championship.
Heading into Saturday night, Varin holds a 29-point edge over Ward and a 34-point advantage over Ronnie Johnson in third. It would be a tough task for Matt DeLorenzo to repeat as track champion as he trails Varin by 58 points heading into the final points races.
David Towns pretty much controls his own destiny in the sportsman division. Towns, the defending sportsman division champion, holds a 48-point lead over Mark Kislowski, who has had one of his best overall seasons of competition this year. John McAuliffe rides in third, 84 points behind Towns.
McAuliffe did double duty last week driving Elmo Reckner's back-up car to a top-10 finish in the sportsman feature and a top-five in the modified main. McAuliffe was in Reckner's car after a hard wreck during the mid-week race Aug. 5 bent the rear clip of his No. 23.
While suffering a mild concussion in the accident, McAuliffe joked that what really hurt was that the Teo chassis had only five laps on it and probably a four lap warrantee.
Kenny Gates and Jeremy Cramer appeared poised to repeat as track champions in the pro stock and IMCA divisions respectively.
Gates will be looking to not share the title this season as he comes in with a 34-point lead over Nick Stone and 50-point edge over Roy Fifield.
Cramer is 22 points up, 419-397, on Aaron Jacobs in the IMCA standings. The battle is for second. Jacobs leads Jimmy Cramer by two points and Kevin Buff by five.
The street stock title is again coming down to the final night of competition with Chuck McSpirit gunning for his first track championship. McSpirit leads Cassidy Wilson by 16 points and Neil Cosselman by 26 heading into Saturday's racing action.
It looks like the weather for this weekend will be clear by race time. If the weather forecasters are incorrect and Fonda is rained out for the sixth time this year, the Night of Features will take place after the break for the Fonda Fair.
Saturday night is also Banner Night at Fonda. The event is sponsored by the Fonda Futures Kid's Club.
King of the Budgets
Glen Ridge Motorsports Park will host the two-track series for the budget sportsman division at the end of the month. The series starts at Albany-Saratoga Speedway Aug. 29 and resumes Aug. 30 at Glen Ridge.
Sprint cars will invade The Ridge this week as the CNY Mini Sprints take to the fast 1/3-mile track.
2008 Fonda Yearbook
I am happy to say that production is under way on the 2008 Fonda Speedway Yearbook.
This is the third edition of The Leader-Herald published book.
The publication will be available at the speedway on the three September race dates.


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Head to the pool and beach early on Tuesday. The high temperature is expected to be 94 degrees and thunderstorms could begin as early as the late afternoon and bring with them damaging winds and small hail, especially in the overnight hours, according to the National Weather Service.
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I love Starbucks. I don't care if it's $5 a cup. Give me a frapp with soy milk, no whip, in a reusable cup, and I'm a happy girl. My new personal favorite is a vanilla bean frap with raspberry, soy and no whip of course!
I came across this list of Starbucks ingredients to use as a guide for finding a delicious vegan treat. I found this posted on Veggieboards.com. I have heard that even the light frapp base is now vegan and no longer dairy based.
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Strawberry Sauce
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Most other syrups including the caramel SYRUP
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Chocolate Chips (dairy)
White Mocha (dairy)
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Cream Syrup (dairy)
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Whipped Cream (dairy)
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Countdown to Christmas!
Today marks 49 days until Christmas! That's only 7 more Mondays. I found a website that will help you keep track down to the second.
Today marks 49 days until Christmas! That's only 7 more Mondays. I found a website that will help you keep track down to the second.
It may seem a little early to be planning a Christmas get-together but taking into consideration that we only have 8 Fridays til Christmas, we may need to get busy.
21 hours ago, as of this post, ABC Family's '25 Days of Christmas' Facebook page announced the December lineup of Christmas shows. My wife Randi follows them on Facebook and actually screamed "YAY!!!" when she read their post. She was really excited.
We all heard as kids that if we were bad, Santa would bring us a lump of coal, a bag of switches or a box of rocks. Brody was a little surprised on Christmas morning as he opened his first gift.
A week or so ago, I posted about the Santa Tracker from NORAD. I was browsing the site this morning with my 4 year old. We were getting a jump on tracking! I stumbled on a page about Virgina O' Hanlon. I found it pretty interesting. Like me, you probably know a little about Virgina, her question and the famous answer. I just learned a little more.
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Two Belfast, Northern Ireland artists whose communities were previously at war will paint a mural in the Campus Center Reading Room next week as part of the Art of Conflict Transformation Event Series.
Danny Devenny, former Irish Republican Army, and Mark Ervine, son of David Ervine, former Progressive Unionist Party leader and Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) member, will be painting the work daily between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. from April 26-29.
The finished mural will be unveiled on Friday, May 1 at a reception from 3-5 p.m. in the Cape Cod Lounge of the Student Union. The event will feature live traditional Irish music and refreshments.
For more information please follow this link: http://www.umass.edu/loop/weeklybulletin/articles/87669.php