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We arrived in Leh in Ladakh, Northern India, in early February. I had persuaded friends Nye, Rob and Maureen to come with me. We were accompanied from Delhi by an old Indian friend of mine, David. He and I had talked for years about searching for the most elusive of big cats, the snow leopard.
Reports I had read and TV documentaries suggested our chances of seeing one were slim. But on one of my previous trips to India, looking for tigers, David seemed to be able to find big cats and other wildlife almost at will, so our expectations were high.
The change in altitude and temperature between Delhi and Leh were immediately apparent. Leh is at 3500m and in February it is very cold. We were to have a few days to acclimatise in Leh before heading higher. Our hotel, the Omasila, was one of the few that wasn't closed for the winter. Rooms were basic and, since the pipes were frozen, hot water was delivered in buckets. We didn't realise this was like a five-star hotel compared to what awaited. During our few days in Leh we explored the Indus Valley, several of the imposing Buddhist monasteries and enjoyed an outdoor ice-hockey game attended by thousands of locals.
We drove north-west to the village of Uley, which has just seven houses, two catering for visitors - although normally in the warmer months.
The rooms had mattresses on the floor, with a tiny wood-burning stove which gave out heat for a few minutes before the temperature dropped below zero again, freezing our water bottles at night. Our sleeping bags were rated tog -20 and kept us warm.
It is vital to drink a lot of water to combat altitude sickness and one of my most vivid memories of this trip is getting up frequently during the night and making the trek across the open roof top, down the steps and across the yard, disturbing sleeping yaks and cows as I made my way to the toilet pit.
We ate in the kitchen of Norboo's house, with his wife and sons preparing the food. We had brought most of it with us from Delhi and they kept us well fed, although we did find that tinned peaches are not quite the same when they've been frozen solid.
We spent the next 10 days in Uley. Our host Norboo knew of six different snow leopards that visited the valley we were in, so our hopes were high, but he was concerned for some of his yaks that roamed freely in the valley.
Ibex and urial (wild sheep) also come down from the peaks and we hoped that spotting them would lead us to seeing a snow leopard. We got close to some ibex and had some distant sightings of urial and a wolf but although we saw some recent tracks, we did not see a snow leopard. With the weather making it impossible to do much farm work, some of the villagers would help us, getting up before daybreak and scouring the slopes for tell-tale signs in the fresh snow.
Tracks were spotted on a couple of occasions but they were leading out of our valley. David's reputation as a wildlife "magnet" was in tatters. On the eighth day at about 6pm a snow leopard was spotted on a ridge about a kilometre away. Attempts to photograph it were fruitless but at least we had seen one and knew they existed.
The next day our spotters were out in force but fresh snow had covered the leopard's tracks. That afternoon we received a message that a large male had been seen near the road further down the valley. We drove carefully looking for tracks but the elusive cat actually crossed behind our vehicles and was next spotted at the bottom of a tributary valley. Out came the long lenses again, but our quarry moved amazingly quickly through the rugged terrain and only distant shots were recorded. But, we had got a reasonable view and those freezing days and nights were almost forgotten.
The following day we said our goodbyes to Norboo and his family, who had looked after us so well and tried so hard to get us close to a snow leopard. We drove back to Leh and the Omasila Hotel. Never has a bucket wash and shower seemed so good.


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Hi, is it possible to do willy skipper and other skills with go 133(2008) and neilpryde solo 5.5 ?
..... NO! .... perhaps if you are a real bear and you've got a good kickback you could pull something off but i think the only part of the willy skipper you'll ever pull with a GO 133 is the willy, you're not gonne skip it! The board is just too fast, too wide and too heavy. Furthermore the solo's are not built for freestyle. A few skippers gone bad and you're looking to replace that sail (especially because NP has notoriously bad monofilm).
Thanks. I can only take off my board for a second but its hard.
Hi Islekel,
you can pop out the board of the water and rotate it, but the landing will be hard. I would suggest you go for chop hops and later for spinloops or airjibes. But a willy skipper needs a bit smaller board, perhaps!
But nothing is impossible, find it out! Get a bit shorter fin under the tail.
i can do chop hops easily.But its hard to rotate Go 133 in the air :/
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Discussion in 'Chicago Bears' started by JustAnotherBearsFan99, Sep 29, 2013.
The 40 points & three picks killed us.
I can't believe you can play that bad as QB and still have a crazy chance to get back in the game.
3 picks and a fumble returned for a TD.
I wouldn't get carried away either with Cutler's play during garbage time. You're just not going to win games when you turn the ball over 4xs and demoralize your defense with that many turnovers and 3 and outs. The game was over in that horrible 2nd quarter where the offense didn't do this defense any favors with its ineptness.
The Bears is still a work in progress..
That loss was 95% on Jay Cutler and a perfect example of why he gets scoffed at on ESPN. 4 turnovers. Held the ball way way too long at times (3 coverage sacks). He couldn't hit the side of an office building most of the game. 0-10 on 3rd down conversions.
His stat line will look way better than he actually played thanks to all that garbage he racked up after the game was already over and the outcome wasn't in doubt. BAD JAY STILL LIVES.
We have a lot of weapons, a lot of talent, good coaching (with the possible exception of Tucker), and a lot of pride. We don't go down easy (as opposed to some people I know). The thing is, we need to get it together or it will just be a big waste of talent. I trust Trestman will make it better. Whether Cutler is going to stick or not I think is going to be completely up to how he perfroms under pressure. He knows he had a bad game. The question now is, how do we play in the second game. Are we capable of making the necessary adjustments? Can Cutler get Suh out of his head? Right now, they have the tie-breaker. We have to win the second game.
Well if Tucker doesn't get it together, I wonder if Chico would be willing to come back next year after he's shit canned.
I loved his D. I'd go for it.
The QB play was an abortion today. Jay just fell apart. "Bad Rex" decided to make his Trestman debut.
And lets not forget that the Green Bay Packers are still in this division. We're looking at another 3rd place year in the NFC-N if we have too many of these "Bad Jay" days. The defense has issues, but part of their issues are Cutler. He puts an extra load on the "D" trying to bail his butt out after being a turnover machine.
It's a kick in the groin for the team and the fans. "Bad Jay" makes me just as sick as "Bad Rex" did.
We now have to sweep Minny, split w/GB and Det to have a legit shot at winning. If Cutler turns the ball over 2-3 times against the Saints, good luck, Brees is going to tear this D apart, b/c the DL will not get to him either, regardless of how well they play.
no, our DL won't get to Brees and they won't get to Rogers. Both of them given time will carve us up.
The heck of it was, that Jay had time to play a solid game. Yes, Detroit brought heat with their DL, but you could tell that Fairley and Suh were into Cutler's head from the beginning. He had a bad case of the "happy feet" when he had time to get passes to wide open receivers. He overthrew. He underthrew. He flat threw to the guys wearing the blue jerseys. He fumbled the ball.
That was 100% on Jay not having any semblance of a pocket presence.
BIH, I believe that totally. I stood up for the DL through the first 3 games, but after this game I have to admit we have a poor DL. With no pressure on the QB, Rodgers and Brees will rip us up with surgical precision. They'll actually do more damage to us than Detroit did today.
Man, we need a QB. Cutler is good, but not good enough. We'll always have to fear "Bad Jay" just like we had to fear "Bad Rex"......you never know when the bad QB is going to show up and lose a game for us. Jay has exceptional physical attributes for a QB, just like J'Marcus Webb had as a OL. I believe (with all my heart) that Jay Cutler has a "head problem" where he gets overwhelmed in games and completely falls apart.
I don't know what this guy's problem is. Sometimes it looks like he has mental meltdowns out there and completely loses his composure. Not just for one bad play or one bad series, but the whole damn day. He couldn't hit water if he fell out of a boat today. And 3 of the 4 turnovers were 100% on him (with the 4th partially on him). He actually had decent protection but still regressed into those bad habits he is supposed to have defeated by now (you know, throwing off his back foot, launching floaters, sitting in a collapsing pocket sucking his thumb like a little girl). I'm so sick of him absolutely crapping the bed and tossing his lunch like this. 6 INTs and 2 SACK-FUMBLES FOR TDs already this year...wtf?
Stafford wasn't sharp or "on" either but he didn't curl up into the fetal position and fall to pieces like Cutler did. I know it's easy to overreact to one bad day (of course, we have also seen this show before too man times) but Emery has to be thinking seriously about a post-Cutler plan for next season right now.
The thing JABF is that our line is not all that different than it was before. Melton is out. That hurts. Should it make this much difference? I'm putting Tucker on the hot seat also.
I completely agree. The "smart people" at Halas Hall are supposed to be figuring it all out. I do believe the loss of Melton is a bigger deal than most folks realize. Some seem to believe you lose a young Pro Bowl player and it's just next man up - and everything will be rosy. Football doesn't work that way. Losing a young stud is a big deal. I laughed to myself when I read some of the posts this past week that talked like Collins = Pro Bowl Melton. That is laughable.
Our DL woes were present before Melton was lost for the season. So, folks shouldn't be surprised when the DL is still broken when we lose one of the two Pro Bowl players who anchors that DL?
I'd be okay with it.
The Bears didn't lose today because of the DL. Watch that 2nd quarter all over again and you'll see an offense fold and just put the Bears defense to the wall. You can not just expect your defense to bail your inconsistent offense game in and game out. They're going to have bad games. When is the Bears offense going to actually have a good game and take pressure off the defense? This is what pisses me off the most about most Bears fan. They love to come down hard on this defense...yet for how many years have we seen them constantly bail out a shit offense? I'm sorry but its time for Cutler and this offense to start helping this defense out or let that turd walk. Do not WASTE cap space on a QB who needs a perfect roster to actually win games like this one.
We know what good QBs look like in this league. Let's stop making Cutler to be what he isn't.
Yep, this O again struggles to score 20 points w/out the D turning the ball over for them and the St's giving them good field position. Same was for Det, their O minus turn overs and a big st return only scored 24 points out of 40. How are people talking right now if Cutler only throws 1 TD but has no Turn Overs and it's 24-24 w/the OT being a coin flip? Is anyone complaining about either?
Neither team was able to convert on 3rd down; both teams struggled to pressure the qb, both teams gave up huge run plays, both D's turned the ball over, the difference in this game was Cutler couldn't convert on 3rd down at all, and personally accounted for 4 turn overs, 1 directly led to a TD, and the others I think lead to another 10 points. Our D turned the ball over and I think it led to 6 points.
Did the D play great, no, but no worse then it has all year, and I would dare say that if Cutler isn't a f'n turnstyle w/the ball that people would be complaining a lot less about them.


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The band has been busy recording their second album "Attics to Eden," which was released earlier this month. Listen for "Never Take Us Alive," the first single from the album, at the show.
The Sleeping and Closure in Moscow will be opening. Tickets are $12 in advance and $14 the day of the show. Doors open at 6 p.m.
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A video produce by NBA TV for the site nba.com pays tribute to Daniel P. Trant, a graduate of Westfield High School, Suffield Academy and Clark University. Trant was drafted by the Boston Celtics in 1984, the same draft that included would-be hall-of-famers named Jordan and Barkley.
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To celebrate the release of sports Thriller The Man Inside, we've got 3 copies of the Blu-ray up for grabs. Starring Homeland's David Harewood, cinematic legend Peter Mullan, Michelle Ryan and newcomer Ashley Thomas from Cockneys vs Zombies, The Man Inside tells the story of one man's attempts to escape his past as a cycle of crime and violence threatens to destroy him and those around him.
Clayton Murdoch (Ashley Thomas) carries a terrible darkness inside him. As a boy he was exposed by his father (David Harewood) to murder and gang culture. With his father now in prison, Clayton struggles to overcome what he was groomed to become, in a city where every day there is a constant threat of violence and death.
Clayton channels his aggression into boxing with the help of his father figure trainer (Peter Mullan). However, when the violence starts to destroy his own family, Clayton loses control, and the darkness within him is unleashed. And now, to get the revenge against those who have taken his loved ones, he must ask the one man he fears the most for help, his father.
With everything around him falling apart and the full shocking fury in him let loose, Clayton must look death in the face and find out who is the man inside.
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How to Procrastinate, by Sarah Allen
Ken, Leah and I have a million things to take care of before we take off for the SCAA show in Minneapolis this week including but not limited to: packing, sign making, appointment confirming, hair cutting, dry cleaning, and DVR programming. So why am I reading Garfield Minus Garfield? Because … Read more →


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With the Baltimore Ravens offseason starting sooner than expected, coaches and front office personnel are working around the clock to improve from their 8-8 record this past season. Many members of the staff are down in Mobile, Ala., scouting this year's crop of college seniors at the Senior Bowl.
While scouting college players is a huge part of the offseason, an almost equally important task is evaluating current NFL players as they enter free agency. The Ravens have a history of finding great value in free agency, and while they don't often make a splash, they have a knack for acquiring talent.
This article will take a look at the five best free-agent signings from the inception of the club in 1996. The criteria of this list include where players rank in Ravens history to on-the-field performance and leadership.


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The news that three suspects in the vicious slayings of three Newark college students earlier this year are immigrants prompted howls of anti-immigration indignation.
Little, however, has been heard from those quarters about the two Americans who this week won the Nobel Prize in medicine. Both men are immigrants.
The prize, shared with a third scientist in Wales, went to Mario Capecchi of the University of Utah and Oliver Smithies of the University of North Carolina for their work in gene manipulation. Capecchi was born in Italy and Smithies in Great Britain.
Lost in the furor over immigration is the fact that many of the nation's scientists, physicians, educators and business executives weren't born here.
In New Jersey, the acclaimed burn unit at St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston is headed by Hani Mansour, who was born in Lebanon. At Rutgers University, Jo Messing, the director of the Waksman Institute of Microbiology, was born in Germany. Dawood Farahi, president of Kean University in Union, came here from Afghanistan.
Their stories are legion in New Jersey and across the nation. For those who might suggest their success came because they were never poor with little to offer, Capecchi's saga is worth noting.
Capecchi was 3 when his mother, a political activist, was sent to the Nazi concentration camp at Dachau. She left her son with a peasant family in Italy. But their money ran out and the boy was put on the streets, where he lived for the next four years. His mother survived and, incredibly, found him after the war; they then made their way to the United States.
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That's how Morse, a 45-year-old resident of northern Michigan, found himself in Kalamazoo for the first time on Friday.
"It's an example of what one person can do," said Morse who owns five Subway franchises. "It's about taking initiative ... We all face negative circumstances, but we don't have to take a negative attitude."
Dressed in a red fleece jacket and Adidas track pants, he ran around the Kalamazoo Mall and Michigan Avenue on Friday, zig-zagging around to see the Christmas lights in Bronson Park.
The entrepreneur stopped to get red wax lips from a local old-time candy shop and visited a few small businesses on the mall, which will appear later on his blog.
So far, Morse has run in 87 cities, from Paw Paw to Detroit to Traverse City to Flint to Grand Rapids. He estimated that by the end of the day, he would have logged about 435 miles.
"This is really an amazing place," said Morse, who started his trek in July. "We need to fall in love with our state again."
Morse hopes to finish his 1,000 miles on April 28 in Lansing.
On Friday afternoon, a woman walked by wearing a heavy winter coat with a fur hood, just before Morse finished his run on a brisk 30-degree day.
Sometimes in the cold, "I'm not really feeling it," Morse said, laughing. "Those moment pass. They're only temporary. I take those first few steps and everything is fine."
Morse, who used to be a smoker, said he has been a runner for about five years and has participated in triathlons. To read more about his travels and the small businesses he visits, go to www.thousandmilesformichigan.com.
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It doesn't seem possible, but it's been nine years since Dave Jennings resurrected the Central Alabama Community College golf team after this powerhouse program became a victim of what I considered misplaced budget cuts.
I caught up with Jennings recently and he was in an upbeat mood, as always, despite going through chemotherapy as he fights tongue cancer for the second time.
"They say I'm cancer-free, which is great news, but I have a few more chemo treatments as a precaution," he said.
He has a lot to look forward to as CACC and Wallace State-Hanceville will co-host the NJCAA D-I national championship May 18-21 on the River Course at Hampton Cove in Huntsville. He will then accompany his No. 1 player, Zach Primavera, to the World University Games in Madeira, Spain on June 6-13 as co-coach of the U.S. men's team which is made up of three junior college players and three NAIA players.
Primavera, a sophomore who will attend Ole Miss in the fall, hails from Panama City, Fla., and is one of the top junior college players in the country. He will lead the Trojans in nationals and will be joined by Lewis Gruber, who won the District IV championship at Cambrian Ridge recently, shooting 67-70-68. He has committed to Georgia Southern. The region and district winning team will stay together for nationals as Trussville's Barrett Milam (who has signed with North Alabama), plus freshmen Nick Ward and Chaz Fairbrother, will join Primavera and Gruber in Huntsville.
CACC is the second-ranked junior college team in the country, according to the coaches poll, and third in the Golfstat rankings. McLennan Community College in Waco, Texas, is the consensus No. 1-ranked team.
It will be Jennings and Wallace State coach Dan York's third turn to host. York, in his 22nd year at Wallace State, will be inducted into the NJCAA Hall of Fame, as will his former player Brett Wetterich.
Wetterich played one year at Wallace State before turning pro and had great success on the PGA Tour in 2006 and '07. However, various shoulder, wrist and knee injuries have waylaid his career and he only recently came back to the tour after 21 months out of the game.
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King County Parks and 4Culture commissioned Seattle-based artist Kristen Ramirez to create a colorful mural along the Burke-Gilman Trail in the Wayne Tunnel, a 250-foot-long passageway under 96th Avenue Northeast in Bothell.
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The 2012-13 boys' high school swimming and diving season officially kicks off Dec. 7 and while the really fast swimming is still a few months away, the storylines for the upcoming campaign will be formed during these cold months of December and January. Here are five storylines to keep an eye on as we head through another season on the pool deck:
The Trojans, under veteran coach Greg Fastrich, have won four straight District 3 team championships (two in Class AA and two in Class AAA) and have a good chance to again hoist a 3-AAA team crown this season. But the ultimate goal for this program is contending for a state title and Hershey will have its work cut out for it in March with a loaded La Salle College team eager to defend its title. It will all come down to how well veterans Shota Nakano, Vinny Tafuto, Austin Doss, Zach Luttrell and Ethan Jacobsen can gel with the younger swimmers.
The Susquehanna Twp. senior has been the key building block for a team that has either contended for or won the Mid-Penn Keystone title the last three seasons. Smith will need another standout season if the Indians are going to successfully defend their division title. Smith's junior season was highlighted by a PIAA Class AA gold medal in the 50 freestyle and a silver medal in the 100 freestyle. No doubt, Smith has his sights set on that Class AA gold in the 100.
There are a handful of area swimmers that represent their school but are not members of a full team. Meet Camp Hill's Ian DiCarlo, Millersburg's Cole Davis and Northern Lebanon's Ethan Gehenio. All three are primed and ready for breakout 2012-13 campaigns. DiCarlo won a pair of PIAA Class AA silver medals in the 200 freestyle and 500 freestyle, Davis was an eighth-place medalist in the Class AA 500 free and 13th in the 100 fly. Gehenio, meanwhile, finished fifth last spring in the Class AA 100 back. Want a fourth? Camp Hill's Henry Tanguay finished 11th in the Class AA 100 breast.
State College and Mifflin County enter the Mid-Penn Commonwealth this winter, changing up the look of both the Commonwealth and Keystone Divisions. The Little Lions have been a solid program the last few seasons, so their addition should make for some intriguing division duals with Hershey and Cumberland Valley. The arrival of the Little Lions and the Huskies pushes Red Land and Cedar Cliff into the Keystone Division. The move should put the Patriots and the Colts on a more competitive footing moving forward.
A pair of swimmers heading into their senior seasons appeared on the cusp of taking their swimming to the next level last season. Hershey's Tafuto and Cumberland Valley's Seth Wenner, though, finished just off the medal stand at states in 2012. Tafuto finished second in the 50 free at the District 3-AAA meet and ninth in the PIAA Class AAA meet. The Michigan recruit was third in the 100 free at districts and 10th in the same swim at states. Wenner, who is headed to Pittsburgh, was fourth in the 50 free and second in the 100 free at the 3-AAA meet. He finished 13th in the 50 free at states.
Austin Doss, Hershey jr, backstroke
Vinny Tafuto, Hershey sr, freestyle
Shota Nakano, Hershey sr, butterfly, breaststroke
Zach Luttrell, Hershey jr, freestyle
Ethan Jacobsen, Hershey jr, backstroke
Seth Wenner, Cumberland Valley sr, freestyle
Nathan Smith, Susquehanna Twp. sr, freestyle
Ian DiCarlo, Camp Hill jr, freestyle
Henry Tanguay, Camp Hill jr, breaststroke
Liam Handley, Northern so, backstroke
Josh Clarke, Northern so, freestyle
Shane Hallett, Boiling Springs jr, breaststroke
Cole Davis, Millersburg jr, freestyle, butterfly
Ethan Gehenio, Northern Lebanon sr, backstroke
Phineas O'Brien-Milne, Gettysburg sr, IM, backstroke
Jonas Ricci, Palmyra so, diving
Matthew Mullen, Central Dauphin jr, diving
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When Brandon Triche exited Tuesday night's game in the Carrier Dome, what was left of the 18,238 still in attendance rose and greeted his departure with sustained applause.
Triche had just completed the offensive game of his young Syracuse career. The freshman point guard from Jamesville-DeWitt scored a team-high and career-high 21 points. He took 13 shots and made eight of them. He sank half of the six 3-pointers he attempted.
"Just taking great shots and finishing on the break," he said, "got me going a little bit."
A sequence toward the end of Syracuse's 88-73 win over Cornell illustrated Triche's point.
With the Orange ahead 64-50 at the 9 minute, 57-second mark of the second half, Triche bulled into the lane and lofted a shot over the reach of Cornell's 7-foot center Jeff Foote.
The ball kissed high off the glass and fell through. Seconds later, Triche, leading the Orange fast break, pulled up for a 3-pointer that nestled into the net.
SU led 69-50 at that point. And Triche had registered his third 3-pointer of the night.
"I took 'em a few times and coach was mad because I didn't make 'em," Triche said of the pull-up 3. "But I took a few shots in a row and I hit'em so I figured I was in a great rhythm. I figured I'd make that one."
At 6-foot-4 and a sturdy, chiseled 200 pounds, Triche does not resemble many freshmen college point guards. His muscular build allows him to bully smaller, skinnier guards charged with containing him off the dribble. That size was one of the things that drew SU coach Jim Boeheim to Triche.
"I think that's one of the main focal points of my game," Triche said. "Just being stronger than every guard. I work out every day just to be that way."
"He's strong and he definitely uses his body the correct way," SU forward Kris Joseph said. "He doesn't force anything. He plays within the offense, which is great for a point guard. He doesn't force the issue."
Triche has struggled with his turnover count, which is common for young point guards who could make a play or make a pass in high school that now results in a stolen pass or a wayward dribble. His assists (13) and turnovers (13) mirrored each other coming into the Cornell game. Against the Big Red, he registered one assist and one turnover.
His big contributions on Tuesday came in the scoring column. Triche and fellow point guard Scoop Jardine insist they can score, that the offense these days is simply designed for them to distribute the ball to teammates with better opportunities.
Against the Big Red, Triche and fellow J-D alum Andy Rautins shot a combined 13-of-21 (62 percent) from the floor. Those smooth shooting numbers are impressive considering that both guards spent significant time Tuesday chasing Cornell's deadly shooters on defense.
"Yeah, I think that was tough," Triche said. "They would spend 35 seconds on the clock and then they were missing and getting another rebound back and taking another 35 seconds. Sometimes we would go a minute without even going on offense. ... You get tired going back and forth because they move the ball so great."
Boeheim, when asked how pleased he was that Triche "was making big plays," said he was not surprised that his prized point guard recruit had made an impact. Triche has said that he learns something nearly every day, that his basketball education grows with each game and each practice.
On Tuesday, that growing enlightenment helped secure Triche his 21 points.
"Every game I try to get better and better," he said. "Doing that is definitely going to help my confidence. I know my ability. My coaches know my ability. They talk to me a lot, give me positive motivation."
"He's been a monster," said Rautins. "He's heady. He's smart with the ball. He's efficient. That's what we need out of a point guard."


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Sherfy, a sophomore right-hander, struck out 13 in relief on Saturday, tossing five and 2/3 shutout
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my actual playing strength is 1750 as on chess.com of course on my uscf rating it wont show since i dont take it too seriously. but to b honest if i did they would match each other very closely. so i think chess.com rating n uscf rating r very close to each other
there is a big I do not care factor. I do better when the pressure is on so in USCF I play better
The best way to figure out what your USCF rating would be is to play some OTB tournaments :). Find a club near you, its not that scary I promise.
apart from the differences noted above, I believe they use the glicko (spelling?) rating equation.
Just a clarification here: USCF doesn't use Glicko. There is no time-dependency (RD factor) in the USCF rating system.
Yes, USCF does not use glicko. If they did, chess.com and USCF would be pretty close. USCF does have a feature for new players called provisional ratings though, where the rating does fluctuate a lot.
It's true that your CC rating doesn't directly predict your USCF rating, or vice versa, but it's silly to say they aren't correlated. As discussed in other threads, CC turn-based ratings tend to run ~300 points higher than USCF, give or take. There are exceptions but that's the trend.
(My USCF: 1531, CC: 1890)
How to have a USCF rating?
Are we assuming people are taking their time in correspondence though? Or just playing as fast as they would in bullet lol.
Easy. Play in USCF tournaments.http://main.uschess.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=199
My blitz rating is 1366 and my uscf rating is 1800
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Pleasanton Freecycle
I remember the days before Pleasanton Freecycle even existed. When I joined there were 33 others on the list, now there are over 3,000 people on the yahoo group and about 200 messages each week.
In my opinion, Freecycle is the easiest method to get rid of stuff. You can read the official rules here. But each local group can have their own rules that may differ from the national rules.
First you have to join the yahoo group, then to get rid of something you send an email with OFFER in the title and the item you are offering. You can write more details and a rough location in the body of the email. Someone replies to the email offering to take your unwanted stuff, and very quickly it's gone. I have got rid of a lot of stuff this way.
You can also post WANTED items. Just remember if you ask for a brand new laptop or a sports car the likelihood of someone having an unwanted one lying around is pretty slim!
My rule, as someone who helps people deal with clutter, is that you have to get rid of more than you get from freecycle. It was designed to keep things out of landfills, and not so you can get lots of free stuff.
Because Freecycle is so widely known, it gets a lot of spam, so the Pleasanton Freecycle moderators have decided to moderate every message. This means there may be a delay between you posting your offer and having the message appear in your in box. Generally, however, the messages are moderated at least once a day.
Here are a few suggestions if you are using Pleasanton Freecycle.
When I have decided to get rid of stuff I want it gone quickly. Nothing is more annoying than someone who says they will pick up and then doesn't. The Freecycle rules don't let you repost until a few days have passed, so that makes a no-show doubly annoying.
Please, if you are replying to a post, leave your name. I now make it a policy not to give to anyone who doesn't give me their name. The reason is simple, I often get rid of many items at once, so I like to leave little piles or bags with people's names on. It makes pick up difficult if someone won't give me their name.
You don't have to give to the first person who replies. I like to wait 24 hours and then choose the person to give it to based on their email. This means I'm more likely to give to someone who asks politely.
Although there are a lot of emails, it doesn't make sense to read the messages on digest because by the time the digest comes in, most of the good stuff has gone.
If you are just getting rid of stuff and not getting stuff you can put your yahoo settings to no mail.
I've had nothing but good experiences with Pleasanton Freecycle, and I've made a few friends through it too.


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Over on BuzzFeed they have a post on these new "jeans" from American Eagle called Skinny Skinny, which are purportedly spray-on skinny jeans.
They're utterly absurd, of course. It's spray paint for your bare legs that will make it look as if you're wearing jeans, when, in fact, you're pantsless.
It's probably an early April Fool's joke, except I wish it were real and I could use this spray on my toddler.
Peony, 18 months, is a total doll. Except when it comes to getting dressed in jeans. It seems as if the only toddler jeans I can find these days are skinny jeans, and Peony is not a skinny toddler. She's a chunky little monkey, which is exactly how we like her. But she's a butter ball, for sure. You try stuffing a turkey into a clothing made for people who eat like rabbits. It ain't easy. Or pleasant. For anyone.
Getting jeans on her is like shoving toothpaste back into the tube. But if I go a size up they're too long in the legs or too loose in the waist. And I'm not going to seamstress to take in or up jeans that will only fit her for a few weeks or months.
Spray paint, some Huggies denim diapers to match and we're ready to go? Imagine how easy it would be to change diapers when you're out and about when there's no real pants to take on and off? I'd be all for it.
You know, if it were real (which, how can it be? Watch this video). And if I didn't take great pains to avoid chemicals near my children the rest of the time.
But other than that? Perfection.
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Anonymous contributions sully U.S. politics
I recently read an article in The Republican, "Follow the Money." Although I am very aware that much of the funding of politics works in this matter, I find it appalling.
It is no longer our best candidates who are given an edge because of their hard work and good policies, but whoever the money is behind. Because of the Supreme Court decision and the amending of the tax code allowing creation of so-called political action committees to which the donors can contribute anonymously, politics has become a game of not what you know but who you know.
Because funding is often so one-sided, many candidates who could potentially be great fits for public office are left in the dust due to the gap in funding and funding alone.
Something has to be done about the funding of politicians and political parties. Soon our country will not be run by the officials we entrust with our votes, but by the big name companies, organizations and individuals they owe for getting them there.
Public Forum gives community a gift
Two recent articles in the Republican resonate with the Springfield Public Forum's mission to provide opportunities for community education and discourse on issues of importance to region:
One is the Viewpoint article by Massachusetts Secretary of Education Paul Reville on the importance of STEM education and the need for students to have access to, and pursue, engineering and technology skills.
The other is the article about Innovation Month in Springfield, and the consideration of the question of how our city and region can become transformative and innovative.
It is clear that our area needs to embrace the sciences, innovation and urban transformation.
The Springfield Public Forum, our community's free public lecture series, promises opportunities to for area residents to engage in these important topics this fall.
Yesterday Mars Rover lead scientist Steven Squyres was scheduled to give a multi-media presentation on the Mars Rover project and the future of space exploration.
On Nov. 8 at 7:30 p.m., Newark N. J. Mayor Cory Booker, who has been hailed for his ongoing transformation of Newark, will speak about innovation and urban revitalization. Speakers like these offer the community opportunities to learn from those doing cutting edge work in topics important to the economic and educational future of our region, state and nation.
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I have to disagree with a recent letter writer. East Longmeadow's property tax rates are relatively high, yes, but they are still less than those in Springfield, Greenfield, Longmeadow, Russell, Pelham, and a surprising number of other towns. Some towns, such as Burlington or Wakefield, use extremely high tax rates on industrial and commercial properties to keep residential taxes artificially low, and some such as Tewksbury even tax open space that is protected from development. East Longmeadow does not.
As to the writer's complaint about our fire department, our on-call system works pretty well, even in the event of massive fires like the one that destroyed Bluebird Estates in 2007, and our Fire Department has lent valuable help to other communities as mutual aid, such as the 2004 Laughing Brook Wildlife Sanctuary arson incident in Hampden. Anecdotally, whenever I or my family have needed emergency services, the Fire Department, Police, ambulance, and even the Department of Public Works have always been very quick and very professional in their response.
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NPR acted rashly in firing Williams
Why was Juan Williams really fired by NPR and why was he fired by phone without any discussion?
Wasn't NPR aware that they were infringing upon Williams freedom of speech? When Williams told Bill O'Reilly on Fox News, "When I get on a plane and see several Muslims in Muslin garb and identifying themselves first and foremost as Muslims, I get worried," he was giving his opinion. Williams, a liberal, is invited to be on these shows because Fox wants "fair and balanced" in reporting on their shows. I seldom agree with Williams, and I seldom agree with O'Reilly; however, I listen the Fox news and NPR because, being an independent, I like to hear both sides of political discussions.
I also believe in and support the idea of freedom of speech.Should NPR be denied public funding since they infringed on Williams' freedom of speech?


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On his flickr page, Jerry Reuss has three different cards with photos from August 8, 1989. They are 1990 Fleer, 1990 Upper Deck, and 1990 KayBee.
This was another rough day for Reuss. On his 1984 Topps card, it was a day he pitched well and lost. On his 1988 Score, he did not pitch well but his team managed to win. On August 8, 1989, in Detroit, Reuss was pitching well - one run in seven innings - when he injured his hamstring pitching in the seventh inning and the score tied 1-1. An inning later, Mike Felder would make a winner out of reliever Chuck Crim when he homered off of Jack Morris, his first home run in almost two years.
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|Chopped ham
|1 1⁄2 Cup (24 tbs)
|6 inch tortilla
|Shredded monterey jack cheese
|2 Ounce (1/2 Cup)
In large saucepan soak beans overnight in 3 cups water.
Do not drain.
Add the 1/4 cup onion, garlic, the 1 teaspoon salt, and epazote; cook for 2 hours or till very tender.
Combine undrained tomatoes, the 2 tablespoons chopped onion, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and cayenne.
Set aside.
Heat 2 tablespoons cooking oil in large heavy skillet.
Add beans with liquid.
Mash beans in skillet.
Cook, uncovered, over medium heat 3 to 5 minutes or till very thick.
Cook peas according to package directions; drain.
Toss with ham; cover and keep warm.
Heat 1/4 inch cooking oil in another heavy skillet.
Fry tortillas 20 to 40 seconds per side or till crisp and golden.
Drain on paper toweling.
Spread about 1/3 cup bean mixture on each tortilla; keep warm in 300° oven.
In same oil fry eggs till set.
Season with salt and pepper.
Place one atop each bean-covered tortilla.
Sprinkle each with about 1/2 cup of the ham mixture.
Spoon some tomato sauce on top.
Sprinkle with cheese.
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Nutrition Rank
Nutrition Facts
Serving size: Complete recipe
Calories 3367 Calories from Fat 1086
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 120 g184.9%
Saturated Fat 39.8 g199.2%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 1741.8 mg580.6%
Sodium 5719.5 mg238.3%
Total Carbohydrates 323 g107.6%
Dietary Fiber 70.7 g282.6%
Sugars 40.7 g
Protein 234 g468.5%
Vitamin A 210.7% Vitamin C 145.2%
Calcium 119.9% Iron 159.9%
*Based on a 2000 Calorie diet


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DETROIT, Michigan -- United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger urged Congress and the Bush administration to act immediately on loans for the U.S. automakers, saying one or more of them could collapse by the end of the year without it.
Gettelfinger spoke at a Detroit news conference just as reports surfaced that a bipartisan group of auto-state senators had reached a compromise on bailing out Chrysler LLC, Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Corp.
The deal still faces heavy opposition, however.
"Without immediate assistance, we could see, and I stress could see, a collapse of one or more of the domestic auto companies by the end of this year," Gettelfinger said. "The costs that would flow from this are simply too great."
He repeated statements he and the CEOs of the Detroit Three made in Capitol Hill testimony earlier this week that a collapse could cost 3 million jobs, plus endanger the pension and health care benefits of 1 million retirees.
As word of the compromise filtered into the news conference, Gettelfinger said he didn't want to speculate on its contents.
Although he maintained that the UAW has given up numerous concessions to the automakers since 2005, he did not shut the door on further changes.
"The UAW is at the table," he said. "We're at the table every day and we would welcome all the other stakeholders to the table to make some concessions."
Gettelfinger said the UAW has talked with automakers and made changes to contracts while they were in effect, most recently in 2005.
Warning of economic disaster, Democrats and Republicans from auto industry states reached a deal Thursday on an alternative package that would temporarily divert money from a fuel-efficiency loan program to cover the Big Three's immediate costs. But it was unclear whether it could draw enough support to pass.
The group, led by Sens. Carl M. Levin, D-Mich. and Kit Bond, R-Mo., scheduled a news conference to announce details.
Even if agreement can be reached to consider their plan, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., signaled earlier Thursday that the Senate was not likely do so until after Thanksgiving.
Reid earlier canceled plans for a vote on a bill to carve $25 billion in new loans out of the $700 billion Wall Street rescue fund. The Bush administration and congressional Republicans oppose that plan.
• Nov. 20, 2008: Auto bailout: Bipartisan group works to revive the Big 3 - GM, Ford and Chyrsler; But plan faces reluctant Senate
• Nov. 20, 2008: Auto bailout: Plan to rescue GM, Ford and Chrysler stalls in U.S. Senate
• Nov. 20, 2008: Reader feedback: If General Motors goes bankrupt, what are the implications?
• Nov. 19, 2008: Auto bailout: Time, hope fading for aid for automotive industry, GM, Ford and Chrysler
• Nov. 18, 2008: Mayors from GM towns lobby Congress on bailout, but schedule change prevents Flint's Mayor Don Williamson
• Nov. 18, 2008: Auto bailout: Big 3 automakers beg for aid as bailout bill stalls
• Nov. 17, 2008: Hundreds of GM retirees pack conference on how to deal with cuts in health care insurance
• Nov. 17, 2008: Showdown looming in Congress of automaker rescue; Ford, GM and Chrysler seek $25 billion
• Nov. 17, 2008: White House refines position on auto industry help; General Motors Corp., Ford and Chrysler may get an infusion of $25 billion


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Set For Thursday
DEWITTVILLE - The Dewitville Fire Department auxiliary will host its annual smorgasbord from 4:30 to 7 p.m. on Thursday in the fire department building, 56459 E. Lake Road, Route 430, Dewittville. The cost is $7 for adults; $4 for children, age 6 to 12; ages 5 and under, free. Reflective house number signs, made to order, are available for $10, if picked up or $16 if mailed.
Gerry Seeks Players For Event
GERRY - The town of Gerry is seeking individuals to participate in games for the town's bicentennial celebration Aug. 11. Participants are sought for a softball/baseball game, tug of war and three-legged race. Contact the Gerry town clerk for more information at 985-4715 and sign up at the Gerry Town Hall.
North Main Street Paving To Begin
Jeffrey Lehman, director of public works for the city of Jamestown, announced that Lake Shore Paving Inc. will be paving North Main Street, from Sixth Street to Fluvanna Avenue, beginning Monday at 7 a.m. Motorists are advised to take alternate routes of travel. Motorists heading northbound out of the city are encouraged to use Washington Street, to Fluvanna Avenue, to the Strunk Road entrance of I-86 to detour to Route 60.
Lake Commission To Meet Tuesday
The Chautauqua Lake Management Commission will hold a public meeting Tuesday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Ashville Fire Hall to discuss the submerged aquatic vegetation management plan developed in conjunction with the county Department of Planning and Economic Development and Cedar Eden Environmental LLC of Saranac Lake. The public is invited to attend.
Saturday Tractor Pull Cancelled
PITTSFIELD, Pa. - The Warren County Fair will not be holding the farm tractor pull on Saturday, Aug. 11.
Preschool Now Taking Sign-Ups
Noah's Ark, located in the Falconer United Methodist Church, is currently enrolling children for all programs, including Before & After School, Wrap-Around and 3-year old Preschool. Preschool classes are 9 to 11 a.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday, beginning Sept. 5 and will be taught by a NY/PA-certified early-childhood teacher. For information on all programs, call the church office at 665-2008.
Summer Family Event Set
FORESTVILLE - The Forestville United Methodist Church will hold a summer family event from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, Aug. 13, to Friday, Aug. 17. Families attending "Babylon: Daniel's Courage in Captivity" will step back in time at Babylon and explore Daniel's adventures as a captive in a foreign land. Children and adults will participate in Bible-times marketplace, sing songs, play teamwork-building games, have Bible-times snacks, visit Daniel and collect Bible memory makers. For more information, call 965-2506.


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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- "I need to kill somebody today."
Those are the chilling words a knife-wielding carjacker told a cab driver on Wednesday, according to an extensive account provided by the owner of the New Jersey taxi company whose employee was victimized in the crime.
Police continue their search for the suspect, who is described as a white male, 6 feet 1 inches tall with a thin build.
The owner of Old Bridge White Cabs, Francisco Batista, said he received a call around noon Wednesday while acting as his company's dispatcher for a pickup on Brentwood Road in Matawan, N.J.
Batista said a driver with the company responded to the pickup around noon, and was directed by a lone male passenger to drive to John F. Kennedy International Airport. Batista said the passenger directed the driver to stop on Staten Island to pick up the passenger's daughter.
The driver stopped outside a home on Staten Island, and waited with the passenger in the car for 15 minutes. No one came out of the house, Batista said, so the passenger directed the driver to move the car forward.
When he did, Batista said, the passenger drew his knife to the driver's neck, and demanded the driver give him all his money. The driver provided $600, but the passenger demanded more and held the knife at the driver's neck, Batista said.
According to Batista, the passenger told his driver, "I need to kill somebody today."
He said the driver opened the car door, leaving the keys in the ignition, and ran from the taxi to a nearby construction site, where he called police, while the passenger got behind the driver's wheel and sped away from the scene.
Police recovered the taxi with its driver door left ajar outside 12-14 Crown Ave. near the corner of Grantwood Avenue, and mounted a "level 1 mobilization" in Annadale, complete with a shotgun-toting officer and a canine unit.
Officers, including the one with the shotgun, scoured through a nearby enclosed wooded area, Carlton Park, but called off the neighborhood search around 2:30.
Detectives appeared to recover a knife from a garbage can at the crime scene, across the street from the parked taxi.
The taxi driver did not respond to multiple voicemail messages requesting comment Thursday.
-- Staten Island Advance employee Myrian S. Johnson translated a reporter's telephone interview with Batista, who spoke in Spanish.


text: Robert Olthoff, 83, a longtime Stanhope area farmer, joined his heavenly Father on Saturday, December 15, 2012. A Celebration of Life will be held at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday at Our Saviors Lutheran Church, with Rev. Katharine Yarnell officiating. Burial will be in the Lawn Hill Cemetery, southeast of Stanhope. Visitation will be at the Foster Funeral and Cremation Center from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Tuesday and prior to the service at the church on Wednesday.


text: One Halloween, Erbert and Gerbert were visiting a friend's farm when Comet Morehouse spotted them and attacked. As Morehouse backed them into a corner, the boys heard a muffled voice saying something that sounded like, "Hide here, hide here!" They looked around, but all they could see was a giant pumpkin. There was no place else to go, so they burrowed under the pumpkin and stayed put, out of sight, until Morehouse gave up and went back into space. When all was clear, they knocked on the giant pumpkin. Much to their surprise, it responded with, "Hello!" They found a little leprechaun named Pudder who lived inside the giant pumpkin. When the boys thanked him for helping them hide, he granted them three wishes, which is customary when you find a leprechaun in a pumpkin. That day, the boys learned two things: Good things come in little packages, AND, sometimes, little things (like Pudder) come in big packages (like pumpkins).


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Syracuse, NY - Gas prices in the Syracuse area continued a downward trend this past week despite an unusual late-fall spike in oil prices.
According to GasBuddy.com, the average price of a gallon of gas in the Syracuse area dropped 3.1 cents in the past week. The average price in the area Sunday was $3.534, down 8 cents from one month ago, according to the pricing service.
That's despite the fact the price of crude oil closed at $102.59 per barrel Wednesday. That is the first time oil has closed at more than $100 per barrel in November, according to the pricing service.
GasBuddy.com also noted that when oil traded at more than $100 per barrel from February through March, the price of gasoline rose from $3.50 to $3.90 a gallon nationally.
The AAA's Daily Fuel Gauge Report also shows a decline of 2.8 cents a gallon for gas in the Syracuse area in the past week, down from $3.581 to $3.553 Sunday. The AAA pricing service shows a drop of 7.1 cents in the past month.
It also shows Syracuse has the lowest average gas prices of the eight metropolitan reporting areas in New York State.
The Albany/Schenectady/Troy area was a close second at $3.572 Sunday. The average prices are $3.60 a gallon or more in Utica/Rome, Binghamton, Rochester, Buffalo/Niagara Falls and Nassau/Suffolk.
The highest average price is $3.745 a gallon in the New York City aera, according to the AAA.


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Every time school closed for the summer, Montessori kindergarten teachers Greg Stemas and his wife, Tammy Bourque, wondered what they'd do to supplement their income.
The Dearborn, Mich., couple dabbled in tutoring. They even handled rental property and did some landscaping. But nothing really stuck.
They later decided to do what they loved -- working with their hands. They started tie-dyeing fabrics and selling them at art fairs and flea markets. Their brightly colored clothes turned heads and people wanted more.
Eventually, they began showing at exclusive art shows and then grew to boutiques. What started as a summertime hobby, eventually turned into a full-time job.
Today, their three-year-old company, Brightly Twisted, averages about half a million dollars in sales yearly.
"We've been lucky enough to find a pretty good customer base and a good response" Stemas said.
What: Brightly Twisted trunk show to feature bright, hand-dyed scarves and clothing
When: Thursday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Where: Gus Mayer at the Summit
More info: Call 870-3300
Website: www.brightlytwisted.com
The couple will be in Birmingham Thursday through Saturday for a trunk show at Gus Mayer at the Summit, where they will present their spring and summer collection of tie-dyed maxi dresses, tops and pashmina and modal scarves. Prices range from $62 to $128 for tops, pants, dresses and skirts. High-end maxi dresses start at $125. Their scarves are about $88.
No two pieces are alike. Each accessory is dyed by hand, most by Stemas and Bourque.
"This is still ... a sweat equity company. There are still late nights and juggling kids," Stemas said. "If the work doesn't get finished before bedtime, there is no bedtime."
Stemas, 43, has a marketing degree and years of dye and design experience. Bourque, 48, has a communications degree, retail experience in New York and has studied fashion and design. Between the two of them, they have four children from previous marriages.
They started tie-dyeing items in the mid-1990s. First, it was long-sleeved T-shirts and children's clothing.
Then, four or five years ago, Bourque came on full time. Her vision was to go bigger, pushing for things such as summery dresses and switching from a heavy cotton T-shirt to a micro T-shirt.
"She saw that we could find ... more fashionable, trendy pieces to work on to just widen the appeal" and build a high-end clientele, Stemas said. "That was when it changed."
Stemas said another change his wife suggested was they start experimenting with tie-dyed scarves.
In November 2009, Bourque was selling the scarves in a flea market in a nearby Michigan suburb when a buyer from an affluent area saw the scarves and requested 12 for her store. When the couple delivered them the next day, the woman sold all 12.
She then started ordering 12 to 18 a week just to keep up with customer demand. "That's when we said, 'Gosh, maybe we are onto something," Bourque said.
Then in March 2010, Bourque was attending the Magic Show in Las Vegas, a big trade event in the international fashion industry, when a wholesale representative from Los Angeles asked Bourque where she got her scarf. Bourque told her that she made it.
Immediately, the representative said, "I want to represent you."
Within three months of that encounter, Nordstrom contacted the couple to carry their scarves. Today, stores such as Neiman Marcus and Gus Mayer, and over 200 specialty boutiques carry their line.
"We took a big leap of faith," Bourque said of starting the company. "We do feel lucky. We say that to ourselves every day."
Nancy Nagrodski, a buyer for Gus Mayer, learned about the couple in January 2010 during an accessories show in New York. She noticed their scarves, which were being used as a backdrop in a display for a handbag line Gus Mayer had carried.
"Before I knew it, I was buying scarves before I bought the handbags," she said.
Since then, Gus Mayer has sold more than 400 scarves.
"It's unreal," Nagrodski said. "I'm reordering every two to three weeks."
"I always say (the scarves) make people smile. They make people happy."
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Employment: 'Stimulus' led to little growth
September 13, 2013
President Barack Obama likes to boast that trillions of dollars in "stimulus" spending of various types has put more Americans back to work. It has not....
Only one question is important: Are you better off than you were 2 years ago? If yes fine. BO's ideas worked. If not then you have a problem. How many Americans can say yes is most important.
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"steinertron work" is that another term for moron?
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Now the one thing that is working , is yielding up wealth for the property owners is fracking.The libs are starting a new war on this as the cheap gas sinks the so called green energy. Green energy is neither 24/7 or cheap. Success to a liberal. Libs were all for gas as long as it was expensive. when private enterprise made it cheap , the libs went into a tizzy.Now for the gals, the LWV's against carbon , gas and other necessities of life joins the fray with concerns about coal. Hey gals, you are wrong again. Steiner pulled the rug out from under you with his steinertron work. You prove over and over gals that gals and science dont mix.please continue . I saw the letter to editor about beyond coal and the LWV are behind that. Once again you gals show no knowledge of science, foundational science or even analytical chemistry.but thats an activist woman. wrong every time.
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You overlook the reality that the ACA is supposed to fail and cause all sorts of hardships so as to allow the leftists to continue in their push for a government takeover of healthcare.
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Also from TV talk shows. obamacare, who is the biggest detractor and wants it repealed ?The repubs , no. It is the AFL-CIO. they want that monstrosity repealed. It will destroy labor they say.Of course it will. thats what FDR did in the 30's. Repubs should just sit back and watch the libs fight over the ACA.It will implode. Success will be said from judeeye, cronig and all the other unlearned libs.somehow they miss big labors opposition to ACA, cherry picking again.
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hey unlearned liberals, especially phil, crumbug and judeye. From PBS, is that right wing, hate filled speech libs ? From PBS , a special on the economy they said the recovery is lackluster at best. The high growth areas , service and restaurant are low pay. High pay jobs gone. labor unparticipation at all time high . In short the economy is just barley going. Success say the liberals. Just like the great depression ! Stimulus worked FDR claimed.any wonder all of europe is in the doldrums but the far east is doing great ? Find a liberal and they are the problem. Institutionalize all liberals.
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Lets not forget that imported workers and seniors who have come out of retirement are all working at various jobs. PS:Don't forget to stop in at the NEW Cabelas that is now being built in Buffalo !-Whoa!!!
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Overtime Overtime and more Overtime ,The facts are real , OVERTIME and even DOUBLES are the norm for American workers,I have the pay stubs to prove it !, Will Poultry of Buffalo needs Drivers ASAP !- Tea Baggers put down the KOOL AID ! RR was bad g"W"b was worse.Christie or Mike Wannabee are not the answer !
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STEINER - You are ignoring the fact that the depression was the result of the stock market crash and bank failures all occuring during a Republican administration. This country is far too hung up on politics - Democrat versus Republican - liberal versus conservastive. No one represents middle ground and common sense values anymore.
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hey phil, you are confused as usual. FDR and the libs took control of the govt from 32-36. A democrat prez till 52.Ike called all this in 52, democratic bumbledom. we had the worlds greatest depression.the various stimulus programs aka the new deal did not work. of course the libs under obama tried that in 08. did not work either. I wondered how the great depression went on for so long. The libs did it. every democratic attempt via new deal failed. FDR even bashed business leaders like obama does now. The darkest time in america and who is at the helm ? Dumbacrats. Even Christophers unions were striking in the 30's vowing to make the great depression worse !they succeeded. Truman scared it would return after war ! thats how good the libs wrecked america !
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Tell us Judeye what the President has done,not promised,but has done that has improved the lifestyle of middle class America? Why is it you don't like the drones,would you rather we have boots on the ground to get those rats?
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STEINER - just for the record Hoover was elected in 1928 and the depression started in October, 1929. Most economists believe that the depression was caused by the stock market crash, bank failures and consumer fear. Hoover was a strong proponent of balanced budgets so he cut spending but increased taxes dramatically including tariffs on imported goods. Imagine that - a Republican increasing taxes!
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govt stimulus has not worked in europe or here. keynesian econmics is dead and the libs ever the unlearned are telling the rest of us what facts are. hey libs. How did ya miss this ? What were the best times to live after ww2 ? the 50's and then the 80's. we hear the gaggle comment and the glorification of govt. golly you libs are brain damaged. how do you miss these facts over and over. The stimulus did not work. who makes all the stuff we use ? the govt ? women ? libs get a grip on reality .
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MikeDavis...first Pres Obama is not my hero. I do support most of his policies and do think he is one of the best presidents in my lifetime. However, there are many policies that I do not agree with (drones quickly come to mind)
Do you not understand spending has gone DOWN under Pres Obama? Revenues have increased. Yes, I do think when we are in a financial crisis it is the time to spend. Interest rates are very low. We can borrow money to put people back to work, who in turn will spend money, thus stimulating the economy, and they will...PAY TAXES. It is the perfect time to borrow and spend. The payoff in the end will more than pay for itself.
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hey phil and judeye , you sure about the great depression caused by hoover ? Who was in control during it ? Do you know ? It was dumbacrats ! yes, the stimulus, the new deal did not work and prolongued the great depression. That was a mighty democratic achievement ! facts phil, you goofed , like the libs do all the time.Even truman was scared that the depression would return after the war eneded. The dems had the presidency from 32-52.congress in the 30's and it was hoovers fault. Now we know where the expression it was bush's fault arose from. Those dumbacrats.FDR bashed business like obama , the unions went on striking during the deporession to help make it greater and the libs say govt stimulus worked. golly you libs are mentally challenged.
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DarkStar..."For the first seven months of 2013, the deficit was $489 billion. That is $231 billion less than the budget shortfall for the comparable period last year.
The decrease is almost entirely due to revenue increases. Revenues rose $200 billion and spending decreased only $11 billion."
That is how they did it. YES the deficit is GOING DOWN!
You can accept these FACTS or you can listen to opinions which ignore them. Your choice
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PR24601 "we have no idea what would have happened if Washington hadn't pushed us further towards bankruptcy with over $1T in "stimulus". "
You obviously have not bothered to read ANY fact based report on this issue. They KNOW what would have happened if this issue was not addressed IMMEDIATELY. Why do you think McCain 'suspended' his campaign to return to DC? Why do you think that the stimulus that Bush proposed got bipartisan support and was passed within hours?
Again, I refer back to numerous references that many of us, including DKexpat and myself, have provided that gave REAL FACTS (unlike opinions) on this issue.
I think the biggest mistake was for our government not to be honest and clear with all of us just how severe and devastating the situation was in 2008. If they had NO one would be doubting how we had to have the stimulus, bail out the banks (even saying that makes me ill inside), and auto industry.
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PhilJulian..."The truth is that increased government spending is sometimes necessary to stimulate a failing economy. "
AMEN Sir!!!!
Exactly. Many who comment here just do not seem to understand that this was not just a 'recession'..we were on the brink of a Great Depression. One that if not adverted would have pushed our entire Country, and perhaps the entire global economy, into a deep depression greater than the Great one (one that many of grew up hearing horrific stories about)
DKexpat has posted many articles and books and videos on the 2008 crash. Looks like few, including this paper, has bothered to take a look.
Thanks Phil for being objective and looking at the overall picture!
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"....Time to complain about how high a bill is when you are spending the money...NOT when the bill comes due..."
That's funny, because when they complain when the left wants to spend the money you and the others on the left claim that it's not the time to talk about it then either. LOL!
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The all-too-slowly-recovering job market has seen women rebound faster than men – they've now regained all the jobs they lost in the "Great Recession," while men are still 2.1 million jobs short.
The August Jobs Report notes the unemployment rate for women was 6.8 percent, almost a full percentage point less than the 7.7 percent rate for men, with 68 million women in the workplace today versus 67.9 million in DEC 2007 when the recession began.
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judeye your hero has been working toward the "devastating effect" you are so worried about for years...all you kept doing is extolling the virtues of his spend, spend, spend policies. Now you are going to worry? And attempt to blame (yet again) those dastardly Republicans? What the h.e.l.l. is in that kool aid? IQ eraser?
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What Dcroakernig fails to mention is the number of people entering the job market each month which of course negates his(?) phoney baloney statistics! That goose crap has for sure taken a toll on the frontal lobe!
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Or how about basic economic fact that financial incentives and disincentives work so by taking money from those that work and giving it to those that choose not to you are in fact discouraging work and encouraging people to spend their lives leeching off the working class.
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"...We cannot risk our entire credit rating again because some in our Congress do not understand basic economics...."
You mean like the basic economic fact such as you can not continually spend more then you make without it eventually destroying your economy?
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The 146 billion dollars was last month. Not one dollar was added to the deficit though? How is that possible? Let's ask that bastion of honesty the CBO....
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Welcome to Twigged
Welcome to my genealogy web site. On this web site, you can find the research that I have conducted on my family's history. You can find a list of the important families on this site below or here.
There are two parts to this web site: 1) a database containing all of my research, 2) a blog where I tell the story of the people on my tree. You can search the database for:
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Most of the families on this tree emigrated from Europe to Canada in the 19th century. Below is a list of the main branches on my tree sorted by country of origin.
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David Burk and his siblings in Mariposa Township, Ontario
I'm still chipping away at one of my most interesting genealogical problems: Where did my third great grandfather David Burk (abt 1824-1891) come from in Ireland? When did he come to Canada? And who did he come to Canada with? What do we know already? We do know some important things about David: We know [Read more …]
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I have done some major work on the web site in the last few months. I have updated its look (yay!), and I have made some behind the scene changes that make some things easier for me (and hopefully for readers too). Twigged also has a brand-new Facebook page if you would like to follow [Read more …]
Who was Mary Ann Shouldice?
As I was researching the connection between the families of David and Richard Burk(e) something stood out for me. Richard Burke's wife Mary Ann Shouldice died in 1873 after the birth of her son Frederick Whitlock. Richard Burke was left to raise 10 children by himself. Normally, a widower with children would remarry. Richard never [Read more …]
Update on the Burke Family of Mariposa Township, Victoria County, Ontario
Recent comments and inquiries about my Burke family research have reminded me that I do have a couple of additional pieces of information to add to the Burke family story. In a previous post, I mentioned that I believed that I had found the brother of my g-g-g-grandfather David Burk. I believe that David and [Read more …]