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~When I decided to make my recent trip to northern Italy, I discovered a few others who would be visiting the Piemonte region around the same time (it was also truffle season).
~My relationship with the people who were visiting Piemonte stems from contributions on a few wine-oriented bulletin boards on the Web. I had met only one of the people in persononcebut he is so disliked on many bulletin boards that others wonder why I even talk to him.
~I talk to the fellow because I understand that he is harmless and that he is also interested in wine rather than in talking about wine. He says that some of the things wine geeks post online drive him crazy; something we have in common!
~The difference between us is that his responses often cause a fight.
~Anyway, I avoided meeting up with wine geeks on my travel through Piemonte and into Valtellina. My trip was by invitation from a Danish wine importer named Henrik to whom I am deeply indebted for his hospitality and the meetings he had set up for me.
~Thanks to Henrik, I met with many producers that Ive never heard of and likely will not hear of in the U.S. until small, passionate importers discover them.
~I got the distinct impression that many of the Italian producers I met dont say what they really feel about wine geekdom for fear of antagonizing the flow of American money, even if the dollar is rather worthless right now.
Every time I changed dollars into euros I not only lost money, I felt like I was a citizen of a Third World economy.
The dollar is so worthless that a few producers told me they are not making money in the American market and therefore they are looking to Asia right now.
~One or two producers, however, did tell me how they feel.
~By design, the Piemonte producers I met were not the names most Americans will recognize: no Gaja, no Giacosa, and no Conterno, all names that surely understand the value of wine geekdom. But I already know their wines. Meeting them would serve little purpose whether it is real or perceived, I dont do well genuflecting to royalty.
~Still, with a few exceptions, the wines I tasted were outstanding. The exceptions included some producers who arent careful in their methods and some who seem to think wine is supposed to be wood.
~In Italy the word barrique has lately become idolizedwell, not the word but the process, a process that too many producers overdo because, as one producer told me, Its what Americans want.
Barrique refers to aging wine in small French oak barrels, a concept that was just about unheard of in most of Italian wine production until two or so decades ago.
~"It's not what all Americans want, I told the producer, but he only knows what he is told and what people seem to have learned from wine magazines, not to mention what tourists buy from him. He admitted that he does not drink barriqued wine at home.
~When I pointed out the promotion value of magazine ratings he seemed indignant, going into a dissertation on why he does not stoop so low as to beg for reviews. I got the feeling someone was forcing him to produce over-oaked wines.
One producer said to me that he already knows the quality of his wines and he doesnt need Gambero Rossos glasses or American point scores to make him feel any better (Gambero is a major wine review magazine in Italy that assigns numbers of glasses to rate wine).
It seemed that, like me, these producers have trouble genuflecting.
~To my taste, the barrique method wipes out many otherwise perfectly fine wines. I wish Italians would stop doing that to their wines. Some producers commit the crime on Barolo and Barabresco, but most of the criminal activity is perpetrated on Barbera.
~At two producers cantina, I tasted side-by-side Barbera of the same vintage, one in the traditional method and one with the added French barrel aging time. When subjected to barrique treatment, the normally racy, often acidic Barbera is offensive to me, like chewing on a wooden front deck that had been soaked in acid.
~One producer seemed impressed that I managed to identify his Barbaresco wines as typically traditional. He had been ridiculing Americans who visit the big names to taste wines that he dislikes.
~Fortunately, the tradition behind producing Barolo and Barbaresco is still strong in Piemonte as well as the Sforzato tradition in Valtellina. The tradition in each region does not preclude oak, rather it highlights judicious use of barrels. When done right, the tradition offers stellar wines.
~Still, the barrique stuff made me wonder to what extent the New World truly influences Old World winemaking, and to what extent the influence may be good or bad.
~I suppose the jury is still out, but I know where I stand on the issue.
Copyright, Thomas Pellechia
October, 2007. All Rights Reserved.

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Trouw: Snowflake Becomes Avalanche
If you can still get your hands on a copy of Trouw from last Friday, you might be thrilled to find half of page 16 dedicated to an interview with KDE contributors Charles Samuels, Rob Kaper and, myself, Fabrice Mous. The three of us met in The Hague with Vincent Dekker and the result is a long article in the Dutch newspaper. A translation of the article follows with the permission of the paper.
Snowflake Becomes Avalanche
by Vincent Dekker
Our enormous dependence on computer software from the
Rob Kaper is truly a computer freak. He's a student at the
What binds the three is KDE, a world-wide initiative to deliver
"You can compare it to a car," says Rob Kaper. "Linux would be the
From that point of view Microsoft has done a big favor to the
In the beginning of the nineties it became clear that Microsoft was
In Finland a guy called Linus Torvalds chose another path. He made
But as said before, Linux is the 'engine'. What was missing is the
"Meanwhile what started as a little snowflake, has grown to the
"On the other hand he also reported and fixed some bugs in other
Charles Samuels from San Jose, California is a programmer just like
"Don't think we are a bunch of reds who want to destroy capitalism,
Reds or not, the way KDE is producing new versions would have
"All participants of the project determine together which parts
Early next year, maybe already in January, KDE 3.2 will be released
Mous suspects that KDE already has that kind of position in
Companies like SUSE are not the 'owner' of a Linux/KDE version and
Also the government has shown more and more interest in programs
The German government is already a big user of KDE. Kaper: "Germany
A special development is that KDE can be used on the newest Apple
Having KDE on Apple computers is an interesting proposition. Many
Rob Kaper: "It isn't about world domination, but..." -- "Well,"
© 2003 Trouw
nice article...
Now it should find myself this issue of Trouw, and read it (and have other read it) in Dutch. IIRC Trouw has allways reported very positive on the FreeSoftware movement.
I read an article in 'de Volkskrant' (an other Dutch paper) lately in which the gave OOo nasty -- partly unfounded -- spanking. I had a good word with the autor about that.
By cies at Sun, 2003/12/21 - 6:00am
Re: nice article...
It's very much the presence of Vincent Dekker that makes the difference -- one of the few technology journalists in the Netherlands who really knows what he's talking about, and, what's more, who can generally convey his knowledge in a way that the general public can understand. Of course, I'm a happy subscriber to Trouw (even though their weather man didn't know that a Christmas Carol isn't poetry, and their movie reviewer thinks it's Gandolf...)
By Boudewijn Rempt at Sun, 2003/12/21 - 6:00am
Re: nice article...
"I read an article in 'de Volkskrant' (an other Dutch paper) lately in which the gave OOo nasty -- partly unfounded -- spanking. I had a good word with the autor about that."
Let me guess....the author was Peter van Ammelrooy, notorious for writing negative articles about Linux and found on the "key journalists" list which was inadvertently leaked by MS a few years ago, where it says (translated):
"Kees Kraaijeveld writes about IT topics for the finance/economics redaction, together with Peter van Ammelrooy. It would be wise to target these two together".
Source: http://www.tonie.net/images/microsoft_keyjournalisten_NYC_2002_draft.xls
So even though I don't want to say that MS has this guy in their pockets (after all, he might just dislike Linux because it is "so hard to install, blahblah"), I find it really "interesting" that a journalist for a newspaper that would be placed in the left political corner by most people consistently writes negative articles about Linux and Open Source (and about Apple/Macs as well, for that matter).
In my experience, when De Volkskrant writes something positive about Open Source/Linux/anything non-MS, you don't even have to look at the author to know it won't be Peter van Ammelrooy :(
By Wilke Havinga at Mon, 2003/12/22 - 6:00am
KDE developers are not only excellent coders, but good PR people too!
By Haakon Nilsen at Sun, 2003/12/21 - 6:00am
KDE on MAc? Public perception is that MAcOS was better than Linux/KDE. I don't think this is true anymore. The only thing I lacked at KDE were my old dos games. then I installed dosbox and everything run fine. so I canceled my win partition.
Why does this article have to mention Lindows, afaik this Linux-ripoff plays no role at all in Europe?
By Dirk Heinrichs at Sun, 2003/12/21 - 6:00am
Re: KDE/MAC
Michael Robertson of Lindows was in the Netherlands last week to give support to the dutch Lindows reseller that got bullied by Microsoft.
By Waldo Bastian at Sun, 2003/12/21 - 6:00am
Re: KDE/MAC
I don't like that kind of media campaigns. He is focussed on bashing MS as a PR model. so he serves the journalists who like to write about the pseudo battle: win vs. Linux.
We know how large companies act... but this little dutch company was irrelevant. And Lindows is irrelevant on the european market as we can get more from Mandrake/suSe ecc.
By Jack at Sun, 2003/12/21 - 6:00am
Re: KDE/MAC
Ispires me to:
When they killed me as the last one, nobody was left to think I was "relevant".
Every little company that is promoting something Linux is on our side and relevant to us.
Yours, Kay
By Debian User at Mon, 2003/12/22 - 6:00am
"Each version has a release dude"
And what is "dude" in Dutch? :P
By RMS at Sun, 2003/12/21 - 6:00am
Re: Translation?
gozer :-)
By Waldo Bastian at Sun, 2003/12/21 - 6:00am
No presence in Europe???
By Hans Chen at Sun, 2003/12/21 - 6:00am
Thank you Lindows.com
Thank you Lindows.com for supporting KDE. I noticed they support KDE League financially as well as are the main sponsor for KDE-look.org.
It's nice to see the popular distros contributing to KDE.
Rob Z.
By Rob at Sun, 2003/12/21 - 6:00am
While Linux Fueds, Windows Rules!
Linux geeks wonder why Microsoft continues to kick their sorry a@#$'s. It's because most Linux geeks spend more time fighting over who should get credit (ala "why even mention Lindows" blah, blah, blah) than MARKETING Linux to the MASSES.
I think most Linux geeks LIKE having KDE a big secret. It makes them feel special that they are the only ones who can figure out how to find, install and use Linux.
Hopefully this will eventually change. Linux is a better choice for the masses, but they need to know about it.
By Bill Gates =) at Sun, 2003/12/21 - 6:00am
Re: While Linux Fueds, Windows Rules!
Troll! Lindows is FOSS exploitation. Sell a ripped down distri, make media fuss and than sell packages that are included in other distributions by default.
There are so many easy to use and wonderful distributions that use KDe as default. We don't need Mr. Robertson.
By Jack at Sun, 2003/12/21 - 6:00am
Re: While Linux Fueds, Windows Rules!
Also, this may just be a translation issue but "the American-based entity known as Microsoft" sounds like something out of a North Korean government statement.
By Otter at Mon, 2003/12/22 - 6:00am
Re: While Linux Fueds, Windows Rules!
> Also, this may just be a translation issue but "the American-based entity known as Microsoft" sounds like something out of a North Korean government statement.
To me, it sounds like Star Trek talk, you know, "the Q-entity", "the Borg-colective" etc.
By Gr8teful at Tue, 2003/12/23 - 6:00am
Re: While Linux Fueds, Windows Rules!
You forgot "Carbon Based Units". ;-)
By Steve Bergman at Tue, 2003/12/23 - 6:00am
KDE has improved. But it seems to me that the distributors decrease the usability again. For instance: Why do distributors include xboard as a default chess client to the games section. Probably because KDE Games is not shipped with a KDe chess client. it's often the first impression about integration that counts. Alpha and halfdone applications (KOffice) reduce the good impression.
By Johannes Kehrer at Sun, 2003/12/21 - 6:00am
Re: KDE 3.2
By matze at Sun, 2003/12/21 - 6:00am
KDE looks too much like Windoze
Why does the KDE desktop look like Windows? Why do we need a Windows like taskbar and 'start' button. Under Windows the more applications you have the more messy, cluttered and ridiculous the 'start' button becomes and KDE copies this mess.
I'd prefer a minimum of icons on the desktop and better use of the right mouse button to click anywhere on the desktop and then select an application from an organized list. A small intelligent taskbar much like "Black Box" or even Apple's Dock would be much better.
And what I really hate about all the Linux distros is that even when you install 'everything' you still get applications on the 'start' button that don't exist.
By Paul Fredlein at Mon, 2003/12/22 - 6:00am
Re: KDE looks too much like Windoze
> I'd prefer a minimum of icons on the desktop and better use of the right
Okay, here goes. This is on a bog-standard KDE 3.1.4 from SuSE 9.0.
Delete any icons on the desktop that you don't like. Right-click on desktop, then 'Configure Desktop'. Go to the 'Behaviour' section. For 'Clicks on Desktop', set one of them to 'Application Menu'.
If you don't like the way your distribution has arranged stuff in the application menu, edit it. Right-click on the 'K' button then 'Menu Editor', and hide programs, rearrange them or whatever. I haven't had to do this at all - SuSE generally does a fairly good job of putting useful stuff in, and in sensible places, and it's improved a lot with 9.0. You can create you own custom menus if you like, too.
Now for the panel. Right-click on it, 'Configure Panel'. There's loads of options for changing the size, position, behaviour etc. Set it to auto-hide, add an external taskbar, etc etc etc. You can delete most of the buttons and applets from it if you like. The 'Window List Menu' is pretty cool if you want something equivalent to a taskbar but using much less space. You can even have that menu as a middle-click from the desktop and no visible panel at all, if you like.
KDE's hugely configurable, and if some aspect of it displeases you, change it. The fact that the default setup looks a bit like Windows shouldn't discourage people.
By Adam Foster at Mon, 2003/12/22 - 6:00am
Re: KDE looks too much like Windoze
I would like to add Nescape in Programs with KDE menu editor.
By Aysel Agdas at Tue, 2004/01/06 - 6:00am
Re: KDE looks too much like Windoze
I was organizing my Kmenu like on my WinXP machine... I put Tools, Settings, System, etc. all in a submenu called 'Main' (from way back win 3.1). I'm positive I saved it as that but that doesn't matter now. 'Main' is not there along with all it's new contents.
I tried 'kappfinder', but it only found 1 internet app. I can't even find any way to set Kmenu back to 'Default'.
By Saxywolf at Fri, 2004/08/27 - 5:00am
No more Crystal icons on dot.kde.org? Just curious...
By wygiwyg at Mon, 2003/12/22 - 6:00am
Re: Icons...
We were slashdotted the other day so I switched to an offsite image server. The image server I switched to happens to have an older version of our icons and I haven't quite had the chance to update it yet.
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No more John Mayer, no more brunette locks? We can't say for sure that Jessica Simpson's breakup triggered her going back to blonde, but who hasn't changed up their look post-relationship trauma? Wearing a second-skin Herve Leger gown, Jessica showed off her new (old) hair while promoting her upcoming movie Major Movie Star at the Cannes Film Festival. We thought at least she would transition her locks slowly back to blonde, but — boom! — she's back to her old look just like that. We think the dark honey blonde suits the star, but what do you think? Tell us: Do you like Jessica as a blonde? Or did you like her better as a brunette?
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Vols preserve victory
Starkville Academy coach Jeff Terrell's message was clear to his team as it tried to keep Winston Academy's high-powered offense out of the end zone with 45 seconds left to play in Friday night's Homecoming game at J.E. Logan Field.
"You've got to get it done. You've got to make a play," Terrill said during the game.
The Volunteers did exactly that.
After the visiting Patriots had moved the football all of the way down to the 1-yard line,
Starkville Academy came up with a goal-line stand to preserve a 31-29 victory.
The Volunteers stopped a pair of quarterback keepers by Winston Academy's Tyler Sullivan with the last one running out the clock.
"It felt good when we saw them come up short and it felt good when we heard that buzzer," Starkville Academy senior Adam Crittenden said. "We didn't know how to feel at the end of the game. We just knew we were going to give it our all every play. We weren't going to quit, no matter what."
With the win, the Vols improved their record to 1-5 and Terrill was proud of the effort and determination they showed.
"I told them that one day they'll probably be on a lot better football team and hopefully one day even win a championship, but what they did here tonight in bringing Starkville Academy back to the win column, it's something they'll never forget," Terrill said. "They'll remember it all of their lives."
Starkville Academy even had to withstand some adversity at the end.
After already stopping the Patriots once late in the fourth quarter on an interception by Ryan Mann, the Vols turned the football right back to Winston on a lost fumble.
Winston Academy drove down to the 1-yard line which Terrill believes may have cut down on some of its offensive options.
"When they do get in that part of the field, it tightens down and you are able to pack them in there because there's not much room," Terrill said. "You hope you're able to just penetrate and make a play.
"You've got to give Winston a lot of credit. They had a lot of fight and kept coming at us. They have a fine quarterback and great skilled athletes. It was just a battle between two completely different style of teams and we were able to make the play at the last."
Starkville Academy made its share of plays offensively throughout the game and ended the game with 352 yards on the ground. Ryan McKell led the way with 84 yards on eight carries, but there was enough to go around as Kyle Henson added 77 yards on 10 carries, Mann had 74 yards on two attempts and Crittenden contributed 67 yards on 14 carries.
The Volunteers took the opening kickoff and marched 73 yards on six plays, all on the ground.
Crittenden carried four times for 24 yards, including the 5-yard touchdown with 9 minutes left in the first quarter.
After the Starkville Academy defense held Winston Academy to three plays and out on its first offensive possession, the offense got points again when getting the football back.
Being backed up on the 4-yard line, the Vols got out of the hole on a 61-yard run by Henson. Seven plays and a facemask penalty by Winston Academy later, McKell scored on a 19-yard run. Starkville Academy jumped out to a 14-0 lead at the 3:53 mark of the first quarter.
The visiting Patriots cut into the Vols' lead with a 7-yard touchdown pass from Sullivan to Smith Ashley, but SA answered back immediately when Mann broke loose on a 66-yard run for a touchdown with 24 seconds left in the second quarter.
Sullivan scrambled for a 25-yard score for Winston Academy in the second quarter, but the Vols got points as well on a 39-yard field goal by Will White.
After Kali Burney was crowned Homecoming Queen in halftime ceremonies, Starkville Academy got what turned out to be a crucial touchdown on a 5-yard run by James Mapp.
With White's extra point, that pushed the lead out to 31-13 and the Vols held on despite a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns by the Patriots.
"You can't say enough (about the heart of the players), especially with the leadership of the seniors," Terrill said. "They stayed determined, stayed persistent and didn't let up in the fourth quarter when certainly Winston got the momentum back. It was just a great tribute to them."


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GAINESVILLE -- Here's the depth chart for the first game of the season. Some interesting developments...
1. Omarius Hines is listed as the starting tight end.
2. Andre Debose has been moved to the outside receiver position behind Deonte Thompson.
3. Freshman Robert Clark is the back-up at slot behind Chris Rainey.
4. Freshman Gerald Christian is the back-up at fullback.


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The switch - which also includes a new club crest and takes effect immediately - comes after the club's hierarchy approved the decision at a board meeting.
The club have unveiled three new strips - a red home shirt, a blue away strip, and a third kit, which is mainly black.
All new kits bear a redesigned badge, incorporating a main image of a dragon, with a small bluebird inserted underneath, and carrying the slogan "Fire and Passion".
In addition to the new kit, the club have announced plans to build a brand-new training ground, pay off the historical Langston debt, provide manager Malky Mackay with a substantial transfer kitty, and explore the possibility of expanding the Cardiff City Stadium.
A statement on Cardiff's official website, said: "Following a comprehensive review of wider supporter feedback via email, letters, media coverage and polls run via the official Supporters Club and Media Wales and as a consequence of the above commitment, Cardiff City Football Club will also reactivate rebranding proposals with a view to exploiting and maximising its brand and commercial revenues in international markets, which it is hoped in turn will bring success to the club locally, whilst also attracting new partners and investors."
Cardiff chief executive Alan Whiteley said: "This is a major and significant financial commitment and we are grateful to our investors for their continued confidence in this football club.
"Concerning the commitment to developing the crest and to switch our primary colour to red, as directors - and as fans in our own right - we recognise that there is a history and commitment that goes with supporting Cardiff City and we are conscious and proud of the loyalty, bond and passion so many share for this club.
"At the same time, we also have to be prepared to be realistic and progressive. Sometimes in difficult economic times and challenging market conditions, in order to attract investment to survive and progress, brave, bold and compelling decisions and sacrifices need to be taken and made. By securing this investment we can safeguard the immediate and long-term future of this club.
"The changes to the home kit and badge introduced as a consequence of the investment package are designed to help the club to develop its brand and to allow it to expand its appeal to as wide an audience as possible, with a view to delivering local success via an international and diverse market.
"As a board, we believe these changes, in the light of the benefits that will be demonstrably delivered, have been or will be accepted by the vast majority of supporters as judged in the light of the numerous emails and letters of support, backed by recent poll results from the Supporters Club and Media Wales.
"We are only too aware that the change of colour is a radical and some would say revolutionary move which will be met with unease and apprehension by a number of supporters, along with being seen as controversial by many. To those I would like to say that this was not a decision that has been taken lightly or without a great deal of thought and debate.
"There is no getting away from the fact that history and traditions are the lifeblood of any club and as such should be jealously guarded and preserved. Both the board and our investors fully understand and respect this and will do their utmost to uphold, protect and promote the values and virtues which the club stands for.
"However, the changes are believed to be vital to enable the club to progress to the next stage in its development and very much in the club's best long term interests.
"Judged in the context of the overall commitment and financial support, we believe it is the right decision for this club and where it currently stands.
"We hope that all supporters will appreciate these sentiments and will embrace the changes in that spirit and continue to support the club in the same loyal and passionate manner as before but hopefully with some greater feeling of security."
Cardiff chairman Dato' Chan Tien Ghee added: "I know and understand that there have been reservations in certain quarters over the changes accompanying the investment, but sincerely hope that all of our loyal fans will come to accept the changes in the spirit in which they are made and continue with their passionate and fantastic support.
"This club will always be Cardiff City Football Club and its name and heart will never change nor are any of the changes meant to destroy any part of its history or culture.
"The adoption of the new badge incorporating the proud symbol of the Welsh dragon, which was the symbol on the club's badge on the only occasion the FA cup left England with the iconic bluebird and the new red home strip very proudly places Cardiff as the capital city of Wales, whilst also recognising its history and creates a symbolic fusion with Asia which will allow us to fly the Welsh flag on behalf of Cardiff wherever we go."
Bluebirds manager Mackay welcomed the news, saying: "It's great news. The investment will allow us to take forward the exciting plans for the future of this football club which we have all been working towards.
"Since coming to Cardiff, I have been hugely impressed with the commitment and passion of the fans here.
"The securing of this package of investment and the breadth of vision which it encompasses should enable us to build on the progress already made in my first year and puts us in a position to take Cardiff City forward in the way which the fans deserve."


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SUBJECT: NFHCA Names 12 University of Delaware Field Hockey Student-Athletes to National Academic Squad
DATE: March 24, 2014
NEWARK, Del. – Following the announcement of the National Academic Team Award recipients, NFHCA named 12 University of Delaware field hockey student-athletes to its National Academic Squad for their work in the classroom.
The 2013 Gladiator by SGI/NFHCA National Academic Squad honors individuals who have achieved a cumulative GPA of 3.30 or higher during the first semester of the 2013-14 year, which is possibly the busiest time of the year for these student-athletes as they are amidst their championship season.
"It took a team effort to once again be recognized as a National Academic Team, but it takes a true commitment and investment of our student-athletes to secure GPAs that results in our 2013 fall semester team GPA of a 3.35," stated head coach Rolf van de Kerkhof.
Six freshmen (Taylor Meily, Maddie O'Beirne, Fran Orella, Marjelle Scheffers, Meghan Winesett, Maura Zarkoski), two sophomores (Janell Holmes, Morgan Hudson), one junior (Kelsey McKee) and three seniors (Clare O'Malley, Kasey Prettyman, Sarah Scher) on the list represented Delaware.
O'Malley, Prettyman and Scher were also all honored as four-year award recipients.
"On behalf of the University of Delaware field hockey program, I am very excited to congratulate Janell, Morgan, Kelsey, Taylor, Maddie, Clare, Fran, Kasey, Marjelle, Sarah, Meghan and Maura on their outstanding academic performance this past semester," exclaimed Van de Kerkhof. "These 12 student-athletes represent the highest number of Blue Hens players ever listed on a National Academic Squad list to date. The future of UD field hockey looks bright with the recent successes in the classroom and on the field, and even more importantly, the understanding on how to prepare for and pursue excellence in the semesters and seasons to come."
Delaware posted a program-record 17 victories in 2013 in addition to earning both the CAA regular season and tournament championships en route to the fifth NCAA Tournament berth in school history.


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Tour of the Gila Stage 3
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Unstoppable Jeanson scores another victory
Today's third stage of the five day Tour of the Gila got off to a mid-morning start which is equivalent to more wind in the Southwest. As the riders headed out of Fort Bayard into the warm and mellow tones of the red splashed mountains, the wind was already brisk and the sun high in the sky. A right hand turn at mile six brought the riders into the first of what was to be several climbs for the day, however with a tailwind to greet them. The blue and white jerseys of the Rona Team were at the front, as a good climber's team should be, setting pace for the race leader Genevieve Jeanson. With 76 miles and 5,000 feet of climbing ahead of them, this was the most challenging of the races yet in the Tour.
By the feed-zone at mile 21, the riders had tackled two category three climbs as appetizers. Jeanson already had over four minutes on the chase group, and the group behind her was not interested in an organized effort to recollect the Rona rider only to lose her again on the next climb. The young Canadian was left to time trial by herself into strong cross and head winds. It was quipped in the feed-zone that Timex's were no longer needed to keep splits on Jeanson at a race like this; perhaps a calendar would be more suitable.
As Jeanson powered into the wind putting more time into second place Manon Jutras, behind her the group worked together to get to the finish intact. In the second feed-zone it was clear Jeanson would win, the question remained by how much. In the end she finished with over eight minutes on a group of six who had splintered off the front on the feed zone climb from pressure applied by Saturn's Jutras. As Jeanson cleaned up and gave her post race interviews, her teammate Karen Bockel lead the small group home for very close second over Lyne Gaggioli in third and Katrina Grove in fourth. Jutras was fifth. The overall classification standings will remain unchanged, only the time gaps will deepen.
Tomorrow's stage is a downtown criterium. Always a highlight for the locals, the crowds cascade down from the mountains with everyone bringing the family in for the spectacle of color, speed and Lycra that is criterium racing. Unlike the typical criterium, the Gila criterium rarely leaves anything for the sprinters. Held in the heat of the day with a tough climb every lap, there are typically only scraps for even the strongest sprinters by the end. However, the likes of Ina Teutenberg, Katrina Grove and Lyne Gaggioli keen to tackle the tough course, the Saturn and T-Mobile teams are certain to be in the hunt for a stage win and Jeanson's Rona team will be hard pressed to keep it under control. Tomorrow perhaps will offer an opportunity for another team to try their hand at a stage win.
1. Genevieve Jeanson - Rona/Esker
2. Karen Bockel - Rona/Esker
3. Lyne Gaggioli - Team VeloBella
4. Katrina Grove - T-Mobile
5. Manon Jutras - Saturn
6. Leigh Goldstein - Victory Brewing
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Biographical Sketch:
Susan Goldin-Meadow
Professional Preparation
Smith College, Northampton, MA Psychology B.A. magna cum laude, 1971
University of Pennsylvania, Psychology M.A., 1972
University of Pennsylvania, Psychology Ph.D., 1975
2006-present Beardsley Ruml Distinguished Service Professor, University of Chicago
2001-2005 Irving B. Harris Professor, University of Chicago
1992-2001 Full Professor, Department of Psychology, Committee on Human Development, Department of Education, the Center for East Asian Studies, and the College, University of Chicago
1981-1992 Associate Professor, University of Chicago
1981 Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana
1976-1981 Assistant Professor, University of Chicago
Five Most Closely Related Publications:
Ehrlich, S. B., Levine, S., & Goldin-Meadow, S. The importance of gesture in children's spatial reasoning. Developmental Psychology, 2006, 42, 1259-1268.
Broaders, S., Cook, S. W., Mitchell, Z., & Goldin-Meadow, S. Making children gesture brings out implicit knowledge and leads to learning. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 2007, 136 (4), 539-550.
Cook, S. W., Mitchell, Z., & Goldin-Meadow, S. Gesturing makes learning last. Cognition, 2008, 106, 1047-1058.
Goldin-Meadow, S., Cook, S. W., & Mitchell, Z. A. Gesturing gives children new ideas about math. Psychological Science, 2009, 20(3) 267-272.
Rowe, M.L., & Goldin-Meadow, S. Differences in early gesture explain SES disparities in child vocabulary size at school entry. Science, 2009, 323, 951-953.
Five Other Publications:
Iverson, J.M., & Goldin-Meadow, S. Gesture paves the way for language development. Psychological Science, 2005, 16, 367-371.
Singer, M. A., & Goldin-Meadow, S. Children learn when their teachers' gestures and speech differ. Psychological Science, 2005, 16, 85-89.
Ping, R., & Goldin-Meadow, S. (2008). Hands in the air: Using ungrounded iconic gestures to teach children conservation of quantity. Developmental Psychology, 44, 1277.
Ping, R., & Goldin-Meadow, S. Gesturing saves cognitive resources when talking about non-present objects. Cognitive Science. Revision under review.
Broaders, S., & Goldin-Meadow, S. Truth is at hand: How gesture adds information during investigative interviews. Psychological Science, in press.
Synergistic Activities:
Member of Committee on Integrating the Science of Early Childhood Development, sponsored by the Board on Children, Youth, and Families of the National Research Council and the Institute of Medicine (Neurons to Neighborhoods published by the National Academy of Science)
Member of Center for Early Childhood Research, an interdisciplinary group of scholars investigating early child development
Advisory Council: HI-MAPS Project of the David T. Siegel Institute,Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois (Hearing handicapped Infants providing Medical, Academic, and Psychological Services).
Advisory Council of the National Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health
Collaborators & Other Affiliations
(a) Collaborators & Co-Editors:
Alibali, M. W., (University of Wisconsin, Madison), Beilock, S. (University of Chicago), Broaders, S. (Northwestern University), Capirci, O. (The Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, Rome), Cook, S.W. (University of Iowa), Coppola, M. (University of Chicago), Cartmill, E. (University of Chicago), Demir, O. (University of Chicago), Dick, A.S. (University of Chicago) , Fisher, J. (University of Chicago), Franklin, A. (Rice University), Gelman, S., (University of Michigan), Gentner, D., (Northwestern University), Goodrich, W. (University of California, Berkeley), Hasson, U., (Unversity of Chicago) Iverson, J. M., (University of Pittsburgh), Kita, S. (University of Birmingham), Levine, S., (University of Chicago), Licciardello, V. (University of Illinois, Chicago), Mylander, C. (University of Chicago), Nusbaum, H., (University of Chicago), Ozcaliskan, S. (Georgia State University), Ozyurek, A. (Max-Planck Institute), Ping, Raedy (University of Illinois, Chicago), Rowe, M. (University of Chicago), Sauer, E. (University of Chicago), Singer, M.A. (Bridgewater State College), Skipper, J.I. (Cornell University), Small, S.L. (University of Chicago), So, W-C. (National University of Singapore), Volterra, V. (The Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, Rome)
(b) Graduate Advisors:
Lila Gleitman (University of Pennsylvania); Rochel Gelman (Rutgers University)
(c) Thesis Advisor and Postgraduate-Scholar Sponsor
M. Abelev (Univ of British Columbia), M. Alibali (Univ of Wisconsin, Madison), K. Bekken (Harvard), S. Broaders (Northwetsern University), C. Butcher (Truman College), R. B. Church (Northeastern Illinois),
S. W. Cook (University of Iowa), M. Coppola (Univ of Chicago), O. Demir (Univ of Chicago), A. Dick (University of Chicago), S. Duncan (Univ of Chicago), L. Flevares, S. Foraker (SUNY, Buffalo), A. Franklin (Rice University), P. Garber (National Louis Univ)., L. Gershkoff-Stowe (Indiana Univ), W. Goodrich (Univ of California, Berkeley), A. Hammond (Centenary), J. Iverson (Univ of Pittsburgh), S. Kelly (Colgate), M. Koven (Univ of IL, Urbana), J. Lany, J. Morford (Univ of New Mexico), M. Morford, S. Ozcaliskan (Georgia State University), A. Ozyurek (Max-Planck Institute), M. Perry, (Univ of IL, Urbana), S. Van Deusen Phillips (Univ of Chicago), J. Saltzman, R. Ping (Univ of Illinois, Chicago), S. Pruden (Univ of Chicago)
M. Rowe (Univ of Chicago), C. Sandhofer, E. Sauer (Univ of Chicago), L. Schneidman (Univ of Chicago)
K. Schoert-Reichl Univ of British Columbia), M. Singer (Bridgewater State College), S. Syc (Erikson Institute), B. Schulman, J. Singleton (Univ of IL, Urbana), W.C. So (National University of Singapore)
H. Tencer, X-L. Wang (Pace), E. Yalabik, M-Y. Zheng (Univ of Chicago),
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Albert Breer @AlbertBreer
Richard Sherman did not make the Pro Bowl, per sources, but I'm told the PED rules are not relevant in this case.
Albert Breer @AlbertBreer
To be clear, all I'm saying on Sherman is that the PED rule on Pro Bowl berths didn't apply to him. Voters may have used it as a reason.
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Richard Sherman does not make Pro Bowl. No decision on PED appeal but PED violation makes players ineligible for Pro Bowl


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raine1 wrote: I wonder if there is an ancii calculator out there somewhere.
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ONEONTA, NY – Salisbury University, ranked 11th in the latest NFCA poll and 14th in the d3football.com poll, defeated Hartwick 61-14 on Saturday at Wright Stadium. The Sea Gulls improve to 7-0 overall and remain at the top of the Empire 8 standings at 5-0. The Hawks fall to 2-5 overall and 0-4 in conference play.
The Hawks kept the score close against the favored Gulls, trailing by just seven, 14-7, in the second quarter. Salisbury led by only a 20-7 margin at halftime, but exploded for 34 points in the third quarter to put the game out of reach.
Hartwick senior wide receiver Jordan Wilkins (Portsmouth, NH/Hyde School) made eight catches for 134 yards in the game. Junior linebacker Bryan Schweitzer (Babylon, NY/Babylon HS) nearly doubled up every other defensive player on the field on the day with 15 tackles. No other player had more than eight hits. Schweitzer also recovered a fumble. Clyde Miller (Rochester, NY/Glenville State) made eight tackles for the Hawks and also recovered a fumble. RJ Roth (New Windsor, NY/Cornwall Central) added eight tackles and one sack for eight yards.
The Sea Gulls' triple-option offense generated 432 yards on the ground for the game. In total, they accumulated 561 yards to Hartwick's 259. The two teams also combined for 11 turnovers.
The Gulls jumped in front quickly as they scored on the third play from scrimmage following the opening kickoff. Joe Benedetti ran the ball in from 23 yards out and Andy Estrain's PAT was good for a 7-0 lead 1:17 into the game.
Salisbury's next two drives resulted in turnovers as Michael Stenger (Norwalk, CT/Brien McMahon) and Schweitzer recovered fumbles for the Hawks. The Sea Gulls' defense, however, kept Hartwick from generating much offensively as the Hawks were held without a first down in their first three possessions.
The Sea Gulls cushioned their lead late in the first quarter as Dan Griffin capped a four-play, 57-yard drive with a 19-yard touchdown run. Estrain's extra point made the score 14-0.
The Hawks made it to their own 42 on their next possession but punted again. Salisbury muffed the return and Rob Warner (Tully, NY/Tully) recovered and Hartwick had the ball on the Salisbury 30. On the next play, though, quarterback Dan Brainard (Owego, NY/Owego) was picked off for one of his five interceptions to stop the scoring threat.
The Hawks got on the scoreboard on their next possession after a Salisbury punt. Brainard connected with Wilkins for a big 39-yard gain and then another for six yards on the next play. Senior running back Anthony Casimano (Gansevoort, NY/Schuylerville) then rushed for six yards and ran it in for 13 yards on the next play for the Hawks' first points. Alex Tesoriero (Rensselaer, NY/Columbia HS) added the PAT and the Salisbury lead was just 14-7.
The Gulls would tack on field goals on their next two possessions. Estrain hit from 21 yards and Eric Hart connected from 30 yards for a 20-7 margin at the half.
Thirty-four points in a 10-minute span in the third quarter would put the game away for the visitors. A seven-play, 73-yard drive would give Salisbury a 20-point lead and a pick-six from Andre Carter would give the Gulls another seven less than a minute later.
'Wick drove to the Salisbury 21 on their next possession but Greg Stanton intercepted Brainard and ran it back 60 yards before Dan Griffin found Doug Tische on the next play for a 16-yard touchdown and Salisbury led 41-7. The Gulls added another 14 points for a 54-7 lead after three quarters.
In the fourth quarter, Oneonta native Dalton Smith (Oneonta, NY/Oneonta HS) forced a fumble and Miller recovered on the Salisbury 46. After two plays, reserve quarterback Keegan Corbett (Bennington, VT/Mount Anthony) threw the ball into the end zone and wide receiver Frankie Molina (Middletown, NY/Middletown) wrestled it away from a defender for six points for the Hawks. After Tesoriero added the PA, the Hawks trailed 54-14, but that would be as close as they'd get.
David Salmon ran the ball in from two yards out and Estrain kicked the extra point for the game's final score line.
Griffin finished the game for Salisbury with 129 passing yards on six completions. He also ran for a game-high 73 yards.
Hartwick looks to snap a five-game winless streak next Saturday with another Empire 8 Conference game at Wright Stadium. The Hawks host Springfield at 1 p.m.
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Apple Inc. is finally planning to reduce prices — but only of the price of one share of stock.
Monday will be the company's AAPL, -3.57% first day of trading following a 7-for-1 stock split. Experts say the seemingly cheaper stock price could attract a new generation of Apple-obsessed investors.
"I initially thought the stock split didn't have much of a point," says Will Strafach, an iPad and iPhone developer. "Anyone who didn't have the spare cash to invest in Apple at the current price probably wouldn't have enough to get enough shares after the split." But he soon changed his mind after polling his 49,000 Twitter followers. "Some who don't have cash for one share now want to buy in after the split as a symbolic gesture, and for others it seems to be about the psychology in regards to the lower pricing," he says.
The stock split allows more people to become stakeholders and buy more products, says Scott Davis, chief growth officer at marketing consultancy Prophet. "The accessibility angle is both strategic and smart," he says. "The constant beating of the drum from Amazon AMZN, -4.12% , Samsung 005930, -2.08% and Netflix NFLX, -6.27% is forcing Apple to realize it no longer has the corner on breakthrough innovation and has to garner loyalists in different ways." Despite the stock's rocky road, he would rather own Apple shares than an Apple device. "There is unlocked value in Apple that has not been realized," he says.
MarketWatch has routinely asked the question: Is it better to spend your money on an Apple product or on an Apple share? When Apple's shares reached a peak of $705 in September 2012, for example, it was enough to buy an iPad and an iPhone (with a two-year contract). Many analysts said they would still buy the share — not the devices — with price targets as high as $880. Last year, the shares plummeted to $500, roughly the same price as an iPad. Strafach preferred the stock then and now. "I definitely see the shares gaining much more long term value," he says.
Post-split, one share will be enough for an iPod Shuffle ($49) with plenty of change left over, but not quite enough to buy the $99 plastic iPhone 5C. At its current price, one Apple share is worth enough to buy a $499 16-gigabyte iPad Air. But while one share will cost less after the split, Apple gadgets will cost more, says technology consultant Jeff Kagan. "Apple is known as one of the best in the industry and its products are priced that way."
When Apple did offer a cheaper product — iPhone 5C — to compete with Samsung's range of cheaper smartphones, consumers did not react with the usual frenzy. Apple has always tweaked the price of its products with every upgrade, he says. By adding a retina display, it raised the price of its iPad Mini last year from $329 to $399. But Apple fans are almost unique in that they will pay more, but they are longing to be wowed again, says Louis Ramirez, senior editor at deal aggregator DealNews.com. "A new Apple TV with Siri voice integration might allow Apple to raise the price of that device," he says.
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For those pregnant women that want to preserve the memory of the pre-birth belly, there is a way to cherish the period forever.
For those pregnant women that want to preserve the memory of the pre-birth belly, there is a way to cherish the period forever.
Amanda Percle has heard women who want to create a symbolic memory of the pregnancy time, which prompted the 32-year-old to start making belly casts, true to shape and size moldings of pregnant women's bodies.
"Don't let casting your belly be just another thing you 'wish' you did when you were pregnant, she said. "It doesn't last as long as you think and may never come again."
After graduating in 2009 from Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Percle, an art major, began teaching art and creating PregoBellies for friends in her spare time.
When she gave birth herself, Percle decided to be a stay-at-home mom, and the home-based business allowed her to put her talent and career choice to good use without leaving her newborn.
The models are made using "plaster gauze, which is like medical gauze," Percle said. "You strategically lay it over the belly. Women can also do their breasts with their belly or a full frontal with shoulders and thighs."
Once they dry, the castings are plastered with a smooth or textured finish, painted and sealed; then "you stick a bow on it," Percle said. "It's time consuming and took me a long time to get a technique down."
With all the drying and layering, there's a lot of waiting involved, so the work isn't constant. It takes between 24 and 48 hours between layers. She works about one to two hours daily for about two weeks to complete the works of art. In the past six years, Percle has created so many castings she can't count, she said, adding that it all started with one request from a co-worker.
"A girl at work wanted one," she said. "She saw it on the Internet. She really wanted one but didn't know anyone that did it. She said 'You're an art person, right? You can do stuff like this,' " Percle said. "I had never done it before, but I looked into it and researched it so I tried. It was the most awful thing compared to the work I do now."
Tina Dishman, 33, was Percle's former co-orker and the first belly-casting customer.
"She's crazy," Dishman said of Percle, laughing. "It wasn't awful at all. She's silly. I saw a picture and thought it was the coolest thing. We did it and it came out great."
Dishman said she had the cast in a spot where it would get knocked against the wall several times. It eventually began to chip. She mentioned it to Percle who saw the slight damage as an opportunity to re-do the cast.
"I laid another layer of plaster and repainted it, and now it looks a whole lot better," Percle said.
Dishman said the reason she decided to do the casting was to hold on to the special memory and have something to share with her now 5-year-old daughter.
"She rubs it and talks about it now," she said. "It's great for her to be able to look at it since she couldn't be there to share it with me at the time."
Ashley Rhodes, 31, another PregoBellies customer shares the same sentiments. She's done castings for two out of her three children.
"Amanda started doing these in between my first and second pregnancies," she said. "When I saw it I thought it was so cool and I was so upset that I didn't get to do it for my oldest one. But when I got pregnant again, the first thing I did was call Amanda. You can see the dents and the spot where they kicked through while Amanda was doing it. You can see the difference between the two in my shape."
Ashley's oldest daughter is now 7 and upset there's no casting of her.
To make the experience a comfortable one for her customers, Percle travels to their homes instead of having them come to her studio.
"It allows them to be in their comfort zone," Percle said. "Plus there's plaster all over their bellies and they can just strip down and go take a shower. Most of the time they're half or all the way naked, so I know many women don't want to be that vulnerable in someone else's house. But I have had some come to my home before, so we can definitely do that."
She said women are either excited to do belly casting or completely against it. Dishman and
Rhodes agree that there's no in-between, and all the women cite nudity as one of the biggest reasons for those against the experience.
"That would be the only thing I could think of," Rhodes said. "The nudity could be a problem, but I think it's a beautiful work of art. It's a woman's body during one of the most miraculous times of her life."
And the choices pregnant women can choose in castings runs the gamut.
"Some mothers choose to be au natural for their casts because they want it to look well, natural," Percle said. "However, not all of us are as comfortable with our bodies. While I do maintain a level of professionalism that makes everyone comfortable, some of us are still modest ladies. They can wear something in two pieces, usually an old shirt and shorts. By all means make it comfy. If you plan to include your breasts and want to wear a bra, make sure it is one you are not fond of because it may have to be tossed after."
Prices for PregoBellies vary depending on an expecting mother's pose, cast finish and paint design.
They can range from $30 to about $100 or more.
For information, email firstname.lastname@example.com, visit pregobellies.moonfruit.com or facebook.com/pregobellies or call 856-7167.
Staff Writer Kris Johnson can be reached at 857-2207 or email@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @krisLjo.


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Next Avengers (US - DVD R1)
Gabe genuinely hopes that the sixth times the charm for Marvel Animated...
Ultron was created to help the Avengers, but he and his forces ended up crushing them. They're children were gathered and hidden by the surviving Tony Stark, who trains them for their eventual showdown with Ultron. One day the mini Avengers accidentally activate Starks 'Iron Avenger' robots, and alert Ultron to their whereabouts. Following the destruction of their home, and the taking of their 'father', Azari, Pym, James and Torunn must find a way to fight back.
So far none of these Marvel Animated features have been any good. Frankly, they've been downright bad on most levels—the animation is weird and cheap, the stories are dumbed down version of better comic book stories, and the characters (despite PG-13 ratings) are weak and flat in an unfortunately '80s Saturday morning fashion. The only good news for Marvel on the animation front is that lately DC Animated films have been nearly as weak. Both franchises look terrible compared to the heyday of the Bruce Timm Batman, Superman, and Justice League.
Next Avengers is probably the most even and watchable of all five of the Marvel Animated Lionsgate releases. The animation still suffers low frame rates and obvious corner cutting, but stylistically the characters are more interesting, the movement and perspective is more consistent, and the acting a little more emotive. The character designs aren't the bland, Gargoyles-esque monstrosities of the previous releases, but they also aren't as overtly stylized as Teen Titans (which I personally think is a bad thing, as I actually like Teen Titans). The best difference between this and the other Marvel Animated releases, from an animation standpoint, is that the artists have dropped the flimsy, computer produced cell-shading (the soft edges stuff that's grey no matter what colour they're supposed to be shading), and replaced them with more standard, hard edged cell-shading.
Despite being written with a younger fan-base in mind, the story isn't really any more dumbed down than the PG-13 films, in fact, it features some intriguingly dark and abstract aspects, and the story does take place post-apocalypse, after all. The kid voice actors are all actually quite good—better then the adult actors of the past films—and most of the dialogue is natural. The problem is with the characters and the predictability of the plot. I could guess every step of the film based on the description on the back of the box, and the characters found on the cover art. Azari and Pym are the most lightly developed of the five major leads, but they remain the most interesting because the only characteristic built into the other three is excruciating angst.
Ultron's robot city features an intriguing look that is pleasantly under explained, but the sort of non-sequitur design mostly just affords the writers a chance to slow the plot when it threatens to run its course in a time shorter then feature length. In fact, the editing is a big problem on all levels. The reaction and transition shots are almost always obviously elongated. Minus a couple of unnecessary plot sidetracks this really could've been a decent one hour short, but as is it feels like a struggle for an extra twenty minutes.
This is a generally very clean DVD transfer. The solid colour schemes, an improvement over the less consistent earlier Marvel Animated releases, are bright, and generally free of compression noise. Reds are particularly clean and solid, which is an impressive achievement for an animated feature on standard DVD. Hard edges feature thin, white edge enhancement, especial black outlines, but this is less obvious than other animated series and feature releases. Also on the plus side is a lack of interlacing, which is a much more obvious problem when plaguing animation. I imagine the Blu-ray release is flawless, but this DVD version is more than satisfactory considering the limits of the format.
Lionsgate really does go all out in the sound department with these small budget animated features. This disc features an aggressive, if not particularly loud Dolby Digital EX soundtrack. My personal favourite addition to the track is Ultron's robot voice, which reverberates from the centre channel, through the stereo channels, and ends in the rear channels. The rest of the dialogue stays nicely centred, and is never drowned out by all the action and music. The rear channels feature many effective directional effects, but mostly deal in background noises, and spreading front channel effects, like Ultron's voice or electronic pulses. The score is a little derivative, but it isn't a direct rip-off like that of The Invincible Iron Man, and it does add to the production values effectively.
'Legacy: The Making of Next Avengers' is an eleven minute basic look at the designs, writing, and ideas behind the film. It's very similar to the 'First Look' that accompanied the Doctor Strange disc, only with finished animation included. Overall it's a decent look at the production without too much silly hype. 'Kid Power: Next Gen Marvel' is a nine and a half minute look at the more kid friendly titles available from Marvel Comics. Basically it's an ad, but it's nice to see that comic books are still created with young readers in mind, without aiming to talk down to them.
The rather brief extras finish out with brief 'First Looks' at Hulk vs. Wolverine and Hulk vs. Thor. Both films appear to be pretty thin on plot, but each uses unique and intriguing character designs, and what appears to be the most fluid action animation in the studio's history.
Strike five for Marvel's animation line, but a slight improvement over the last entry. It's nice to see them trying new things, if only they'd put a little more thought into the writing. I'm sure most fans will dislike Next Avengers simply because it's aimed at a younger audience, but being forced to avoid messy 'adult' themes may be a blessing in disguise. Despite everything, I still hold out hope for the next two films.
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I enjoyed it for what it is, a kid version of the Avengers. If you can't grasp that, don't bother with it.
I saw this a few months back at Comic-Con. It was better then I hoped it would be, but then again I'm not a 9 year old kid. Aside from the tykes, I dunno who would be interested in this though. It was very pokeman-ish.
they should have let Carl Johnson, Michael MuCuiston or Lolota Ramins handle the score.
they're the best when it comes to animated stuff
they're the best when it comes to animated stuff
Jonny wrote: Odd. I thought this movie was possibly the worst one yet. The kids did nothing but annoy me and the final battle just seemed really disjointed.For a villain supposedly having destroyed all the avengers, he came down way too easily. What, 6 off them couldn't do it, but a bit of Spoiler Hulk Smash and it's done?
The hard part to swallow for this show is of course how can the children of the heroes that DIED fighting Ultron have any chance of defeating him when their more experience parents couldn't? Will their sense of wonder and naiveté help them find the weakness that their parents were too jaded to see? Will their mere appearance cause Ultron to laugh so hard he'll fry his circuits? *Spoiler Ahead* What do our stalwart little heroes do? They lead him to Banner who has been hiding out in the desert. Enter Hulk vs. Ultron fight. Well you've got to give the writers credit for coming up with the only plausible way these kids could win this fight and that is by not fighting it. Sure we get to see them take out Ultron's robot minions (they also defeat Robot Avengers that Stark had built as some kind half-assed back up plan, and that Ultron immediately compromised. Way to fail Tony), and it's Pym's job to get Banner angry, but the heavy lifting at the end lies in the Hulks enraged hands. I really enjoyed Marvel's Invincible Iron Man and Doctor Strange animated features, and even their take on The Ultimate Avengers wasn't too bad, but this seems like a step back towards Saturday morning cartoons.
Cinque wrote: I can't even stand Teen Titans, so there is no way I'm going anywhere near this.....
You and me both.
You and me both.
Good review...but remember, it's "Their children were" not "They're children were"...and I'm no grammar freak here, sorry, LOL...yeah, nothing can compare to Timm's work in BTAS, STAS, and JLA/JLU...
I thought this was pretty good and my kids frickin LOVED it.
Odd. I thought this movie was possibly the worst one yet. The kids did nothing but annoy me and the final battle just seemed really disjointed.
It's mediocre.
This movie is awesome. I loved it.
I can't even stand Teen Titans, so there is no way I'm going anywhere near this.....
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Disc Details
Release Date: 2nd September 2008
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, single layer
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 1.78:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital EX English
Subtitles: English, Spanish
Extras: 'Legacy: The Making of Next Avengers', 'Kid Power', Hulk VS. Wolverine First Look, Hulk VS. Thor First Look, Trailers
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Jay Oliva
Cast: Ken Kramer, Tom Kane, Nicole Oliver, Dempsey Pappion, Aidan Drummond
Genre: Animation
Length: 78 minutes
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Alan Major is in his fifth season as the 49ers head coach.
Year one saw Major doing his best MacGyver impersonation, piece together a season that included wins over #7 Tennessee, at Georgia Tech and vs. Xavier. He did so with more than a shoestring and some paper clips, however.
There was no lack of fight or imagination in a team that had as few as six scholarship players and played 29 of 30 games with eight scholarship players or less.
The win over #7/#7 Tennessee gave the 49ers a win over a top 20 team for the fourth straight year. It was one of just three Top 10 wins by an Atlantic 10 team. The win at Georgia Tech, a double overtime thriller, was one of the team's school-record overtime contests. The win over Xavier handed the A-10 regular-season champs their lone A-10 regular-season loss.
During that first year, Major signed a Top 10 recruiting class among non-BCS schools, according to ESPN Senior Recruiting analyst Dave Telep.
Year two of the Major era, the 49ers improved their overall and Atlantic 10 record. Charlotte defeated cross-county rival and 2012 NCAA Tournament participant Davidson. Pierria Henry, a member of the 49ers heralded recruiting class, earned Atlantic 10 All-Rookie team honors.
Year three of the Major era, the 49ers captured the Great Alaska Shootout title and set the school-record for best start at 9-0. The 49ers defeated #10 Butler on the road as well. The 49ers won 21 games which marked the program's first 20 wins season since 2007-08 and the first under Major. He guided the 49ers to their first postseason tournament appearance since 2008 with an NIT appearance. Henry earned A-10 All-Defensive team honors. A member of his second recruiting class, Willie Clayton earned Atlantic 10 All-Rookie team honors.
Year four of the Major era, the 49ers captured the Puerto Rico Tip-Off title with wins over 2013 Big 12 Co-Champs Kansas State, 2013 CAA Champs Northeastern and 2013 National Runner-Up Michigan. Henry was named third-team All-Conference USA as well as to the Conference USA All-Defensive team. Ben Cherry was named to the Conference USA All-Academic team.
Success has followed head coach Alan Major on his college coaching path. For the nine years prior to joining the 49ers, he worked under Thad Matta at Ohio State (6 years) and Xavier (3 years). In those nine years, he participated in seven NCAA Tournaments, including three Sweet 16's and one national championship game.
"He surrounds himself with good people and works hard to make those around him better," said Director of Athletics Judy Rose. "He's been associated with winning programs for a long time."
Since his first year, Major's foremost charge was to get to know his team. He encouraged visits and drop-ins. He took the time to talk. Family. Academics. Ups. Downs. Inspiration. Before he could start to build anything on the court, he knew he had to build a relationship off of it.
"Alan comes from a strong background that includes success at the highest level," said Rose. "But just as important as the impressive credentials of great players and teams he has been a part of is the great energy he exhibits and the genuine care he shows for his players. He wants to develop student-athletes not only in basketball but in life. He wants them to meet their individual goals while working on the team's goals. He is a people person and a basketball junkie. We have heard from any number of individuals from all facets of the game of basketball and we were supremely impressed with the level of respect Alan has earned at every turn."
Major has an 18-year assistant coaching background, including stints at Pacific, Southern Illinois and Cal Lutheran. A native of Indianapolis, Major graduated from Purdue in 1992. While at Purdue, Major served as a manager for Gene Keady's Boilermakers. He received his master's in education with an emphasis on physical education from Cal Lutheran in 1995.
Major was at Ohio State for six seasons, helping the Buckeyes to a 156-54 record, four NCAA Tournament appearances, a school-record 35 wins in 2006-07, three outright Big Ten regular-season titles and two league tournament titles. In 2009-10, Ohio State reached the NCAA Sweet Sixteen after winning both the Big Ten regular-season and tournament titles. In 2007, the Buckeyes reached the NCAA National Championship game and in 2008, they won the National Invitation Tournament title.
Major was instrumental in the recruitment and development of such players as Greg Oden, Mike Conley, Daequan Cook, Kosta Koufos and Evan Turner at Ohio State. All were NBA first round draft choices while Turner swept the 2010 National Player of the Year awards, including the Wooden Award, the Naismith Trophy and the USBWA, Associated Press and NABC Player of the Year awards.
Prior to his time at Ohio State, Major coached NBA first round choice David West at Xavier and NBA No. 1 draft choice Michael Olowokandi at Pacific.
"I've been really impressed by Alan's clear philosophy when it comes to recruitment and scheduling. He believes that it is necessary to build a program rather than merely field a team," said UNC Charlotte Chancellor Dr. Philip Dubois.
In his three seasons at Xavier, the Musketeers went 78-23 with three NCAA appearances, including a trip to the Elite Eight in 2004. He coached for a total of five seasons at Pacific, and helped the Tigers to the 1997 NCAA Tournament. He coached for one season at Southern Illinois under current Kansas State head coach Bruce Weber. His career began at Cal Lutheran where he helped the Kingsmen to a 61-22 record in three seasons, including trips to the NCAA Div. III Tournament in 1993 and 1994.


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66 Square Feet by Marie Viljoen
As someone who has lived in tiny apartments my entire adult life, it's always fascinating to me to see what other people do with their own small spaces. Fascinating — and also frequently jealousy-inducing. Marie Viljoen has done more with her 66-square-foot rooftop terrace than I've ever done with a space that size. Strawberries and blueberry bushes in baskets, pots overflowing with green herbs, fronds of fennel waving like green flags — so much nourishment and beauty in a little space.
This cookbook is an invitation to peer over her garden wall and see what she cooks with each passing season.
Quick Facts
• Who wrote it: Marie Viljoen
• Who published it: Stewart, Tabori & Chang
• Number of recipes: 92
• Recipes for right now: Concord Grape Granita, Spicy Lamb Shanks, Quinces Roast with Juniper, Broccoli Bruschetta, Ginger Ale Ham, Toasted Cumin Cauliflower Soup, Fluffy Sweet Potatoes with Citrus, Mushroom Pizza
• Other highlights: This is my favorite kind of cookbook. Stories on every page with recipes tucked in between, gorgeous photos that make me see the streets of New York in a completely different light, and an emphasis on sharing meals with friends. It's the kind of cookbook that I keep by my bedside to read in the drowsy, restful moments before sleep and then carry with me into the kitchen the next day. It also satisfies my inner voyeur and her insatiable curiosity about how other people cook, eat, and live. This book is the full package!
This book is mainly about discovering what is ripe and beautiful at the moment when you're hungry and then thinking about how to make that into a meal. In addition to the abundance of fruits, vegetables, and herbs that Marie Vilgoen grows on her terrace, she takes full advantage of her local farmers market and urban wild spaces. I love her stories of discovering mulberries on a walk through New York and foraging for milkweed in neglected patches of green.
The book is split into 12 chapters, each devoted to a month of the year, and flipping through the book is like watching the calendar go by in fast-motion. With each month, Viljoen talks about what's going on in New York and her life, what she's finding at the markets and in her garden, and how she's planning to cook it. She offers a handful of simple, everyday recipes and then a full menu for sharing with friends. It's the emphasis on entertaining and gathering that wins this book over for me — particularly her inventive cocktails!
My thumb has been proven to be more black than green, but maybe — just maybe — with this cookbook as inspiration this winter, I will be inspired to scratch out a corner of green space this coming year. But regardless of whether we grow our own or fill our pantries with produce from the farmers market, 66 Square Feet is a reminder that eating with the seasons never disappoints.
• Who would enjoy this book? New Yorkers, foragers, cooks who like to be inspired by their ingredients first and follow a recipe second.
Find the book at your local library, independent bookstore, or Amazon: 66 Square Feet by Marie Viljoen
• Visit the author's website: Marie Viljoen
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Carlos Munoz: Indy runner-up headed back to minors
Carlos Munoz finished second in the Indianapolis 500 as a 21-year-old rookie.
AP National Writer
Carlos Munoz finished second in the Indianapolis 500 as a 21-year-old rookie.
Now, it's back to the minors.
What a bummer!
Munoz finished behind Tony Kanaan in a thrilling race Sunday that finished under a yellow flag, silencing the skeptics who fretted the young Colombian merely had a fast car but not nearly enough experience to handle his IndyCar debut on such a challenging track.
He stayed out of trouble all day and handled his car skillfully in traffic, leading five times for a total of 12 laps.
But this was a one-off for Munoz in the IndyCar series, at least for now. His main job is driving for Michael Andretti's team in Indy Lights, a struggling developmental series that has only about 10 regular competitors.
That will remain his primary focus.
"I don't know. Maybe Michael will have something," Munoz said. "But right now, Indy Lights is still my main program. It still will be. We'll see what happens."
After Graham Rahal's car smashed the inside wall, Munoz took the green flag in third place with three laps to go. Kanaan slipped around Ryan Hunter-Reay for the lead, and the Colombian got past his teammate for the second spot.
He would get no higher.
Dario Franchitti slammed the wall and brought out another yellow, effectively ending the race. Kanaan drove the last 2 1-2 laps under caution, essentially a victory parade that allowed him to be saluted by the big crowd on Memorial Day weekend.
All Munoz could do was follow him across the line.
"I was a bit sad inside the car," the runner-up said. "I was not really happy. I prefer to finish the race fighting for the win. Maybe it would work out, maybe not, but I would prefer a checkered flag to see if I had a shot."
If nothing else, Munoz certainly showed his IndyCar potential - maybe not this season, but for years to come. He hopes to emulate his hero, fellow Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya, who won the Indy 500 as a rookie in 2000 and launched a career that has taken him to Formula One and now to NASCAR.
"I was pretty patient," Munoz said. "I overtook one car, was patient, and at the end was pushing more."
He was a bit nervous in the pits, not having much time to practice in the lead-up to the 500, and he lost some time during his first couple of stops. But he got better as the race went, demonstrating he's a quick study.
Now, if only he could get a few more chances in IndyCar.
Andretti will make that call.
"It's up to him," Munoz said. "I have to do my job. I'm still the Indy Lights championship leader. This was my main goal since I started the year. This was one more race to get more experience and it came out really good, I think more than expected."
His next scheduled race is an Indy Lights event at Milwaukee in three weeks. It'll be tough to watch next weekend when the IndyCar series moves to Detroit for a pair of street races on Belle Isle.
"I don't know what the plan is going to be right now," Munoz said. "I have to concentrate working on my Indy Lights program. We will see what happens."
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A manufacturer placed thousands of tubes of toothpaste into individual boxes and prepared them for shipping every day.
A manufacturer placed thousands of tubes of toothpaste into individual boxes and prepared them for shipping every day.
Soon, the machinery started to malfunction somehow and some boxes arrived for shipping without anything in them.
The company�s owner hired a consulting team to come in and evaluate what and where the problem was, and determine what was needed to fix it.
The company spent $8 million after consultants investigated the problem, made recommendations and installed new machinery.
A retrofit discovered empty boxes by automatically weighing each box before it shipped. When an empty box hit the scale, it registered as being too light, an alarm sounded and all the plant�s machinery stopped so the empty box could be filled.
The system seemed to work well. The number of empty boxes diminished greatly, and the company�s CEO was pleased with the better numbers.
Soon, when no empty boxes arrived at shipping, the skeptical CEO investigated whether the numbers were correct.
When he got down to the production line he noticed a large fan blowing across the conveyor right before the belt reached the weigh station. On the other side of the belt was a large cardboard box that held a number of empty toothpaste boxes. When an empty box came along the conveyor belt, it would be so light the fan just blew it into the waiting box.
Asking who came up with that idea, the CEO was told it was the custodian, who got tired of having to reset the conveyor belt and all the machinery for every empty box.
Sometimes people think the big, fancy solution is the best.
We tend to forget that often the simple answer works even better.
Many folks try to make the Christian faith difficult. There is no need to because it is actually very simple.
God is our Creator. Jesus is our Redeemer. The Holy Spirit is God's power that works in us and through us.
Now, isn't that simple?
I think so.
The Rev. Mark Broadhead is Laurel Hill Presbyterian Church and First Presbyterian Church of Crestview's pastor.


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Green Tour: A Future Forward Four-Square
Location: Chicago, IL
Size: 3600 sq/ft
Located in the picturesque and historic Chicago neighborhood, Ravenswood Manor, this home is a future forward 'American Four-Square' house, updated to be green with a super insulated envelope, passive and active solar elements, a green roof and lots of reused and reclaimed goodies…
The house, a collaboration between developer Green Door Development and green architecture firm Nathan Kipnis Architects, achieved Chicago's Green Permit Program's highest rating. The home is situated in a neighborhood full of prairie style housing, and this style was continued in the design of the home, but there are many surprises that make this home more sustainable than the rest.
The main green design component of the home is a "solar chimney." The first floor main hall has openings in the ceiling that extend to the 2nd floor, which is open to a vaulted ceiling that contains two sets of 5 remote control operated clerestory awning windows. When the windows are opened air is drawn through the floor openings up to the 2nd floor and out of the awning windows. By thoughtfully designing the form of the building, the house is inherently green by integrating this smart, yet low-tech green feature.
While the existing home was demolished, the owner kept many components of the house to reuse. The garage was given a face-lift with fiber cement siding, new windows and doors, and the roof was upgraded with modular green roof tiles and solar thermal panels. Existing stained glass windows were salvaged and reused in the living room and re-purposed into a built-in cabinet in the family room. All the hardwood flooring was salvaged and reused throughout the house. In all, about 80% of the materials from the deconstructed house were salvaged, and materials not reused in the new home were donated to non-profits such as Habitat for Humanity and local salvage shop Rebuilding Exchange.
Other green features include Insulated Concrete Form (ICF) foundation walls and soy based closed cell spray foam insulation, which creates a super insulated and sealed building envelope. An air-to-air heat exchanger cycles out stale air, brings in new air, and captures any outgoing heat to be reused within the house. The basement is heated with hydronic radiant tube flooring, while the remainder of the house is heated and cooled via a high efficiency forced air system. All finishes have low or no-VOC content, and even the basement carpet is made from recycled plastic bottles. Finally, the first floor features the BLUEline PowerCost Monitor to provide visual feedback of the home's energy usage.
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Hallo Tanja in Estonia :)
I hope that "Word Surfing" - which is all about vocabulary development strategies - will be of interest to you ... and that you and your students may want to become involved in a " Vocabulary Forum" project that is "for learners by learners".
Learners who make a contribution should get some good practice and
also help to teach other language learners something at the same
One of the aims of the forum is to encourage students to learn more
actively and interactively both inside and outside the classroom.
Their suggestions should ideally be checked by a teacher before sending them - but they will, in any case, be checked there by either myself or another teacher. Suitable suggestions , with alterations/correction if necessary, will then be transferred into a Vocabulary Builder at
Hopefully this will soon become a useful resource that is full of
good ideas and grammatically correct example sentences - from
learners in Estonia - and all around the world.
If you like the project please encourage your learners to send in their
suggestions and tell other teachers about it too.
Bye for now, thanks & best wishes from Budapest.
Will :)
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School bus drivers and monitors working for Durham School Services, the Beaufort County School District's transportation contractor, voted tonight to approve a five-year contract.
Tonight's vote concluded months of negotiations between Durham and the Teamsters, the union that represents the drivers as well as monitors who assist drivers in transporting special education students. The Durham employees had been working without a contract since last summer.
"This hasn't been a short or easy road to travel, but it appears that Durham and its drivers and monitors have reached an agreement that will bring stability to their relationship," said Acting Superintendent Jackie Rosswurm. "For our parents, this agreement should ease their concerns about a sudden interruption in school bus service due to a strike."
Three South Carolina school districts - Beaufort, Charleston and Dorchester District 2 in Summerville - have partially privatized bus transportation systems. All three contract with Durham to supervise bus routes, drivers and monitors. The Teamsters Union represents many drivers and monitors in those districts and negotiated with Durham on their behalf. Drivers and monitors in all three districts voted last month to authorize strikes if contract negotiations were unsuccessful.
Drivers and monitors in Dorchester District 2 approved their new contract earlier today, and a vote is scheduled for Charleston on Saturday.
The Beaufort County School District was not a party in the contract negotiations. About half of the 200 school bus drivers and monitors who serve more than 11,000 students each day in the district are union members.