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MONTREAL – With each victory, each near-flawless performance, each vanquished foe, Georges St-Pierre builds his legend as one of the greatest competitors in Ultimate Fighting Championship history.
Nick Diaz is now part of St-Pierre's tale. And what a story that chapter was.
In a showdown St-Pierre said he wanted more than any since he earned a championship rematch against UFC legend Matt Hughes more than five years ago, the 31-year-old St-Pierre (24-2) vanquished antagonist Nick Diaz in the welterweight title main event of Saturday's UFC 158. In front of a capacity crowd of 20,145 paying $3.7 million at Montreal's Bell Centre, St-Pierre controlled the 25-minute contest from start to finish on his way to a unanimous-decision victory over Diaz (27-9, 1 NC). All three judges scored the match 50-45 in favour of the hometown hero, whose every move was greeted with roars.
"It was a fight that everybody wanted to see, a fight that I wanted to have as well. I'm happy it's finally done," said St-Pierre, who admitted at the post-fight press conference that the head games surrounding the fight – including yelling and confrontations backstage hours before the bout about St-Pierre's hand wraps – were "very demanding, very stressful … It was a tough fight for me.
"I have to go to another chapter of my career."
When Diaz returned to UFC in June 2011, he and St-Pierre were set to meet at UFC 137 that October but Diaz was lost the title shot after missing media events in Toronto and Las Vegas. Diaz riled up the champion, however, accusing him of faking a minor knee injury and ducking the welterweight contenders. An attempt to rebook the bout for UFC 143 in February 2012 also failed, after St-Pierre suffered a more serious torn anterior cruciate ligament that sidelined him for one year. Also during that time, Diaz tested positive for marijuana metabolites at UFC 143 and was suspended for 12 months.
Once both were finally healthy and able to compete again, St-Pierre insisted he face Diaz before anyone else. He felt insulted when Diaz questioned his heart. He was angry that Diaz confronted him in a Las Vegas hotel during UFC 137 fight week, when St-Pierre was only there as an observer.
In the last month, Diaz has accused St-Pierre of using steroids, bemoaned the fact St-Pierre has more endorsements and media opportunities, and wondered why most fans – even soccer moms near his home in Stockton, Calif. – root against him. St-Pierre, meanwhile, seemed more agitated than he's ever been. He appeared determined to let Diaz know that he wasn't afraid of him, at one point calling him an "uneducated fool."
It made for an intriguing buildup to the fight. The only part of their tale that wasn't known was the conclusion.
Diaz figured to have his best shot at victory if he could get the fight standing, where he could use his high-quality boxing and overwhelm St-Pierre by sheer quantity of punches. In his last nine fights, Diaz has averaged 8.28 significant strikes per minute, more than any UFC fighter in that time. St-Pierre, meanwhile, had won his previous 10 fights thanks largely to some of the best wrestling in the sport and a powerful ground game. He's landed the most significant strikes (1,048) and total strikes (2,188) in UFC history, with a 78.1 per cent takedown rate, best in company history.
St-Pierre was indeed dominant with his takedowns but he was also quicker to the punch, especially in the first three rounds. St-Pierre, refusing to be emotional and get goaded into a brawl, took Diaz down within 15 seconds of the fight starting and kept Diaz on the mat the entire first round, landing elbows and short punches. The second round was more of the same, although it took St-Pierre 40 seconds to score the takedown and keep the action there. Diaz defended takedown attempts better in the third round and in the final minute was starting to land some punches, at which point GSP quickly landed a takedown to ride out the round.
Diaz talked trash and taunted St-Pierre throughout the night, trying to goad him into a brawl. He greeted St-Pierre at the cage door rather than wait in his corner, he lowered his hands daring St-Pierre to knock him out, and more than once asked St-Pierre if "that's all you got?" But St-Pierre stayed calm and stuck to his game plan, keeping out of boxing range when they were standing and going for a takedown when the opening was there.
"He fought a perfect fight," said UFC president Dana White.
Diaz was in St-Pierre's face after every round, including nearly slapping him at one point. White thought Diaz should have been docked a point for that, but Diaz said he didn't intend to make contact.
"I was just being really mean out there," said Diaz. "I wanted him to try to hurt me, to finish me."
When the fight was over, Diaz shook hands with St-Pierre and raised the champion's arm. They even exchanged a smile, though St-Pierre admitted he wasn't sure how Diaz would react when he went to shake his hand.
"There is some sort of camaraderie," between combatants after such a fierce battle, added St-Pierre.
"You put on a show together, you give everything you have."
Diaz, who in the hours after the fight alternated between discussing retirement and saying he wants big-money fights to keep going, gave credit to St-Pierre but insisted that he things would be different if they met again.
"He's a great fighter. He does what it takes to win," said Diaz, later saying to St-Pierre, "As long as I'm here right now, I want a rematch. I think I can beat you."
With the victory, St-Pierre extended to 11 the second-longest winning streak in UFC history. He now holds the record for most welterweight title defences, with eight, breaking a tie he held with UFC legend Matt Hughes. In addition, he also tied middleweight champion Anderson Silva for most championship fights won, with 11. His eight straight title defences are second-most in company history, behind Silva's 10.
He was looking forward to a nice vacation following Saturday's fight. After beating Carlos Condit in November, St-Pierre travelled to Paris and also Marrakech, Morocco. He told few people where he was going. ("Turn off my cell phone, go somewhere nobody knows, nobody cares," he said in a recent interview.) He also used his time off to take in some movies and eat whatever he wanted, devouring plates of barbecue chicken and French fries, Coke and chocolate cake.
Before he has to start thinking about No. 1 contender Johny Hendricks, or is questioned more about a potential dream fight against middleweight champion Anderson Silva, St-Pierre was anxious for a bit more of that relaxation time, to get away from the spotlight. He takes his break with peace of mind, knowing he had dominated a talented, dangerous veteran in Diaz.
"The important thing for me, I feel very happy I won," he said.
"I win the fight. I fought the best I could."
In other pay-per-view matches at UFC 158:
* The last time Johny Hendricks was in Montreal, he thought a 46-second knockout was enough to earn him a welterweight title shot. It wasn't. But a match-of-the-year contender on Saturday night did the trick.
Hendricks (15-1) beat Carlos Condit (28-7) in the UFC 158 co-main event, a three-round slugfest in which both fighters landed their best shots only to see the other answer back each and every time. All three judges scored the match 29-28 for Hendricks in as close a unanimous decision as possible.
UFC president Dana White confirmed the Hendricks was the unquestioned No. 1 challenger to St-Pierre.
"I believe I've got better wrestling than (St-Pierre). I did it since I was five … Also, I hit harder than him. That's a proven fact. I'm just excited for the opportunity. Hopefully I can finish him. That's my goal," said Hendricks.
* Jake Ellenberger (29-6) remained in the middle of the welterweight title picture, landing a left-right combination to the nose of Nate Marquardt (35-12-2) before finishing him on the mat with a right hand to the temple at 3:00 of the second round.
"Anybody they put me against, I'll take it," said Ellenberger. "One step closer tonight."
* Friends turned foes for one night, as Chris Camozzi (19-5) beat Calgary native Nick Ring (13-2) via split decision in a middleweight bout. All three judges scored the match 29-28, with two giving the nod to Camozzi.
"I thought I did enough to win but you never know when you leave it to the judges," he said.
* In a lightweight match between former contestants on The Ultimate Fighter, Montreal's Mike Ricci (9-3) was awarded unanimous scores of 30-27 over Colin Fletcher (9-3).
"I grew up wanting to win in the octagon, and I've spent six years on a road of blood and sweat to make sure I got here," said Ricci, who lost his debut in December.
In preliminary bouts at UFC 158:
* Popular Montreal veteran Patrick Cote (20-8) slugged out a victory in his welterweight debut, getting unanimous 29-28 scores from all three judges against Bobby Voelker (24-9). Voelker clearly won the third round but each of the judges gave Cote the first two razor-thin rounds.
"I thought I won the first two rounds, but it was a good, competitive, close fight," said Cote, who said he felt good at his new weight but "got real tired after the second round and he pushed me around in the last round … This is a learning process for me, and I will work on that with my trainers and try to make sure this doesn't happen next time."
* In a bout that may have been stopped prematurely, Darren Elkins (17-2) beat Oshawa's Antonio Carvalho (15-6) via TKO at 3:06 of the first round in a featherweight contest.
Elkins dropped Carvalho to his knees, but Carvalho quickly bounced back up. In the process of Carvalho getting off his knees, however, referee Yves Lavigne waved the fight off.
"He was hurt for sure but after I dropped him he popped back up, and I don't think the referee put himself in the position to see that. I feel bad for him, but, of course, I am going to say that I would have stopped him anyway," said Elkins.
*Lethbridge native Jordan Mein (27-8) showed why he's considered one of the top young fighters in the sport, surviving an early submission attempt by wily veteran Dan Miller (14-7) before landing a vicious head-body combination that led to a TKO victory at 4:42 of the first round in a welterweight bout.
Mein, who started competing professionally at the age of 16 and made his UFC debut on Saturday at the age of 23, walked away, cool and collected, from the fallen Miller as if it was his 10th UFC win and not his first.
"Fighting in the UFC for the first time was just an awesome experience. I had a lot of pressure on myself in the octagon for the first time, coming in from Strikeforce," said Mein.
* Montreal's John Makdessi (11-2) came on strong in the final two rounds, using a quick jab, solid counterpunching and stiff leg kicks to post a unanimous decision over Daron Cruickshank (12-3). All three judges scored the bout 29-28.
"That was a tough fight," said Makdessi. "The best is yet to come but right now, I just want to see my family."
* Rick Story (15-6), coming off three losses in his past four bouts, looked more like the fighter who had a six-fight winning streak between 2009-11, knocking out Quinn Mulhern (18-3) at 3:05 of the first round in a welterweight match.
"I've been working hard to get back to where I was at and it felt great to win like that," said Story. "I wanted to get out here and put on a show … work my way back up."
* T.J. Dillashaw (8-1) scored with a high knee to the temple of Issei Tamura (7-4) and finished him with seven punches on the mat, getting a TKO victory at 26 seconds of the second round in a bantamweight bout.
* George Roop (13-10-1) earned a unanimous decision over Rueben Duran (8-5-1) in the evening's bantamweight opener. Two judges scored the match 29-28, while the third had it 30-27.
"I got rocked a couple of times in the first round," admitted Roop. "I won the last two rounds. I managed to get back into it but I'm not that happy with my wrestling. I got work to do in the gym, but I will be back better next time."


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Wellington high school had three finish in the top nine, and the girls cross country team went on to place second at the AVCTL meet Thursday.
Wellington high school had three finish in the top nine, and the girls cross country team went on to place second at the AVCTL meet Thursday.
Jaden Ledesma finished second overall with a time of 16:04. Lauren Scheufler was sixth at 16:40 and Leah Nelson was ninth at 17:17. All three were medalists.
Circle was the overall winner on the girls side.
In the girls' Junior Varsity race, Wellington's Julia Peck was the overall winner at 19:50, and was one of four medalists. Gracie Defore was sixth at 20:52, Shelby McNamara was seventh at 21:15 and Peyton Witham was 11th at 22:43.
The Wellington boys finished fifth. Brent Williams was the top Crusader at 17th place with a time of 19:39.
Twenty of 23 runners had a personal best time for Wellington.
The next race will be regional's at 2 p.m. Oct. 26 in El Dorado.
Below are complete Wellington results.
Varsity Girls 4K race TIME Place
Jaedyn Ledesma 16.04 2
Lauren Scheufler 16.40 6
Leah Nelson 17.17 9
Cabreil Roe 18.28 15
Jo Tredway 18.32 16
Baylee DeJarnett 19.03 23
Mackinze Tracy 19.25 24
Girl's Varsity Team rec'd 2nd in the AVCTL
TEAM Results Points
Circle 42 1st
WELLINGTON 48 2nd
Andale 57 3rd
Augusta 95 4th
Clearwater 114 5th
ALL-TIME TOP 10 Girl's List
Jaedyn Ledesma moved from 3rd place to 2nd
Lauren Scheufler moved from 5th place to 4th
Leah Nelson stays at 5th but time improved
Jo Tredway went on in 10th place
JV-Girls 4K race TIME Place
Julia Peck 19.50 1
Gracie Defore 20.52 6
Shelby McNamara 21.15 7
Peyton Witham 22.43 11
Varsity Boys 5K race TIME Place
Brent Williams 19.39 17
Isaiah Rogers 20.03 20
Joe Friesen 20.37 27
Houston Sober 20.54 32
Tristton Tracy 21.54 36
Jacob Johnson 22.45 38
Tyler Benson 22.45 39
Boy's Varsity Team rec'd 5th place
Team Results Points
Andale 23 1st
Augusta 75 2nd
Clearwater 80 3rd
Circle 83 4th
Wellington 132 5th
Wichita Collegiate 140 6th
JV Race-Boys 5K race TIME Place
Juan Chandler 23.04 32
Will Long 24.57 36
Seth Tunnell 27.46 37
Carson LeGrand 28.32 40
William Daily 34.41 43

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TORONTO -- Instinctual. That's Chad Owens. Put a football in the man's hands and he's capable of pulling lightning down out of the sky. Settling underneath a punt he can go off on some crazy riff like Robin Williams doing standup, leaving his audience gasping with delight.
So the idea of being pinned down, boxed in, to a carved-in-stone acceptance speech for Thursday's Gibson's Finest CFL Player Awards must, well, give him the cold sweats.
"Honestly," admitted Owens, "I haven't really prepared anything. That might seem a little unprofessional but my focus is on the game.
"I mean, you know, yeah, of course you want to win. But is that the main goal? No. The game's what matters. I guess we'll see what happens (tonight).
"And I'm sure if the time comes, I'll say the right things."
The Flyin' Hawaiian is, after all, awfully fluent in improvisation.
Both he and his rival for Most Outstanding Player, Calgary Stampeders' record-shattering tailback Jon Cornish, are grand entertainers.
What may turn the MOP voting tide in one man's favour is that Owens just happens to be more all-purpose than Lysol cleaner, leading the league in both receiving (1,348 yards) and returning (2,510) to break the combined yardage record of mentor, ex-Argo and all-around swell egg Pinball Clemons. That carries a large amount of cache in CFL circles.
"When the lights come on ... I flip the switch," Owens said, stumped for a more definitive explanation of his explosiveness (the Stamps can only help to hem him in the way the media gang did beside the juice dispenser at Wednesday's East Division breakfast availability). I know there's the saying 'You can't expect to flip the switch on on game day.' But on game day, everyone has an extra boost of energy, of adrenalin. There's where I get my free time, my alone time, my time away from everything -- when I'm on that field."
Not to downplay Cornish's very generous accomplishments, and fully acknowledging his bias in the conversation, Argos' QB Ricky Ray knows who'd get his vote.
"I mean, Chad just does so much for us. Just breaking the record for all purpose yards is a pretty cool accomplishment. I've been lucky enough to have a front-row seat all year.
"He's a superstar. He just does so many things well. You see how much we use him as a team. It's funny, when we're game-branding, deciding what plays to use, his name's the first one to come up just because he can do so much.
"A good run game definitely helps out, but when you can throw a five-yard pass to Chad Owens and he takes it 70 yards for a touchdown or gets you down in scoring territory ... Or you look at a couple weeks ago, I'm standing on the sidelines, they punt the ball and he takes it into the end zone.
"That's seven points and I didn't have to do anything."
What amazes Argos GM Jim Barker is the durability of Owens, who has the ball in his possession and in finds himself in harm's way so often.
"He never asks off of a kickoff return or a punt return. He's a true, true, tough, tough Hawaiian kid. Some of those Samoans, brother, just tough, tough, tough.
"In terms of comparables, the closest guy I can think of would be Pinball. And Pinball's taken Chad under his wing, in terms of how to handle the media, handle the community. When he broke Pinball's record, watching Pinball lift him into the air ... it was genuine. He's like Pinball's son."
Barker puts Owen's rise in the receiving ranks down to a couple things: A) the presence of Ray to put the ball where it needs to be; and B) A burgeoning amount of patience. Returners routinely lack the temperament to run routes. Their whole thing is finding a gap and exploiting it, immediately.
"You look at returners and they're rarely great receivers," continued Barker. "Why? Because receiving is about patience. Returning is about making a decision and 'Go!' Planting a foot and making a decision. But he and Ricky have really developed a rapport. Ricky's helped his game so much."
Being an instinctual animal, Chad Owens may not have a word-for-word acceptance speech prepared should tonight the expected come to pass, but you can bet he'll be as light on his feet in a tux as he is in double blue.
Trust him to make the right read on a ballroom carpet every bit as expertly as he can on a stadium's.
"For me," Owens emphasized, "it's about the right time. The right quarterback. The right system. I feel fortunate to be in the position I'm in. Am I surprised? Well, I'm extremely humbled and honoured, very blessed, to know that, man, dreams can come true.
"When you really want something, and you want it, it can happen. And it's happened this year for me.
"But it didn't just happen because I set the goal and worked toward. It happened because the teammates I have, the coaching staff I have, Ricky Ray, being blessed to stay healthy.
"To have any kind of success, all those dots have to align."
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City Hall has two Toastmasters clubs, and both welcome new participants. Toastmasters is a learn-by-doing program, where participants practice meeting and speaking skills (giving a prepared or impromptu speech, or serving as timer, evaluator or grammarian). The goal is to provide a supportive and positive learning environment so that every member has the opportunity to develop communication and leadership skills. If you are interested, there are two groups and meeting times to choose from:
- The Russell H. Conwell Toastmasters group meets on Wednesdays at 7:15 a.m. in Room 319 of Minneapolis City Hall. For more information about this group, contact Jim Schneider at [email protected] or 952-835-3928.
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CHICAGO — Gov. Pat Quinn's office said Saturday it is launching an internal review after a published report that a worker hired to oversee millions of dollars in the governor's anti-violence program had a prior conviction for a financial crime.
The Chicago Sun-Times reported Friday that it obtained court records showing Benton Cook III pleaded guilty in 1999 to writing more than $3,700 in bad checks. Cook, the husband of Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown, was hired by a not-for-profit group called Chicago Area Project to work on the Neighborhood Recovery Initiative, which Quinn started in 2010 to help stem city violence and eventually shut down.
The Cook County state's attorney's office and the U.S. Justice Department are already examining the program, which a state audit found had numerous problems from mismanagement to questions about expenditures. The scrutiny comes at a bad time for the Democratic governor, who is up for re-election in November in one of the most hotly contested gubernatorial races in the country. Republican state lawmakers have said the program amounted to a political slush fund fed by tens of millions of taxpayer dollars.
Following the new revelation by the newspaper, Quinn's office promised an internal review into Chicago Area Project's various grants with the state, which amounted to $22 million in 2009 and 2010, according to the Sun-Times. The organization has worked with the state for decades.
"We're troubled by the fact that Mr. Cook was even on the payroll at this organization, and there are serious questions that need to be answered," spokeswoman Brooke Anderson wrote in an email. "We've launched an internal review into existing grants to this organization. The whole issue needs to be thoroughly examined. We have zero tolerance for mismanagement at any state agency."
On Friday, the governor made the rounds at Chicago television stations to defend his actions and contend he swiftly corrected problems with the anti-violence program.
The Sun-Times report said Chicago Area Project spent $146,401 over two years on Cook's salary and benefits for his work as a Neighborhood Recovery Initiative coordinator in charge of subcontractors and responsible for certifying how grant money was spent.
Cook did not respond to questions from the newspaper.
The Chicago Area Project would not say whether it knew about Cook's felony conviction in Tennessee, which was for writing two bad checks to a man who imported and sold artifacts from Africa.
"There was nothing revealed during the application and interview process that would have barred Dr. Cook from working on the initiative," the spokesman, John Holden, told the newspaper. "CAP completes thorough criminal background checks for employees whose responsibilities may bring them into direct contact with children but not for employees whose positions are administrative."


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After Chavez
The "De Gaulle of Latin America" for some, a dictator for others - drop the name of Hugo Chavez and you've got an argument. François Picard's panel looks at the Venezuelan president's oil-fueled legacy... and the power vacuum that could follow.
- Sarah GRAINGER. Venezuela Correspondent for GRN (from Caracas);
- Rolando TOMASINI. Business school lecturer. Venezuelan resident voting abroad;
- Bernard CASSEN. General Secretary, Les mémoires de la Lutte (Memories of Struggle). Former Director General, Monde Diplomatique;
- Natalia BRANDLER. PhD in Political Science;
- Colin HARDING. Director, Latinform (from London).
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This touching exploration of community dynamics and the strength of individuals is the final play in an acclaimed trilogy by Suzan Zeder. The series explores the life of Tuc, a Deaf man, as he evolves from the town outcast to a beloved resident. The Edge of Peace is set at the end of World War II, in the small town of Ware, Illinois and centers around Buddy, the younger brother of a soldier at war. A cast of compelling characters – Tuc, a soldier's worried relatives, an old widow with mysterious ways, and a grown orphan Girl – all seek truth and healing. We witness the power of community as they come to understand what's behind their façades and long held prejudices.
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Ages 10 and up - Soldiers returning from war and families suffering while their loved ones are away are timely topics. Implications of war and the intersection of multiple stories lines may be difficult for children under 10 years of age.


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TRAINING: I make the commute to Philly to get the best training I can. I've been working nonstop with my striking coach since my last fight. I double or triple up on my days in Philly with BJJ and MMA training on top of the striking. One day a week I make the trip to Miller Bros MMA, Jim and Dan's new gym in NJ. On top of that I'm hitting S&C twice a week with my strength coach Tim Pollock, who has been a blessing.
When and why did you start training for fighting? I had graduated college and was teaching high school Spanish. I needed to compete again, so with my collegiate wrestling base, I looked to MMA.
What ranks and titles have you held? NCAA DI Top Twelve Finish, Ring of Combat Tournament Champion, Valley Fight League Welterweight Champ, Season I Champion of Spike TV's "Pros vs. Joes"
Do you have any heroes? None
What does it mean for you to fight in the UFC? It is truly a dream come true. I vividly remember stating to my college friend three years ago, before I started fighting, "One day I will fight in the UFC."
Did you go to college and if so what degree did you earn? I have an undergrad degree in Secondary Ed./ Spanish from Lock Haven University, and a Master's Degree from East Stroudsburg Univ. in Mgmt. and Leadership / Sport Mgmt.
What was your job before you started fighting? Jr. and Sr. High School Spanish Teacher
Specific accomplishments in amateur competition? Div. I collegiate wrestler, Top 12 Finish in 2004
Ranks in any martial arts styles: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu purple belt
Favorite grappling technique: G n P baby!
Favorite striking technique: Kicks and knees
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As we continue with Bill Wilcox's personal review of the last 20 years of Union Carbide's tenure in Oak Ridge, Bill now takes us from the general overview to some of the specific milestones of accomplishment or significant events during those years from 1964 until 1984.
As we continue with Bill Wilcox's personal review of the last 20 years of Union Carbide's tenure in Oak Ridge, Bill now takes us from the general overview to some of the specific milestones of accomplishment or significant events during those years from 1964 until 1984.
Here now are a few of the many programmatic highlights of Carbide's last 20 years as they might have appeared on the agenda of Roger Hibbs' top management staff meetings. They proved to be a kaleidoscope of ever changing and ever challenging scientific, technology and management problems, of budget dollar increases and decreases, and of the needs to shift managers to meet new challenges.
1964. K-25's Technical Division had a steadily growing team of technical specialists to work on a uranium enrichment idea that if successful could make the gaseous diffusion process obsolete. By 1964, using their know-how in cascade theory and practice they had already proved the feasibility of using a cascade of centrifuges. This program was to grow and be a hot topic over the next 15 years, ending up with a machine that was commercially viable.
1961. The first numerically controlled milling machine was successfully operated in Y-12's A-2 Wing of 9212. It was an Excello template grinder controlled by a Bendix vacuum-tube punched-tape system. It is the beginning of a new era in milling machine development. With the advent of Lawrence Livermore Lab as a nuclear weapons design Lab, much more sophisticated weapon parts are being called for to meet state of the art specs. Numerically controlled machines and carefully made templates are now a top Y-12 priority to meet the Weapons Lab's tightening specs.
1961. The Atomic Energy Commission's Oak Ridge Operations office authorized Oak Ridge National Laboratory to build the Health Physics Research Reactor to provide health physicists with vitally needed information needed to design dosimeters, simulate human body exposures, develop radiation alarms, and set radiation exposure limits. It began operation in 1963 and was in effective use until finally shut down in 1987. (Rosenthal).
1962. A chemical explosion at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant resulted in a fire with damages estimated at $2 million.
1963. The Graphite Reactor at ORNL was shut down after 20 years of major contributions. During World War II it succeeded in its wartime mission of supplying gram quantities of plutonium for development of production-scale methods for separating it from U and the fission products at Hanford. Its postwar production of radioisotopes for nuclear medicine and countless applications in industry, and its many advances in nuclear science brought it the Department of Interior's National Historic Landmark award in 1966, and Landmark Awards by the American Nuclear Society and American Chemical Society.
1964. President Johnson in his State of Union address announces there would be major cutbacks in both enriched U-235 at K-25 and in plutonium production at Hanford. AEC's Oak Ridge Operations Office followed through with orders to Carbide to stop operations of the World War II K-25 "U" building. It would avoid the spending of millions of dollars in power costs and the loss of a number of jobs.
1965. This was the year the High-Flux Isotope reactor went critical at ORNL, suited to the production of californium and other very heavy elements. It was to operate successfully for 20 years when it was shut down for reviews, upgraded and is still operating today - now ORNL's only reactor.
1967. A massive Y-12 capital improvement program called "68-2A" was being planned as a separate line item for the 1968 Congressional Budget. Its purpose was to expand the Y-12 weapons components production facilities for producing the nuclear weapon "secondaries" and other components needed for seven new weapons systems including the Spartan and the Polaris (submarine) warheads. The program cost for the five ensuing years was estimated at $168 million. .
1968. This was the year that NASA called upon Y-12's very advanced machining capability to design and fabricate the very special "Moon Boxes" for taking to the moon and bringing back rocks without contaminating either the moon or the earth with each other's atmospheres.
1969. AEC Headquarters in Washington and Oak Ridge Operations announced the start of the "Toll Enrichment" program using its K-25, Portsmouth, and Paducah facilities. K-25 helped design the program which would provide low enrichment (3 to 5 percent) uranium hexafluoride for civilian power reactors all over the world. The program was to be a matter of continued interest to Carbide management for the next 15 years, bring in to the U. S. Treasury hundreds of millions of dollars before foreigners began building their own enriching plants in the latter 1970s, shrinking our market share.
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Posted by Lydia Kang at 6:30 AM
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- Maria Zannini said...
I love this story! Yay for mom and her maternal rights.
- December 10, 2010 at 6:33 AM
- Rachna Chhabria said...
I made my mom read a couple of novels I had loved. It was fun discussing the stories and characters with her. Its good that you are inculcating the reading habit in your son.
- December 10, 2010 at 6:46 AM
- Jessica Bell said...
hehehe, that is some wonderful pushing you did there! LOL. God, my poor kids are going to hate me. I'll probably try and get them to read To Kill A Mockingbird or something. LOL
- December 10, 2010 at 6:47 AM
- Lord Gwydion said...
Earlier this year, I turned two of my buddies onto Fritz Leiber's Lankhmar stories.
I'd finally gotten around to reading them in the past three years or so, and they were so good I had to have some people to talk about them with. It does feel good, doesn't it?
My son's still a bit young, but I've already got a list of books to introduce him to in a couple of years.
- December 10, 2010 at 6:47 AM
- Alesa Warcan said...
I've been suggesting to some of my friends who gushed about the first hunger games to read battle Royale.
Good going on the HP push!
I guess the first hit isn't always free after all. ; j
- December 10, 2010 at 6:48 AM
- Christine Danek said...
I got my aunt to read the whole Twilight series and now she's hooked on YA. She loves the Hunger Games.
Have a great weekend!
- December 10, 2010 at 6:53 AM
- Matthew Rush said...
My daughter actually introduced me to HP, and I've loved it ever since. Funny though, her little sister won't read it, even though she likes the movies. She's a fanatic Percy Jackson fan instead. As long as they're reading I'm good.
- December 10, 2010 at 6:56 AM
- B.E. Sanderson said...
OMG, that sounds a lot like my daughter when she was little. Way back when, she hated reading. Then my mother got her the first HP. She didn't want to even try that either, but she got talked into it. After a couple chapters, she was hooked. Now, she reads constantly.
Good job on the maternal nudging, Lydia. =o)
- December 10, 2010 at 6:58 AM
- j.m. neeb said...
OMG!! (Note: I never say "OMG"... not in any form. Well, except for the fact I just did, but we'll disregard that. Movin' on...)
For years I had refused to get swept up in Harry Potter Mania. I understood -- and had no doubts -- that the Potter series was well-crafted, but I didn't like all the hoopla involved.
One day at the office, there had been news about one of the newer books coming out and people around me were talking about it with great enthusiasm. I mentioned to a friend -- who happened to have been the ignition for the excitement that morning -- that I had never read the Potter books. She couldn't believe it. I told her that I was sure that they were entertaining reads and whatnot, but all the hype kind of turned me off. (I hope I'm not coming across as a snob, because that is totally not me...)
She told me that she was going to bring in the first one and I had to read at least the first fifty pages! (Thus, the aforementioned "OMG"...)
It was summer and I love being a beach bum -- the beaches along Lake Michigan on the MI side are absolutely incredible in the summer, which unfortunately only lasts about two months here -- so I decided to make it my "beach book" for the time being.
That was a horrible decision. See, I was truly captivated by the book (and easily exceeded the promised fifty pages) and couldn't put it down. The problem with that, the reason it was a horrible decision to make it my beach book, was that I can only read while lying on my stomach. I prop myself up with my elbows and read. If I'm on my back, I can't hold the book above me without my arms getting tired very quickly. (Stupid need for blood.)
So I was getting burned on my back and my stomach remained pasty, all because I couldn't stop reading Harry Potter, which I vowed I would never allow myself to get into. :)
Hopefully you can see that I really, really needed to comment on this!!
- December 10, 2010 at 7:08 AM
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- December 10, 2010 at 7:08 AM
- DL Hammons said...
My kids have come to learn that their Dad is a bigger kid then all of them combined! So when Dad suggests something he thinks they'll like, there on-board right away!! :)
- December 10, 2010 at 7:17 AM
- Kelly said...
I did the SAME THING! I tried at age 8, but he refused (and only wanted to read Pokemon books, God help me). But then at 9, I said this is what we'll be reading before bed. "No!" "Yes" and then each night I'd read a chapter and then after a few nights he'd read two more afterwards and I'd have to catch up on the reading while he was in school (as I hadn't read the books yet either).
- December 10, 2010 at 7:34 AM
- Vicki Rocho said...
You go, Mom! I bought the first book from a garage sale or something and put it on daughter's shelf. It sat there for a long time. It wasn't until her friends were on book 4 or 5 that she picked up book one....then it was a race for us. Stealing the book from each other and tearing through the others.
fun fun
- December 10, 2010 at 7:45 AM
- The Blogger Formerly Known As said...
Mothers can be so mean, can't they? Making their offspring enjoy something new :)
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- December 10, 2010 at 8:09 AM
- Em said...
My brother finally read The Time Traveler's Wife years after I gave it to him and really enjoyed it.
I need a bookclub or something. Most of my friends don't like reading, although we're all bibliophiles in my immediately family.
- December 10, 2010 at 8:20 AM
- Em said...
(Now I'm trying to get people to read Charles deLint's Memory and Dream.)
- December 10, 2010 at 8:21 AM
- erinjade said...
this is awesome. i swear, HP is one of the reasons i want to have kids... so i can share this exact same story someday.
recently, i convinced three adults to read YA by handing them Hunger Games. all 3 went on to read the entire series. :)
- December 10, 2010 at 8:23 AM
- Carol Kilgore said...
How cool! One of the best parts of growing up is sharing experiences outside the normal mother/child relationship. Have a great weekend :)
- December 10, 2010 at 8:39 AM
- Samantha Vérant said...
I did that with my step-kids and the Hunger Games. They are both anxiously waiting the third book now, which is not yet available in France (in French). Ten points. Me.
- December 10, 2010 at 8:41 AM
- Lydia Kang said...
j.M neeb, oh your poor sunburned and pasty body. But it was worth the pain, n'est-ce pas?
I love hearing how much we've been able to share our loves. It makes me all happy inside!
- December 10, 2010 at 8:42 AM
- BECKY said...
I loved reading all these comments, too! I must admit, I haven't read any Harry Potter books, either. (sorry..don't me mad at me!)I have a couple of reasons. 1) I don't care for fantasy/sci-fi books. 2)I have SO many books I've purchased that I still haven't read, etc!! :)
- December 10, 2010 at 9:10 AM
- Melissa Gill said...
Not having anyone to force to read HP is the one and only regret of my childlessness.
I've tried to get my 9 year old niece into it, I've read HP to her before bed and she likes it, she really does, but the time between readings is sooooo long, it's never caught on. (God forbid her mother the 7th grade reading teacher encourage her to read anything, don't get me started.)
Now I'm targeting my 8 year old nephew. He's always been a great reader, but he struggles with context. Still, I'm convinced that if I can get him into HP, he'll be totally hooked. I'm just worried about pushing him too fast. If he gets frustrated, he'll give up and won't go back to it until he's 80.
He's reading Whimpy Kid, and liking it. Is he ready for HP?
- December 10, 2010 at 9:14 AM
- Deb Salisbury said...
Yay, mom! Hurray for reading! :-D
- December 10, 2010 at 9:19 AM
- aspiring_x said...
my eight-year-old is in the middle of the goblet of fire now! it took me FOREVER to get him to read something other than rick riordan books (who rocks- but he had gotten to the point of rereading the lightning thief four times) it's so much fun to see them fall in love with books isn't it? :)
- December 10, 2010 at 9:35 AM
- Mary McDonald said...
My daughter is like your son. She doesn't want to read, but once she starts she really gets into the book. She read "Julie of the Wolves" recently for school, and was so into it, she started sobbing when the leader of the wolf pack was killed.
- December 10, 2010 at 9:39 AM
LOL! Nice parenting! ;)
- December 10, 2010 at 9:48 AM
- The Happy Whisk said...
Glad he is enjoying it. Very cool.
- December 10, 2010 at 9:57 AM
- WindyA said...
I love this post! The main 2 reasons why? My 5yo says broccoli is one of her favorite foods and our 2yo likes it a whole lot too. It doesn't even have to be covered in cheese, they just like it. (I have freakazoid kidlets, apparently.)
And secondly, you had to convince your son to read HP & SS, and my kidlets asked for it as bedtime story book, even though it has no pictures and it took us almost 6 months to even GET to Hogwarts. We're still working through book 1 right now (slow going when you only read 5-6 pages a night), but they haven't lost interest!
It just shows that kids are so so different and sometimes all it takes IS those first 50 pages! Glad he's liking it!
- December 10, 2010 at 10:04 AM
- Meredith said...
Aw, that's so cute! Love that you get to share that world with your son. I made all my friends read it, and now they're hooked :)
- December 10, 2010 at 10:14 AM
- Olga said...
I am laughing about this post. Everything in it is so familiar. Thank goodness my daughter is already in university. But it brings back some old memories.
- December 10, 2010 at 10:20 AM
- Old Kitty said...
Mum Rules!!!
Well done you!!!!
A work colleague kept telling me how Terry Pratchett was brilliant and I kept ignoring this until she lent me her dog-eared copy of Mort and told me to take my time with it. I didn't touch it for two months - thought I'd rumour her - thought I'd skim through and then return it then pretend I liked it. A few years later and I've got all his books and can't wait for the next one!!
Sometimes tough love works!!!
It's so great when this happens!!
Take care
- December 10, 2010 at 10:45 AM
- Heather said...
That story is beyond awesome! I love it! I've bought my sister books for the holidays since she was tiny. Now she's hooked and can't get enough!
- December 10, 2010 at 11:12 AM
- The Red Angel said...
Haha, this is awesome Lydia! You go, Super Mom. :P Hmm, let's see...I forced my boyfriend to read Twilight even though he didn't want to, and he ended up reading the whole series. xD
- December 10, 2010 at 11:29 AM
- Jonene Ficklin said...
Now that a good mom! Way to go! It's the most wonderful feeling when your children finally love reading. And it has everything to do with finding 'THE' book for them. Of course, you can't go wrong with Harry Potter. One of my kids struggles with reading, and we kept trying new books on him. It was a huge paycheck moment when I caught him reading 'Fablehaven' on his own, and he was still up reading at midnight!
- December 10, 2010 at 11:29 AM
- Carol Riggs said...
Haha, I've never heard of a Mom MAKING her son read HP! Hilarious. So glad he decided he liked it. HP as "broccoli." Gotta love it.
- December 10, 2010 at 11:34 AM
- Lisa Gail Green said...
Oh i LOVE it!! Yeah you! I need to light a fire under my daughter when it comes to reading. She starts things and never finishes. Though we kind of cheated on HP and listened to it. She's on book 3 now. He he he.
- December 10, 2010 at 11:44 AM
- Terri Tiffany said...
I think it is great that he did it and kept going!! You've opened his world:)
- December 10, 2010 at 12:08 PM
- The Golden Eagle said...
My mom insisted I read the AG Kaya novels--I didn't want to finish them at first, but I loved them when I was done. :)
- December 10, 2010 at 12:18 PM
- Bathwater said...
My son Max introduced me to the Percy Jackson series I've read everyone with him. They are pretty good.
- December 10, 2010 at 12:18 PM
- Kathi Oram Peterson said...
The Harry Potter books have helped open the world of novels to many children.
Glad you son found he loves to read!!!
- December 10, 2010 at 1:25 PM
- Alex J. Cavanaugh said...
Way to go, Mom!!
- December 10, 2010 at 1:37 PM
- Liza said...
Love this story. My husband and I bought the first HP for our daughter, and started reading it out loud. She and I didn't get it...so he read it cover to cover. A few months later we tried again...bingo. We are ALL now addicted...and both my daughter and my husband seem to know every trivia question ever asked about Harry.
- December 10, 2010 at 1:47 PM
- Nas Dean said...
I've just given my daughter the whole set of HP and she went out and got the whole set of DVDs. Now she reads one book then watches its corresponding movie.
- December 10, 2010 at 2:43 PM
- Elana Johnson said...
Great list. My son is 12 and reads all kinds of things (Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson, Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld) and has yet to read a Harry Potter novel. So sad.
- December 10, 2010 at 3:09 PM
- Colene Murphy said...
That is soooo awesome!! I dream of a day when I can make my own future children read Harry. I'm so excited for that! It's ridiculous.
So glad he is liking them! You're a good mom. ;)
- December 10, 2010 at 3:16 PM
- Jai Joshi said...
JKRowling is a Goddess!
- December 10, 2010 at 4:21 PM
- Krispy said...
Aww, that's awesome! Glad he got into it. The first book is a little slow to start. I liked it, but my sister has confessed she put it down the first time she started Harry Potter, only to pick it up again later.
Speaking of her, I got her into a few books this year, though she doesn't like to read much. I told her to read the Hunger Games (even though I hadn't yet, but I knew everyone was raving about it), and I persuaded her into reading Percy Jackson. I wish she would get into more stuff though because her commentary makes series infinitely more awesome (i.e. hilarious).
- December 10, 2010 at 5:04 PM
- Pk Hrezo said...
Oh, it's all over now! HP fanatic at age 8. Good for him for tackling the series... I love to hear that!
- December 10, 2010 at 5:31 PM
- Emily said...
I insisted that my sister needed to read Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marrillier. Before that she wasn't much of a reader. After, she started reading anything she could get her hands on.
- December 10, 2010 at 7:20 PM
- Munk Davis said...
I read to my kids every night. William Steig, Roald Dahl, Wilson Rawls, Gary Paulson, Phillip Pullman, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Cornelia Funke, Munk Davis, CS Lewis, JK Rowling, Beverly Cleary, EB White, Eoin Colfer...
I enjoy the reading as much as they do the listening. Books are to be shared.
- December 10, 2010 at 8:51 PM
- Munk Davis said...
I read to my kids every night. William Steig, Roald Dahl, Wilson Rawls, Gary Paulson, Phillip Pullman, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Cornelia Funke, Munk Davis, CS Lewis, JK Rowling, Beverly Cleary, EB White, Eoin Colfer...
I enjoy the reading as much as they do the listening. Books are to be shared.
- December 10, 2010 at 8:51 PM
- Shannon said...
Great post! Love it!
One of my favorite things as a young adult was reading books at the same time as my sister. We try to do it now, but our schedules make it difficult.
Glad to hear that you and your son are bonding over HP. Love that series!
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- December 10, 2010 at 9:57 PM
- L'Aussie said...
It's totally awesome that you got your son to read HP. That's the book that will do it! Looks like he's powering on without any nudging from you. I love recommending books to family/friends/students.:)
- December 10, 2010 at 10:16 PM
- L'Aussie said...
It's totally awesome that you got your son to read HP. That's the book that will do it! Looks like he's powering on without any nudging from you. I love recommending books to family/friends/students.:)
- December 10, 2010 at 10:16 PM
- Ellie said...
An awesome story! I love that you persisted, because you knew he would enjoy the book.
- December 11, 2010 at 4:02 AM
Sweet story! My daughter's and I and my sisters share books a lot. I love that we share the love of reading.
- December 11, 2010 at 8:54 AM
- The Words Crafter said...
That's funny! Let's see...I started a cult at work-I introduced everyone to Twilight (hanging head in shame) and also introduced them to Neil Gaiman (I love Neverwhere).
- December 11, 2010 at 11:43 AM
So glad you introduced your son to such a fantastic world. My six year old is obsessed after I read the first book to him and he saw the movie.
- December 11, 2010 at 3:04 PM
- SAMUEL PARK said...
This is such a wonderful story, and I'm glad you convinced him to read the book. He'll get hooked on more and more stories, and transfer that habit onto more and more challenging work and schoolwork. I remember being a big reader of comic books as a kid, and that certainly helped me transition into literature and textbooks later on.
- December 11, 2010 at 4:41 PM
- Valerie Geary said...
Love this story! :) And proof that if you apply the 50 page rule to reading, most of the time you'll get sucked right in!
- December 11, 2010 at 4:53 PM
- Abby Minard said...
Yay for your son reading HP! I REALLY hope my daughter will read it some day. She's only 5. I will start reading them to her when she gets a little older I think. My mom used to read Mark Twain books to me and I LOVED it.
- December 11, 2010 at 10:18 PM
- alexia said...
That's awesome! I have misplaced my copy of the first HP, otherwise I would have made my son read it before now... but he has come up with his own favorites and actually gotten me to like them! Like Artemis Fowl and the How to Train Your Dragon series... me and one of my sisters always trade new books we've read with each other, and we usually like them. I love sharing reading!
- December 12, 2010 at 12:37 AM
- Julie Musil said...
That's funny! I'm so glad he's enjoying the series.
I keep telling my son he'd enjoy Hunger Games, but so far, not much interest. With his Lang. Arts class at school, they're forced to read classics and he doesn't like it at all. I'm sad that this year, reading has become a drudgery for him.
- December 12, 2010 at 2:36 PM
- Susan Fields said...
I've been passing my set of Hunger Games books around to any and all takers. It's so fun to have new people to discuss it with!
- December 12, 2010 at 3:31 PM
- Patricia Stoltey said...
Turning kids on to reading is a wonderful thing to do. I have grand-nieces and nephews who only receive books from me, and they've even made it a tradition to open my package as soon as it arrives...of course, I'm not 100% sure if it's the books or the goodies I include, but I'll pretend it's the books. :)
- December 12, 2010 at 4:05 PM
- Life Ramblings said...
glad your son is enjoying the HP series. Happy reading. hope your week is off to a great start. cheers.:)
- December 12, 2010 at 9:55 PM
- ed pilolla said...
it's been a long, long time. i don't have the confidence to know when someone will like something the way you did to your son.
years ago i gave my dad a steven king book to read, and he scoffed, but he ended up reading it and enjoying it. it was the stand. my dad liked king's anti-establishment view of the american power structure.
yeah, it was cool to see my dad read a 1,300 page book he couldn't imagine enjoying at the outset.
- December 16, 2010 at 12:56 PM
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On the topic of blogs and love. I love to blog. My little sis sometimes laughs at how moved I am by books. I never knew if she read any of my posts. My most recent post said "This book makes me want to hug all my best friends." A few minutes after posting it she came to my room and gave me a hug. She said "I need to hug MY best friend." She reads every post. She cares because I do. I love my darling Bella to death. Just thought you might like this story.
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How about we treat weapons, for those of you who have served you can excuse my use of the word "gun," like we do automobiles. To own one you must have a license which can not be received until you pass an in-depth background check, etc., and hands-on test for safety etc. just like a driver's test.
The fee for the license would cover the expense of the processing. Once you have a license you can purchase your weapon anywhere that it is legal and then register the weapon like a car. You pay a tax for processing and if you sell it then you must transfer the ownership like you would a car. If it is used in a commission of a crime then you are responsible for it unless you have reported it stolen, etc., to the police just as you would your automobile.
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The present system is not at gun shows, even at car shows you must register the automobile to show transfer of ownership. The 2nd Amendment is archaic it was written at a time when weapons were used for hunting for necessary food, protection against hostiles, and in case of a foreign invasion because we did not have a standing army and they were part of the militia which we now have the National Guard for.
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Furtive trips to the mantel to stuff in small packages of wonder… foil wrapped Santas poking out, waiting to be devoured before breakfast… the CHRISTMAS STOCKING.
In our family, stocking stuffers are probably the favorite part of Christmas. (though my husband might argue in support of the sausage stuffing only allowed to grace my calorie-counting kitchen once a year) Through the years our stockings have held exciting gifts great and small – snowmobile keys, engagement rings, plane tickets, notes with clues pointing to other too-big-to-wrap items hiding in various parts of the house. The stocking is always the last thing opened in our family and is a source of delight for us all.
Though stockings are a great place to hide the "Big Gift" for your loved ones, there are also lots of really fun small things that make people happy and don't have to cost a fortune.
Final note: no matter how much he begs, don't put sausage stuffing in your husband's stocking. Just doesn't hold up…
What works for anyone? These sure-fire gifts make everyone happy!
What's their favorite hobby? Almost every hobby or sport has some pint-sized accessories that go with it. You name the pastime, a specialty shop will have great stocking-sized ideas at all price ranges for your loved ones' favorite activity.
For the woman in your life… Usually I'm happy that he managed to find time to wrap the gifts, no less actually put them in the stocking.
And since Christmas really is about the kids… Kids are pretty easy. Candy, stuffed animals, small toys (be sure they're age appropriate with no choking hazards!), all make little ones happy. Here are a few specific suggestions that we like.
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