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Jack Curran spent more than five decades compiling among the best records in high school basketball and baseball.
When former players, opponents and those close to high school sports spoke of him upon learning of his death Thursday at 82, wins and titles didn't matter. They all spoke of the coach who spent the last half century helping players — and not just those at his school — get scholarships to college.
"He was one of the true saints in scholastic sports," said Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame coach Lou Carnesecca, whom Curran succeeded at Molloy. "I can't think of anyone with a better record for two sports than Jack. His records will always stand and be tough to break. However, it's what he did for kids that was more important and not necessarily just athletes from Molloy but from the New York area."
Curran had been weakened by lung and kidney problems and underwent dialysis three days a week the past few years but rarely missed a day at school, let alone a game or practice.
He broke his kneecap last month when he slipped on ice while on his way to church. The mishap did not prevent him from attending church that day. He said in a private conversation Wednesday he was looking forward to getting on the baseball field as soon as his knee healed.
"He was a hard worker and worked his team very hard," Archbishop Molloy President Richard Karsten said. "He had the respect of so many young players and the older players would come back to see him."
Those former players included some of New York City's biggest names in high school basketball — 1972 Olympian Kevin Joyce, Brian Winters, Kenny Smith, Kenny Anderson and Russ Smith, who was playing for Louisville on Thursday night in the Big East quarterfinals at Madison Square Garden.
Anderson, who went on to play at Georgia Tech and in the NBA, tweeted: "I lost my favorite coach, mentor and just a great soul Jack Curran you will be missed, I will have you in my thoughts everyday I live Thank U."
New York Mets outfielder Mike Baxter played for Curran from 2000 to 2002. He remembered the coach not only as an "incredible storyteller" but someone who always had his players' interests at heart.
"He was the most selfless man I knew," Baxter said from spring training in Port St. Lucie, Fla. "He was so faithful and he just cared so much about the kids on his team, both on and off the court and the field. It really separated him, whether you were playing for him as a junior or senior or whether you were in college or looking for jobs, he would make sure to help you anyway he could. That never stopped to the last day."
The praise extended far beyond the big leagues.
"I'm not sure in my life there is anybody who has more of an impact on my life than Mr. Curran," said Whitey Rigsby, a member of Molloy's city championship basketball teams in 1973 and 1974. "I'm sure I'm not alone in saying that."
Rigsby was raised a Protestant but encouraged by Curran to attend the Catholic high school.
"There were 1,599 Catholics and me," said Rigsby, who went on to play at Villanova and still works in athletic development at the school. "I have five sons and there isn't a day that goes by that I don't quote something Mr. Curran told me 40 years ago. That will never change."
His teams won five city championships in basketball and 17 in baseball. No other New York City coach has ever won a title in both sports in the same year, Curran did it four times — 1969, 1973, 1974 and 1987. His record was 972-437 in basketball and 1,708-523 in baseball.
"Those marks will never be broken," Karsten said.
Karsten lauded Curran for focusing not just on a player's athletic ability but on his "mind, body and spirit" as well. Howard Garfinkel, the longtime high school scouting guru, called Curran "a giant."
"He was without question the greatest two-sport high school coach in the history of sports," Garfinkel said.
St. John's athletic director emeritus Jack Kaiser, one of the founders of the Big East, knew Curran since they played baseball together at St. John's.
"Coach Jack Curran was by far one of the most wonderful gentlemen I ever knew," he said. "Not only was he tremendously hard working and successful, but he cared deeply about the well-being of the young men that he coached."
Molloy athletic director Mike McCleary, who worked with Curran for 15 years, said the coach "carried himself with class."
"He taught everybody how to behave by example," he said.
Curran is the only high school coach in the New York state Hall of Fame in both basketball and baseball, Karsten said. He is the only coach to be selected national coach of the year in two different sports.
He was honored as CHSAA Coach of the Year 25 times in baseball, 22 times in basketball and won city championships in three different decades. Curran has been elected into nine different Halls of Fame, including the New York City Basketball Hall of Fame
Curran, who lived in Rye, N.Y., played minor league baseball for the Dodgers and Phillies.
"He always said he learned how to play baseball the right way in his years with the Dodgers," Carnesecca said. "That speaks for itself."
Funeral arrangements were not announced.
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Just perfect.ReplyDelete
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I can't tell you how excited I am for this DIY tutorial! I have so much rope left over from J's birthday party and now I know exactly what I want to do with it! Saw it on your IG feed and had to come check it out!ReplyDelete
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oh how nice! What a Christmas spirit it gives. I have to do something similar myself! :)ReplyDelete
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Love this Jennifer! You are a clever girl my friend! :) And I adore those white floors. I would do the same to our home [I prefer painted white wood floors or concrete like my studio] but Jesse is a very dark wood kinda guy.... :] Sooomeday. <3ReplyDelete
It is do fine :-)I love your mountain poster, where is it from?ReplyDelete
I love that!!! What a great idea! Will definitely have to try this myself. Thanks!!ReplyDelete
I am obsessed with this DIY and will definitely be trying it out for my front hall. Lovely!ReplyDelete
female end of the light strand...?? What is that exactly?ReplyDeleteReplies
When talking about an electrical cord with two types of outlets, each end is commonly referred to in terms or gender-the side with the holes is called a female end and the side with the prongs is the male end. You can google it as well.Delete
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I also love the mountain poster. Where did you get it?ReplyDelete
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hey can I ask where the black & white mountain print is from? I'm loving itReplyDelete
Fine Little Day, Elizabeth Dunker's shop.Delete
We've had it for a few years now but I still love it!
I love the look and texture of this ! Maybe I'll try, if the weaving isn't too difficult !ReplyDelete
This looks like nothing I've seen before (in a good way, bien sur).ReplyDelete
It's going straight to my winter crafts board on Pinterest.
Beautiful! I love how simple this DIY is, it came out so nice!ReplyDelete
This is wonderful. I love LOVE love rustic + modern decor. Beautiful photographs as well!ReplyDelete
- Jennie MNovember 08, 2012
How thick would you guess the rope you used is?ReplyDelete
Love this! Definitely going to give it a try!ReplyDelete
I just did this yesterday. The rope is rough on your hands but it does give you a nice rustic finish. Unfortunately I didn't have any white lights so I made do with green ones. I am planning on using this all year long. At night, it looks like the rope is on fire.ReplyDelete
I would strongly recommend that if you are to do this to whip both ends when you are done so the rope does not unwind itself.
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Hang-tough Nats top Mets in 10 innings
NEW YORK -- Matt Williams managed his first regular-season game on Monday afternoon, and it was a contest he will remember for a long time, as the Nationals defeated the Mets, 9-7, in 10 innings at Citi Field.
Williams acknowledged that the game left him with a stomachache, which he thought was pretty normal. At least he made successful moves, and might get some sleep on Monday night. On Sunday he didn't get any in anticipation of his managerial debut.
The score was tied at 5 in the 10th when Washington scored the winning run off right-hander Jeurys Familia. With runners on second and third with one out, Ian Desmond hit a sacrifice fly to center fielder Juan Lagares, scoring Jayson Werth.
Left-hander John Lannan entered the game for New York and allowed a three-run homer to Anthony Rendon to make it a four-run game.
"[The fastball] didn't do what I wanted it to do. I really didn't feel any different out there than I did in spring," Lannan said.
The winning pitcher was right-hander Aaron Barrett in his Major League debut. He pitched one shutout inning and struck out two.
"We have confidence in all of our guys," Williams said. "Barrett matched up well against the guys that were coming up. He is ready to pitch every day. We got him out there."
Barrett found winning his first game surreal. His reaction was similar to when he was told that he was on the 25-man roster.
"Talking to the veteran guys, they said, 'Enjoy every minute that [you] can,'" Barrett said. "Today was one of those moments that I've dreamed about -- over and over. It definitely lived up to expectations. I think I'm finally taking a deep breath and finally realizing that just happened to us. It's everything I could imagine for my debut. That was unbelievable."
After looking phenomenal in Spring Training, right-hander Stephen Strasburg was a different pitcher in the first two innings of the opener.
The Mets had runners on first and third in the first when Andrew Brown swung at a 2-2 pitch and hit a three-run homer to give New York a three-run lead.
After Adam LaRoche put Washington on the board with a two-run homer in the top of the second, the Mets added to their lead in the bottom of the inning. Travis d'Arnaud led off with a walk and advanced to second on a single by Ruben Tejada. Starting pitcher Dillon Gee then sacrificed the runners to second and third, and d'Arnaud scored on a sacrifice fly by Eric Young Jr.
That was all the damage the Mets would do against Strasburg, who would last six innings, allowing the four runs on five hits and striking out 10. From the third inning on, Strasburg relied on his offspeed pitches, including his slider.
"Early on Strasburg was up in the zone, and then he found his stride in the third and shut them down the rest of the way," Williams said. "His pitch count got up there and we couldn't run him out there for another inning. He gave us a chance to get back in it."
Other than the second inning, the Nationals had a tough time against Gee, who pitched 6 2/3 innings and allowed four runs on four hits. At one point he retired 15 consecutive batters.
The Nationals put two more runs on the board against Gee in the top of the seventh inning. With runners on first and second and two outs, Rendon blooped a double to right field, scoring Desmond to make a 4-3 game.
It was time for Mets manager Terry Collins to go to the bullpen, and his relievers had a tough time throwing strikes. Right-hander Carlos Torres entered the game and walked Nate McLouth to load the bases. Then came left-hander Scott Rice, who walked Denard Span, sending LaRoche home to tie the score at 4.
The Mets would take the lead in the bottom of the eighth inning when Lagares led off the eighth inning against Tyler Clippard. Lagares swung at an 0-2 pitch and hit the ball over the wall in left-center to give New York the one-run lead.
But the Mets' bullpen couldn't hold the lead in the ninth. Closer Bobby Parnell was one out from victory, but with two outs and a runner on first, Danny Espinosa showed his patience from the left side of the plate. He saw eight pitches before drawing a walk to put runners on first and second.
"I was trying to stay comfortable and keep my at-bat at the pace I wanted it," Espinosa said. "I didn't want to feel rushed, and I didn't want to feel uncomfortable."
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The Nationals received a scare in the second inning. After Bryce Harper walked to lead off, Desmond hit a ground ball to third baseman David Wright, who threw to second baseman Young for the force. As Young was throwing to first, his knee hit the sliding Harper in the head. Harper was down for several minutes as Williams and head athletic trainer Lee Kuntz came to his aid.
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2009 Hummer H3T Review - First Drive
An Early Introduction To The Hummer H3T
We recently traveled to Fresno, California, to meet up with the Hummer engineering team for a few days of testing, wheeling, and camping with 2009 H3T prototypes, and it would take more than a cooler full of warm steaks to ruin our fun.
After a long day on the trail, as we unwound around the campfire with the firelight dancing off the sides of our development mules and tents, we imagined this is exactly what Hummer has in mind for the owners of its newest product, the H3T. Although the future owners won't be driving through the forest in vehicles cobbled together from the GM parts bin and covered in vinyl, as we were, thanks to the comprehensive real-world testing that Hummer puts its vehicles through before adding the final polish.
Earlier in the day our caravan of H3Ts, including an H3 manual for comparison and a couple of support vehicles, were boulder-hopping in low range, pivoting off of rock rails and squeezing between trees with inches to spare on the 13-mile-long Swamp Lake OHV Trail near Shaver Lake, California. Our only major carnage was a front CV axle that may have been attributed more to driver error than to the part itself. Nevertheless, the Hummer team had the part swapped out and saved for engineering analysis, and had us back underway in less than 15 minutes.
The H3T, which was introduced at the Chicago Auto Show last February, is based on Hummer's successful H3, offering a longer wheelbase and crew-cab configuration, with a true 5-foot box that measures 48 inches between the wheelwells. Our development mules, still decked out in camouflage, had Colorado beds, as the production T beds were not ready in time for our drive. Unfortunately, this meant we didn't get a chance to enjoy the feature-laden production beds that will include integrated side storage cubbies, and a slew of available options that utilize a rail system for configurable bed storage, or racks to hold your bikes or kayaks.
The H3T mimics the H3 in powertrain options with the 3.7L inline five-cylinder as the standard engine, with either a four-speed automatic or five-speed manual, and can be had with the excellent 4:1 transfer case and 33s with the Adventure package. Also available is the 5.3L V-8 Alpha model, with a four-speed automatic only. New for 2009 across the entire H3 line is one thing we have been asking for, an electronic front locker to complement the rear locker. This makes the credible H3 platform as good as anything out there when the going gets rough.
With an identical view from the driver seat as the H3, you would be hard-pressed to know you were driving the longer and larger T. Thanks to a higher-capacity steering pump from the V-8 on all models and a quicker steering ratio, the H3T drives almost exactly like the H3 over just about any road, save for situations requiring tight turns where the 134-inch wheelbase becomes a bit of a liability. Interestingly, the T only weighs a couple hundred pounds more than the SUV, and because of unique suspension tuning, the added heft doesn't seem to come in to play in everyday driving.
Other modifications that are exclusive to the T are a frame with a deeper section height that allows the fullsize spare to fit between the framerails, as well as a fuel tank that is fully tucked up out of harm's way. A two-position tailgate is one more feature of the Swiss Army bed.
We think the H3T is poised to make a run at the premium end of the midsize truck segment, and there is no doubt that it will be the one to beat when it comes to trail work. It should also be a contender for our Pickup Truck of the Year competition later this year. The 2009 Hummer H3T will be in dealership showrooms sometime this fall.
As we were going to press, the first photos of the production trucks were released showing the final exterior design of the T, as well as the modular bed. We'll have a more in-depth look at the H3T next month.
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Seems like summer is half over already. Can it be?
Are the sounds of summer also half over? Take advantage of listening to some new music. I was reminded today of how much fun it is to discover new artists. Often, I get so busy, with writing music and performing, that I forget to keep feeding my "music lover" side! Today, on my flight to LA, I had the opportunity to listen to over 2 hours' worth of new artists on the media player on the plane! What a gift.
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And soon afterwards, LAUNCHBOX, a new initiative for teens in the Los Angeles area will be receiving a box of goodies including a sampler CD curated by Jewish Rock Radio – featuring my track "Thank You". Thanks to Rick Recht and the folks at JRR for the love! More soon on this!
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The Breaking Wheel: Designed to render vicitim's limbs uselessAlso called The Catherine Wheel, this device always killed its victim, but did so very slowly. The victim's limbs were tied to the spokes of a large wooden wheel. The wheel was then slowly revolved while the torturer smashed the victims' limbs with an iron hammer, breaking them in many places.
Once his bones were broken, he was left on the wheel to die. Sometimes the wheel was placed on a tall pole so birds could pick and eat the flesh of the still-living human. It could take up to two or three days for him to die of dehydration.
Sometimes it was 'mercifully' ordered that the executioner strike the criminal on the chest and stomach, blows known as the coups de grâce (French: "blow of mercy"), which caused lethal injuries, leading to the end of the death by torture.
The Knee Splitter: Severs the knees and other limbsAnother tool favoured by the Spanish Inquisition because of its versatility, was the knee splitter. It was a vice-like instrument with sharp spikes outfitted on both sides of the grip. As the torturer turned the handle, the claws slowly squeezed against each other mutilating and penetrating the skin and bones of the knee. Although its use rarely resulted in death, the effect was to render the knees completely useless. It was also used on other body parts including elbows, arms and even the lower legs.
The number of spikes the knee splitter contained varied from three to more than twenty. Some claws were heated beforehand to maximize pain - others had dozens of small claws that penetrated the flesh slowly and painfully.
Saw Torture: Common saw cuts victim in halfSaws were was common torture devices because they were readily found in most houses and no complex devices were required. It was a cheap way to torture and kill a victim accused of witchery, adultery, murder, blasphemy or even theft.
The victim was tied upside down, allowing blood to be diverted to the brain. This ensured that the victim maintained consciousness for as long as possible, it slowed the loss of blood and caused maximum humiliation. The torture could last several hours.
While some victims were cut completely in half as a symbolic gesture, most were only cut up to their abdomen to prolong the time it took to die.
The Rack: designed to dislocate every joint in its victim's bodyWho could forget the dreaded rack, commonly believed to be the most painful form of medieval torture? It consisted of a wooden frame usually with two ropes fixed to the bottom and another two tied to a handle in the top. As the torturer turned the handle, the ropes would pull the victim's arms, eventually dislocating bones with a loud crack. If the torturer kept turning the handles (they often went too far) some of the limbs were torn right off the body.
In the later Middle Ages, a new variant of rack appeared. Spikes were added that penetrated the victim's back when he or she were forced to lie on table. As the limbs were pulled apart, so was the spinal cord, increasing not only the physical pain, but the psychological pain of knowing that, even if he or she were to survive, mobility of any kind would be lost forever.
The Pear of Anguish: Rips orifices, dislocates jaw bonesThis brutal instrument was used to torture women who performed abortions, liars, blasphemers and homosexuals. The pear-shaped instrument was inserted into one of the victim's orifices: the vagina for women, the anus for homosexuals and the mouth for liars and blasphemers.
The instrument consisted of four leaves that slowly separated from each other as the torturer turned the screw at the top. The device would tear the skin at the very least or expand to mutilate the victim's orifice. It could dislocated or break the jawbones
Pears of Anguish still in existence are lavishly engraved or adorned to differentiate between the anal, vaginal and oral pears. This torture rarely brought death, but was often followed by other torture methods.
Judas Cradle: The victim's orifice is painfully stretched, flesh rippedThe Judas Cradle was perhaps a little less sadistic than impalement but still gruesome. The victim's anus or vagina would be placed over the point of the pyramid-shaped cradle, then lowered on it by ropes. The intended effect was to stretch the orifice over a long period of time, or to slowly impale.
The victim was usually naked, adding to the overall humiliation of the torture and sometimes weights were added to the legs to increase the pain and hasten death. This torture could last anywhere from a few hours to complete days. The device was rarely washed, so the victim could also be plagued with a painful infection.
Impalement: A sharp pole is pushed, bottom upwards, through the victim's bodyIf you were Vlad the Impaler (more commonly known as Dracula) of 15th century Romania, you simply impaled your victims by forcing them to sit on a sharp and thick pole. The pole was then raised upright and the victim was left to slide further down the pole by his or her own weight.
Often, the pole would emerge through the sternum so that its tip could be placed under the chin to prevent further sliding. It could take the victim three days to die. Vlad did this to between 20,000 and 300,000. It is said he enjoyed having a meal while watching impalements.
The Head Crusher: Compresses the skull, shatters teeth, squeezes out the eyesThe head crusher was a popular torture method used by the Spanish Inquisition, among other users. The chin was placed over a bottom bar and the head under an upper cap. The torturer slowly turned the screw, pressing the bar against the cap. The head was then slowly compressed, first shattering the teeth into the jaw, then a slow death with agonizing pain. Some variants of this device included small containers that received the eyeballs as they were squeezed out of the victims' eye sockets.
This instrument was an effective way to extract confessions, as the period of pain could be prolonged for many hours if the torturer chose to. If the torture was stopped midway, the victim often had irreparable damage done to the brain, jaw or eyes.
Coffin Torture: Torture in a metal cage, pecked at by preying birdsThe Coffin Torture was feared in the Middle Ages, and is often seen in films depicting the time (see Monty Python's Holy Grail). The victim was placed inside a metal cage roughly made in the shape of the human body. Torturers could force overweight victims into a smaller device, or even make the "coffin" slightly larger than a victim's body to make him more uncomfortable. The cage was frequently hung from a tree or a gallows.
Serious crimes, such as heresy or blasphemy, were punished by death inside the coffin where the victim was placed under the sun allowing birds or animals to eat his or her flesh. Sometimes onlookers would throw rocks and other objects to further increase the pain.
The Breast Ripper: Painfully tears and mutilates a woman's breastUsed as a horrible punishment for women, the breast ripper was used to inflict pain, blood loss and the mutilation of their breasts. It was usually used for women accused of conducting abortions or of adultery.
The claws were often placed, red hot, on the victim's exposed breasts, the spikes penetrating to achieve a powerful grasp. They were then pulled to rip off or shred the breasts. If the victim wasn't killed she would be scarred for life as her breasts were literally torn apart.
A common variant was known as "The Spider," which is a similar instrument attached to a wall. The victim's breasts were fixed to the claws and the woman was pulled by the torturer away from the wall, removing or mutilating them. This was a brutal punishment that often resulted in the victim's death.


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See Selena Gomez + Katy Perry in Gowns at UNICEF Snowflake Ball
Selena Gomez and Katy Perry opted for dark-hued gowns at the UNICEF Snowflake Ball, held in NYC last night (Nov. 27.) Darker colors are usually perfect for this time of year, when it's chillier, and these shades convey a sense of warmth and romance. Both pop stars looked stunning in their gowns, even if one look had us scratching our heads.
Gomez, a UNICEF ambassador, wore a figure-hugging, black Dolce & Gabbana gown, according to Hollywood Life, with gold piping, a floor-sweeping train and a strappy back. The neck had a bit of a halter design, and Gomez wore her lush, shiny black locks spilling around her shoulders. It was a flawlessly executed look for the singer/actress.
Perry, on the other hand, channeled her goth princess look from the 'Wide Awake' video in a lacy, navy blue Naeem Khan column gown with a removable cape with sheer panels, which certainly would be used to provide warmth on a chilly night. However, she looked like a bit of a superheroine, and honestly, we could have done without the extra fabric. It added extra bulk and volume to Perry's shapely, curvy body and felt a little unnecessary. The dress was a little busy, with a belt and the gradations of the fabric. When she removed the distracting cape, the pretty top was much more visible. We also love that she returned to her black locks.
If we had to chose which star dressed better for the event, hands down, we'd pick Sel. She looked grown up and sophisticated while Perry's frock had a bit too much going on and felt a bit overdesigned as a result. That said, Perry worked it. On a less confident diva, this would have been an epic fail. On her, the result is unconventional and forward-thinking.
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The American men's gymnasts will attempt to redeem themselves after failing to medal in the team competition when the individual all-around finals take place Wednesday morning.
John Orozco of New York and Danell Leyva of Miami will represent the United States in the grueling six-event rotation.Both are stand-out gymnasts who had a rough go in the team competition Monday.
Despite coming in first overall in the qualification round, Leyva slipped from the pommel horse. Orozco, the U.S. champion, fell from the horse and blew his landing on the vault, ending up on his backside instead of his feet.
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It was a disappointment for a team many thought had a good shot at winning at least the bronze.
Wednesday's competition will be streamed on NBCOlympics.com at 11:30 a.m. ET.
More star-studded swimming events are on tap too. After coming in first and second, respectively, in their 200m individual medley heats Wednesday morning, Ryan Lochte and Michael Phelps will face each other in a semi-final at 3:37 p.m. ET. This will be the first time they will compete against each other since Lochte shut out Phelps Saturday, and also since they medaled together on the 4x200 freestyle relay team. Lochte also came in first in his heat for the 200m backstroke Wednesday morning and will swim in the 2:28 p.m. ET race.
Individual gold medalists Missy Franklin and Allison Schmitt are expected to join together on the women's 4x200m relay.
In addition, top American Nathan Adrian will try to knock off Australian favorite James Magnussen, known as "Missile," on his home turf, in the 100m freestyle.
Japan's Kosuke Kitajima, already considered the greatest breaststroker of all time, is hoping to complete a third straight sweep of the 100m and 200m breaststroke events as he takes on the longer race tonight.
In the men's synchronized springboard final, diving's odd couple looks to continue its winning ways and help the U.S. onto the medal podium. Separated by 13 years and 1,700 miles, four-time Olympian Troy Dumais and Stanford freshman Kristian Ipsen won world silver in 2009 just months after they began training together.
At 32, Dumais, who hails from Austin, Texas, is the oldest member of the U.S. diving squad, affectionately called "Grandpa" by his teammates. He joins Greg Louganis as the only U.S. male diver to make four Olympic teams, though he has yet to win a medal. Ipsen will be competing in his first Olympics, yet is quite accomplished for a 19-year-old. He has 20 national titles, one world championship silver medal, one silver world cup and another junior world title to his name.
The men's synchronized springboard consists of six rounds of dives and will be streamed live on NBColympics.com at 10 a.m. ET.
Other events Wednesday include:
* A qualifying round for USA's Jake Gibb and Sean Rosenthal in men's beach volleyball at 11:30 a.m. ET. The duo lost to Poland Monday night so will be looking to get back to winning form.
* Women's individual time trial beginning at 7.30 a.m. ET. American Evelyn Stevens, who only bought her first bike in 2008 and gave up a career on Wall Street, is among the medal favorites.
* Beach volleyball quarter final for American duo Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings, taking on Austria at 6 p.m. ET.
For a full local listing of events being shown all day on NBC, the NBC Sports Network, Bravo, CNBC, MSNBC, the NBC Olympic Soccer Channel, the NBC Basketball Channel and Telemundo, please see NBCOlympics.com, where you can also find listings for all livestreamed events.


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Don't get stuck in the old mode of consolidation and miss opportunities for greater efficiency.
I recently had dinner with four friends who happen to be directors of IT operations. We talked about many aspects of IT, but when we meandered into a discussion on storage, I was surprised to learn that my friends' companies still treat storage as an appendage of a system environment. Each firm has four computing environments: mainframe (IBM zSeries), AS/400 (now the iSeries), Unix and Windows. Each operates as a storage island with its own equipment, policies, procedures and staff. And consequently, several things are true: In this scenario, the way data is protected depends on the computing platform, equipment in one area is overburdened while another lays dormant, and the four groups have unique ways of doing the same tasks. None of that is good.
If you read the typical trade press and vendor rhetoric, you'd think these guys are a bunch of dinosaurs. Aren't companies now sharing storage area networks (SANs) across heterogeneous environments? Haven't many firms built common storage organizations? The answer to these questions is definitely yes, but my friends aren't that uncommon. I estimate that for every tightly integrated storage strategy, there are at least an equal number of firms that still maintain separate storage silos.
My IT director-friends say that their companies are all open-minded about moving to a more centralized, consolidated storage model, but they wondered how to start. I decided to find out how they should proceed.
First, here's what you should absolutely not do: Choose a product as the impetus for a unification movement. Yes, EMC--or any one of its competitors--will sell you SANs and stories all day long about how it can amalgamate everything into one big, happy storage world. To some extent any one of them can, but wrapping a storage consolidation strategy around equipment is like planning your beach vacation around the location with the warmest water temperature. An important detail perhaps, but many other considerations should be higher priorities.
Rather than start with a technical solution, embrace a comprehensive strategy that includes people, processes and technology. Approach storage consolidation as a project with a full life cycle. It should include these five phases: assessment, design, testing, implementation and operations.
Assessment. Before proceeding with technology, it's important to step back and assess the business requirements. Companies need to examine the link between business initiatives and storage, and they should consider where this relationship is headed. When you add up all those operating environments, how much data does the company have? How fast is data growing? Is the company doing anything with reference data? Does the company classify data in terms of its business criticality and confidentiality?
The answers to these questions should provide a general direction. The next step is to do an IT assessment to see how the various storage islands are able to meet business objectives. Chances are that the mainframe and AS/400 environment adhere to more stringent processes than Unix and Windows. Those methodologies can be a model for the other platforms. IT staff for the more mature platforms can also provide training and education.
The final step in the assessment phase is to look at the technology. Little by little, you'll want to reduce your hardware and software vendors down to a few standards. Look across the platforms to identify vendors that offer great products and services with cross-platform options, and plan on phasing out all others.
Design. Knowing your business objectives and having a view of technology and IT processes, you can start designing solutions to meet your long-term needs while reducing operating costs. The overall goal should be a unified storage infrastructure with common operations, but Rome wasn't built in a day. Moving too quickly could alienate staff and put critical data at risk, so it's important to design a plan with realistic goals. A good rule of thumb is to set quarterly objectives that can be measured accurately, and clearly support the overall direction. For example, a first-quarter goal might be to establish standard policies and procedures for data classification across the enterprise. In the future, target larger cost-saving opportunities, such as merging the Unix and Windows groups or sharing 3590 tape libraries across zSeries and iSeries platforms.
Testing. In moving from a platform-centric to a consolidated model, the test phase will be difficult, but it's extremely important. The complication comes from worlds colliding; IT staff will need to learn new technologies and terms, and they will be judged by different metrics. To support different platforms, technologies will need special software drivers, specific revision levels and tricky configurations. Get used to these challenges, because they never go away.
System and storage configurations can be very temperamental, and vendor interoperability matrices are notoriously inaccurate and quickly become out of date. A test bed can uncover and correct these types of problems in the sandbox, rather than in production. You'll want to appoint an interoperability test manager who's comfortable with multiple platform environments, storage technologies and vendor management.
Equipment testing is critical, but don't forget to test processes as well. For example, test the integrity of the backups and off-site media management when the Unix and Windows server teams join forces. Run live disaster recovery tests and judge whether these new groups can meet recovery time objectives and recovery point objectives for critical systems. If they can't, assess whether the issues stem from new processes or poor execution and make the necessary adjustments.
Implementation. Even if this phase is quarters or even years off, it's worth planning for the inevitable. Because the implementation team must be composed of people with cross-platform skills, you'll need to plan for cross training key members of the engineering team.
Get a good understanding of what types of services vendors offer. Do they simply deliver equipment, or do they work with customers to ensure the proper implementation testing and configuration? Be careful here. Many vendors will provide basic setup and nothing else. In other words, the systems will be powered up, but they won't be capable of doing anything without some advanced configuration, scripting or software setup. Be specific with vendors to understand their capabilities and what they will truly deliver. If you aren't satisfied, enlist the help of a third-party service provider--such as GlassHouse Technologies, in Framingham, MA, or North Billerica, MA-based Daymark Solutions--that focus on services rather than products.
Operations. Here, improvements can be made immediately. The key to improving operations is having clear definitions of policies, procedures and metrics up front. Again, mainframe and AS/400 operations provide a great model. The key is to take the positive aspects from across the enterprise without any appearance of elitism.
Remember to measure your results to gauge the overall efficacy of the effort. Some key technical metrics include the number of trouble tickets, mean time between failure and mean time to repair. Those metrics will help IT address problem areas and assess progress. Check out IT business metrics as well. Find out whether there's been reduced capital spending, a return on IT assets, any staff reduction or a declining number of storage vendors.
Share these results with business managers in a clear, nontechnical way to make sure that everyone is on the same page. Consolidation can't be considered a success if IT is giddy with glee while business people worry about whether their critical data is protected.
Final word
Combining storage across mainframe, midrange, Unix and Windows platforms can offer fantastic benefits, such as greater data protection, economies of scale and improved services. Many IT shops appreciate this strategy, but they go about implementation the wrong way. Rather than make comprehensive changes, they simply rally around a technology--like a SAN--which they see as being a consolidation hub. These well-intended efforts often result in technological and cultural failures.
Rather than default to technical solutions, companies should approach storage platform consolidation through a full project life cycle, one that includes assessment, design, testing, implementation and operational phases. Be prudent throughout, allow ample time, budget accordingly, and set realistic goals and metrics. This should be a pragmatic process. Following the pragmatic process I've outlined can break down platform walls and lead to productive enhancements in the future.


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Miss New India
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In Miss New India, author Bharati Mukherjee takes readers inside the country's conflicting worlds, where recent grad Anjali Bose is trapped between the life her parents want for her and the future that she imagines for herself in India's fastest-growing city. Read by Farah Bala, the story is a traditional coming-of-age story with a few smart stops along the way.
After a violent encounter with her parents' choice of prospective husband, Anjali leaves the tiny town where she grew up and hops a bus to Bangalore, where, she's been told, success comes easy to the young Indians who work in call centers. She plans to reinvent herself — new name, new clothes, new life — by perfecting her English, experiencing the world, and leaving her past behind. Of course, as anyone who's ever tried to escape their youth can tell you, that's not always as easy as it sounds.
As she adjusts to her new life in Bangalore, Anjali's feelings swing from determined and excited to terrified and — she is a teenage girl, after all — a little whiny. Narrator Farah Bala gives Anjali's dialogue a wide range of emotion as she navigates the ups and downs of trading one life for another: from making friends and flirting with love interests to finding out what's happened to the family she left at home, Anjali's thoughts are as serious, passionate, anxious, and flighty as you'd expect. Along the way, a lively cast of characters weaves in and out of Anjali's story, and Bala handles them all — American English teachers, a traditional landlady, shady acquaintances — with ease. Her impressive range of accents even allows her to layer one on top of the other for Indian characters pretending to be American in the call centers, all of which offers an intriguing look at the way U.S. culture is seen around the world. —Blythe Copeland
Anjali Bose is Miss New India. Born into a traditional lower-middle-class family and living in a backwater town with an arranged marriage on the horizon, Anjalis prospects dont look great. But her ambition and fluency in language do not go unnoticed by her expat teacher, Peter Champion. And champion her he does, both to other powerful people who can help her along the way and to Anjali herself, stirring in her a desire to take charge of her own destiny. So she sets off to Bangalore, Indias fastest-growing major metropolis, and quickly falls in with an audacious and ambitious crowd of young people, who have learned how to sound American by watching shows like Seinfeld in order to get jobs as call-center service agents, where they are quickly able to out-earn their parents. And it is in this high-tech city where Anjalisuddenly free from the traditional confines of class, caste, gender, and moreis able to confront her past and reinvent herself. Of course, the seductive pull of modernity does not come without a dark side.
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- Ember Rayne
- 27-06-11
Worth the credit, and your ears!
So I'm finishing up listening to Miss New India and it's just great! ♥ Believable, compelling characters! Farah Bala's narration is endearing and sweet. The comments about her "high, whiny voice" have to do with her Indian accent, which is to be expected. She confuses "condescension for "condensation" at one point, and far from being annoying, you can still tell what she means but it highlights the problem of Indian-American communication that the story tackles. I bought this one on a whim and am not disappointed. You find the characters behaving in refreshingly honest ways, from filching shampoo to losing their tempers in just the normal way. This one is worth your credit, as long as accents don't trouble you. If they DO trouble you... well... this one may not be for you.
10 of 10 people found this review helpful
- connie
- 01-06-11
Mukherjee lite
This was not what I expected from a Bharati Mukerherjee novel -- it was an easier listen, but still had some serious themes. I disliked the narrator for the first half, but then once accustomed to her, I began to think the choice of a "hestitant" audio voice may have been intentional to match the hesitant literary voice.
While Audible's current sale has this under Chick Lit, don't expect a "Shopaholic in Delhi" kind of listen. It's got more depth than that!
9 of 9 people found this review helpful
- Spudpop
- 10-06-11
I was very slow to warm up...
to the main character AND the narrator. I never really fully accepted the narrator, especially her characterization of the main character..shrill and grating. I didn't like the main character at all most of the time...not that that's a fatal flaw, I'm not sure she's meant to be very likable. What I really liked about this book was the 'slice of Indian life' aspect. I found the interactions between young Indians and upwardly mobile, downwardly mobile, poor, affluent and desperate Indians enlightening and fascinating.
7 of 7 people found this review helpful
- Marie
- 18-03-12
Well read and informative
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This is a great audio book. The narrator is excellent and the story offers a window into another culture.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
- S. Friday
- 22-01-12
A mixed bag for me
My take on the book--I liked listening about modern day India. I liked all the characters EXCEPT the main character! I know that not all main characters are commanding, take-charge types, but she made me nuts with her inability to make some decent choices independently! I loved the people around her who helped, though. The story itself was decent, basically one about a sheltered small town girl moving to the big city and how confusing it can be. It was worth a listen, but I think I bought it on sale, so I don't feel like a credit was wasted.
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- Michael
- 21-12-11
Well done and very enjoyable
If you want to know about a side of modern India that you do not know about, this book will open you eyes. You are imersed into the story and the setting and you feel as if you are really there.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
- 05-03-17
A Phoenix From No Physical Ashes
This is a book about remaking oneself. Sometimes we think that this is an uniquely American concept. Certainly we see here that this is not the exclusive occupation of Americans. Other reviewers talk about the "whiny voice" of the heroine. Do not be misled to think that this is "light reading/listening" in the sense that it is empty headed listening or reading. The change in voice of the heroine reflects how she sees her on place, her lack of belonging, especially her precarious position, in life. Put yourself in that place and you will see how your voice could become small, tinny, or "whiny" too. Then see how your voice could become full-fledged, well expressed, strong in the end as you finally achieve your goals. The voice quality represents the travel through an arduous life, a development, and finally finding strength. This is a fabulous book, of dreams and of harsh reality, and of finding one's true wonderful place in life.
- Jack
- 01-12-15
Incredibly Boring. Empty protagonist.
The main character drifts through the story without ever doing much of anything. While I suppose a story is told, that's really a bit of a stretch. There is no plot, no villain, hardly any action at all taken by the main character. Intensely boring.
- Melissa
- 06-02-13
An enjoyable listen
I wasn't sure what to expect from this book. In fact, until I looked it up on the internet, I had assumed it wasn't fiction! (Although, toward the end it was clear it was fiction. It got rather silly.)
The story line itself was decent, but nothing spectacular. I enjoyed more the backdrop of India and modern Indian culture, as well as the historical perspective from both the British and Indian side thanks to the old British lady the main character lives with for a while.
Bala does a pretty good job with the narration. The accents she uses lend some authenticity to my rather naive ears. Maybe somebody who knows the actual fine points of regional Indian accents could critique them, but they were good enough for me. There were some awkward points in the narration, but those seemed to mirror to the "English Language Learner" status of the main character.
- Michele
- 21-06-11
Can't Make it Through This One
This might be a very good book. I'll probably never know unless I buy it, since I don't think I can get through the audio version. The narrator's high-pitched, whiny rendering of the main character's voice is driving me crazy and completely distracting me from the story line. I'm disappointed because I had heard good things about this book and had high hopes for the audio version.
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Monday, December 21, 2009
Christmas arrives early in Saskatoon - "O Oriens" - St. Peter Canisius, Apostle of the German Counter-Reformation
Pope Benedict XVI today gave the Latin rite Catholics of Saskatoon an early Christmas present, naming Msgr. Donald Bolen, Pastor of St. Joseph Parish, Balgonie, SK and Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Regina as the Seventh Bishop of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, succeeding Most Reverend Albert LeGatt, named Archbishop of Saint-Boniface on July 3rd, 2009.
The personable priest who taught as a sessional lecturer in Religious Studies at Campion College, University of Regina and served at the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity from 2001-2008 is deeply committed to ecumenical dialogue, particulary with the Anglican Communion.
The current Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams awarded the Cross of Saint Augustine (of Canterbury) to Msgr. Bolen in February 2009; the Archbishop's website reported the award as follows:
"In a private audience at Lambeth Palace the Archbishop paid warm tribute to the theological acumen and spiritual discernment that Monsignor Bolen had put unreservedly at the service of Anglican – Roman Catholic relations during his seven-year assignment to the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity in Rome.
"He expressed the debt of gratitude owed by the Anglican Communion, the members of the international commissions of the dialogue, and successive Archbishops of Canterbury and their Representatives to the Holy See for his friendship and dedication.
"The Archbishop said, Monsignor Bolen has for many years been far more than an able facilitator of Anglican - Roman Catholic dialogue. He has been a friend and colleague whose deep commitment to the possibilities of ecumenical dialogue and our common witness to the truths of the gospel has been unflagging and inspirational. This award is a small sign of the regard - affectionate and admiring - in which Don is held and a sign of my personal appreciation of his work and friendship in recent years.
"A priest of the Archdiocese of Regina (Saskatchewan, Canada), from 2001—2008 Monsignor Bolen was the Vatican's officer for relations with the Anglican Communion and the World Methodist Council. In this capacity he served as the co-secretary of the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC), the Anglican-Roman Catholic Commission for Unity and Mission (IARCCUM) and the Joint International Commission for Dialogue Between the World Methodist Council and the Roman Catholic Church. He also served on the international commission responsible for preparing texts for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.
"He currently holds the Nash Chair in Religion at Campion College, Regina, Saskatchewan, and looks forward to resuming parish ministry in the summer of 2009.
"The Cross of St Augustine was founded by Archbishop Michael Ramsey. It was first awarded by him on February 19, 1965. It is a circular medallion bearing a replica of the eighth-century Cross of Canterbury and on the reverse side is an engraving of the throne of St Augustine in Canterbury Cathedral.
"This cross has historically been awarded to clergy and lay people of other Christian churches who have contributed conspicuously to advancing friendly relations with the Anglican Communion. More recently it has also been given for outstanding service within the Anglican Communion itself."
At the recent CCCB Plenary last October in Cornwall, Msgr. Bolen gave a marvellous overview of Anglican-Roman Catholic dialogue and the new feature in these conversations brought about by Anglicanorum coetibus, the Pope's gesture of openness to Anglicans who wish to be received corporately into unity with the See of Rome.
Ad multos annos, Your Excellency!
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O Oriens,
splendor lucis aeternae, et sol justitiae:
veni, et illumina sedentes in tenebris, et umbra mortis.
splendour of light eternal and sun of righteousness:
Come and enlighten those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death."
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St. Peter Kanis, S.J. (Latin: Canisius)
Today's Optional Memorial is of St. Peter Canisius, Priest, Religious and Doctor of the Church
Peter Canisius (Peter Kanis; 1521-1597) is honored as a Doctor of the Church for his heroic defense of Catholicism through teaching, preaching and writing catechisms. He was also one of the giants of the young Society of Jesus, serving as the first provincial of Germany, a post he held for 14 years. A man of great energy, he founded 18 colleges and authored 37 books; his catechisms went through 200 printings in his lifetime alone.
Born in Nijmegen, Netherlands, he studied at the University of Cologne where he earned a master's degree in May 1540. He changed his original plan to remain at the university and study theology when he heard about a newly-founded religious order, the Society of Jesus.
One of its founders was then at Mainz, so Canisius traveled there to meet Father Peter Faber. The Jesuit appreciated Canisius' potential and agreed to lead him through the 30-day retreat known as the Spiritual Exercises. During the second week of the retreat, Canisius made an election to join the Society and Faber accepted him as a novice on his 22nd birthday, May 8, 1543.
Canisius returned to Cologne and finished his studies in theology and then was ordained in 1546. Even before he became a priest, he taught Scripture and published new editions of texts of Cyril of Alexandria and Leo the Great. Then he served as theological consultant to Cardinal Otto Truchess at the Council of Trent before going to Messina, Sicily, to teach in the very first school the Society founded.
In September 1549 Pope Paul III asked him to return to Germany to head an effort to defend the Church against the attacks of reformers. The young Jesuit received the almost impossible mission of halting the defections of Catholics and winning back those who had already left the Church. Canisius first went to Ingolstadt, Germany and established a pattern he would follow elsewhere. He began teaching at the university, but also devoted great efforts to preaching so that he could explain the fundamental truths of Catholic teaching from the pulpit. His work had an immediate impact on Catholics there.
Canisius subsequently taught and preached in Vienna, Prague and Fribourg. He also founded seminaries and colleges. During his time in Vienna Canisius first developed the catechism for which he is most known. Written in Latin, Summary of Christian Doctrine, was published in April 1555 and devoted most of its attention to the theological points of controversy between Catholics and Protestants. Aimed at college students, it was followed by shorter versions for secondary students and for children.
As the first provincial of Germany, Canisius made a huge contribution to Jesuit governance in the region that included Swabia, Bavaria, Austria and Hungary. He visited Jesuit houses, supervised expansion and made the Society of Jesus a leading force in the Counter Reformation. He also took part in ecumenical gatherings such as the one in Regensburg (1556-1557) and returned to the Council of Trent in May 1562.
Canisius lived a full life and died peacefully at age 76 in Fribourg, Switzerland.
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Congratulations to Bishop-elect Donald Bolen: a brilliant scholar, a deeply pastoral priest, a true disciple of Jesus, and the best friend anyone could have.ReplyDelete
Ad multos annos, Don!
Fr. Raymond Lafontaine
Archdiocese of Montreal
- AnonymousDecember 29, 2009 at 3:58 PM
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Can you expand on the following:
Pope Benedict XVI today gave the Latin rite Catholics of Saskatoon an early Christmas present, naming Msgr. Donald Bolen, Pastor of St. Joseph Parish, Balgonie, SK and Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Regina as the Seventh Bishop of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, succeeding Most Reverend Albert LeGatt, named Archbishop of Saint-Boniface on July 3rd, 2009.
Are you saying the FSSP may finally have a chance to root deep in Saskatoon?
- AnonymousApril 25, 2010 at 10:52 PM
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Are your plans for the retired diocesan priests of the diocese the same as the previous bishop?


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Darren Sharper arrested in Los Angeles on suspicion of rape
Former Pro Bowl safety Darren Sharper was arrested Friday in Los Angeles on suspicion of rape, the Los Angeles Police Department said.
The 38-year-old Sharper was booked into the L.A. County jail and released late Friday on $200,000 bail. A court date was set for Feb. 14.
LAPD said it is investigating Sharper in connection with two sexual assaults that occurred in October and earlier this month in the West Los Angeles area.
The New Orleans Police Department said Saturday it also is investigating an alleged sexual complaint filed Sept. 24, 2013, against Sharper.
Remi Braden, a spokesperson for the NOPD said, "as with every case alleging sexual assault, information gathered is extremely sensitive and the top priority of the detectives is to protect the person who filed the complaint. Because this is an on-going criminal investigation, we cannot provide additional information at this time."
The Orleans Parish District Attorney's Office also confirmed that it has received the official report from the New Orleans Police Department and is still investigating.
"New Orleans police received a complaint from an alleged victim," said DA spokesman Chris Bowman. "The police referred the case to our office for consultation. The matter is currently under investigation and we will make no further comment on any matter under investigation."
Sharper, who played 14 seasons with the Minnesota Vikings, Green Bay Packers and New Orleans Saints, was suspended without pay by the NFL Network, where he works as an analyst.
"Darren has been suspended without pay until further notice, effective immediately," said Alex Riethmiller, an NFL Network spokesman.
Sharper and his representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment from WWL-TV in New Orleans.
Prior to working for the NFL Network, Sharper served as a football analyst for WWL-TV for one month in August 2012.
Acquired by the Saints prior to the 2009 season, Sharper helped fuel an opportunistic defense that helped the team reach and win the Super Bowl. Sharper had nine interceptions in that season, three of which he returned for touchdowns as the team got off to a 13-0 start, finished 13-3 and received the top playoff seed.
In 2010 Sharper only played in 8 of 16 games and did not have any interceptions. That was his last year in the league.
Sharper was named to five Pro Bowls and was a two-time All-Pro. He was named to the NFL All-Decade Team for the 2000s.
Contributing: The Associated Press


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Things You Never Knew Existed® is a division of The Johnson Smith Company®, one of America's oldest catalogs companies. In 1905, our founder, Alfred Johnson Smith, started selling his novelties and practical jokes in Australia. The company was officially founded in the U.S.A. in 1914, when Mr. Smith shipped his first package from Chicago.
Australia to Chicago was to be the first of several moves…
The Johnson Smith Company relocated to Racine, Wisconsin in 1926. Nine years later the company made a mid-depression move to Detroit, Michigan with the intention of starting a Canadian subsidiary across the Detroit River. Those plans were abandoned with the outbreak of World War II. The company remained near the Detroit riverfront for nearly 35 years, until it moved to Mt. Clemens, Michigan (a Detroit suburb) in the early 1970s.
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The Growing Johnson Smith Family
I have been buying Johnson Smith & Company since the 1940's.
The address then was Detroit Michigan!
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In 1979, we added The Lighter Side® catalog to serve a growing audience–from girls to grandmothers and boys to grandfathers. The Lighter Side is a unique collection of over 500 lighthearted gifts of "wit and whimsy, merriment and mirth."
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The Lighter Side catalog has already won the "Best in Catalogs" Award and has delighted hundreds of thousands of mail order and Internet shoppers.
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We hope that every person who picks up a Betty's Attic catalog or visits the Betty's Attic Web site will say to themselves "I remember that!" and will relive some fond memory.
If you remember it, we may offer it! Visit Betty's Attic.
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In 2003, we launched HalloweenOnly.com, a web site dedicated to all things Halloween. HalloweenOnly.com is a one-stop scare shop for you and your home. We feature costumes, masks, party supplies like sound effects and decorations as well as a full line of funny and scary novelty items to make Halloween the spookiest day of the year.
Know of a Great Product that you would like to see on our Web site or catalog? Please tell us about it! Send us the name of the item, manufacturer's name and the complete address or phone number to our new products team at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Product Samples
If you have a product sample that you would like us to consider for our catalogs and/or Web sites, please send a sample to:
Johnson Smith Company
Attn: New Products Dept.
4514 19th Street Court East
Bradenton, FL 34203
Job Opportunities
The Johnson Smith Company has over 100 associates in Bradenton, FL. We are family, friendly, casual work environment. We appreciate our associates and ensure associates' needs are met through competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits program.
For more information on the available positions at the Johnson Smith Company, visit the Job Opportunities section of our Corporate Web Site.


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