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Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Dog meets bike
Here's the photo sequence of a very nice yellow Lab having an unfortunate encounter with t-Mobile rider Marcus Burghardt's front wheel. Notice what the front wheel looks like in the third photo. Hope the dog was okay!! (According to Reuters he was okay, but there are rumors spreading that T-Mobile is jinxed.)
Bad owners!! Bad owners!
*Insert obligatory drug-testing Lab joke here*
Bad owners!! Bad owners!
*Insert obligatory drug-testing Lab joke here*
*make that a FRENCH Lab*
Thanks to Andrew for the link!
Thanks to Andrew for the link!
Update: It's true. T-Mobile is jinxed. How else to account for a positive drug test from a month ago on Sinkewitz right after he crashed out of the Tour? Must have been another one of those French Labs involved. (And yes, in case you're wondering, Sinkewitz signed The Pledge).
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I'm so upset with this dog's owners!! How could they let him wander onto the course?? And further how did Tour officials not intervene? Still glad to hear the dog is okay.
Je pense que c'est courageux car même si je suis ravi de regarder le Tour, il faut que ça redevienne un spectacle, une fête. Hors les médias, en particulier la télé, sont le sixième pouvoir : les coureurs deviennent des stars par le biais des médias. D'autre part, il faut également que moins d'argent soit distribué aux sportifs. Avant tout, le sport c'est un jeu, un loisir : "Un esprit sain dans un corps sain". Stop aux tricheurs.
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Plus d'infos : www.ninou.fr/archives/44
Sinkewitz was busted on the 8th of june. This is before he signed the plegde. So i wonder if the UCI can make him to stick to his pledge. More work for lawyers!Post a Comment
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UARF, ABIA, honored by assistant secretary of commerce01/27/2011
Dr. Matthew Becker (far left), associate professor of polymer science at UA, explains to, from left, U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development John Fernandez, UA President Dr. Luis M. Proenza and Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron President and CEO Dr. Frank L. Douglas how the multi-laboratory facility accommodates the installation of prototype manufacturing apparatus for materials and device fabrication, particularly in collaboration with industry. Here, the group is viewing a state-of-the-art research instrumentation lab in the facility's large high-bay area.
U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development John Fernandez visited The University of Akron Wednesday, Jan. 26, to present The University of Akron Research Foundation (UARF) and the Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron (ABIA) with the i6 Challenge Award, a competition to identify and support the nation's best ideas for technology commercialization and entrepreneurship in six different regions of the U.S. In his remarks, Fernandez praised the UARF and ABIA's winning collaborative proposal and its ideas for technology, commercialization and entrepreneurship projects that provide platforms for training a skilled workforce and creating new technologies and jobs in Ohio.
The UARF and ABIA's proposal was one of six winning submissions – out of 83 total applicants – in the U.S. The winning team from each region received $1 million from the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) in support, and winners are also eligible for additional awards from the National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation.
Local innovation key to job creation
UA President Dr. Luis M. Proenza and U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development John Fernandez (middle) leave the National Polymer Innovation Center following a tour of the 42,750-square-foot facility, where faculty members, students and research partners from industry and national laboratories work together to generate new knowledge particularly in areas of national significance, including biomaterials synthesis, biosensor and bio-device design, photovoltaic cells and selectively permeable membranes.
Referring to President Barack Obama's State-of-the-Union address, Fernandez echoed the president's "sense of urgency" in creating new American jobs, and that part of the answer in moving the country forward lies within "strong, competitive regions like Northeast Ohio who are doing the heavy lifting in driving innovation and entrepreneurship, like the compelling projects you have here in Akron," said Fernandez, who is a native of Canton and former mayor of Bloomington, Ind.
"We can't do it all from Washington," he said. "We created the i6 Challenge with the notion of shining a bright light on the research innovations that lead to product commercialization and new jobs. The collaborative project between the University of Akron Research Foundation and the Austen BioInnovation Institute was very compelling and helps to position Northeast Ohio to compete in the global marketplace."
Collaboration leads to faster results
UARF and ABIA's award-winning project, "Innovative Solutions for Invention Xceleration," or "ISIX," aims to increase innovation and minimize the time from idea to commercialization of new technology by bringing together world-class scientists, physicians, engineers, researchers and entrepreneurs in the biomedical and polymer science industries of Northeast Ohio.
Fernandez was joined by UA President Dr. Luis M. Proenza, who also serves as board chair of UARF; Dr. Frank L. Douglas, president and CEO of ABIA; Akron Mayor Don Plusquellic; Summit County Executive Russell Pry; and Dr. George R. Newkome, vice president for research at UA and president and CEO of UARF, along with representatives from Northeast Ohio's Congressional delegation and some of the region's most innovative and successful economic development organizations.
Winning team from each region receives $1 million
The i6 Challenge seeks to identify and support the nation's best ideas for technology commercialization and entrepreneurship in six different regions of the country.
Projects include efforts to drive innovative technologies in the medical and bioscience industries to market more quickly by bringing end-users of technology with scientific experts from industry, health care, and academia. The projects are supported by commercialization experts, private sector entrepreneurs, and successful technology product manufacturers and distributors. Winners hailed from the six EDA regions:
- Atlanta, Ga., for the Atlanta region;
- Albuquerque, N.M., for the Austin, Texas region;
- Akron for the Chicago region;
- St Louis, Mo., for the Denver region;
- Pittsburgh, Pa., for the Philadelphia region; and
- Portland, Ore., for the Seattle region.
For more information, visit Akron's ISIX.
Media contacts: Laura Massie, 330-972-6476 or massie1@.uakron.edu, or Scott Rainone, 330-572-7581 or email@example.com.
See also:
- $1 million grant to push local innovations, Akron Beacon Journal, Jan. 26, 2011
- University of Akron, Austen BioInnovation Institute share $1 million federal grant, Crain's Cleveland Business, Jan. 26, 2011
- U.S. Department of Commerce awards $1M to UA research, ABIA, Sept. 28, 2010


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Sunday, August 1, 2010
Recovery week and a hard, hard time trial...
... but I had the red hot chilli peppers on!
The combination of racing the whole last weekend and then going back to work for very, very early shifts might have taken a bit out me this time. For three days, by the middle of the afternoon I was feeling like I was running at half speed, on an empty tank.
I managed to get the bike fixed by the guys at Fusion by Tuesday and late that afternoon I jumped on the rollers for an hour. To my surprise, the legs felt good, spinning nice and freely but I just couldn't wait to get off and go to sleep.
Skip Wednesday, it was a write off. On Thursday, after a sleep in, I got out for a short, high intensity ride before heading off to work in the afternoon. My time for the Bunya Rd run was pretty good, a sign that I was getting back to normal.
Next morning was a bit of a drag, a joke really. One of those when very little gets done and suddenly I was late for work. A two o'clock start, mind you. The roller session lasted a whole SIX minutes after I had spent more than one hour looking for one nut and attaching the TT bars back on.
Then came Saturday, morning of the Club ITT championship race at Closeburn. Up early, breakfast, racing wheels picked up by Adam, SKINS gear on and I was off for a one hour warm up ride (Yep, along Bunya Rd I went!).
A good crowd had already gathered by the time I got there. Unfortunately, only four riders in my age group showed up. I decided to race for the day's fastest time. Very ambitious of me but what the hell...
That meant going all out and possibly retching at some stage of the race.
As sick as it sounds, that was my idea of pushing hard. And it did happen. The computer was showing 29 minutes something when this acidic taste came up and hit the back of my throat. Done, I just had to keep it up (or keep it down!?!) for another fifteen or so kilometers and, with a tail wind, sprint on the down hill finish.
Around fifty one minutes, twenty five seconds by my calculations. Officially, nobody knows yet...
(4Aug10 - Official results here)
Easy two and a bit hours today. I did stuff around earlier (TT bars off!), got a puncture on the way and didn't make it for coffee in town, where Sandra and friends were waiting. The rest of the morning didn't feel right.
This coming week is final preparation for one of the major races in SE Queensland, The Cunningham Classic.
2008 and 2009 races
Week Thirty: Recovery
Time: 8 h 10 min
Dist.: 224.5 km
Posted by AMR at 9:47 PM
2 comments:
- Lawrence said...
I love that your recovery week is about the same as a normal training week for me ie ~240km!
Good work on the vomitus time trialus ;-)
- August 3, 2010 at 1:52 PM
- AMR said...
Hi Lawrence, thanks. Probably the hardest TT I ever done... just need one of those fancy bikes now.
- August 5, 2010 at 5:15 AM
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Cal's Todd Barr is polite, effective
There is something wrong with this fellow Todd Barr, a freshman defensive lineman for Cal. He's far too polite to be a defensive lineman.
After answering a series of questions thoughtfully, he signed off with a "Yes, sir," on each one and waited for the next query. Defensive linemen don't say, "Yes, sir," do they?
This one does. Although in temperament he seems more like an offensive lineman, it was obvious from his play in the Nevada game that the coaches have young Barr on the right side of the line of scrimmage.
Playing as a backup defensive end in his first college game, Barr was credited with three assisted tackles, all for losses, and one sack on the postgame stats. Those numbers were later amended to 1 1/2 tackles for losses and a half-sack after Cal officials reviewed game tape.
Either way, it was an impressive debut for the 19-year-old and earned him more playing time, starting Saturday against Southern Utah as the Bears try for the second time to get their first win in rebuilt Memorial Stadium.
"It makes me feel good, in whatever way I can help my team," said Barr, a four-star recruit from Lakewood (Los Angeles County) who redshirted in 2011. "I've always had that attitude - be useful to my team in any way necessary. It's exciting to know the coaches can depend on me. I strive to be accountable in all aspects of life, especially to my team."
There it is again, Barr sounding more like a self-effacing offensive lineman than a hell-bent-for-sacks defensive lineman. And Barr knows sacks, too. As a senior at Lakewood High in 2010, he racked up 20 sacks.
"Todd really played well through spring and fall camp," head coach Jeff Tedford said. "He has a knack for making himself skinny and getting through holes. ... He got in the backfield, got some tackles in the backfield."
Barr has modest size for a college defensive lineman, 6-foot-3 and 275 pounds, but above-average quickness off the ball. That's how he was able to shed blocks and make tackles for losses in the Nevada game.
"He's a very smart kid," defensive coordinator Clancy Pendergast said. "We're real excited about the things he brings to the defense. He's a little undersized guy. He creates matchup problems with his quickness."
Barr said his goals at Cal are to be part of a Pac-12 championship team and to break the single-season and career school records for sacks, those being 14 1/2 by Ryan Riddle in 2004 and 31 by Andre Carter from 1997 through 2000.
"I want to have a big impact on the team, help take us to a Pac-12 championship," Barr said. "If everyone can count on the person next to them, that's when you have a winning team."
Briefly: Right tackle Matt Summers-Gavin will not play Saturday because of a sprained MCL. His place in the starting lineup will be filled by junior Bill Tyndall. ... Linebacker Khairi Fortt, the Penn State transfer, is getting closer to being able to play after having a knee procedure in the spring.
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Armed standoff at Lewiston hotel ends peacefully; suspect surrenders in early morning
LEWISTON, Maine (AP) � A six-hour standoff with an armed man inside a Lewiston hotel has ended peacefully.
Police arrested Jeff Sewell at about 1 a.m. Wednesday and charged him with criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon and causing a police standoff.
Police responded to the Morning Star Inn at about 7 p.m. Tuesday following a dispute between Sewell and another man.
That other man, Richard Lamothe, said he notified motel management when Sewell loaded a gun. Lamothe said Sewell appeared intoxicated.
City officers as well as state police surrounded and evacuated the motel and closed the road to traffic as Sewell barricaded himself inside a room.
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I have always been a firm believer that the gift of life is an inherent right bestowed on each and every human being and that we must do all what we can as a society to protect the rights of the unborn. As a father and grandfather, I take the protection of those who cannot protect themselves seriously.
This year marks the 41st year of the of Roe v. Wade decision which legalized abortion and until that decision is reversed, I will continue to do all I can as your representative in Congress to limit the incidence of abortion by denying federal dollars to fund these procedures while ensuring that pregnant women are fully informed on the development of their children.
Unfortunately, since that fateful day in January, 1973, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Roe v. Wade, there have been horrendous acts of abortion including those perpetrated by Dr. Kermit Gosnell, who last summer was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the murder of three babies born alive after failed abortions. Reading horrific stories such as the Gosnell case makes the pro-life cause even more urgent.
Each January, I am humbled when thousands of Americans make their way to Washington to participate in the March for Life which this year takes place on Wednesday, January 22. I am also encouraged by the significant turnout from the Show Me State. Even though the weather in January is less than ideal, hundreds of students, parents, and teachers from the 3rd District and across Missouri make the grueling bus trip to partake in the walk and spend the day in Washington fighting for those who cannot speak for themselves. These peaceful protestors are an inspiration and provide me, other pro-life legislators, and the entire pro-life community strength in continuing our defense of life.
This Congress, I have co-sponsored numerous pro-life bills including the Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act which would ensure that Title X family planning grants are used for the intended purpose and are prohibited from being used to provide abortions. I also am a proud co-sponsor of the Health Care Conscience Rights Act which would stipulate that nothing in the president's health-care law can be construed to authorize a health plan provider or sponsor to provide, participate in or refer for a specific item or service contrary to the provider's or sponsor's religious or moral convictions including abortions.
The people of the 3rd District can rest assured that I will continue to support pro-life legislation to stand up for our future generations. The life of every child is priceless and each of them should have the opportunity to live the life that God has granted them. We must all be the voice for those who do not yet have one.
CONTACT US: As always, for those of you with Internet access, I encourage you to visit my official website. For those without access to the Internet, I encourage you to call my offices in Jefferson City (573-635-7232) Washington, Mo. (636-239-2276), or Wentzville (636-327-7055) with your questions and concerns. If you want even greater access to what I am working on, please visit my YouTube site, Facebook page, and keep up-to-date with Twitter.
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JHH60 wrote:Buz Groshong wrote:Not quite true. The gage pressure will be the same, but the absolute pressure, which determines the boiling point will be correspondingly lower. It will cook slower at altitude than at sea level, but faster than an open pot at sea level.
Example: If the pressure cooker maintains 15 psi (103 kPa) gage pressure, absolute pressure will be 30 psi (206 kPa) at sea level and about 23 psi (158 kPa) at 14 k (4300 m).
I stand corrected. But unless I'm wrong (and sources I quickly checked on the internet are also wrong ) the increase in cooking time at altitude vs. sea level will be a lot less in a pressure cooker than in an open pot. If your cooker raises the pressure by about 1 bar gage, then if you're up at 3000m where the pressure is .7 bar (70% of what it is at sea level), then the absolute pressure inside the cooker will be 1.7 bar (85% of what it is at sea level). Checking some handy engineering tables, I find that the boiling point of water inside the cooker at 3000m should be 114C (vs. 120C at sea level), whereas it would be 80C in an open pot (vs. 100C at sea level).
That's what I had figured; I was just too lazy to do the extra calculations that you did.
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Welcome Comrades to the 90th edition of the Dispatch
No it's not Helloween, but rather time for an interview with b00060. While we are on freestyle check out the latest offering from the mafia files and ... drum roll ... a new set of challenges. Leehar's team brings us updates on CC3, CL5 and other Clan happenings. Dukasaur's team really went to town with some in depth stuff from both DaveH and generalhead and ... drum roll ... another new challenge!! And while the foundry may look a little thin this issue, you guessed it, there's ... drum roll ... another challenge!! So while you all get to your homework, we're going to collapse in a small heap before working on what delights to tempt you with next week.
While we are on winning, the Casual Battle Royale games have all come to an end. Congrats on the winners. I have interviewed them all but you will need to wait until next issue also to see that treat. And finally, in the words of Billy Allen:
I'm not afraid of death; I just don't want to be there when it happens.
Enjoy the fruit of our labouring fingers!
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Hello again Freestylers. Doom would like to announce some new opportunities for community input, I have another Scum Insider, and b00060 is interviewed.
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Monthly Challenges!!! by DoomYoshi
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We have another exciting update on CC3, qwert gets involved on what DD's think about their groups for CL5, and Swifte trials what will hopefully be a regular article for us, on the latest movers and shakers in the clan world.
We are also eager to present some in-depth analysis from BG's coaches poll next issue!
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CC3 Update by Swifte
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Hello again my friends, and welcome to your favorite part of the Newsletter, "War Games", where you can find information about CC Tournaments!
The Chatters have come up with an event, which, while not exactly a tournament, is somewhat tournamentish, so you can read about it below. DaveH has his usual installment of Tournament Tips, as well as another TPA update. In addition, I've decided to re-run generalhead's Showcase of Tournament Directors, since these are people you should know well.
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- Hope you are all enjoying the two new maps. The foundry already has another 6 ready to go.
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Maps in Development.
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ASUS Eee PC 1005P
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This article describes both the 1005P and the 1005PE, since the only difference of the 1005PE is wlan n and a bigger harddrive.
- Installing from USB: according to the article on installing from USB, the standard ISO images can be used for this (beginning with release 2010.05).
- Installing via PXE works well. It requires another computer to use as PXE host, and some configuration.
acpi_osi=Linux to your
/boot/grub/menu.lst to set the EeePC ACPI Interfaces to "Linux-Mode". Then the current kernel (as of writing 2.6.34) will autoload the eeepc_laptop module and everything works perfectly.
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda2 ro acpi_osi=Linux
Video Driver
Install xf86-video-intel.
Device Autodetection
Everything works out of the box.
Graphic Performance
The default graphic performance is the best you can currently get. It is not needed to add "optimizations" like "AccelMethod" "exa" to your
xorg.conf, because these will get ignored by the current version of the Intel drivers anyway. The only thing you can add is XvMC Hardware decoding support, which allows your Intel graphics adapter to decode MPEG2 video material. To do this and set XvMC, here is a minimal
Section "Device" Identifier "Card0" Driver "intel" Option "XvMC" "on" EndSection
More is not needed in your
xorg.conf, since Xorg uses input hotplugging.
To let X know where the XvMC library is, run:
# echo /usr/lib/libIntelXvMC.so > /etc/X11/XvMCConfig
Install xf86-input-synaptics (see Touchpad Synaptics). To enable Two Finger Scrolling and to disable Edge Scrolling, add this to your
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-synaptics.conf inside the InputClass Section:
Option "VertTwoFingerScroll" "true" Option "HorizTwoFingerScroll" "true" Option "EmulateTwoFingerMinZ" "10" Option "EmulateTwoFingerMinW" "7" Option "VertEdgeScroll" "false" Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "false"
For a nice GUI tool, you can try lxrandr.
Switch to external monitor (VGA port):
xrandr --output LVDS1 --off --output VGA1 --auto
Switch back to eeepc's LCD:
xrandr --output LVDS1 --auto --output VGA1 --off
Powersaving and ACPI
Your best bet is to disable all hardware you do not intend to use (to access the BIOS settings, press F2 after rebooting).
See power saving for details.
Laptop-mode-tools provides an easy way to setup most of the available power saving options, which include spinning down the hard drive and adjusting the power saving modes of the harddrive and CPU, as well as autosuspending the USB-ports, setting screen brightness, configuring the eee's own 'Super Hybrid Engine', etc.
# pacman -S laptop-mode-tools
The main configuration file is
/etc/laptop-mode/laptop-mode.conf, plus there are several separate configuration files in
/etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/ for the various power saving modules managed by laptop-mode-tools. The files are well commented, so it should be easy to set everything up as needed. (For more information, see Laptop Mode Tools)
To make the daemon start at boot, add
laptop-mode to the
DAEMONS array in
LCD brightness
The relevant configuration file is
/etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/lcd-brightness.conf. Brightness values are between 0 (darkest) and 15 (brightest). An example of usable settings:
BATT_BRIGHTNESS_COMMAND="echo 1" LM_AC_BRIGHTNESS_COMMAND="echo 15" NOLM_AC_BRIGHTNESS_COMMAND="echo 15" BRIGHTNESS_OUTPUT="/sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness"
The eeepc's 'Super Hybrid Engine' has a significant effect on powersaving. This underclocks the FSB for powersave/overclocks for performance and can be controlled via the file
/sys/devices/platform/eeepc/cpufv which is provided by the module eeepc_laptop.
You can manage this with laptop-mode-tools. The relevant config file is
Some work out of the box (see Asus Eee PC 1005HA#Hotkeys for more).
Hardware Info
lspci says:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Pineview DMI Bridge 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Pineview Integrated Graphics Controller 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Pineview Integrated Graphics Controller 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02) 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02) 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Tigerpoint LPC Controller (rev 02) 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801GR/GH (ICH7 Family) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 02) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02) 01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Atheros AR8132 / L1c Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (rev c0) 02:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)


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Forum: Sandy Hook photos should not be political fodder
Our child, Avielle, was beautiful, funny, intelligent and spirited. She was courageous and kind. She was fiercely loyal. We are fiercely loyal to her.
No child should be reduced to a picture of her death. We choose to keep our memory of Avielle a healthy one. Releasing the photos and 911 audio of our loved ones killed on Dec. 14 would do just that, reduce who they are to a photo and a scream. These are not healthy images or sounds.
We live in an age where social media can disseminate information worldwide in the blink of an eye. And once these images and sounds are out, they can be used in nefarious ways, and never be retrieved.
We will not stop fighting to protect our daughter's image, memory or her legacy. We want you to protect her in death the way we could not in life.
These images and 911 sound bites will serve absolutely no useful or productive purpose -- frankly this seems obvious to us on many levels.
We cannot stand the thought of seeing the graphic depiction of our child's death promoted to serve anyone's political purposes. For example, the documentary film maker Michael Moore began what was, to us, a horrific campaign to make the crime scene photos public on the grounds that it would incite action on gun legislation. We do not want our child to be collateral damage in a partisan, political fight.
Further, the photo and sound bite release will fan the flames of those obsessed by murder. The Sandy Hook shooter was obsessed with and collected mass murder information and photos from around the world. Release will only titillate the prurient interests of those obsessed with viewing anything that visualizes gore and the destruction of precious and pure life.
Finally, the release of the photos and 911 sounds will be profoundly harmful by further traumatizing us and our community.
Our community runs deep and strong. We have lived in many states across this country and people from all over our land knew and loved Avielle. We also feel connected to the generous and kind strangers who sent us thousands of cards and letters on behalf of themselves and their children. Multiply that level of community by 26 families, and then again by every single family in Sandy Hook who was directly affected and you have just the beginning of the universe that would be further traumatized by seeing the inhuman ugliness of the crime scene. The release will have adverse effects not only on those directly impacted at Sandy Hook Elementary, but also by millions of others, especially children, who, because of the ubiquitous nature of the press and social media today, will see the pictures and hear the sounds of our children's terror as they died.
We know this type of crime will happen again. It may not be in Connecticut, but does that matter? No. The world knows of this notorious crime. If these pictures and sound bites are used for political fodder -- Connecticut legislators have failed. If one of the next mass murder crime investigators finds pictures of our dead children or sounds of their terror in the murderer's possession -- they have failed. If our communities are further traumatized -- they have failed.
Join us in calling your state legislators and asking them to please pass House Bill 6424.
Jennifer Hensel and Jeremy Richman's 6-year-old, Avielle, was one of 20 students and six educators killed in a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown. The General Assembly is considering a law that prevents the release of some information in to the case.


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The Wolverines are feeling better, thank you.
With the remnants of the flu bug gone, the Bayfield High School girls basketball team is ready for the heart of the Intermountain League season.
We are feeling better. Its kind of funny, were feeling better, but now we have some injuries, Bayfield head coach Ronnie Posey said as the Wolverines prepare to host IML rival Pagosa Springs at 5:30 p.m. today.
The boys varsity teams will play at 7 p.m.
We only have six JV girls, so well have a lot of girls playing a lot (of minutes), Posey said of the injury-depleted BHS squads.
Plus, he said, the Bayfield varsity will face the constant, deliberate pressure defense that has boosted the Pirates to a 9-2 record and a No. 7 state ranking in Class 3A by The Denver Post.
They pressure full court the whole game, Posey said. Its not a frenetic press, he said, but more of an opportunistic pressure defense.
Theyre ready when you make any kind of a mistake, said Posey, who scouted last weeks game when Pagosa Springs lost a 26-24 thriller at No. 3 Centauri in La Jara.
Pagosa Springs, he said, led for much of that game until the Falcons rallied at the end.
When they spread you out, its more difficult that people think, Posey said.
The pressure also can add to fatigue, which can translate into inefficient offense, the BHS coach said.
You settle for jump shots instead of attacking the rim, Posey said.
The Wolverines (7-4, 1-0 IML) also are off to a fast start this season. Their only losses have come against larger schools Durango and New Mexico schools Artesia, Piedra Vista and Shiprock, and they are coming off a 47-34 IML road win at Monte Vista last weekend.
Posey said the BHS girls always enjoy playing Pagosa Springs.
The Pirates only losses this year came against Class 4A Durango and last week to Centauri.
Pagosa is a really solid program. They are well coached; they play hard, Posey said.
We know them. Weve got friends on that team. Weve even got family on that team. But when it comes game time, we play.
With numerous fans from Pagosa Springs, a big crowd is expected at BHS for tonights rivalry games.
Im looking forward to it. And, I know with our girls, effort is never an issue, Posey said.
The boys game will pit No. 3-ranked Pagosa Springs (10-1, 1-0 IML) against BHS (1-9, 0-1 IML).
The Pirates are coming off a 63-49 win at Ignacio (ranked No. 7 in Class 2A) on Tuesday night behind 26 points from Kain Lucero.
The Wolverines opened the IML season last weekend with a heartbreaking, last-second 58-55 loss at Monte Vista.
dstrode@ durangoherald.com


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Thursday, October 7, 2010
Potato Bucket Results: Disappointing
June of 2009 was a month of rain that was nearly Old Testament in its lack of moderation. That led to all my potato plants in the ground developing late blight in early August. But the potatoes in buckets, with their better drainage and higher elevation leading to better air flow around the plants, resisted the blight for an additional month after all the others were finished. I saw pretty good yields out of those buckets.
Not so this year. We had hardly a drop of rain all summer, which is quite unusual for this area, plus heat that was higher than average. I discovered that potatoes don't particularly love the heat. The ones in buckets fared especially poorly. In the beginning of the growing season I had situated them on the driveway. My thinking was that I would be getting some production out of an otherwise unusable space. Of course, I couldn't know at the time what sort of summer was in store, but this was a bad move. And I should have corrected the mistake by removing the buckets from the blacktop once the heat set in. But - and I won't bore you with excuses - I didn't.
The yields I saw from these buckets were too embarrassing to report here. Really abysmal. Suffice it to say I'm glad that we had potatoes in the ground as well. That said, I don't think the new design of my self-watering buckets was at fault. I suspect the water reservoir was the only reason I got any harvest at all. Had I avoided the foot infection that kept me from watering for several of the hottest days of the summer, yields might have been a bit better. My feeling is that my real mistake was keeping them on the blacktop when it was clear that they were struggling with the heat. Chili peppers or tomatoes might have fared better there.
I will certainly try potatoes in buckets again next year. The harvest remains as easy as ever: tip the bucket into a wheelbarrow and pick out the spuds. It's even possible that I might position the buckets on the driveway again if we were to have another atypically cold and wet year. But in an average or hotter than average year in this region, my observations suggest they'll do better somewhere else.
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- Amy said...
Thanks so much for updating about this. After reading about how you were growing your potatos I was very close to trying it myself this year. The only thing that stopped me was the fact that I didn't have any extra buckets and I would have had to go out and spend the money on buying them. Then the cost didn't make as much sense. I think I will probably try it next year though and keep my eyes out for cheap or free bucket to use.
- October 7, 2010 at 8:30 AM
- EdgeWiseInAnnArbor said...
Thanks for reporting. I've been really interested to find out how you did. Sorry it didn't work out so well this year.
I planted 18 buckets with All Blue, Purple Majesty, and Red Thumb with holes as you did last year. Unfortunately, I ran my soaker hose (that ran to the rest of my 400 sq. ft. garden) over the top of the bucket, so they'd frequently have standing water after a watering even with the drainage holes. A lot of the tubers were cracked or covered with white bumps (like zits) and had a brown surface discoloration. The Red Thumbs were fine. I got the other two varieties mixed up, but one kind were all bad (cracked and or bumpy). The other one was fine but just small. All the plants died early (end of July to middle of August). One randomly grew again but it was in a bucket of otherwise bad ones and very small, so I didn't harvest them. I can't tell the difference between late blight and not, and I was concerned about possibly increased solanine, so the few I ventured to eat, I peeled and baked. It was a pretty crushing disappointment, but I figured I watered all wrong (not enough time to fix it once I realized it).
I have as many free 5 gallon buckets as I'm willing to scrub pickle grease off of (from local Zingerman's Deli). I was thinking of trying no holes on the bottom, but putting more and bigger holes on the side maybe a half inch from the bottom, and putting a little gravel or sand or something on the bottom. Then they'd have a resevoir of water in the bottom that could wick up if I neglected it. I dunno.
- October 7, 2010 at 10:35 AM
- teekaroo said...
My potatoes were a disappointment this year as well. I tried several different techniques last year, but the best results were from the traditional method. We started renting this fall, so a garden will be a challenge next year. Your buckets sound like a good idea.
- October 7, 2010 at 10:39 AM
- Hazel said...
I'm sorry they didn't do better.
The 'old boys' on our allotment reckon successful gardening is 5% skill and 95% luck/weather. I don't think they're far wrong. I guess part of the 5% is learning this year not to leave the pots on the tarmac if it's particularly hot next year...
Fingers crossed for next year.
- October 7, 2010 at 11:09 AM
- Bellen said...
Our most successful potato growing, not this year, used 24" diameter, 4' high columns of welded wire with 4"square holes set on ground with grass removed from a 3'square. Filled the bottom of the column with about 2" of rocks from the main garden then about a foot of hay, planted the potatoes, covered with 2" of hay and continued that to the top. Around the columns we planted sugar snaps, pole beans, or flowers just to make them look better. To harvest just tip the column over, unhinge and pick the spuds.
- October 7, 2010 at 11:20 AM
- Wendy said...
I'm thinking what Hazel said is pretty accurate. There's also that saying about the best laid plans *grin*.
I think the best thing to do is to be very diversified so that when on crop fails, it's not so devastating. Like, last year, my tomatoes didn't do well, but the raspberries were awesome. This year I had great tomatoes (although not enough plants planted), but lettuce was a little disappointing. It all balances out.
But, if it makes you feel any better, I was healthy as a horse all summer long, and my potatoes in buckets were a bit disappointing, as well. It was just too hot ... and dry ... for them.
- October 7, 2010 at 12:21 PM
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- October 7, 2010 at 12:54 PM
- Maggie said...
Bummer! Truthfully though, it really has been a very difficult year in the garden. I'm just a bit south of you and my potatoes got clobbered. Last year was such a different story!
- October 7, 2010 at 4:10 PM
- The 4 Bushel Farmgal said...
It looks like we all had similar results. My bucket potato gardening finished with mildly amusing results. Our weather turned too hot too early, so the above-ground plants dropped in July. The potatoes were good but small.
I agree with Hazel, and I like the sound of Bellen's method.
Better luck next year!
- October 7, 2010 at 8:16 PM
- Kate said...
Amy, I get a lot of my buckets for free. From time to time I post a wanted ad on craigslist and ask for people's kitty litter buckets or any large buckets they have and don't need. I've heard reports of bakeries and delis giving away 5-gallon food grade plastic buckets too. If you keep your ear to the ground, I'd bet you could find some for free.
Edgewise, yes, it's a learning experience every year, isn't it? I'm not at all giving up on the bucket method. But I do understand better now the parameters which will make the method successful.
teekaroo, this year our in-ground spuds did better than the buckets, while last year it was just the opposite. Clearly the weather has a lot to do with how different methods of potato cultivation work out.
Hazel, I'd certainly agree that nature bats last when it comes to agriculture, but I also really hope that skill can influence the outcome by more than 5%. What else are years of gardening experience good for, if not for stacking the odds in our favor? My fingers are crossed along with yours.
Bellen, did you have any trouble with tubers nibbled by rodents? I like the sound of this method, but even our in-ground spuds get nibbled. I would expect it to be worse with the loosely caged tower method. But I like the sound of snap pea camouflage!
Wendy, yeah, I'm with you on the diversification of crops principle. That's why I'll keep planting potatoes in the ground unless or until I come up with an alternative that works year in and year out. It is some consolation to hear that so many other people had trouble with potatoes this year.
tim, will email you privately.
Maggie, indeed, last year was as different as night and day.
4 Bushel Farmgal, thanks. Better luck to you next year too.
- October 8, 2010 at 9:26 AM
- CallieK said...
My bucket potatoes failed this year too - see http://backyardfarmsto.blogspot.com/2010/08/one-potato-two-potato.html
Maybe it was just a bad year for potatoes?
- October 8, 2010 at 9:57 AM
- Plain and Joyful Living said...
We tried planting potatoes in tires this year as well and the ones under the ground came out more prolific as well.
Thank you for sharing.
Warm wishes, Tonya
- October 8, 2010 at 1:06 PM
- Kate said...
CallieK, it's possible Toronto and Pennsylvania had similar enough conditions this year to make it a bad year for potatoes in both places. But it also sounds like you had drainage issues with your experimental planning. Every year is a learning opportunity! Better luck to both of us next year.
P&JL, my hunch about hot versus cool years is only being confirmed by the trend of comments here on the bucket method. Vermont was hotter than usual this year too, wasn't it?
- October 9, 2010 at 8:35 AM
- Joel said...
I have some planters made of old almost-5-gallon grease jugs, scavenged from restaurants.
I poke a few holes in the upper surface, cut it off a couple inches down, invert it, and place it in the bottom of the container, then place wicking materials in the former neck of the container and fill with a mix of soil and compost.
I've had some good tomatoes from them so far, and am planting potatoes in them now (my winters are very mild).
- October 9, 2010 at 2:58 PM
I'm glad to see others got small-ish crops! Not because I wish you ill, just because it was the first year I tried potatoes in a bucket and got just shy of 1lb per 4gallon bucket on average. And the skins are rough. I think they stayed too wet. We had an oddly wet/cool summer and I planted late. Still, it's a kick dumping out a bucket and getting potatoes. I rent and have a very clay soil in the yard so container and raised bed gardening is my only hope (also movable if I buy a place).
- October 11, 2010 at 10:21 PM
My most consistent results come from planting taters as deep as my trowel blade (6"?), cover with soil, water, then cover with flakes of straw, laid like tiles on the whole bed.
The "good soil" bed got 1.5 lb/sf and the "6 inches of compost over hardpan clay" got 0.5 lb/sf this year. Summer was much, much hotter, humid, and more still than the last 2 years with a little less rain, but things were OK despite a gray mold scare in July.
- October 12, 2010 at 3:33 PM
- Kate said...
Hi Emily, our summer was a little hotter over all, hotter earlier, and much drier for the whole summer. Maybe this is a taste of what's to come. Good to hear of your technique. I've been reluctant to try the straw/hay covering just because of how much rodent pressure we have, but it might paradoxically work better, now that we have some serious hunting cats around. When the seed potatoes were deeply buried, we've had lots of gnawing damage, but maybe that's because the cats couldn't find them down so far. Maybe if they were closer to the surface and the soil much looser, then the cats would take care of that problem for me? Might be worth a try.
- October 12, 2010 at 4:30 PM
Interesting, Kate. I guess we are really lucky with the rodents (or lack of rodents) here! Then again, the caterpillars get all my kale if I don't cover it 100% of the time, and I'm told others in town have no problem with the little green boogers...
I have found that slugs are NOT a problem with this mulch, and it was a bad slug year here, and I used straw that had overwintered outside and should have been covered in them. Maybe they moved out before the sprouts came up?
- October 12, 2010 at 4:42 PM
Hi. I tried the bucket method this year after reading about it here, and the plants looked great, but I had to be on constant hornworm patrol to keep the plants from being dessimated. The only good thing was they seemed to prefer the potato plants tenfold to my tomato plants. Anyone else deal with hornworms? How do you keep them away (without pesticides). I would let my chickens have acess to the potato plants, but they would eat the larvae and all the leaves too! I haven't harvested yet, but it looks like they will be ready soon. (I live in a pretty warm climate)
- October 17, 2010 at 5:15 AM
- Kate said...
Joel, I think I can envision what you describe. I hope the system works well for you.
Anon, containers do have the advantage of mobility in case you go from renter to homeowner, or just move from one rented space to another.
Emily, glad to hear rodents aren't a problem for you. Slugs here are trivial compared to other areas I've gardened in. But I did see how bad they could be in a wet year with lots of mulch applied (last year). I found that diatomaceous earth helped a lot, and it's a "natural" product, so I felt okay about it. In other areas, I tried all sorts of control and nothing ever worked as well as the DE.
Ronnie, hornworm damage has been very minimal for me in PA. I suspect the best method is to keep very tidy tomato vines and then hunt the hornworms down and pick by hand. I hear they're hard to spot, so tidiness would count.
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The town of Bluffton received more than $1.5 million in federal, state and local grant dollars for capital and operation expenses in fiscal year 2013. This is a form of funding that is quickly disappearing, but I am so proud of the diligence of our staff to continue to look and apply for all grants applicable to our town's needs. Below is a quick snapshot of what has been received, and how the money was used.
• The Transportation Enhancement Grant assisted with the funding of the town's efforts to provide landscaping, lighting, benches, trash cans and pedestrian meeting areas along May River and Bruin Roads.
• The town uesd about $830,000 in state utility tax credit dollars from Palmetto Electric, Hargray Communications and other state-wide utilities to purchase 7.12 Acres at Buckwalter Place. This publicly-owned land will be a negotiating tool to attract more knowledge-based jobs to Bluffton.
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A bill that would have scrapped Indiana's A-F grading scale for individual schools has been withdrawn by its sponsor in the Indiana Senate.
Republican Sen. Carlin Yoder of Middlebury pulled the bill Monday before it could be voted on by the full Senate. Yoder says he still wants to have a new school assessment system put in place and will work to have a new proposal developed later in this year's legislative session.
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Panthers end Penguins' home winning streakby Wes Crosby
PITTSBURGH -- The Florida Panthers handed the Pittsburgh Penguins their first home loss in over two months on Monday.
Drew Shore scored two goals and Scott Clemmensen made 35 saves to lead the Panthers to a 5-1 win at Consol Energy Center. Pittsburgh had not lost at Consol Energy Center since Nov. 13, when it suffered a 2-1 defeat to the Philadelphia Flyers.
Shore, who had four career goals entering the game, scored the first goal with 4:11 remaining in the opening period.
With Pittsburgh's top-ranked power-play unit (24.7 percent entering Monday) attempting to take advantage of a high-sticking penalty on Tom Gilbert, Shore scored a shorthanded goal. A shot from Evgeni Malkin slid around the end boards and sent Shore darting through the neutral zone on a 2-on-1. He elected to keep the puck and wristed a shot past Marc-Andre Fleury's glove.
Shore's goal was the second shorthanded goal the Penguins have surrendered in their past two games. Pittsburgh allowed a goal to Washington Capitals forward Brooks Laich while on a power play in the first period of their game Wednesday.
The win snapped a two-game skid for the Panthers (19-23-7). They will visit the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday.
"We wanted to treat this game like a playoff game," Shore said. "Obviously, our last two performances weren't very good. Obviously, they're one of the best teams in the League, so we knew they were going to come out hard and it feels good to get the win."
The second-year forward scored again with 6:26 left in the second to extend the Panthers' lead to 2-0. Forward Jesse Winchester, who returned from a broken hand that forced him to miss 14 games, fed Shore from behind Pittsburgh's net. Shore one-timed a wrist shot past Fleury for his third goal of the season.
Panthers interim coach Peter Horachek said he was impressed with how Shore along with other players elevated their game and said it was necessary in order to beat the Penguins.
"That's the way our team is made up. We need multiple people to put contributions on the board and multiple people scoring," Horachek said. "I asked them for 60 minutes and 200 feet, so I wanted them to play from our zone to their zone and we needed all lines going and all D going.
"To beat a good team like this, you have to have a team effort."
Dmitry Kulikov added a third Panthers goal 1:17 into the third period. Kulikov collected a shot from Winchester off the end boards and backhanded the puck past Fleury for a 3-1 Florida lead. The goal was Kulikov's second in as many games after scoring two goals in Florida's first 46 games of the season.
After a lengthy review, Jonathan Huberdeau was awarded his eighth goal of the season to give Florida a 4-1 lead with 6:10 remaining. Shawn Matthias scored 12 seconds later to extend the Panthers' lead to four goals.
Fleury, who leads the League with 27 wins, has allowed five goals in three of his past nine starts.
"It hasn't been good, the number of goals we've given up," Penguins coach Dan Bylsma said. "It goes back to the Christmas break. We've given up a number and tonight we gave up five."
The Penguins' top-ranked penalty-killing unit (87.7 percent entering Monday) kept them in the game through two periods by shutting down three Florida power plays during the second period. But Clemmensen, who started in place of an ill Tim Thomas, did not allow Pittsburgh to build any momentum.
Clemmensen earned his sixth win of the season in his first start since Dec. 29.
He made key saves throughout the first two periods, including one on Evgeni Malkin from the goal mouth 1:52 into the second. After receiving a pass from James Neal, Malkin deked to the right and drove straight to the net. Clemmensen closed his pads and absorbed contact from Malkin to freeze the puck.
The Penguins scored their lone goal on Clemmensen 5:11 into the third period. Malkin sent a pass to Kris Letang at the point. Letang pushed the puck to Matt Niskanen, who slapped a shot past Clemmensen to cut Florida's lead to 3-1 with his seventh goal of the season.
Pittsburgh defenseman Paul Martin and forwards Neal, Chuck Kobasew and Jayson Megna each returned against Florida. But despite having their healthiest lineup in nearly two months, the Penguins' franchise-record 13-game home winning streak was snapped.
"I don't think you're ever due for that," Penguins captain Sidney Crosby said. "I don't think we gave ourselves a chance at all with the way we competed. The way we executed was bad, so we got what we deserve there."
Florida had not won in Pittsburgh since Jan. 3, 2009, when it defeated the Penguins 6-1 at Mellon Arena. Clemmensen said he was not aware of that losing streak, but was glad the Panthers snapped it by ending the Penguins' home winning streak.
"We think we're a pretty good team. The results don't show that," Clemmensen said. "Little moral victories go a long way with us. I think we've proven we can go into other team's building and tough buildings, whether it's here or Montreal, whatever the case is, and win games.
"We've proven that and we did it again tonight."
Crosby also had his 17-game home scoring streak snapped, two games shy of his career high. He had eight goals and 18 assists during the streak.


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Cavs for Mavs: Twisted tale of loyalty
By Dan Wetzel, Yahoo! Sports 12 hours, 12 minutes ago
MIAMI – The guy's moniker is Cleveland Todd. He's 36 and a self-employed videographer. He's obsessed with sports. He grew up in Greater Cleveland and now lives in Chicago.
And he hates LeBron James .
Really hates him. Hates him as a player. Hates him as a personality. He hates both the decision (James leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers last summer for the Miami Heat) and "The Decision" (James' self-promoting ESPN special to announce the taking of "my talents to South Beach").
(Cavs for Mavs logo by Brett Nehls)
As the NBA playoffs have churned this spring, Todd has rooted passionately against the Heat, only to see LeBron and company plow through the competition. It's been depressing, he said.
On Tuesday afternoon, just hours before the start of the NBA Finals and with the Dallas Mavericks as the only hope remaining, Cleveland Todd decided to do something.
He launched a simple twitter account: @CavsForMavs.
He thought it'd be funny. He thought he'd use it as an outlet to make some harsh comments. He thought maybe his friends would see it.
Within hours he had 1,000 followers. A fan named Brett Nehls designed a logo. Another guy came up with a slogan: "Defeat. Pure. Evil."
Within a day, Cleveland Todd was fielding media calls.
"It just sort of steamrolled," he said, protecting his real name because, well, this is mostly a joke and, "I try to compartmentalize my online identity."
In truth it doesn't matter. Cleveland Todd could be any of a million fans from the city, where neither the Cavs, nor the NFL's Browns, nor Major League Baseball's Indians have won a championship since 1964, well before Todd was born.
LeBron James, the Akron born and raised prodigy was supposed to change that. Then he bailed on Cleveland and joined up with Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh down here.
Now the Heat lead the Mavs 1-0 in the Finals with Game 2 set for Thursday. The horror of James winning that coveted title has gripped millions of fans, who have helped push television ratings to unexpected highs as they root against the Heat.
" 'CavsForMavs' is a good name but I think it's everybody," Todd said. "I've been getting messages from people who aren't Cavs fans or Mavs fans. I don't know how you can live in Kansas and be a Heat fan. Unless you're a frontrunner and then you're a horrible person."
Todd is joking. Sort of. The anger from Cleveland looms over this Finals, making it like nothing in recent memory. This isn't just about the Heat vs. the Mavericks. For many, it's more. There is a tongue-in-cheek aspect to CavsForMavs, but the underlying emotion is real.
For the uninitiated, the anti-LeBron passion is difficult to fathom.
Mixed in with many positive messages on Twitter came many more calling Todd a loser who needed to move on.
"They say I'm a whiner or should just get over it," he said. "Of course, they use stronger language."
Todd sees it differently. He's watching Miami get to enjoy something that should've been Cleveland's. There's a sense that the joy he's watching on his television has been stolen from him.
"It's not as bad, but it's second to when Art Modell took the Browns to Baltimore," he said of the beloved NFL team that was moved in 1996. "And seeing them celebrate the [2000] Super Bowl was horrible."
If that's too deep for you, well, look, "fan" is short for "fanatic." Cleveland fans are as loyal as they come. They stand by these terrible teams for years, and this isn't supposed to make sense to everyone.
It's why James' decision just won't go away as a storyline. James is hardly the first superstar to leave one team to improve his chances at winning a title somewhere else. In fact, a lot of players do it.
The James-Cleveland connection was different. He was local. He was seen as one of them. He expressed an understanding at how special delivering that long-awaited title to the city would be. He was going to be the savior. Then he said sayonara.
James became the most polarizing figure in the league, which, considering he's never been arrested for a crime or failed a drug test or acted inappropriately in public, is saying something. His greatest mistake was the way he announced his free-agent choice.
As "crimes" go, it's a minor one.
Yet throughout the season, Cavaliers fans reveled in every Miami loss. Much of the country joined in, something even the Heat sensed in the rousing boos, the over-the-top excitement and the media backlash.
"The world's a better place now because the Heat are losing," Wade said back in March.
Now, the Heat aren't losing much.
Todd and the online community he tapped into on a lark are petrified of where this is headed. He admits not being able to name "four Maverick players a week ago." Now he's as big a fan as he can be.
LeBron James keeps pushing closer and closer to his championship, and perhaps like for no other player ever, an opposition jells to root harder and harder against him. It's the strange, lingering storyline of these Finals, a third city still trying to be heard from.
Dan Wetzel is Yahoo! Sports' national columnist.
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Earlier today, Fox News Sunday broadcast former GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney first post-campaign interview. In it, he blamed his loss on his poor performance among minorities, who he claimed were seduced by the President's promise to provide them with affordable health care:
ROMNEY: We did very well with the majority population, but not with minority populations, and that was a failing, that was a real mistake.
CHRIS WALLACE: Why do you think that was?
ROMNEY: Well, I think the Obamacare attractiveness and feature was something we underestimated, particularly among lower incomes. And, uh, just didn't do as good a job in connecting with that audience as we should have.
During the course of the interview, Romney agreed with Wallace that his "47 percent" comment — his claim that 47 percent of the country will vote for Obama because they are "dependent upon government" and "believe that they are victims" — hurt his campaign by leaving the impression that he did not like many voters. Nevertheless, this explanation of his loss is reminiscent of the explanation he gave his donors for his defeat shortly after the election — Obama won because of "the gifts" he gave to African-Americans, Latinos and young voters.
Ultimately, if Republicans want to appeal voters who turned their backs on the GOP last November, maybe Republicans should consider doing something that will actually make those voters' lives better instead of working to slash Medicare, Medicaid, and education in order to pay for tax cuts for the very rich.


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I mean it! Applying eye makeup has recently become a drag: My formerly firm peepers suddenly look saggy and crinkled.
a) ignore it and try to age gracefully (not my natural instinct);
b) wear fabulous glasses with pastel lenses, í la Diane Keaton (maybe);
c) continue to do my "smoky-eye thing" and hope I look like an aging French movie star (very possible); or
d) get an eye lift (I'm thinking about it!).
According to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, an eye lift is one of the most frequently requested "surgical gifts." And why not? I've put it on my list of five "self-improvement presents" to consider giving yourself over the holidays:
Tweak your nose tip. "I'm seeing an increase in patients who had nose jobs elsewhere in their youth," says cosmetic surgeon Barry Weintraub, a specialist in procedures for women 50 and up. "With age, they have started to experience nose-tip issues: too droopy, too bulbous, or downturned when smiling." Like the ears, the human nose never stops growing. So even if you've never had rhinoplasty, you might want to consider "tip-plasty" in your 50s or 60s.
Make eye makeup fun again. Blepharoplasty (eyelid surgery) can be accomplished in a week. As Dr. Weintraub sees it, "Achieving a natural-looking result at 50 is important. Taking too much skin and fat away from the upper lids at 50 actually gives patients that dreaded 'deer-in-the-headlights' look; in fact, it can make them appear older. A good surgeon will preserve the original attractive shape of your youthful eyes." That means no more worries about smudges, or eye shadow collecting in lines, or looking grimy and tired.
Perk up your girls. Breast augmentation has traditionally been most popular for women in their 20s and 30s, says Dr. Weintraub, but these days "more financially independent working women in their 50s and 60s are looking to perk up sagging breasts with a slight volumetric change." A molded T-shirt bra can do only so much; the desire to look good, in clothes and out of them (!), is no longer just for young'uns.
Break out the Botox. It's not exclusively for Ladies Who Lunch: Dr. Weintraub has observed 50+ attorneys, accountants, ad executives and even professors requesting Botox these days. "By paralyzing the muscles that make horizontal wrinkles in the forehead," he explains, "Botox can rejuvenate your facial expression. It can also help turn up the corners of the mouth, and smooth the platysmal bands in the neck." Could banishing those two frown lines between your eyes – the so-called "angry 11s" – be a worthy way to kick off 2014?
Flatter your face with filler. All these 50+ women with "trout pout" have given plumping up the lips with filler a bad rep. But skillful use of fillers can soften the deep nasolabial folds, which run from the edges of the nose to the corners of the mouth, and the "marionette lines" that run from mouth to chin. "The trick is to layer several fillers to achieve a natural-looking, long-lasting result," says Dr. Weintraub. "Nothing's worse than overinflated results."
Do these steps sound drastic? Possibly – but less so if you happen to be looking for a job, dating again, or simply eager to stop glimpsing the same old imperfections in the mirror every time.
For more beauty and style tips for women 50+, check out Lois Joy Johnson's Wardrobe Wakeup: Your Guide to Looking Fabulous at Any Age or (with co-author Sandy Linter) The Makeup Wakeup: Revitalizing Your Looks at Any Age.
Photo: Michael Jung/iStockphoto


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Once again, welcome to the expanded Mets Chat Room. I've linked up with Metsmerizedonline.com to bring you to the ground floor regarding chat rooms and blogs.
In addition to being hooked up to another successful Mets blog, we will eventually be linked to other blogs from around baseball.
To access, please click onto the Mets Chat Room icon to the left of this post. It will bring you to another page. At the bottom on the right is where you can click on to register. If you can use your same screen names that would be great. If not, do the best you can.
This is a work in progress. I am greatly optimistic about the future of this type of chat room.
Tonight, the Mets will attempt to avoid the sweep to the Braves with Johan Santana and their anemic offense.
See you online.-JD


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Rise Up Games have been busy working on updating their Windows Phone 8 app ProShot. Another update, version 2.4, went live over the weekend bringing a handful of features and fixes to the camera app.
The version 2.4 update adds a 3X Zoom and a Black & White mode. The zoom feature is your typical "pinch to zoom" style. It's a digital zoom, as opposed to optical, and just tinkering with it around the house, it gets decent results. Zoomed images are resized from the original of 3264x2448 down to 1088x816 pixels but the quality was rather nice.
The Black & White mode is found under the Image Tab on the side menu bar. With version 2.4 you have two options, color and black & white.
Additional components of the version 2.4 update include:
- An overhaul of the viewfinder code
- A fix for the time lapse bug that shut things down after fifty frames
- A fix for the focusing bug with secondary modes
- Other user interface fixes and tweaks.
ProShot 3x Zoom Sample
There is a trial version available for ProShot with the full version running $1.99. It's a nice alternative to the native camera app and you can find it all here at the Windows Phone Store.


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New version is live !!!
If you have issues, try upgrading Flash Player to latest version (12), and clearing your browser cache.
The new version brings :
SAVE / LOAD buttons with confirmation (no more messing with F1/F2 keys). F1/F2 method still work if you want to mess it with. I will remove it in the future.
PAUSE / RESUME buttons.
FULLSCREEN button to switch to full screen mode. Aspect ratio is NOT handled yet so it might look crap on vertical games or 16:9 screens.
TOGGLE SOUND ON / OFF buttons to mute the game.
Also this version introduces unofficial XBOX360 controller support.
Please note you need to unplug / replug the XBOX360 controller once game started to use it. This is a Flash bug which sucks a lot.
No other controller is supported so far, please report how it goes with 360 controller.


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Dear Rachel,
I, too, am a female member of the Satmar community in Williamsburg, but I am not writing to bash Deborah Feldman for using Yiddishkeit to dump her miseries on; I leave that to others who seem to be doing an admirable job of speaking out.
Rather, I feel compelled to share my personal opinion, based on my own experience in a dysfunctional upbringing similar to Feldman's, in the same Satmar community. My childhood was spent with a mentally ill mother, as my father watched helplessly from the sidelines.
In the interest of preserving the dignity of my close kin, I will skip over the details and trust readers will understand my reluctance to provide them with entertainment at the expense of good people. Suffice it to say that eventually, like Deborah, I ended up living with my grandparents who gave their life to me and saved my sanity.
Like Deborah, I got married at a relatively young age. My marriage didn't last, but in all honesty our "differences" had no bearing whatsoever on my background, religion or age.
The main point I'm driving at is that I actually thrived in the aftermath of my divorce — in no small part due to the warmth and kindness shown me by my community in every way. I was, moreover, never made to feel like a pity or charity case.
To set the record straight, divorced men or women here are in no way, shape or form made to feel like second-class citizens. On the contrary, the outpouring of compassion and love that surrounded me in my time of need makes mine a story with a happy ending. Today I am married to a wonderful man with whom I am baruch Hashem raising a beautiful family — right here in Williamsburg where we continue to live a blissful and fulfilling life, where I count my blessings daily.
While I am not writing this to sing my praises, I do give myself credit for keeping true to my faith and staying strong in the face of hardship. Blaming my religion, school or community for my life's misfortunes was never an option and is a cop-out of an excuse for any mature human being.
I could have chosen to leave my faith and gone on to write a best seller, but thankfully I never even entertained the thought. Just goes to prove that, as we are taught, Hashem leads one in the direction the person wants to go.
Proud to be of Satmar Heritage
Dear Proud,
You start off by saying that you and Deborah share a similar upbringing in the same community. I offer that you share a similar personality trait as well: that of a steely determination — which can be used to one's advantage or to one's detriment. Personally, I am humbled by people of your stature and applaud you for your strength, maturity and courage.
Plenty of commentary and opinion has surfaced online regarding the current fiasco, but I find one in particular to be most noteworthy, both for intelligent and coherent content. I take the liberty of quoting the concluding paragraphs of an op-ed article by Rabbi Yaakov Rosenblatt, written as an open letter to Deborah Feldman, that appeared last week in The Jewish Press:
Deborah, you are a woman who has crossed a river. You are free, entirely able to live your dreams. What are your dreams? In which moral community will you find a home?
Will it be a community in which people care for each other? Will it be a community in which people make sure that no one falls through the cracks? Will it be a community in which even the weakest are provided for? Will it be a community infused by a desire for closeness to God? Will it be a community in which gala weddings are made for the needy, even those who can't pay for them themselves?
And when you find the community of your choice and raise your son to maturity, I pray you will be bold enough to look back and recognize and appreciate all that a community did for you when you were young and had nothing.
Indeed, Satmar has a lot to teach you.
Dear Rachel,
As an American of Italian origin, I imagine I am not one of your typical readers. Though you wouldn't guess it from my outward appearance, I strongly identify with your people and have enjoyed a close camaraderie with those of the Jewish faith for many years now.
Some years back I had the privilege of working closely with a number of Hassidim who always impressed me with their exceptional warmth and generosity. I even visited their homes on occasion and met with their beautiful families. Thus I was most dismayed by the twisted view presented to the world by a young woman who has an ax to grind.


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I've always hardboiled broccoli and sometimes roast it a bit before putting it in my bento but I find it rather soft and mushy and it doesn't have any kind of flavor (we usually dress it with some vinegar), besides the color is not very appealing.
I thought about steaming it in my rice cooker (that way it'd be brightly colored) but I don't know how much time should I keep it? Should I roast it after steaming?
can broccoli actually be roasted or fried raw??
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I never liked calabrese broccoli (I do like the other kind of 'sprouting' broccoli) and then I tried this recipe from Sophie Grigson's 'Vegetables' book. The recipe is from Heston Blumethal (the UK's Ferran Adrià) and is pretty simple and very quick to make, although it's important to get the pan hot enough and not to hang around between the stages. Have the salt and butter to hand so you can add it quickly. I absolutely ADORE broccoli made this way.
Remove the florets from a calabrese broccoli and split them to make them all the same size (no more than 5 cms wide). Then slice the stalks so that they look like coins (about 1/4 inch - just under 1cm - quite thin). If the stalks are very tough you can peel them first. Into a heavy-bottomed pan pour in a couple of tablespoons of olive oil. Set it over high heat until the oil starts to smoke and then add the broccoli all at once and cover it immediately with a close fitting lid.
Cook for 2 minutes but do NOT TAKE OFF THE LID DURING THIS TIME. Once two minutes has passed, raise the lid, add salt (the recipe says add more than you think you need) and pepper if you want some, shake the pan around and add as big a lump of butter as your diet allows. Cover the pan again, put it back over the flame again for 2 more minutes. Test the broccoli, if it's done to your taste remove it, otherwise, shake, cover the pan again and cook for a further two minutes. The broccoli partly browns, the rest stays a delectable green, so it tastes a little like it's been roasted. Once done, be sure to take the broccoli pieces out of the pan so that they don't continue to steam.
I'm afraid the book is currently with a friend of mine, so I had to use my memory, but I just checked it with this web page http://www.thewednesdaychef.com/the_wednesday_chef/2008/08/heston-blumen... and it seems as if I remembered everything quite clearly. I do make this dish rather a lot. Hope you like it!
sounds yummy! :D
I'll try it right away :D
If you want to have bright green brocoli the most efficient way is to cook them briefly in the microwave : microwave on high, only a minute or two, placed in a half-filled glass of water (stems in the water with the florets surfacing). There's some disavantages though : you can't cook a whole brocoli head like this, just a few florets at a time (just before packing your bento for instance) ; and the stems may get mushy if you let them cook too long.
The other solution is to steam them : this way they don't get mushy as long as you don't cook them more than 10-15 minutes, but the colour of the florets may fade before all the stems are cooked...
Either way they retain more flavor than when boiled in water ! ^^
Hope it helps !
it does! :D thanks!!! :D
that's exactly what i needed to know! thanks :D
There are also plastic bags that you can use for steaming. You can get these almost anywhere in the US, they are super easy to use they even have cooking times right on the bag. Seasoning can be added in the bag and they are reusable.
You can get the bright green from boiling!! Just follow the same logic: bring a BIG pot of water to a full boil, season with a tablespoon or two of salt, then add the broccoli pieces. As soon as the water returns to a full boil, set your timer - no more than one minute. Drain the broccoli, and immediately dunk it in several changes of ice water until it's completely cool. I do this when I freeze broccoli, and it all comes out gorgeous - very vibrantly colored and perfectly tasty.
I've not tried this particular recipe myself, it comes from Isuko Hisamatsu's "Quick and Easy Tsukemono". The original is beautifully laid out with photos, I'll just limit to providing an outline. The book is really good and worth getting.
1 broccoli head
2 tablespoons of shredded Kombu Tsukudani - recipe for this is here: http://justbento.com/handbook/johbisai/homemade-shio-kombu-kombu-no-tsuk...
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1/2 tablespoon sake (a drop of dry sherry might do)
1 tablespoon hot mustard paste
Peel and slice the broccoli stem thinly and break the head into florets. Rinse well and cook in boiling salted water for 1 to 2 minutes. Drain and allow to cool. Break the florets into bitesize pieces.
Blend the soy sauce, sake and mustard paste. Add the broccoli and kombu tsukudani and mix. Place in a bowl, add a weight to the top and leave for 30 to 60 minutes so that the flavours can be absorbed.
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The book was very wet, and there was a substantial amount of ice in the register. The bottle leaks.
We tried to put the register back so that it will drain. The next group up -- perhaps next spring -- might replace the bottle and leave the book out to dry for a bit.


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Pitbull may head to Alaska in Walmart campaign
Pitbull may head to Alaska in Walmart campaign
KODIAK, Alaska —
Rapper Pitbull may soon have a date in Alaska.
KMXT reported Walmart will send the Miami rapper, whose real name is Armando Christian Perez, to the store that gets the most "likes" on its Facebook page.
A writer for The Boston Phoenix newspaper thought it'd be funny to send Pitbull to the most remote Walmart possible, and is encouraging people to "like" the Walmart in Kodiak.
It seems to be working. The Kodiak Walmart had more than 35,000 "likes" Monday, more than five times the town's population. A Walmart spokeswoman said Kodiak has a "significant" lead in the contest, but voting is open until July 16.
Pitbull seems to be taking the contest in good nature, tweeting Saturday: "I hear there's bear repellant at Kodiak, Alaska."