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It has been pointed out that in the English word antidisestablishmentarianism, you have only a short root (sta) immersed in a bunch of formatives. Same thing in Greek, with essentially the same root (στη.)


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Correction: Congo-Fighting story
GOMA, Congo (AP) — In a story Aug. 26 about fighting in eastern Congo, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Dr. Isaac Warwanamiza, speaking in Swahili through an interpreter, said he had seen 82 bodies. In a subsequent interview in French, Warwanamiza said that he had seen only eight bodies and that colleagues at the front had told him about the other fatalities.
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Casualties mount as Congo and UN forces fight rebels
Casualties mount as Congolese troops and UN forces battle M23 rebels in east, says doctor
By NICK LONG
Associated Press
GOMA, Congo (AP) — Congolese troops came under fire from rebels in the country's volatile east Monday as fighting resumed just outside Goma, a city of nearly 1 million people near the volatile Congolese-Rwandan border, army officials said.
Heavy weapons fire rang out around 4:30 p.m. near the front line just 9 miles (11 kilometers) outside the city.
Hostilities resumed last week after weeks of relative calm, and by Thursday a new United Nations intervention brigade with a stronger mandate than past missions shelled rebel positions for the first time.
Both sides suffered casualties over the weekend, though a rebel and a government spokesman gave drastically different accounts over which side suffered the heaviest losses. Congolese military spokesman Col. Olivier Hamuli told The Associated Press on Tuesday that at least 110 combatants had been killed — of which he claimed 100 were rebels and only 10 were government troops.
In contrast rebel leader Bertrand Bisimwa said that only a dozen of the dead were from the M23 rebel movement. Reporters could not immediately approach the front line, making it impossible to ascertain their competing claims.
AP has not been able to verify the number of those wounded in the fighting.
The head of the United Nations mission in Congo, Martin Kobler, visited two hospitals on Sunday and paid his respects to wounded government and U.N. soldiers, hailing them as "heroes fighting to restore peace," Radio Okapi reported.
The Congolese forces have advanced less than a mile (about 2 kilometers) since Wednesday and have yet to achieve their immediate objective — cutting off M23 from a border crossing where the rebel group is believed to get supplies from neighboring Rwanda, say observers.
The Congolese are fighting with the help of a new U.N. intervention brigade, which was created after the M23 rebels invaded and briefly held Goma in November.
The M23 has been pounding Goma from its positions just north of the strategic city, killing civilians in Goma's residential neighborhoods. By Saturday, scores of angry residents took to the streets in protest, claiming that the U.N. had not done enough to protect them. A U.N. car was set on fire, and in the melee two protesters were killed.
Some Goma residents claim the U.N. opened fire on the mob, but the president of Uruguay, Jose Mujica, said in a statement over the weekend that Uruguayan peacekeepers had only fired rubber bullets to control the crowd. Mujica said that it was Congolese police who had used live ammunition.
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Medical services were scrambling to cope with the casualties among both government troops and the M23 fighters who launched their rebellion last year and briefly held Goma in November before retreating. Subsequent peace talks in neighboring Uganda have repeatedly stalled.
Dr. Isaac Warwanamiza told The Associated Press he had seen eight bodies since the fighting broke out last week. "The bodies that I saw were killed by bullets. Others had been hacked to death by machetes. Some were wearing government uniforms. Some were wearing M23 uniforms. And some had no uniforms at all," he said, speaking by telephone in French.
This is the first time that the Congolese army has been backed by the new U.N. intervention force, which was created in March.
The U.N. brigade was given a mandate to fight the rebels after Goma was seized by the M23 in November. In a humiliating blow to both Congo and the international community, the rebels marched directly past U.N. peacekeepers stationed at the gates of this city. The peacekeepers did nothing to stop them because their mandate at the time was limited to protecting civilians.
The M23 is made up of hundreds of Congolese soldiers, mostly from the Tutsi ethnic group who deserted the national army last year after accusing the government of failing to honor the terms of a deal signed in March 2009. Many of the movement's commanders are veterans of previous rebellions backed by Rwanda, which vigorously denies allegations that it has been supporting and reinforcing the M23.
In Washington, the State Department condemned the actions of the M23, calling on the rebel group to immediately cease hostilities, disarm and disband. The U.S. also suggested that Rwanda is assisting the rebels.
"We urgently call on (Congolese) and Rwandan governments to exercise restraint to prevent military escalation of the conflict or any action that puts civilians at risk," the statement said. "We reiterate our call for Rwanda to cease any and all support to the M23."


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For the love of hockey and feminists, this Canadian gal finally taught herself to skate in her mid-30s. It's not that I had never tried before. When I was a child, there were always skates kicking around the house. "Girl skates" we called them: always white with that awkward claw of toe-picks that would force you to hobble-glide around the ice if by chance clutz and not lutz was your athletic destiny. It was clear from early on in my childhood that I was nothing more than a Katarina Twit. You'll still see women of my generation working their way around the rink using that tell-tale prissy hobble. I often wonder if those same women are soul sisters: bullied from the rec room by their brothers for asking too many stupid questions when the Leafs played the Habs; coerced into an interest in figure skating; and living for the winter Olympics just to watch the speed skaters fly.
Any skates I wore as a child were ill-fitting. As kid number 5, little was new, little was mine. When I did skate, it was never at a rink. No, "us kids" would trudge across two farmer's fields, dragging shovels, boards and skates to get back to the crick. My prairie husband might call the crick a slough. I don't know what your regional flourish is for a small pool of standing water in the middle of farm country.
We'd arrive at the crick tired from the knee-deep hike and then spend a half an hour clearing the ice before tightening our skates with knuckleless frozen fingers. Five minutes later, after falling repeatedly on the ice's wind-rippled surface, we'd head home for hot chocolate. I'd strip off my wet clothes at the register vent inside the back door and then sit in my underwear, nursing the warm choclately goodness while watching my thighs turn from pink to frost-patchy white to red before settling into their pale mottledness. The whole affair was a make-work production designed to make us patriots if perhaps not skaters.
In my 30s, I joined the Library School women's Co-Rec hockey team. The ability to skate was not a prerequisite in this league. Punny team names were, however, de rigeur. Sadly I cannot take credit for christening The Infomaniacs but my second team a year later, The Booby Orrs, that was all my doing. We were a mixed collection of academic feminists who actually did manage to bring a high degree of collegiality to team sports. And, when it came to skating, being on a hockey team changed everything. I had padding and a stick for stability. I had a purpose with rules to define it. At long last, I wanted to learn. I wanted to be a Canadian Amazon of the Ice. I began showing up for noon hour public skates. I started jumping the boards of my local outdoor community league at midnight. I sought advice: watch the bum of the skater in front of you to establish a rhythm; don't tighten your laces across the foot to prevent cramping but strap your ankles in with all your might, push your heels out from the bum on down to slow down quickly... And, dear readers, at long last I bought hockey skates--still used, but hockey skates nonetheless.
Little by little, I learned that wonderful rocking motion that feels a bit like oblivious escape. I lived in Edmonton at the time where I could skate on the lake at Hawrelak Park or go a few rounds on the Victoria Oval, places where you could build up speed and begin to lose yourself in thought. Outdoor skating offered clean fresh air and endorphins. Other people dream their wanderlust to being by flying to foreign lands. Not me. All I need is a clear, bright -10 day and a patch of unending ice.
Ah but then I moved out here to the Maritimes--where women's hockey is actually played by real Acadian Amazons NOT aging, pudgy feminists with a penchant for living life for its metaphorical resonance. My teammates had little time or sympathy for my spazzy stops and my inability to skate backwards. I spent one season miserable on a flatly named team that was filled with hyper-competitive asshats. I drove to games an hour out of town at 6 am on -20 January days. I practiced the drills. I ate the pizza and drank the beer. I hated every single minute of it.
Now, a few years after quitting, I guess I am a true Canadian skater at long last: you know, the kind of person who can only get access to ice time at public, noon-hour skates. As such, two lunch hours every week, I go around in tight circles, breathing Zamboni fumes and making friendly chit-chat. In this teetering obstacle course of fitness, I am surrounded by the Old Timer hot dogs who stop short of body checking in their efforts to claim ice real estate and by the teetering international students looking for the le vrai chose Canadienne--all the while surrounding the Intolerable Cranstons, figure skaters doomed to spin and leap at centre ice. Theirs is a circle of icy hell more circumscribed than mine. Yet, that rocking hockey motion is sufficiently seductive to keep me coming back week after week, year after year.
Each winter day, I dream of of lakes, rivers and canals, expanses of ice that promise a wintery escape.
Friday, January 18, 2008
I wish I had a river
For the love of hockey and feminists, this Canadian gal finally taught herself to skate in her mid-30s. It's not that I had never tried before. When I was a child, there were always skates kicking around the house. "Girl skates" we called them: always white with that awkward claw of toe-picks that would force you to hobble-glide around the ice if by chance clutz and not lutz was your athletic destiny. It was clear from early on in my childhood that I was nothing more than a Katarina Twit. You'll still see women of my generation working their way around the rink using that tell-tale prissy hobble. I often wonder if those same women are soul sisters: bullied from the rec room by their brothers for asking too many stupid questions when the Leafs played the Habs; coerced into an interest in figure skating; and living for the winter Olympics just to watch the speed skaters fly.
31 comments:
- slouching mom said...
All that writing goodness (your descriptions here are incredibly evocative), and now Joni's in my head, too!
I'd skate with you anytime. Gymnastics, my all-time love, was always (and is still) followed closely by skating.
- Omaha Mama said...
Skating two days a week. That sounds wonderful to me. Exotic. And foreign.
Our ice here is covered with snow or fishing holes. And no one is skating on it.
- cinnamon gurl said...
I always wanted to play hockey until I learned that you can't body check on women's leagues. The inequality!
I can't decide what I like more about this post: "miserable on a flatly named team" or the "Interolable Cranstons." Not that I like thinking of you as miserable but you living without a good pun? Miserable!
The only time I've skated in the last ten years was on the Rideau Canal back at 2004 Winterlude I think. You should go to Winterlude this year! I'll go if you go!
- Beck said...
A friend of mine is trying to talk me into going skating with her and The Baby during weekday free skate.
Maybe I will, rabbit. Maybe I will.
(and it's a crick, of course.)
- Julie Pippert said...
Congratulations, you true Canadian and skater!
I think we'd call that a pond, from your description (which was wonderful).
Where my people hail from, a crick is a creek, and a crick is what I'd surely have if I tried my luck on the ice.
I learned to skate on Holbrook pond, a pond I don't recall ever visiting when it was liquid. My dad would shovel it clear for us and the six of us would have a private rink. The part I remember most clearly was stopping to stomp through the woods and find a fallen log I could use as a "buttress" because I had to go, but then I never could because my dad was there.
In my hometown, every pond became a town skating area in the winter. If the pond was too deep to be safe, there was always an adjacent meadow they'd flood. These places are all still there, but they're never used any more. Of course, we don't have an NHL hockey team any more either.
- Bon said...
the Booby Orrs. heh. so many fine puns in here...you're gifted, girl.
yeh, women's hockey is way beyond me out here...i actually never learned to skate without those damn picks so the chicks' hockey teams scare the shit out of me. perhaps you and i could start a pan-Maritime league. you will have to name it, though. Klutzes who'd rather be drinking would be my only suggestion. ;)
i have had that song in my head since the first snow of the season...i am glad to have it brought to the forefront again this morning. but this post REALLY reminded me of Jane Siberry's hockey song...do you know it? if not, go find it. you'll love it.
- DaniGirl said...
For the last two years, I have asked for pickless ice skates for Christmas, to replace the old-school figure skates I've had for so many years I've long since lost count. So far, no skates, but my family may have considered it imprudent this year given my current, erm, condition.
I love love love skating on the Rideau Canal (and would LOVE to skate it with you and Sin some day!) because of the fresh air, the crowds, the history, the Beavertails -- but I never did learn how to stop, and there are no boards with which to slow oneself down, so I can only stop by allowing myself to lose momentum and coast gracefully to a halt. Not always the best plan when you are sharing the ice with 10000 other people, many of whom are even worse skaters than me!
- Susanne said...
I have been dreaming about skating again for ages. I virtually stopped at the age of fourteen because we moved away from the place where you could go skating on a tiny lake.
I still have those girl skates, two sizes to big to grow into, and now they're rusty.
Thanks for reminding me.
- painted maypole said...
i waws never much for the ice skating (although we did use to make our own "crick" in the backyard with a hose) but I LOVED rollerskating.
I am glad you are doing it for YOUR enjoyment.
- flutter said...
ooooh this is lovely, I can't skate for shit but I would love to watch you sometime.
- Victoria said...
I completely suck at skating. But I love it anyway. Your descriptions are beautiful. And twice a week? Me = jealous.
- bubandpie said...
I'm the kind of skater who invariably attracts the attention of well-meaning strangers who come up and earnestly tell me to bend my knees. Sorry. It can't be done.
I did play hockey once in my undergraduate days, though, and I was amazed at how much easier it was - not only because of the stick but also just having something to think about aside from the constant fear of falling and vague worry about how exactly I would stop if I ever did manage to create some momentum. When the time comes, Pie will definitely be signed up for girls' hockey and not figure skating.
- Mimi said...
I hereby out myself as a proud former Booby Orr! I felt so talented, owing to I could skate backwards and all. Unfortunately, after two dislocated shoulder I had to bow out.
But, my god, it was fun, eh? Smelly, but fun.
And Hawrelak park is a place that holds a lot of fine, skating around the island and playing crack the whip memories for me. And of freezing my baguettes off. Still, fine memories.
And a wonderful post.
- Mad Hatter said...
B&P: That's it! Hockey takes your mind off skating. It frees you to actually skate. Unless, of course, you're playing Oromocto--a team that took the no body checking rule rather lightly.
- Magpie said...
Breathless. I skated a lot as a kid - figure skates, though. Skating lessons (figure 8s and tiny jumps) and weekly family trips to a nearby outdoor rink in the winter.
I would dearly like to take it up again. Maybe I will.
Thanks for a lovely and even provocative post!
- nomotherearth said...
Wow, I'm impressed that you can play hockey! I can't skate backwards to save my life.
- Mad Hatter said...
No-Mo: That's a real generous way of putting it. I wouldn't per se claim to play anything resembling the real game or anything but I can somewhat slowly clear the zone when I notice I'm offside.
And fantastic exercise to boot!
(Oh, and thanks for the tips on how to fasten the skates. I clearly have been doing it all wrong, and my feet always hurt afterwards.)
- ewe are here said...
I think we would get on... even though I'm not Canadian and all. I figure skated as a child (no grace, just loved being on the ice). And as an adult, I used to skate at my lunch hour in Hawaii whenever I could, usually just me and one or two other people on a big lovely expanse of ice.
As for the Booby Orrs? Brilliant.
- Mad Hatter said...
Oh and bon: Do I know it?
"This stick was signed by Jean Beliveau
So don't you fuckin' tell me where to fuckin' go"
One of the best lyrics of all time.
- Kyla said...
Oh, I love to ice skate. I've been doing it since I was two. We used to live in Alaska, you know. Now I'm lucky if I go once a year. I am so jealous you skate twice a week. Fun.
- kittenpie said...
"klutz not lutz" - love it! Good one.
And my regional patois includes "the rink at the park," "Ryerson," or "City Hall" among its skating locales.
- jen said...
good lord, in just a few days, i've missed you. this is fab writing, Mad.
Give me a lake at night anytime. The groaning crack of the ice as you stroke by, the crusty bumps of uneven ice, the black puck sliding its way into the oblivion of the inky surround. Bliss.
I use to love skating at the UofA in the summer. Walking around in plus 20 with your skates and stick slung over your shoulder.
Last time I was at the rink a five year old boy told me I was a fierce skater. NOW that's a compliment.
- Bon said...
precisely. i love singing that line. i suspected you would as well.
- Virtualsprite said...
I'm laughing because we have a pond in our yard and that was exactly what skating was like for me.
This Wisconsin girl has yet to strap on hockey skates, but someday I might.
- kittenpie said...
Mad - just a back-comment.
Watsons go to Birmingham is FANTASTIC! And tear-jerking, but still.
And the Newbery was indeed announced, along with the Caldecott in a somewhat unusual choice.
And me, I rarely read adult stuff, so while it may look admirable, that is the vast bulk of my reading you are seeing there! Gah.
Oh how COOL this post is. Our family has been invited to skate on a regular basis by Nina, our seven year old DAUGHTER who is a hockey player now. Her overwhelming interest in playing on a hockey team spurred the entire family to hit the ice more frequently. I know how to skate, but my husband didn't. And now? He takes his skates to work so that he can spend HIS lunches at the outdoor rink outside his office. Funny he isn't the only one. Enjoy!
- Wayfarer Scientista said...
I avoid blogging and computers altogether on weekends too - keeps me sane.


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|2010-06-03, 21:35
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Amagami - Love Goes On! (manga)
Here is another adaptation of the Amagami dating sim game. This one is really good so far. Hell, that picture alone should warrant a look into, right?
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|2010-06-04, 02:04
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Well it is cute though I think I prefer Precious Diary bit more... the main heroine is much more freaky in there, but it also make the relationship and manga more interesting. In here the heroine is bit on a pervert side but pretty much normal/average otherwise. Theres nothing normal/average with precious Diary Heroine though. So all in all it depends on what you prefer - something freaky but more thrilling, or something more on a normal side.
|2010-06-04, 13:09
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|2010-06-04, 13:53
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Nene days is a hopeless case because it is done by a shitty artist with a shitty plot. If they would be merciful, they would shoot it to not let it suffer in agony.
Rinko days is the only worth it so far.
In Amagami both artists are capable at making good art and decent plot, its just the thing that Taro (the mangaka of Precious Daries) might pull Kimkiss on us. Yeah I did like Kimikiss manga and all it was just that having one Heroine per one volume made the plot rushed and incomplete.
Still it is way better than the two of the three Love Plus I know ... I still don't know about other two supposed to be love Plus mangas as I haven't seen them yet...
|2010-06-04, 20:50
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I freakin love this series, it's just so awesome. I love Ai. She's really cute and I like her a lot more than Ayatsuji (Her Yandere side kind of scares me). She's a really sweet female lead. Also, it's only been two chapters, but for me there's already been a few "feel good moments". So yeah, I'm a fan.
Chapter 2 was nice. I love how Ai keeps teasing Tachibana. I actually smiled when she said "Yeah, but I'm letting Senpai spoil me now" after Tachibana "saved" her from the stray dog. Ai is adorable. Anyway, a good chapter.
|2010-06-06, 08:04
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singing heartbreak
This version still hasn't impressed me that much. And I don't like the perverted thoughts of the main in this one, even though he's the same main in Precious Diary. He's just TOO typical in this story. Then again, that could be simply because Aya doesn't give him much room to think perversely like Nana does. PD feels more drama-like while LGO is more comedy-driven because of this aspect, and generally I prefer the former (>.>)...
|2010-06-06, 15:08
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I don't mind the perverted thoughts too much, because it's used as a way for the female lead to tease the male lead. He's only gone into pervert mode after Nanasaki teased him by bringing up an obviously ecchi situation. I'm sure that if Ayatsuji teased the guy like that, his mind would no doubt wander as well. So he's not that perverted IMO. If anything, it's Nanasaki's fault for teasing him .
|2010-06-27, 22:34
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singing heartbreak
I quite liked this chapter compared to the first 2. A nice amount of development between those two and the story. I hope it can continue like this.
btw, anyone check out Sincerely Yours yet?
|2010-06-27, 22:37
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I'm actually enjoying this. It's like they're already in a relationship, instead of that are-we-or-are-we-not tension. I know that's going to come up eventually, but I still like this atmosphere.
By the way, this reminds me of Mana from Hourglass of Summer. That makes me very happy.
|2010-06-27, 23:07
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It is a pretty good read though I prefer PD over it way much more though in terms of artwork I prefer the art in here bit more. Sometimes Taro (PD mangaka) tends to make faces bit too oval, which make characters cute but less sexy.
But in terms of plot and characters PD is still quite a bit better than LGO.
|2010-06-27, 23:09
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Probably cause the way the build up has been going, she's becoming infatuated with Junichi instead of suddenly falling in love.
Altho I wonder how it will go much more compared to this or PD
Oddly only after reading ch1 of SY I only started thinking about the teacher and wishing the anime would have gone that route
well heres hoping for a OVA that goes that way!
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Coca-Cola Black Cherry Vanilla was recently released in select areas and is the "replacement" for the now-discontinued Vanilla Coke. Coca-Cola said that this new drink creates an "innovative fusion of real cola, luscious black cherry, and smooth vanilla flavors [which] creates a taste that is complex and delicious." Unfortunately, that couldn't be farther from the truth. After my best friend and I sampled this product, we were extremely disappointed with it. Now, other BevNet users are starting to express that same disappointment. Basically, the flavor is very bland and hard to detect, unlike Vanilla Coke where the vanilla flavor could be tasted easily. In my opinion, it tastes too similar to Coca-Cola Cherry, which wasn't discontinued like Vanilla Coke. Coca-Cola said that Vanilla Coke may be brought back in the future and after tasting this product, it is easy to understand why they made that statement!
If any of you have opinions about this drink (positive or negative), express them here!
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i disagree, the product definatley has a black cherry and vanilla flavor to it, and its very noticeable..
but its also very similar to pibb and dr.pepper, which are based on the dark/black cherry cola ideas with other flavors added...
i think its a redundant flavor, but still tasty..
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What I'm saying is that it doesn't have enough of a vanilla flavor to it to make it a worthy replacement for Vanilla Coke. The black cherry flavor is easier to detect, but they already have Coca-Cola Cherry...so what's the point?
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I think the flavors are very detectable and the overall drink is good!
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I don't know about the regular version, but the diet version I had had a lot of vanilla taste to it, so much so that it was the most noticable flavor in it.
That's why I didn't really like it. I was expecting more of a taste like DCV Dr. Pepper, but instead it just tasted like Vanilla Coke. I didn't taste the cherry in it at all.
I thought Coca-Cola Black Cherry Vanilla was good.
I was pleasantly surprised with this product, and I'm not a big Coke fan. The Black Cherry is distinct from regular cherry, which surprised me, and the Vanilla undertones were noticeable as well. I like this better than Vanilla coke, which tasted, in my opinion, far too artificial on its own. This isn't something I'd repeatedly purchase, as I prefer citrus beverages, but it was good for a cola.
What I like about BCVC is that the black cherry flavor reminds me of State of Washington Bing Cherries. I love eating these Cherries when they are in season.
IMO....I have never tasted a drink that approximates the taste of Bing Cherries (aka black cherries). Couple the Bing Cherry taste with the vanilla coke and this dog is very happy.
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>IMO....I have never tasted a drink that approximates the taste of Bing Cherries (aka black cherries).
Try Hank's Wishniak Black Cherry soda. It's the best I've found. Amazing to have fresh black cherry flavor in a bottle (given that one can't keep the cherries for very long). See the Bevnet review.
Thanks for the heads up. [img]smile.gif[/img]
Does anyone know where in the Chicago area where I can get Hank's Wishniak Black Cherry Soda? I'll probably send Hank's an email and ask as well.
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March 11 is the target date for the free agency proceedings to get under way, so we are getting closer by the day. In the beginning there is always a slew of big names taken off the board quickly with some mammoth contracts, but once the dust settles after a week of intense activity, patient NFL teams start to reap the rewards of some nice value deals. Below are ten guys that may not get the huge contract on day one, but they are good players that can immediately give a nice boost to whoever signs them.
Jason Worilds, LB, Pittsburgh Steelers: After 8 sacks last year as a rotation player he's one of the highest rising guys on the free agency market. The Steelers want to keep him but he's made it clear the only way he's return is in a full time starter role. This guy may command good money but I still view him as "under the radar" because he wasn't a starter last year until LaMarr Woodley got hurt. In fact, after three relatively quiet seasons the Steelers drafted Jarvis Jones last year and started him to open the season over Worilds. He's young and on the rise, so perhaps someone will give him stupid money based on the timing of his availability, or perhaps he could be had at a bargain if teams agree he's yet to fully prove himself.
Josh McCown, QB, Chicago Bears: Most view him as the top free agent quarterback on the market, which says something about how bad the market current is. I don't see teams jumping all over his availability despite the incredible run he had replacing Jay Cutler this season. He's 35 and no team will be handing him the keys to the franchise on a long term deal, but based on what he showed last season I think he's a better option to start than many. If a team drafts a quarterback in the 1st round, having McCown for a year or two may not be a bad thing to keep your team competitive while a youngster learns the ropes.
Captain Munnerlyn, CB, Carolina Panthers: Despite being a starter on that vaunted Panthers' defense he still seems to be under the radar. He's slight of size and he's not the fastest guy, but he's physical and he knows how to play the game. Munnerlyn is one of those guys where he may not look like much at a combine, but he just has that high football IQ, and when the lights come on he's a guy you want on your side.
Jonathan Goodwin, C, San Francisco 49ers (pictured): His age will scare some teams but at 35 he's still playing extremely good football and he's remained very healthy. He's been a starting center for a team in the NFC Championship Game four out of the last five seasons. He has not missed a single start in that span. That pretty much says it all. And he's been every bit as good as the guys that play next to him. He may have just a year or two left in him at this level, but if your team is competing for a title and has a need at center he's the kind of player with the character and experience to really solidify an offensive line.
Riley Cooper, WR, Philadelphia Eagles: Depsite the controversy that surrounded him early in the season, Cooper went on to put together a very solid 835 yard, 8 touchdown season. Some teams may shy away from him due to perceived character flaws but Cooper bounced back nicely from that incident to have a very productive year.
Zach Strief, T, New Orleans Saints: He may be 30 and he may be a right tackle, but Pro Football Focus graded him as the best offensive player for the Saints in 2013. That's right, better than Jimmy Graham and Drew Brees. Now of course no team would want Strief over those two players, but he's more than held his own and proven he's a borderline Pro Bowl quality talent at right tackle when healthy.
Anthony Spencer, LB, Dallas Cowboys: How many times have you heard this story? Elite player, top of his game, franchised tagged, plays on a one year deal, BOOM. Knee injury. IR. The Cowboys likely won't franchise him again and now he would enter free agency as a 30 year old coming off a major knee surgery. Less appealing than a 29 year old coming off an 11 sack season, right? That will affect his market without question, but if he can come back even close to where he was just 12 months ago he would be a steal for someone.
Shelley Smith, G, St. Louis Rams: He's only started 8 games in three seasons with the Rams but looked really solid when he played this season. At 27 he's ready to step into someone's lineup and be a starter. He won't break anyone's bank but would make a needy interior line better.
Charles Tillman, CB, Chicago Bears: He's 33 and probably over the hill, but based on the cost I would seriously consider this guy. With 36 career interceptions the ball just always seems to find him and if he can put together a good offseason conditioning wise he may be able to resurrect his career one last time for a team desperate for back end play making ability. And really, what defense doesn't need more turnovers? Peanut just makes those happen.
Darren McFadden, RB, Oakland Raiders: He's largely been a bust in Oakland, save a beast of a season in 2010. He's constantly injured and while he's just 27 many have written him off as done. But how much of his lack of success is due to being in the black hole that is Oakland? Given his 3.3 yards per carry average the last two years and his constant physical issues, he'll be had for cheap. Put him in the right place with reduced role in a platoon system and he may still be able to tap into the freakish potential that had some thinking he'd be a Hall of Famer someday. He's overdue for a change of scenery and it could do him a world of good.


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Technical improvements to a microchip-based device for detecting and analyzing tumor cells in the bloodstream are revealing cellular differences that may reflect a tumor's aggressiveness and long-term response to treatment. A report from the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Center for Engineering in Medicine in the March 31 Science Translational Medicine describes refinements to the MGH-developed CTC-chip, which measures levels of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in the blood stream, that may allow better monitoring of how CTC levels react to treatment for prostate cancer and reveal key biological properties of the cells.
"The earlier versions of the CTC-chip required hand-counting of thousands of microscopic images, which was sufficient for the initial proof-of-principle studies but far too time-intensive for handling high volumes of patient samples," says Shannon Stott, PhD, of the MGH Center for Engineering in Medicine, the study's lead author. "We also were limited in our ability to analyze cellular factors that could be markers for important properties of the tumors."
CTCs are living solid-tumor cells found at extremely low levels in the bloodstream. Until the 2007 development of the CTC-chip by researchers from the MGH Cancer Center and Center for Engineering in Medicine, it was not possible to get information from CTCs that would be useful for clinical decision making. The updated system described in the current report incorporates improved imaging technology, allowing more complete visualization of cells captured by the device, and new software that automates the identification of CTCs using criteria specific to the particular type of tumor.
The MGH team used the automated system to analyze CTCs from two groups of prostate cancer patients. After the cells were initially captured on the CTC-chip, which is covered with microscopic posts coated with antibody to a common tumor protein, the cells were tagged using an antibody to prostate-specific antigen, allowing rapid scanning and more comprehensive visualization of the CTCs. Samples taken from a group of men with localized prostate cancer right before and at several intervals after surgical removal showed that, while CTCs disappeared immediately after surgery in some patients, CTC levels dropped only modestly in others. Analyzing CTCs from a group of patients being treated for metastatic prostate cancer revealed that, among patients whose tumors were responding to treatment, only a few CTCs displayed a marker found on proliferating cells. But in patients whose tumors were not responding, the majority of CTCs displayed the proliferation marker.
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Shyamala Maheswaran, PhD, of the MGH Cancer Center is senior author of the Science Translational Medicine report. Additional co-authors are Sunitha Nagrath, PhD, Alessandra Moore, Dina Tsukrov, and Mehmet Toner, PhD, MGH Center for Engineering in Medicine; Richard Lee, Min Yu, David Miyamoto, Lindsey Ulkus, Elizabeth Inserra, Matthew Ulman, Simeon Springer, Zev Nakamura, Maria Kempner, Chin-Lee Wu, Matthew Smith, MD, Lecia Sequist, MD, and Daniel Haber, MD, MGH Cancer Center; Douglas Dahl, MD, MGH Urology; John Iafrate, MD, PhD, MGH Pathology; and Ronald Tompkins, MD, ScD, MGH Surgery.
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VIERA, Fla. -- Matt Williams will manage his first game as Nationals manager on Friday afternoon against the Mets in Port St. Lucie, Fla., and he has the players to go to the postseason this year.
It helps that the Nationals made their rotation better by trading for right-hander Doug Fister and bolstering their bench by signing outfielder Nate McLouth.
VIERA, Fla. -- Matt Williams will manage his first game as Nationals manager on Friday afternoon against the Mets in Port St. Lucie, Fla., and he has the players to go to the postseason this year.
It helps that the Nationals made their rotation better by trading for right-hander Doug Fister and bolstering their bench by signing outfielder Nate McLouth.
Williams has done everything he can to prepare his team for the 2014 season. During workouts, Williams made sure the Nats focused and defense and fundamentals. They finished near the bottom in team defense last year.
"It's nerve-racking, because I've never been on this side of it [managing], but at the same time, it's rewarding that we have gotten here and now we are on the verge of starting games and having it ramp up a little bit faster for everybody, so I look forward to it," Williams said.
Here is Williams' first lineup for Friday's game against the Mets, which will be broadcast live on MLB.TV at 1:10 p.m. ET:
1. McLouth -- RF
2. Danny Espinosa -- 2B
3. Ryan Zimmerman -- 3B
4. Adam LaRoche -- 1B
5. Ian Desmond -- SS
6. Wilson Ramos -- C
7. Tyler Moore -- DH
8. Scott Hairston -- LF
9. Eury Perez -- CF
Taylor Jordan -- P
Williams and his coaching staff will have to make decisions when it comes to putting together the 25-man roster. They must decide who will be the fifth starter, and right-hander Taylor Jordan will get his first chance to audition Friday.
"It's pretty cool that I'll be starting the first game, considering it was more than I thought I was going to get," Jordan said. "I think it's going to be a good game. I'm just very excited."
Youngster A.J. Cole is in his first Major League camp, and he wants to show the Nationals that he is ready for the big leagues this year. He will pitch right after Jordan on Friday.
"I want to help the team out," Cole said. "I'm trying to work hard ... and make their decision a lot easier. Yes, I feel I can pitch [in the big leagues], but I also would like my pitches to be there when I need them."
Rated by MLB.com as the third-best prospect in the Nationals' farm system in 2013, Cole was a combined 10-5 with a 3.60 ERA for Class A Advanced Potomac and Double-A Harrisburg. His best work was in Harrisburg. His fastball has been clocked in the mid-90s, but he has spent the spring on his secondary pitches.
"The changeup has come a long way," Cole said. "I'm still working on the consistency of my curveball. I feel like it's there."
Reliever Christian Garcia will make his first appearance in a Nationals uniform since the 2012 National League Division Series against the Cardinals. Garcia missed the entire Major League season in 2013 because of forearm, shoulder and hamstring injuries. Pain free, Garcia is looking to make the team as a reliever.
"I'm excited, very humble, very thrilled to have the opportunity just to go out there and show them I can do it," Garcia said. "It's all about opportunities. I feel they have given me so many chances, so many opportunities."
The battle at second base will begin in earnest on Friday. Danny Espinosa, who is trying to beat out Anthony Rendon, will get the start at second.
Espinosa is coming off the worst year of his career and spent most of the season at Triple-A Syracuse. Espinosa must cut down on his strikeouts and be more consistent at the plate if he wants to make the team.
The switch-hitting Espinosa knows what he has to do to be more consistent -- stop thinking too much.
"From the left side, I know how many more at-bats I get left-handed," he said recently. "I think, sometimes, I dissect my swing so much that I'm up there thinking about my swing. I'm not thinking about seeing the ball or hitting the ball. I'm thinking about what I worked on and what I'm trying to do.
"Right-handed, having less amount of at-bats, I'm just staying on my swing and having a swing to where I feel good and not working on mechanics. I just go in the cages and say, 'I'm just going to loosen up. I'm going to hit the ball hard and feel good.' I don't dissect my swing right-handed like I do left-handed. I'm trying to carry that to the left-handed side. I'm trying to feel good, feel consistent."
Bill Ladson is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, All Nats All the time. He also could be found on Twitter @WashingNats.


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The people behind 2 Gingers Whiskey are bringing their small business expertise to Northeast.
Kieran Folliard, founder of 2 Gingers and Kieran's Irish Pub, closed on 1401 Marshall St. NE on March 15. Folliard and his staff will move their headquarters to the 31,000-square-foot building after conducting extensive renovations over the next two months.
Ultimately they plan on converting the building into a "small business accelerator," for small food and beverage producers.
"People are familiar with the term 'incubator,' we want to take it one step further than that," said Carrie Nicklow, president of 2 Gingers Whiskey. "We're looking for people that already have a product, they're in the market, and they're looking to take their business to the next level."
Folliard and company have a proven track record as entrepreneurs. They rolled out 2 Gingers in January 2012 and Beam Inc. bought the brand less than a year later for an undisclosed sum. Now he serves as "Chief Irish Whiskey Ambassador in the U.S." for Beam Inc.'s five Irish whiskey brands, as well as the chief operating officer of the Kilbeggan Distillery, where the whiskeys are made.
Nicklow and her staff are starting up Driven Donkey, a one-stop, a la carte consulting firm that provides businesses with accounting, legal, marketing and sales solutions. They hope to work with the tenants that move into 1401 Marshall and eventually outside companies as well.
"The plan is to provide top-notch professional services at better cost than others that are out there, and to provide solutions to the small food and beverage producers," said Nicklow.
The first tenant will be Mike Phillips, who will be operating a yet-to-be-named 5,000-square-foot processing facility that will produce gourmet dry-cured meats. He will work with five or six small farmers to buy whole, heritage-breed pigs to produce "Italian-French style salumi and charcuterie."
Phillips said he has been working with officials from the University of Minnesota and the USDA to obtain USDA certification for his products, which means he will be able to sell across state lines. There are no plans to sell his meat directly to consumers to begin with, only to grocers, restaurants and delis. He hopes to be open by October.
The building will consist of a set of modular spaces that leave room for expansion and encourage collaboration among the tenants, and businesses that are willing to share expertise and distribution channels will be pursued.
"This will be a really collaborative environment and we hope the physical space and the people we bring in will reflect that," said Nicklow, who said she has been in contact with about a dozen different businesses about becoming tenants.
Folliard has been trying to buy the building since July 2012, but only closed recently after a nine-month environmental review process at the former industrial site. They will work with the city of Minneapolis to extend or expand the current non-conforming use permit at the site, and in December the Sheridan Neighborhood Organization voted to formally support those efforts.


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We don't always go for corporate games. When an app arrives very obviously pushing a brand, it's usually that case that it's marketing before app. It's usually poorly designed and boring
On the odd occasion, we find ourselves drawn in and playing with the app, with little regard for the branding behind it. Perhaps we're looking at a masterstroke in subliminal advertising, but as we're entertained, we'll forgive it for today's App of the Day.
Dyson Balloon Game
- Platform
- iPhone
- Price
- Free
- Where
- iTunes
Dyson Balloon Game is exactly what it sounds like. It's an app that's designed to promote the Dyson Air Multiplier, that fancy expensive fan the company makes.
One of the key messages about the Air Multiplier is how it pulls air from behind and accelerates it. Putting this physics into the game world, of course, you get to use Dyson's Air Multipliers to move a balloon around the level.
It's a physics-based game where the aim is to move the balloon to a target. There may be obstacles to navigate and the only thing you have to create movement (other than the sinking of the balloon) is the Dyson Air Multiplier.
The fans (let's call them that) can be moved around the level and the power and angle adjusted to direct the balloon as you wish. It's a little like Paper Toss and that's no bad thing, because it's rather addictive.
There are 61 levels on offer, with Dyson amusingly claiming that you'll "become an expert in fluid dynamics", which we're sure will be of welcome relief to mech eng undergraduates everywhere.
Of course, you're not totally spared from good old-fashioned propaganda, as the game points out the downside of traditional bladed fans and you get to experience more variety as you go along.
Dyson Balloon Game may be designed to promote the Dyson Air Multiplier, but it's addictive and fun and ideal for a quick play on the bus, so we'll forgive it's branded message.


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Knock-and-announce rule: an overview
Under the common law knock-and-announce rule, a police officer executing a search warrant generally must not immediately force his or her way into a residence. Instead, he or she must first knock, identify himself or herself and his or her intent, and wait a reasonable amount of time for the occupants to let him or her into the residence. The Supreme Court has held that the knock-and-announce rule forms part of a judge's inquiry into the reasonableness of a search under the Fourth Amendment. See Wilson v. Arkansas, 514 U.S. 927 (1995).
The Supreme Court identified several reasons supporting the rule in Hudson v. Michigan, 547 U.S. 586 (2006). These include preventing accidental injuries to officers and occupants, limiting property damage, and protecting occupants' privacy and dignity. This rule, however, does not protect occupants from government seizure of their property. Accordingly, although the exclusionary rule may apply to some police violations of the rule, it does not apply to all.
A police officer is not required to knock and announce if doing so would be unreasonable, e.g. if there is a risk of injury to the police officer executing the search warrant or a risk of the occupants destroying the sought-after evidence between the police officer's knock and his or her entry. The applicability of this exception is determined on a case-by-case basis. For example, in Richards v. Wisconsin, 520 U.S. 358 (1997), the Supreme Court held that there is no blanket exception to the knock-and-announce rule for searches in felony drug cases. Officers may, however, seek a "no-knock" warrant in advance if they suspect that a no-knock entry will be justified when they serve the warrant.
In practice, over the past decade, police officers have increasingly relied on no-knock warrants, particularly in drug cases and especially in major cities. There has been a corresponding increase in the number of innocent persons accidentally injured or killed by police officers executing no-knock warrants.
Illustrative caselaw
See, e.g. Hudson v. Michigan, 547 U.S. 586 (2006).


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The primary navigation tool for a course is the navbar, which is always located at the top of the screen and displays links to the tools available in your course. Within each tool there are tool menus to navigate to different sections and pages, and tabs to switch between sections within a page.
Learning Environment makes extensive use of icons to initiate tasks and actions. To find out what an icon does, hover your mouse over it; an explanation appears above the icon.
Learning Environment often presents information in the form of interactive lists that you can search and sort. When a list is long, items are split across multiple pages so that the list loads quickly; you can jump to any page and change how many items appear on each page.
Note If you select items in a list and then move to another page within the list, the items are no longer selected even though they are part of the same list.


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Friday, July 27, 2012
EW - 21, rue St-Paul 75004
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Love every single thing in this postReplyDelete
very dreamy especially the kitchen ware
merci for another new place to discover in Paris!
Finally heading to France in September. Have added so many of your great "don't miss" spots that to see them all I will have to stay for a month! Thank you so much for sharing. I am looking forward to visiting EW- it looks fun... right up my alley! MerciReplyDelete
Adore EW, its a real gem !! Love this post !ReplyDelete
Oh I love that store..Chanceuse!ReplyDelete
I hope you bought one of the darling little watercolor tins?
And thank you for that book recommendation..I had never heard of it..
You sure did a lot this trip..I am amazed since it didn't quite start out the way you had planned~Wonderful.
Cute shop and cute story. And I did a google translate on "tudo bom"....I am so happy to know it means "all good". I will have to remember to use that!ReplyDeleteReplies
Ooops I should have said.Delete
In Brazil people say, 'Tudo bem?'
and respond, 'Tudo bom'
more often then they say, 'Buon dia'/Good day
It's a very relaxed culture.
... good travels home ... another wonderful journey ...ReplyDelete
Great shop Carol... Hope you are having fun... Bon weekend... xvReplyDelete
I've been obsessed with Vintage French childhood stuff ever since I was an au pair for a French family. This place is perfect! And I''m off to get the doodle book. Once again. Great tips from Carolg!!ReplyDelete
Ooooo me too ConnieDelete
'Obsessed with vintage French childhood stuff.
Where to find it si the big question and not break the bank.
I thought EW's prices were fine.
Hmmm...must have a tete a tete with you Connie.
Hello darling Carol! So, things are finally settling into place. Alas I am leaving my French Wonderland on the 3rd of September. Undergoing an entirely new visa process but this could take months - so in the meantime, I am going to wander aim(fully) around the world! Any chance you are in Paris before I leave? Would love to finally meet up!ReplyDelete
x Milla
What does "todo bom" mean? Some fantastic finds there, but the disembodied dolls heads frighten me.ReplyDelete
Parting is such sweet sorrow -- what would a trip to Paris be without the bittersweet farewells...even though you know you'll be back again, and again, and again. Joyce wrote his best Dublin stories when he lived in Switzerland, Mark Twain wrote beautifully about the Mississippi from his library in Connecticut, Wodehouse crafted his inimitable English world while living on Long Island. We're looking forward to seeing the bright, beautiful, and brilliant memories of Paris that you'll create when you're back o American soil.ReplyDelete
Welcome back!
Le dessin à l'école, I am coveting it!! And the little boite d'aquarelles, oj là là! I think part of the charm in finding a shop one loves is conversing with the propriétaire & learning his or her history...Being a language enthusiast, I am wondering if you conversed in French, Portuguese or English...?...I love the storefront as well as the delightful still lifes inside...ReplyDeleteReplies
I think all 3 SketchbookDelete
Pourquoi pas?
I love this street! I don't know EW but it looks so similar to another favourite shop of mine in rue St Paul - Au Petit Bonheur la Chance - I'm sure you know it. Next time I'll be sure to pop in and say bom dia to Eduardo :)ReplyDelete
That three weeks went fast. What a fantastic shop you found. Loved what I could see via photos. I could spend lots of time in there. :)ReplyDeleteReplies
It felt like months to me..Delete
So much more gets done in one day in Paris
Busy busy


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Image rights: Courtesy Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
"Paula Modersohn-Becker"
Venue: Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk (2014-2015)
Collection: Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum Hannover – Leihgabe aus Privatbesitz
About Paula Modersohn-Becker
A pioneer of modern art in Europe and the first woman to paint a full-length nude self-portrait, Paula Modersohn-Becker favored simple forms and complex textures created by scratching into sculpted paint on canvas. Modersohn-Becker trained under Fritz Mackensen in the Worpswede artists' colony, alongside artists such as Heinrich Vogeler and novelist Rainer Maria Rilke. Her unique visual language—a synthesis of post-impressionist styles balancing French formalism with a German aesthetic—is marked by humanistic representations of local villagers. Drawn to the vibrant Parisian art culture, Modersohn-Becker was influenced by artists like Paul Cézanne and Paul Gauguin, as well as by classical painting. Modersohn-Becker's nude self-portrait, painted just prior to her death, had no precedent—male or female—and celebrated the female body in a straightforward, unembellished manner.
German, 1876-1907, Dresden, Germany, based in Bremen and Paris


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Canucks' fresh start kicks off with John Tortorella firing
VANCOUVER — It took longer than expected, but John Tortorella has become the latest casualty of the Vancouver Canucks' disappointing season.
In his first major action with the team, new Canucks president Trevor Linden announced Thursday that Tortorella and assistant coach Mike Sullivan have been relieved of their duties.
They join fired president and general manager Mike Gillis as those paying the price for a dismal year that saw the Canucks miss the NHL playoffs for the first time since 2008.
"This was a tough decision," Linden told a news conference. "I have a great deal of respect for John and Mike, and what they've accomplished in their coaching careers."
The firings come 18 days after the NHL regular season ended and almost a month after Gillis was relieved of his duties. Linden, the former Canucks captain, was hired to replace Gillis as president.
"The more I looked at the situation I felt a change was necessary and a fresh start was needed obviously with the direction we're going with a new manager," Linden said.
The Canucks will lean heavily on Linden, one of the most popular Canucks of all time, as they try to repair their image and their relationship with fans left disillusioned by the Canucks' drop from the ranks of the NHL's elite.
"This is a fresh start for our team and you'll see us make some other changes this summer," Linden said in a letter to season ticket holders. "It starts with how we shape our management and coaching staffs and the roster improvements we're able to make. Our goal is to be back in the playoffs next spring as we continue developing this group into a team that can challenge for the Stanley Cup. "
Linden said that Torotorella's relationship with the Canucks players wasn't a problem, but other factors, including the need to move forward with a new GM, sealed the coach's fate.
"This core group of players, they're a character group," Linden said. "They took full responsibility for the season and their performances. It was really less about that and more about many factors needing to go in a new direction."
Tortorella and Linden met after the season ended but the first-year coach's departure wasn't a surprise after the Canucks' season went in to a tailspin in January.
The Canucks had a good start under Tortorella but finished the year with a 36-35-11 record for 83 points, leaving them 25th overall. The Canucks had just 13 wins in the 41 games since Jan. 1. Vancouver also struggled to score, managing just 196 goals on the season, leaving the Canucks tied for second least in the league. Three years ago the team scored 262 goals.
At an April 14 season-ending news conference Tortorella was blunt when he said the Canucks are getting old and the core needed revitalizing. He also said it's time for fans and management to stop reminiscing about the Canucks losing in Game 7 of the 2011 Stanley Cup final.
Tortorella sounded like a man who saw the writing on the wall when asked how he would approach his meetings with Linden.
"I don't coach to keep my job," he said. "I'm not going to go into any meeting to try to save my job. I just don't do it that way.
"I am going to tell him what I think. Trevor is very efficient and, from what I understand, is on top of everything. I'm not going to be rehearsed. He is going to ask me questions and I am going to answer his questions. I'm not going to go in there to protect myself. I am going to be honest."
Tortorella, who won a Stanley Cup coaching Tampa Bay in 2004, was hired as the Canucks' 17th head coach last June to replace the fired Alain Vigneault.
Vigneault took over Tortorella's old team, the New York Rangers, and has led them into the second round of this season's playoffs.
Tortorella has four years remaining on a contact which is estimated at US$2 million a season. It's estimated the Canucks owe Gillis $4 million for the remaining four years left on his contract.
Tortorella could be cantankerous, even rude, when dealing with the media during his five seasons with the Rangers. He kept his promise to be different in Vancouver, where he was cordial and often funny when talking to reporters.
On the ice Tortorella preached defence and shot-blocking. He broke from the practises used by previous Vancouver coaches and played star players Daniel and Henrik Sedin on the penalty kill. He also faced criticism for the amount of ice time he heaped on front-line players like the Sedins and centre Ryan Kesler, who averaged 21 minutes 48 seconds of ice time a night.
Tortorella's decision to start rookie goaltender Eddie Lack in the outdoor Heritage Classic game played at BC Place Stadium frustrated veteran Roberto Luongo. That decision eventually resulted in Luongo being traded to Florida.
A rash of injuries took their toll on the team. Both Sedins, Alex Burrows and defenceman Chris Tanev all missed a significant number of games with injuries.
Noted for his fiery manner behind the bench Tortorella shocked management and the team's owners when he tried to get into the Calgary Flames' locker-room following a line brawl in a Jan. 18 game in Vancouver. Tortorella was prevented from getting at Flames' coach Bob Hartley and was suspended for six games.
The Canucks were 2-4-0 during that period, then 2-7-1 when Tortorella returned.
Tortorella remained unapologetic when asked about the incident at his last news conference.
"I was going to get him," Tortorella said about Hartley. "I'm not going to lie to you. If I got to him, I would have."
Canuck players said they played a role in the fate of both Gillis and Tortorella.
"It's not a good feeling right now," said defenceman Kevin Bieksa. "We feel responsible for it.
"The bottom line is if we win more games, then guys don't lose their jobs. We look at ourselves and think we could have been better, we should have been better."
Linden's first priority will likely be to hire a general manager. Some of the names mentioned include Jim Benning, Boston's assistant general manager and a former teammate of Linden; Ron Hextall, the former NHL goaltender and L.A. assistant GM; and Paul Fenton, Nashville's assistant GM.
"I'm encouraged by the managerial search," Linden said. "I've got a real strong candidate list (and) I will be starting the interview process next week."
Topping the list of available coaches is Barry Trotz, who was fired from Nashville last month after 15 seasons with the Predators. Other candidates include L.A. assistant coach John Stevens and former Tampa Bay coach Guy Boucher.
Linden said the Canucks can get started on their coaching search before they hire a new GM, but they will want their new executive heavily involved in the final decision.
"I think those two processes can move along together for a certain period of time," Linden said. "Obviously it's important that the manager have a great deal of input on the coaching direction."


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Cisco Systems has been unable to reproduce a security flaw reported in its PIX firewall appliance earlier this month, the networking company said Tuesday.
The alleged flaw was discovered by Hendrik Scholz, a developer with Freenet Cityline, who discussed it during Aug. 2 presentation at the Black Hat USA conference in Las Vegas. Freenet is a German VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) service provider.
Scholz claimed that if someone sent the PIX device a specially crafted SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) message, the firewall would then allow attackers to send traffic to any device on the network. SIP is a protocol used to set up telephone calls and other communication sessions over the Internet.
"We've had engineers both within the business unit and within our PSIRT [product security incident response team] organization looking into this," said John Noh, a Cisco spokesman. "We have not been able to replicate what he claims he has discovered."
Cisco had not ruled out the possibility that a flaw exists and is still testing its security appliances for a possible vulnerability, Noh said. But the company wanted to update customers on what it had found so far, he explained. "This is just a response for the benefit of our customers who might have seen the press coverage."
Scholz could not be reached immediately for comment.
During his Black Hat presentation, the security researcher said that exploiting the flaw was "really easy to do." But in an e-mail interview conducted two weeks ago, Scholtz said that a hacker would first need to know "intimate details" about the network being attacked and have control of a device on the inside in order to pull off the attack.
The problem, as Scholtz described it, had to do with the PIX SIP state engine and parser.
Cisco's comments on Scholtz's findings can be found athttp://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sr-20060815-sip.shtml.
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Aix-en-Provence Travel Guide
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Marseille may well be the dominant metropolis of Provence but Aix-en-Provence, just 15 miles (24km) inland, is arguably the cultural and touristic capital of the region, attracting numerous holiday visitors. Historically and socially the two cities are, however, at odds. Aix (pronounced 'Ex') is a stunningly beautiful university town whose riches are based on agriculture and academia rather than on heavy industry. The residents of Aix-en-Provence are sophisticated, regarded by their counterparts in Marseille as being as snobbish as Parisians.
Aix was founded in 122 BC by the Romans and became the capital of Provence, then an independent country. The famous King René of Anjou (1409-80) ruled during this period. He was well known as a patron of science and the arts and was very popular for his love of wine and festivities. After the union of Provence with France and until the Revolution, Aix-en-Provence remained the judicial and administrative headquarters of the region.
The town has been the inspiration to many great writers and painters including Guigou, Stendhal, Mistral and Zola. Most famous of all is undoubtedly Paul Cézanne, who was inspired by the Provence countryside to produce his masterpieces, some of which can be seen in his hometown at the Musée Granet, in the Quartier Mazarin. Visitors on holiday in Aix-en-Provence can also call at his studio close to the town.
Shopping is one of the main reasons that tourists flock to Aix-en-Provence: there is a large market every Saturday on Avenue du Cap-Pinede, and smaller ones on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The town centre is quite compact and each square seems to have its own bazaar: one is the flower market at the Place de l'Hotel de Ville; another has vegetable and fruit stalls at the nearby Marche des Capucins; another a wonderful weekend antique market. There are also plenty of shops, from department stores and expensive boutiques to wonderful cheese shops, butcheries and fish shops. Around Aix-en-Provence's old port, there are clusters of stylish shops, with the fashion boutiques that line the pedestrianised Rue St-Ferreol particularly popular. Fun stores for browsing can be found on the Cours Julien, and local designers beckon on the Rue de la Tour.
Most of the restaurants in Aix-en-Provence are centred around the old city, between Place des Cardeurs and Cours Mirabeau. Le Clos de la Violette is known for excellent Provençal cuisine, and Le Passage serves contemporary Mediterranean food in a converted 19th-century candy factory. Pizza Capri offers a cheap and delicious alternative for the budget-conscious.
There are many bars and pubs to choose from in town, and a large student population ensures that the nightlife is always lively. Aix-en-Provence has a thriving jazz scene centred on the Hot Brass Jazz Club and the Scat Club.
Aix possesses a wealth of superb architecture that has been carefully preserved and restored. Walking through the Cours Mirabeau and the Rue Gaston de Saporta, visitors can admire the famous fountains, and the private mansions with their sculpted doors and windows, and the intricate ironwork on the balconies. On the Place des Martyrs de la Résistance is the ancient Cathedral and in the neighbouring archbishop's palace is the Musée des Tapisseries. A nice way to see the city and surrounding countryside is by renting a bicycle.
Aix-en-Provence can be very crowded in the summer months (June to August) when international holidaymakers arrive and local tourists stream in from Marseilles.


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NHIAA Roundup: Hollis/Brookline wins slugfest with Pembroke
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The Pembroke Academy baseball team tied its Division II contest against Hollis/Brookline by scoring five times in its final at bat Saturday, but the Cavaliers prevailed 13-12 when Austin Pigott came up with an RBI single in the bottom of the seventh.
Pembroke's Seth Gonya had two home runs, including a grand slam, drove in seven runs and scored three times. Jeremy Heard and Sam Van Noy homered for the Cavaliers.
Belmont, Mass. 3, Salem 1: At Salem, catcher Jake White had two hits and drove in a run, but the Blue Devils came up short in this non-league contest. Shortstop Nick Shumskie, center fielder Joe Lemenager and second baseman Cody Soucy had Salem's other hits. The Blue Devils received a complete-game pitching performance from Dominic Palermo, who held Belmont to six hits.
Nashua North 13, Central 6: At Manchester, Zach Smith allowed six runs in 4 1/3 innings, but raised his record to 6-1 with North's victory Friday night. Mike Cadorette and Kyle McCarthy combined to pitched 2 2/3 innings of scoreless relief.
North's Spencer Madden collected four hits, scored three runs and drove in two. McCarthy added two hits and two RBIs.
Girls' lacrosse
Nashua North 7, Hollis-Brookline 6: At Hollis, the Titans (7-6) trailed with less than three minutes to play and rallied on goals by Ellie Shuman and Kara Upton to their third straight win. Shuman scored three goals and Upton and Molly Mulcahy each had a pair. Nashua North avenged an early season 9-7 loss to the Cavaliers (6-5).
Sierra Mullins had 10 saves for the Titans.
Manchester Memorial 13, Nashua South 12: At Nashua, the Crusaders (1-10) held off the Panthers (0-12) in a battle of teams looking for their first win.
Memorial's Caitln Petro led all scorers with seven goals. Jen Gaudet had three goals and Jasmin Petrosino a pair for South.
Boys' lacrosse
Manchester Central 7, Keene 3: At Manchester, the Little Green (3-7) broke on top early and outscored the BlackBirds (2-7) in the first period. Ross Lougee, Connor Rowley and Jackson McCormack each had a pair of goals for Central and Julio Rincon added one. Logan Carston scored a pair for Keene.
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NEW YORK (AP) — New York City authorities say they have taken down a violent street gang whose female factions went by names including "Bad Barbies."
Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said Wednesday that at its height, the Trinitarios gang had up to 100 female members. He said one was a 24-year-old involved in the fatal retaliatory shooting and in the shooting of a robbery victim outside a Mexican restaurant.
An investigation of the gang has resulted in arrests of 119 people in the Bronx and Manhattan since 2009.
Kelly and U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara (buh-AHR'-uh) announced the latest arrests on Wednesday at a news conference.
Bharara said the gang would turn the streets in a "shooting gallery" if anyone infringed on its drug dealing or gun running.


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Three cheers for Cosmopolitan magazine's 1950's "Executive Editor of Art", Robert C. Atherton. Not only did he clearly love illustration (he rarely employed photography for Cosmo's editorial content), he seems to have chosen to challenge the top illustrators (and gifted new-comers) of the day to explore their potential... to push their personal boundaries... to give him something just a little bit unexpected.
Take, for instance, this group of illustrations by Thornton Utz.
Utz has long been one of my favourite 50's illustrators and he often employed an energetic "looseness" in his work - in spite of his old school, "Sundblom Circle" roots. Take a look at this piece to see what I mean.
But when I saw the pieces Thornton Utz did for Atherton - not just for this article, but for several others as well - I was stunned. Shown without a credit line, I would never have guessed these illustrations were by Utz.
After last week's Cosmo piece by Lucia Lerner and today's pieces by Utz, you may have already guessed that I recently acquired a nice little stack of 1950's Cosmopolitan magazines. I have to tell you; taken as a whole, its been quite a treat to see what Robert C. Atherton accomplished while art directing the magazine. He must surely have been a favourite client for almost any illustrator to hear from. Because a call from Atherton didn't just mean a job was on the board...
... it meant the gauntlet had been thrown down.
* More pieces by this artist in my Thornton Utz Flickr set.
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We recently received this message and photos from Bill Lancashire.
Over to Bill ..........
"A friend of mine from Romiley, Jean Murray, has asked me to let you have these two pictures of her dad, James Albert Richardson.
He is probably better known to lots of older Hydonians as 'Jimmy Richie', who was a star player for Hyde United in the late forties and fifties before he went on to captain Macclesfield.
Jimmy is the second from right on the back row of the St George's Class 1 in 1931 and is also the young lad with the bow and arrow on the left of the middle row on the pageant picture. We have no idea where the pageant was, probably in the school yard judging by the stone wall in the background, or what it was commemorating. Could it be St George's Day? Maybe someone who was there could tell us and maybe identify some of Jimmy's classmates."
Many thanks to Jean Murray and Bill for sharing these great photos with us
James Richardson Macclesfield Town FC
1950-51 to 1954-55
League 158 Apps 12 Goals Cups 35 Apps 4 Goals
Debut 4 November 1950 - Runcorn (Away)Moved from Hyde United and was soon appointed captain. He was the linchpin of the Freer-Richardson-Shepherd half-back (centre-back) line and the team's penalty taker. Featured regularly throughout his time at the Moss Rose, gaining a Cheshire Senior Cup winners' medal in 1952 and 1954 and was an important member of the team which were Cheshire League champions in 1952.