tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-323440412011-07-28T20:55:03.210-04:00As we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns -- the ones we don't know we don't know. — Donald Rumsfeld, February 12 , 2002.Gollumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10993464919742410015noreply@blogger.comBlogger1021100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32344041.post-7102308893397629802010-02-13T16:57:00.009-05:002010-02-13T17:21:08.801-05:00

Eagles go with Nagy centering Tulchinskey and Popp, Wagoner and Caridnale on D. Faceoff Eagles win it, pressuring, long shot by Wagoner, rebound goalie bobbles it, Popp taps it in!! SCORE!Faceoff at center ice . . Eagles rushing, now there's a buzzer? Looks like there was a problem in the timebox.Faceoff again, Eagles win it, Wagoner rushing backhand shot blocked and covered.Faceoff left of

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Second period, Eagles lead with Nagy centering SMith and Santulli, Cardinale and Ralph on D.FFaceoff at center ice Eagles win it forward, Troy sends it up, Cardinale dumps it, Troy skates it out, Nagy battling hard on the boards takes it back in, Nagy tripped no call.Troy skates it in, Ralph battling in the corner takes it away, starts a rush, Ralph shot wide of the net. Now it's out, back in,

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Back at Frear Park to face Troy-Albany Squirt B again. Hopefully the Eagles have recovered somewhat from their morning thrashing by Warwick.Eagles lead with McAuley centering Hunt and Rupert, Wagoner and Zelker on D, Gillan in the net.Faceoff Troy wins it, Zelker takes it, dumps it in, tipped up by troy Zelker keeps it in, Troy on the rush now centering pass doesn't connect, Wagoner sends it up

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Eagles will open with a 1:19 shorthanded stint in front of them.Faceoff Warwick carries it in, shots mostly turned aside. McAuley on a break now two Warwick chasing, shot to the goalie and he hangs on.FAceoff left of goalie, Warwick has it, sends it out, Eagles trailing, another Eagles penalty here for tripping.Faceoff Warwick wins it back, and they go offsides. FAceoff all the way back at the

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Faceoff at center ice, Warwick wins ti forward, Zelker in the corner, Eagles try to get it out but Warwick keep it in, Warwick behind the net, back to the point, D to D picked off by Popp and he carries it out, play in the netural zone, Eagles carry it in but offsides.FAceoff in the netural zone, 11:04 on the clock, Eagles carry it ink, Warwick rushing out, Ralph takes it and dumps it back in,

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Here we are at Albany County Hockey Facility for game 2 of the Troy Rink Rat tournament. Clifton Park Eagles Squirt B2 will be squaring off against Warwick. Puck drop at 10:30.Hockey Store 'n More, the pro shop located here at the rink, was kind enough to provide me with wireless access for this game. Thanks!!I am down at one end of the rink to get the wireless connection so my vantage point

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This game is still within reach. The Eagles outplay this team a little more than half the time on the ice.Eagles go with McAuley centering Hunt and Popp, Smith and Wagoner on D. Troy wins it forward, shot blocked by Smith. Smith takes it out, Popp dumps it in to the Troy zone, McAuley chasing, Ralph shot blocked, Ralph to Wagoner stolen by Troy, Ralphp back but it's icing.Faceoff right of Troy

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Eagles should open on the power play for about 1:07 but nothing is indicated on the clock yet.OK, now it's up.Eagles open with MmcAuley, Zelker, Rupert, Cardinale, Ralph.Troy goes for the high stick almost off the whistle. No contact so there will be a faceoff to the left of the Troy goalie.Eagles keep it in for a moment but Troy bats it out, down the ice, Gillan sticks it aside, nice pass from

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Here we are at Frear Park in Troy for the Eagles' first game of the Troy Rink Rat tournament. Clifton Park will face off against the Troy-Albany Squirt A/B team.This may be the warmest I've ever felt in Frear Park (aka Freezer Park).The Eagles will be missing their star goalie, Luka Newton, who is (hopefully) relaxing on a beach in a secret undisclosed location somewhere in the islands. If you

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The refs are hurrying this game along. One more goal and the clock will go to running time.Faceoff at center ice, Eagles come out with Sanatulli, Hunt, Rupert, Ralph and Wagoner on D. Santulli wins it forward, takes it in, play in the corner, Hunt helping out, Rupert shot blocked, Hunt tries the rebound but the goalie covers.Faceoff left of Needham, Needham wins it forward, rushing, bothered by

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Here we go, Eagles out with Nagy, Tulchinsky, Popp, Gilland and Wagoner.Nagy wins the faceoff, play in Needham's zone, Nagy with a shot. Needham rushing Wagoner picks a pocket and almost has a rush. Back in the Eagles zone now, Gillan sends it up, Needham picks the pass and takes it back, Ralph now up to Popp, Popp in the corner, Nagy centering, shot Tulchinsky on the rebound can't lift it up,

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On the UMass campus today for game 2 of the deep freeze. Eagles facing off against the Needham Rockets.Eagles are out now and looking energetic in the warmup.The UMass network is limited access but a student here was kind enough to log me in under his account. Not sure if I will get as lucky for the evening game tonight. "Just don't hack anything," he said.There's an announcer. That's

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Eagles open with Nagy, Tulchinsky, Hunt on forward, Cardinale, Ralph on D.Faceoff Nagy wins it, Amherst picks it up. Eagles battling ack now. Tulchinsky with a nice pass back to thepoint. Ralph driving the net with a backhander, rebound Ralph picks it up and tries a backhander on the other side of the net. Goalie covers.FAceoff right of Amherst Santulli wins it, Amherst, Tedone on a break,

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Faceoff, Eagles go with Nagy, Rupert, Hunt, Ralph, Cardinale.Amherst wins it forward, Cardinale picks it up, over to Ralph. Ralph sends it up but offsides.Faceoff again, Amherst wins it. Play in the Eagles' corner now. Out, Rupert taps it out, Hunt takes it in the neutral zone. Centering pass to Nagy no shot. Down in the Eagles' zone now. Shot dribbles in from the corner and onto the net,

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Getting ready for the first game of the Deep Freeze tourney in Amherst/Holyoke Massachusetts.A bit of a setback here at the start as it looks like our goalie ended up at the other rink. So we are borrowing a goalie from Amherst. They just they won their game 5-0 so it looks like we'll be getting a good one.Eagles are on the ice now and looking pretty motivated.Word is that our goalie should be

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Well I didn't win Chuck-a-Duck but I did manage to knock what was then the winning duck right out of the blue center dot. Heh heh. That was almost as much fun as winning.OK here we go in the third, Eagles are out with nagy at Center, Popp and Hunt on wing, Ralph and Cardinale back on D.Faceoff Nagy wins it, Popp rushing forwrd, shot goalie sticks it up and wide of the net, Hunt with a shot now

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Eagles out with Santulli at Center, Hunt and Rupert on wing, Ralph and Carrdinale on D.Faceoff Camillus wins it forward, play in the entural zone, Ralph sends it in, Rupert driving to the net looks across for Hunt but a little too far in front, Hunt can't handle the pass. Loose puck Santulli charging back for it, Ralph now back in the neutral zone, Camillus on a break wobbles a shot towards the

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Here we are at game 4, consolation finals of the Skaneateles shootout. The Eagles will square off against the same Camillus team that they fell to yesterday afternoon.Eagles looking somewhat subdued in the warmup. Not much zip on the passes so far. Newton however is looking pretty fired up in the net and of the first 15 warmup shots ahs stopped them all.This is a really long warmup. They just

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Skaneateles does something neat between the second and third periods - - "Chuck-a-Duck." Instead of plastic pucks, they chuck rubber ducks. It's interesting. And the ducks make this little squeak when they hit the ice, which is a little creepy.Eagles open the third with Nagy at Center, Popp and Hunt on wing, Wagoner and Rupert at D, Newton in the net.Faceoff Camillus wins but Nagy recovers

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Second period Eagles open with McAuley, Smith, and Popp, Cardinale and Ralph back on D.Camillus wins the draw, take it up, long shot Cardinale sends it up long, Smith pressuring, Smith has it takes it in, dumps it into the corner. Camillus on the break now they fead their center. It's out, they send it back in for offsides.Faceoff Camillus takes it forward, Eagles get it and take it in, it's

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Here we are at the warmup of game three in the Skaneateles shootout. The Eagles lost a thumper this morning 11-1 to the Binghamton team. They need to win this game and every period in this game to make the finals tomorrow.The Eagles are playing Camillus, currently last in points, they lost this morning to the team that we beat yesterday in the first round. They cannot make the finals at this

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With a quick turn of events towards the second period it's now 4-3 Eagles. The Lakers have now managed to outshoot the Eagles 14 to 11.Here we go: Nagy at Center, Smith and Popp on wing, Wagoner and Gillan on D.Faceoff Eagles win, Lakers send it up, Gillan with a perfect pass to Smith, she's stripped, Popp with a shot, but now it's out, Wagoner back and sends it up. Gillan looking for Smith

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Here they come, McAuley at center, Popp and Tulchinsky on the wing, Ralph and Cardinale on D.Eagles win the draw but the Lakers take it, unfortuantely go offsides for an early stoppage of play, 11:48 left on the clock.Cardinale has it sends it up to Tulchinsky . . . goes by her but down into the Lakers zone no icing, Eagles giving chase, Popp with the shot blocked by the Lakers, now the puck is

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Eagles SQB2 taking on Skaneateles Lakers, game time 5:15pm.The Lakers look big and excited. They are stretching in one of the corners.Gorgeous facility here, a big pool, fitness center, ice rink. Fairly new and in top shape.The Eagles look good; there was a lot of noise from them comming out of the locker room so hopefully that translates into some good first period energy.I'm sitting on the

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Faceoff to start the third Leblanc wins it rushing, stripped away Suguitan keeps it in, down the ice now, shot Mahlitz covers.Faceoff shot Mahlitz covers.Faceoff PVHC wins it keeps it in, back to the point, Buffoline takes it, now int PVHC zone can't get anything going,Buffoline on the rush now Lebel trailing Buffoline keeps it goes behind the net, loses it in traffic, PVHC up now, Smith back,

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Faceoff Eagles win it, PVHC sends it back, now into the Eagle's zone, Buffoline has it stripped away, back up long shot from the high slot Mahlitz covers.Faceoff to the left of Mahlitz Leblanc wins it, McCue seds it up no icing, Lebel, tries to cetner but blocked, battling in the corner now, McCue loses it, Nelsen at center, now into the Eagles zone, good centering pass PVHC can't get a shot off,

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The first period of the first game of the Eagles' NES tournmanent is about to get underway. The Eagles are facing "PVHC" - - no idea what that means or where they are from. T?hey have big cats on the front of their sweaters.The Egales start with Buffoline, Lebel, WIghtman, McCue and Suguitan.Eagles win the faceoff into PVHC zone, shot save, PVHC with the puck 20 on 1 shot save Mahltiz. Quit

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Out now for the Eagles: Tulchinsky at Center, Jeffs on left wing, Carson on right win, Ryan on Left D, Suguitan on Right D. Faceoff NRI wins, knocekded away by Suguitan, nwo in the corner, Eagles send it out, NRI recovers and dumps it back in.NRI behind the net centering but no one there, shot from the point goes wide, Ryan perfect tape to tape to Jeffs, Jeffs sends it up, battling on the boards

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Out on the ice: Tulchinsky, Hugschmitt, Nelsen, Gillan, Suguitan.Eagles win it but NRI recovers, Gillan now starting a rush tied up at the blue line. Play along the boards now Tulchinsky takes a shot from his knees on the red line, goalie kickes it away, Lebel with a shot, Buffoline with a shot but nothings going in.Now NRI down the ice, off to the left of Mahlitz centering pass weak wrister

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The Eagles fourth tournament game is due to start in about 10 minutes. The Eagles will be playing Northern Rhode Island. The Eagles and NRI and currently tied with 4 points each. The winner of this game will return tomorrow to face, nearly without doubt, the Berkshire Rattlers. Both teams have previously lost to the Rattlers in this tournament by comfortable margins.Three minutes til game

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The Eagles are going to need some spark if they are going to catch the Rattlers.Same starting forward lineup, Jeffs and Suguitan are in on D.Eagles win the faceoff, down in the Rattlers ice, shot save and the goalie covers.On the boards, Buffoline has it, now Leblanc, stripped, Suguitan tips it back, LeBlanc has it.#11 throws LeBlanc to the ground. #11 goes in tot he box for a slash. But it

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Back out on the ice, the Eagles open with Buffoline, LeBel, LeBlanc, Davis, and Ryan. Battling at cen ter, Lebel on thte break, Buffoline has it, tackled by Lebel, Buffoline now stripped, Rattlers clear and start a rush.Looking at little mor eevenly matched as the play has bone back and forth on both ends this period. Nelsen in now. Jeffs perfect pass to Carson in front of the net, Carson one

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The Eagles third game of the tournament will start in about 10 minutes.The Eagles play the Berkshire Rattlers this morning. Berkshire held on to beat Northern Rhode Island in their only game yesterday, so they comme into this game fairly fresh. Berkshire is a strong team, beating the Eagles once in regular season play. Their goalie is a big and sharp, and there are a few skaters on the team

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Eagles are out now for the third.Scrum a center after the faceoff. Eagles now into Saug zone. Lebel in the corner. Back to Buffoline, stripped. Has it back, stripped again. Buffoline has it back, puck now in Eagles zone. In front of the net, Mahlitz shuffling down on the ice, sets, shot save and Mahlitz covers.Faceoff i nthe Eagles zone and another shot on the net, Mahlitz sticks it away

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Tulchinsky out for the opening faceoff, Nelsen, Hubschmitt, Smith and McCue. Saugerties gets the puck, takes it up, out, back in offsides and a whistle stop 15 seconds in tothe period.11:45 faceoff in Eagles zone, eagles have the puck, tipped up and now down the ice . Whistle stop for icing and the puck goes all the eway back.Saugerties wins the faceoff, hard shot right off the bat but save by

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This will be the second game for the Eagles today after defeating Bethlehem 4-2 this morning. The Eagles enjoyed a fine afternoon of pizza followed by bowling. It turns out Coach George is a closet bowling fanatic and pasted one of the parents (who will remain unnamed) 168-134 in a late afternoon match.So far the Eagles, Northern Rhode Island, and the Rattlers have posted wins, so there is a

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Beth will begin the period with a :43 power play.#90 out a center, Carson for the Eagles, Wightman, Suguitan, and McCue.McCue on the breakout, can't get it out, now Suguitan, now Carson but Beth's sticks are there. Carson gets it out finally. #90 now through traffic, stays with it, shoots, scores.Eagles 2, Beth 2. Mahlitz protesting that #90 was in the crease, but the Ref doesn't listen.Play

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Starting a new post for the second period. Eagles send out Buffoline, LeBlanc, Suguitan, Jeffs. 1:02 of Beth power play remaining.Beth wins the draw, but Eagles recover and dump it. Out now, Eagles regrouping but offisdes.LeBlanc noow, stripped, lots of messy playon the sides. Penalty over.Faceoff in Beth's territory. Gillan, Ryan out on D. Gillan foils another one in front of the net.Gillan

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I'm going to try live blogging the game today at Berkshire school.First of, this facility is AMAZING. We are playing on an olympic-sized rink today. The entire team is here.Everyone was dressed early so there was an extended warmup period. The Bethlehem team is hitting the ice right now with 2:52 togo until game time.Mahlitz is in the net for the Eagles.33 seconds left in the warmup. Sounds

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The following is ripped unapologetically (in fact, that's part of the game) from Happyflu.com:The Boring PartInternet does not exist per se, it is merely the volatile aggregate of information, flowing around. For the past few years - following the emergence of the so-called Web 2.0 - information diffusion has been more and more orchestrated by bloggers instead of mainstream media. This paradigm

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As of May 13, Barack Obama leads Hillary Clinton in the race for the Democratic nomination by 1,884 delegates to 1,718. He leads in pledged delegates by 1,600 to 1,445, and in superdelegates by 284 to 273. Edwards' endorsement of Obama should lend at least six and up to nineteen superdelegates to Obama's tally. That is a thin margin, but with only 142 delegates separating Obama from victory,

Gollumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10993464919742410015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32344041.post-85805762129436253272008-01-24T08:54:00.000-05:002008-01-24T08:55:06.821-05:00

“Never get into a wrestling match with a pig,” Senator John McCain said in New Hampshire this month after reporters asked him about Mr. Romney. “You both get dirty, and the pig likes it.”

Gollumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10993464919742410015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32344041.post-31662906996827979212007-10-16T07:25:00.000-04:002007-10-16T07:25:01.855-04:00

I have been thinking about term limits of late, for no good reason. For a long time I thought term limits were a good idea. The principal argument in favor of term limits seems to be Senator Kennedy of Massachusetts, who has represented - - to use the term loosely - - that state in the U.S. Senate for 43 years. Not that anyone's counting. (Well, he is. The figure comes from his website.)Not

Gollumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10993464919742410015noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32344041.post-1578916558060202772007-09-26T20:32:00.000-04:002007-09-26T20:35:10.745-04:00

Driving to work this morning I saw a bumper sticker: "War is Never the Answer."Really?Tea and crumpets, anyone?Didn't think so.

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Gollum takes gold at the Do You Have Any Grey Poupon Edition OTB Caption Contest(TM).Also, a belated link to the August 16th All Your Lego’s Are Belong To Us Edition OTB Caption Contest(TM), with a much funnier entry.

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I like traveling to different places and seeing what they have for "local" stores. With the proliferation of national chains it's becoming ever more difficult to find local stores, but one area that seems to have resisted this is grocery stores. There seem to be "regional" grocery stores, but no "national" grocery stores that I know of. Here in the New York Capital District (Albany,

Gollumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10993464919742410015noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32344041.post-23131929408723454452007-08-08T12:30:00.000-04:002007-08-08T19:39:09.914-04:00

A bit I crossed over today advises that:The idea that knuckle cracking promotes arthritis was brought to you by the same old wives who warned that eyes can stay crossed and palms can grow hairy. No, there is no evidence that cracking your knuckles causes arthritis.I hope this is true. I'm probably doomed to deal with arthritis anyway, but if arthritis were caused by knuckle-cracking then my doom

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But a familiar result.I really need to find better things to do with my time. Maybe some other time.

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Watching CBS's Big Brother Tuesday night there was a segment where houseguest Jen bends over to pick up something and her low-rise jeans slip down to reveal the top part of her butt. At least I suppose that's what happened because a giant blur appeared on the screen just then.Which leads me to wonder, just what was it there that CBS found offensive? Was it the NBC logo? The word "Fuck" (in the

Gollumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10993464919742410015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32344041.post-59250410010281398812007-07-25T08:27:00.001-04:002007-07-25T20:30:38.791-04:00

Gollum tore it up again with a first at the "I coulda been a contendah" Edition OTB Caption Contest(TM).

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Pubic hair is God's way of writing "Tab A" and "Slot A."

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(Reposted from a previous blogging effort)It occurred to me some time ago that pretty much anything you can think of can be greatly improved by addition of the words "and beer." Compare, for example, "football" on its own to the superior situation of "football and beer." Other examples come readily to mind. Barbecuing is fun, but barbecuing and beer is better. Hot tub . . . hot tub and beer. Sex

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Posting as Gollum, I nabbed a second consecutive first place in the "Matzoh Man" Edition OTB Caption Contest (TM).

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Hoo-rah! Gollum takes gold in the "Batteries Not Included" OTB Caption Contest.

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Chris Churchill has a nice piece in Sunday's Albany Times Union on the concept of new urbanism. It covers many of the main concepts of new urbanism and describes a few projects underway in New York's capitol region.After World War II, zoning laws were revised across the country into what is more or less the present-day state: separated uses (residential, commercial, industrial) linked together

Gollumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10993464919742410015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32344041.post-32457933367637394232007-04-11T21:29:00.000-04:002007-04-13T08:34:07.103-04:00

So now MSNBC has pulled its simulcast of the Imus show, and major advertisers are pulling their ads.I've never much cared for Imus, never found him to be that funny. So I don't care much whether his show stays on the air, and if he is fired completely at the end of the day I think that's just fine.I disagree with the likes of Sharpton, however, when he says that "None of us has the right to use

Gollumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10993464919742410015noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32344041.post-11810501734052055982007-04-11T21:18:00.000-04:002007-04-11T21:24:33.647-04:00

One of my entries placed first in the "Moonbat in the Hat Edition OTB Caption ContestTM."Yay!

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Dokken + Enya - Medications = EvanescenceIf you're not familiar with the Music Theory feature of Unreliable Intelligence, see here.

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This will be on occasional feature on the Unreliable Intelligence blog. The basic idea is that by performing simple addition and subtraction functions using bands or performers (instead of numbers) you can make equations. If you disagree with the equation, submit a substitute by comment. If I like it better, I'll change the equation and give you partial credit.

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The San Francisco Chronicle has this piece about the scheduled switch to digital broadcasting for the free channels.Rabbit-ear TVs about to reach end of the roadConsumers who depend on old-fashioned antennas to watch television won't miss the 2009 Super Bowl, but their analog sets will stop working soon afterward.Analog TVs will no longer receive a signal come Feb. 19, 2009, unless users update

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Here's an interesting bit about big truck safety.Activists seek tougher truck regulationMore than 100 people a week are killed in large truck crashes in this country, according to safety groups that called Monday for reducing how long big-rig drivers can work without rest.. . . Jacqueline Gillan, vice president of Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, told the news conference that the truck

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Although this happened a year ago it's only recently been brought to my attention via a forwarded e-mail. The header of the e-mail was: "If This Isn't Treason, What Is It?"Well, it's certainly in poor taste, possibly unlawful under rarely-if-never-enforced federal flag etiquette laws, but I'm not sure how it could - - or should - - be treasonous.Background: Whittier area students from

Gollumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10993464919742410015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32344041.post-34871880505692516202007-03-07T08:33:00.000-05:002007-03-09T20:54:02.536-05:00

In an earlier post I criticized (OK, name-called) Idaho's governor for vowing to decimate the state's gray wolf population.As things stand at the moment, the US Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed delisting the the northern Rocky Mountain population of gray wolves from the federal list of threatened and endangered species. The same western Great Lakes population of gray wolves has already been

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To the surprise of no one, President Bush opposes the recent Lautenberg effort to provide remotely reasonable funding for AMTRAK.Bush Administration fights Amtrak FundingThe Bush administration on Tuesday blasted a plan by a group of rail-riding senators to overhaul Amtrak and give the passenger railroad an annual subsidy of $3.2 billion to repair aging lines and start new service.Joseph Boardman

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Here is a more recent item about Railex. If you need background, read here and here. The most interesting part:Railex depends on Priya's sophisticated inventory management system toincrease speed and accuracy. As trucks come into the warehouse, producepallets are either cross-docked for lot sales or graded, selected,packaged, and labeled with store brands for resale as packaged goods. Produce

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Despite loud protests from a priggish minority, Scientific American reports that 70% of passengers presented with a choice between a patdown and a backscatter scan have chosen the scan.My earlier blog post on this topic includes an image of the "detailed" backscatter scan of the kind in use in Britain for years. The US version, however, will look more like a cartoon outline.Critics are sticking

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Why are there no Gators in Albany? It's no joke. Sunday's Times Union carried an editorial by Scott Powell of Rexford lamenting CBS' lack of coverage of his favorite basketball team, the Florida Gators:Here I am, yet another weekend, at home with 44 college basketball teams playing on television today, none of which were the No. 1 team in the country. Each Saturday since the season has started, I

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Michael Fedelem will not be charged after all for swatting a 14-year old kid at Florida's Disney amusement park, so says the Boston Herald:Criminal charges will not be filed against a Disney employee accused of hitting a teenager while in costume as the Winnie the Pooh character “Tigger,” authorities said. The State Attorney’s Office announced Thursday that it will not press charges against

Gollumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10993464919742410015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32344041.post-1167784449786785472007-02-18T08:31:00.000-05:002007-03-02T08:33:34.287-05:00

Although we're well into 2007, here's a list of the top ten words and phrases I'd love to see fade from view both in the blogosphere and MSM in general:1. Britney Spears. God but I am tired of Britney Spears. Since the beginning of the year I have heard more about Britney Spears and have seen more of Britney Spears (literally) than I ever, ever wanted. She has gone from pop princess to second

Gollumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10993464919742410015noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32344041.post-1170981772322347072007-02-08T19:37:00.000-05:002007-03-02T08:34:25.085-05:00

Bostonist covers an incident that occurred on public access TV in Lowell, Massachusetts:A man was offended at the sight of naked ladies cavorting during Lowell's late-night, cable-access New England Punk Goth Metal show. How come that never happens on our cable access?Anyway, when the Lowell Sun spoke with the offended man, he described what he saw as "total, complete, nothing-on nudity."

Gollumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10993464919742410015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32344041.post-1169818201450670162007-01-26T08:05:00.000-05:002007-03-02T08:35:15.921-05:00

An evangelical Christian in Seattle, Washington is spearheading a local campaign against "propagandist" Al Gore.Setting aside the rich irony . . . here's the opener of the article:Gore film sparks anger in Wash. school districtFEDERAL WAY, Wash. -- Frosty Hardiman is neither impressed nor surprised that "An Inconvenient Truth," the globalwarming movie narrated by former vice president Al Gore,

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Back in December there were articles about Arctic ice disappearing by 2040. Here's an more recent bit that suggests that our glaciers won't last much longer than the ice:Experts: Alps glaciers will melt by 2050VIENNA — Glaciers will all but disappear from the Alps by 2050, scientists warned Monday, basing their bleak outlook on mounting evidence of slow but steady melting of the continental ice

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Surprise chimp born at La. sanctuaryIn a mysterious bit of monkey business, a female at a chimpanzee sanctuary has given birth, despite the fact that the facility's entire male chimp population has had vasectomies.Now managers at Chimp Haven are planning a paternity test for the seven males who lived in a group with Teresa, a wild-born chimpanzee in her late 40s who had the baby girl last

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The answer to an inefficient, poorly managed service appears to be to throw more money at it:Senators renew push for Amtrak authorization billWASHINGTON -- Sens. Frank Lautenberg and Trent Lott initiated a second attempt Tuesday to pass legislation that would set ambitious funding targets for Amtrak while also requiring the passenger railroad to become more efficient.The bill, similar to one that

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Earlier I posted on a new coast-to-coast produce train terminating in Rotterdam, New York, just west of Schenectady.Today's Albany Times Union has more. Here are the highlights:Facility offers taste of futureOnions and apples, always in ideal environment, arrive at state-of-art distribution center. . .Railex is in the 12th week of an experiment to change the way produce is moved long distances.

Gollumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10993464919742410015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32344041.post-1168611136490904112007-01-12T09:05:00.000-05:002007-03-02T08:36:26.773-05:00

I suppose if you regularly go by "Butch" you can be excused for this sort of ridiculousness.Idaho Governor Calls for Gray Wolf KillIdaho governor wants to kill all but 100 gray wolves when animals are stripped of protection(AP) Idaho's governor said Thursday he will support public hunts to kill all but 100 of the state's gray wolves after the federal government strips them of protection under the

Gollumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10993464919742410015noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32344041.post-1168476486437410242007-01-10T19:43:00.000-05:002007-01-10T19:48:06.446-05:00

"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" wins Best Movie and Best Movie Drama in the 2007 People's Choice Awards.My guess is that this result is carried on Depp and Knightley's face appeal, and the residual strength of the original Pirates of the Caribbean movie. Dead Man's Chest itself was a stinker.

Gollumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10993464919742410015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32344041.post-1168350792880322222007-01-09T08:38:00.000-05:002007-03-02T08:40:57.356-05:00

Tigger has claws:A Walt Disney World employee dressed as the character "Tigger" was accused of hitting a child while posing for a photo, a spokeswoman for the theme park said Saturday.Park officials temporarily suspended Michael J. Fedelem while they investigate the accusations, Disney spokeswoman Zoraya Suarez said."Naturally, physical altercations between cast members and guests are not

Gollumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10993464919742410015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32344041.post-1167918809751183542007-01-04T08:45:00.000-05:002007-03-02T08:44:51.017-05:00

This is non-news (everyone knows global warming denialists are industry shills), but interesting nontheless:Exxon linked to doubters of warmingBLOOMBERG NEWSExxon Mobil Corp., the world's biggest gasoline maker, spent $15.8 million since 1998 funding groups that reject scientific evidence of a human contribution to global warming, according to a report yesterday by the Union of Concerned

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Hard on the heels of a recent prediction about the end of arctic ice comes news that a giant section of the Ayles Ice Shelf has broken loose.Ice Mass Snaps Free From Canada's ArcticIce Shelf the Size of 11,000 Football Fields Snaps Free From Canada's Arctic, Scientists SayTORONTO - A giant ice shelf has snapped free from an island south of the North Pole, scientists said Thursday, citing climate

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A couple of weeks ago the Rotterdam SWAT team was in the news as the subject of an excessive force lawsuit arising from a SWAT raid carried out in July 2005.The SWAT team is back in the news this week, this time for setting fire to the suspect's home using a "flash-bang" grenade carrying out their raid.Device usage under reviewRotterdam police, in wake of fire, may take precautionary stepsFirst

Gollumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10993464919742410015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32344041.post-1166561362816727922006-12-19T15:42:00.000-05:002007-03-02T08:47:12.582-05:00

This is encouraging:Since 2003, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education has limited residents' hours to 80 a week and no more than 30 consecutive hours per shift. Though ACGME claims that its rules are being obeyed by teaching hospitals and that only 2% of residents reported working more than 80 hours a week last year, others strongly disagree. In the first year since the rules

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A family in Glenmont, New York lost their home and everything in it eleven days before Christmas.Tragedy struck on Tuesday afternoon, when fire destroyed the family's home in Glenmont. Not only did they lose their possessions and Christmas presents but the family's pets were killed in the fire too.Obviously the single mom and her four kids are grateful to all still have each other, but this fire

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The Transportation Security Administration is deploying a new scanner that uses "backscatter" x-ray technology to peer through clothing. Naturally this has caused an uproar because, well, truthfully I don't know why.Frankly, I could care less.Search for "backscatter" images using Google or Yahoo and you will likely find the one at left.You'll have to hunt a while for it, too. At least I did when

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The Globe and Mail covers a new study predicting the end of summer ice at the north pole by 2040.Arctic sea ice is retreating at such a rapid rate that north pole summers could be ice-free by 2040.New research published in Tuesday's edition of Geophysical Research Letters indicates that the next few decades could produce dramatic changes that will drastically change the ecology of the far

Gollumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10993464919742410015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32344041.post-1164982999857189092006-12-01T09:00:00.000-05:002007-03-02T08:43:06.413-05:00

Today's Albany Times Union reports that a couple has sued the Rotterdam police for excessive force:Plaintiffs Robert Berard and Gail Hudson contend they were awakened in the middle of the night on July 29, 2005, by police outside the couple's camper, which was parked in the driveway of 2627 Van Dyke Ave.Officers with a police tactical unit and detectives had just searched the house where Hudson's

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Here's something from the Albany Times Union about a new coast-to-coast produce train linking Walula, Washington and Rotterdam, on the western end of Schenectady, New York.Produce train arrives ahead of scheduleExpress from Washington state to Rotterdam carries as much as 200 trucksROTTERDAM -- The inaugural run of an express produce train from Washington state apparently occurred without a hitch

Gollumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10993464919742410015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32344041.post-1161109871957105022006-10-17T13:44:00.000-04:002007-03-02T08:43:43.550-05:00

Leigh Jones at the New York Law Journal has a recent piece on blogging, this time from the perspective of law blogs and whether they constitute advertising.Many states, such as New York, are in the process of revamping their attorney ethics rules, and part of that process involves the prickly issue of whether blogs should be regulated as advertising. On the one hand, states want to protect

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There's an interesting piece in the September 7 New York Law Journal about blogging at work. Here are some interesting outtakes:Many corporate executives still seem a little confused about exactly what [blogs] are. Only 30 percent of senior Fortune 1000 executives in a recent telephone survey reported having a thorough understanding of the term "Internet blog." A short while later we learn a

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My sole entry in Outside the Beltway's Thursday caption contest was a winner.Check it here.

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USA Today reports that a Fox correspondent and his cameraman were abducted today in Gaza City. According to the paper,Palestinian gunmen ambushed a car carrying a Fox News crew in Gaza City on Monday and kidnapped two of the journalists inside, according to witnesses and Fox."We can confirm that two of our people were taken against their will in Gaza," Fox News said in a statement.This incident,

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Here's a bit from Africa News Dimension in which the interviewee, Cathy Safi, a Lebanese South African, pins the current Israeli-Hezbollah conflict on Bush and Blair:When AND asked Safi who she felt was responsible for the current conflict in Lebanon, she admitted that she was not entirely up-to-date with the whole history of the region, but that America's involvement had fuelled tensions in the

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Sweet! Posting as "Gilly," I won 1st Place AND an Honorable Mention at OTB's Monday Caption Contest.Check it.

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An interesting bit on Yahoo News concerns research that has shown that two particular proteins, HSF-1 and DAF-16, act as cellular janitors, cleaning up the sticky amyloids that would otherwise hinder brain function. The proteins are found on a gene pathway called insulin/IGF-1, which is a key gene in the aging process. As the body ages, the efficiency of HSF-1 and DAF-16 decrease, allowing the

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According to a letter received by Congressional Representative Anthony Weiner of Brooklyn, the National Parks Service has given up on attempting to reopen the interior of the Statue of Liberty to the public. The statue was closed entirely in 2001 following the attack on the World Trade Center. The pedestal was reopened in 2004.Weiner's press release is available here.The metaphoric content here

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The state of Kerala in southern India has banned the sale and production of Coca-Cola. The New York Times has this:Indian State Bans Coke, Pepsi ProductsBy THE ASSOCIATED PRESSNEW DELHI (AP) -- A southern Indian state on Wednesday banned the sale and production of Coke, Pepsi, Sprite and other soft drinks made by the Indian subsidiaries of Coca-Cola Co. and PepsiCo Inc., an official said.Four

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I've long said that the price of gasoline is too low until it results in consumers changing their consumption habits. Since gasoline started its most recent climb, I've seen precious little except yammering and handwringing about "skyrocketing" prices. Today's New York Times online and the Pew research it cites is the first time I've seen a discussion that rising prices are actually beginning to

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According to a VA press release dated today, another VA computer has gone missing with the possibility that it contains medical information for 36,000 veterans.According to the press release,It is believed the desktop computer may have contained patients’ names, addresses, Social Security Numbers, dates of birth, insurance carriers and billing information, dates of military service, and claims

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The American Association of Pediatricians has recommended shopping cart restrictions for children. In a press release dated August 7, the AAP states that:In 2005, more than 24,000 children were treated in U.S. hospital emergency rooms for shopping cart-related injuries. Most of these injuries occurred when a child fell from a shopping cart, the cart tipped over,

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The nation's governors have assembled in South Carolina for their annual meeting and are discussing, among other things, health care reform.Two years ago, the nation's governors were wrestling with soaring healthcare costs, rising populations, and agonizing choices over how to keep their Medicaid programs afloat. Now, as governors are holding their annual summer meeting, healthcare seems less

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