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This ancient burial held a surprise for archaeologists: Two additional left legs were buried alongside the body.

Photograph courtesy Gabriel Prieto

Ancient Shark Fishermen Found Buried with Extra Limbs

Archaeologists are stumped why these 1,900-year-old Peruvians were buried with bonus body parts—in one case, with two extra left legs.

Dozens of "very unique" ancient burials have been discovered on the northern Peruvian coast, many of which appear to contain valuable metal objects, whimsical ceramic pots, and—in some cases—additional human limbs.

According to Victor Campaña, current director of the Las Lomas Rescue Project, more than 50 burials belonging to the Virú culture have been discovered in the town of Huanchaco, seven miles north of the regional capital of Trujillo.

The burials were uncovered during recent salvage excavations performed ahead of water and sewage infrastructure work in the small seaside town.

The little-known Virú culture, named for the Virú Valley which runs from the Andes mountains to the Pacific, thrived in the area between A.D. 100 and 750, before the Moche took control of the region. Campaña's excavations have revealed a small coastal settlement along with the burials.

“It’s a complex little fishing village," he says.

There's particular complexity in many of the burials, Campaña adds, noting that around 30 of the 54 mostly adult burials appear to include not only complete skeletons, but also additional body parts. Most of the bonus limbs appear to be arms and legs. In one case, an adult was buried intact, along with two additional left legs interred right beside the body.

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A monkey clings to the handle of this Virú pot, which was placed in one of the burials.

While more scientific analysis is needed to determine the age and sex of the burials, a preliminary study indicates that many sets of remains show evidence of trauma, including cut marks and blunt-force injury. The individuals who had suffered trauma were also most likely to have been buried with additional limbs, says Campaña.

Later Moche burials often feature individuals buried with missing limbs, or with additional complete sacrificial victims, notes Gabriel Prieto, scientific director of the current rescue project in Huanchaco. However, the practice of burying the dead with extra body parts is "very unique to Virú," he says.

A similar practice was discovered in the early 2000s with a much smaller set of Virú burials excavated at El Castillo Santa, south of Trujillo, Prieto adds.

At this time, the archaeologists can only speculate about the motivation behind the unusual Virú burials. One suggestion is that the extra limbs may have served as a sacrificial offering to accompany the dead to the afterlife. Additional lab work will determine if there was any sort of relation between the individuals buried and the owners of the additional body parts.

A Legacy of Fishermen

The Virú burials also feature a variety of grave goods, including ceramic vessels decorated with human faces and whimsical animal details, jewelry, and folded copper sheets inserted into the mouths or the hands of the deceased. Among Campaña's most interesting find so far is a very large (four-inch-long) copper fish hook wrapped with gold foil.

The size of the hook is appropriate for snaring large fish and sharks, a practice with a very long tradition in this northern Peruvian coastal region.

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This large copper hook, with a strip of gold wrapped around the center of the shaft, is a testament to the legacy of fishing in the region.

In 2010, Prieto discovered a 3,500-year-old temple used by shark hunters in the Huanchaco area. Evidence for Caballitos de Totora, reed boats still used by the fishermen of Huanchaco to this day, goes back at least four millennia.

José Ruiz Vega, mayor of Huanchaco district, says he's proud to lead one of the last towns in Peru with an ancient fishing tradition that has continued unbroken for thousands of years to modern times.

He also takes the frequent interruption of his infrastructure projects in stride, and hopes to create a center that will highlight the resulting archaeological finds.

"A museum for Huanchaco will [not only] represent an economic opportunity for the locals to attract more tourists," Mayor Ruiz says, "but also an important institution to educate our people, and to show them the amazing treasures buried literally beneath their houses."


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Indykaila: Liverpool hope to seal Fekir deal before preseason tour

Their initial plans to snap up the Lyon schemer were stymied by squabbles over the fee, but the Anfield club remain hopeful of sealing the deal soon....

A Liverpool source says talks have resumed between the Merseysiders and Olympique Lyon for the French playmaker, and that the Reds are hopeful a deal will be done before their US preseason tour, though Fekir’s knee issues could still be a stumbling block.

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp is anxious to bring in some more big name signings before the start of the new Premier League season. The Merseyside giants have already secured central midfield star Nabi Keita from RB Leipzig for £54M and Brazilian enforcer Fabinho from Monaco for just over £40M.

Klopp, however, wants to create a regular supply-line to his devastating attacking trident of Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane, and the player he is courting above all others is Lyon’s attacking midfielder Nabil Fekir.

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It looked as though he’d got his hands on the French international last month, Fekir even recording an interview for LFC TV in Liverpool colours, but the move dramatically collapsed at the eleventh hour with Lyon claiming the Reds had tried to get a discount on the agreed £53M transfer fee.

Liverpool said that they were simply concerned about his medical results, Fekir undergoing surgery for a serious knee injury picked up on international duty three years ago.

Klopp is still looking to find an adequate replacement for Philippe Coutinho, who departed for Barcelona in January, and the Lyon star has always been top of his summer shopping list. The French international has also made no secret of the fact he wants to join the Anfield giants after a proposed move in January also hit the buffers.

Cristiano Ronaldo’s £88M move to Juventus on Tuesday has fuelled speculation that Argentine play-maker Paulo Dybala will now make a move away from Turin. The 24-year-old has been linked with moves to both Barcelona and Real Madrid and the latest reports from the UK suggest that Liverpool have now joined the race for his signature.

Not so according to our Anfield sources, who claim that Fekir is still the man to fill Coutinho’s shoes as Klopp looks to mount a serious assault on the Premier League title. Lyon patron Jean-Michel Aulas recently stated that “Nabil will be at OL next season,” claiming that he has an “almost father-son relationship” with his players.

Aulas also admitted that Fekir was allowed to talk to Liverpool because they were “his dream club,” but has been reluctant to give his captain another bite at the cherry.

So what makes Fekir such a special player? Well, 18 goals in 30 Ligue 1 appearances last season is an impressive statistic given that he missed a month of the campaign with yet another knee injury, and he was also impressive in his side’s Europa League campaign, before their elimination at the hands of CSKA Moscow in the round of 16.

Fekir has also been part of the French World Cup squad in Russia, but has only accrued a total of 59 minutes as Didier Deschamps side head into Sunday’s final in Moscow.

There are also danger signs coming from down the East Lancs Road, with Liverpool’s bitter rivals Manchester United also understood to be interested in securing Fekir’s services. Old Trafford sources claim that this is not the case however, with the player stating that he will not make any further comments about his future until after Sunday’s final.

With the Premier League transfer window due to close on August 9, there will be a flurry of activity once the World Cup party is over, and the so-called “big six” are poised to flex their muscles once Russia 2018 concludes. As Liverpool fans plead with Fekir on social media to make the move to Merseyside, Klopp knows it’s now a race against time to complete his squad for 2018-19.

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PSU Votes to host Voter Registration Day Oct. 8, before state deadline

October 04, 2012

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- PSU Votes, a nonpartisan Penn State initiative, is organizing a Voter Registration Day on Monday, Oct. 8, at the University Park campus. The event will include a celebration in the HUB-Robeson Center beginning at 10 a.m. until 4 p.m with a focus on promoting student voter registration at Penn State.

The celebration in the HUB-Robeson Center will feature a variety of acts from student performance companies. Dance companies, musical groups and Penn State student-athletes will all join in the effort to encourage students to register to vote. The event will also feature a DJ and food provided throughout the day. Students organizing and volunteering at the event will encourage their peers to register to vote at their current address. This will enable them to vote in State College on Election Day.

The deadline to register to vote in Pennsylvania this fall on Election Day is Tuesday, Oct. 9.

PSU Votes strives to inform Penn State students on political issues and empower them to vote and emphasizes nonpartisan voter registration. Penn State Voter Registration Day will be a nonpartisan event.

For more information regarding PSU Votes, please contact Adriana Acosta at or Christie Hans at For information regarding Penn State Voter Registration Day, please contact Taylor Garland at or visit Upcoming events also are listed on the website.

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2017 Hendrick Conference to explore ways to promote adult learner success

March 22, 2017

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — An educational psychology expert will explore how to apply several universal principles for student success to adult learners during the keynote of the upcoming 2017 Hendrick Best Practices for Adult Learners Conference on May 9.

Joe Cuseo, professor emeritus from Marymount California University, will draw on his experiences, which include 25 years as the director of the university’s first-year seminar. Cuseo currently serves as an education adviser and consultant for the nonprofit organization Advancement Via Individual Determination, or AVID.

The conference will be held at the Nittany Lion Inn at the University Park Campus and is open to Penn State employees from all campuses. Registration is open through April 21.

In Cuseo’s keynote, he will discuss applying seven research-based principles of student success: personal validation, self-efficacy, growth mindset and grit, finding meaning and purpose, engagement, reflection, social integration and self-awareness. Attendees will hear how to identify and apply them to adult learners.

Cuseo’s address will round out the one-day conference, which will also offer sessions on partnerships between academic affairs and student affairs; using prior learning assessment in advising; best practices in communicating with adult learners; serving unique student veteran populations and more.

Penn State’s Commission for Adult Learners sponsors the annual conference, which is named in honor of the late Shirley Hendrick, associate dean for continuing education in the Penn State Smeal College of Business and the inaugural chair of the commission. The group comprises administrators, faculty and staff from across Penn State who are dedicated to reviewing policies and practices that will improve the adult learner experience at the University.

Visit the Hendrick Conference website for the full program agenda or to register.

To join the email list or volunteer to assist with the conference, contact Judy Wills at jcw25@psu.edu or 814-863-1316.

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Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam 'has no association' with racist photo: med school roommate

Meg Ryan

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam continues to be under fire for his connection with his 1984 medical school yearbook that includes a photo of a person in blackface and a person wearing a Ku Klux Klan robe.

His former Eastern Virginia Medical School roommate, Dr. John O. “Rob” Marsh, thinks the governor “has no association with that picture.”

“My theory (is) this was a horrible prank played on him,” Marsh said via text message. “But, I don’t know who would’ve done it or why and I cannot prove that. However, I think it would’ve been easy for someone to slip a picture like that into his envelope of pictures. Again, I could do not see him ever being in a picture like that nor wanting to have a picture like that displayed on his yearbook page.”

Marsh, an 1983 EVMS graduate and family physician in Middlebrook, Virginia, said Northam was not that type of person and he wouldn’t make racially insensitive jokes.

Virginia Gov.-elect Ralph Northam celebrates his election victory with his wife, Pam, and daughter Aubrey, right, and Dorothy McAuliffe, wife of Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe at the Northam For Governor election night party at George Mason University in Fairfax on Nov. 7, 2017.

“He’s never been nor is he or will he ever be that type of person,” he said.

Northam is continually feeling pressure to resign from Democrats and Republicans following the news of the racist photo breaking on Friday, Feb. 1.

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The EVMS yearbook from 1984 shows the racist photo on a page designated for Northam with other photos of the governor.

Shortly after the photo's release on Friday, Northam apologized for being in the photo, but then on Saturday he said he doesn't believe he is pictured. He called the photo "disgusting, offensive, racist." He did admit to having blackened his face for a Michael Jackson costume.

Marsh was shocked when he heard the news about the racist photo. He spoke with Northam on Saturday, Feb. 2, asking if it could be him in the photo.

He said Northam told him no.

"When I looked at the picture closely, I do not think it is him in either one of those subjects and I have no idea who they are," Marsh said. "That picture may not have been taken during our medical years it could’ve been a photo from somebody’s high school or college past. I certainly do not remember seeing anybody dressed like that at any school function I was at."

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Marsh was Northam’s roommate during medical school from 1981-1983. After Marsh graduated, he left to enter the army, leaving Northam with the apartment.

Marsh became a member of the U.S. Army's elite Delta Force after graduation. He retired from the Army in 1996.

Known as one of the nation's most decorated military physicians, he helps provide health care to Middlebrook, a town with a population of less than 300 people, with his medical clinic.

He also launched a bigger clinic in the middle of a truck stop off I-81 in Raphine, Virginia. This helped Marsh be named Country Doctor of the Year by Staff Care, a physician staffing company, in 2014.

The two physicians met through Marsh’s brother, who knew Northam from their time at Virginia Military Institute. Marsh needed a new roommate after his previous one moved out. The two men quickly got along as they had similar backgrounds and were passionate about medicine.

“We shared a couple passions together; we really liked all old cars specially the (Chevrolet Corvette Stingray) and working on them,” he remembers. “And we enjoyed learning the practice of medicine, and we both had a strong faith in the Lord, and we both felt service to our community and country was important.”

Marsh remembers Northam during their time in medical school as quiet and friendly.

“We were both insecure going to medical school,” the physician remembers. “Neither one of us had the strongest academic background … so we had to study extra hard.”

A photo of the Eastern Virginia Medical School Jones Institute building in Norfolk, Virginia. February 3, 2019.

Marsh explained EVMS is a three-year school and the first two years are condensed into 15 months. He said the stressful environment made things move fast and didn’t leave a lot of free time.

“Ralph got along well with everyone,” Marsh said. “He (would) always help with other students if they had difficulties in an area … he wasn’t a competitive type like you find at some schools. He was a serious dude and hard working.”

More: 'He has the right to prove himself': Ralph Northam's African-American pastor speaks out

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Marsh described Northam as someone who was as committed to helping people as he was very open minded.

"When he began to run for politics I asked him (Northam), 'Why are you giving up such a great practice and pediatric neurology to be a politician?' and he told me because he felt he could do more for people to improve their life as a legislator (and) politician," Marsh said.

Marsh said Northam was always concerned about people’s feelings and he never heard him utter a racial slur or ethnic joke. He also didn’t like being around those who did make racial comments.

When it comes to politics, Marsh doesn't agree with everything Northam says, like his recent controversial comments on abortion, but he does think the governor has helped Virginia with his instrumental involvement in Medicaid expansion.

However, going forward, Marsh does think it will be difficult for Northam to govern.

"But, I would also say Ralph is a very tough, hard-working man and he’s committed to doing the right thing, and if anybody could survive this I believe he can. But it will take some time," he said.

Marsh added: "I however am not willing to say this was a mistake in his past because I don’t think it happened ... I think he has no association with that picture."

Contact reporter Meg Ryan at

USATODAY contributed to this report.

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Canadian Girl Guide, 9, sells out of cookies in front of cannabis stor

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Student says she gave cookies containing grandfather's ashes to classmates

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2020 Kia Sportage Specs, Interior, Price and Redesign

2020 Kia Sportage Specs, Interior, Price and Redesign

2020 Kia Sportage Specs, Interior, Price and Redesign A redesign of 2020 Kia Sportage must aid the compact crossover SUV to accomplish much better sales. The Korean company is intending 100k mark in the following number of periods. That is why the carmaker needs to upgrade its vehicles from time to time. Well, the existing generation of the Sportage crossover is still fresh.

Likewise, it provides contemporary attributes and also looks. However, the expanding competitors are making the whole sector moving forward. The 2020 Kia Sportage will certainly alter its appearance. Well, the compact SUV is still attractive and also appealing. However, it looks like the company has originalities for the upcoming model.

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2020 Kia Sportage Redesign and Specs

The crossbreed drivetrain is specific, yet the Sportage can likewise obtain a PHEV variation. After the launching of 2020 Kia Soul EV, we will certainly understand a lot more opportunities and also choices for its stablemate. Comparable, yet still freshened– that is exactly how we can define snooped model in Germany. The 2020 Kia Sportage will certainly change front fascia. Changes consist of a narrower grille as well as new fronts lights design.

Also, air vents and also haze lights were under a review. Likewise, examination burro is revealing a new, lighter bumper. It feels like lights are located broader than in the past. That will certainly make the crossover sportier. Side mirrors and also a new car are notable updates on the side. The backside brings larger changes. Reduced red light and also a light bar in between conventional taillights are significant enhancements. Additionally, the roofing system inclines extra outstanding. However, interior clearance should not take repercussions for this adjustment.

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2020 Kia Sportage Interior and Exterior Design

Sportage is a contemporary crossover SUV. It does not need huge updates inside the vehicle. Every model, as well as the trim degree, is loaded with amazing functions. Additionally, safety and security go to the highest degree. Nevertheless, there are some small functions that can invite updates. Of course, Kia will bring even more modern-day devices as well as information to revitalize general look.

The cabin of the 2020 Kia Sportage will certainly be advanced as well as classy at the same time. Advanced modern technologies and also new functions can manage by voice. Simply in case, there are handles and also switches. It’s easy to use pattern is just one of the benefits of the crossover. Additionally, Sportage includes sufficient storeroom for bigger household journeys.

2020 Kia Sportage interior

A 6-speaker stereo, 5-inch screen, and also USB ports are basic devices. Nevertheless, purchasers can update their 2020 Kia Sportage with added plans as well as choices. The popular collection includes a 7-inch touchscreen screen, Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, and also dual-zone environment control. Warmed rear seats are readily available via more choices. There are likewise includes that will certainly aid you to arrange your freight. Covers, webs, floor coverings, and also trays are offered for contributing to Sportage’s trunk.

2020 Kia Sportage Engine Performance

Under the hood of the 2020 Kia Sportage are two sorts of engines. One is naturally-aspirated, as well as the various other one is the turbo variation. Both are 4-cylinder devices as well as they are coupled with the same transmission. The base LX, as well as mid-range Ex-Lover crossovers, are including a 2.4-liter four-pot engine.

This system prepares to provide 180 hp and also 175 lb-ft of torque. It is just one of one of the most reliable vehicles in the section, with gas mileage, 24/31 mpg integrated. Customers can select 2020 Kia Sportage AWD. Designers will certainly need to make this system fuel-friendlier. As an example, the last AWD variation returned four mpg less than the front-wheel-drive model.

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The various other drivetrain alternative is a 2.0-liter turbo-four. It is mated to a six-speed transmission. Once more, the 2020 Kia Sportage Turbo provides FWD and also AWD settings. Like for the base variation, four-wheel drive eats far more gas than the front-wheel-drive variation. For the turbo model, the return will certainly be 22/27 mpg (FWD) and also 20/24 mpg (AWD). Both engines include an equivalent towing capability of 2,000 extra pounds.

2020 Kia Sportage Hybrid USA

Kia needs to supply the crossbreed variation of its crossover to the United States in 2020. European purchasers are currently driving it. However, this moderate system is as well costly and also the electric battery sets a diesel motor. Likewise, the gas economy increase is not considerable, so the Sportage Hybrid is not attaining fantastic lead to the UK and also various other nations where it shows up.

On the other hand, the 2020 Kia Sportage will certainly be based upon a 2.4-liter fuel system we are discovering in base models. With such arrangement, the crossover SUV can quickly get to 200 hp of outcome as well as 30 mpg of consolidated driving. Well, these are still suppositions, and also throughout the following year, we will certainly recognize much more if the Hybrid model becomes part of the 2020 Sportage redesign.

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2020 Kia Sportage Release Date and Price

Among Kia’s solid side is the terrific price of its vehicles. Well, develop top quality still there, as well as these models are not economical. They are a lot more economical than the competitors. To maintain this benefit over competitors, the 2020 Kia Sportage is most likely to appear with a comparable price.

Base model LX will certainly remain under $24,000. The mid-range deal is Ex-Lover and also it is most likely to set you back $27,000, while at the top of the schedule is Sportage Turbo with $35,000 price tag. If crossbreed shows up, it is not most likely to be as pricey as in Europe.

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2020 Volvo XC60 Release Date, Redesign, Specs and Hybrid

2020 Volvo XC60 Release Date, Redesign, Specs and Hybrid

2020 Volvo XC60 Release Date, Redesign, Specs and Hybrid This compact high-end crossover has gotten on the marketplace for a complete year and it developed its setting as one of the course leaders when it pertains to an equilibrium in between price and top quality. There are great deals of excellent aspects of this tiny SUV. Like various other Volvo model, it includes an incredible variety of conventional and optional safety and security functions. It additionally supplies various engines choices and supplies a rather high degree of high-end.

The existing model stands for the 2nd generation, which is on the market given that in 2014. For that reason, it appears very easy to make a verdict that 2020 Volvo XC60 possibly will not feature way too many changes. We can see a couple of even more common attributes for every trim degree, but the total design will certainly continue to be unmodified. So, expect to see it late in the following year. In regards to base design features, there is no space for larger changes currently.

2020 Volvo XC60 redesign

2020 Volvo XC60 Changes and New Design

The existing, second-generation model is rather fresh and we will need to wait one number of years to see a renovation. Contrasted to the previous generation, the present model is much better in numerous elements, consisting of flight top quality. You can most definitely depend on excellent handling, though the focus is still on convenience. Nevertheless, 5 selectable drive settings are offered throughout the entire schedule so that you can readjust this crossover to your sort of trip.

Additionally, there is an optional air suspension, that makes this model among one of the comfiest SUVs in the course. Taking into consideration all the rewards that included the last-year redesign, we are quite certain that the 2020 Volvo XC60 will not feature way too many changes. Still, a couple of a lot more color alternatives and comparable type of uniqueness are constantly welcome. If we need to mention among the XC60’s elements, that would certainly be interior.

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2020 Volvo XC60 Interior and Concept

This crossover includes an impressive cabin, most definitely among the most effective in course. A full interior is made from hi-grade products, but the general design is the important things that excited us much more. In a couple of words, this cabin is sophisticated and advanced. Much like in the larger XC90, a significant upright touchscreen on the facility pile controls. An additional point that makes the cabin so impressive is a scenic sunroof, which is readily available throughout all trim degrees.

In greater variations, you can likewise obtain first-grade products like lightweight aluminum and wood trim, Nappa natural leather and a lot more. Both rows of the 2020 Volvo XC60 will be sizable and encouraging. Base models feature artificial natural leather, while power-adjustable seats are common in all variations. In regards to freight area, you can trust more than 22 cubic feet behind the 2nd row of seats. When rear seats fold up down, you can rely on class-leading 63.3 cubic feet of general freight room.

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Volvo XC60 Safety and security

Great deals of conventional tools are readily available currently in base models. You can depend on a huge 9-inch touchscreen, power-adjustable seats, dual-zone environment control, chauffeur memory setups, mobile phone assimilation and a lot more. In a lot more costly variations, you can likewise obtain a 12.3-inch electronic collection, warmed aerated and rubbing seats, costs natural leather furniture, costs stereo, warmed guiding wheel, warmed rear seats and a lot more. Safety and security have constantly been Volvo’s hallmark.

The 2020 Volvo XC60 will not be an exemption. You can depend on innovative systems like run-off-road reduction and security, approaching lane reduction and chauffeur sleepiness display. Additionally, there are much more typical systems like accident reduction with energetic stopping, automated stopping after an accident, pedestrian and pets discovery, website traffic indicator acknowledgment, lane maintain aid, an automated high beam of lights and far more. Volvo’s acquainted Pilot Assist is amongst optional functions, in addition to flexible cruise ship control, guiding aid, rear crash caution with stopping, rear cross website traffic alert, energetic park aid and so on.

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2020 Volvo XC60 Engine

This facet of the 2020 Volvo XC60 absolutely will not bring shocks. Base models will proceed with a 2.0-liter turbo inline-four, which provides around 190 hp and 260 lb-ft of torque. The same engine is additionally offered in a variation with 250 steeds. Of course, you can additionally rely on Volvo’s popular configuration that integrates turbo and supercharger. In this situation, the power outcome rises to 320 steeds and 295 pound-feet of torque. Two acquainted diesel systems will continue also.

The base one includes solitary turbocharger and provides a max result of 190 hp. Beyond, optional twin-turbo variation is excellent for 235 horsepower. Ultimately, there is a plug-in crossbreed, which utilizes the very same turbocharged/supercharged fuel engine in a mix with a hi-output 87-hp electrical motor. A complete outcome walks around 400 horsepower and 400 pound-feet of torque. All variations are combined with 8-speed transmission.

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2020 Volvo XC60 Release Date and Price

The 2020 Volvo XC60 release date must be set up for the last quarter of the following year. We do not anticipate changes in price, so base models must walk around 40.000 dollars.

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Shawl in action

I know some people knit stuff and then never wear their finished objects, but I actually do wear most of mine a lot. I thought I would include a shot of something I made  in action, so you can see how I actually wear stuff, not just when they’re styled for the blog, which tends to focus on the knitting, rather than how it looks in real life. This is the Burgundy Bat Shawl from last year. I mainly kept it at the office as an in-between layer for the mysterious heat/air-conditioning battles, but now that I’m freelance, I’m trying to incorporate it more into my daily wardrobe.

This was the weekend of street fairs–the official sign of the start of New York’s summer season. On Saturday, we walked up from 53rd to 82nd St., with a street fair along the way. Today, on 5th Avenue in Brooklyn, it was the exact same street fair, including the same ShamWow guy. One year, I bought this really cool chopping gadget–you put all your vegetables into a bowl, you spun the handle, and voila, all your vegetables were chopped! I haven’t seen that item at a street fair for a while though. Yesterday and today I only saw the usual meat-on-a-stick and strange undergarments.

I also knit through an afternoon showing of Star Trek, which I enjoyed, even though I had never seen a single episode of any of the television shows or movies (a fact that horrifies Adam). I totally didn’t recognize Winona Ryder as Spock’s mom:

This scene, by the way, is not in the movie–but I think Spock’s mom is clutching something knit, with many many bobbles on it. I will say that there was a scene where Spock (the old Spock, not the younger Spock) had this awesome jacket that had a really neat hood that snapped around his neck and face that I wanted to copy. Anyway, knit long and prosper.

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2 Responses to “Shawl in action”

  1. May 18th, 2009 at 10:38 am #Mr Puffy

    Love to see knits in action ~ your new shawl is looking gorgeous.

    BTW, I’m glad to hear you enjoyed Star Trek even though you aren’t familiar with the series. It’s my favorite TV show of all time and I couldn’t be more pleased that they are making more movies :))))

  2. May 21st, 2009 at 8:33 am #lekkercraft

    I am curious about this bowl veggie chopper you speak of. Sounds interesting!

    I definitely fall into the never-wear-the-knits-I-finish category. It’s great to see you enjoying yours. You can definitely rock a shawl!


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In 1967 The Hammer went from Superbowl I to meeting English boy scouts

I simply can’t help it, after a day at work talking about marketing plans and communications strategies I do like to somehow alter the office conversation to the NFL.

Today I was talking to a chap who is temporarily based in my office to support our communications planning, and inevitably we swapped personal website/blog info.

When I explained to this gent that I liked NFL football he went all retro on me and asked if the Kansas City Chiefs still existed.

I said yes they did but they were not playing good football at the moment.

This chap recalled how, as a teenager in 1967, he went over from England to Missouri as part of a ginormous boy scout camp.

Along with seeing real live native indians he was introduced to some giant people in shoulder pads from a team called the Kansas City Chiefs.

When I asked the chap if he could remember the names of any players he said no, but even though it was 42 years ago he remembered the nickname of one of the players – ‘The Hammer’.

I did a quick Google search on my mobile phone and found that this chap was referring to Fred ‘The Hammer’ Williamson, a defensive back who played for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Oakland Raiders and Kansas City Chiefs in the 60s.

It happens that ‘The Hammer’ became an actor and director and has quite a long history on the silver screen, including a number of blaxploitation movies in the 70s. ‘The Hammer’ even posed naked for Playgirl in the 70s (too much information I know).

I’m not sure this chap realised that he met a guy that played in the first ever Superbowl (a Chiefs loss to the Green Bay Packers) in the same year he played in that game.

Once I explained that this colleague seemed genuinely impressed.

It made me think, I’d love to go back to the 1960s and the time when the traditional NFL and the new upstart AFL league were competing for players and supremacy.

For those who want to know why Fred Williamson was called ‘The Hammer’ it was because his imposing forearm actually cracked opposing players helmets.

Williamson actually played himself with an adapted three bar facemask so opposing teams could not snap his neck back – here is a replica of the helmet he wore back in the 60s.

'The Hammer's' unique 3-bar facecage from the 1960s

Fascinating stuff eh! – Boy scout meets Superbowl athlete and 42 years later realises the significance !


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NZ Bicycle Film Festival Ready to Roll in Wellington

A festival of films devoted to the bicycle and all who ride is gearing up to be the torque of Wellington from 28 March to 8 April 2017.

From action and drama to stories of social and personal change, 2017's New Zealand Bicycle Film Festival is bound to enthral, challenge and most of all inspire people to get on a bike.

Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision Wellington will host the festival at our cinema on 84 Taranaki St, in partnership with the Big Bike Film Night.

Read on below to see the festival programme and book tickets, or download a pdf programme to print and share here.

Rising from the Ashes (T.C. Johnstone, 2012)

"The magic of film lets us see, hear and experience bicycle culture across geography and time," says Di Pivac, Ngā Taonga Outreach & Engagement Manager.

"It's 200 years since the first bike was built. Here in New Zealand, bikes as transport and fun have been part of our culture for 140 years or so. We're thrilled to be celebrating bicycles, on screen, with Kiwi cyclists and bicycle lovers."
Ovarian Psycos (Joanna Sokolowski and Kate Trumbull-LaValle, 2016)

There will be something for everyone, from new international documentaries such as Ovarian Psycos (2016), Mama Agatha (2015) and Rising from the Ashes (2012), the classic and acclaimed movie The Bicycle Thief (1948), and the best two-wheel reels from the archive's collection.

The always-popular Big Bike Film Night showcases new short films from NZ and around the world. Selected by a panel of Kiwi film and bike buffs, expect action, drama, humour and even a hint of romance.

Big Bike Film Night curator Brett Cotter says he’s particularly pleased to showcase a documentary on the making of the West Coast’s Old Ghost Road bike trail.

Cycle Chic

For the first time, a sister act for the Big Bike Film Night – Cycle Chic – offers a rich collection of films to inspire and celebrate women who love to bike. All genders welcome!

Panel discussions will focus on cycling and social change. Screenings for schools give students a chance to see award-winning international documentaries as well as historic bicycle films from when their grandparents and great-grandparents learned to ride.

There will even be an indoor bike stand where people can rest their two-tyred bicycles.

The New Zealand Bicycle Film Festival is supported by Wellington City Council’s Communities on Bikes Fund. Councillor Sarah Free, Portfolio Leader for Public Transport, Walking and Cycling, says Wellington is experiencing a rise in the number of people riding bikes:
"The Communities on Bikes fund is one way the Council is supporting cycling as a viable and safe transport choice, especially for those who are new to cycling or may be just starting to consider it."

Dedicated to the bicycle and all who ride – a festival of films to enthral, challenge and inspire.

A Cinematic Century of Cycling
NZ, 1907 onwards, 60 mins, archival compilation, Exempt
A fascinating and often hilarious collection of NZ and international cycling movies, home-made and professional, from the archive of Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision.
5.30pm Wed 29 March | 5.30pm Wed 5 April | 5.30pm Thu 6 April | Thurs 13 April Book tickets

Rising from the Ashes
US, 2013 (82 mins), documentary, Exempt
A rag tag group form Rwanda’s first cycling team, overcoming their traumatic national past in a bid to make history at the Tour De France and 2012 Olympics. (Screens with Mama Agatha.)
7pm Wed 29 March | 4pm Sat 8 April Book tickets

Contromano / Bike Repair Shop (Stefano Gabbiani, 2014)

Contromano / Bike Repair Shop
Italy, 2014, 73 mins, documentary, Exempt
As Turin emerges from an era of cars, two very different bicycle repair shop owners ride the city's new interest in cycling, transforming their own and others’ lives. The 30 March screening features a live panel discussion on the power of the bicycle to transform cities and lives.
6pm Thu 30 March with panel discussion | 5.30pm Fri 31 March film only - Book tickets

Cycle Chic
International, 92 mins, compilation, Exempt
Bike films that celebrate, encourage and inspire females who love to bike. Bring your best friend, or – hey – bring your bike!
7pm Fri 31 March - book tickets | 7pm Thu 6 April - book tickets

Ladri di biciclette / The Bicycle Thief (Vittorio De Sica, 1948)

Ladri di biciclette / The Bicycle Thief
Italy, 1948, 89 mins, feature film, G
In post-war Italy, a man and his son frantically seek the stolen bicycle that means the difference between work and poverty. Voted one of the greatest films of all time.
4pm Sat 1 April | 7pm Fri 7 April Book tickets

Big Bike Film Night
International, 145 mins, compilation, Exempt
2017’s bike-alicious new collection of the best all-cycling-genre short films from around the world, chosen for Kiwis. Includes the story of NZ’s Old Ghost Road and more.
6.30pm Sat 1 April - book tickets | 6.30pm Sat 8 April - book tickets | 6.30pm Wed 12 April - book tickets

Ovarian Psycos
US, 2016, 72 mins, documentary, Exempt
A ferocious and unapologetic crowd of cycling women have become a visible force in Los Angeles, confronting violence, reclaiming safer neighbourhoods for women. (Screens with Mama Agatha.)
7pm Wed 5 April | 5pm Fri 7 April Book tickets

Mama Agatha
Netherlands, 2015, 16 mins, documentary, Exempt
Migrant women in Amsterdam find their way into their new society, learning to cycle with "Mama Agatha," a 59-year-old Ghanaian woman with the spirit of a 20-year-old. (Screens with Ovarian Psycos and Rising from the Ashes .)
7pm Wed 29 March | 7pm Wed 5 April | 5pm Fri 7 April | 4pm Sat 8 April

Most tickets $10 (or $8 students, children, seniors)
Big Bike Film Night and Cycle Chic tickets $20 – proceeds to WORD and Frocks On Bikes.


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NHL rescinds Belov match penalty vs. Philly

The match penalty Edmonton Oilers defenseman Anton Belov was assessed during Saturday’s loss to the Philadelphia Flyers is no more.

Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal reports the NHL has rescinded the penalty after reviewing the play in which Belov was sent off for a head shot to Flyers captain Claude Giroux. On replay, it appeared Belov hit Giroux shoulder-to-shoulder and according to Matheson that’s just how the league saw it as well.

While Belov was assessed a major penalty for the hit, he will not be suspended because of it. In case you missed it yesterday, here’s video of the play courtesy of CSN Philly.

High-schooler ‘sticks it to cancer’ with surprise comeback

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It was standing room only in the rink, with those in attendance unaware of the surprise that was to be announced in a few moments. Derek Zacchino was lined up on the blue line in full uniform next to his Bethpage High School teammates prepared to take part in the ceremonial puck drop for a benefit game in his honor.

It had been a trying three months for the junior defenseman and his family. A surprise diagnosis after the first practice of the year changed the entire season. Now here he was inside the Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center holding a secret that only few people there knew.

Hours before the benefit game Derek learned that partaking in the pre-game puck drop wouldn’t be his only on-ice duties that evening.

September 4 on Long Island was a hot one. Temperatures reached the 90s the day before many schools opened in the area. That Tuesday also marked the first day of practice for the Bethpage Eagles hockey team.

The 2018-19 season was to be one of transition for the Eagles. Despite losing the league’s top goaltender and scorer, and some of their top defensemen to graduation, they were hoping to build off last season’s run where they won their conference, reached the Nassau County final, and participated in the New York State tournament.

Derek left that first practice early feeling ill. He found himself experiencing double vision and ended up vomiting in the dressing room. Having experienced headaches over the summer, he chalked it up to being related to concussions he’d suffered in the past. One week and numerous tests later, he found himself on the way to Cohen Children’s Medical Center after doctors discovered a large mass.

“Sorry I couldn’t come to practice tonight, I had to go to the hospital. Turns out I have fluid on my brain,” was the text Derek wrote to Eagles head coach Jeff Schmier, who initially thought he was feeling dehydrated.

Doctors had found a tumor on Derek’s brain and were able to take most of it after emergency surgery the next day. After some tests, it was discovered the tumor was malignant and he was diagnosed with Glioblastoma, an “aggressive type of cancer that can occur in the brain or spinal cord,” according to the Mayo Clinic.

“[My wife and I] were just numb. I just thought life as I know it was ended,” said Derek’s dad, Don. “If something takes Derek away from me, I don’t see how I can ever be the same, let alone move on.”

But seeing Derek’s attitude after surgery and the diagnosis, especially as his concern focused on when he could play hockey again and not what he’s been through, helped Don and his wife Dawn deal with the situation.

“He never complained,” said Don. “He never showed sadness or [asked] ‘why me?’ That’s what carried us through. People ask me at work all the time, ‘How are you going through with this? You’re amazing.’ I’m not amazing. My son’s amazing. When I grow up, I want to be Derek. He was leading my wife and I in this journey of positivity. He never let us break down, because how could we? It doesn’t seem to be affecting him.”

Following the surgery, a schedule began that featured radiation treatments five times a week and a chemotherapy infusion every Monday. Derek still wanted to attend school, so treatments took place after classes ended for the day. His new challenge also didn’t keep him away from rink. He was still able to attend practices and games just to be around his teammates and help keep a sense of normalcy.

“It wasn’t too hard being away,” said Derek. “It was more tough not being able to play in the games.”

As Derek went through his cancer battle, the community rallied around the Zacchinos. Plans were made to turn Bethpage’s Dec. 19 game into a benefit for the hospital, which saw T-shirts featuring the slogan “Stick It To Cancer” sold in large quantities, as well as gift baskets and signed items donated by various NHL teams to be raffled off.

The night that was expected to raise only few hundred dollars ballooned into something bigger.

Once the crowd filed into packed rink, the atmosphere by those in attendance was likened to that of an NHL playoff game. Everyone was there to support Derek, but earlier in the day some surprise news changed the entire feel of the night.

As Derek sat down for his lunch period, Don called with the news that his doctors had cleared him to play that night. Now he had to go the rest of the day without revealing the secret.

When they arrived at the rink later that day, only Derek, his parents, Schmier, and the head coach of the opposing team, Oceanside High School, knew he was playing.

Derek arrived about 90 minutes before the game because he wanted to beat the crowd and say hello to everyone he needed to and then get ready. “I came in and I’ve never seen so many people in such a confined space,” he said. Schmier had arranged to have each team in the league have a representative in attendance, some of whom sent a number of players from their roster.

A former member of the Eagles’ team who now helps out assisted Derek in getting his equipment into the dressing room without anyone noticing. As Schmier did his usual pre-game pep talk, he emphasized to his players the importance of focusing on such a big night, especially as they were facing a 9-0-1 team. He finished by revealing the secret.

“One more thing,” Schmier said to his players. “I have some news that is going to rock your world. Like I say, defense wins it. We have someone that’s going to be joining us playing tonight and I need one of you players not to dress tonight. Talk about it amongst yourselves. Derek’s going to be playing tonight.”

From there the dressing room erupted in cheers, some players even broke down in tears at the news. It was a needed emotional boost for a team that was going through an up-and-down season.

Once the furor died down, Derek started getting ready, but kept getting interrupted by requests from local news stations for interviews. He didn’t really get to settle in until later on, and once he hit the ice he was running on adrenaline.

Still, while he took part in warmups in full uniform and all of his equipment on, no one in the crowd knew he would be playing. It was Dave Schneider, Bethpage superintendent of schools who made the announcement, which resulted in a roar from the crowd.

There was still a game to be played and the Eagles came out gave their best performance of the season, one that was capped by a strong defensive effort in the final moments.

As Bethpage held a 4-3 lead with under a minute to go and after some penalties, Oceanside found themselves with an empty net and a 5-on-3 advantage.

“There’s no way I’m getting off this ice,” Derek told Schmier when asked if he wanted to stay on for the final shift.

A complete 60-minute effort wouldn’t be without some luck. As Oceanside pressed for the tying goal, their best chance clanked off the goal post with seconds remaining. The ensuing face off was tied up in the corner by Bethpage and time ran out with the Eagles immediately surrounding Derek in celebration.

“I have never been involved in a sporting event like that night. It was so emotional,” said Schmier, who still remains impressed at the level his team played at that night. “I’ve watched games since… I actually told them, I don’t ever want to hear that that team was better. I saw what you could do tonight, you have no more excuses because they were capable of that.”

Northwell Health

The game took place two days before Derek’s 17th birthday and the victory only added to a night that was a complete success. By the end, $21,016 (Derek wears No. 16) had been raised for pediatric cancer research at Cohen Children’s Medical Center.

“I don’t think anything really changed me,” said Derek of his cancer experience. “I learned that there’s a lot more good people out there than you think.”

Derek was unable to finish two other games the rest of the season, as the effects of his radiation treatments were too much for his body. His fight wasn’t over yet as there was a second surgery on Feb. 1. Another MRI in January showed doctors that part of the tumor that was left there originally did not go away and it had grown a little. The good news was that the surgeon was confident he could go in and get it, mainly because there was more room between the tumor and the brain than he originally expected.

Pro-active treatments are now being done to prevent the cancer from returning and eventually he’ll begin an oral chemotherapy treatment. The fatigue he experiences from the radiation treatments is expected to wear off by the end of the month and while they’re not focusing on it yet, he should be fully ready to return to the ice next season.

A week after the second surgery, Derek was a guest of New York Rangers defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk during his annual Kancer Jam fundraiser. The two connected thanks to a teacher at Bethpage High School and met after a game at Madison Square Garden in late December.

Shattenkirk wasn’t the only NHL player to reach out. Fellow Long Island native Charlie McAvoy of the Boston Bruins sent a signed jersey, as did Alex Tuch, who got his Vegas Golden Knights teammates to autograph one for Derek.

Through this experience, nothing phased Derek. While his family were concerned about his health, he never complained about what he was going through. His only concern was when he’d be able to play hockey again.

“I don’t even think it’s still hit me,” said Derek, who was named after Boston Bruins great Derek Sanderson even though Don is a die-hard Rangers fan. “When I found out that my last surgery went well, as the doctor said, in remission as of right now. I never really freaked out. So I don’t think it’s even hit me that I was diagnosed with it yet, let alone healed.”

“He was never high and low,” said Don. “He’s Derek. This is Derek.”

That was never more evident as the four of us sat for an interview last week and Schmier casually broke the news to Derek that he would be the team’s captain next season.

“I guessed my senior season year would be our best season,” said Derek. “That’s what I’m hoping.”

The Eagles will only graduate four seniors in June, which means the 2019-20 season will feature an upperclassmen-heavy roster. That will be a team led by a motivated captain who has conquered the ultimate obstacle.

“I didn’t know until this happened, the magnitude of [nothing phasing Derek] and really how impressed I am,” said Don. “Looking back, this is Derek’s personality. The strength and the poise, this is a whole other thing.

“Like I say, when I grow up I want to be him.”

Pre-game studio coverage begins at noon ET on NBC with NHL Live, which will be on-site in Hockeytown at The Rink at Campus Martius Park in downtown Detroit, Mich. Liam McHugh and Kathryn Tappen will anchor pre-game, intermission and post-game coverage throughout the day alongside analysts Mike Milbury, Keith Jones and Jeremy Roenick. In addition, Tappen will provide reports and interviews from the Team USA vs. Canada women’s hockey game at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit on Sunday afternoon.

NBC Hockey Day in America schedule:
N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh – NBC – 12:30 p.m. ET (Watch live)
St. Louis at Minnesota – NBC – 3:30 p.m. ET (Watch live)
Philadelphia at Detroit – NBCSN –  6 p.m. ET (Watch live)

Sean Leahy is a writer for Pro Hockey Talk on NBC Sports. Drop him a line at phtblog@nbcsports.com or follow him on Twitter @Sean_Leahy.

Hurricanes move into playoff spot, keep celebrating like ‘bunch of jerks’

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The Carolina Hurricanes found themselves in the crosshairs of another angry old-school hockey analyst on Saturday night when Hockey Night in Canada’s Don Cherry used his Coach’s Corner segment to criticize the team’s Storm Surge celebrations that take place after home victories.

During the segment, which was basically a 1:17 rant, Cherry repeatedly referred to the Hurricanes players as “jerks” (four times to be exact, including as “a bunch of jerks” at the end) and warned them not to do it in the playoffs because, well, this is the National Hockey League and that’s just not what you do.

This all comes after former NHL general manager Brian Burke has repeatedly criticized the celebrations and referred to them as “pee-wee garbage stuff.”

(You can see Cherry’s segment here starting at the 4:25 mark.)

The Hurricanes, of course, do not really care what the outside world thinks and their social media team wasted no time in having some fun with the criticism.

So guess what happened on Saturday night?!

The Hurricanes won again by defeating the Dallas Stars, 3-0, to move into a playoff spot for the time being by jumping one point ahead of the Pittsburgh Penguins who were on the losing end of a 5-4 decision against the Calgary Flames earlier in the day.

The Penguins still have a game in hand and play on Sunday afternoon (12:30 p.m. ET on NBC), but the fact remains that the Hurricanes are currently occupying a playoff spot. Even if they fall a point back by this time on Sunday, they have still played their way back into legitimate playoff contention and are right in the thick of the Eastern Conference playoff race, not only for a potential Wild Card spot, but perhaps even a top-three spot in the Metropolitan Division.

They are in it.

The Hurricanes also did what they do in these situations and broke out another Storm Surge celebration by doing … the limbo.

With a minute to play in regulation, fans at PNC Arena, obviously having been made aware of Cherry’s commentary, started chanting “bunch of jerks” as the clock ticked away.

They are not just embracing the criticism, they are feeding off of it.

My stance on the Storm Surge is very well established at this point: It is great, it is fun, and it is not showing anyone up because the other team is already long gone from the ice and it’s for the home fans. And even if it was, if you do not like it as an opponent you always have the option of winning the game. Nothing wrong with showing personality and having fun in sports.  Also, I want to see them doing it on the road, but as Jordan Martinook said to me after a game a couple of weeks ago “that will never happen.”

As for the recent results on the ice and what this all means for the Hurricanes, with Saturday’s win they are now 16-5-1 since Dec. 31, giving them 33 points during that stretch.

No team in the NHL has more points since then.

Everything is clicking for them right now.

They have an outstanding defense that makes them the best shot suppression team in the league (again!) and Curtis McElhinney has been a surprising stabilizing presence in net. That combination has made them a top-10 goal prevention team in the NHL and the recent addition of Nino Niederreiter from the Minnesota Wild has given them a much-needed goal-scoring presence in their top-six to go with emerging stars Sebastian Aho and Teuvo Teravainen.

Whether or not this will all be enough to end what has been a decade long playoff drought has yet to be determined, but this is probably one of the best chances they have had to get back in the playoffs. It is also the most exciting team they have put on the ice since that last playoff appearance during the 2008-09 season. They are young, they are fun, and they are building something that is worth watching — during and after the games.

Adam Gretz is a writer for Pro Hockey Talk on NBC Sports. Drop him a line at phtblog@nbcsports.com or follow him on Twitter @AGretz.

Blues win ninth in a row as Avalanche keep fading

At the start of December the Colorado Avalanche were off to one of the best starts in the NHL with a 15-6-5 record and looking like a sure-fire playoff team thanks to one of the best lines in the league.

They had their flaws, yes, but they had enough top-end talent playing at an incredibly high level and seemed to have given themselves plenty of cushion to allow for any sort of regression that might follow in the coming months.

On Dec. 1, they were 14 points ahead of what looked to be a bitterly disappointing St. Louis Blues team in the Western Conference standings. That Blues team, meanwhile, looked like its season was already over before it really even had a chance to start, was going through a change behind the bench, and rumors were swirling that major changes to the roster could be coming if things did not turn around.

Two-and-a-half months later, everything has changed for both teams and we saw it all playing out on Saturday afternoon when the two teams met in Denver.

It was there that Blues won their ninth game in a row with a 3-0 victory that improved their lead over the Avalanche in the standings to eight points. That means the two teams have experienced a 22-point swing in less than three months.

That is an absolutely shocking flip in that amount of time.

The big change for the Blues has been the fact that their goaltending has completely turned around with the arrival of Jordan Binnington who is now 11-1-1 with a .931 save percentage in his first 13 starts. On Saturday, Jake Allen — who had been a mess earlier this season — recorded his second shutout of the season to give the Blues back-to-back shutouts.

They’re also getting the type of performance they expected out of Vladimir Tarasenko.

After what was one of the worst starts of his career, Tarasenko extended his current point streak to 11 games on Saturday with his fourth consecutive multi-point game.

Since Jan. 1 he has 26 points (including 14 goals) in 19 games.

As for the Avalanche, well, their problems are plentiful.

They still don’t have enough scoring depth beyond their top players, and now they can’t keep anything out of their own net. The defense isn’t anything special, but the goaltending has been a massive disappointment. Put those two things together and they have now given up at least four goals in eight of their past 10 games, while neither goalie (Semyon Varlamov or big offseason acquisition Philipp Grubauer) has done anything to solidify the position.

They have lost nine out of their past 10 games and 24 out of their past 32 since Dec. 1.

As if that is not bad enough, their upcoming schedule is brutal with games against Vegas, Winnipeg, a white-hot Chicago team, and Nashville over their next four.

In short, this could continue to get worse for the Avalanche before it gets better.

Adam Gretz is a writer for Pro Hockey Talk on NBC Sports. Drop him a line at phtblog@nbcsports.com or follow him on Twitter @AGretz.

Sharks’ Erik Karlsson to return after missing nine games

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The San Jose Sharks have been one of the most dominant teams in the league over the past two months and will be getting even more good news on Saturday night when defender Erik Karlsson makes his return to the lineup after missing the team’s past nine games.

Karlsson last appeared in a game for the Sharks on Jan. 16 and had playing some of his best hockey of the season prior to the injury, recording 28 points over the previous 20 games.

It took him a while for his offensive production to get back to his normal career level, but Karlsson has been an impact player all season after arriving in an offseason trade with the Ottawa Senators. Among defenders that have logged at least 500 minutes of 5-on-5 ice-time this season, Karlsson is in the top-five in both on-ice shot attempt differential and scoring chance differential.

His 43 total points are also among the top-10 even though he has, again, missed the past nine games.

So, yeah, he has been pretty outstanding no matter metric you want to look at.

The Sharks still managed to go 6-3-0 without him during that stretch and enter Saturday’s game having won six of their past seven games, a pretty strong statement on the overall quality of the team and the depth they have assembled. They are one of the NHL’s best teams, a true Stanley Cup contender, and now they are getting one of the best players in the league back.

Adam Gretz is a writer for Pro Hockey Talk on NBC Sports. Drop him a line at phtblog@nbcsports.com or follow him on Twitter @AGretz.


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Phil Solomon’s “Empire”

A short essay on Phil Solomon’s digital film Empire, show recently at Views from the Avant-Garde at the New York Film Festival.

Phil Solomon’s Empire consists of a single evolving image derived from the computer game Grand Theft Auto IV. From a fixed, high angle view point we overlook an emblematic North American city, within which is a number of typical features. A centrally positioned, tall, art deco-ish skyscraper that closely resembles the Empire State Building dominates the scene. This is surrounded by a variety of shorter buildings, one or two of which have electronic billboards attached to their facades. To the right is a marina cum harbor, and beyond that an area of low-rise industrial sprawl, apartment buildings etc. Behind the whole scene is the sea, leading to the horizon, which lies a little below the mid point of the picture. Thus the scene is dominated by the sky, and it is this latter that will provide as much variety during the work’s 48 minutes as changes within the cityscape itself.

Solomon describes it as: “A re-make of Andy Warhol’s Empire from high atop the Manhattan Island of Grand Theft Auto IV (“Liberty City”), far from the madding crowd of thieves, cops, prostitutes and murderers down below. I hijacked a copter, leaped onto the rooftop of an adjacent building, spawned a scooter out of the thin air and then gingerly drove it to the very edge of the precipice in order to roughly approximate that familiar view from July 25-26, 1964. And then I put the controller aside and did exactly nothing for 24 hours (48 minutes in our world). A day of rest and bordered inaction.”

To deploy an over used and much-adapted term, the scene could be said to evoke the “industrial-sublime”, although this is tinged with an urbanite nostalgia for nature, evoked by the big, dramatic sky, to which we are constantly drawn by the left to right movement of passenger jets, which disappear behind the central building, never to reappear. This is one example of the numerous anomalies that animate the scene, and of which we only become aware because we are watching a game’s setting, that is, experiencing it in a way probably not anticipated or intended by its creators. This is perhaps the most interesting thing about Empire: it gets us thinking about what watching is in a variety of ways. The game’s creators have built a plausible-enough world within which the action can take place. To this extent they follow a movie-making ethos, in that there’s no point in lavishing time and money on details that no one is going to notice, as their attention will be elsewhere. The landscape is riddled with looping events, the plane-passings being the most conspicuous, because they are silhouetted against the sky, clear of any visual clutter that would render them less obvious. On another level, things change slowly, but in a lot of places at the same time, all the time. Thus, typically, one can fixate on an area of screen, the harbor say, then, after a couple of minutes look elsewhere and see that something one ignored for a minute or two has changed significantly. This process is exacerbated by the more or less constant appearance of fluttering shapes -birds or dead leaves- that emanate from somewhere in the middle of the image.

To this extent the work confirms what any film-watcher knows, which is that one misses much of what passes before one’s eyes, even in a cinema devoted to experimental work of the slowest changing kind. The experience of trying to juggle perceptions, to manage the changes one could witness, is not uninteresting, and the changes happen at a rate that is just about visible, in the way the movement of a minute hand can be just about visible at a certain scale. This precisely calculated rate further serves to make us conscious of our own visual-mental processes, but in the end one needs to consider the specificities of the work, this work, Empire: what I have described above could be just as easily and effectively tracked in a run of the mill psychology experiment. Solomon’s stress on the importance to him of Warhol’s film, and the comparisons made with it by other commentators, are misguided though, because the significance of Warhol’s film, its raison d’etre, lies in its observational nature (2). Empire is not observational, even if observations informed its making.

The significance of Warhol’s film is underpinned by its being a film of a real scene. From this fact stems the critical conjunction of pro-filmic, camera, black and white film stock, time and the apparatus, the latter not least in the way it puts particular demands on its audience (3). Actually, Warhol liked the idea that his audience could leave the cinema, come back and still find that not much had happened in the mean time. This is not the case with Empire, which is demanding in a very different way.  Warhol’s film establishes a dialectic with its viewer, because although “nothing happens” every frame is different, frame by frame changes in grain structure interacting with the very slow and subtle shifts in light and atmospheric conditions. The viewer is therefore involved in a repetitious process of trying to work out if anything has happened and if so what, at the same time as they come to an understanding that grain movements are also image shifts. This is very different from the experience of Empire, where the viewer is trying to track actually occurring changes in the depictions on screen. In this sense the viewer is a follower, whereas in Warhol’s film there is something like a feedback loop going on. Not least, Warhol’s use of black and white film stresses the image as a pattern of light movements. By excluding colour, emphasis is placed on image structure, on image as structure, since colour is not present to fill-in the detail and make the surface differentiations necessary for a convincingly illusionistic image. Black and white flattens things, emphasizing the image as generated, as opposed to recorded, as a matrix of interactions between grain, the modulations in the pro-filmic object, and light.

In Warhol’s film changes in the image have real, existential consequences, because those changes cause us to think about the adequacies of film as a way of representing the real world. Because the changes in Empire are artificial, there are no such consequences: the changes are simply changes to an image that is not an image of something really existing. This is not necessarily to say that there is nothing to be gained from such an image, so the question we want to ask is what does Empire, specifically, tell us about spatio-temporal representations?

There is considerable pleasure to be had from assessing the anomalous changes in light in the scene, the contrast ratio shifts when evening draws in, or the increasing play of light in the harbour as the sun climbs into the sky. One finds oneself bringing cognitive knowledge to bear on the scene, but this is always struggling additionally with the ever-changing array of phenomena. However, one’s sense of spatialities remains unchallenged, and changes to the pattern of light and dark are inconsequential because in the end the scene is invented. One could usefully compare this film with Monet’s paintings of the façade of Rouen cathedral. There the struggle to represent is inscribed in the work, explicitly so in its existence as a series of differences, each incomplete in itself. Indeed the work proposes that all paintings are unfinished, inadequate. The scene in Empire is always already complete, so that the shifts in light, contrast and colour are superficial in a strict sense, in that they leave unaffected the initial disposition of features within the scene. In this sense the image is dualistic, in contrast to Monet’s and Warhol’s, monistic images, where surface IS form, and therefore changes to surface are not superficial, but structural.

  1. (accessed 17.10.2012).
  2. For example: (accessed 21.10.2012).
  3. See Peter Gidal: Andy Warhol Films and Paintings, Da Capo Press reprint, 1991.

The Diorama is alive and well in New York

Anyone who is interested in cinema’s pre-history should visit the extraordinary American Museum of Natural History on  West 79th Street in New York. Its large, dimly lit,  galleried floors are lined with Dioramas, while the central void is filled with a life sized Blue Whale, among other things. Here are photos of two of the Dioramas.

Simon Payne screening at, Bethnal Green Rd, London, 3rd October 2012.

Simon Payne showed a broadly chronological selection of work at on 3rd of October 2012. There were eight pieces, totalling 52 minutes, including two new ones that take things in a slightly different direction, and both of which involve analogue intervention into digital material, using a camera. In the first, Test Cards, Payne filmed coloured cards lit by reflective sunlight, while in the second, Twice Over, he filmed off the screen, with a hand held camcorder, an original sequence of digitally generated coloured rectangles. The re-filmed layer and an original variation of it are then superimposed on themselves, so that the discrepancies between them generate a third element: differently coloured slender rectangles that judder between the main blocks of colour. In contrast to the many computer generated works Payne has made over the last eight or so years, the texture of the card plays an important role in the new pieces, as does the “noise” of reflected light and the analogue decay generated by re-filming (as opposed to digital copying). The strategy recalls that of David Hall in his seminal and iconic This is a Television Receiver (1976), where an original TV broadcast was re-filmed off the screen three times, so that the image quality deteriorates step by step as the generations accumulate. Re-filming is also one of the tropes that P. Adams Sitney, in his book Visionary Film, identifies as typifying the Structural Film, and which can be seen, contemporaneously, in parts of Michael Snow’s Wavelength (1967) and more extensively in Ken Jacobs’ Tom Tom the Piper’s Son (1968). However, it is most unusual for re-filmed footage to be superimposed on its original in the way Payne does here. Certainly the effect, which is to generate not a double image in the way one would get by superimposing film, but further kinetic forms that are distinct from those by which they are generated, is unexpected if not unique. Payne builds on his extensive experience of working with additive colour mixing to push his practice into a place where it productively engages with its antecedents.

Two stills from Twice Over

Payne did something similar in an earlier work, Monitor, 2002, (which wasn’t shown at the screening). In Monitor there is a recursive structure in which original, first and second generation images of a window ledge are recorded, by a process of re-filming from a set of slightly different angles, via feed-back from the monitor bearing the original imagery. The different generations are then precisely aligned so as to form a composite image in which the degeneration resulting from re-filming is highlighted. Both works thus involve the bringing together of an original image and an analogue copy. In Monitor the image surface, the TV’s reflective, curved glass cover and the pixel array are precisely explored and distinguished, and the piece as a whole is concise and brief. The new work, by contrast, is extended and quirky, playful in its execution, and occupies an area somewhere between digital and analogue in terms of the image quality (not surprisingly!)

Payne also showed an early landscape piece, May (1998, 2 minutes), consisting of shots of apple trees in a field, where all the short shots are the same length and the tree trunks are uniformly framed. This prompted me to think that the evolution of his work process has mirrored that of Mondrian’s: early landscapes that become increasingly organized and stylised according to non-naturalistic formal criteria. Those forms then become more abstract, as in Vertical Composition of 2002, also shown at, which consists of isolated window glazing bars seen against a white background. This brief phase is followed by the many purely abstract pieces, such as Colour Bars (2004) and New Ratio (2007), and which are increasingly rhythmic, recalling Mondrian’s late painting Broadway Boogie-Woogie (1943). However, as Al Rees pointed out during the post-screening discussion, he was sure Simon was not at the end of his career! Indeed Payne’s new work opens up a whole new field of enquiry, potentially leading to a return to camera based work, a move that Payne indicated he was interested in making.


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The Dancing Chef!

The Dancing Chef

FFrom rosemary mascarpone canapés, bacon-wrapped scallops with an orange tarragon sauce, crab chili avocado tostaditos to Indian spiced chicken kabobs with a cilantro mint chutney or mini wild mushroom frittatas with fresh mint; Chef Lovejoy Cole’s cuisine is an infusion of culture, creativity and a dash of fun; pairing distinctive flavors to make each of his menus a customized dining experience to please even the most discriminating palate.

Under the moniker “The Dancing Chef” from his days working as a dancer and choreographer for the likes of Bel Biv Devoe, Coolio, George Clinton, Montell Jordan, New Edition and TLC to name a few, Cole’s focus has turned to the culinary arts as new form of expression for him – and the industry has taken notice.  He has prepared menus and cooked for celebrity guests including Tisha Campbell, Tasha Smith, Cedric The Entertainer, Will Smith, F. Gary Gray, Boris Kodjoe, Jamie Foxx, Lamar Odom, Angela Bassett and many many more!

“My style of cooking is eclectic American fusion, emphasizing fresh seafood, meats and produce derived from international flavors,” said Cole.  “I constantly strive to create an unforgettable dining experience for my clients.”

Prior to his careers in dance and the culinary arts, Cole served in the United States Air Force for four years as a mechanic working on the C-5 aircraft.  While in the service, he was an active member of the Air Force’s intermediate boxing team and also entertained his fellow officers as one of “The Travis Rappers.”

Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Cole joined the elite East Cleveland P.A.L. Boxing Club during his youth and eventually went on to win a couple Golden Gloves tournaments.  Throughout high school, Cole worked at various local area restaurants, learning the tricks of the trade, which later helped land a position at Santa Monica’s private Jonathan Beach Club after retiring from his illustrious dance career.  While there, Cole cooked for 200-person parties, created 150 employee meals a day and fed more than 100 uberesque beach-goers on a daily basis.  Cole later flexed his culinary skills at various restaurants around the Los Angeles area such as Nook Bistro and Obar before becoming a private chef to many in the entertainment industry.

Cole currently splits his time between in Los Angeles and Miami cooking for celebrities and when he’s not cooking, he may be found at the beach with his dog, Junior, or at one of the many Los Angeles/Miami hotspots de noir with his original love – dancing.

For media inquiries, please contact, 818-983-2674

Here are some of his recipes for you to try at home ENJOY!

Since the rise of the obesity problem in America more and more of my clients have been asking me to do some of their favorite comfort foods, but in a healthier manner.  Three of my favorites to make are Oven Baked Fried Chicken,  Cranberry Whole Wheat Stuffing, and  Cinnamon Walnut Candied Yams.

Oven Baked Fried Chicken

3 chicken legs

2 chicken thighs

1 chicken breast

1 cup of egg whites

2 cups of wheat flour

3 grinded cups of  Honey Nut Cheerios

1 cup of Peanut Oil or Flaxseed Oil

1/4 cup of Old Bay Seasoning

1/4 cup of Lemon Pepper

1/4cup of Paprika

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C.).  Combine flour, Old Bay, Lemon Pepper, Paprika in medium mixing bowl, Egg Whites in another medium mixing bowl, and granulated Honey Nut Cheerios in another bowl.

2. Repeat the steps of dredging all chicken pieces in flour, then egg whites and then Honey Nut Cheerio mixture and set aside on wax paper.

3. Heat Oil in 11inch sauté pan to smoke point and brown each piece of chicken in pan and place in 13 inch baking dish and place in oven for 30 min. or until crispy and serve.

Yield 6 servings  (200 calories per serving)

Cranberry Apple Whole Wheat Stuffing

6 cups cubed whole wheat bread

1 cup of dried cranberries

3 fuji apples – peeled, cored, and chopped

1 cup Organic butter

2 1/2 cups chopped onions

2 cups chopped celery

2 1/2 cups chopped mushrooms

2 cups of chopped Red Pepper

½ cup of fresh thyme

½ cup of fresh rosemary

2 teaspoons salt substitute

1 1/2 tp Cayenne pepper

1 cup water

1 (14.5 ounce) can vegetable broth

1.Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

2.Melt butter in a large, heavy skillet over medium heat. Stir in onions,  celery, mushrooms, red peppers. Cook until vegetables are lightly browned, 5 to 8 minutes. Add and stir in thyme, and rosemary. Continue cooking about 2 minutes more Remove from heat, and season with salt and pepper.

3.In a large bowl, mix whole wheat bread, apples, and cranberries. Gradually blend in vegetable broth until mixture is moistened.

4.Transfer mixture to a large baking dish. Bake 30 minutes in the preheated oven, until lightly browned.

Yield 8 servings  (300 calories per serving)

Cinnamon Walnut Candied Yams

6 medium organic yams (peeled and cubed)

½ cup of  sliced organic butter

1 cup of Splenda Brown Sugar

1 ½  cups of chopped walnuts

½ cup of vanilla extract

1/3 cup of Cinnamon

1.Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

2.Place yams in a medium baking dish. Distribute butter pieces evenly over the yams. Sprinkle with brown sugar ,vanilla extract and Cinnamon

3.Distribute walnuts on top of yams.

4.Cover and bake in the preheated oven for 25 minutes, or until yams are tender and walnuts are golden brown.

Yield 6 servings (250 Calories per serving)

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