MARCH
26, 2006 --
NCAA Update…
The selection committee sure got it right by inviting George Mason University
as an 11th seed to this year's division 1 men's basketball tournament.
Except now it is clear they should have been seeded No. 1 -- along with UCLA,
LSU and Florida -- the Final Four.
None of the selected Final Four teams will be playing next week: Duke, Memphis
St., UConn and Villanova.
UConn had a close call against Washington before losing to George Mason. History
here kind of repeated; when UConn had a close call against Washington in 1998,
it lost in the round of eight, too. BUT -- won the NCAA title the next year.
Now to see if UCLA returns to its traditional position as NCAA powerhouse. One
thing this year's tournament reaffirms: teams do not win games based on press
clippings. They win by working the ball.
P.S. LPR has a hunch that the Connecticut overtime defeat might spark some interest
in George Mason, as well as the basketball team carrying his name. For starters,
Mason was a wealthy Virginian who was a delegate to the constitutional convention,
but refused to sign the Constitution, reportedly because it lacked a national
bill of rights.
He was also a slaveholder, with 75 thousand acres in Virginia and Kentucky, who
was said to oppose slavery. See: Decision in Philadelphia: The Constitutional
Convention of 1787, by Christopher Collier and James Lincoln Collier, chapter
2, Ballantine paperback.
See also We the People: The Economic Origins of the Constitution, by Forrest
McDonald, p. 256, University of Chicago Press paperback.
MARCH 26,
2006 --
By whose watch …
In Manhattan, the
parking meter on Broadway, near 79th street might say that 25 cents
gets half an hour of parking but put 25 cents in this meter and stay
more than TEN minutes, and you are likely to get a ticket, LPR believes.
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Manhattan
parking meter.
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MARCH
26, 2006 --
An Idea for Broadway?
To save costs, perhaps shows might merge, as for example:
The Lord of the Ring of Fire.
MARCH
26, 2006 --
A Terrible Pun (is there any other kind?) …
LPR is concerned that the controversy over global warming is
leading to global scolding.
MARCH 26,
2006 --
Belated FYI …
The St. Patrick's
Day green line on Fifth Avenue begins at 44th Street, as shown on this
photo taken the evening of March 16.
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Driving
near the green line in Manhattan.
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MARCH 26,
2006 --
Also visiting Torrington …
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Northwest
Connecticut seagulls, photographed in a Torrington
shopping mall, March 21.
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MARCH 26,
2006 --
Scenic View …
LPR loves the hills
that surround Winsted, Connecticut.
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The
view in Winsted, Connecticut.
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MARCH 26,
2006 --
LPR Advisory to Independent Filmmakers (or the Big Guys) …
This part of Winsted's
Main Street (photos taken March 21) seems a perfect setting for period
film. Warning: spend some time in northwest Connecticut and you will
want to live there.
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The
intersection of Main and Elm Streets - a potential movie backdrop?
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The
Winsted News Store is a popular Winsted landmark.
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MARCH
19, 2006 --
LPR Thanks …
… a Googler unknown to LPR, and Google for this search:
"shana james madison"
This search produced some 104 thousand results. LPR was Numero Uno.
MARCH
19, 2006 --
And LPR thanks visitors from …
… San Diego (if you recognize anyone in the Patrick Henry High School photos
tell us) and also from Atlanta, Paris and Beijing, among some of LPR's cities
around the world.
MARCH
12, 2006 --
NCAA 2006 Men's Basketball Tournament …
LPR predicts that the Huskies will win their game in the "Sweet
16" round. The Huskies are the nicknames of UConn and the
University of Washington, who face
each other March 24, in Washington, DC, at the MCI Center.
These Huskies teams were paired in the 1998 "Sweet 16" round. March
19, 1998--with the win going to UConn 75-74. UConn lost in the next round to
North Carolina.
The 1998 NCAA Men's Division 1 champ was Kentucky, which UConn defeated, this
March 19, to get into the "Sweet 16" round against a Washington team
that, it is fair to assume, will be looking to reverse the outcome of the 1998
Huskies vs. Huskies NCAA game.
MARCH
12, 2006 --
The UConn Huskies Logo …
Shana will
let LPR clicksters judge if there is a resemblance.
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LPR
snapped this photo of the UConn Huskies Logo on the Gampel
Pavillion floor, March 2005.
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LPR's
own mascot … Shana!
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MARCH
12, 2006 --
Creditable Selections …
The NCAA selection committee for the men's division 1 basketball
tournament picked 10 of the "Sweet 16" teams -- for a 62.5
rating.
The Atlanta selections:
Duke (1)
Texas (2)
LSU (4)
Only Iowa (4) did not get into this regional, replaced by West Virginia (6)
The Oakland selections:
Memphis (1)
UCLA (2)
Gonzaga (3)
Kansas (4) lost in the first round to Bradley (13) which is in the "Sweet
16" round.
The Minneapolis selections
Villanova (1)
Florida (3)
Boston College (4)
Second seed in this regional -- Ohio State -- lost in the second round to Georgetown,
the third team not expected to make the "Sweet 16" round.
The Washington, D.C. selections
UConn (1) was the only team among the top four seeds in this regional to reach
the "Sweet 16" round.
In place of Tennessee (2), North Carolina (3) and Illinois (4), UConn is joined
by Wichita St. (7), George Mason (11) and Washington (5).
(LPR got 8 of the 16; The Hartford Courant 7 of the 16) In The Washington Post,
March 13, the headline above John Feinstein's analysis for the Oakland
regional stated: "Watch Out for UCLA [right on] and Kansas [ouch].")
In view of the relative success of the NCAA selection committee, LPR has no objection
if they get hired by CNBC, among other business media outlets, to analyze the
economy.
MARCH
12, 2006 --
The NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament …
LPR does not think that all the NCAA's no. 1 seeds -- Duke, Memphis,
Villanova and UConn -- will reach the final four. Syracuse seemed
like a team of destiny
in the Big East tournament. And beyond? And isn't it time that the one-time
underdog Gonzaga got to the NCAA's semi-finals?
MARCH
12, 2006 --
Sure sign of Spring …
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Torrington's
Dairy Queen is open.
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MARCH
12, 2006 --
Green Bay at Ground Zero …
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Neither
should the New York City Establishment.
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Happy
Purim!
Happy
St. Patrick's Day!
from
LPR
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MARCH
5, 2006 --
A Huge LPR Thank You …
… to Google for its LPR placement on searchers, and to its clicksters all
around the world who, perhaps, learn something about the USA from this site that
is not
emphasized (if mentioned at all) in the prominent media.
MARCH
5, 2006 --
Shana on Sesame Street? …
Only after seeing the print of this photo of Shana, at a rest stop on Route
684, heading to Route 84 and Torrington, CT, did it occur that it might be
something
"Sesame Street" could use.
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Shana
at the Rest Stop.
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MARCH
5, 2006 --
Is it a Sunshine Day …
There were some protests before construction began on this residential building,
on the Henry Hudson Parkway
service road, at 237th St.. But the stop sign, with setting sun in back, is
intended as a traffic direction, not a protest.
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Traffic
direction, not protest.
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NOTE
TO LPR CLICKSTERS:
If we don't speak out against economic bullying
by Oil, Credit Cards, Municipalities, WHO
WILL?
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