There are too many foreclosures and short sales currently in the marketplace. Many foreclosures could be avoided. Read this short article and see what you think.
Do you remember when the iPhone first came out? About a week before it hit store shelves, an on-line sports book published odds claiming that 1 in 20 shoppers would be trampled to death while trying to get one. Coincidentally, those are also the odds in any given week that someone will be behind on their mortgage payments.
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America's Team? This week, it's the Eagles
Many fans sick of Patriots winning, their coach Belichick and QB Brady.
America's Team? This week, it's the Eagles Many fans sick of Patriots winning, their coach Belichick and QB Brady. Check out this story on delawareonline.com: https://www.delawareonline.com/story/sports/nfl/eagles/2018/01/25/fan-favorite-plucky-eagles-have-more-national-super-bowl-appeal-than-win-all-time-patriots/1057119001/
Kevin Tresolini, The News Journal Published 6:22 p.m. ET Jan. 25, 2018 | Updated 6:39 p.m. ET Jan. 25, 2018
Fenwick Island Hardware customers find their Eagles fan items.
Eagles fans celebrate Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field.(Photo: Jerry Habraken, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK)
The Eagle Nation, staunchly rooted in eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and Delaware, is expanding its borders leading up to Super Bowl LII on Feb. 4 in Minneapolis.
The designation may be temporary but, since the NFL is just down to two teams anyway, might the Philadelphia Eagles be America's Team for their NFL title clash with the New England Patriots?
That label was first affixed to the Dallas Cowboys in the 1970s, when they rose to national popularity. But the Eagles' resilient, plucky persona, overcoming the loss of several key players and winning with back-up quarterback Nick Foles, makes them easy to root for in the big game.
The Cowboys sport that star on their helmets, just like the U.S. flag.
The eagle? That's only our national emblem, so why shouldn't Philadelphia's team warrant coast-to-coast adulation?
An Eagles fan holds her underdog masks Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field. (Photo: Jerry Habraken, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK)
On top of that, the Eagles have never won a Super Bowl and underdogs, which the Eagles have been through the postseason, are easy to pull for.
In the Raleigh-Durham area of North Carolina, for instance, where Wilmington native Tim Breslin lives and works as regional development director Duke University, there are many other transplanted residents from the northeast.
"There are definitely hard-core Eagles fans who know how to pronounce 'Iggles' and sing 'Fly Eagles Fly,' " said Breslin, a Detroit Lions fans first and Eagles fan second. "They are all on board. Then there are the hard-core Patriot fans who aren't shy about letting you know.
"But almost everyone else is pulling for the Eagles because of their sickness of the Patriots."
Even New York area fans appear to be leaning toward the Eagles, according to a poll in the USA Today Network's northjersey.com. It asked NFC East rival Giants fans whom they were rooting for in the Super Bowl, the Eagles, Patriots or a meteor hitting the stadium just before the game. As of Thursday, the Eagles were edging out the meteor for first place -- 36 to 35 percent -- with the Patriots back at 29 percent.
It's the lesser of two evils for some.
A study of Twitter data -- precisely, where it was geotagged -- by the sports gambling website betonline.ag after Sunday's NFC and AFC title games suggested fans in 45 of 50 states favor Philadelphia, including two from New England.
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The Patriots, of course, are an NFL kingdom, lorded over by Coach Bill Belichick. Who, in the land of the free and the home of the brave, wants such sovereignty?
And their quarterback, perennial All-Pro Tom Brady, has been at the helm of five Super Bowl victories.
Newark native and St. Mark's High graduate Michael Valania, who wore the Penn State Nittany Lion mascot suit as a student there, serves with the U.S. Navy on a destroyer based in Mayport, Florida.
Nick Foles celebrates as the Philadelphia Eagles celebrate winning the NFC Championship at Lincoln Financial Field. (Photo: Suchat Pederson, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK)
"The vast majority of my ship will pull for the Birds just because people are so sick of the Patriots," said Valania.
On top of that, he added, the enthusiasm of Eagles fans mimicking the Vikings' SKOL chant by replacing it with "Foles" is "definitely fun for any sports fan and way better to most people than Brady."
Brady has more postseason wins (27) as a starter than Foles has NFL wins of any kind (22).
"I think by the Eagles being in the playoffs, a lot more fans go toward the Eagles than they do New England because they don't really like the Patriots," said Ron Lapalomento, a south Jersey native and lifelong Eagles fan now living in Fenwick Island. "They just don't like Brady. That's the whole thing, and they think they get whatever they want – coachwise and from the refs."
Ron Lapalomento, a salesman at Fenwick Island Hardware, holds up a Philadelphia Eagles speaker for sale in their NFL Pro Shop section of the hardware store. (Photo: Jason Minto, The News Journal)
Lapalomento works at Fenwick Island Hardware, which has an NFL Pro Shop specializing in team gear. Business has been brisk this week, said manager Mike Wright, who believes that the Eagles command the largest following in Delaware seashore communities, nosing out the Washington Redskins and well ahead of the Baltimore Ravens.
"You would almost think this is Eagles country," said Wright. "We get a lot of people down here from Philly or who go up to Philly."
Few Philadelphia Eagles socks left for sale at Fenwick Island Hardware. (Photo: Jason Minto, The News Journal)
Wright is a Baltimore County native who rooted for the Colts but, once they bolted in 1984 for Indianapolis, became a New Orleans Saints fan largely out of sympathy for their early futility. Count him among those enthralled by the Eagles' success this week.
"We've had a lot of people come in who weren't Eagles fans and didn't give them any hope because their quarterback was done," Wright said of the injured Carson Wentz. "When they won, first thing Monday morning, when we opened our doors, people were coming in buying Eagles stuff for their Super Bowl parties.
"I think they're tired of seeing New England in the Super Bowl and they want to see the Eagles knock them down a few pegs.''
Revisiting Super Bowl XXXIX
New England Patriots wide receiver Deion Branch reacts after gaining yardage in the fourth quarter of Super Bowl XXXIX in Jacksonville, Fla., Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005. Branch was named the Most Valuable Playerin the Patriots' 24-21 win over the Philadelphia Eagles. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara) CHRIS O'MEARA, AP
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb (5) tries to escape the grasp of New England Patriots' Roosevelt Colvin in the first quarter of Super Bowl XXXIX in Jacksonville, Fla., Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara) CHRIS O'MEARA, AP
New England Patriots' Tedy Bruschi sacks Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb in the first quarter of Super Bowl XXXIX in Jacksonville, Fla., Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005. Officials initially ruled that McNabb fumbled the ball, but the call was reversed after a challenge by Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara) CHRIS O'MEARA, AP
New England Patriots' Tedy Bruschi celebrates with his sons, Tedy Jr., right, and Rex, left, after the Patriots beat the Philadelphia Eagles, 24-21, in Super Bowl XXXIX in Jacksonville, Fla., Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara) CHRIS O'MEARA, AP
2005: Philadelphia Eagles' J.R. Reed (30) is upended on a kickoff return in the fourth quarter as New England Patriots' Matt Chatham closes in during Super Bowl XXXIX in Jacksonville, Fla., Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005. The Patriots beat the Eagles, 24-21. CHRIS O'MEARA/AP
New England Patriots running back Corey Dillon (28) and quarterback Tom Brady jog off the field after Dillon scored on a 2-yard touchdown run against the Philadelphia Eagles in the fourth quarter of Super Bowl XXXIX in Jacksonville, Fla., Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara) CHRIS O'MEARA, AP
Philadelphia Eagles head coach Andy Reid leaves the field after theEagles lost 24-21 to the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XXXIX at Alltel Stadium on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/Rusty Kennedy) RUSTY KENNEDY, AP
FILE - In this Feb. 6, 2005 photo, New England Patriots offensive coordinator Charlie Weis, left, head coach Bill Belichick, and defensive coordinator Romeo Crennel, right, celebrate after the Patriots beat the Philadelphia Eagles, 24-21 in Super Bowl XXXIX in Jacksonville, Fla. Notre Dame fired coach Charlie Weis on Monday, Nov. 30, 2009 after a string of disappointing seasons that was capped by an agonizing four-game losing streak. Athletic director Jack Swarbrick announced the decision, saying in a news release: "We have great expectations for our football program, and we have not been able to meet those expectations." (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) DAVID J. PHILLIP, ASSOCIATED PRESS
New England Patriots running back Corey Dillon (28) and quarterback Tom Brady celebrate after Dillon scored on a 2-yard touchdown run against the Philadelphia Eagles in the fourth quarter of Super Bowl XXXIX in Jacksonville, Fla., Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara) CHRIS O'MEARA, AP
**FILE** Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Terrell Owens (81) reacts after a 30-yard reception against the New England Patriots during the first quarter of Super Bowl XXXIX at Alltel Stadium in Jacksonville, Fla., in this Feb. 6, 2005, file photo. More than two years since he was kicked off the Eagles, Owens isn't remorseful about the bitter way his short tenure in Philadelphia ended. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta, File) AMY SANCETTA, AP
** FILE ** Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb walks off the field near the end of the second quarter of Super Bowl XXXIX against the New England Patriots in Jacksonville, Fla., in this Feb. 6. 2005 file photo. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ, ASSOCIATED PRESS
2005: Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb (5) leads his team off the field after breaking the huddle after warm-ups prior to Super Bowl XXXIX against the New England Patriots in Jacksonville, Fla., in this Feb. 6, 2005 file photo. Stephan Savoia/AP
New England Patriots linebacker Tedy Bruschi celebrates with the Vince Lombardi Trophy after the Patriots beat the Philadelphia Eagles 24-21 in Super Bowl XXXIX at Alltel Stadium on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005, in Jacksonville, Fla. In the rear is teammate Richard Seymour. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) DAVID J. PHILLIP, AP
New England Patriots wide receiver Troy Brown (80) celebrates as Philadelphia Eagles tight end L.J. Smith (82) reacts to the Patriots 24-21 win at the Super Bowl XXXIX in Jacksonville, Fla., Sunday, Feb. 6. 2005. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) JEFF ROBERSON, AP
Former President George H. W. Bush and former First Lady Barbara Bush react as they enter Alltel Stadium for Super Bowl XXXIX between the New England Patriots and the Philadelphia Eagles in Jacksonville, Fla., on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt) ANN HEISENFELT, AP
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is congratulated by Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb after the Patriots won 24-21 in Super Bowl XXXIX at Alltel Stadium on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) ELAINE THOMPSON, AP
Philadelphia Eagles strong safety Michael Lewis (32) and free safety Brian Dawkins (20) look over a downed New England Patriots running back Corey Dillon (28) during first quarter play of the Super Bowl XXXIX at Alltel Stadium in Jacksonville, Fla., on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005. The Eagles face the Patriots again in Super Bowl LII. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta) AMY SANCETTA, AP
New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick reacts as the Patriots beat the Philadelphia Eagles 24-21 in Super Bowl XXXIX in Jacksonville, Fla., on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta) AMY SANCETTA, AP
A Philadelphia Eagles fan shows support for his team as he waits for the start of Super Bowl XXXIX against the New England Patriots at Alltel Stadium in Jacksonville, Fla., on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta) AMY SANCETTA, AP
Super Bowl XXXIX Most Valuable Player Deion Branch of the New England Patriots holds up the Vince Lombardi trophy after the Patriots beat the Philadelphia Eagles, 24-21 in Jacksonville, Fla., Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia) STEPHAN SAVOIA, AP
New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick raises the Vince Lombardi Trophy after his team beat the Philadelphia Eagles, 24-21, in Super Bowl XXXIX in Jacksonville, Fla., Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia) STEPHAN SAVOIA, AP
New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick reacts after being doused after the Patriots beat the Philadelphia Eagles 24-21 in Super Bowl XXXIX on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005, at Alltel Stadium in Jacksonville, Fla. At right is Belichick's father, Steve.(AP Photo/David J. Phillip) DAVID J. PHILLIP, AP
Super Bowl MVP New England Patriots wide receiver Deion Branch gestures on the podium after his team won 24-21 against the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl XXXIX in Jacksonville, Fla., Sunday, Feb. 6. 2005. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) JEFF ROBERSON, AP
Paul McCartney performs during halftime of Super Bowl XXXIX between the New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles at Alltel Stadium on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) DAVID J. PHILLIP, AP
New England Patriots kicker Adam Vinatieri (4) celebrates in the arms of teammate Josh Miller after defeating the Philadelphia Eagles 24-21 to win Super Bowl XXXIX in Jacksonville, Fla., Sunday, Feb. 6. 2005. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) JEFF ROBERSON, AP
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb is chased by New England Patriots linebacker Rosevelt Colvin in the first quarter of Super Bowl XXXIX at Alltel Stadium on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) GENE J. PUSKAR, AP
New England Patriots kicker Adam Vinatieri (4), talks with Philadelphia Eagles kicker David Akers (2) before the start of Super Bowl XXXIX at Alltel Stadium in Jacksonville, Fla., on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta) AMY SANCETTA, AP
Philadelphia Eagles running back Brian Westbrook celebrates his 10-yard touchdown reception in the third quarter against the New England Patriots during Super Bowl XXXIX at Alltel Stadium on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005, in Jacksonville, Fla. Watching at right is the Patriots' Asante Samuel (22). (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) DAVID J. PHILLIP, AP
New England Patriots wide receiver Deion Branch (83) pulls in a fourth quarter pass over Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Sheldon Brown (24) and in front of cornerback Roderick Hood (29) during Super Bowl XXXIX at Alltel Stadium in Jacksonville, Fla., on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) CARLOS OSORIO, AP
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady fumbles the ball as Philadelphia Eagles defensive end Jevon Kearse (93) moves in on the play during the second quarter of Super Bowl XXXIX at Alltel Stadium on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005, in Jacksonville, Fla. The Eagles recovered the fumble. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) GENE J. PUSKAR, AP
New England Patriots running back Corey Dillon is tackled for a 3-yard loss by Philadelphia Eagles defensive tackle Darwin Walker in the fourth quarter of Super Bowl XXXIX at Alltel Stadium on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) GENE J. PUSKAR, AP
New England Patriots running back Kevin Faulk (33) struggles for yardage against Philadelphia Eagles free safety Brian Dawkins (20) during fourth quarter play at Super Bowl XXXIX at Alltel Stadium in Jacksonville, Fla., on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta) AMY SANCETTA, AP
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady calls a play at the line of scrimmage in the second quarter against the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl XXXIX at Alltel Stadium on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005, in Jacksonville, Fla. Brady will lead the Patriots again against the Eagles in Super Bowl LII. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) DAVID J. PHILLIP, AP
New England Patriots running back Corey Dillon (28) picks up yardage before being tackled by Philadelphia Eagles free safety Brian Dawkins (20) in the second quarter of Super Bowl XXXIX at Alltel Stadium on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) DAVID J. PHILLIP, AP
Philadelphia Eagles head coach Andy Reid directs his team in the fourth quarter against the New England Patriots during Super Bowl XXXIX at Alltel Stadium on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) GENE J. PUSKAR, AP
New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick reacts on the sidelines during second quarter play against the Philadelphia Eagles at Super Bowl XXXIX at Alltel Stadium in Jacksonville, Fla., on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta) AMY SANCETTA, AP
Philadelphia Eagles head coach Andy Reid, left, talks with NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue, center, as Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb, right, warms up before the start of Super Bowl XXXIX against the New England Patriots at Alltel Stadium in Jacksonville, Fla., on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta) AMY SANCETTA, AP
Philadelphia Eagles head coach Andy Reid watches the action in the foruth quarter against the New England Patriots during Super Bowl XXXIX at Alltel Stadium on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) ELAINE THOMPSON, AP
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady raises the Vince Lombardi Trophy over coach Bill Belichick and team owner Robert Kraft, right, after they beat the Philadelphia Eagles, 24-21, in Super Bowl XXXIX in Jacksonville, Fla., Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005. Brady goes for his sixth championship in Super Bowl LII. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) JULIE JACOBSON, AP
Paul McCartney reacts during his halftime show at Super Bowl XXXIX between the New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles at Alltel Stadium in Jacksonville, Fla., on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) CARLOS OSORIO, AP
New England Patriots free safety Eugene Wilson (26) celebrates a second quarter fumble recovery from Philadelphia Eagles center Hank Fraley (63) during Super Bowl XXXIX at Alltel Stadium in Jacksonville, Fla., on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta) AMY SANCETTA, AP
Philadelphia Eagles tight end L.J. Smith celebrates after scoring on a 6-yard pass from quarterback Donovan McNabb in the second quarter against the New England Patriots during Super Bowl XXXIX at Alltel Stadium on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) GENE J. PUSKAR, AP
New England Patriots cornerback Randall Gay (21) breaks up a pass intended for Philadelphia Eagles' Todd Pinkston in the third quarter of Super Bowl XXXIX at Alltel Stadium on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) DAVID J. PHILLIP, AP
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb is sacked by New England Patriots' Richard Seymour (93) as Willie McGinest (55) closes in during the third quarter of Super Bowl XXXIX in Jacksonville, Fla., Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia) STEPHAN SAVOIA, AP
New England Patriots wide receiver Deion Branch, selected most valuable player of Super Bowl XXXIX, is tackled after a reception by Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Roderick Hood in the second quarter of the Patriots 24-21 win on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) ELAINE THOMPSON, AP
Philadelphia Eagles tight end L.J. Smith celebrates after his 6-yard touchdown reception against the New England Patriots in the second quarter of Super Bowl XXXIX at Alltel Stadium on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) ELAINE THOMPSON, AP
New England Patriots cornerback Randall Gay (21) breaks up a pass intended for Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Todd Pinkston (87) during first quarter of the Super Bowl XXXIX at Alltel Stadium in Jacksonville, Fla., on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) CARLOS OSORIO, AP
Philadelphia Eagles runningback Brian Westbrook (36) celebrates a 10-yard touchdown pass thrown by quarterback Donovan McNabb ahead of New England Patriots Asante Samuel (22) in the third quarter of Super Bowl XXXIX, Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ, AP
Philadelphia Eagles head coach Andy Reid directs his team in the third quarter against the New England Patriots during Super Bowl XXXIX at Alltel Stadium on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005, in Jacksonville, Fla. Doug Pederson, who was an assistant coach under Reid in Kansas City, will coach the Eagles in Super Bowl LII. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) ELAINE THOMPSON, AP
New England Patriots' Mike Vrabel (50) celebrates after his 2-yard touchdown reception in the third quarter against the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl XXXIX at Alltel Stadium on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005, in Jacksonville, Fla. At right is teammate Joe Andruzzi. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) GENE J. PUSKAR, AP
The Eagles' only NFL championships came in 1948, 1949 and 1960. They've reached the Super Bowl, first held in January of 1967, twice – losing 27-10 to the Oakland Raiders after the 1980 season and 24-21 to the Patriots after the 2004 season.
The Eagles already have one of the NFL's most deeply devoted fan bases, even though that love hasn't been reciprocated through championships.
"This is the most passionate fan base in the NFL, if not in sports," Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie said after Sunday's 38-7 NFC title win over the Minnesota Vikings at Lincoln Financial Field. "They care so much. They're our partners, and we just want to win so badly for them."
Eagles Super Bowl bound
Philadelphia's Alshon Jeffrey Celebrates as he scores a touchdown just before the half Sunday at Lincoln Fiancial Field. Jerry Habraken, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
Eagle running back LeGarrette Blount drives through the defense for a touchdown. Suchat Pederson, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
Eagles' Nick Foles throws downfield Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field. Jerry Habraken, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
Eagles cornerback Patrick Robinson intercepts a pass from Vikings quarterback Case Keenum for a pick six in the first quarter. Suchat Pederson, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
Eagles' Jake Elliot kicks an extra point Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field. Jerry Habraken, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
Eagles wide receiver Nelson Agholor, left, reaches out for a pass while defended by the Vikings' Terence Newman. Jerry Habraken, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
Philadelphia's Jay Ajayi jumps wide of Minnesota's Eric Kendricks Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field. Jerry Habraken, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
Eagles wide receiver Alshon Jeffery celebrates after getting the first down. Suchat Pederson, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
Vikings running back Jerk McKinnon waits for the kick off. Suchat Pederson, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
Minnesota's Adam Thielen, is wrapped up by Philadelphia's Ronald Darby Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field. Jerry Habraken, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
The Eagles Drumline performs during the two minute warning Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field. Jerry Habraken, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
Eagles quarterback Nick Foles gets sacked by Vikings defensive end Danielle Hunter. Suchat Pederson, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
Eagles linebacker Michael Kendricks stops the Vikings run. Suchat Pederson, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
Eagles quarterback Nick Foles completes a pass over Vikings linebacker Anthony Barr. Suchat Pederson, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
Eagles tight end Zach Ertz celebrates after getting a first down. Suchat Pederson, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
The Vikings' Stefon Diggs is brought down by the Eagles defense Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field. Jerry Habraken, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
Eagles running back Jay Ajayi drives through the Vikings defense. Suchat Pederson, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
Eagles cornerback Jalen Mills celebrates as the Eagles get a pick six from Patrick Robinson in the first quarter. Suchat Pederson, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
Defensive end Chris Long puts pressure on Viking quarterback Case Keenum. Suchat Pederson, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
Eagles quarterback Nick Foles throws a deep pass to wide receiver Torrey Smith in the first quarter. Suchat Pederson, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
Wide receiver Torrey Smith can't come down with the reception as Nick Foles throws a deep pass early in the first quarter. Suchat Pederson, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
Fans cheer for the Eagles as the Philadelphia Eagles host the visiting Minnesota Vikings in the NFC Championship game at Lincoln Financial Field. Suchat Pederson, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
Defensive end Chris Long pressures Viking quarterback Case Keenum who throws an interception for a pick six. Suchat Pederson, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
Vikings tight end Kyle Rudolph makes the reception in the end zone for the touchdown as the Vikings take an early 7-0 lead on their first drive. Suchat Pederson, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
Carson Wentz and Nick Foles join in the coin toss. Suchat Pederson, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
Fans cheer for the Eagles as they enter the field. The Philadelphia Eagles host the visiting Minnesota Vikings in the NFC Championship game at Lincoln Financial Field. Suchat Pederson, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
The Philadelphia Eagles host the visiting Minnesota Vikings in the NFC Championship game at Lincoln Financial Field. Suchat Pederson, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
Vikings quarterback Case Keenum hands off the ball to running back Latavius Murray in the first quarter. Suchat Pederson, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
Eagles quarterback Nick Foles takes to the field for the NFC Championship against the Minnesota Vikings Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field. Jerry Habraken, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
Eagles players jump into the crowd after Alshon Jeffrey's touchdown reception in the third quarter Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field. Jerry Habraken, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
A fan holds a sign that reads #superbowleagles Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field. Jerry Habraken, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
Eagles fans celebrate Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field. Jerry Habraken, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
Eagles' Malcolm Jenkins yells as he walks into the tunnel Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field. Jerry Habraken, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
The Eagles celebrate a turnover Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field. Jerry Habraken, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
Philadelphia's Alshon Jeffreys comes down with a touchdown reception Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field. Jerry Habraken, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
An Eagles fan holds her underdog masks Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field. Jerry Habraken, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
Eagles quarterback Torrey Smith attempts to jump away from an outstretched Tramaine Brock Sr. Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field. Jerry Habraken, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
A Philadelphia Eagles cheerleader performs Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field. Jerry Habraken, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
Vikings quarterback Case Keenum dives for a fumbled ball Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field. Jerry Habraken, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
Minnesota's Latavius Murray, runs wide of Philadelphia's Nigel Bradham Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field. Jerry Habraken, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
Eagles wide receiver Nelson Agholor stiff arms a defender for the first down in the third quarter. Suchat Pederson, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
Eagles wide receiver Nelson Agholor spins the football as he celebrates after getting the first down in the third quarter. Suchat Pederson, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
Nick Foles takes the snap in the second half. Suchat Pederson, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
A fan holds up a sign. Suchat Pederson, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
Eagles defensive tackle Fletcher Cox tackles Vikings quarterback Case Keenum late in the game. Suchat Pederson, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
Nick Foles looks at the clock as the Eagles begin to run out the clock late in the fourth quarter. Suchat Pederson, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
Fans cheer as the Eagles defense stop the Vikings on fourth down. Suchat Pederson, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
Fans begin to celebrate as the Eagles take a commanding lead. Suchat Pederson, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie celebrates winning the NFC Championship with Brandon Graham 38-7 over the Minnesota Vikings Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field. Jerry Habraken, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
Nick Foles hugs Doug Pederson as the Philadelphia Eagles celebrate winning the NFC Championship at Lincoln Financial Field. Suchat Pederson, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
Nick Foles celebrates as the Philadelphia Eagles celebrate winning the NFC Championship at Lincoln Financial Field. Suchat Pederson, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
The Philadelphia Eagles celebrate as they win the NFC Championship at Lincoln Financial Field. Suchat Pederson, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
Howie Roseman holds up the NFC Championship trophy. Suchat Pederson, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
Jay Ajayi falls on the ground as the Philadelphia Eagles win the NFC Championship at Lincoln Financial Field. Suchat Pederson, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
Jay Ajayi celebrate as the Philadelphia Eagles win the NFC Championship at Lincoln Financial Field. Suchat Pederson, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
Eagles cornerback Jalen Mills celebrates as the Philadelphia Eagles win the NFC Championship at Lincoln Financial Field. Suchat Pederson, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
The Philadelphia Eagles celebrate with friends and family after winning the NFC Championship over the Minnesota Vikings 38-7 Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field. Jerry Habraken, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
Philadelphia's Jay Ajayi smiles after winning the NFC Championship over the Minnesota Vikings 38-7. Jerry Habraken, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
Fletcher Cox holds up the Championship trophy as the Philadelphia Eagles win the NFC Championship at Lincoln Financial Field. Suchat Pederson, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
Philadelphia Eagles head coach Doug Pederson raises his hands to the fans as he heads into the tunnel after defeating the Minnesota Vikings in the NFC Championship 38-7. Jerry Habraken, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
Eagles wide receiver Nelson Agholor raises a hand in celebration to the fans as he walks into the tunnel after defeating the Minnesota Vikings in the NFC Championship 38-7. Jerry Habraken, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
The Patriots, however, are an NFL dynasty.
This is their 10th Super Bowl overall – nobody else has played in more than eight (Steelers and Cowboys) -- and eighth in the last 17 years. They've won five -- after the 2001, 2003, 2004, 2014 and 2016 seasons. A victory over the Eagles would tie New England with Pittsburgh for the most Super Bowl titles.
Their domination alone – the Patriots have made the playoffs nine straight and 14 of the last 15 years – is enough to repel some fans, and even some devices.
Amazon's Alexa grabbed headlines throughout the week once fans figured out the cloud-based voice service was pulling for the Eagles.
Maybe Amazon is anti-Empire after all?
The Patriots have been embroiled in various shenanigans over the years – each unsavory enough to earn a "gate" suffix, as in "Watergate – to soil their reputation and make many despise them more.
The first was dubbed "Spygate."
Fox NFL Sunday airs footage of Patriots' Spygate tape, which was taken by the NFL in its investigation. (Photo: Fox)
In a 2007 game between the Patriots and their AFC East rival New York Jets, coached by former Patriots assistant Eric Mangini, a New England staffer was caught videotaping Jets coaches giving their defensive signals from the sideline. Mangini had told NFL security to keep an eye out for such tactics, which are illegal.
Belichick, he of the sleeveless sweatshirt, was fined $500,000, the team was docked $250,000 and the Patriots had to forfeit their first-round pick in the 2008 draft.
Then came "Deflategate," when Brady was accused of conspiring with Patriots equipment personnel to take the air out of some footballs, thereby making them easier to grip and throw, prior to the Jan. 18, 2015, AFC title game. The Patriots whipped the Colts 45-7 that day.
Brady – who, on top of everything else, is married to Gisele Bundchen, a supermodel actually worth more money than him – ended up suspended for the first four games of the 2016 season and the Patriots lost $1 million in fines and two draft picks.
Patriots quarterback Tom Brady asked a federal judge in Minnesota to overturn his four-game suspension for the "Deflategate" scandal. (Photo: AP)
But before the 'gates came the famous Tuck Rule Game. In the 2001 AFC Championship against the Oakland Raiders, practically played in a snow globe, Brady appeared to fumble the football when hit by Charles Woodson. The play was ruled a fumble and turnover, which would have basically sealed a win for Oakland.
Instead, the call was reversed because of wording introduced in 1999 that later became known as the Tuck Rule. Brady then helped the Patriots advance into range for Adam Vinatieri's field goal that forced overtime. The Patriots eventually won that game and their first Super Bowl of the Brady-Belichick era, as the Tuck Rule helped kick off their dynastic run.
The rule was abolished in 2013 in a 29-1 league vote. The Steelers voted against it. The Patriots? They abstained.
Typical.
More recently, the Patriots earned the ire of some in last Sunday's 24-20 comeback win over the Jacksonville Jaguars in the AFC title game. New England was penalized just once, for 10 yards, while the Jaguars collected six infractions for 98 yards.
It was the fewest penalties in a playoff game since the 2011 AFC final when – guess who? – the Patriots had just one in their win over Baltimore.
As Sunday's Patriots win over the Jaguars ended, it didn't look good when referee Clete Blakeman made a point to walk up from behind Brady and give the quarterback a couple congratulatory pats on the back and chest.
Philadelphia Eagles head coach Doug Pederson raises his hands to the fans as he heads into the tunnel after defeating the Minnesota Vikings in the NFC Championship 38-7. (Photo: Jerry Habraken, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK)
Eagles coach Doug Pederson was asked earlier in the week whether or not he had to have his guard up and worry about the 'gates and the off-field stuff heading into the game.
"My mind doesn't go there," Pederson said. "My mind is on the Patriots and focused on scheme.
"If I make this all about them, we're in trouble."
Many Eagles fans were enjoying a tweet from @NFLMemes4You, which is not league-affiliated, that, without citing scientific evidence or polling, aimed to reveal "Who America is rooting for in Super Bowl LII." The entire country was colored midnight green, except for New England and the Dallas and Washington, D.C., areas, which were red.
So while the Patriots may belong to New England, which always has seemed like its own nation anyway, perhaps Eagles admiration can drift beyond the devout legions in the Philadelphia area.
Fans begin to celebrate as the Eagles take a commanding lead. (Photo: Suchat Pederson, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK)
Certainly, the Birds are compelling candidates.
The Eagles' 2017 playoff appearance was just their second in seven years and followed a 7-9 finish in 2016. The most optimistic preseason predictions for this season had the Eagles with a winning record, maybe landing an NFC East title. But a Super Bowl run seemed far-fetched.
Then, as they kept piling up victories, they also continued losing players. Season-ending injuries cost the Eagles big-play running back and returnman Darren Sproles, middle linebacker Jordan Hicks, special teams standout Chris Maragos, All-Pro left offensive tackle Jason Peters and, most devastating of all, second-year quarterback and MVP contender Wentz.
Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz, 11, walks back to the sidelines on crutches after the coin toss Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field. (Photo: Jerry Habraken, The News Journal)
When Wentz suffered a knee injury that required surgery in a win over the Rams on Dec. 10 in Los Angeles it appeared to be their possible doom. Oddsmakers felt the same way, branding the Eagles as underdogs in the NFC Divisional playoff against the Atlanta Falcons on Jan. 13 and in the NFC final versus Minnesota even though the Eagles were No. 1-seeded and playing at home.
The Eagles rallied from a halftime deficit to down the Falcons 15-10, thwarting Atlanta quarterback Matt Ryan, the 2016 NFL MVP, on a late-goal-line stand. Then they demolished the Vikings 38-7.
Pederson played up the underdog mentality to players, who, led by offensive tackle Lane Johnson and defensive end Chris Long, began sporting German Shepherd masks.
Eagles' Chris Long, 56, wears a dog mask into the tunnel after defeating the Atlanta Falcons 15-10. (Photo: Jerry Habraken, The News Journal)
"They all play together and practice and play hard," said Wright. "And I like the coach. He's a good coach, gets them going."
Of course, Eagles fans haven't always had the best reputation nationally, which may make some hesitate to join their ranks.
The 1968 incident at Franklin Field when a man dressed as Santa Claus was pelted by snowballs during a halftime Christmas-related show is etched in Philadelphia lore. Jimmy Johnson once was victim of a snowball fusillade himself, though the former Cowboys coach is far less the sympathetic figure than St. Nick.
Less forgivable in the eyes of many was the 1999 game at Veterans Stadium when fans cheered as Cowboys receiver Michael Irvin lay on the field after sustaining what turned out to be a career-ending neck injury.
And Eagles fans have drawn criticism this week for their treatment of visiting Vikings fans at the NFC Championship game. The blatant unruliness of some has certainly scarred the national image.
Eagles cornerback Jalen Mills celebrates as the Philadelphia Eagles win the NFC Championship at Lincoln Financial Field. (Photo: Suchat Pederson, The News Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK)
The 2017 version of the team on the field, however, is hard not to support, said Seaford High athletic director Jerry Kobasa. A Pennsylvania native and Milford resident who had season tickets for more than 20 years, Kobasa said Eagles zeal extends south through Kent and Sussex counties right to the Maryland border.
"I listen to Sal Paolantonio [of ESPN] and he said he thinks this is the most beloved Eagles team of all," said Kobasa, former basketball coach at Smyrna and Sussex Tech high schools and Wesley College. "He said there's something about this team with Doug Perderson and Carson Wentz and Nick Foles and Malcolm Jenkins that they just really care about each other and seem to be so excited. So, it's big. Everybody at school down here at Seaford was wearing Eagles stuff on Monday."
Reporter Jeff Neiburg contributed to this story.
Contact Kevin Tresolini at ktresolini@delawareonline.com. Follow on Twitter @kevintresolini.

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I woke up today without a quaver in my voice or in my chest. Yesterday and Monday I could feel the quaver, the tears, as a liquid entity, filling ligaments or pipelines, or something, across my chest. Like they were there, an unending supply, and it wouldn't do any good to cry them out because there would be more. Yesterday I could talk but if it was about anything remotely personal (how do I feel, what am I thinking) I was weepy weepy weepy, weeping. My friend S, who was visiting from San Francisco, said just to cry, but see above. We went to Thousand Waves yesterday to get massages. Mine was free as part of the spa's lovely Stress Management Program for women with cancer. She paid retail for hers, and she paid for my massage therapist's tip, as well. We were going to go to Gilda's Club next for a new member orientation, but I felt I couldn't deal with it. Meaning I couldn't imagine sitting around and talking to people. I called to cancel. When I'd called to enroll earlier in the day, the intake person asked why I was interested, and I said I was desperate. When I canceled I was still desperate, even more so.
We went to Dairy Queen then came home and watched Breakfast at Tiffany's, which was very different from the way both of us had remembered it. I'd remembered it as some sort of Barefoot in the Park, with Holly Golightly appealing to some stodgy guy to eat breakfast among the diamonds with her. I'd also been under the influence of the purity of the character she played in Roman Holiday, which we'd watched the night before. In Tiffany, she's a Southern girl who reinvented herself (with help) in Manhattan. She's less waif and more gold-digger. Mickey Rooney is cast, disturbingly, as a Gnashing Oriental neighbor. The role is stereotypical and crass.
When L came home we made a tray of whole grain bread, cheese, fruit, hummus and olive tapenade and watched But I'm a Cheerleader, a very light movie about a high school cheerleader who's not hetero enough for her Christian parents and her friends, so is sent away to rehab for straightening. Of course she emerges with a lover. Happily, parents accept her back. I was in the mood for light movies.
Still I was weepy. My sister called during one of the movies and I told her how weepy I was and she said I had been so strong before. Everyone has the impression that I've been Strong and Courageous. But I don't know what means. I just hadn't been weepy much before.
Audrey Hepburn was English-Dutch, born in Brussels. Her English father walked out on the family. Both parents were Nazi sympathizers, but after her mother moved the family (unclear if there were other children and I don't want to take the time to check) to the Netherlands, and saw her native land invaded, the mother soon supported the resistance. According to some accounts, Hepburn saw the execution of her uncle for his resistance work, and saw Jews executed in the street. She studied ballet and performed in concerts to raise money for the resistance, and was also a courier. During the famine toward the end of the war, she suffered with the rest of the population, subsisting on tulip bulbs and grasses. This may have affected her metabolism.
Except when she was pregnant, she kept herself down to 103 pounds. She was five-foot-seven. In 1987 she became the UNICEF goodwill ambassador, and died in 1993 at age 63 of colon cancer, by some accounts, but it may have been cancer of the appendix.
She was beginning her career when Colette spotted her in a hotel lobby and immediated cast her in the title role of Gigi in the Broadway production. (This is how such things are presented, as happening in a flash.) Hepburn was later, allegedly, offered the title role in the Diary of Anne Frank, but refused because she was afraid it would stir up too much internal trauma.
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RAPAPORT... A few hot topics usually dominate our annual list of the most-read items on Diamonds.net. Synthetics, grading and crime tend to be among them.
This year, however, one theme — the coronavirus — stood out, responsible for the vast majority of the top 10. These stories ranged from the closure of trading halls to De Beers' and Alrosa's pricing strategies during the pandemic.
Here are the headlines that attracted the most clicks in 2020:
1. Coronavirus Updates: Impact on the Diamond Trade
Rolling story
This piece tracked the ever-changing situation in the industry throughout the year, covering event cancellations, closures of stores and trading floors, and data indicating how the sector was faring.
Fact: The word "lockdown" appeared 23 times, and "social distancing" eight times.
2. Protests Lead to Looting of US Jewelry Stores
Social unrest in the US after the death of George Floyd prevented some retailers from reopening following Covid-19 lockdowns. In certain cases, it also led to property damage. Jewelers told Rapaport news reporter Leah Meirovich their experiences of theft and destruction.
Quote: "It was like a war zone." — Mark Clodius, owner of Clodius & Co. Jewelers in Rockford, Illinois.
3. Israel Diamond Industry 'on Verge of Collapse'
The pandemic almost froze the diamond industry, putting countless businesses at risk. Yoram Dvash, president of the Israel Diamond Exchange (IDE), outlined these dangers in an alarming letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Quote: "There's a real danger to the future of one of Israel's oldest and most central export industries." — Yoram Dvash.
4. Belgium, Israel Shut Diamond Trading Halls
At this point, it became clear the sector was in for a serious crisis. With lockdowns going into effect across the world, all four Antwerp bourses closed their trading floors, as did the IDE.
Fact: Israel's polished-diamond exports slumped 73% in February as Chinese demand weakened.
5. Buyers Snub De Beers and Alrosa over High Prices
Miners' strategies split into two types as the outbreak raged. De Beers and Alrosa reduced supply to avoid cutting prices, while smaller producers in need of revenue offered discounts of up to 25%. The two giants of the industry took a hit, recording dismal rough sales throughout the second quarter.
Quote: "Factories have no reason to open, so why would we buy rough?" — anonymous sightholder.
6. Podcast: How the Pandemic Is Changing De Beers
This episode of the Rapaport Diamond Podcast looked at how De Beers was dealing with the downturn, through the eyes of executives Stephen Lussier and David Prager. The pandemic has forced the industry to rethink how it markets diamonds, they explained.
Quote: "At this particular moment, you ought to talk about the social good you're doing as it relates directly to Covid — or, probably, you shouldn't talk much at all." — Stephen Lussier.
7. De Beers Cuts Prices at August Sight
After refusing to budge on prices, De Beers finally made adjustments in August. The price drop was an attempt to spur demand amid a gradual recovery in the industry and shortages in certain polished categories.
Fact: The reductions of 6% to 8% applied to rough larger than 1 carat, sightholders said.
8. Don't Ban Rough Buying, De Beers Urges
Indian trade groups, including the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), recommended companies avoid shipping rough diamonds into the country for a one-month period. De Beers CEO Bruce Cleaver took issue with this, arguing that no one should be telling anyone else to stop buying.
Quote: "We will only sell [rough] when the demand is such that it can create sustainable value for all of us." — Bruce Cleaver.
9. De Beers Launches Online Rough-Sales Platform
De Beers' new Buy platform allows clients to purchase the rough they need at any time of the day. The launch of this e-commerce offering came amid the near-shutdown of physical trading, as well as growing demand for remote sales methods.
Fact: The site was an initiative of De Beers' auctions business, which sells about 10% of the miner's production.
10. HB Antwerp Aims to Shake Up Large-Stone Market
This interview with Oded Mansori, CEO and managing partner of HB Antwerp, revealed how, in barely a year, the new company had grown to become possibly Belgium's largest diamond manufacturer. The executive also explained why he believed the big-stone market needed a major revamp.
Quote: "The old way of buying quantity, processing it and then looking for a client forces you to sit on stock and forces you to freeze money. That forces you to reduce prices in order to get rid of items that you don't know how to sell. That forces your competitors to sell their goods at a lower price." — Oded Mansori.
Image: Rough diamonds on display at De Beers' offices in Calgary, Canada. (Ben Perry/Armoury Films/De Beers)
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Fall Weather in Lepley Russia
Daily high temperatures decrease by 43°F, from 68°F to 25°F, rarely falling below 13°F or exceeding 80°F.
Daily low temperatures decrease by 35°F, from 49°F to 15°F, rarely falling below -0°F or exceeding 58°F.
For reference, on July 28, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Lepley typically range from 57°F to 77°F, while on February 5, the coldest day of the year, they range from 3°F to 17°F.
Average High and Low Temperature in the Fall in Lepley
Average High and Low Temperature in the Fall in LepleySepOctNov-20°F-20°F-10°F-10°F0°F0°F10°F10°F20°F20°F30°F30°F40°F40°F50°F50°F60°F60°F70°F70°F80°F80°F90°F90°FSummerWinterSep 168°FSep 168°F49°F49°FNov 3025°FNov 3025°F15°F15°FOct 155°FOct 155°F39°F39°FNov 138°FNov 138°F27°F27°F
The daily average high (red line) and low (blue line) temperature, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted lines are the corresponding average perceived temperatures.
The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average fall temperatures. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.
Average Hourly Temperature in the Fall in Lepley
Average Hourly Temperature in the Fall in LepleySepOctNov12 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMSummerWinterfrigidfrigidfreezingvery coldcoldcoolcomfortablewarm
The average hourly temperature, color coded into bands. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.
Vermilion, Canada (4,853 miles away); Hoyt Lakes, Minnesota, United States (4,933 miles); and Saint-Jérôme, Canada (4,602 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Lepley (view comparison).
Compare Lepley to another city:
The fall in Lepley experiences very rapidly increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 48% to 77%.
The clearest day of the fall is September 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 52% of the time.
For reference, on February 20, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 79%, while on August 3, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 64%.
Cloud Cover Categories in the Fall in Lepley
Cloud Cover Categories in the Fall in LepleySepOctNov0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%SummerWinterSep 152%Sep 152%Nov 3023%Nov 3023%Oct 142%Oct 142%Nov 129%Nov 129%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercast
The percentage of time spent in each cloud cover band, categorized by the percentage of the sky covered by clouds.
A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Lepley, the chance of a wet day over the course of the fall is gradually decreasing, starting the season at 23% and ending it at 21%.
For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 32% on June 28, and its lowest chance is 14% on March 21.
Over the course of the fall in Lepley, the chance of a day with only rain decreases from 23% to 3%, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain increases from 0% to 4%, and the chance of a day with only snow increases from 0% to 14%.
Probability of Precipitation in the Fall in Lepley
Probability of Precipitation in the Fall in LepleySepOctNov0%0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%SummerWinterOct 2525%Oct 2525%Nov 2020%Nov 2020%Sep 123%Sep 123%Oct 123%Oct 123%snowrainmixed
The percentage of days in which various types of precipitation are observed, excluding trace quantities: rain alone, snow alone, and mixed (both rain and snow fell in the same day).
To show variation within the season and not just the monthly totals, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.
The average sliding 31-day rainfall during the fall in Lepley is rapidly decreasing, starting the season at 1.7 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.1 inches or falls below 0.6 inches, and ending the season at 0.3 inches, when it rarely exceeds 0.9 inches.
Average Monthly Rainfall in the Fall in Lepley
Average Monthly Rainfall in the Fall in LepleySepOctNov0 in0 in2 in2 in4 in4 in6 in6 in8 in8 in10 in10 inSummerWinterSep 11.7 inSep 11.7 inNov 300.3 inNov 300.3 inOct 11.5 inOct 11.5 inNov 11.0 inNov 11.0 in
The average rainfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average snowfall.
As with rainfall, we consider the snowfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.
The average sliding 31-day snowfall during the fall in Lepley is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at -0.0 inches, when it rarely exceeds 0.0 inches or falls below -0.0 inches, and ending the season at 8.1 inches, when it rarely exceeds 17.5 inches or falls below 1.6 inches.
Average Monthly Snowfall in the Fall in Lepley
Average Monthly Snowfall in the Fall in LepleySepOctNov0 in0 in5 in5 in10 in10 in15 in15 in20 in20 inSummerWinterSep 1-0.0 inSep 1-0.0 inNov 308.1 inNov 308.1 inOct 10.3 inOct 10.3 inNov 13.5 inNov 13.5 in
The average snowfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average rainfall.
Over the course of the fall in Lepley, the length of the day is very rapidly decreasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day decreases by 5 hours, 58 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 3 minutes, 59 seconds, and weekly decrease of 27 minutes, 52 seconds.
The shortest day of the fall is November 30, with 7 hours, 46 minutes of daylight and the longest day is September 1, with 13 hours, 44 minutes of daylight.
Hours of Daylight and Twilight in the Fall in Lepley
Hours of Daylight and Twilight in the Fall in LepleySepOctNov0 hr24 hr4 hr20 hr8 hr16 hr12 hr12 hr16 hr8 hr20 hr4 hr24 hr0 hrSummerWinterSep 2312 hr, 14 minSep 2312 hr, 14 minnightnightdaydayNov 307 hr, 46 minNov 307 hr, 46 minNov 19 hr, 24 minNov 19 hr, 24 min
The earliest sunrise of the fall in Lepley is 5:15 AM on September 1 and the latest sunrise is 2 hours, 48 minutes later at 8:03 AM on November 30.
The latest sunset is 7:00 PM on September 1 and the earliest sunset is 3 hours, 10 minutes earlier at 3:50 PM on November 30.
Daylight saving time is not observed in Lepley during 2022.
For reference, on June 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 3:33 AM and sets 17 hours, 13 minutes later, at 8:46 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 8:27 AM and sets 7 hours, 19 minutes later, at 3:45 PM.
Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in the Fall in Lepley
Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in the Fall in LepleySepOctNov12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AMSummerWinter5:15 AM5:15 AMSep 17:00 PMSep 17:00 PM8:03 AM8:03 AMNov 303:50 PMNov 303:50 PM6:10 AM6:10 AMOct 15:45 PMOct 15:45 PM7:09 AM7:09 AMNov 14:33 PMNov 14:33 PMSolarMidnightSolarMidnightSolarNoonSunriseSunset
The solar day in the fall. From bottom to top, the black lines are the previous solar midnight, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and the next solar midnight. The day, twilights (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and night are indicated by the color bands from yellow to gray.
The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for the fall of 2022. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.
Moon Rise, Set & Phases in the Fall in Lepley
Moon Rise, Set & Phases in the Fall in LepleySepOctNov12 AM12 AM4 AM4 AM8 AM8 AM12 PM12 PM4 PM4 PM8 PM8 PM12 AM12 AMSummerWinterAug 124:36 AMAug 124:36 AMAug 2711:18 AMAug 2711:18 AMSep 101:00 PMSep 101:00 PMSep 2612:55 AMSep 2612:55 AMOct 911:56 PMOct 911:56 PMOct 251:49 PMOct 251:49 PMNov 82:03 PMNov 82:03 PMNov 241:58 AMNov 241:58 AMDec 87:09 AMDec 87:09 AMDec 231:18 PMDec 231:18 PM8:12 PM8:12 PM4:19 AM4:19 AM4:32 AM4:32 AM7:45 PM7:45 PM7:05 PM7:05 PM6:23 AM6:23 AM6:23 PM6:23 PM5:32 PM5:32 PM6:46 AM6:46 AM6:33 AM6:33 AM4:51 PM4:51 PM4:13 PM4:13 PM8:31 AM8:31 AM8:35 AM8:35 AM8:50 AM8:50 AM8:58 AM8:58 AM3:08 PM3:08 PM
We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.
The chance that a given day will be muggy in Lepley is essentially constant during the fall, remaining around 0% throughout.
For reference, on July 4, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 12% of the time, while on October 1, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.
Humidity Comfort Levels in the Fall in Lepley
Humidity Comfort Levels in the Fall in LepleySepOctNov0%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%SummerWinterSep 11%Sep 11%Nov 300%Nov 300%Oct 10%Oct 10%Nov 10%Nov 10%humidhumiddrydrycomfortablecomfortablemuggymuggy
The percentage of time spent at various humidity comfort levels, categorized by dew point.
This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.
The average hourly wind speed in Lepley is increasing during the fall, increasing from 8.1 miles per hour to 10.1 miles per hour over the course of the season.
For reference, on February 9, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 11.1 miles per hour, while on July 28, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.9 miles per hour.
Average Wind Speed in the Fall in Lepley
Average Wind Speed in the Fall in LepleySepOctNov0 mph0 mph2 mph2 mph4 mph4 mph6 mph6 mph8 mph8 mph10 mph10 mph12 mph12 mph14 mph14 mph16 mph16 mphSummerWinterSep 18.1 mphSep 18.1 mphNov 3010.1 mphNov 3010.1 mphOct 18.9 mphOct 18.9 mphNov 19.6 mphNov 19.6 mph
The average of mean hourly wind speeds (dark gray line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.
The wind direction in Lepley during the fall is predominantly out of the west from September 1 to November 4 and the south from November 4 to November 30.
Wind Direction in the Fall in Lepley
Wind Direction in the Fall in LepleyNWSSepOctNov0%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%SummerWinterwestsouthnortheast
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The percentage of hours in which the mean wind direction is from each of the four cardinal wind directions, excluding hours in which the mean wind speed is less than 1.0 mph. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries are the percentage of hours spent in the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).
Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).
The growing season in Lepley typically lasts for 4.9 months (150 days), from around May 5 to around October 2, rarely starting before April 16 or after May 25, and rarely ending before September 16 or after October 20.
During the fall in Lepley, the chance that a given day is within the growing season is very rapidly decreasing falling from 100% to 0% over the course of the season.
Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in the Fall in Lepley
Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in the Fall in Lepleygrowing seasonSepOctNov0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%SummerWinter100%Sep 1100%Sep 1Nov 300%Nov 300%54%Oct 154%Oct 1Nov 11%Nov 11%frigidfreezingvery coldcoldcoolcomfortablewarm
The percentage of time spent in various temperature bands. The black line is the percentage chance that a given day is within the growing season.
Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.
The average accumulated growing degree days in Lepley are increasing during the fall, increasing by 186°F, from 1,682°F to 1,868°F, over the course of the season.
Growing Degree Days in the Fall in Lepley
Growing Degree Days in the Fall in LepleySepOctNov1,400°F1,400°F1,500°F1,500°F1,600°F1,600°F1,700°F1,700°F1,800°F1,800°F1,900°F1,900°F2,000°F2,000°F2,100°F2,100°FSummerWinterSep 11,682°FSep 11,682°FNov 301,868°FNov 301,868°FOct 11,843°FOct 11,843°FNov 11,868°FNov 11,868°F
The average growing degree days accumulated over the course of the fall, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.
This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.
The average daily incident shortwave solar energy in Lepley is very rapidly decreasing during the fall, falling by 3.6 kWh, from 4.2 kWh to 0.6 kWh, over the course of the season.
Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in the Fall in Lepley
Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in the Fall in LepleySepOctNov0 kWh0 kWh1 kWh1 kWh2 kWh2 kWh3 kWh3 kWh4 kWh4 kWh5 kWh5 kWh6 kWh6 kWh7 kWh7 kWhSummerWinterSep 14.2 kWhSep 14.2 kWhNov 300.6 kWhNov 300.6 kWhOct 12.6 kWhOct 12.6 kWhNov 11.2 kWhNov 11.2 kWh
The average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground per square meter (orange line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.
For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Lepley are 54.309 deg latitude, 42.860 deg longitude, and 456 ft elevation.
The topography within 2 miles of Lepley contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 207 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 447 feet. Within 10 miles also contains only modest variations in elevation (312 feet). Within 50 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (607 feet).
The area within 2 miles of Lepley is covered by trees (98%), within 10 miles by trees (92%), and within 50 miles by cropland (42%) and trees (42%).
This report illustrates the typical weather in Lepley, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016.
Lepley is further than 200 kilometers from the nearest reliable weather station, so the weather-related data on this page were taken entirely from NASA's MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis . This reanalysis combines a variety of wide-area measurements in a state-of-the-art global meteorological model to reconstruct the hourly history of weather throughout the world on a 50-kilometer grid.
The temperature and dew point estimates are corrected for the difference between the reference elevation of the MERRA-2 grid cell and the elevation of Lepley, according to the International Standard Atmosphere .
Land Use data comes from the Global Land Cover SHARE database , published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Elevation data comes from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) , published by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
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A fundamental principle should run through everything we do: the international financial institutions should help finance the costs of change—and should not cover the costs of not changing. The international financial institutions should orient their work toward helping countries improve their investment climate while at the same time supporting country ownership of and commitment to reform initiatives. How do we do it? Serious research on this topic begins by recognizing that there is a conundrum in the idea of being an agent for change, or "helping people help themselves," to quote the World Bank's mission statement.


In this video from the Stanford HPC Conference, Burak Yenier from UberCloud presents: UberCloud Community and Marketplace for Technical Computing.
UberCloud Community brings together over 3,000 participants to pave the way for the Technical Computing Cloud. UberCloud Experiment teams explore the end-to-end process of accessing remote computing resources in HPC centers and in the Cloud to study and overcome the potential roadblocks for industry applications such as CAE, Bio and Life Sciences. Participation in the UberCloud Experiment is free of charge for end-users, resource, software and expertise providers. UberCloud Marketplace is a one stop shop for technical computing users. Some examples of available services are: compute resources on Ohio Supercomputer Center and full version of ANSYS Mechanical with required licenses included.


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Brook Stevens defies most people's perceptions of what a Naval Academy donor should look like. First, he's not a Naval Academy graduate-and no one in his family is, either. Stevens was a midshipman at one point, but his growing interest in international study led him to leave the Academy after his youngster year to enroll in the University of San Diego, which offered a more robust array of international immersion experiences available to a larger percentage of the student body.
Then there's his age. Stevens, originally a member of the Naval Academy Class of 2012, is only 24-an age when most of his peers are still more concerned about paying for college and related loans than giving back to one.
While Stevens found a better fit for a place to complete his education, he still believes in the Academy and its mission. In addition to his contribution to the annual fund, Stevens has also made the Naval Academy Foundation the beneficiary of a portion of his life insurance policy and 401(k) plan. His planned gift arrangements direct the proceeds specifically to support the Academy's international programs.
"I'm a financial advisor with Millennial Capital Partners, an advisory firm that focuses on the millennial generation," said Stevens, a California native who now lives in New York City. "Every day I assist clients with their investments and estate-planning needs, helping them to arrange their financial lives so they are prepared for the events life brings. I also advise them on incorporating charitable giving into their plans. Daily conversations about how my clients could give back caused me to think about my own giving decisions and what I was passionate enough to focus my giving on. I realized just how much I wanted future midshipmen to have more options in terms of international study than I did. As a result I designated my planned gift arrangements specifically to benefit international programs."
Stevens includes many Naval Academy alumni among his clients. He encourages incorporating charitable giving as early as his clients are able and directing those funds to organizations, causes, or movements that they are truly passionate about-and for many of them, the Naval Academy ranks high on that list. Stevens believes that it is essential for his clients to establish a giving relationship in the beginning stages of their careers.
"Beyond the potential tax benefits, incorporating charitable giving into any household is a worthwhile cause," he said. "Building a giving relationship is not only the moral thing to do but it is also a great tradition. For example, if you have children, teach them about the importance of giving back by allotting a portion of your giving that they are allowed to direct to something they are passionate about. It's a great way to start the conversation early."
Let's hope that in many of his clients' households, that tradition of giving will focus as Brook's giving has-on the Naval Academy.


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Virtual worlds like those of Minecraft and SimCity could be used to help test potential new water infrastructure development in the UK. Experts from the University of Exeter are trialling a computer platform where water engineers can simulate how existing and prospective new water systems will cope with issues, threats and risk, such as land management and flooding. They believe the approach could help alleviate situations such as the flooding that swept the Somerset levels earlier this year, by allowing stakeholders to work through potential threats and mitigation options in a virtual environment.
Professor Dragan Savic, expert in the field of hydroinformatics at the University of Exeter, explained: "Understanding water and its interdependencies with food, energy and the environment is vital if water is to be managed effectively and efficiently.
The use of serious games – or decision games – allows users to experience situations that are impossible in the real world for reasons of safety, cost, time or their rare occurrence. The nexus game will focus on the interplay of the infrastructure and the nexus in the UK and will consist of a number of roles, which include policymakers or government, residents, farmers, businesses, water utilities and city planners.
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The Neighborhood Activist as Prophet
How Jane Jacobs took on the planners—and how her legacy is at risk.
by Catherine Tumber
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Eyes on the Street: The Life of Jane Jacobs
By Robert Kangiel
This article appears in the Winter 2017 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Subscribe here.
We stand on the frumpy shoulders of a giant: "Jane," as three generations of urbanists have known her, elevated into a pantheon of mono-names shared with Cher and Elvis. If not for Jane Jacobs, who died at the age of 89 in 2006, the postwar onslaught on cities as mere temporary pass-throughs for car-besotted, heavily subsidized white suburbanites would surely have proceeded at a brisker pace to greater completion. Others had railed against "modernist" planning too, of course, with its unadorned urban towers, small-town-enveloping suburban developments, and everywhere highways replacing public transit and functioning city neighborhoods. Urban historian and literary critic Lewis Mumford had been calling for a regionalist approach to urban settlements that preserved the virtues of both rural and city life since the 1920s. "Our national flower is the concrete cloverleaf," he once observed. William H. Whyte had edited a 1958 collection, The Exploding Metropolis, criticizing what we now call suburban sprawl. But it was Jane who turned her native curiosity and formidable analytical powers to the city itself, to what was being lost to suburban investment, to "how cities work." It is fair to ask, though, if cities still work the same way in the age of middle-class evisceration and digital disruption.
Jane's The Death and Life of Great American Cities, published in 1961, is a masterpiece of social criticism. It shook up the establishment and set in motion neighborhood activism and civic self-education the likes of which hadn't been seen since the days of that other Jane: Addams. Jacobs not only explained what was of value in cities at a time when "slum clearance" was the order of the day, but just as important, she defied the mile-high experts with on-the-ground observation. She has not been called the "Genius of Common Sense" for nothing.
As planners bemoaned the crowded neighborhoods of Lower Manhattan where Jane raised her three children, the dangers of street play amid nefarious characters and filth, Jane shifted the conversation: Great cities like New York "worked" not in spite of density, she argued, but because of it. The close intermingling of cultures and classes doing all manner of work led to improvisation, new products, new work, new ideas. Where others saw chaos, Jane saw vitality, "organized complexity," and safety, structured by four key elements: sidewalks and short street blocks, mixed principal uses, a variety of new and old buildings in various states of repair, and, of course, crowdedness. New projects-parks, playgrounds, additional housing-could be added, as long as they were "seamed" in and didn't block off the flow of commerce and play, the "intricate sidewalk ballet" of strong urban neighborhoods and the many "eyes on the street" that kept crime at bay. Eyes on the Street, the title of Robert Kanigel's engrossing new biography, was presumably chosen because that's where Jane's own careful attention was fixed-especially during the years that culminated in her paradigm-shifting book.
It wasn't always so. Jane's "eyes" were sharpened in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the small capital city of the anthracite coal region. Born in 1916 on the eve of the flourishing industrial city's decline, Jane Butzner entered the world precocious and preternaturally confident. The third of four children, she was raised in solid middle-class security by two rural transplants eager to get into the city: a genial German Protestant general practice doctor and his wife, a teacher and nurse against whose pinched Victorian moralism and casual nativism young Jane often chafed.
What Jane "saw" in Scranton was a city at work in mining and manufacturing, veined with railroads and trolleys-the first to run continuously by electricity in the country-which elicited an early, lifelong curiosity about engineering and science, with "how things work."
She also brought a sense of mechanical precision to an early love of language, publishing poetry and editing a literary magazine through her high school years, having long before traded independent inquiry across disciplines for the dull transactions of the classroom. By the time she was 16, Jane Butzner knew her vocation: writer. Bypassing college for a brief unpaid stint at The Scranton Republican, she was soon off to New York, in 1934, eventually settling in the West Village, which would become her principal laboratory for some 35 years.
Many readers of Kanigel's definitive biography will be familiar with the arc of Jane's achievements: her rise from stenographer to respected editor and writer through various posts in the New York publishing world, all without a college degree; her last-minute bravura performance before a Harvard gathering of urban-planning mandarins that led to Rockefeller Foundation support for her groundbreaking book; her participation in successful fights against self-described master builder Robert Moses and his ilk, most notably for halting his plans to open Washington Square Park to through traffic and to drive a monstrosity called the Lower Manhattan Expressway through the heart of SoHo; her family's flight to Toronto, in 1968, to protect her sons from the Vietnam War draft, where she spent her remaining days; her later books The Economy of Cities (1969) and Cities and the Wealth of Nations (1985), arguing that "great cities," with their concentrated diversity of skill, lead to the "knowledge spillovers" and "import replacement" of exports that drive economic development. Kanigel tells many other lesser-known stories of accomplishment, too, that will enlighten even the most devoted student of Jane.
He excels in capturing the tone of Jane Jacobs's life, how her straight-forward impatience with anything "stagnant" and "dull" ran like a thread throughout. Her warmth comes through too, in her relations with co-workers and fellow activists plotting away in a Village church basement, and in the laissez-faire approach she and her husband, architect Bob Jacobs, brought to their shambling household, raising children who, like their mother, also took circuitous routes to adulthood. But she could also be combative in argument and oblivious to nonverbal cues. Said a young relative who stayed with the Jacobs family in Toronto for a spell, "It was like living with Zeus." The same sense of principled outlawry that got her suspended from school in the third grade (for convincing her classmates that, no, they could not promise to brush their teeth every day) showed up to the end in her refusal to accept honorary doctorates on grounds that they were false credentials. And as readers of her books know, Jane had a fine wit sharpened by her ear for poetry. After feeling stymied while writing her 1992 book Systems of Survival, a "dialogue" among five fictional characters, she decided to replace the group of polite Canadians in her mind's eye with argumentative New Yorkers, explaining, "Talking with Canadians is like talking to a pillow."
It is a moving irony, and an irritating one, that at the very moment when walkable urbanism and the "great inversion" from suburban to city life has taken hold, Jane's "intricate sidewalk ballet" has given way to the sidewalk chaos of eyes on the device. More darkly, she did not foresee that today's wealth inequality would make great cities unaffordable for the evaporating middle classes. Always critical of both ideology and excessive reliance on abstract data to explain how things work, Jane's common-sense empiricism relied on the persistence of sociability-Downtown is for people!-which bred ingenuity from urban tumult and new technologies that replaced old forms of work. Some of what she argued, including her criticism of one-size-fits-all government planning and labor unions, is in accord with libertarian and neoliberal opposition to measures that might compromise the march of global innovation. So too is her view that large prosperous cities must grow unimpeded by excessive regulation as both national economic engines and bulwarks of civilization. "[W]e can be absolutely sure of a few things about future cities," she wrote in 1969. "[T]hey will be more intricate, comprehensive, diversified, and larger than today's, and will have even more complicated jumbles of old and new things than ours do." With decades-long assists from free-market urban economists and a host of others who forged today's consensus that the United States should replace low-return manufacturing with high-value knowledge products, particularly in the digital sector, "great cities" have certainly grown, but digital technology, income inequality, and soaring housing prices have edged out many of the old "jumbles" that once made them truly diverse.
Since Jane's death ten years ago, that consensus has come under mounting, if fragmented, fire, as evidenced by the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Across the political spectrum, growing "knowledge-based" elite coastal cities face heartland resentment, while those still ensconced in manufacturing and agricultural economies, grounded by Jane's "dull" little cities, adhere ever more fervently to local cultures of production. Meanwhile, social media-the product of today's economic innovations-has had the effect of disrupting the cross-class sociability that Jane took for granted, from the pedestrians passing each other while staring at smartphone screens to the echo-chamber quality of separate bubbles of news consumption.
All of which raises the question, How do cities work now? Or rather, Can countries across the world thrive without tempering the new ideas generated by great cities with the steadfast productive ethos of the hinterland? In her final book, Dark Age Ahead (2004), Jane brooded over the possibility that North America had entered a period of long-term cultural stagnation and coarsening, as a variety of "stabilizing forces," from family and community to professional integrity and government attentiveness to local conditions, seemed to be disintegrating. Were Jane's attention fixed on her hometown of Scranton today, in view of recent disruptions both digital and economic, she might well have seen its potential through new eyes.
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Catherine Tumber, an independent scholar and journalist, is the author of 'Small, Gritty, and Green: The Promise of America's Smaller Industrial Cities in a Low-Carbon World.'
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North Dakota was a surprise to our geographic bubble: not flat; not dry; not treeless (as in, there are trees). Industrial scale agriculture. Nice, fine people.
Time for more full disclosure. Medora to Bismarck is actually about 128 miles. I wasn't up for that in one day, but I was aiming for 100 miles. Didn't happen: 1. Late start. 2. Chose Perkins for breakfast–took an hour and a quarter for pancakes, eggs, and bacon–morale: eat local (topic for a future post). Result: later start. 3. Time change costing another hour: 12 or so counties in western N. Dakota are Mountain Time and the rest of the state is Central Time. 4. Plotting bad course with almost 30 miles of dirt road–turned around which cost 10 miles. 5. Imminent thunder storms.
Lame excuses; stuff happens. In the grand scheme of things I'll make up much of it with other rides and a lot of north–south distance that doesn't get us further east.


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At the start of play at Congressional yesterday, Steve Stricker stood three strokes behind leader Stuart Appleby and was only one behind second-place K.J. Choi. He managed to catch and pass Appleby but could not chase down Choi.
It was a familiar finish for Stricker, a three-time winner on the PGA Tour who has finished second twice in his past six tournaments. He also was runner-up at the Wachovia Championship in May.
Given Appleby's monumental meltdown, the softspoken Stricker had every reason to be optimistic. After bogeying the opening hole, Stricker either birdied or made par on the next nine. While Stricker stayed steady, Appleby dissolved in the stifling heat, bogeying six holes and double-bogeying another to finish 6 over for the day and tied for third overall.
Had Stricker fared better on the greens down the stretch, he may well have eclipsed Choi and taken home a win. But Stricker twoputted each hole on the final nine, posting bogeys on Nos. 11, 14 and 15 and escaping with a par on No. 16, where his putt seemed to jump and then die on the green. Congressional's greens softened after four days of horrid humidity, making for a tough afternoon.
While he was noticeably disappointed with the wear and tear on the poa annua, the 40-year-old Edgerton, Wis., native refused to make excuses.


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