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MTA officials had already dismissed the cable-racking suggestion years ago because of the damage it could do to the tunnel lining and cast-iron ring. They had also pitched a full shutdown because of the toxic silica dust that comes with demolishing concrete.
WSP officials explained how the plan changed, and why it was never pitched in the first place.
The racking system will use 60% fewer bolts, which will be four inches long going into a 10-inch concrete tunnel lining, compared to the original evaluation.
To handle the silica dust, backers of the new approach say concrete demolition will be done on weekends only, giving crews time to clean up in time for the Monday rush hour. The experts suggested a third-party monitor to check on air quality, officials said.
There will also be less demolition work that kicks up the dust. About 40% of the five-mile stretch of bench wall needs to be removed or covered up with polymer, the experts said. New testing will show whether more of the bench wall can stay put.
To MTA officials, it is a trade off for sparing 275,000 L train riders and business owners from losing day-to-day L service.
For MTA board members who may need to vote on a new contract, they’ll have their own independent study.
As Jeanette Siemens, Kiowa County economic development director, watches houses pop up all over Greensburg, she hopes and expects business construction will follow.
While the rebuilding of the business sector somewhat lags that of the residential sector, Siemens said there are many positive things happening - things that keep the ball rolling.
The construction of the business incubator undoubtedly is the most exciting development for the business sector.
Ten businesses have applied for and been approved to rent space in the building, and applications for the two remaining spots continue to come in.
Four of the businesses are brand new to the community. Five more are former Greensburg businesses trying to get back on their feet, and there is one business coming from outside the community, Siemens said.
The businesses will be charged modest rents during their entry/start-up phase with the understanding that, eventually, the businesses would move into their own spaces.
Other Greensburg businesses are building permanent buildings.
Greensburg State Bank is in its new building, and both Centera Bank and People's Bank are working with architects on plans to build new buildings, said Steve Kirk, president of the Kiowa County Chamber of Commerce.
BTI Greensburg, the John Deere dealership, is under construction on the east edge of town and the Dillons addition to Kwik Shop is under way as well. People's Insurance is in its new building, and Dwayne Shank Motors is nearly finished with its new building.
There are plans for a new flower shop and beauty salon in town.
"Things are moving along fairly well," Kirk said.
The chamber and the business sector group also are working to create an Economic Development Board, which will fall under the chamber's umbrella.
"This would be a countywide group," Siemens said. "We're just now getting board members appointed and have received preliminary approval from the city and county."
Once formed, the board will, among other things, offer small financial help through a revolving loan program to new businesses. That funding, hopefully, will come from a Network Kansas grant for which Siemens has applied.
"In almost every aspect of our work, the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission has noticed that people in rural and remote Australia generally come off second best. Distance, isolation, lower incomes and minority status all exacerbate the experience of discrimination, harassment, and lack of services and participation.
In Bush Talks we have focused on rural and remote areas, inviting country people to raise all of their concerns related to human rights."
The Bush Talks , a large file, can be downloaded from the Commission’s website at http://www.hreoc.gov.au/human_rights/rural_australians/bushtalks/index.html. These extracts have been reproduced to make access to the key proposals and initiatives and recommendations a little faster.
In almost every aspect of our work, the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission has noticed that people in rural and remote Australia generally come off second best. Distance, isolation, lower incomes and minority status all exacerbate the experience of discrimination, harassment, and lack of services and participation.
to develop projects to enhance the enjoyment of human rights in regional, rural and remote Australia for HREOC action in 1999 and 2000.
Bush Talks has visited every State and the Northern Territory and has also held consultations in some capital cities. We have conducted public and private, general and specific issue meetings. By the end of 1998 we had travelled to 26 communities in country Australia and many more will be reached in 1999 when Bush Talks visits to north-west NSW, central Queensland, Top End NT and the Kimberley and Pilbara regions of WA are planned.
Our most successful meetings have been those organised for us by local hosts, to all of whom we extend our sincere gratitude. Local governments, in particular, have been important sponsors of Bush Talks.
In addition to meetings, to date we have received 94 telephone comments or enquiries and 53 written submissions from across the country.
This paper summarises the major issues raised with us in the first half of this consultation program. For more detail, readers will find notes of public Bush Talks meetings on the Commission’s website.
The Commission’s first responses to what we have heard – projects to begin in 1999 - are outlined at the conclusion of each section.
THE NEW YORKER 29 THE ADVENTURES OF THE CONDOSSIS ROYAL FAMILY IN AMERICA By Mark O'D a No.8-At the Beaux Arts Colonial Ball o 00 o o o o G"RDNEQ flEA -A- f " h ' h " .fi SORT 0 W 0 S W 0 system of identification was inaugurated at the Beaux Arts Ball and no one had to wait until unmasking to know who belonged to the inner circle of epicures. Wherever sophisticated people gather, it is apparent that Condossis Cigarettes have met with a very responsive wel- come. Such people are first to discern "Judging from tonight's taste in cigarettes, if Condossis had been King in '76, there would have been no Revolution!" advancements in the fine art of living. When you have tried your type of his three perfected blends, ordinary cigarettes will seem inadequate. King Condossis-IO for 2Sc-and Prince Condossis-10 for lSc-present the rarest Turkish-Macedonian tobaccos in large and medium size cigarettes. The first, ideal for informal companionship, ( Advertisement) the second, correct for the formal affair. Count Condossis-20 for 20c-is a striking improvement over common- place blends of domestic and imported tobaccos-a masterpiece heretofore con- fined to private creations. The three Condossis cigarettes await your selection at all smart clubs, hotels and tobacconists. @ c. t. c. 1932.
Christian Science Church is located at 753 N Main St, Attleboro, MA. This business specializes in Religion & Spirituality.
Christian Science Church is located at 753 N Main St in Attleboro and has been in the business of Christian Science Church since 1991.
Published: Feb. 22, 2013 at 11:49 a.m.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2013 at 05:36 p.m.
INDIANAPOLIS -- After Leslie Frazier spoke with reporters Friday at the NFL Scouting Combine, I had a chance to catch the Minnesota Vikings coach for a one-on-one interview. We chatted about wide receiver Percy Harvin's status.
ATL: Obviously, Harvin's become a big storyline for this team. He's perceived as disgruntled. What's really going on?
LF: I think it's more media-driven. You don't hear anything from me or (general manager) Rick Spielman from a negative standpoint, I think it's more media-driven, I really do.
ATL: So your perception is that Percy wants to play for the Vikings next season?
LF: That's my perception. I'm hoping that it works out that he will be, but you read so many different things, and I sometimes wonder, where's that coming from? Because in my conversations with him, I'm not getting that.
ATL: If a team came to you and blew you away with a trade offer, would you listen?
LF: I think what Rick said is what you want to be able to go with, the fact that he said there's no intent to trade Percy. And that's pretty much where it is.
ATL: Let's say a team offered their No. 1 pick, for instance. Is there a way someone could sway your thinking?
LF: You never want to get into hypotheticals in this business.
ATL: So your relationship with Percy is pretty good?
Commonwealth Games: Can Andrea Hewitt's precedent bring triathlon glory?
Andrea Hewitt will have knowledge on her side attacking the Commonwealth Games triathlon course on April 5.
She won the Gold Coast-hosted World Triathlon Series event on a similar course a year ago.
The race was a sprint event – the format adopted by the Commonwealth Games for the first time - which means halving the Olympic distance to a 750m swim, 20km bike and 5km run.
The terrain is largely flat apart from, as Hewitt describes it, "a slight hill over the bridge in Southport".
She competes in the individual race the day after her 36th birthday, alongside fellow Kiwis Nicole van der Kaay and Rebecca Spence. The relay follows on April 7 with a team yet to be named.
This is Hewitt's third Games after earning bronze in Melbourne, and finishing fourth in Glasgow. The sport was absent from the Delhi programme.
"A sprint race leaves you no room for error," Hewitt told the Herald from the comfort of a bean bag outside the athletes' village.
"I race more of those now, on the circuit in France and Germany, but generally a 10km run suits me better.
"My goal is to have a good swim. Last year a few races didn't go well because of that."
On the Gold Coast in 2017, Hewitt hung on to win by four seconds from Australian hope Ashleigh Gentle. She led by seven seconds after the swim and two seconds after the bike before gaining two seconds in the final transition which enabled her to hang on.
"I went for it," Hewitt said of that triumph.
"I didn't win by sitting and waiting in the pack. I'll be looking out for swimming and biking breakaways.
"They have moved the course a little more away from the waterfront. Apart from that, it's the same. It's a bit technical around the corners on the bike, but generally flat."
The competition will be strong regardless, courtesy of triathlon's popularity in the Commonwealth.
The strong–running Gentle boosts local hopes; Brits Jess Learmonth, Vicky Holland and Sophie Coldwell make a strong trio; Wales' Non Stanford poses a threat; and 2016 and 2017 world triathlon series champion Flora Duffy could earn Bermuda's second gold after Nicky Saunders in the 1990 men's high jump at Auckland.
Whenever you speak to Hewitt it's impossible not to feel empathy for a woman who lost her long-term partner and coach, Laurent Vidal, to a cardiac arrest in November 2015.
Veteran triathlon and athletics coach Chris Pilone took the reins of her programme for a while. Now, she is back under the guidance of swim mentor Roly Crichton and the man who introduced her to the sport, Dr John Hellemans.
"I've had a lot of support back in Christchurch, training with a good group around me, including a few local age group triathletes.
"It's been hard, but it's been good because I've been at home."
The chant was faint, coming out of the south end of American Airlines Center on Monday night, shortly after Dirk Nowitzki had climbed one more rung on the all-time scoring ladder. "One more year, one more year" was what some fans were clamoring for and, for the first time maybe, I understood it.
Nowitzki went past Wilt Chamberlain on the scoring list by scoring eight points in 12 minutes, which is about what he can deliver on a good night in his 21st season. Who's up for a 22nd?
I still don't think it will happen, and I believe Nowitzki has carefully avoided the discussion in order to minimize the story. In all likelihood, shortly after the Mavs play the San Antonio Spurs on April 10, Nowitzki will close the doors on one of the greatest careers in all of D-FW sports.
Just in case Nowitzki has that unexpected change of heart and decides one more year with Luka Doncic and one year period with Kristaps Porzingis is something worth pursuing, who can deny him that right to come off the bench and support the future of the franchise?
It took awhile, but I have realized that watching Nowitzki or any Hall of Fame player still performing long past his prime is no scar on his record. Some of us recall Willie Mays stumbling in center field as a 42-year-old New York Met, but does it really have any negative impact on his 660 home runs or 12 Gold Gloves?
Emmitt Smith's final days in an Arizona Cardinals uniform really bother anyone? And Dirk, of course, wouldn't be talking about changing uniforms, just playing right to the bitter end. Last season, Adrian Beltre had his lowest on-base and slugging percentages since 2009. That embarrass any Rangers fans?
We have this idea that we don't want to see legends exposed as ordinary humans, but that's really not what happens. Oddly enough, Bill Murray explained this best when he was playing FDR in "Hyde Park on Hudson" a few years ago: "We think they see all our flaws. But that's not what they are looking to find when they look to us."
It's certainly not what Mavs fans are searching for when they watch Dirk. When he was really struggling with the after effects of an ankle injury, fans were begging for just one long shot to fall, to say they had seen one of the 1,960 3-pointers in his career.
So some cry out for "one more year." As usual, Dirk wasn't dropping any clues late Monday night.
"I still want to see how I feel after the season, I think I wanna make the decision then," he said.
I don't think fans will get another year, but who can blame them for asking? It's not like we've got a lot of other record pursuits to watch around here. It's going to be a couple of decades before Luka Doncic closes in on any of Dirk's numbers -- "Anything is possible" he told reporters with a smile Monday night -- and Ezekiel Elliott has two rushing titles, but needs six more to catch Jim Brown.
Whatever Dirk can provide fans in these (likely) final weeks is so much icing on the cake. At 40, Nowitzki is too young to know anything but the legend of Chamberlain, to have heard tales of the 100-point night and the 50-points-per-game season of 1961-62. But he's the only one who knows the toll that his personal climb has exacted.
Think of what it takes for a 7-footer to get suited up, taped up and stretched out in order to play 1,510 NBA games, not to mention the thousands of hours of practice time to perfect that array of shots no big man before him had brought to the game.
"I'm glad it's over with now," Nowitzki said, once his climb to the No. 6 spot on the all-time list had been achieved. Michael Jordan, more than 850 points ahead in the fifth spot, is probably too far ahead even if Nowitzki were to surprise us and return for one more 82-game run.
I'm glad it's over with now.
I expect to hear those words from Dirk one more time, perhaps a few days after that last game with the Spurs in San Antonio. He will say it not in a bittersweet way, but with the satisfaction of knowing that a job well done doesn't begin to tell his tale.
With five home games remaining, fans should be advised that chances are good this is it. If you want to witness that perfect rotation of the basketball just over the outstretched arms of the hapless defender, Dirk's got a few of those left ... but not many.
On this episode, we discuss the Ravens heading to Kansas City. With Joe Flacco still limited in practice and Lamar on a three game win streak, Lamar has to start, right??
Reginald Samples knew there would be second-guessing.
After his Duncanville team lost the 2018 Class 6A Division I state championship on a last-second Hail Mary to Galena Park North Shore, his players tried to comprehend how they fell just short of the program’s first title in two decades.
What would have happened had a defender jumped a bit higher or quicker? Could not making a mistake earlier in the game have negated North Shore’s chance to win on that 45-yard strike to the corner of the AT&T Stadium end zone?
Samples has worked to quell that guilt in the month since one of the most improbable finishes in Texas high school football history.
That’s helped his team begin to look forward to a promising 2019 campaign -- one that Samples assures will feature him on the sideline despite speculation a hip injury that plagued him throughout 2018 would prompt him to retire.
Samples has said 2018 was his toughest season coaching.
Not because Duncanville lacked for talent or success.
The Panthers’ 14 wins in 15 games and wealth of Division I-bound talent throughout the roster signaled one of Samples’ finest runs in his storied career. The team beat national-No. 1 Allen in the state semifinals and touted one of the best defenses in state history.
But because Samples dealt with the pain of a herniated disc in his back pressing into his sciatic nerve in his hip, he required surgery in early October, helping to alleviate excruciating pain down his left leg that left him coaching the beginning of the season from a stool on the sideline.
He then spent several games coaching from the press box and had to endure a grueling rehabilitation process throughout the remainder of the season.
Now, Samples said he’s ditched physical therapy because it became too easy, and he does weight workouts and exercises with a trainer instead. His mobility has improved, and so have his expectations for next season.
As Duncanville's started offseason workouts, the team has garnered frequent attention from some of the country’s most prominent college programs as the recruiting cycle for Class of 2020 players ramps up.
Last week, Alabama coach Nick Saban, Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher and Arkansas coach Chad Morris visited Duncanville -- and posed for pictures with Samples.
It reflects Duncanville’s strong rising-senior corps -- which includes starters in quarterback Ja’Quinden Jackson, running back Trysten Smith and defensive back Chris Thompson Jr. -- and the Panthers’ pipeline of young talent.
All are reasons Samples is eager to continue chasing state-championship glory.
“You can’t define what we did by three seconds,” Samples said. “To me, we had a great year. The whole journey to get to where we was was great, and it’s being reinforced just by what’s happened now after the season is over. Some of the top coaches and programs in the country are acknowledging that we are one of the top high schools in the country.

MTA officials had already dismissed the cable-racking suggestion years ago because of the damage it could do to the tunnel lining and cast-iron ring. They had also pitched a full shutdown because of the toxic silica dust that comes with demolishing concrete.

WSP officials explained how the plan changed, and why it was never pitched in the first place.

The racking system will use 60% fewer bolts, which will be four inches long going into a 10-inch concrete tunnel lining, compared to the original evaluation.

To handle the silica dust, backers of the new approach say concrete demolition will be done on weekends only, giving crews time to clean up in time for the Monday rush hour. The experts suggested a third-party monitor to check on air quality, officials said.

There will also be less demolition work that kicks up the dust. About 40% of the five-mile stretch of bench wall needs to be removed or covered up with polymer, the experts said. New testing will show whether more of the bench wall can stay put.

To MTA officials, it is a trade off for sparing 275,000 L train riders and business owners from losing day-to-day L service.

For MTA board members who may need to vote on a new contract, they’ll have their own independent study.

As Jeanette Siemens, Kiowa County economic development director, watches houses pop up all over Greensburg, she hopes and expects business construction will follow.

While the rebuilding of the business sector somewhat lags that of the residential sector, Siemens said there are many positive things happening - things that keep the ball rolling.

The construction of the business incubator undoubtedly is the most exciting development for the business sector.

Ten businesses have applied for and been approved to rent space in the building, and applications for the two remaining spots continue to come in.

Four of the businesses are brand new to the community. Five more are former Greensburg businesses trying to get back on their feet, and there is one business coming from outside the community, Siemens said.

The businesses will be charged modest rents during their entry/start-up phase with the understanding that, eventually, the businesses would move into their own spaces.

Other Greensburg businesses are building permanent buildings.

Greensburg State Bank is in its new building, and both Centera Bank and People's Bank are working with architects on plans to build new buildings, said Steve Kirk, president of the Kiowa County Chamber of Commerce.

BTI Greensburg, the John Deere dealership, is under construction on the east edge of town and the Dillons addition to Kwik Shop is under way as well. People's Insurance is in its new building, and Dwayne Shank Motors is nearly finished with its new building.

There are plans for a new flower shop and beauty salon in town.

"Things are moving along fairly well," Kirk said.

The chamber and the business sector group also are working to create an Economic Development Board, which will fall under the chamber's umbrella.

"This would be a countywide group," Siemens said. "We're just now getting board members appointed and have received preliminary approval from the city and county."

Once formed, the board will, among other things, offer small financial help through a revolving loan program to new businesses. That funding, hopefully, will come from a Network Kansas grant for which Siemens has applied.

"In almost every aspect of our work, the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission has noticed that people in rural and remote Australia generally come off second best. Distance, isolation, lower incomes and minority status all exacerbate the experience of discrimination, harassment, and lack of services and participation.

In Bush Talks we have focused on rural and remote areas, inviting country people to raise all of their concerns related to human rights."

The Bush Talks , a large file, can be downloaded from the Commission’s website at http://www.hreoc.gov.au/human_rights/rural_australians/bushtalks/index.html. These extracts have been reproduced to make access to the key proposals and initiatives and recommendations a little faster.

In almost every aspect of our work, the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission has noticed that people in rural and remote Australia generally come off second best. Distance, isolation, lower incomes and minority status all exacerbate the experience of discrimination, harassment, and lack of services and participation.

to develop projects to enhance the enjoyment of human rights in regional, rural and remote Australia for HREOC action in 1999 and 2000.

Bush Talks has visited every State and the Northern Territory and has also held consultations in some capital cities. We have conducted public and private, general and specific issue meetings. By the end of 1998 we had travelled to 26 communities in country Australia and many more will be reached in 1999 when Bush Talks visits to north-west NSW, central Queensland, Top End NT and the Kimberley and Pilbara regions of WA are planned.

Our most successful meetings have been those organised for us by local hosts, to all of whom we extend our sincere gratitude. Local governments, in particular, have been important sponsors of Bush Talks.

In addition to meetings, to date we have received 94 telephone comments or enquiries and 53 written submissions from across the country.

This paper summarises the major issues raised with us in the first half of this consultation program. For more detail, readers will find notes of public Bush Talks meetings on the Commission’s website.

The Commission’s first responses to what we have heard – projects to begin in 1999 - are outlined at the conclusion of each section.

THE NEW YORKER 29 THE ADVENTURES OF THE CONDOSSIS ROYAL FAMILY IN AMERICA By Mark O'D a No.8-At the Beaux Arts Colonial Ball o 00 o o o o G"RDNEQ flEA -A- f " h ' h " .fi SORT 0 W 0 S W 0 system of identification was inaugurated at the Beaux Arts Ball and no one had to wait until unmasking to know who belonged to the inner circle of epicures. Wherever sophisticated people gather, it is apparent that Condossis Cigarettes have met with a very responsive wel- come. Such people are first to discern "Judging from tonight's taste in cigarettes, if Condossis had been King in '76, there would have been no Revolution!" advancements in the fine art of living. When you have tried your type of his three perfected blends, ordinary cigarettes will seem inadequate. King Condossis-IO for 2Sc-and Prince Condossis-10 for lSc-present the rarest Turkish-Macedonian tobaccos in large and medium size cigarettes. The first, ideal for informal companionship, ( Advertisement) the second, correct for the formal affair. Count Condossis-20 for 20c-is a striking improvement over common- place blends of domestic and imported tobaccos-a masterpiece heretofore con- fined to private creations. The three Condossis cigarettes await your selection at all smart clubs, hotels and tobacconists. @ c. t. c. 1932.

Christian Science Church is located at 753 N Main St, Attleboro, MA. This business specializes in Religion & Spirituality.

Christian Science Church is located at 753 N Main St in Attleboro and has been in the business of Christian Science Church since 1991.

Published: Feb. 22, 2013 at 11:49 a.m.

Updated: Feb. 22, 2013 at 05:36 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- After Leslie Frazier spoke with reporters Friday at the NFL Scouting Combine, I had a chance to catch the Minnesota Vikings coach for a one-on-one interview. We chatted about wide receiver Percy Harvin's status.

ATL: Obviously, Harvin's become a big storyline for this team. He's perceived as disgruntled. What's really going on?

LF: I think it's more media-driven. You don't hear anything from me or (general manager) Rick Spielman from a negative standpoint, I think it's more media-driven, I really do.

ATL: So your perception is that Percy wants to play for the Vikings next season?

LF: That's my perception. I'm hoping that it works out that he will be, but you read so many different things, and I sometimes wonder, where's that coming from? Because in my conversations with him, I'm not getting that.

ATL: If a team came to you and blew you away with a trade offer, would you listen?

LF: I think what Rick said is what you want to be able to go with, the fact that he said there's no intent to trade Percy. And that's pretty much where it is.

ATL: Let's say a team offered their No. 1 pick, for instance. Is there a way someone could sway your thinking?

LF: You never want to get into hypotheticals in this business.

ATL: So your relationship with Percy is pretty good?

Commonwealth Games: Can Andrea Hewitt's precedent bring triathlon glory?

Andrea Hewitt will have knowledge on her side attacking the Commonwealth Games triathlon course on April 5.

She won the Gold Coast-hosted World Triathlon Series event on a similar course a year ago.

The race was a sprint event – the format adopted by the Commonwealth Games for the first time - which means halving the Olympic distance to a 750m swim, 20km bike and 5km run.

The terrain is largely flat apart from, as Hewitt describes it, "a slight hill over the bridge in Southport".

She competes in the individual race the day after her 36th birthday, alongside fellow Kiwis Nicole van der Kaay and Rebecca Spence. The relay follows on April 7 with a team yet to be named.

This is Hewitt's third Games after earning bronze in Melbourne, and finishing fourth in Glasgow. The sport was absent from the Delhi programme.

"A sprint race leaves you no room for error," Hewitt told the Herald from the comfort of a bean bag outside the athletes' village.

"I race more of those now, on the circuit in France and Germany, but generally a 10km run suits me better.

"My goal is to have a good swim. Last year a few races didn't go well because of that."

On the Gold Coast in 2017, Hewitt hung on to win by four seconds from Australian hope Ashleigh Gentle. She led by seven seconds after the swim and two seconds after the bike before gaining two seconds in the final transition which enabled her to hang on.

"I went for it," Hewitt said of that triumph.

"I didn't win by sitting and waiting in the pack. I'll be looking out for swimming and biking breakaways.

"They have moved the course a little more away from the waterfront. Apart from that, it's the same. It's a bit technical around the corners on the bike, but generally flat."

The competition will be strong regardless, courtesy of triathlon's popularity in the Commonwealth.

The strong–running Gentle boosts local hopes; Brits Jess Learmonth, Vicky Holland and Sophie Coldwell make a strong trio; Wales' Non Stanford poses a threat; and 2016 and 2017 world triathlon series champion Flora Duffy could earn Bermuda's second gold after Nicky Saunders in the 1990 men's high jump at Auckland.

Whenever you speak to Hewitt it's impossible not to feel empathy for a woman who lost her long-term partner and coach, Laurent Vidal, to a cardiac arrest in November 2015.

Veteran triathlon and athletics coach Chris Pilone took the reins of her programme for a while. Now, she is back under the guidance of swim mentor Roly Crichton and the man who introduced her to the sport, Dr John Hellemans.

"I've had a lot of support back in Christchurch, training with a good group around me, including a few local age group triathletes.

"It's been hard, but it's been good because I've been at home."

The chant was faint, coming out of the south end of American Airlines Center on Monday night, shortly after Dirk Nowitzki had climbed one more rung on the all-time scoring ladder. "One more year, one more year" was what some fans were clamoring for and, for the first time maybe, I understood it.

Nowitzki went past Wilt Chamberlain on the scoring list by scoring eight points in 12 minutes, which is about what he can deliver on a good night in his 21st season. Who's up for a 22nd?

I still don't think it will happen, and I believe Nowitzki has carefully avoided the discussion in order to minimize the story. In all likelihood, shortly after the Mavs play the San Antonio Spurs on April 10, Nowitzki will close the doors on one of the greatest careers in all of D-FW sports.

Just in case Nowitzki has that unexpected change of heart and decides one more year with Luka Doncic and one year period with Kristaps Porzingis is something worth pursuing, who can deny him that right to come off the bench and support the future of the franchise?

It took awhile, but I have realized that watching Nowitzki or any Hall of Fame player still performing long past his prime is no scar on his record. Some of us recall Willie Mays stumbling in center field as a 42-year-old New York Met, but does it really have any negative impact on his 660 home runs or 12 Gold Gloves?

Emmitt Smith's final days in an Arizona Cardinals uniform really bother anyone? And Dirk, of course, wouldn't be talking about changing uniforms, just playing right to the bitter end. Last season, Adrian Beltre had his lowest on-base and slugging percentages since 2009. That embarrass any Rangers fans?

We have this idea that we don't want to see legends exposed as ordinary humans, but that's really not what happens. Oddly enough, Bill Murray explained this best when he was playing FDR in "Hyde Park on Hudson" a few years ago: "We think they see all our flaws. But that's not what they are looking to find when they look to us."

It's certainly not what Mavs fans are searching for when they watch Dirk. When he was really struggling with the after effects of an ankle injury, fans were begging for just one long shot to fall, to say they had seen one of the 1,960 3-pointers in his career.

So some cry out for "one more year." As usual, Dirk wasn't dropping any clues late Monday night.

"I still want to see how I feel after the season, I think I wanna make the decision then," he said.

I don't think fans will get another year, but who can blame them for asking? It's not like we've got a lot of other record pursuits to watch around here. It's going to be a couple of decades before Luka Doncic closes in on any of Dirk's numbers -- "Anything is possible" he told reporters with a smile Monday night -- and Ezekiel Elliott has two rushing titles, but needs six more to catch Jim Brown.

Whatever Dirk can provide fans in these (likely) final weeks is so much icing on the cake. At 40, Nowitzki is too young to know anything but the legend of Chamberlain, to have heard tales of the 100-point night and the 50-points-per-game season of 1961-62. But he's the only one who knows the toll that his personal climb has exacted.

Think of what it takes for a 7-footer to get suited up, taped up and stretched out in order to play 1,510 NBA games, not to mention the thousands of hours of practice time to perfect that array of shots no big man before him had brought to the game.

"I'm glad it's over with now," Nowitzki said, once his climb to the No. 6 spot on the all-time list had been achieved. Michael Jordan, more than 850 points ahead in the fifth spot, is probably too far ahead even if Nowitzki were to surprise us and return for one more 82-game run.

I'm glad it's over with now.

I expect to hear those words from Dirk one more time, perhaps a few days after that last game with the Spurs in San Antonio. He will say it not in a bittersweet way, but with the satisfaction of knowing that a job well done doesn't begin to tell his tale.

With five home games remaining, fans should be advised that chances are good this is it. If you want to witness that perfect rotation of the basketball just over the outstretched arms of the hapless defender, Dirk's got a few of those left ... but not many.

On this episode, we discuss the Ravens heading to Kansas City. With Joe Flacco still limited in practice and Lamar on a three game win streak, Lamar has to start, right??

Reginald Samples knew there would be second-guessing.

After his Duncanville team lost the 2018 Class 6A Division I state championship on a last-second Hail Mary to Galena Park North Shore, his players tried to comprehend how they fell just short of the program’s first title in two decades.

What would have happened had a defender jumped a bit higher or quicker? Could not making a mistake earlier in the game have negated North Shore’s chance to win on that 45-yard strike to the corner of the AT&T Stadium end zone?

Samples has worked to quell that guilt in the month since one of the most improbable finishes in Texas high school football history.

That’s helped his team begin to look forward to a promising 2019 campaign -- one that Samples assures will feature him on the sideline despite speculation a hip injury that plagued him throughout 2018 would prompt him to retire.

Samples has said 2018 was his toughest season coaching.

Not because Duncanville lacked for talent or success.

The Panthers’ 14 wins in 15 games and wealth of Division I-bound talent throughout the roster signaled one of Samples’ finest runs in his storied career. The team beat national-No. 1 Allen in the state semifinals and touted one of the best defenses in state history.

But because Samples dealt with the pain of a herniated disc in his back pressing into his sciatic nerve in his hip, he required surgery in early October, helping to alleviate excruciating pain down his left leg that left him coaching the beginning of the season from a stool on the sideline.

He then spent several games coaching from the press box and had to endure a grueling rehabilitation process throughout the remainder of the season.

Now, Samples said he’s ditched physical therapy because it became too easy, and he does weight workouts and exercises with a trainer instead. His mobility has improved, and so have his expectations for next season.

As Duncanville's started offseason workouts, the team has garnered frequent attention from some of the country’s most prominent college programs as the recruiting cycle for Class of 2020 players ramps up.

Last week, Alabama coach Nick Saban, Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher and Arkansas coach Chad Morris visited Duncanville -- and posed for pictures with Samples.

It reflects Duncanville’s strong rising-senior corps -- which includes starters in quarterback Ja’Quinden Jackson, running back Trysten Smith and defensive back Chris Thompson Jr. -- and the Panthers’ pipeline of young talent.

All are reasons Samples is eager to continue chasing state-championship glory.

“You can’t define what we did by three seconds,” Samples said. “To me, we had a great year. The whole journey to get to where we was was great, and it’s being reinforced just by what’s happened now after the season is over. Some of the top coaches and programs in the country are acknowledging that we are one of the top high schools in the country.