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We believe the Judeo-Christian tenets underlying the nursing education at Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing promote values essential for the development of a personal and professional philosophy of God and humankind. These values, inculcated throughout the curriculum, guide the learner to evolve into an ethical and accountable professional nurse.
The College of Nursing offers many opportunities for students to fulfill their spiritual needs. These include mass, rosary nights, prayer groups, prayer rooms, and community resources.
Daily Mass
Please consider prayerfully gathering in worship at the OSF St. Francis Medical Center Chapel. Each person is invited to join in worship at one of the daily Masses beginning at 6:15 a.m. (when the Franciscan Sisters gather) and again at 12:00 p.m. Saturday Mass is at 4:00 p.m. Sunday Mass is offered at 11:00 a.m.
The Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) is offered each Tuesday and Thursday from 11:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. and on Saturdays from 3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
The chapel is located on the second floor of the main hospital building. If one were to exit the North Building (via the door going to Subway), they could simply enter the main hospital building and go up the stairs and turn right to enter the Chapel area. The Chapel is on the second floor and signs are posted throughout.
Persons of all faith backgrounds are welcome to gather for Liturgy or for a moment of prayer and reflection in the 100 year old Gothic style Chapel which is the central place of worship of the Medical Center and the home chapel for College of Nursing students.
Students may wish to regularly visit this chapel to view the ornate windows, light a candle or to enjoy some quiet prayer and meditation. One may wish to pause where the Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis have been beginning and ending their days of dedication to persons they serve for a century. It is open 24 hours a day and promises to be a place of quiet and peace at the center of a very busy health care system.
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No slowdown at the Villages
Population at The Villages rose 4.6% last year to just under 95,000.
Growth at The Villages is showing no sign of letting up. The 26,000-acre retirement community in Sumter, Lake and Marion counties was among the top three fastest-growing "micropolitan" areas in the country last year, with 4,336 more residents, up 4.6% and pushing the total population to 94,261, according to the latest Census figures. Only the oil and gas boomtown of Williston, N.D., grew faster in percentage terms, from a far smaller base. In 2007, before the energy boom, The Villages ranked No. 1 nationwide.
But population growth is only half the story. The Villages is beginning work on Brownwood Paddock Square, promoting it as "the newest urban downtown" and a "third location where entertainment, dining and shopping draw consumers from the regional market."
Market Square at Lake Sumter Landing already comprises over 550,000 square feet of restaurants, retail and office space, and Spanish Springs Town Square has 375,455 square feet of retail and hotel space. Other shopping centers, such as Spanish Plaines and Mulberry Grove Plaza, are both anchored by Publix and boast more than 92,000 square feet of space. When The Villages is built out at about 105,000 residents planned for 2017, it's expected to have almost 3 million square feet of retail.
While residential areas of The Villages are gated and off-limits to the public, the shopping, dining and entertainment areas are open and increasingly attract customers from throughout the region.
In recent years, the retirement community has become a favorite of Republican candidates, and now that the Legislature, with the support of Republican Gov. Rick Scott, has eased development restrictions, The Villages could grow even faster.

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Kenai Peninsula Borough officials recently signed off on a five-year agreement that sets annual values for property tax assessments on the single most valuable property in the area — the Tesoro refinery.
Two weeks ago, officials agreed to terms on the Tesoro refinery after a dispute about its value landed both sides in Board of Equalization hearings, Borough Assessor Tom Anderson said. The borough and Tesoro previously had a five-year agreement that went through 2010. During that period the highest value the refinery received was $182 million and the lowest was $126 million in 2010.
In 2011, the borough hired an appraiser who valued the refinery at $303 million, which Tesoro disagreed with, Anderson said. Tesoro appeal the assessment and through its own appraisal determined the value at $128 million. The board of equalization decided to set the value at $143 million.
The new agreement uses the $143 million number as a benchmark for a new agreement that is structured similarly to the old, Anderson said.
"This valuation formula is super simplified if you look at the complexities of trying to actually appraise a refinery," Anderson said. "That's an extremely complex appraisal assignment and it is a big learning curve for someone to try and understand how an appraiser comes up with a value for a refinery.
"This is a very simplified formula that both sides agree is a reasonable methodology to make changes to that benchmark value on a year-by-year basis that reasonably reflects changing market conditions."
For 2012, the assessed value came out at $152.5 million. The 2011 assessment resulted in $1.45 million in tax revenue for all service areas, which meant $646,000 for borough coffers, Anderson said.
The provisions in the agreement work by applying two indexes to the property as a factor to adjust the benchmark value year over year to reflect current market conditions, Anderson said.
The first index is based on a comparison of finished product prices with crude oil prices. This index is called a "crack spread" in the industry, Anderson said.
The second index is a year-by-year comparison of the amount of product actually produced by the refinery. This index is called a "crude rate" in the industry.
The first index is a quick way to look at gross margins — the difference between the revenue they earn from the sale of their products less the cost of the crude input, most of which is Alaska North Slope crude, Anderson said.
The agreement relies on a combination of Seattle prices for jet fuel, unleaded gasoline and 380 CST fuel, compared to the Seattle price of Alaska North Slope Crude oil.
"It is looking at that spread in price one year to the next," Anderson said. "So we are not necessarily looking at what is the value of the difference, we are looking at how much does that change one year to the next because that would affect how profitable the refinery's operations are from one year to another."
The agreement also applies a three-year average on those prices — something the previous agreement had — to help smooth out prices. Despite that average, however, Anderson said the value can still fluctuate "quite substantially."
"So for 2013, we would look at what is that index for 2013, '12 and '11 and divide that by the average of those indexes for 2011, '10 and '09 to come up with what's the factor that we apply to that benchmark value," he said.
Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Mike Navarre said he was comfortable with the agreement after receiving general support from the borough assembly and the state assessor's office.
Navarre previously asked the assembly for $100,000 to do another appraisal on the property, but the borough only received one response to the request for proposal and never got "an acceptable and final" appraisal from the firm that they contracted with, he said. The borough spent about $25,000 of the $100,000 and the remainder will go back into the general fund at the end of the year, Navarre said.
"We were having a real struggle getting to a defensible and supportable appraisal in the open market," Navarre said. "We tried to do that to establish the value and couldn't get there so we negotiated with Tesoro and went back to a methodology that had been used in the past."
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==See also==
==See also==
* [[Helicopter (GTA III)]], the civilian version of GTA III's police helicopter.
* [[Helicopter (GTA III)]], the civilian version of GTA III's police helicopter.
* The [[Armadillo]] and [[Air Ambulance]] in GTA Vice City Stories, also based on the Bell
* The [[Armadillo]] and [[Air Ambulance]] in GTA Vice City Stories, also based on the Bell .
* [[Police Maverick]], the successor to GTA III's police helicopter.
* [[Police Maverick]], the successor to GTA III's police helicopter.
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- This article is about the uncontrollable police helicopter in Grand Theft Auto III. For the civilian variant of the helicopter in Grand Theft Auto III, see Helicopter (GTA III). For the controllable police helicopter from GTA Vice City onwards, see Police Maverick or Helicopter (disambiguation) for others.
In Grand Theft Auto III, an unnamed, uncontrollable police helicopter is used in police pursuits on the player. The helicopter is the predecessor of the Police Maverick, which has an official name and attributes inherited from GTA III's police helicopter.
The helicopter is defined as a large aircraft, with a body design similar to a Bell 205[1] and bearing a blue-and-white LCPD livery similarly adopted for the game's police road vehicles early in game development. The helicopter comes equipped with a gunner or turret, which fires bullets from its underside, a search light that is commonly used at night, and a loudspeaker used by occupants on board to (hilariously) address the player. According to an in-game news report, the helicopters were only recently introduced in Liberty City (circa 2001) to aid the police force in fighting crime.
The police helicopter appears only after the player attains a three-star wanted level, initially hovering just over the player. Due to its airborne capabilities, the police helicopter is able to reach places where conventional police forces can't (i.e. rooftops and off-road locales). However, the helicopter will retreat as soon as the player enters a enclosed area which the helicopter cannot reach (such as a building interior or tunnel). Despite its availability in the game, the helicopter cannot be commandeered by the player.
The helicopter is designed to shoot the player if they are on foot. At three stars, the helicopter will only open fire at the player if it is shot at in the first place. From four stars onwards, however, the helicopter will indefinitely shoot the player regardless. By five stars, a second police helicopter will join in, doubling the police's firepower from the air.
As is any airborne vehicle, the helicopter can be shot down using firearms. The rocket launcher, in particular, is effective in taking down any police helicopter with one hit, sending the helicopter spinning out of control before exploding and disintegrating on impact at a building or on the ground. The M-16 is also effective in disabling a helicopter, but requires a substantial number of direct shots before the helicopter begins to lose control. In its downward spiral, however, the helicopter may still shoot the player until it crashes.
From Grand Theft Auto: Vice City onwards, helicopters were redone and are controllable by the player. The Police Maverick, in effect a police variant of the Maverick, replaces GTA III's police helicopter. Despite apparent changes in its appearance, control and movement, all helicopters in GTA Vice City inherit many of the GTA III rendition's behavior and weaknesses.
See also
- Helicopter (GTA III), the civilian version of GTA III's police helicopter.
- The Armadillo and Air Ambulance in GTA Vice City Stories, also based on the Bell "Huey" family.
- Police Maverick, the successor to GTA III's police helicopter.


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Gary Turner got the idea for the Kenai Fishing Academy about 10 years ago from an unlikely source.
Turner, campus director of Kenai Peninsula College, said he nabbed the concept from southern golf academies where students worked on fundamentals in the morning and played a few rounds in the afternoon.
"After fishing in Alaska in various places and having heard people say, 'Boy, you know, I've been coming up here for five years and haven't been able to catch a king' or whatever and I was thinking that maybe we needed to try to teach people how to fish," Turner said.
Turner's idea — with the help of local fly fishing instructor and author Dave Atcheson and others — eventually formed the fishing academy that this summer will celebrate its 10th anniversary of teaching a wide variety of students the intricacies of fishing the Kenai Peninsula and Cook Inlet.
Traditionally, the 10th wedding anniversary is celebrated with the gift of tin or aluminum and the traditional color is recognized as silver and blue. Sounds a lot like fishing reels, salmon, trout and the Kenai River.
The fishing academy is broken into two courses — fly fishing and bait casting — and each is offered at different times during the summer. Students who usually attend are a mix of young and old, experienced and novice and in-town and out-of-state, Turner said.
One year, he said, an 84-year-old with plenty of state fishing experience took the class. Some students even take the class multiple times, he said.
"It is such a good time," Turner said. "It is like an alumni group. Fathers bring up sons. We've had mothers bring up daughters. Couples that come. Old college buddies."
John Sciera, of Fayetteville, Ga., has taken the academy five times and both the fly and bait courses. Sciera, 61, said he was very interested in the course's explanation of "the hydrology and the water in the river, the banks, where the eggs and the fish go and why and how the current flows and where the fish really are, and what are they looking for."
"I mean, you just don't get this fishing with granddad," he said.
Sciera said he is grateful the academy's instructors are patient and willing to teach.
"I have been fishing for years, but be patient with me because I haven't had any formal instruction," he said. "I know how to throw it out there and get a fish, but I don't know how to do it the right way. So each year you go to learn a little more and sharpen your skills and through repetition you learn more and more."
The first fishing class was held at the college in the summer of 2003 after Turner and Atcheson wrote the curriculum.
"He said, 'Yeah, let's try to run with this,'" Turner said of Atcheson. "He knew a lot of the guides around and I knew some and working with the agencies we put together the curriculum and had our first one that June."
About two years in, the academy picked up a lot of press and media attention, which lead to four classes per summer, each with 16 students, Atcheson said. Several years in, the academy was able to work through the University of Alaska Anchorage process so students could receive two credits for their efforts.
Since it's initial boom, Atcheson said attendance has decreased some and the academy currently only offers two courses. But the intense classes that feature a lot of on-the-water time usually sell out as they are now capped at 12 students each, he said.
"People love the class when they do it," he said.
The fly fishing class, among other things, teaches students about fly selection, knots, leaders, reading the water, techniques for salmon and trout, casting, wildlife habits, history, hydrology, biology and caring for the catch.
The bait casting class, among other things, teaches students about equipment selection, egg curing techniques, lure selection, salmon and halibut characteristics, regulations, lake fishing, king fishing, saltwater trolling and jigging.
Atcheson said the academy has always been divided as such as there is no way one could learn both techniques in one class.
"I think there are a lot of people who have fished their whole life but they haven't fly fished so they want to learn fly fishing and with fly fishing there is so much to it that even a week-long class you don't really cover everything," he said.
In its ten years, the academy has been a good resource for both fishermen and the community, Atcheson said.
"I think it teaches people to be better stewards of the land for sure because there is a conservation aspect to the class, we talk about that a lot and taking care of the resource," he said. "I think people understand the resource better after they have done the class."
Looking back on 10 years, Turner said the academy's future is bright, but he doesn't expect it to expand any time soon.
"My goal is that we continue doing what we're doing," he said. "We really can't expand. We limit it to 12 students so it is a good, quality program and they get so much one-on-one with people."
For more information on the Kenai Fishing Academy, visit http://www.kenaifishingacademy.org/
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Dear Readers,
Just a short notice to mention that the initial iteration of the Canterbury Earthquake Heritage Buildings Fund website is now live:
Canterbury Earthquake Heritage Buildings Fund (CEHBF) website
``Canterburys heritage building stock has suffered irretrievable loss over the past 18 months in the wake of thousands of earthquakes and aftershocks. Many of our most prized buildings are gone forever and many more risk demolition.
The Canterbury Earthquake Heritage Buildings Fund (the Trust) exists to provide financial assistance to owners of Qualifying Heritage Buildings so that the precious few heritage buildings which remain and which are feasible to repair might be saved.''
A notable feature of this site -- and the CEHBF campaign in general -- is that all of the new imagery is based on 4x5 colour and B&W sheet film (Astia, TMax 100, and TMax 400). Despite all of the factors currently working against such a project this has been viable -- and no less important, a pleasure -- due to appropriate planning and support.
A good number of images are yet to be added to the CEHBF website. A few additional images can be found on my own site, a number are still in process, and as the project is ongoing, I'm pleased to say that more remain to be taken:
Camera Antipodea -- Prep for The Canterbury Earthquake Heritage Buildings Fund
I would like to thank everyone who has made this project feasible, the CEHBF, my colleague Kristina Pickford for her careful direction, Edgar Praus of Praus Productions (Rochester, US) for his fine E6 and B&W processing, and Andrew Budd (North Canterbury, NZ) for his splendid scanning and printing. Without their constant support a project of this sort would never have been possible.
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ALLEN PARK — Jim Schwartz's job could be on the line especially if the Lions don't make the playoffs, but he doesn't want to let that discussion become a distraction.
He really doesn't want to talk about it, period.
"I look at it like we're one game down with two to play and, you know, I've been in worse situations and come out of them from a team standpoint,'' Schwartz said on Tuesday. "Not me personally. But, you know, that's where we are and as much as it sounds like we keep saying the same thing, it's true. We can't let anything detract from that.
"I mean, we'd all feel a lot better today if that kick had gone wide right or that kick had come up short. We would have played exactly the same,'' the coach added. "... We come in with the lead in the NFC North coming off a very tough win and we'd feel a lot better about ourselves. But we would have played exactly the same way. So, I think that's part of it also. You know, we need to focus on these two games.''
Schwartz is 29-49 just two games short of his fifth season with the Lions. In his first four seasons they made it to the playoffs once (2011).
He said he never discusses his personal situation with the team.
After the loss on Monday night, defensive tackle C.J. Mosley said it just isn't Schwartz fighting for his job, it is all of them.
"You know, I understand that you guys have a job to do and there is stuff that you guys want to talk about,'' Schwartz said. "That's fine. But I don't think it does any good for me or for our team to let that be the focus, for us to continue commenting on that. So, I think I'll just respectfully decline to keep going in the same place with those.''
His focus is on the Giants and that's where he wants the team focus too.
Corner situation
Cornerbacks Chris Houston and Darius Slay have a chance to play on Sunday against the Giants. Both were out on Monday night with injuries.
"I don't like to handicap them. Chris is probably a little bit ahead of Darius, but we'll see how they both respond this week,'' Schwartz said.
Jonte Green got his first start of the season filling in for Houston.
"I thought Jonte went in and did some pretty good things for us. He battled, he was competitive, you know, he got that one penalty on a facemask, but he was up to the challenge,'' Schwartz said "I thought he did a good job for us stepping in and playing."
Pettigrew hurting
Brandon Pettigrew left the game late with an ankle injury and couldn't return.
Schwartz said he was undergoing test on it on Tuesday.
Playoff scenario
Even though the Lions are 4-1 in the NFC North, they are 7-7 overall. After losing 18-16 to the Ravens on Monday night, they need help to get into the playoffs.
The Lions play the Giants (5-9) at 4:05 p.m. at Ford Field on Sunday, then the Vikings (4-9-1) in the final game at the Metrodome on Dec. 29.
They must win both of those games and get help.
Here's how it shapes up:
— If the Packers and Bears both win on Sunday, the Lions are out. Doesn't matter what they don in the final two games. The Packers (7-6-1) are at home against the Steelers at 4:30 p.m. The Bears (8-6) play at Philadelphia at 8:30 p.m. So the Lions won't know what's going on until their game Sunday is complete.
— If the Lions win their final two games, then it will all come down to the Packers at Bears on Dec. 29. The Lions would need whichever team wins that final game to lose this coming Sunday.
Best show on Monday
The Lions-Ravens game on ESPN's Monday Night Football was the No. 1 show of the night across cable and broadcast in households, viewers and all key male and adult demographics.
Coverage peaked from 11:30-11:43 p.m. with a 10.4 US rating.
In Detroit, the game delivered a 10.6 rating on ESPN and a 24.4 on WXYZ-ABC, for a combined 35.0 rating.
In Baltimore, the game delivered a 12.1 rating on ESPN and a 28.1 on WBAL-NBC, for a combined 40.2 rating in the market.


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Lots of baby stories out at the Coliseum today. Bobby Crosby is in the lineup at first base, his first start since returning to the team after the birth of his son, Tyler, on Monday. Crosby played a couple of innings last night, then returned to San Ramon Regional Medical Center and found that teammate Landon Powell's wife, Allyson, was in the room next to his wife, Gina. The Powells had their first baby, a boy, just after midnight last night. Powell is expected to arrive at the park before first pitch and be available if needed. …
–Today's pre-game scene resembled the early days of spring training in February, as pitchers were put through bunt defense practice. The A's run through such fundamental drills on occasion, and with interleague play coming up in National League parks, the A's will be seeing lots of opposing pitchers laying down bunts.
–Jason Giambi is out of today's lineup — just a needed day of rest, according to manager Bob Geren. Aaron Cunningham is back in there at right field after getting hit in the head with a pitch Monday and suffering a concussion. "I feel good," Cunningham said. "Yesterday I had a little headache, but with a day off, it got me feeling pretty good."
–Injury roundup: Nomar Garciaparra is getting an MRI tonight on his right calf, which isn't getting better even with prolonged rest on the DL. … Justin Duchscherer, rehabbing in Phoenix, has thrown twice at 120 feet, but no word yet on when he'll get back on the mound. … Reliever Dan Giese's Tommy John surgery went well yesterday, according to Geren.
And now your lineups for tonight:
Cabrera SS
Kennedy 2B
Cust DH
Holliday LF
Suzuki C
Crosby 1B
Cunningham RF
Davis CF
Hannahan 3B
Braden P
Gomez CF
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The couple both attended the UCLA School of Medicine and met during their residency. In 1988 Nancy was selected for a fellowship in Infectious Diseases and Microbiology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Steve accepted a position with the Boulder Medical Center, where he remains in practice today as a general surgeon.
Nancy joined the faculty in 1992 and is currently the director of the microbiology lab and program director of the Infectious Disease Fellowship Program at CU. They have also been on numerous overseas surgical and medical missions to Mexico, Peru, Belize and Zimbabwe.
Both of their sons, Daniel Johs, of Fort Collins, and Nikolas Johs, of Louisville, were born in Boulder. They spent most of their youth in the outdoors with their parents. Nikolas graduated from Colorado State University last year with a bachelor of arts in anthropology and Daniel is at CSU studying zoology.
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BALTIMORE, Md. - The 105th meeting of Maryland and Johns Hopkins men's lacrosse programs lived up to its billing at the inaugural Smartlink Day of Rivals event as the No. 12 Terps had a shot on the crease turned away in the waning seconds in a 10-9 defeat to the ninth-ranked Blue Jays in front of 20,732 fans at M&T Bank Stadium Saturday afternoon.
The back-and-forth game saw Hopkins jump out to a 2-0 lead early in the first quarter and looked to be in control of the contest. But Maryland refused to back down and got on the board with 4:38 left in the opening period on sophomore Grant Catalino's first goal of the game on an assist from sophomore Ryan Young.
The Terps then tied the game at 2-2 a minute and a half later on senior Jeremy Sieverts' runner from the right alley that found the top left corner of the Hopkins net. That 2-2 tie was the first of seven ties in the game.
Hopkins took the lead back with three seconds left in the quarter on Max Chautin's lone goal of the day. Maryland tied the score at 3-3 with the first goal of the second quarter. Young took advantage of a defensive switch that found him being covered by offensive middie Mark Bryan behind the goal. Young rolled around the left side, easily beating Bryan, and scored his only goal of the day.
After a Michael Kimmel goal put the Blue Jays up one at the 10:54 mark, sophomore Dan Burns won the ensuing face-off and found Catalino camped out in the left alley where he ripped a shot past Hopkins goalie Michael Gvozden, who was screened by one of his own defenders, to knot the game again at 4-4.
The see-saw continued with Kyle Wharton scoring the first of his three goals on the day, converting on a man-up opportunity at the 7:21 mark to push the lead back to one for Hopkins. That's how the game would remain until the second quarter was winding down. With just three ticks left on the clock Young zipped a pass to sophomore Travis Reed, who started in place of an injured Will Yeatman, on the right alley where he laced a low-to-high shot into the top near corner of the Blue Jay goal to send the game into halftime tied at 5-5.
Holding to the form of the day, Hopkins regained the lead early in the third quarter on Brian Christopher's lone goal of the day. Maryland tied the game again 40 seconds later on Dan Groot's first of three goals on the day. Groot ripped a high-to-low shot from 15 yards straight in front of the Hopkins goal, making the score 6-6 with 10:13 left in the third.
Wharton again gave Hopkins a one-goal lead at the 8:42 mark, but Maryland converted back-to-back man-up opportunities to take its first lead of the game with 5:30 left in the third. Groot tied the game with a terrific bounce shot from the right alley that just caught the top left corner of the goal. Sieverts followed that up with a great high-to-high shot from the left wing that found the upper right corner of the Hopkins goal for an 8-7 Maryland lead.
But the lead would only last for 3:14 as Kimmel scored an unassisted goal to knot the score at 8-8. Hopkins closed out the third quarter with a man-up score from Josh Peck with 1:21 on the clock to take a 9-8 lead into the fourth.
The Blue Jays extended their lead to a pair with Wharton's third of the day at the 11:17 mark, but the fourth quarter was controlled by Gvozden, who made six of his 12 saves in the final quarter.
Hopkins slowed the game down to a crawl to try to run out the clock, but Maryland refused to go down without a fight. Sophomore Brett Schmidt caused a turnover with under a minute remaining to give the Terps a chance. That possession ended with Groot scoring his third of the day with 26 seconds left on a quick shot after rolling around the right side of the Hopkins goal.
Hopkins won the ensuing face-off, but turned the ball over almost immediately on a procedure violation. That gave Maryland one last chance and the Terps almost sent the game into overtime. Young got a step on his defender behind the goal and slipped a pass to Catalino, who made a cut to the front of the crease. The pass was a bit low, but Catalino did a nice job to catch it and get a shot off, but Gvozden went low with the pass and was able to block Catalino's shot and preserve the Hopkins victory.
Maryland's defense was anchored by junior goalie Brian Phipps, who had 11 saves and two groundballs, and sophomore close defender Max Schmidt, who only had one groundball and one caused turnover, but he was given the responsibility of marking Steven Boyle and he was tremendous, holding Boyle without a point for the first time in the Blue Jays' past 13 games. Junior Bryn Holmes led the team with five groundballs and won 8-of-15 face-offs. Junior long pole Dan Halayko tied his career-high with four groundballs.
Maryland returns to action on Tuesday, April 14 in its regular season home finale against Binghamton. The Terps and the Bearcats are scheduled for a 3 p.m. face-off at Ludwig Field. Admission to the mid-week game is free of charge.
Game Notes:
With today's 10-9 loss Maryland is now 37-58-1 all-time vs. Johns Hopkins.
Sophomore Grant Catalino's two goals and an assist giving him 21 multi-point and 18 multi-goal games in his career.
Sophomore Ryan Young, with a goal and two assists, now has 18 multi-point and six multi-assist games in his career.
Senior Dan Groot, with three goals, now has seven hat tricks, 23 multi-point and 11 multi-goal games in his career.
Senior Jeremy Sieverts had two goals and an assist and now has 23 multi-point and 10 multi-goal games in his career.
ACC Tournament Seeding:
With Duke's 15-10 victory over Virginia today in Durham, N.C., Maryland secured the top seed in the ACC Tournament. The Terps, Blue Devils and Cavaliers all finished with a 2-1 conference record. The deciding tiebreaker was goal allowed allowed in ACC games between the tied teams. Maryland allowed 18 goals vs. Duke and Virginia, while Duke allowed 21 and Virginia gave up 24. The Terps will take on host North Carolina, the fourth-seed, in the semifinals of the ACC Tournament on April 24. Duke and Virginia will meet in the other semifinal.


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John McFoy thinks his new job is fun. It's cool, he said.
John McFoy thinks his new job is fun. It's cool, he said.
A former mechanic, McFoy went back to school at Davidson County Community College to learn skills in advanced manufacturing.
McFoy, who will graduate from DCCC by 2014, started working as a machinist for Special Fab and Machine Inc. in Lexington about a month ago. He's loved every minute of it, he said.
"When I got laid off, I wanted to try something different," McFoy said. "Now, I'm hooked. Sure, it's work, but it's fun. When you take nothing and turn it into something, it's really a good feeling."
Educators, workforce boards and manufacturing professionals say their field is in need of more youthful, capable workers like McFoy. If they don't find them or recruit them, industry insiders like Randy Ledford say the field could really be headed for rock bottom.
"If we don't get middle school students and high school students involved in our field, then we will have a big crisis," said Ledford, DCCC's dean of the college of business, engineering and technical studies. "We won't have enough trained workers to replace those that are getting ready to retire."
It's no secret that the outlook of the manufacturing industry in Davidson County and the surrounding Piedmont Triad region has changed drastically in the past 30 years. Seeking the advantages of cheaper labor and the lower cost of logistics, companies started shifting their operations overseas, leaving thousands unemployed at home. Just since 2005, Davidson County has lost about 5,190 jobs in the furniture, structural metals and resin, rubber and artificial fibers manufacturing industries, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.
Yet just as some newspapers and economists were set to proclaim the industry "dead" at the onset of the Great Recession, a flurry of new, high-quality and advanced manufacturers started moving into the region in recent years, giving what some have called new life — and hope — to the industry Ledford said will always be a part of this community.
"The Piedmont Triad, geographically, is in a great place to be a hub, where there is access to an abundance of rail, interstates and quick access along the East Coast," Ledford said. "Advanced manufacturing, and manufacturing in general, is part of our blood and part of our lifeline. Historically, that is ingrained in us, and not only does that help us, but it has hurt us sometimes as well."
There have been nearly a dozen jobs announcements from advanced manufacturers since the late 2000s, stretching from Guilford, Forsyth, Davie and Davidson counties. In 2010, TIMCO Aerosystems announced it would open the now-functional operations plant in Wallburg, pledging to eventually bring 500 jobs to the county. Most recently, Deere-Hitachi Construction Machinery Corp. announced an expansion of its operations to Kernersville, where it plans to create at least 340 jobs by the end of 2016 and invest more than $97 million in its Forsyth County facility.
With the onset of new jobs comes a demand for more skilled workers in the area. And right now, Ledford said there's a void to be filled.
"We want to recruit new businesses to the area, but there is no reason to recruit these here if we can't fill the void we have," he said. "If we can't get a pipeline of those young workers flowing in, then we are really going to hit rock bottom.
"And in the same accord, if we don't get middle school students and high school students involved, then we will have a bigger crisis. We won't have enough trained workers to replace those that are getting ready to retire."
So what's the key to interesting youngsters?
Donovan McBride, an advanced manufacturing instructor at DCCC, answered that question by pulling out his iPhone.
"Without a machinist, you don't have the cool stuff we use every day," McBride said. "If you expose kids to that and they understand it, they are more likely to have an interest in it."
On Tuesday, McBride offered his insights to about a half-dozen students using a Computer Numerical Control Turning Machine at DCCC's advanced manufacturing lab. The lab, which opened in 2011, features the latest CNC machining and rapid prototyping equipment that students would use in a real manufacturing environment.
Over the past six years, DCCC has invested more than $3 million in new equipment from its capital fund and additional grant funding, giving students in the college's machining, industrial drafting and design, global logistics, welding, industrial systems and electronic engineering technology curriculums hands-on experience with the technology they are learning about every day, said Jim Donnelly, DCCC's dean of the school of education, workforce development and entrepreneurship.
Donnelly said DCCC's advanced manufacturing curriculums were specifically designed to teach the skills for which area companies are looking. He said they are also designed to produce new graduates at a faster rate, in about 18 weeks.
"We've got people now in the pipeline of those curriculum programs, and we are seeing a growth of students in those programs this year," Donnelly said.
Donnelly agrees with Ledford, though, that the pipeline needs to be larger. For there are jobs available, he said, adding that both he and Ledford are communicating with manufacturers all the time about openings in the region.
"The jobs are out there in this field," Donnelly said. "We don't necessarily have one company with 100 jobs, but we have 20 companies with two or five jobs."
The key to attracting more interested students, Donnelly said, is making them knowledgeable about how the field has changed.
"A lot of people have a perception of manufacturing as what it's always been, in textiles, in tobacco and in furniture — highly manual, relatively unskilled jobs that have largely gone away," Donnelly said. "The growth we are seeing now is in advanced manufacturing, which is much more highly skilled, a different work environment.
"One of the challenges we have collectively is that we don't have a bunch of young people who are clamoring to go into this field. All of them likely have one or multiple relatives who have had bad experiences with manufacturing because of all the changes we've had here, but these are more environmentally controlled atmospheres, highly skilled positions that provide higher rates of pay. They require a good foundation in technical skills."
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A new study by Columbia University has found that those whose self-esteem is boosted by social networking sites display less self-control.
The study, recently published in the Journal of Consumer Research, found that the users who interacted online with close friends had higher body-mass indexes, were more likely to binge eat and had more credit-card debt.
In an attempt to understand how our online interactions affect offline decisions, researchers conducted five experiments on over 1,000 Facebook users.
In the first, participants completed surveys about how closely connected they were to their Facebook friends.
Those who did not have close friends on the site did not experience any change to their self-esteem while browsing or writing about the site, while those who did have close friends, experienced enhanced self-esteem after browsing.
The second study sought to understand the effect on self-esteem for those with close connections. Divided into two groups, the first was asked to browse the site and focus on information that was being shared with them, such as friends' status updates. The second group focused on the information they shared with their friends. It was found that those who focused on their own sharing experienced increased self-esteem.
"We find that people experience greater self-esteem when they focus on the image they are presenting to strong ties in their social networks," said co-author, Professor Keith Wilcox. "This suggests that even though people are sharing the same positive information with strong ties and weak ties on social networks, they feel better about themselves when the information is received by strong ties than by weak ties."
The final experiments involved browsing on either Facebook or CNN.com and then choosing between either a cookie or a granola bar and bidding in an auction.
The researchers found that Facebook users who focused on people they considered close friends were more likely to choose the cookie over those who didn't focus on close friends or those who browsed CNN.
In the case of the online auction, users who focused more on close friends while browsing Facebook again displayed less self-control, making higher bids than their counterparts.
Bringing the final experiments full circle was the finding that when users browsed Facebook and were told to share information with close friends instead of distant connections, they reported levels of higher self-esteem after browsing.
"People try to put their best faces forward on social networks and browsing... [which] can enhance users' self-esteem and make them feel better about themselves," Wilcox said. "The downside is that it results in an overinflated ego and manifests itself in negative behaviours."
It's not all bad news for those with real, genuine Facebook friends. "Social network use can help people feel better about themselves, enhance their social capital, and help them build relationships," Wilcox said. "The more people are aware of these negative tendencies, the more likely they are to counteract them."


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Thursday, August 10, 2006
Note the difference...
17 comments:
- Beban said...
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- August 09, 2006 6:28 AM
Here's a picture of Maurice Clarett sitting in a police cruiser this morning.
- August 09, 2006 7:09 AM
Yeah i can't wait to see what you guys have to say about Clarett's latest run-in with the law...always good stuff, a pleasure coming here to read as a Notre Dame fan.
- August 09, 2006 8:03 AM
- BAMAPERRY said...
I've been to many parts of California, including that dump you call LA. The women out there can't hold a candle to our fine southern ladies.
P.S. The California beaches STINK in comparison to the ones in the Florida panhandle.
- August 09, 2006 8:49 AM
For love of pete Yost...why in the world would any of us want to enlarge that picture. Haven't we Big Ten fans beeen tortured enough.
- August 09, 2006 9:59 AM
They are probably waiting for Buckstache conformation before posting the Clarett news.
- August 09, 2006 10:00 AM
Good Gawd, she is hot but would be nothing special compared to the fine ladies at Ole Miss strolling through The Grove on a football Saturday in the fall.
- August 09, 2006 10:32 AM
Dang, like any of you can afford to be that picky!
- August 09, 2006 10:44 AM
- Cool Hand Mike said...
She's not always fat. She's just putting on weight for the harsh winter.
- August 09, 2006 11:04 AM
LOL @ danny boy.
Hey pal, Michigan has more beaches than Cali, and they also have nicer beaches at that!
I'm sorry dude but the hottest women are in the South. I've been to LA and it's so fake and such a dump.
South Beach women over LA women anyday of the week.
I've parited/been to games at Georiga, LSU, FSU, Miami, and UF. The atmosphere at the games at every place (except Miami) is just amazing, but at every one of those places you see hot women everywhere.
- August 09, 2006 11:10 AM
- Cool Hand Mike said...
The SEC chick's haircut reminds me of Marcy Darcy. That deflates any tent the thong pitched.
- August 09, 2006 11:26 AM
That girl is a 6 in the SEC too Dannyboy. She doesn't even have her cocktail tailgating dress on.
- August 09, 2006 1:48 PM
Not all of us Big Ten girls look like that...OUCH! However, sad as it is...many do....
- August 09, 2006 3:00 PM
- Erik said...
Danny Boy,
Danny Boy, you're from Bakersfield, CA, right?
Isn't that like the Gary, Indiana of the West?
I'd be bitter too.
When we're looking for Pam Anderson/Stipper types, we'll let you Cali guys know.
- August 09, 2006 4:48 PM
- Beban said...
First off, that initial post wasn't me. My buddy came over three sheets to the wind, and hopped on the interwebs. I had no idea until I read the post just now. Really sorry about that.
Second of all, I'm born and raised in the Redondo Beach/Torrance area of suburban Los Angeles, not Bakersfield. If you're going to insult me, exercise a little more due diligence.
Again, sorry for the trollish behavior. You guys rock.
- August 09, 2006 4:58 PM
- Erik said...
ummm...your profile says "bakersfield"
however, if you're not being an ass (as we thought, for good reason), then i'm not too worried about it.
- August 10, 2006 1:04 PM
- Beban said...
Actually, my full profile says that I was born and raised in the South Bay of Los Angeles County. No worries.
- August 10, 2006 2:13 PM


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With a house full of guests, a new baby in the family, and way too many things to do, you will have to re-read one of my previous columns. This is from 3 years ago. What was apt then, may well be again today!
It is time to come clean with you dear reader. I have been indiscreet, and now is the time to admit those indiscretions.
I've learned you don't have to take the "tiger" by the tail in order to come clean. I'm not out of the "woods" yet either; in fact, it may be a while.
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While I do have a handful of doting fans that might be put off by my admissions, I don't have any multi-million dollar endorsements at risk. The best way to get beyond something is just to admit it, hold your head high, and get on with life.
One of my previous columns was entitled 'I will not cry uncle." Yes dear reader that was patently BS. I am exposing myself here in black and white in the pages of this fine newspaper. If my image is dashed in your eyes, be assured I will do my best to win your confidence back once again.
With all of my posturing, I have led you to believe I am this strong survivor who happens to live at the end of this sadistically long lane. I've led you to believe all humanly possible plans have been laid and your weekly columnist is ready for what may come; once again, BS.
It would be helpful to lay some groundwork here and let you know the extent of my sins.
During 2004, we made the decision to move from a tropical paradise, South Florida, back to Iowa. A native son returns. So in June of 2005, all the papers were signed, and the first of several loads of "things" made their way from the swamp to Tama County. We probably should have weeded out some of those things and saved on the expense of transport. I have not worn my tropical shirts since moving back. There are other things too.
The very first winter back was amazingly harsh. Ice, snow, cold, more snow, more ice, more snow; you get the idea. I was told, and my feeble memory allowed me the illusion, that this was an atypical winter. One in a hundred, it won't happen again.
Finally spring sprung that first year. Finding morel mushrooms in the timber, watching wildflowers dance in the breeze, and seeing nature come back to life were enough to soften the harshness which was the past winter. At first it was easy to summarily dismiss the winter of 2005 -2006 as an anomaly. It can't happen again.
We made preparations the following fall for another winter. We weren't even waiting for the other shoe to drop. After all, the previous winter was anomalous, right?
So the winter of 2006 2007 was even worse than the previous. What were three foot drifts the previous winter were four foot and higher. Snow, cold, ice, wind, drifts, and everything else nature can dish out in an atypical Iowa winter happened. Another anomaly we reasoned. We hunkered down and made the best of it. A well worn Scrabble board and other diversions I will not mention here helped us through the long dark season.
Another spring, a cleansing, and another summer and fall diminished the horrific images of the winter past. Once again, we made preparations for another winter. This one would be more typical we reasoned. Not as much snow, ice and wind. We all hoped for above average temperatures.
Boy, were we wrong! The winter of 2007 -2008 was just as harsh, just as trying as the previous two winters. Drifts, more drifts, snow, more snow, record breaking low temperatures. Nature hit us with it all. We endured.
Another pleasant spring, lower than normal summer temperatures, and typical Tama County summer finery caused horrific memories of the previous winter to wane. Fall came; we prepared, but didn't have to wait too long.
The winter of 2008 2009 started out much like the previous three; snow, ice, wind, and even a thirty below zero temperature thrown in for good measure. Then another wonderful spring, and a summer where only a day or two were above ninety degrees, blurred the horrific memories of the winter past.
This fall, once again we made preparations as we had in the past. Since we had four anomalous winters in a row, there is no way the fifth in a row could be bad, we reasoned.
Boy were we wrong! This winter came in with a vengeance, during late fall. The snow, the cold, the wind have persisted. Huge drifts appear, are defeated, and reappear. I'm thinking we have a trend here.
Early this winter, sages from all over the world converged on Copenhagen to discuss global warming and set the stage for making industrialized nations pay for carbon credits as compensation for the sin of causing carbon release that is warming the earth.
Balderdash! This winter, even Europe is suffering the effects of a frightful winter. There has been snow in places snow is not usual. Well below average temperatures in the entire northern hemisphere are being recorded. From Moscow, to London, to New York and the American heartland, nature is telling us who is in charge.
It's not the global warming alarmists with their innovative taxing mechanisms that is affecting the weather, or are they?
I think not. If anything, God is looking those schemers right in the eye and calling BS. "Man does not control nature, I do," he seems to be saying.
So, my indiscretion is that I harbored a belief that nature could not dish out a repeat performance for five winters running. I was wrong, the climate change wizards are wrong, and even the most conservative weather prognosticators are shrugging their shoulders. Nature can, nature will; so plan on it! I am.
Until next time-
You can read past columns by visiting tamatoledonews.com and clicking on the "Local Columns" button.
In to the Wind and this column are copyright 2005 - 2013 Mike Gilchrist. Readers, feel free to contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com via email, or write to me at P.O. Box 255, Toledo, IA 52342.


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Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts Council is offering a Take a Stance workshop for cadette Scouts on Saturday, March 14 from 1 to 3 p.m. at Cedar Hill in Waltham.
In this intro to self-defense and awareness skills, participants learn escape moves and reflexive actions. The program focuses on setting personal boundaries, and the power of saying "no." It is presented by Girls' Lifetime Empowerment and Awareness Program, whose mission is to promote the safety and well-being of girls, women, and their families through focused education programs.
The cost is $15 for Scout and $15 for leader/adult volunteer.
To register, visit http://www.girlscoutseasternmass.org/programs/search.html?textfield=&agelevel=&category=&zip=&date_st_month=&date_st_year=&id=253


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ST. CHARLES – Rob Pomazak said keeping his emotions in check will be one of his major challenges as he transitions from an assistant coach to the man in command.
Good luck sticking to that tonight, coach.
Pomazak will coach his first game at St. Charles North as the North Stars' new era begins with Elk Grove, the school at which Pomazak was a teacher and assistant football coach for a decade-plus.
"Obviously 13 years of my life were spent there," Pomazak said. "I coached a lot of these kids' brothers and their brothers so the roots run pretty deep with a lot of those guys. We were a family. I care tremendously about each and every one of them, still, on that team, so it's obviously bittersweet to go against the kids who you've worked so hard to get to the point where they're at. But it's also really a sense of pride to see so many of them doing well."
Pomazak, who was Elk Grove's defensive coordinator the past two seasons, won't be alone in the mixed emotions department. Two of his varsity assistants – defensive assistants Rick Magsamen and Dan Meyo – followed Pomazak from Elk Grove to St. Charles North, as did North volunteer sophomore assistant Eddie Stahl, a former player of Pomazak's at Elk Grove.
All those interwoven connections conceivably could distract from the mission at hand, but the Elk Grove transplants' acumen about their old program has proven helpful in North's game-planning.
"We have schemes and PowerPoints on PowerPoints on what Elk Grove does and what tendencies they have on first down, second down, third down," North two-way lineman Camden Cotter said. "It's going to really help us as a defense and an offense to just know exactly where they're going and what time they're going to do it."
Of course, that could swing both ways. While Elk Grove's coaches don't know North's personnel the way Pomazak and Co. know the Grenadiers, second-year Elk Grove coach Larry Calhoun's staff is armed with a deep understanding of the preferred formations and play-calling preferences of North's new staff, especially on defense.
"When you talk about Week 1 being kind of a blind draw, I think it kind of takes away that blind draw," Pomazak said. "I mean both of us know each other's schemes pretty well and now it really comes down to the gameplan that we're going to put in place and the execution that we're going to put in place. It's a different dynamic."
The North-Elk Grove matchup was already scheduled when Pomazak was hired to replace the retired Mark Gould.
Pomazak said he and Calhoun talked regularly toward the end of last school year when they were in the same building but their dialogue has trailed off since. Calhoun ran Elk Grove's offense while Pomazak molded a high-performing defense.
Meyo, who coached the defensive line at Elk Grove, just as he now does at North, said the ex-Grenadier coaches intend to keep tonight about the here-and-now as opposed to bragging rights over their old employer. Squeezing in some friendly banter with their former players and colleagues won't be a high priority, Meyo said.
"That's usually kind of hard," Meyo said. "We keep a pretty tight schedule, that way we keep our kids moving and focused so they're not sitting around. We'll shake hands and talk after the game and that kind of thing. Beforehand, it'll probably be a little bit tough."
Adding to the intrigue, the teams appear poised to play a competitive game, with each program optimistic it can bounce back from a lukewarm 2012 season.
Speaking at his team's walk-through practice Thursday at North, Pomazak said it felt "like Christmas Eve right now." He anticipates a respectful reunion at his old stomping grounds.
"I made a point of letting [the Elk Grove players] know that I would never be in the position I'm in if it weren't for them," Pomazak said. "While it was bittersweet for them, they understood this was a goal of mine, and we always talk about achieving goals and helping each other to achieve those goals. So while there might have been some tears because of the separation, they were inevitably happy for me, which I thought was really important."


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Although I respectfully disagree with the tone of Mike Preston's letter on housing in Tuesday's Daily Camera, we share some ideas for solution. We bought an existing very large house 25 years ago. It was a rare find on open space where we could hike out the door; had room for five people and two home offices; was walking distance to our kid's school and was, at that time, affordable. Its increase in value will ultimately provide a sizable portion of our retirement.
Even then it was "too big" and was not the home I would have ideally wanted in terms of size, design or energy efficiency. Yet I considered us lucky and it has served our family well. After the kids were gone, we looked extensively for smaller greener houses. In the end, we chose to remodel and increase energy efficiency and stay in our beloved location.
My wishing or beliefs about what is proper cannot change existing physical structures. Nor do I believe my values are the only correct ones. Where Mr. Preston and I do agree is that there should be legal options for better utilizing large homes at the owner's discretion. Allowing more than three unrelated people to share a home and allowing the creation of a second fully functioning kitchen within the existing walls of my larger home, would allow me to share this "monstrosity" with another family and ensure that I could afford to age in place.
I sincerely hope this does become allowable in the future and strongly recommend that Boulder change this limiting zoning.
Let's continue to think creatively and sustainably about how to meet housing needs across the age and economic spectrum, utilizing what does exist and yes, making sure future development fits our values as a community.


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ROCKFORD (WIFR) -- A local orchard is trying to help save the lives of women with breast cancer.
For every carving pumpkin Curran's Apple Orchard sells starting today it will donate one dollar towards breast cancer research. The deal lasts through the month of October for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Pat Curran, Owner, Curran's Orchard, says, "I think everybody knows somebody that's gone through the breast cancer experience and survived and I think it's important for everyone to become more aware of the breast cancer."
If you want to contribute to the cause you can stop by Curran's Orchard on Kilburn Avenue in Rockford from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., daily. Fridays they open at 7 a.m. They have pre-picked pumpkins or you can take a wagon ride to the pumpkin patch and pick your own.


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A Maidstone Park man convicted in 2010 for driving while intoxicated was arrested again last Thursday on suspicion of drunken driving, then jailed after he failed to provide bail.
East Hampton Town police reported that Harry A. Pena-Reyes, 27, of Mary Street was initially spotted as he drove north on Three Mile Harbor-Hog Creek Road just before 5 a.m., traveling at 55 miles per hour in a 35 m.p.h. zone. An officer following him said Mr. Pena-Reyes "partially left the roadway and crossed into the opposite lane of travel" near Folkstone Drive, then made a left turn onto Richardson Street.
Though the officer had turned on his siren and flashing lights, Mr. Pena-Reyes continued onto Mary Street, by now moving at about 15 miles per hour. Finally, he pulled into his own driveway and came to a stop.
According to the report, Mr. Pena-Reyes was unsteady on his feet and failed field sobriety checks. Taken to police headquarters in Wainscott, he agreed to a breath test, which allegedly confirmed an alcohol level in excess of the legal maximum.
Because of his previous conviction, in October 2010 in East Hampton Town Justice Court, police impounded his vehicle. Bail was set later in the day at $15,000 cash or $30,000 bond. Unable to come up with those amounts, Mr. Pena-Reyes was transferred from the town lockup to the county jail in Riverside.
His earlier D.W.I. arrest had been in November 2009, when he was found sitting, drunk, in a car parked on the side of Three Mile Harbor Road in the predawn hours.
Town police also reported this week the Sunday evening arrest of Julio Pedro Mateo, 33, of Barry Lane, Springs, who they said had been seen swerving while driving on Three Mile Harbor-Hog Creek Road. Police held him overnight for arraignment. Bail information was not provided.
East Hampton Village police made an arrest on Feb. 26 of Jhon Javier Ortiz, 37, of Wooded Oak Lane, East Hampton, who they said had been driving without a license following an earlier D.W.I. conviction and suspension for failing to pay a fine.
Police said they stopped Mr. Ortiz after seeing him rolling through the Stephen Hand's Path and Montauk Highway intersection without stopping. He was found to be also driving without a court-ordered ignition-lock device on his vehicle. Police impounded his 1998 Pontiac sedan and released Mr. Ortiz on $300 stationhouse bail.
Village police also reported the arrest on Sunday of Wilmar R. Calderon Prada, 22, on a D.W.I. charge. A report said that Mr. Calderon, who lives on Bow Oarsman Road in East Hampton, had been seen swerving on Montauk Highway near Cove Hollow Road at about 4:30 a.m. in a 1999 Nissan four-door. Police charged him with first-offense D.W.I., failure to stay in a designated lane, driving across a hazard marking, and driving without a license.
After allegedly providing a breath-test reading that indicated alcohol consumption, Mr. Calderon was held at headquarters. East Hampton Town Justice Catherine Cahill set bail later that morning at $500.


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SAN DIEGO — It was supposed to be an AFC West shootout Sunday at Qualcomm Stadium, so naturally an AFC North bar-room brawl broke out in a game that teetered on defense, special teams, and turnovers and the Bengals survived when they turned to their running game to squeeze the last 4:43 out of the clock with a 17-10 victory.
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The Bengals had a 17-7 lead with less than seven minutes left in the game and had just forced their third turnover of the game when safety
Green-Ellis gave it right back. He converted a third-and-one as the Bengals headed into the red zone, but BJGE fumbled on the play for the second time this season and fourth time as a Bengal to keep the Chargers in it.
San Diego could only go 22 yards after a 21-yard fumble return, but it was enough to get a 48-yard Nick Novak field goal with 4:43 left that cut the lead to 17-10.
The Bengals used their running game to shove to a 14-7 lead with 1:42 left in the third quarter.
A 50-yard run-and-catch by wide receiver
After rookie running back
The Bengals finished with 164 yards rushing and 190 passing in a nice balanced effort.
At the Bengals 25 cornerback
That set up the go-ahead touchdown to Green, a 10-play, 75-yard drive where the Bengals got 34 yards on six carries with Bernard and Green-Ellis each banging for first downs on third-and short.
The beleaguered Bengals offense suffered another interception by Dalton in a miserable first half of 41 passing yards Sunday, but as usual the defense and special teams kept the Bengals in it for a 7-7 halftime tie.
With 3:48 left in the half and the Bengals at their own 35 after a 17-yard screen to Green, Dalton went play-action and tried to go deep down the middle to Green. It was badly overthrown and into double coverage, straight into the arms of safety Eric Weddle at about the Chargers 25. It was Dalton's 16th interception, one more than last season, ninth in the last four games, and appeared to be as much a product of miscommunication as it was a bad throw.
Despite working against one of the NFL's worst secondaries that came into the game allowing 49 passes of at least 20 yards, that screen was Cincinnati's longest pass of the half and Dalton was saddled with a 21.2 passer rating on 5-of-10 passing for those 41 yards.
Green, who took a shot early in the game over the middle and had to be checked out on the sidelines, had two catches for 25 yards in the half.
The Bengals turned to the running game to take a 7-0 lead on a drive highlighted by a pair of 13-yard runs by Green-Ellis and Bernard and capped by Green-Ellis's four-yard touchdown run four seconds into the second quarter.
On the 10-play, 67-yard drive, the backs carried six times for 47 and Green-Ellis walked in over the right side with the help of defensive tackle
The Bengals did it behind a retooled offensive line when left guard
The Chargers took just three minutes to tie it through some uncharacteristic holes in the Bengals pass coverage. Running back Ryan Mathews was wide open on a swing pass for 17 yards and tight end Ladarius Green was wide open at the linebacker level down the seam for a 30-yard touchdown that made it 7-7.
Earlier in the drive it appeared that cornerback
The Bengals defense and special teams showed up early.
The defense got the first turnover of the game on the first series when safety
Rivers's new short passing game gave him a 109.7 rating in the half (12-of-8 for 145 yards), but the Bengals forced a punt from their own 49 with 52 seconds left. Even though they've allowed 23 turnovers, the Bengals defense has allowed just three touchdowns after one of those miscues. This time it was because of good pressure that forced an incompletion to Woodhead on third down and a false start on Mathews on first down didn't help.
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PREGAME NOTES: Burfict, who wore a boot on Friday's plane ride to the Coast after turning his ankle during that morning's practice, took it off in time to get into Sunday's starting lineup against the Chargers at Qualcomm Stadium.
Burfict, the NFL's leading tackler, apparently suffered a non-contact injury Friday but kept his streak alive of not missing a game in his two seasons despite racking up close to 300 tackles. He looked a little gimpy as he warmed up, so
Despite playing 20 snaps in the victory over Cleveland, wide receiver
The deactivation of two wide receivers with all four tight ends dressed could indicate the Bengals want to establish the run against the Chargers defense that is ranked the fourth worst in the league. It also pointed to more snaps for slot receiver Andrew Hawkins.
With nickel back
Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton is trying to avoid the first three-game road losing streak of his career. In his rookie year the Bengals lost back-to-back games in Pittsburgh and Baltimore, and earlier this year they bookended two wins at Paul Brown Stadium with losses in Chicago and Cleveland.
San Diego kept its latest offensive line intact from last week's Kansas City win with D.J. Fluker at left tackle, Jeromey Clary moving from right guard to right tackle, and Chad Rinehart playing right guard.
Chargers outside linebacker Jarret Johnson (hand) and wide receiver Eddie Royal (toe, chest) were out and cornerback Derek Cox was benched in favor of Richard Marshall.


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Regina Wilkerson wasn't about to be outdone by her twin brother, Reggie, who signed a football scholarship with the University of Georgia in January.
Regina Wilkerson wasn't about to be outdone by her twin brother, Reggie, who signed a football scholarship with the University of Georgia in January.
So the North Marion High School senior went to work this spring, running the fastest 100- and 200-meter times in the county.
As she sprinted her way to the state track meet, colleges began to take notice.
By the time she made it to Jacksonville in late April, she held offers from Bethune-Cookman, Charleston Southern and Webber International. She didn't win the state titles she coveted at the Class 2A meet, but she did manage to post personal-best times in both the 100 (11.87) and 200 (24.87), and walked away with another offer, this time from Division I Florida Atlantic University.
She quickly took her official visit to the Boca Raton campus, fell in love with it, and signed her letter of intent Wednesday night.
"When I went down for my visit I really liked it a lot," Wilkerson explained. "I really like the coaches. I really like the campus. It's amazing down there."
Reggie, who was an early enrollee at UGA, was in town to watch his big sister (by two minutes) sign her college deal after finishing spring drills with the defending SEC East champs. And he had some brotherly advice for his twin before she made the jump from prep star to college freshman.
"He's stressed staying focused in school," Regina said. "He said it will be hard at first, because you're a freshman going against juniors and seniors. He just reminds me to stay on track."
Regina says she expects to run the 100 and 200 for the Owls as soon as she hits the south Florida campus. She also hopes to add a relay or two into the mix.
And, like her brother in Athens, she expects to make a splash sooner rather than later.
"I don't know which (relays) yet," Wilkerson said. "But I'm looking to stand out as a freshman. I'd like to be an All-American my first year. I want to get to FAU and take over."


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LOS ANGELES — Walt Disney Co.'s quarterly net income rose 14 percent, thanks to an uptick in revenue driven by higher spending at theme parks and on cruise ships.
The results were announced Thursday, a week after Disney said it would buy Lucasfilm Ltd. and revive the ''Star Wars'' franchise with a new trilogy starting in 2015.
Net income in the three months ended Sept. 29 rose to $1.24 billion, or 68 cents per share, from $1.09 billion, or 58 cents, a year earlier.
Revenue rose 3 percent to $10.78 billion.
The parks and resorts division was helped by the launch of its newest cruise ship, the Disney Fantasy, in March, and the opening of a new section at Disney California Adventure called Cars Land in June.
Movie studio revenue fell as ''Brave'' failed to perform as well as ''Cars 2'' a year ago. Revenue at the company's pay TV and broadcast networks grew a modest 2 percent. Smaller audiences and lower ad revenue at ABC slowed the company's momentum.
At the same time, ESPN gained more in fees from distributors but saw flat ad revenue as viewers and advertisers turned their attention toward the Olympics on NBC.
The company said losses grew at Hulu, the online video service it owns jointly with News Corp. and Comcast Corp., due to higher programming and marketing costs.
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an editor with column selection other than emacs or vim. Actually I am ok with vim but if there were an xfce wishlist, I would wish for this in mousepad or gedit.
Have you tried SciTE? I used it for a long time when I was doing web development, and I remember it having column selection. It's based on GTK+ so it plays well with XFCE.
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If not solved, my wish is functionally granted, thank you. It even does case conversion and there is a FreeBSD port.
Glad I could help. SciTE is quite awesome. Pretty much the only text editor for Linux that compares to Notepad++.
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Champagne house fears leak of prestige
GLOBAL No.2 Champagne house Veuve Clicquot is concerned its prestige brand could suffer from sustained price wars by big retailers and the flow of bubbly entering Australia through parallel importing.
Veuve Clicquot president Jean-Marc Lacave said ''aggressive pricing'' by retailers was a global problem for France's Champagne houses.
''We see much more dramatic situations around the world than what we see in Australia, in other markets such as Europe, UK and France it is much more aggressive,'' he said.
Veuve ranks second behind Moet in sales of French Champagne in Australia, and is enjoying double-digit sales growth rates.
Veuve is owned by Moet Hennessy, a division of French multinational luxury goods conglomerate LVMH.
Leading retailers Woolworths and Coles, which control most of the Australian liquor market through retail brands such as Dan Murphy's and Liquorland, are expected to engage in a heated price war over Champagne this holiday season and have already begun heavily discounting a range of brands.
''We have seen, because of the poor global economy, some 'actors' who are going too far in terms of price, and this is a problem, and it's a point Champagne has to address as an [industry] and that we are very active in,'' Mr Lacave said.
Veuve would engage with the retailers and distributors to convince them of the balance between price and sales.
''We have seen [in] many examples around the world that it is not a few dollars that is going to dramatically improve sales so it's better for the value chain to keep the margin for the retailers,'' he said. ''And, for our brands, considering the quality, command a premium and the consumer will understand this as long as we maintain the quality.''
The lowest retail price for a bottle of Veuve Clicquot can be about $55, rising to $299 for a bottle of 1989 Cave Privee Rose. Prices for a bottle of its stablemate Moet & Chandon start at about $37.
Founded in 1798, Veuve Clicquot has been dwarfed by its larger colleagues at Moet and typically sits at No.2 in most countries behind the iconic brand, though it is No.1 in the United States.
Champagne sales in Australia have rebounded since the global financial crisis and, according to recent industry data, growth was up 10.5 per cent in value terms and 14.1 per cent in volume for the year to June for the home market.
A headache for Champagne houses in Australia but a boon for retailers and consumers is the availability of cheap Champagne on the grey market where businesses or individuals can import the product for a cheaper price than those of official distributors. The strength of the Australian dollar has made this venture particularly lucrative.
''We are very concerned about that, and you don't control the quality [in the grey market],'' said Mr Lacave. ''We are very responsible and we are finding mechanisms with our partners to keep the price competitive and to ensure that we are limiting, if not having any, parallel importing of Veuve Clicquot - there is a way to do it.''
Mr Lacave said the Champagne house would also focus on preserving margins for its partners, limiting the appeal of parallel importing, and keeping a closer eye on its global supply to make sure its brand was not leaked into the grey market.
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In less than two weeks the Cubs' pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training.
To this point I'm grading the Cubs' off season at a B.
Resigning Dempster (4-yr $52 mil) was huge and to a lesser degree so was the retention of Reed Johnson (1-yr $3 mil) and Chad Gaudin (1-yr $2 mil).
Continuing on the plus side is the acquisitions of Luis Vizcaino, Aaron Miles, Aaron Heilman and perhaps the most under-rated pick-up, speedster Joey Gathright.
Obviously, allowing Kerry Wood to walk was controversial with Cubs fans, but I understand the move: Marmol is transitioning to closer with Kevin Gregg serving as a formidable stop-gap in the meantime…and Woody is simply too injury prone.
The guys that HAD TO GO did: Howry, Marquis and Lieber.
And the guys with trade value were dealt: Pie, Cedeno, Hill and Wuertz – although, I'm still not in favor of dealing DeRosa to the Tribe.
Not to mention, swapping Henry Blanco for Paul Bako at catcher is a downgrade, especially considering Blanco signed with S.D. for just 1-yr at $750k (Bako is signed for 1-yr $725k).
Worse move this off season? Milton Bradley: too much money for too little production…and eventually too big of a headache.
The good news for Hendry is that I'm offering a little extra credit assignment…trade for Jake Peavy and I'll change that B to an A+.


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Emeritus Professors Exhibit Work at USU
Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013
Utah State University retired faculty members R.T. Clark and Craig Law exhibit their work in "An Exhibition by USU Emeritus Professors" Jan. 14- Feb. 8 in the Tippetts Exhibit Hall, located in the Chase Fine Arts Center on USU's Logan campus.
"As faculty members retire after years of service to our college, we like to think that they aren't leaving us, but simply moving on to a new phase in our relationship," said Christopher Terry, associate dean of the Caine College of the Arts and professor in the Department of Art and Design. "This exhibition is a tangible demonstration of that continuing connection and we are proud to honor these two photographers."
Law received his bachelor's and master's degrees from USU, studying photography. After graduating with his bachelor's degree, he began teaching at his alma mater, continuing after his master's program was finished as well. He served as the Art Department head from 1996-2001 and then returned to teaching to finish his time at USU prior to retiring.
Clark taught photography at USU for 28 years, serving as department head of the art department as well. Clark's former students have gone on to careers focusing on rodeo, fashion and architectural photography, as well as teaching.
"An Exhibition by USU Emeritus Professors" is free and open to the public and can be seen Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
An opening reception is Wednesday, Jan. 23, at 6 p.m. in the Tippetts Exhibit Hall as part of the Caine College of the Arts' Arts Week 2013 activities.
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