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BLUE JACKETS (16-14-7) at BLUES (19-14-2)
Last 10: Columbus 6-2-2; St. Louis 6-4-0
Season series: This is the third of four meetings, with the last one coming next Friday. The St. Louis Blues won both previous games: 4-1 on Jan. 31 and 2-1 on Feb. 23, each with a different goaltender (Brian Elliott, Jaroslav Halak).
Big story: After the teams played at the end of January, St. Louis was 6-1-0 and Columbus was 2-5-1. They meet Friday with the Blues holding a one-point edge in the standings (40-39) as they compete for a Stanley Cup Playoff spot from the Western Conference.
Each team won Thursday at a place they had not recently: The Blues defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 in a shootout for their first win at United Center in nine games. The Blue Jackets won a game against the Nashville Predators at Bridgestone Arena in regulation for the first time since April 3, 2006.
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Blue Jackets: In addition to the debut of forward Marian Gaborik after an NHL Trade Deadline deal, Columbus welcomed back forwards Brandon Dubinsky and Nick Foligno from injury Thursday.
"You see a lot of new faces, a little bit of a change of scenery gave everybody a little bit of extra energy and some more legs tonight," defenseman Dalton Prout told Fox Sports Ohio. "And I think winning helps your energy levels all the time."
Gaborik had a goal and an assist for his first multipoint game since March 3 with the New York Rangers.
"I think the other thing [Gaborik] provides is kind of an intangible thing, about just confidence among our group," coach Todd Richards said. "Having a guy that's a threat to score a goal at any minute."
The Blue Jackets are 3-5-0 in the second of back-to-backs this season, all but one of those on the road.
"We have to play the same way [we did Thursday]," forward Matt Calvert said. "We're playing desperate hockey right now. We've just got to keep on climbing the standings because if you lose a game, it could mean your playoff hopes. We're going to keep on doing what we do best, play to our strengths … it's a tough barn to play in but we're going to go in there and give it our best shot."
Blues: St. Louis also added significant players, defensemen Jay Bouwmeester and Jordan Leopold, in trades this month. But perhaps more important, Elliot stopped 33 shots in his first start since March 3 after coming back in relief Monday when Halak was injured.
"You never want to see a teammate go down, but it's part of the job, you have to be ready to go in," said Elliot, who had made only one other appearance since Feb. 11. "Guys blocked a lot of shots that game [Monday] for me and let me kind of feel my way in, and it definitely carried into [Thursday] as well."
Jake Allen will start in net for the Blues, who are 2-4-1 in the second of back-to-backs.
"We need two points however we can get 'em: beg, borrow, steal, scratch and claw," captain David Backes told Fox Sports Midwest. "And that's the way we played tonight against a good team, and we need more efforts like that, and have to do it again tomorrow night."
Who's hot: Calvert has five points in his past four games. Dubinsky had two assists in his first game since March 19. … The Blues have killed 21 of their opponents' past 22 power plays. Forward Adam Cracknell scored his first two goals of the season Thursday. Forward Chris Porter had two assists, doubling his season's point total.
Injury report: Blue Jackets forward Jared Boll (lower body) and defenseman Tim Erixon (upper body) are out. … Blues forward Scott Nichol (soreness) is out. T.J. Oshie (bruised left foot) and Halak (groin) are on injured reserve.


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Billy Jones headed a late equaliser as bottom side Preston snatched a 2-2 draw at high-flying Nottingham Forest.
Midfielder Barry Nicholson, on target in Saturday's 1-1 draw with leaders QPR, struck with a well-placed header in the 16th minute to put Forest on course for their first home defeat of the season.
On-loan Liverpool left-back Paul Konchesky equalised with his first Forest goal on 54 minutes and Chris Cohen netted in the closing stages to put the home side 2-1 ahead before Jones' late leveller.
Forest threatened first when Konchesky volleyed just wide from 18 yards, but Preston quickly established a foothold in proceedings and winger Keith Treacy drilled a 25-yard shot just wide.
Two minutes later, Forest's former Preston favourite Paul McKenna drilled over the crossbar from 12 yards and in the 14th minute David McGoldrick fired a fizzing strike over from 30 yards.
However, Preston steadied themselves and led in the 16th minute when Treacy crossed dangerously from the right flank and Nicholson directed a firm header into the bottom right-hand corner from 12 yards out.
North End immediately pushed for a second goal but Lee Camp produced a fine save from Jones' 20-yard shot.
Treacy, an influential presence for Preston in recent weeks, then hit a fierce 30-yard free-kick which drew a fine block from McKenna.
Forest should have drawn level on the half hour as Konchesky crossed dangerously from the left flank, but Paul Anderson volleyed wastefully wide from 12 yards.
The hosts began to up the tempo as the interval approached and in the 43rd minute they fashioned a clear opening.
Cohen delivered a teasing cross which midfielder Lewis McGugan met with a 12-yard shot which drew a fine save from on-loan Everton goalkeeper Iain Turner, who tipped the ball over.
Forest moved through the gears as the second half began and in the 54th minute Konchesky drilled home a left-foot shot from 12 yards.
McGugan then sought to put the hosts ahead but his 25-yard effort flew over the crossbar.
Shortly before the hour mark, Preston boss Brown replaced Paul Coutts and Eddie Johnson with Leon Clarke and Adam Barton.
Forest replaced Marcus Tudgay with Dele Adebola but genuine goalscoring opportunities remained scarce.
McGoldrick hit a shot from 25 yards that Turner saved before Treacy fired over from long range.
McKenna then volleyed over from 30 yards and Forest looked to have snatched a winner in the closing moments when Cohen fired home a right-footed shot from 35 yards.
However, Preston were not to be denied and Jones headed in a cross from Treacy in the sixth minute of stoppage time.
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Saying Goodbye to Motorcycle Crash Victim Jocelyn Elberson | News
TOWN OF TONAWANDA, NY- The community came together Friday night to remember one of the victims who lost her life after being struck by an alleged drunk motorcyclist on the Amherst Bike Path last weekend. In her short time here, friends and family say Jocelyn Elberson touched many lives.
The 25-year-old from Tonawanda was a daughter, a sister, an aunt, a Godmother, and a friend. She took on many roles in her short life, and yet could be described in just one world, joyful.
"Jocelyn stood for everything that was right in the world- Love and happiness and God," said Jocelyn's cousin Lauren.
"Jocelyn's ministry was one of great sensitivity, of great presence, of great wisdom, of great discernment, and of great gentleness," said Trish, a member of New Covenant Tabernacle.
Everyone attending her memorial service wore a double ribbon. Purple representing Jocelyn's favorite color, and red for Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
Jocelyn was killed Sunday while walking on the Amherst Bike Path with her mother, aunt and dogs. She was struck by a motorcycle driven by 53-year-old David Smith of Niagara Falls. Police say he was drunk and speeding. Also killed in the crash was 81-year-old Sheila Pelton of East Amherst. Her 79-year-old husband, Foster, was seriously injured.
"She had a dynamic family foundation and from there she could venture out and try new things on her terms and in her way," said Diane Bajdas, Jocelyn's aunt.
Jocelyn lived with Williams' Syndrome and just recently had open heart surgery. Still, she overcame many challenges, both in the classroom and in life, and she never let her disabilities stop her from finding happiness.
"She never ever let anything get her down and she really did make the best of everyday and everything," said Nicole Elberson, Jocelyn's sister-in-law.
Loved ones told story after story of Jocelyn opening her heart to others, whether it be children, animals, or even service members in the airport.
"For every one that she saw that came close to her, she would walk up to them and say, 'thank you for your service.' Every one. That's the type of person Jocey was," said Jocelyn's uncle, Gregg Bajdas.
Jocelyn's parents expressed their gratitude for the outpouring of love from the community.
"I want to thank you all for being there for us and I know in the coming weeks and months I'll probably lean on everybody for some time," said Kathleen Elberson, Jocelyn's mother.
Also in attendance at the memorial service were the children of Sheila and Foster Pelton. Two families brought together by immense tragedy.


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Here's why.....
I think I'm being pretty conservative here....
Volquez....................17 Wins
Harang.....................16 Wins
Arroyo......................13 Wins
Cueto.......................12 Wins
Owings.......................8 Wins
Bailey.........................5 Wins
That right there is 71 Wins. I expect the remaining Pitchers that will put in significant time with the team to average 2 Wins each.
Nick Masset (R)............2 Wins
Daryl Thompson (R).......2 Wins
Francisco Cordero (R)....2 Wins
Jared Burton (R)...........2 Wins
David Weathers (R).......2 Wins
Arthur Rhodes (L).........2 Wins
Bill Bray (L)..................2 Wins
Mike Lincoln (R)............2 Wins
Ramon Ramirez (R)........2 Wins
Josh Roenicke (R).........2 Wins
Aaron Fultz (L).............2 Wins
Daniel Herrera (L)..........2 Wins
That's another 24 wins for a total of 95 Wins. And, I thought those were very conservative estimates. I see about 5 wins from Daryl Thompson. Harang may not get 8 wins, so a big dropoff could go there. Volquez might not win 10 games, so a big dropoff could go there.
But, my point is that our starting pitchers are among the 7 best staffs in all of baseball.
If I wanted to be really conservative and account for possible injuries and poor hitting, I could go like this:
Volquez....................15 Wins
Harang.....................13 Wins
Arroyo......................12 Wins
Cueto.......................12 Wins
Owings.......................6 Wins
Bailey.........................4 Wins
Thompson...................5 Wins
But, that's still 67 Wins, and assuming the remaining pitchers average 2 Wins each that would still add 22 Wins to the 67 for a Total of 89 Wins.
We are last year's Arizona Diamondbacks. Outstanding Starting pitching every game without a ton of power and a lot of youth in the lineup.
They threw 9 shutouts. They were shutout 6 times themselves. They led their division for 136 Days, before fading. Their longest losing streak was 6. Their longest winning streak was 8. They got off to a red-hot start and were 20-8 (lost 2 of 3 to the REDS Opening Weekend) at the end of April, before finishing 82-80, 2 games out of 1st place as Miracle Manny overtook them. (They went 4-15 from Aug 22-Sep 14)
With our great starting pitching, we have a really great chance to have a really fast start.


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since the hole game is pretty much based around this idea to a degree anyway, i thought id ask everyone. For me at the moment anyway it was killing a store clerk in armadillo for making an anti semtic comment.
When going for the Dastardly achievement I waited until I came across one of the fake women in distress that has a gang jump you when you ride up to help her, then I killed the gang and hogtied her.
I've been waiting to find one of the fakers for that achievement as well, but every time I end up finding one, I stop too close and get dismounted... end up having to shoot her -_-,
So far I really haven't done anything bad in single player at all, except for accidentally killing the old man with some land very early in the game... I had just finished dialog with him, and a rabbit ran by that I felt compelled to shoot... so I did... and he didn't like that I guess so he started shooting me... and then he was dead :( Woops
lol.... i killed him on my maverick playthrough. o and on my new playthrough i killed that old guy on. Flower For A Lady quest.
wow alot of NOTHING on this group...
I think the myriad E3 posts are getting all the heat. Next week stuff will go back to "normal" I imagine.
lol i hope so... i come on here once or twice a day to see if theres any useful tips for online and so far nothing in like 5 days...
Yeah, well in-so-far as I am concerned, I've been AFX for just over a week now, so not a lot to add for RDR or anything else. I'll be back in the saddle Monday though.
I just shot a bunch of prostitutes. Oh and I blew up Theives Landing with dynamite. Good times, good times.
not really justifiable but still fun to do.
I really stayed true to playing the good guy through my entire playthrough (besides my accidental murder of the old man with the land deed), with one exception later on.
So I'm like 80% through the game... and STILL, no one has ever challenged me to a duel inside of Armadillo. I've nearly completely the game, and have yet to take advantage of my reserve bonus (The deadly assassin outfit)... and I'm starting to get a little pissed. So pissed I could push someone! So I did.
I went on a pushing rampage. Every last person in Armadillo got shoved to the ground. After realizing this isn't a crime unless you do it to a lawman, this became my favorite pastime. Walking through town? Shove a guy off a horse. Shove someone from behind and watch them slide on their face. Maybe even kick em a few times - it ain't a crime!
Whether this rampage was a factor or not, I did get my duel the next time I visited.
I've shot peoples horses out from under them, then ran them over before killing them, but then I usually feel sorry for the horses. :(
But that's not very justifiable, just funny-looking.
true... i try to shoot people in the feet off there horses then i try to shoot the horses in there feet so i killed less horses in the game but since that only worked 10 percent of the time it still showed that i had killed over 1900 domesiticated horses...
THe most justifiable wrong thing I have ever done is get my bounty up to $12000 by going on a shooting rampage because of the anger I felt when John Marston died.
I used the Deadly Assassin's outfit more than most of my friends who had it; if you're worried it's under used, try playing with the expert aiming controls. When you don't get any aim-assisst, you'll be using a lot more Dead Eye.
I consider all wrongs done in the name of achievements to be rightful, particularly since I completed most such achievements after completing the story (which for spoilery reasons doesn't feel like a break in character).


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OB, those stas are reversed since Jan 1st.
Quins are mid wobble. We can win this.
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A suspect is in custody after a series of break-ins at an apartment complex in Meridian. Around 10 o'clock Thursday night is when Meridian police were called to Willow Ridge Apartments.
'A suspicious individual was spotted there.'
According to Lieutenant Dean Harper, who is head of the detective unit for MPD, officers virtually caught the suspect in the act.
'They found an individual there in the parking lot; he had some stolen property in his possession that came out of one of the vehicles in the parking lot. They started checking some other vehicles and checking with the residents who lived there in the apartment complex. So far, we've only found one vehicle that a victim is willing to pursue charges,' says Lt. Harper.
Although only one victim is actually pursuing charges, there are reports from residents that almost a dozen vehicles were burglarized. In some cases, nothing was stolen. From the suspect officers recovered stolen cell phones and at least one GPS that was in his possession.
'When they break into these cars, they're generally finding stuff that they can just grab and run with. They're not prying out radios. They're stealing telephones, iPods and cash if they're any laying around,' says Harper. He also says that people who break into vehicles often search for guns that are hidden inside or credit cards.
'The trend that we see now is people go and work neighborhoods and they try door handles. If they find one unlocked they go in the car, but if it's locked they go on to the next one.'
As the official kickoff of the holiday season nears, Lt. Harper says vehicles will become even more of a prime target for thieves. With that in mind, he reminds motorists to never leave valuables out in plain sight in vehicles and if there are valuables inside the vehicle, keep it locked.


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The Road from Damascus
Now that a disengagement agreement has been signed, attention in Washington will surely be distracted from the relations between Syria and Israel. Yet it is on the relations between the two countries that peace in the Middle East may depend.
Why Syria should be so important may on its face seem difficult to understand until we realize that the Syrian-Israeli negotiations lie at the point of greatest strain between Israel and the four Arab principals in the current round of conflict. These are Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Syria, and the Palestinians. In order to reach peace Israel and the US must deal with each of them in turn; for while King Faisal and the Palestinian commandos have little in common, they are bound together by their relations to the other two powers. And strangely enough, the relations among each of the principals are similar in the sense that Egypt's interests are just about as important to Saudi Arabia as Syria's are to Egypt and the Palestinians' to Syria. Syria, for example, cannot publicly refuse to permit commando raids from her territory any more than Egypt could publicly urge Syria to accept the disengagement agreement. But both countries could make their influence felt privately.
The point could be reached where negotiations are impossible. There is no compromise between the maximum demands of the Israelis and the Palestinians, unless two floors were built over the same small piece of earth. Of course, concessions are possible between peoples. But if there is to be a settlement between the Israelis and the Palestinians, it must have the backing of all three Arab states. And negotiations between Israel and Syria will be crucial in deciding whether or not such a settlement can be had.
Damascus, May, 1974
For Americans Syria has always been a largely unknown quantity. Unable to visit there in recent years, we have tended to see it from an Israeli point of view. Damascus, even the looks of the city, is a surprise. When I arrived in early May only the crowds of soldiers in the streets visibly reminded me there was a war on twenty-five miles away. The archways over the road from Beirut announced an international fair to be held later this summer. The civilian officials I met did not engage in polemics. Many of them seemed disappointed I had not flouted their visa restrictions and gone to Israel—they always used that word—before coming to Damascus. They were curious about Israel and, it seemed to me, somewhat uncertain. Two of them compared Rabin favorably with Dayan, and also saw some hope in the fact that Rabin would be the first Israeli prime minister to be born in the Middle East.
A visitor's impressions of course cannot provide conclusive evidence about Syrian attitudes to war and peace, but if one also considers the political and economic changes that have recently taken place, Syria now seems closer to peace than it has at any time during the last decade.
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I think Oregon, turnovers aside, is asserting itself much better right now than Auburn. I think Auburn is more physical, but the tempo and speed is effecting Auburn more so than the Ducks.
Ducks quacking on the door, trying to start the second quarter with a score -- something both teams failed to do in Q1.


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English Premier League giants Manchester United will play the Australian A-League All Stars in a one-off game in Sydney next year, Football Federation Australia said on Monday.
The match at Sydney's Olympic stadium on July 20 will be United's first match Down Under in 14 years and will be part of their build-up to the 2013/14 season.
Organisers said Sir Alex Ferguson would bring his full squad for the match with Wayne Rooney, Robin van Persie, Rio Ferdinand and Nani expected to play in front of an 80,000 sell-out crowd.
The Red Devils last played in Australia in 1999 against the Australian national team in Sydney and Melbourne, but their big names David Beckham, Paul Scholes, Gary Neville and manager Ferguson remained at home.
FFA said the A-League All Stars team would be selected by fans and could feature Sydney FC's Italian star Alessandro Del Piero and possibly English striker Emile Heskey and Japanese midfielder Shinji Ono.
United, who have won a record 19 league titles, sit top of this season's Premier League after Sunday's 3-2 win over crosstown rivals Manchester City.
"Having Manchester United as the opponent for our first ever A-League All Star game will put the A-League on the world stage," FFA chief executive David Gallop said.
"It's a massive opportunity for our players and one the fans won't want to miss."
Manchester United chief executive David Gill said the Sydney match would also allow the glamour club to engage with its global fan base in Australia.
"There are three main reasons we go on a pre-season tour," Gill said in a statement.
"First and foremost is the team's preparation for the season ahead. But the tour also allows us to engage with our global fan base and network of commercial partners.
"It has been a while since we last visited Sydney and we are looking forward to renewing our relationship with our loyal and enthusiastic Australian fans."


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CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - Led by freshman forward Kirsten Morrison's (North Reading, Mass.) game-high 15 points, women's basketball (2-3) notched their first road win of the season as they defeated Wheelock College (0-5) by the final score of 73-19 Thursday evening at Brunelli Court.
Not only was Morrison solid from the field with her 7-of-9 shooting, but the Beacons defense was dominant as well, holding the Wildcats to a mere 17.4% shooting on the night. They also did not allow a single 3-pointer, as Wheelock went 0-for-12.
Along with Morrison, Tasha Bernardez (Roxbury, Mass.) also fueled UMass Boston's offensive effort with her nine points. Freshman guard Lauren Perra (Taunton, Mass.) dished out a career-high nine assists, while Taylor Whyte (Ballston Spa, N.Y.) had her strongest performance of the season pulling down a team-high seven rebounds in 17 minutes of action.
In the first six minutes of Thursday's contest, eight of the Beacons 10 points would belong to Morrison, who on Monday was named Little East Conference Rookie of the Week. The early momentum gained from Morrison, would fuel UMass Boston for the remainder of the contest, as they took a 27-point lead into the locker room at halftime.
After the break, the Beacons continued to roll, holding Wheelock to just nine points, while they combined for 36 on 14-of-39 shooting, which included three 3-pointers, and 5-of-8 shooting at the line. On the glass, UMass Boston held a +8 advantage in rebounds (45-37).
Women's basketball returns to action on Saturday when they face Western Connecticut State University at 1 p.m. in the Little East Conference opener for both squads.


text: Adeline Gustie Karpisek was born southwest of Dorchester, NE in Saline County on June 6, 1920, to Adolph J. and Otillie (Kohout) Kohout Sr. She attended Spring Valley District 55 through the 8th grade near her home where she was born, being the eldest she helped her parents on the farm. She was united in marriage to Lambert F. Karpisek on October 10, 1940. They farmed west of Wilber, NE and in March of 1942 they moved to their farm near Clarion, IA where they lived for 10 years. In December of 1953 they moved to a farm east of Dysart, IA. Lambert and Adeline farmed until moving to a home at 609 Jefferson Street in Dysart where she continued to live following Lambert's death. She enjoyed the outdoors helping out where ever she was needed, also her grandchildren, flower garden, baking, music, traveling and dancing with Lambert. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Lambert on July 12, 2006, sisters, Velma Kohout and Erma Burda and a grandson Mark Harrison. She is survived by her son Larry (Jean) Karpisek of Dysart, two daughters, Darlene (Roger) Harder of Keystone, IA and Betty (James) Harrison of Traer, IA, a sister Mary Ann Pavlish of Dorchester, NE a brother Adolph (Doris) Kohout of Wilber, NE, 8 grandchildren, 5 great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.


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Mad Leo exit finally clears way for Blighty to love HP again
German's spectre no longer haunting sales staff?
HP has finally halted the downward sales trend in distribution that dogged its UK operation for much of 2012.
Figures from Context show that HP accounted for 22 per cent of the £1.8bn worth of tech shipped by distributors in Q1 2012, a share that steadily declined to 16 per cent by Q4.
But Jeremy Davies, CEO at the Brit-based
abacus stroker bean counter venerable market watcher, said that in the first three months of this year HP "bounced back".
"HP was back up to 19 per cent in Q1 and so far in Q2 its share is running at 20 per cent," he told El Chan. "It has certainly managed to halt the decline".
The figures do not break down the product category of HP shipments, providing only a top-line view, so it is impossible to determine which parts of the portfolio spearheaded the recovery.
"Maybe it's down to HP staff focusing more on the channel than worrying if they have a job. It can't be easy working in an organisation with those changes happening," said Davies.
HP - rumbling on in the days after ex-CEO Léo Apotheker's departure - is currently halfway through its massive redundancy programme, with some 15,000 staffers yet to be shown the door.
Korean giant Samsung made the biggest strides in UK distribution last year - in Q1 2012 it held a five per cent share of the £1.8bn worth of tech sold but by the close of Q4 it owned 12 per cent of the £2.1bn transacted across the channel.
Davies said Samsung had acted aggressively on price in the notebook and tablet sectors, and made more of the telco space than rivals.
Cisco was the third largest vendor in Blighty's channel with eight per cent market share in Q1 2013. Microsoft was in joint fourth with Lenovo, both holding three per cent of distie sales. ®
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LeBron James has taken the idea of "being hot" to another level.
On Tuesday, James became the first player in NBA history to score at least 30 points and shoot at least 60 percent in six straight games, as the Miami Heat downed the Portland Trail Blazers, 117-104, at American Airlines Arena.
"With how many great and dominate players that have come through over the years and paved the way for me, to be able to have this streak, and to be able to have won each game while also being efficient from the floor means a lot," James said.
James finished with 30 points on 11-of-15 shooting (73.3 percent), while also dishing out nine assists.
Chris Bosh scored 32 points and pulled down 11 rebounds and Dwyane Wade finished with 24 points, nine rebounds and seven assists for the Heat, winners in six straight.
Damian Lillard poured in a game-high 33 points and LaMarcus Aldridge added 29 for the Blazers, who have dropped four straight.
Wesley Matthews had 20 points on 8-of-13 shooting in the setback.
"I thought it was a good effort by our team. The Miami Heat are one of the best, if not the best team in the league right now," said Portland head coach Terry Stotts. "They are playing at a high level. We matched it for about 44 minutes. It was disappointing to come up with a loss but we lost to a good team."
The Heat led, 86-82, entering the fourth quarter, but a 13-4 surge gave Portland a 95-90 lead with 8:16 left.
Wade, who scored 12 of his 24 points over the final 12 minutes, sparked a 9-2 run to put the heat up 99-97 with just over 5 1/2 minutes to go.
Aldridge buried a pair of free throws to tie the game 19 seconds later, but a ferocious James dunk ignited a 16-3 run to put the Heat ahead, 115-102, with 1:55 left and Portland couldn't get closer than 11 the rest of the way.
Portland raced out to a 33-29 lead after the first quarter.
The Blazers led, 57-43, with 4:44 left in the first half, but the Heat outscored Portland, 15-2, to go into the break trailing 59-58.
Miami carried its momentum into the third period, using a 23-8 surge to go up 81-67. The Blazers, though, closed the frame with a 15-5 run to cut the lead to 86-82 entering the final stanza.
Game Notes
Miami outscored Portland, 46-38, in the paint ... The Heat scored 24 points off of 15 Blazers' turnovers ... The Heat shot 58.1 percent (43-for-74) from the floor ... The Blazers went 39-for-73 (53.4 percent) from the floor and 18- for-20 from the free throw line.


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MOCRA > MOCRA Past Exhibitions > Thresholds: Part Two
MOCRA celebrates a milestone anniversary with a two-part exhibition surveying works by artists displayed during MOCRA's first twenty years. Pictured below are installation views from the exhibitions of MOCRA's second decade.
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On February 14, 1993, the Museum of Contemporary Religious Art (MOCRA) opened as the world's first interfaith museum of contemporary art. Housed in a spacious chapel that was used for over thirty-five years by Jesuits studying philosophy at Saint Louis University, MOCRA has mounted nearly fifty exhibitions and presented the work of more than two hundred artists who hail from across the globe and whose art represents a genuine engagement with the religious and spiritual dimensions. These artists come out of a variety of faith traditions, and in fact a number of them are unaffiliated with any particular path. What they hold in common is a desire to explore the spiritual and religious dimensions, employing traditional media and imagery as well as newer media and the visual vocabulary of our own day.
The Riverfront Times, in naming MOCRA "Best St. Louis Museum" in 2013, observed that MOCRA "consistently has organized some of the most nuanced and revelatory exhibitions in St. Louis since opening in 1993. . . . MOCRA has maintained an expansive and progressive perspective on its mission, presenting a widely ecumenical sense of religiosity as well as an incisive aesthetic currency."
Part Two of Thresholds: MOCRA at 20 embraces the variety of artistic expressions exhibited throughout MOCRA's history and includes works by thirty-five artists from MOCRA's second decade. The artists hail from the U.S., Austria, China, Cuba, Germany, Guatemala, Ireland and Israel, with work in media ranging from painting, drawing, sculpture and photography to video, woodcut panels and movie posters. Among the works on display will be early drawings by Abstract Expressionist artist Arshile Gorky, evocative photographs by Chris McCaw, DoDo Jin Ming, Luis González Palma, and Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, pieces by St. Louis metro area artists Michael Byron, Bill Christman, Jeff Miller, and Gary Passanise, and works by recently featured artists such as Archie Granot, Patrick Graham, and Jordan Eagles.
|Artists in the exhibition
|Peter Ambrose
Romare Bearden
Lore Bert
Nick Boskovich
Sr. Helen David Brancato
Michael Byron
Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons
Junko Chodos
Bill Christman
Douglas DePice
Jordan Eagles
Oskar Fischinger
|Luis González Palma
Arshile Gorky
Patrick Graham
Archie Granot
Steven Holl
Alan Karchmer
Adrian Kellard
Dean Kessman
Paul Kos
Horatio Hung-Yan Law
Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt
Charlotte Lichtblau
| Chris McCaw
Richard Meier
Jeff Miller
DoDo Jin Ming
Jim Morphesis
Virgil Myers
Gary Passanise
Daniel Ramirez
James Rosen
Thomas Skomski
Michael Tracy
Paul Warchol
Terrence E. Dempsey, S.J., Founding Director of MOCRA, notes that the title of the exhibition points to a variety of meanings. "For many of the artists, their work explores the boundary, sometimes distinct, sometimes porous, between mundane experience and the transcendent. In turn, the artists invite viewers to share in that passage. A threshold is also a point of meeting, the doorway where we pass into another's experience or way of life. It represents hospitality but also risk. As an interfaith venture, MOCRA seeks to bring both artists and viewers to the threshold of other people's experiences, to encounter unfamiliar traditions and to share our own."
Thresholds also marks a point of transition for MOCRA. Fr. Dempsey describes it as "an opportunity, twenty years into the journey, to take stock of where we have been and to prognosticate a bit about where we might be going."
In his work Gitanjali, Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore writes,
I was not aware of the moment when I first crossed the threshold of this life.
With gratitude to the many people who have made MOCRA possible and sustained us over the years, we invite audiences to visit MOCRA for the first time or the twentieth, and hope that, when they cross MOCRA's threshold, they will experience hospitality, wonder, insight, and renewal.
MOCRA thanks the artists, galleries, and private individuals who lent works to this exhibition.
Additional links
Thresholds: MOCRA at 20 in the media
Read the Riverfront Times award for Best St. Louis Museum in 2013
Learn about Thresholds: MOCRA at 20, Part One


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SHEFFIELD — The 100-year-old Sheffield Village Hall building has been named to the National Register of Historic Places, thanks to the work of an ad hoc committee of Sheffield area residents.
Committee member Mary Ann Cernovich said the process toward getting the designation began about five years ago when a group of citizens decided the historic building was worthy to be placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The two-story brick building, located at 239 S. Main St., was designed by well-known architect George Barber, a self-taught architect who was best known for customized, mail order homes. According to research, the Sheffield building was one of the few municipal buildings designed by Barber.
Built with bricks made by a Sheffield company, the city hall once housed the village jail with two cells, a courtroom served by a traveling judge, a telephone exchange site, and the fire and rescue unit departments, as well as served as the site for village board meetings. The building has not been used for several years other than for previous village board meetings and for storage.
In a press release issued Feb. 7 by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, spokesperson Christopher Wills said the Sheffield Village Hall was added to the National Register of Historic Places because of its architectural style and its connection to one of the most successful architects of the day, George Barber. The Illinois agency administers the national registry program in Illinois on behalf of the National Park Service.
Of 16 applications sent to the state, only four were accepted, including Sheffield's and three from the Chicago area, Cernovich said.
Committee member Connie Hahne, a life-long resident of Sheffield, said the village is fortunate to have the historic village hall building. For the city hall to be placed on the National Register of Historic Places opens up opportunities for the village and gives the community a better chance for possible funding to help in the restoration of the building, she said.
As far as funding, the application process and any future renovation work, Cernovich said the Sheffield Pride organization paid to have the exterior windows painted last summer and also partially funded the hiring of a historic preservationist to complete the application for the committee. Other funding has come completely from private citizens, with no tax money used at all, she said.
The committee will continue to seek donations and grants from individuals and private preservation organizations and agencies to help with any future remodeling costs, Cernovich said. The designation on the National Register of Historic Places will help with any application for preservation grants, she added.
Mayor Bill Rosenow said a plaque has been ordered which will be placed in front of the building. However, the building will not be open for public inspection. Again, no village tax money has gone toward the project, nor is any village money budgeted for any future remodeling or restoration projects at the old village hall, since the extensive restoration of the building would be too costly for the village to undertake, he said.
Comment on this story at www.bcrnews.com.


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Round five in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship takes place this weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The Nationwide Series will join the Sprint Cup Series at Charlotte. Formula One heads to South Korea for the Korean Grand Prix.
Sprint Cup Series
Bank of America 500 - Charlotte Motor Speedway - Concord, N.C.
Now that Talladega is in the rearview mirror, all 12 drivers in the Chase for Sprint Cup championship can breathe a sigh of relief.
The Chase "wild card" race at Talladega is done, and now it's time to move on to the "homecoming" event on Saturday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Four of the last six races this season will be contested on 1.5-mile racetracks, beginning with Charlotte. Kansas (Oct. 21), Texas (Nov. 4) and Homestead (Nov. 18) are the others.
After finishing seventh at Talladega, Brad Keselowski increased his points lead from five to 14 over Jimmie Johnson, who finished 17th. Johnson was among those involved in the 25-car crash that occurred on the final lap.
For many years, Johnson had been dominant at Charlotte. The Hendrick Motorsports driver and five-time Sprint Cup Series champion has earned six victories in points-paying races at Charlotte, including four in a row from May 2004 to Oct. 2005. His last win in a points race there came in the 2009 fall event.
Johnson struggled at Charlotte in 2011. He finished 28th in the Coca-Cola 600. In last year's Chase race there, his chance of winning a record-extending sixth straight series title essentially came to an end when he crashed hard into the outside wall in the closing laps and finished 34th. He had kept his title hopes alive when he won the week prior at Kansas.
But Johnson has had better luck at Charlotte this season. He won the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race (non-points). Days before the all-star event, Johnson's No. 48 team claimed the victory in the Sprint Pit Crew Challenge. He concluded the spring festivities at Charlotte with an 11th-place run in the 600.
"I love that track," Johnson said. "We won the all-star race and ran very well in the 600, so I feel like we'll be there and be a threat, and I need to be at this time of the year. We need to be on top of things."
Martinsville, a 0.526-mile short track, is scheduled for Oct. 28, while Phoenix, a flat one-mile oval, is slated for Nov. 11. Johnson has performed very well at those two tracks in the past.
"I love the races in the Chase," he said. "They are very good tracks for us. When I look down the lineup, I get very fired up for all of them. Martinsville isn't too far away. At Texas, we were really strong in the spring there. Phoenix is good. Homestead has been good to us. So I feel like we've got a lot of great racetracks coming up."
Two of Keselowski's five victories this season have come on the mile and a halfs. The Penske Racing driver won the June 30 race at Kentucky and the first Chase event on Sept. 16 at Chicagoland.
"Our record this year on the intermediate tracks is very solid," Keselowski said. "With 1.5-mile tracks making up the majority of the rest of the Chase schedule, I'm pretty happy that we were able to come out of Talladega with a nice lead, because I think we are set up for a good second half to the Chase."
Keselowski has only one top-10 finish in six races at Charlotte. He placed fifth there earlier this year. Keselowski does have two Nationwide Series victories at this track -- Oct. 2010 and May 2012.
Heading to Charlotte, Denny Hamlin is 23 points behind Keselowski, while Kasey Kahne trails by 36, Clint Bowyer 40 and Jeff Gordon 42.
Seventh through 12th in the Chase rankings are: Tony Stewart (-46), Martin Truex Jr. (-48), Greg Biffle (-49), Kevin Harvick (-49), Dale Earnhardt Jr. (-51) and Matt Kenseth (-62).
Earnhardt Jr. will not compete at Charlotte and Kansas after being diagnosed with a concussion following the Talladega race. He was involved in the last- lap crash. Regan Smith will substitute for Earnhardt Jr. in the No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet for both of those races.
Kenseth, who is in his last year with Roush Fenway Racing, bounced back in the Chase by winning at Talladega. He had finished 14th, 18th and 35th in the first three postseason races.
"We had a really rough few weeks in the Chase, with parts breaking and following off and not getting good finishes and not running good, and everybody was getting close to being at each other's throats and things like that," Kenseth said. "So it's important for me to try to keep that whole unit as a cohesive front-running championship-contending unit. So I'm hoping in the next six weeks we can continue this momentum, hoping we can get another win or two and finish as high as we can in the points and end this thing on a high note."
Kenseth won last year's Chase race at Charlotte. He passed Kyle Busch for the lead with 25 laps remaining and then held off Busch after a restart with a dozen laps left to win there for the first time since his rookie season in 2000.
Before he heads to Joe Gibbs Racing for the 2013 season, Kenseth is hoping his No. 17 Roush Fenway team will end the year on a high note.
"They've been working really hard, especially on our stuff for Charlotte and our intermediate stuff," he said. "So I think everybody at Roush Fenway was disappointed in our performance at Atlanta, Chicago, and really even Dover, for that matter.
"They've been really on it. They've been working really, really hard to try to get our stuff better. And I'm really looking forward to getting on the track and seeing the progress that we made, and hopefully being competitive this weekend."
Forty-seven teams are on the preliminary entry list for the Bank of America 500. Kurt Busch will make his first start in the No. 78 Chevrolet for Furniture Row Racing. Smith previously drove that car.
Qualifying for this race is scheduled for Thursday at 7:10 p.m. (ET).
Nationwide Series
Dollar General 300 - Charlotte Motor Speedway - Concord, N.C.
After taking this past weekend off, the Nationwide Series resumes its schedule on Friday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
A fourth-place finish for Elliott Sadler coupled with a ninth-place run for Ricky Stenhouse Jr. in the Sept. 29 race at Dover allowed Sadler to take a nine-point lead over Stenhouse. There are five races remaining.
In commemorating Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Nationwide teams and sponsors will "go pink" for the 300-mile event at Charlotte. Sadler will run a special pink paint scheme in honor of his mother, Bell Sadler, who is a breast cancer survivor. He will also wear a fire suit and shoes of the same color.
"The October race at Charlotte Motor Speedway always means so much to me and my family," Sadler said. "It is definitely my mom's favorite race, because of all the survivors that come out, and she just loves the pink paint scheme. This year, the trophy is pink, so it would be a storybook ending to be able to share that with her."
Danica Patrick's car will feature a pink paint scheme for this race as well.
Sadler has finished no worse than 10th in his last three races at Charlotte. He placed fifth there in May.
Even though Stenhouse had a disappointing 26th-place finish at Charlotte earlier this year, the defending series champion has done quite well on the 1.5-mile tracks this season. Four of his five wins have come on the mile and a halfs -- Las Vegas, Texas, Atlanta and Chicago.
Rookie Austin Dillon comes to Charlotte trailing Sadler, his Richard Childress Racing teammate, by 25 points. Dillon started second and finished 11th in his first start at Charlotte earlier in the season.
While Sadler, Stenhouse and Dillon continue their Nationwide title bout, Mike Wallace will celebrate a career milestone at Charlotte. Wallace, who drives the No. 01 Chevrolet for JD Motorsports, is expected to make his 750th start among NASCAR's top three series -- Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Camping World Truck. He currently has 444 Nationwide starts, 190 in Sprint Cup and 115 in Trucks.
"That is still baffling that I have been around this sport long enough to make 750 starts across the board," Wallace said. "I'm very fortunate to still be getting paid to do something I truly love to do week in and week out."
Forty-six teams are on the preliminary entry list for the Dollar General 300. Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick, Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano are those Sprint Cup regulars competing in this race.
Korean Grand Prix - Korean International Circuit - Yeongam County, South Korea
Look out Fernando Alonso, here comes Sebastian Vettel.
After winning the past two grand prix -- Singapore and Japan -- Vettel has moved to within four points of Alonso for the lead in the Formula One world championship standings. Just five races remain in what is appearing to be another epic battle between the two for the title.
Two years ago, Alonso held a 25-point lead over Vettel with two races to go, but Vettel won in Brazil and Abu Dhabi to clinch the championship by four points over Alonso.
Vettel, who is attempting to win his third consecutive F1 championship, has gained 35 points on Alonso since the Sept. 9 Italian Grand Prix.
Last Sunday, Vettel put on a dominating performance in the Japanese Grand Prix. The Red Bull driver started on the pole and led all 53 laps around the 3.6-mile Suzuka course. He crossed the finish line 20.6 seconds ahead of his closest competitor, Felipe Massa, who is Alonso's teammate at Ferrari.
"In terms of the championship, this race was a big step and it helped us, but we see how quickly things can change," Vettel said after his win in Japan. "I want to be very careful, because it's still a long way ahead, and there's a lot of things that can happen."
While Vettel was unstoppable in the Japanese GP, Alonso crashed on the opening lap. He suffered a punctured tire and spun around in the first corner after Kimi Raikkonen from Lotus made contact with him.
"Clearly, we must work a lot on the development of the car," Alonso said. "I'm not worried, but we must react to the step forward that the other competitors have made. Now we start a sort of mini-championship run over five grands prix. The aim will be to score at least one point more than all the others. What happened to us (in Japan) could happen to the others next time. The wheel turns, and that is what races are all about."
Sunday's Korean Grand Prix is the next round on the 2012 F1 calendar.
After Korea, F1 moves on to India (Oct. 28), then Abu Dhabi (Nov. 4) and Austin, Texas (Nov. 18) before the season wraps up in Brazil (Nov. 25).
This will be the third time F1 competes at the 3.49-mile, 18-turn Korean International Circuit in Yeongam, South Korea. Alonso won the inaugural race in 2010, while Vettel is the defending winner of the event.
When the racing circuit ran in Korea one year ago, Vettel had already clinched his second straight title. But Red Bull had yet to wrap up the constructors' champion. Vettel's victory there gave allowed the team to secure the championship for the second year in a row.
Right now, Red Bull leads in the constructors' standings with 324 points, compared to 283 for McLaren and 263 for Ferrari.


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Today's must-try libation from our booze columnist Zach Geballe.
Washington Syrah can be truly spectacular, when handled well. It can also be a massive fruit bomb with little definition, if handled improperly. The 2007 version from Basel Cellars walked kind of a fine line: tons of rich blackberry fruit, but with just enough earthiness and acidity to keep it from getting out of hand. It made for a nice "last bottle," after dinner was over but none of us wanted to stop drinking wine. The bold flavors and balance really shone in that setting, and at 14.5% alcohol it's not quite the monster that some Washington Syrahs can be.
Zach Geballe does a lot of drinking. When he's not working at The Dahlia Lounge or for his business Vine Trainings, he's studying for the Court of Master Sommeliers Exam. His weekly column here at Seattle Weekly, The Bar Code, endeavors to inspire, educate and sometimes poke fun at all things beer, wine and spirits related.


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The White Sox are checking into free-agent closer Rafael Soriano, yet another indication they may trade or non-tender Bobby Jenks. The Rays figure to lose Soriano and several of their other relievers as free agents and lack the flexibility to buy comparable replacements.
Soriano is a type-A free agent. The White Sox have the 23rd pick in the 2011 draft, which is unprocteted and will be given to the Rays if the Sox sign Soriano (provided the Rays offer him arbitration and he declines).
Soriano's salary was $6.35 million in 2009 and $7.35 million in 2010.


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Spring Training: Ryan Howard have hit a minor bump on the rehab road.
The Phils have reported that Ryan Howard have suffered a slight setback in his rehab from his Achilles tendon surgery as he had a procedure performed in Baltimore to clean out an infection to the original wound which will require him to stay off his feet for a few days. But, other than that in the big picture, according to Scott Sheridan, the Achilles is intact and have not compromised.
What happened is that one of the sutures from the operation did not dissolve properly, and have led to an infection, which, in turn, have required some antibiotics be used to clean out the infection. With that, the Phils have told Howard to stay off his feet for a while to allow the antibiotics to work on the infection. The Phils have said that they will consult with foot and ankle specialist Mark Myerson in a couple of days to see how this will actually affect his rehab.
Hopefully this will only keep Howard off his feet for a few days, and won't have a major impact on his rehab. But, as I'd said in the past, I'll be happy to see him back around mid-to-late May. Take your time coming back, Ryan.


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Making My Dreams Come True
The RSBS crew understands how tough life can be when you're forever being confused with someone else. Back when I was blond and Jeff had his mustache, we were often mistaken for Hall & Oates. Of course, it didn't help that we regularly launched into spirited renditions of "Maneater" for these screaming fans but sometimes you just have to make lemonade out of the lemons.
Of course, it's a little harder to make lemonade when your particular lemons involve war crimes and 42 years of repression. Just ask Carlos Santana.
In all honesty, I probably wouldn't know Santana if he walked up to me on the street so it's not out of the question that I might believe he was Gaddafi. However, since Gaddafi happens to be dead, well, you can see where the confusion might set in. I guess this is just what you have to deal with when you like the flashy clothes and curly locks:
I don't really have any advice for Santana except for maybe a haircut. After all, that turned out to be the short-term answer for Jeff and I. Yep, it worked right up to the point when people started confusing us with my favorite Tigers' double play combo, Alan Trammell and Lou Whitaker. That's definitely better than a dead dictator, though.
Speaking of making dreams come true, don't forget to send us your pictures showing why you're RSBS's biggest fan and keep checking in as the Pass the Crown contest continues. As it stands right now, you could win yourself a pair of Oakley sunglasses!


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People who run anti-bullying programs are crying foul over the Bullies name. They say when children attend the games, they'll get the wrong idea that bullies are cool.
I just have one thing to say: Let's not be L-seven.
People who run anti-bullying programs are crying foul over the Bullies name. They say when children attend the games, they'll get the wrong idea that bullies are cool.
I guess they could call themselves the Woolly Bullies, but then I guess PETA would be after them.
Bullies, huh? I dunno. It's not as bad as the "Syracuse Psychopathic Serial Killers." But it might be worse than the "Syracuse Cigarette Smokers." Tough call.
If the mascot is a Bull, why not the Syracuse Bulls? Well maybe Chicago would complain. And Sports editors throughout upstate NY would prohibit using 'hit' after the team name.
Bulls hit Attendance Record.
Well, the owner of Washington's NBA franchise changed the name from Bullets to Wizards because he thought it was helping to promote gun violence.
Last time I checked, gun crime in DC was just as bad...
I enjoyed that old Sam The Sham video. Bully for you!
No wonder we can't wipe out a few poorly equipped, ill-trained savages with turbans and beards - we're worried about BULLIES! EEEK!!
Oh, yes, PETA, the animal rights activists that throw dead animals in the trash. I have a use for some good old fashioned bullies.
I like Bissage's ideas.
I just have one thing to add: How about the "Syracuse Sexual Relationships?"
I for one don't care what the team name is, or if people are complaining that Bullies is a bad team name. It seems at best an attempt at highlighting kooky political correctness. Again, I don't care what their team mascot is, but it doesn't seem like an adverse reaction to "Bullies" is entirely kooky.
I think the lameness tag was entirely appropriate for this post.
So can we put you down as "pro-bullying" Ann? This would also illuminate your primitive understanding of foreign policy.
But the director of one Syracuse group, Jenna's Foundation for Non-Violence, says the team name goes against everything anti-bullying educators are trying to get across to kids.
And what would this 'everything' be?
Must be something like: feel free to enhance your victim status on all and any occasion howsoever non-relevant; miss no opportunity to diminish your sense of self-worth?
Just checked the JFN-V. Established to advocate a very worthy cause: no parole for violent felons who are being set free to murder people. Sounds like it's lost its way.
Well, the owner of Washington's NBA franchise changed the name from Bullets to Wizards because he thought it was helping to promote gun violence.
Last time I checked, gun crime in DC was just as bad...
...but have you seen the local stats on satanism. Gone through the roof:
[Register that domain name at once. It's free and it's a peach.]
Doyle, man, ever heard of Freudian projection?
Hey Meade, thanks. I like your idea, too. Imagine the mascot(s)! Imagine the half-time shows! Imagine the logo collectibles franchises! There could be a farm team called the "Syracuse Premarital Sexual Relationships! The possibilities are endless!
They really are, Bissage, and your comment gave me one other idea, a name which might result in enough opponent no-shows as to ensure perennial championships for the "Syracuse STD's."
Off-topic, but I just gotta share:
Back home here we have this thing called a 'Government'. (It's a loose association of morons - sufficient working definition.)
This Government does stuff like pass Laws. (Keeps them off my street.)
They passed a law two years ago called the 'Mental Capacity Act 2005'. (It's really, really interesting. Truly. I make a living lecturing on it.)
Then they published a 184 page draft 'Code of Practice' to explain the Law. (You can see why the living is easy.)
Someone - about two million - said 184 pages is a bit long for something that has to be understood by every health and social care professional in the land.
They agreed.
Had a re-think.
Just published the final Code of Practice.
It's now THREE HUNDRED AND TWO pages long.
I love this Government. I have trade for years and years and years.
Projection? No, being a regular critic on this board I never hear that one.
While we're on the topic of names and what they mean, I'm generally curious why some commenters pick the names they do. Some commenters pick a pretentious name like Reality Check or Alpha Liberal. Sometimes they use their real name like Elizabeth or Richard Dolan. Sometimes they pick a name that means something special to them but is mysterious to others like Palladian or Icepick.
Where am I going with this? Well, there's a really good name out there that nobody seems to have claimed as their own. It's descriptive, evocative, humble and yet a little bit grandiose, in its own special way. What's more, it comes with its own picture thingy, too. What could be better?
Doyle, I offer it to you, free of charge, since you're no longer Russ Feingold. Hurry up and stake your claim before somebody else beats you to it. What is it?
Okay, I'll tell you, and it's not Rosebud. It's Gadfly.
Wear it in good health!
(Nana used to say that, too.)
Thanks. I'll take it under advisement.
Oooo, Bissage, nice! It's even GREEN!!
Given that the mascot for the "Bullies" was intended to be a "muscle-bound bull," how about changing it to the "Bullocks?" The dictionary's definition, "a young bull," sounds pretty good: youthful, impetuous, rarin' to go . . . But the second definition says a "bullock" has been castrated, which would probably be problematic. (Besides, who could stand to have their team's opponents dressing up in '70s punk attire to chant "Never Mind The Bullocks!")
The Bulwarks, which are "solid, wall-like structures raised for defense." Possibly a good name for a football team, but not basketball.
The Bulldozers. Sounds pretty powerful, but would probably be denounced as insensitive to Palestinians.
If they're still stuck with The Bullies, then maybe they could silence political correctness with patriotism. Instead of a "muscle-bound bull" as a mascot, how about a Teddy Roosevelt imitator? He could run up and down the court like John Alexander in "Arsenic And Old Lace."
Since none of these are likely to work out, I think they should embrace the "bully" thing whole hog, Jenna's Foundation be damned. The mascot should be dressed like Nelson Muntz from The Simpsons. And whenever the Bullies made a basket, the crowd would roar back with his familiar refrain: "Ha-ha!"
OK, here is a PC puzzle. Here is a High School with a VERY non-PC team name. The Fighting Warriors. Heck, they even use an Indian, I mean Native American spelling. You would think that the school would be under pressure to change this stuff. I mean it demeans Native Americans. http://www.paulbunyan.net/rlschools/hs.htm
I heard it on the radio this morning, that "every Native American rights organization opposes Indian names for teams and mascots."
The interesting thing is that the students are Native American.
Must be like the n word.
What can white people say that people of other races cannot because it would make us uncomfortable? "You're fired?"
Trey -
First of all, can we distinguish between ethnic PC and not glorifying bullying?
But as for your (ethnic) PC puzzle, I've got a much simpler one for you.
Chief Wahoo: Offensive or not?
Icepick is a shortened version of two pop culture references: Stab Master from CB4 and Icepick from Magnum PI. His "full" handle is Stab Masta Icepick, his having "updated the spelling from Master to Masta to more properly fit with current usage," as he put it on an old Althouse thread many, many, many moons ago.
Me, I generally just refer to him as 'Pick, which I originally thought might annoy him (in a blogfriend way), but no dice.
Also, Trey. Are you really that jealous of black people for getting away with use of the N-word?
So much white self-pity these days its absurd.
The many moons wasn't to imply you should know this, Bissage. I was just surprised how long ago (in blogosphere terms) that I got to know 'Pick!
As for the post topic, I sometimes wonder if kids think that we think they're stupid. Which then leads me to think it's a wonder that they ever listen to us at all.
Having been exposed as a gadfly, I might as well get my money's worth:
Mark the Pundit's 11:03 comment is just an atrocious logical fallacy, which also fails to account for the possibility that "Bullets" might have been worth changing even without the (ridiculous) expectation of a measurable impact on gun violence stats.
Keeping with the bovine theme. How about the Steers. That would be motivating.
You know what they say about steers? All they can do is try.
ta dump dump rim shot....sorry.
Reader, (may I be so familiar?) thank you very much for the info. It never occurred to me that your "many moons" reference might be nasty.
Even if the thought had occurred to me, I would have dismissed it because I've been visiting Althouse long enough to know you are a nice, thoughtful person. (While I've been visiting for a while now, I was surprised to see I made Steve Donahue's old-timer's list. I think of myself as a callow newcomer.)
It's funny how we learn little things about each other. For example, I know you read therefore you am. Um, strike that. I mean, you read therefore you be. No, still not right. How about, you read therefore you is you is or is you ain't my baby?
Hey! That video gives me another name for a sports team better than the Bullies. How about the "Syracuse Tom & Jerry Cream Pie Flat Irons?"
I know, I know, sometimes I'm just plain silly.
Why not just call them the Hannibals? That way the kids can fool the old geezers into thinking they're using a Carthagenian theme, but the kids know they're having the other teams liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti!
My team would be the Rat Bastards...
"First of all, can we distinguish between ethnic PC and not glorifying bullying?" -Doyle
OK the distinction is that one is ethnic PC and the other is generic PC.
Saying that a team named "Bullies" is glorifying actual bullies is like saying a team named the "Warriors" glorifies warfare. The assertion of either is stupid.
Which is the whole problem with these sub-permutations of victimology. If this hypersensitivity were to be applied across the board, one could argue that a whole range of assorted (insert PC victim here)"studies" departments on College Campii should be abolished because most of their coursework is patently offensive and bigoted to someone. Nevermind the actual lack of intellectual rigor in said courses.
Haven't seen that any part of that cartoon in ages. Fun!
And thanks, but as a bit of (not so interesting, but perhaps revealing) trivia, the other handle I considered when I first went on blogger was "girlwithacurl." You know, in reference to the nursery rhyme.
So true. Sigh.
Saying that a team named "Bullies" is glorifying actual bullies is like saying a team named the "Warriors" glorifies warfare.
Yeah, that's right. But glorifying warfare is kind of okay because presumably the Warriors are noble and on the right side or whatever.
Bullying implies a weaker or helpless opponent, so there's an ethical problem with it.
well boule or perhaps boolah-boolah...same same.
we have all manor of sports names...for crying out loud...why not. when the chicago bears were the monsters of the midway was that literal..perhaps....
will their mascot be teddy roosevelt?
Syracuse Bullies, a new ABA team
Short for...bulldykes? Wait, are they women?
American life is an alphabet soup of acronyms for a foreigner to master. Sometimes I gets confoosed.
Hey! Wait! I think I've got it!
What if the team owners change the meaning to make "Bullies" refer to the "Bully Pulpiteers"? You know, in the sense that Teddy Roosevelt used it:
This term stems from President Theodore Roosevelt's reference to the White House as a "bully pulpit," meaning a terrific platform from which to persuasively advocate an agenda. Roosevelt often used the word "bully" as an adjective meaning superb/wonderful. Roosevelt also had political affiliation with the Progressive Party, nicknamed the "Bull Moose" party. It got the moniker when Roosevelt ran for President as its candidate in 1912, after declaring himself as "fit as a bull moose."
Everyone happy now?
The Washington NBA team started out as the Baltimore Bullets and moved down the road because they thought they could make more money that way (they were right). Washington Bullets didn't have the alliteration and people started complaining about the name immediately--though, as I recall, it took them several years to change.
The name I don't understand why more people don't complain about is what the Colorado Rockies became when they moved to New Jersey: the New Jersey Devils. Hey, I don't understand the Duke Blue Devils either.
Roger, ask and ye shall receive. By the way, back in the 70s, IIRC, there was an ice hockey team called the Jersey Devils. They were sort of like the Charlestown Chiefs, with the fighting, and all.
Sipp, you devil, you!
P.S. Years ago I was a Boy Scout in those Pine Barrens. Spooky!
How funny to have this PC discussion accompanied with a video of a Latino East LA rock band with a leader who dresses like an Egyptian, singing a song that was a huge hit on white top 40 radio in the mid-60s. And nobody had a cow over it.
P.S. Chief Wahoo, like Chief Nokahoma, and the Washington Redskins, actually does bother me. It's tradition, I guess, but I'm one alleged neo-con (or whatever) who can't see any excuse for keeping these insulting mascots.
I think Bullies is a lousy name for a myriad of reasons and none of them PC.
The Syracuse Baal's?
How about the Syracuse Djinns?
Syracuse Succubi? Yeah, that's the ticket! The Syracuse Succubi! What fun we can have with that name.
I started out with quite a romantic notion of Palladian because I misread his name as Paladin until I noticed the architectural sketch.
Syracuse Succubi? Yeah, that's the ticket! The Syracuse Succubi! What fun we can have with that name.
American sporting naming practises really don't shock me any more.
At least not after I read of the Southern Illinois Salukis.
Salukis? You know you've hit bottom, when you are called the Salukis.
No wonder these people chose the Bullies -- they've run out of original names.
They'll have to use Prince symbols next.
I started out with quite a romantic notion of Palladian because I misread his name as Paladin until I noticed the architectural sketch.
Hey! I thought the same thing too, at first.
In my mind's eye, Palladian still has the whiff of flying red carpets, Scheherezade veils, and the romanticism of the caliphate about him.
Oh wait. That's Saladin. Never mind.
Victoria, I had quite a schoolgirl crush on Saladin. A wise, dashing warrior with excellent manners - an exotic Rhett Butler, if you will.
SippicanCottage said...
Change the team's name to:
The Syracuse Anti-Bullying Advocates.
That ought to strike fear into the very hearts of the opposition. I'm sure bullies everywhere wet their beds nightly contemplating all that vicious disdain and disapproval and all the tongue clucking they're likely to get from such opposition.
You know, for someone whose eyes are spread so far apart that he looks like the missing link in that whole apes-to-humans evolutionary controversy, you think you'd be a little more sympathetic towards the victims of bullying!
They can play in a league with the Fightin' Actuaries and the Rampagin' Flower Arrangers and the Palm Springs Metrosexuals and the Tofu Nibblers and the Terrifying Algae Blooms.
Yeah, and the Marion Antique Furniture Designers!!
Absolutely no one, from whatever side, picked up on the possibilities of my comment post regarding TR.
Oh, well. So it goes.
History's so boring. Not to mention the human nature of anyone other than that which corresponds with one's own.
Victoria, I had quite a schoolgirl crush on Saladin. A wise, dashing warrior with excellent manners - an exotic Rhett Butler, if you will.
I rather liked Saint Louis instead.
Very Peter O'Toole. :)
I must be losing my mind. How on earth could I not have recalled the "Broad Street Bullies?"
From Wikipedia: "It was during the 1972-73 season that the Flyers shed the mediocre expansion team label and became the intimidating "Broad Street Bullies", a nickname coined by Jack Chevalier and Pete Cafone of the Philadelphia Bulletin on January 3, 1973. . . . The Bullies would continue their rough-and-tumble ways, led by Dave Schultz's 348 penalty minutes, and they would reach the top of the West Division."
You know, this wikipedia thing is amazing. Is there anything it doesn't know?
Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you, the JERSEY DEVILS.
I saw them once when I was a little kid. A fight broke out and both benches cleared completely. The brawl lasted so long that one of the goalies skated over to the other goalie and the two goalies pleasantly chatted with each other as everybody else was duking it out.
When things finally settled down, the game was delayed another 5 minutes as the players skated around the ice trying to find which gloves belonged to them.
That was about 35 years ago. Wow.
Sippican and Bisssage,
Thanks for the info on the Jersey Devil legend. But I'm still surprised more people don't complain. Professional hockey is nationwide (well, sort of) and most people outside Jersey have never heard the legend.
And would it matter even if they had? I no longer refer to a cheap person as "niggardly" because it sounds exactly the same as that other "n word"--even though the origin and meaning of the two words are completely different.
My college intramural basketball team had cool names.
As freshmen, were the Nads, as in Go Nads! Go Nads!
Heh. Little boy humor.
Sophomore year we chose The Visitors. And one game was against the Scrota. No lie.
SippicanCottage said...
I'm pleased to help the few odd harpies that visit this page occasionally to work out their daddy issues while fantasizing about me. Makes me feel useful.
Please, carry on.
Daddy always said I'd get shut down by a pretentious, self-absorbed prick on the internet... because I'm not good enough and I'm too weak... I guess he was right.... again....!
Doyle asked "First of all, can we distinguish between ethnic PC and not glorifying bullying?"
We agree on not glorifying bullying. But where does this leave the Fighting Irish????? I see the warriors as glorifying Indians. Team nicknames of totems of power. Teams are not named the pantywaists or sissy boys or Frenchies for that reason.
And I do not care for Chief Wahoo, how about you? Also you asked "Are you really that jealous of black people for getting away with use of the N-word?"
Jealous, nah. I think it is self-hating and it makes me sad. I meant the question to be humorous. Guess I missed!


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UH will re-open Lyon Arboretum to public access on Sunday, January 2University of Hawaiʻi
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University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa Chancellor Peter Englert has announced that Lyon Arboretum will re-open to full public access on Sunday, January 2, 2005. The facility has been closed since late August, when the university determined that there were several serious health and safety concerns regarding the Arboretum's buildings and grounds.
"We have been able to make necessary accommodations over the last several months to assure safe public access again," said Chancellor Englert. "I'm delighted that we will now be able to make the gardens, trails and special plant collections available to those who appreciate the park for the significant natural resource that it is.
"I will be among the first visitors in January," Englert said. "I will personally join with an afternoon tour group to do a ʻwalk about' on the grounds. We're inviting the public to join us for a New Year rediscovery of the beauty and serenity of this special place."
Limited numbers of volunteers have been allowed into the park to work with permanent staff since late October. The Arboretum depends heavily on a loyal volunteer corps — numbering as many as 400 — to help maintain plant collections and portions of the grounds.
Working with Arboretum staff, the State Department of Land and Natural Resources, public companies and private contractors, the university has:
-pruned and taken down very large trees that were about to fall, including one as high as a twelve story building;
-made structural evaluations of buildings being used and, having found some of them structurally unsound, have secured them from entrance;
-changed surfaces of walkways and other areas to minimize the risk of people falling; -placed warning and guideway signs to assist the public throughout the grounds;
-moved low hanging utility lines;
-conducted training for staff so that they are better able to handle emergencies;
-put in place an ADA-compliant toilet facility; and
-undertaken a multitude of other tasks to improve the park.
The university has included in its budget request to the legislature the sum of $3 million to fund more substantial repair work to buildings and grounds. If approved by the legislature and released by the governor, the funds could be available in mid-2005.
Over the next several months, a community-university task force will continue its longer-range review of the Arboretum's mission and the appropriate role of the facility in the university's mission to teach, conduct research and serve the community. In addition, a Manoa faculty committee is looking at the potential for augmentation of the Arboretum's research programs as a means of expanding its funding resources.
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The New York Power Authority (NYPA) has commissioned Northern Power Systems, a subsidiary of Distributed Energy Systems Corp, to design and install a 165- kilowatt power generation system for the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (NYCDEP) at its Owl's Head Wastewater Treatment Facility in Brooklyn, New York. The water treatment site will be the first wastewater facility in the country to install multiple Stirling engines to generate its own electricity. Manufactured by STM Power, the three 55-kilowatt Stirling external combustion engines are designed to burn anaerobic digester gas, a byproduct of the wastewater treatment process that is currently "flared" into the atmosphere.
By burning digester methane, the Owl's Head facility will experience several benefits. First, by converting a waste byproduct of its process into a free, renewable fuel source, the facility is expected to lower its energy costs. Second, the system will create an environmental benefit by providing an overall net reduction of up to 765 tons of CO2 per year as well as significant reductions in NOx and SO2 emissions. Finally, by generating its electricity onsite, the facility will help reduce congestion on the area's over-stressed utility grid.
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Drawing from experience with other wastewater treatment facilities, Northern Power designed an optimal technology solution for the Owl's Head site. Because Stirling external combustion engines require less frequent maintenance than microturbine or reciprocating engine technology, the facility is expected to experience increased uptime and reduced parasitic system loads. The engines also offer the potential for reduced gas cleanup and less gas compression than other technologies, which can reduce installation costs.
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"This project demonstrates a new technology option for wastewater treatment plants, making it an exciting development not only for Owl's Head, but for treatment plants throughout the country," stated Jim Stover, Project Manager at Northern Power. "More and more businesses and public entities are taking advantage of their existing waste streams to create green energy; systems like this one can allow plants to reduce costs and achieve energy objectives simultaneously."
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